Checkpoints September 1992

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AOG Executive Vice President Dick Coppock, ’61, tried out his new camera just after the new AOG Headquarters/Alumni House’s parking lot completed. The photo shows the main entrance doors at right with the Doolittle Hall sign in the center. Donations are still needed to complete the second story of the building, landscaping, apatio, and interior furnishings.

CHECKPOINTS (ISSN 0274-7391) (USPS 898-080) is published quarterly in February, May, August and November by the Association of Graduates, U.S. Air Force Academy. (Phone: 719-472-0300, DSN: 259-2067. FAX: 719-472-4194.) It is provided as part of a$30 subscription package of which the magazine accounts for $10. Single copies of CHECKPOINTS for members $2.50, for nonmembers $3.50. Second-class postage paid at the U.S. Air Force Academy, Colo. POSTMASTER: Send Form 3579 to CHECKPOINTS, Association of Graduates, Doolittle Hall, 3116 Academy Drive, Suite 100, USAF Academy, Colo. 80840-4475.

Opinions expressed in this magazine are those of the authors. They do not necessari¬ ly reflect the opinions, policy or attitude of the Association of Graduates, its officers or the editorial staff. The appearance of advertisements in this publication does not constitute an endorsement by the Association of Graduates of the products or ser¬ vices advertised. Copyright, Association of Graduates of the U.S. Air Force Academy, Summer 1992.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

WANTS MORE COVERAGE OF GRADUATES IN WAR Editor, Checkpoints Magazine

Dear Sir:

Having just fi nished ayear with the Marines at the USMC Command and Staff College, perhaps Iam still feeling the affects of the idealism anyone develops or experiences from the opportunity to once again be astudent. In any event, just as I was able to “get some things off my chest concerning military and combat leadership, while writing papers at school, Ifeel the need to fi nally write you regarding the Checkpoints magazine in particular and the AOG in general.

To begin, Iam afighter pilot whose ex¬ perience in the Air Force has been, until recently, limited to squadron and wing-level duties in an F-15 wing. This background no doubt shapes what Iam about to say. Ihave always felt strongly that the Academy exists to provide not only future career Air Force officers, but also, and primarily, the future combat leaders of our service. To me. Academy graduates should strive to be out front leading the first four-ship to the first merge while firing the first missile of any conflict. Those who reject this premise will probably disagree with the remainder of this letter. However, to get to the point, I am frustrated that the superb efforts of our graduates who participated in Desert Shield/Storm have been barely addressed in Checkpoints. Other than the enclosed block from page 18 of your last issue, Ican remember only one similar block insert in which you informed readers of the status of some graduates listed as POW/MIA. I’m sure there may have been afew more articles concerning the combat exploits of grads in the desert, but Ifeel we were kept more informed about which graduate received another star than we were about zoomies in combat. The point is. Check¬ points should have been, and should always be, dominated by articles outlining the con¬ tributions ex-cadets make to their country in preparing for or executing combat. Un¬ fortunately, it appears that the only way to have your combat contributions highlighted is if you qualify for entry in “Gone, But Not Forgotten.” But, if you are ageneral of fi cer. White House fellow, or presidential aide, then your coverage is more than ade¬ quate.

Ithink this inequity diminishes the signi fi cance of our graduates serving in combat... or perhaps it is an indicator of

what the AOG feels is more important to provide its membership. By the way, Ihave never been in combat so please do not inter¬ pret this complaint as awhine because my particular exploit hasn’t been reported. In summary, graduates contribute more to this country than serving in combat. And those who achieve special status in the form of promotion or job opportunity should be recognized. However, there is no higher contribution an Academy graduate can make than to prepare to lead, or actually lead, in combat. Isimply think Checkpoints should recognize more often those that do.

Finally, in keeping with the same theme, Ithink the AOG should offer more to graduates. Granted, lower rental car rates, special credit cards, and the opportunity to purchase rocking chairs with the Academy crest are all nice. However, 1wonder if it is appropriate for the AOG to be involved in more important matters such as pursuing answers to the Southeast Asia POW ques¬ tion. Perhaps we are are too small numeri¬ cally and financially; and not knowing how many Academy graduates are listed as MIA, Imay be out of line. In any event, if there is one Academy graduate still alive and being held in SEA, perhaps any lobby¬ ing efforts the AOG can finance are both appropriate and necessary. Just as we swore an obligation to this country, we as agroup must be obligated to serve any of those among us who have answered acall to arms. Surely this “service” to graduates far outweighs savings on airfares and credit cards. Just athought.

Respectfully,

William M. Shaw, III, ’78 Major, USAF

(Editor’s note: We agree with Major Shaw that our graduates’ combat leader¬ ship experiences are most important issues. In fact, the magazine which came out short¬ ly after the war (May 1991) contained numerous pages on graduates and their contributions to the war effort. Later magazines also contained anumber of stories on graduate participation in Desert Storm.

Our problem in obtaining this kind of information is that Checkpoints has astaff of one, the editor, and the AOG is not on any of fi cial Air Force Public Affairs distribution list. We glean material from numerous publications, but unfortunately, our most valuable resource, graduates themselves, does not normally provide us with the type of information Major Shaw requests. Considering our limited staff and

the almost complete lack of information from the actual combatants, Ithink we did adecent job with the resources available. We continue to invite first-person articles concerning the combat or other important leadership experiences of our graduates at any time.

Concerning the POW issue, to our know¬ ledge there are no Air Force Academy graduates who remain listed as POW or MIA. All who were so designated have been changed to KIA by the Air Force. While individual staff members of the AOG are very concerned about this issue, the associa¬ tion’s nonprofit charter with the State of Colorado prohibits our lobbying for any cause in the manner Major Shaw suggests. Therefore, our persuasive efforts tend to be much more subtle and focus on quiet, oneon-one influencing of the appropriate gov¬ ernment or private sector individuals. When it is appropriate and legal for the AOG to take apublic stand on various issues, we do so in Checkpoints in various ways, to include letters to the editor like Major Shaw’s, or through by lined articles.)

MORELL ANSWERS

DUEBER’S ANSWER

Col. James Wilhelm Vice President-Development Association of Graduates

Dear Colonel Wilhelm,

Thank you for printing Ross E. Dueber’s witty response to my letter to the editor in the Spring AOG magazine. Even though he is “an officer and agentleman by an act of congress,” my cadet assertiveness training requires me to take issue with several points of his eloquent soliloquy:

Although entertaining, his emotionally defensive statement that “I scorned your request for adonation to the school which enabled me to pursue my current liveli¬ hood,” makes me realize that he missed the point. Rather than scorn your request for money (unlike 20,000 other alumni), I chose to contribute. At the same time, Iwas moved to write my letter from asincere sense of compassion for our fellow grads who may have been out in the civilian world and temporarily out of work.

1recognize that qualities such as compas¬ sion, empathy, and dealing on a“feeling level” are not highly stressed in the Academy curriculum. It is totally consistent then (unless one has had additional growth on apersonal level), that there may be a lack of understanding on the part of one of its graduates.

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ACADEMY ALUMNI ALERT

By Rich Haynie, ’74; and Capt. Georgia McCurdy, ’88 Directorate of Development and Alumni Programs, USAFA

New Faces in Development Office

You may remember reading about Mr. Richard Haynie, ’74, the new director of Development and Alumni Progams, in a previous issue of this magazine. Since he took over the job in June of 1991, the Development office has said good-bye to two of its members, Maj. Kerry Rice and Capt. Leona Flores, ’81, who are PCSing, and has welcomed their replacements, Capt. John Cmar, ’86; and Capt. Georgia McCurdy, ’88.

After Captain Cmar left the hills of Colorado with the Class of ’86, four years at Brooks AFB, San Antonio, Texas, brought a plethora of jobs. Beginning in his chosen profession as an en¬ vironmental chemist, it wasn’t long before he made his mark on the base by designing and sculpting a17-foot bronze and marble eagle which was to become the Sidney J. Brooks Memorial, dedicated at the 70th anniversary of Brooks AFB in November 1987. After astint as the assistant executive of fi cer to the com¬ mander, Human Systems Division, John spent ayear as program manager for the Aircraft Mishap Prevention Program. He was charged with developing the acquisition strategy and re¬ quirements definition for this critical program for the Air Force Inspection and Safety Center. Immediately before returning to the Academy, John spent two years representing the Air Force Recruiting Service as Advertising and Promotion officer for the 3534th USAF Recruiting Squadron in Salem, Va. John returns to us as chief of Development for USAFA, replacing Major Rice. Capt. Georgia (Ruckle) McCurdy graduated from the Academy

(Letters: From page 7.)

in 1988. As acadet she was involved with the Ski Club and Women’s Rugby Club, and served as the spring semester wing commander in ’88. She married classmate John McCurdy and the two of them went to William AFB, Ariz. where Georgia worked as apersonnel officer in the 82nd Mission Support Squadron. During Desert Storm, she was in charge of the Personnel Readiness Office and oversaw the deployment of more than 1(X) personnel to Operation DESERT

SHIELD/STORM.

At Willie, she earned honors as the 82nd Air Base Group Company Grade Officer of the Year, and became active in the Company Grade Of¬ ficers Association, serving as their president. With the announced closure of Williams AFB, Georgia and John headed back to USAFA, where he will serve as the Honor Education Officer for CW and she will take Leona Flores’ job as the chief. Alumni Pro¬ grams. This position serves as the liaison between the Academy and the Association of Graduates (AOG), acting as their official link and assisting with AOG projects.

The Development Office’s mission is to provide top quality ser¬ vice to the private foundations and major donors who support the Academy, including the Association of Graduates. In our current fiscal environment, it is more imperative than ever that founda¬ tions such as the AOG be given full support by USAFA.

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Iwas also puzzled as to what Ross feels is the current role that the Air Force Academy plays in the lives of its alumni? Igot the impression that perhaps it is asacrilege to question this soliciation of funds —since the Academy (in Ross’s words) “enabled me to pursue my current livelihood, owe my present civilian job to my attending and graduating from “the zoo’’?

my choosing to “get out.” Again, if this is the case he is off the mark because the issue (for me) goes much deeper than “staying in” or “getting out.

Do I

Completing the Air Force Academy is an accomplishment that all grads are justifi¬ ably proud of. Yet, anyone who has ever gone there knows full well that the per¬ sistence and will to complete the four-year experience’’ comes (for the most part) from acombination of our own inner strength, and alot of help from our families and fellow cadets. When most cadets graduate Iwould bet they feel they have graduated despite the system —not because of it.

Next, Isimply cannot relate to Ross’ con¬ cern of being faced with the present “diminishing force structure.” When Ileft the Air Force in 1984 there was no “bonus of $40,000 to $100,000 dollars as an incen¬ tive for me to leave active duty (as there is now). Gosh Ross, do you think that if I write aletter to my congressman the Air Force will decide to grandfather me in on that sweet deal?

Finally, Icouldn’t help but sense alittle animosity on his part towards the issue of

he gave his commander enough advance notice maybe they can spare aday or two of leave this summer so that he can come and

visit. »)

Eventually, we must all make achoice when it comes to our career path. This is not so much acareer choice as it is a lifestyle choice based on our personal value system. Ross insinuated that maybe Igot out because of the “Polaris-size salary of an airline pilot.” Money was not the primary motivator for me to resign my commission. After all, Ihave several classmates who have gotten out and are chasing “Polarissize” salaries in the corporate world. Their life is just as demanding because they are in as much of ahigh-pressure grind as they were in the Air Force.

Considering that, my decision wasn’t just to “stay in” or “get out.” Iliterally had to reassess and go through aparadigm shift in terms of the goals for my life. Ican only speak for myself when Isay that in choos¬ ing acareer as an airline pilot Ihave chosen to reject alife of “slavery” to my job. 1 have chosen acareer that 1feel is fun and at the same time affords me an enjoyable life¬ style. True, Ross, I’ll never be amilitary general or corporate vice president —but that’s just fine with me! And after all, it’s less competition for guys like you —so don’t take it personally!

As to where 1am presently located? Tell Ross that Ilive in Boston. Who knows, if

Oh, by the way, Ross —Ihave most of the summer off —and Iplan on having a blast!

Fraternally,

Paul A. Morrell, ’78

P.S. Col. Wilhelm, please accept the additional check for ayear’s membership in the AOG —this dialogue is too good to pass up!

FORMER CADET AIRS DOOLIE REMEMBRANCES

Dear Editor

I’d like to thank the 1991-92 USAFA football team for sparking the kind of ex¬ citement in me that Ihaven’t known since resigning from the Academy in May 1975 after my doolie year. Itook my family to the Liberty Bowl in Memphis and thoroughly enjoyed the 38-6 drubbing of Mississippi State and the cow bells. Ihave recalled the many exciting thrills of that year with my squadron (18th) and the junior varsity basketball and baseball teams many times. The traveling to the Western Athletic Conference games was agreat break from the studying and structured training. 1can certainly remember the (Continued on page II.)

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Doolittle Hall has been very active since the AOG staff moved into it in March. It has already accommodated anumber of firsts, including an AOG Board of Directors meeting, acommissioning ceremony, agraduate retirement ceremony, an Academy Board of Visitors meeting, an open house for Class of ’92 members and their parents, and acatered dinner. As predicted, the building is proving to be atrememdous asset to the association and to the graduate community —our visibility literally rose with the steel and glass of Doolittle Hall. The official ribbon cutting and open¬ ing of our new home is scheduled for 1030 on August 21, and Ien¬ courage all graduates to participate. Ablack-tie dinner will follow later that night to honor the many people who made this dream a reality. Invitees will include class presidents who will represent the nearly 6,000 grads from all classes who supported the building campaign. One final note: our current projections indicate that we are aleast amillion dollars away from being in aposition to complete the second floor of the building. Obviously, the longer we have to wait, the more expensive it will become. Please con¬ tinue your generous support for the alumni house and help us finalize this critical project.

Association support from the “official” Academy has been in¬ creasingly steady over the past year. Some of the recently in¬ stituted procedures include: (1) abiweekly letter to the association

(Letters: From page 9.)

tough class schedule of that doolie year and the PT and Saturday morning inspections. I also recall finding sanctuary in the chapel services each morning before breakfast ranks. I’ll never forget the long morning runs and everyone making it together dur¬ ing BCT. John Barry, thanks for your academic friendship during the year in math. Ioften recall the T-33 fl ight over Pike’s Peak and spiraling up through the clouds.

I’d like to congratulate new Lt. Col. Jim McGinley on making rank. He’s afellow high sehool sports-fanatic-friend from An¬ drews AFB, Md. Iended up as acivil ser¬ vant with the Navy, some beltway bandits, and now GSA in avariety of high tech¬

outlining significant Academy issues, (2) monthly meetings with the Directorate of Development and Alumni Programs staff, (3) quarterly meetings and an open door with the superintendent and his staff, (4) official briefings to the AOG Board of Directors about Academy policies and issues, (5) articles from the “Big Six” in future issues of Checkpoints, (6) aCapitol Hill “watch to give us warning about action pending in Congress which will affect the Academy and the graduates. These initiatives have substantially improved the flow of information to the AOG. The AOG staff now has the obligation to improve the flow of this in¬ formation to and from the graduate community, and to close the loop with the “official” Academy. Iwill update the status of this critical project to better inform/support both the grads and the Academy in our Checkpoints.

The reserve commission for graduates issue is still smouldering and was atopic of substantial discussion at the recent Alumni Ex¬ ecutives Conference at Annapolis. There is currently abill in the House of Representatives which would reinstate the regular com¬ mission for Academy graduates but it is unclear how the bill will fare when it gets to the Senate.

Recent AOG Board activities include:

FY93 Budgets: The building and general operating budgets for FY93 were presented and approved.

Redefinition of the Long Range Plan: The Plans and Programs Standing Committee has done asuperb job of reviewing the goals of the association and has done athorough review of the Long Range Plan (LRP). They have recommended that the LRP be divided into two parts: (1) along-range planning document based upon the goals as set forth in the Articles of Incorporation and the Bylaws, (2) an annual operational guidance document which relates to the objectives set forth in the planning document. They will continue to work on the development of the long-range plan¬ ning document with atotal quality management approach.

Chapter Issues: One of the first long-range planning issues to be fleshed out is the relationship and integration of the chapters and the “national” organization. This is apriority of the current board —to give greater support to the chapters and to get con¬ siderably more input from the chapters. For this reason, the board recently voted to approve achapter’s funding request to support local activities. This is only the beginning of anew look at the importance of chapters to the association.

nology positions. Thank you Air Force Cadet Wing, Squadron 18, our AOC, Maj. William May, and General Allen for your demonstrating that leadership comes through following the leader and then ap¬ plying leading the followers with true con¬ cern for their welfare. I’d like to thank the Academy for giving me alifelong set of honest values and great memories to pass on to my grandchildren.

I’ve met many Academy graduates in public and private industry and they all display these leadership charactistics and the whole-man concept that the academic, PT, and worship services were instilling in each of us for life. Among my current federal officers Isecretly feel privileged by my presidential appointment in 1974 and

membership as an associate of the AOG to¬ day. That one year at the Academy has seen me through 15 years of public service with the Navy, Army, Marines, private business computer contractors, American University graduate school, universities, community colleges, information resources projects, and now the General Services Adminstration. The phrase “Commitment to Exeellence” often comes to mind when recall¬ ing the Academy. Even in the face of DoD force reductions there are those of us who care about astrong defense department to keep peace in the world. ‘78 was Great! Keep that spirit forever and God bless you

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Sincerely,

Donald J.G. Chiarella

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USAFA Class Participation (Final

1991-92 AFA Fund

Donations from July 1, 1991 to June 30, 1992)

The Top Five Classes

(Note: The percent of donors is

calculated by dividing the number of gifts by the number of living alumni. Totals include gifts received between July I, 1991 and June 30, 1992. Gifts received after this date will be listed in afuture magazine.)

AFA Fund Donors Jan, 8, 1992 to June 50, 1992

(D) Donor —$50

(S) Sponsor —$100 to $499

(P) Patron —$500 to $999

(L) Leader —$1,000 to $2,499

(F) Fellow —$2,500 to $4,999

(B) Benefactor —$5,000 or more

(Editor’s note: Individual donor listings include only those contributions of $50 or more.)

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Mr Charles AKaake

Mr Edward JLynch

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Maj Terence DRyan II MD

Capt Jeffrey ESumbaugh

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Capt David CGeuting S

LtCol James AEggers Ret S

MGen James LJamersonS

Col John ANchring USAFR D

LtCol CGlen Shaffer, Jr Ret S

Mr William HSimpson

Col Kenneth JAlnwick Ret D

Col Andrew WBiancur Ret S

Col George ELuck Ret

LtCol Frank DMayberry Ret S

Maj Everett WVaughn Ret S

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Class S S D S S Class of 1976 Mr George GBurnette III S S S D S Class of 1964 Mr JMitchell Cobcaga

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Mr Paul Rossetti

S s p Class of 1985 CapU James &Yvette Hird S S Class of 1977 Mr David CNielsen Anonymous

Mr John MThomas

Maj Robert LVaughn Ret

S D D Class of 1961 Col Paul FFoley Ret Mr Karl FKellerman IB Col Michael Quinlan Ret

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D D D S Class of 1978 Maj &Mrs Jay &Cathy Ellis S Maj William CHofercr Mr Paul MSkolaut

Class of 1%5 Maj AAllen Rowe Ret LtCol Marc LSabin Ret LtCol Leroy BSchroeder Ret S Col Harvey WCShelton BGen Michael CShort LtCol Craig KWaleistraat Ret S

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Graduates Decorated for Persian Gulf Missions

Maj. Roger Yauchzy, ’76, and Maj. Lorin Long, ’77, were both recently decorated for their combat duty in the Persian Gulf War. Yauchzy, an F-16 Fighting Falcon pilot, earned five medals while Long, an F-177A Stealth fighter pilot, won four. Long’s awards were presented to him by Brig. Gen. John O. McFalls III, ’66, Air Training Command deputy chief of staff for operations.

Maj. Roger Yauchzy, ’76, stands by his F-16 Fighting Falcon. (U.S. Air Force photo)

Yauchzy’s awards included the Distinguished Flying Cross, two Air Medals and two Aerial Achievement Medals. The Distinguished Flying Cross was awarded for his heroism during a 20-minute attack of targets located 15 miles from central Baghdad, Iraq, on Jan. 18, 1991. Yauchzy led key strike elements in the largest multinational coalition strike force of Operation Desert Storm. More than 90 strike aircraft in conjunction with more than 70 support aircraft attacked three separate target areas. The mission severely reduced Iraq’s ability to produce replace¬ ment front-line artillery guns.

The first Air Medal won by Yauchzy was for leading aclose air support mission of three F-16s engaging enemy tanks on Feb. 26, 1991. The five tanks were destroyed allowing allied forces to pro¬ ceed unopposed. During the attack, the major faced enemy 37 millimeter antiaircraft artillery and infrared surface-to-air missile

launches. The second Air Medal was for his professionalism in ac¬ complishing missions while contending with poor weather.

Long was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and two Air Medals for duty while assigned to the 37th Tactical Fighter Wing Provisional, King Khalid Air Base, Saudi Arabia, during Opera¬ tion Desert Storm and aMeritorious Service Medal for duty while assigned to the 37th Fighter Wing, Nellis AFB, Nev.

The Distinguished Flying Cross was awarded for heroism Long demonstrated as part of asecond wave of coordinated aerial at¬ tacks on high-value targets in Iraq on Jan. 17, 1991, the first night of Desert Storm. He flew his Stealth fighter through intense ground fire to score adirect hit on achemical and biological war¬ fare research facility. He reattacked the facility scoring another direct hit and destroying the target. His actions severly diminished Iraq’s chemical and biological warfare capability and hampered further production.

One Air Medal was earned by Long for the destruction of two hardened munition bunkers at Kirkuk and Mosul Air Bases, Iraq, which aided the campaign to destroy Iraq’s Air Force on the ground and prevent its employment against coalition forces. The second Air Medal was earned for his proficiency and steadfast devotion under hazardous conditions.

Maj. Lorin C. Long, ’77, stands in front of the F-j 17A Stealth fighter he flew in combat during Operation Desert Storm. (U.S. Air Force photo)

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Mr &Mis James JHannan S

(AFA Fund Donors: From page 13.) s

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Mr Walter Allen

Mr &Mrs Norman RAndersen S

Mr &Mrs Robert MBeck S

Mr &Mrs Errol QBond, Sr S

Mr &Mrs Warren Bnickmeier S

Ms Corinne MCotharin In

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Mr &Mrs James EDownes S

Mr Paul SDungee

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Mr &Mrs Richard CFisher S

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Mr &Mrs Thomas PHamilton S

Mr &Mrs Ronald RHcilig D

Mr &Mrs William Hennings S

Mr &Mrs Malcolm JIngalls S

Mr &Mrs Louis CJames S

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Mr &Mrs Albert LNeveu S

Mr &Mrs Oifford JRodgers S

Ms Ida MSchoU

Mr Ralph Simpson

Mr &Mrs Andrew ASkilling D

Mr &Mrs Robert ESmith S

Mr &Mrs Joseph Smutko S

Col &Dr Richard AStanley

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Mr &Mrs Larry DStoner S

Mr &Mrs Elvin ITmkham S

Mr &Mrs George VVanWert S

Ms Josephine Ann Will

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Mr &Mrs Kenneth EBands S

Mr &Mrs RHBeddow Jr S

Ms Shirley Bender

Mr &Mrs Daniel GBoth S

Mr Dempsey VCurrie

Mr &Mrs Jerry LDean S

Mr Ralph MDecker

Mr &Mrs William Dclahanty D

Mr &. Mrs Roben Dcnicola S

CoI(Rct) &Mrs MEEaton, JrD

Mr &Mrs Donald RRinn D

Mr &Mrs David Foutch S

Mr &Mrs Don DFreimuth D

Mr &Mrs Jerome Galfano

Mr &Mrs John JHambcl, Jr S

Mr &Mrs Dennis KHanman S

Mr &Mrs Gordon LJohnson In

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Mr &Mrs Choi Su Kim S

Dr &Mrs James Kommesser D

Col(Ret) &Mis RPMacLeod D

Mr &. Mrs James McManus S

Mr &Mrs Ronald JPalmer S

Mr &Mrs Darryl Patrick D

Mr &Mis Wesley Poarch S

Mr &Mrs Raymond Powell S

Mr &Mis James LPressman S

LtCol Robert JPutlock

Mr Wayne DRydbeig

Mr &Mis David HSandys S

Mr &Mis Richaid JSei S

Ms LaVerne Shooner

Mr &Mrs Samuel Smith

Mr &Mis Patrodnio ESosa S

Mr &Mis Peter HCSung S

Col &Mis William RThomas S

Mr &Mrs Joseph Todd D

Mr &Mis Ronald To fi l S

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Mr &Mrs Harold GZicr S

Mr John KLandis

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LtCol &Mrs Albert JLarcher S

Mr &Mrs Richard Lerew S

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Green Berets Attend Rescuer’s Award Ceremony

When Maj. Jay Lindell, ’78, was presented with his Silver Star on March 10, five of the nine-man Army Special Forces team he helped to rescue during Operation Desert Storm were on hand for the event. Major Lindell, an F-16 Fighting Falcon pilot, currently astudent attending the Army’s Command and General Staff Col¬ lege at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., earned the decoration while assigned to the 388th Fighter Wing from Hill AFB, Utah, based at A1 Minhad, United Arab Emirates.

While flying on a“scout killer” mission Feb. 25, 1991, looking for likely targets in Iraq for other F-16s, Lindell and Capt. Dan Swayne, his wingman, heard acall from an E-3 Sentry Airborne Warning and Control System aircraft that aSpecial Forces team was in trouble. Ashepherd had discovered the team which retreated to aditch and was then surrounded by Iraqi infan¬ trymen who soon tried to overrun their position.

The F-16s were 100 miles from the team which was 150 miles inside Iraq. According to Lindell, the weather was bad and rain and fog had reduced visibility to one-to-three miles. As the planes neared the team’s position, they broke through the clouds at 5,000 feet and searched for the soldiers. At first neither pilot

Cadet Wing Hostess Position Eliminated

By Col. C. Barry Long Deputy Commandant for Resources

The elimination of the Cadet Wing Hostess office on June 1of this year was an economically-driven decision but was also part of amuch larger picture which necessitates reductions in staff in many areas across the Academy due to the drawdown in defense dollars.

Clearly, the hostess function has served avaluable purpose over the years in assisting with cadet social training programs. However, as societal norms have changed as women were rightfully admitted to the Academy, our social training programs evolved and changed.

With these changes, the mission and duties of the hostess have reduced in scope and become less critical. For example, formal mandatory balls have been made optional and reduced in number over the academic year, receiving lines have been generally discountinued, fashion shows have been eliminated, cadet escorts are no longer arranged and transported on alarge scale, and the protocol support previously provided by the hostess for visiting dignitaries has become all but nonexistent.

Nonetheless, the Academy will continue social training pro¬ grams as an important aspect of officership development. In re¬ cent years we have formalized this training into the curriculum through our military training program. This training includes both military decorum and social etiquette. Cadets also receive social training through avariety of avenues which include squadron social functions, class-specific social functions, pro¬ grams with host families, extracurricular/social outings, and many others.

The Academy also recognized the nurturing and comforting role played by the hostess. We realize there will be some impact on the Cadet Wing with this change. However, cadets have an ar¬ ray of support people who assist in this role and to whom they can turn for support —military, religious, and academic advisor to name afew. Additionally, our Cadet Sponsor Program offers cadets aunique opportunity to be closely associated with afamily in our community. As these programs and others have matured over the years, the nurturing role of the Hostess Office has become much less isolated.

For the above reasons. Academy officials are comfortable that the integrity of the social training program will be maintained while accommodating the budget realities of today’s environ¬ ment.

Maj. Jay Lindell, ’78, an F-16 pilot, is decorated for his role in the rescue of nine Green Berets inside Iraq during the war. Pin¬ ning on the Silver Star is Gen. Carl Stiner, commander of the U.S. Special Operations Command. (Courtesy photo)

could make contact with the team.

Low on fuel, Lindell and Swayne left for aerial refueling but some three minutes after departing the area, they heard the team’s call on aUHF frequency. The team vectored the aircraft in by radio and Swayne spotted an orange panel marking the soldier’s position which he relayed to Lindell. Other fighters were also on their way.

With low fuel becoming amajor problem, Lindell headed for the tanker once the other fighters arrived. The 400-mile round trip took almost an hour, but Lindell said there was continuous fighter coverage for the men as other scout killer teams rotated into the area. He and Swayne relieved apair of F-16s and orbited over the team’s position. Abus and truck with Iraqi infantry were approaching.

Lindell fought off the Iraqis with 20mm cannons and CBU-58 cluster bombs, taking out the threat. They and two other fighters maintained orbits until UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters picked up the team. The F-16s followed the helicopters for 50 miles as they headed toward friendly lines.

Swayne received the Distinguished Flying Cross for his role in the rescue while Lindell accepted his Silver Star from Gen. Carl Stiner, commander of Special Operations Command. According to Lindell, the uniqueness of the whole presentation ceremony was that the five Green Berets he helped rescue came out for the Ididn’t need amedal,” Lindell said. “I was just

ceremony, happy nine lives were saved”.

War College Conference Slated

The National War College Alumni Association will sponsor an all-day conference on national security issues at Langley Air Force Base, Hampton, Va. on Oct. 29, 1992. There will be morn¬ ing and afternoon lecture sessions and aluncheon with aguest speaker. The conference is unclassified. Registration fee and luncheon will cost about $30.

The conference is being arranged for the alumni of the senior service colleges (The National War College, Industrial College of the Armed Forces, Army War College, Naval War College, Air War College, and Senior Seminars of the Foreign Service Institute and comparable foreign colleges) but other interested active and retired officers, federal, state and local government officals and local community leaders are also invited.

For further information and registration forms, contact the Executive Director, NWC Alumni Association, The National War College, Ft. L.J. McNair, Washington, D.C. 20319. Com¬ mercial phone: (202) 863-2306.

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BUILDING FUND DONORS

The AOG Board of Directors acknowledges with sincere appreciation the following contributors who pledged and made cash contribu¬ tions to the AOG Building Fund from April 1to June 30, 1992. We encourage others to join these dedicated graduates and friends in this most important project. Contributions and pledges made after June 30 will be listed in the next publication of Checkpoints.

Mr &Mre Willie Uwis

(510,000-524,999)

USAF Academy Parents Qub of Nassau &Suffolk Counties

Dr &Mrs Jerry DBenitone

Mr &Mrs Robert FBisbano

Maj(Ret) &Mrs Severin JBlenkush

Mr &Mrs Kenneth Bording

Mr &Mrs Daniel GBoth

Mr &Mrs James BBronson

Mr &Mrs Frank DBiyant

Mr &Mrs Paul PBuck

FALCON DONORS Mr &Mrs GBrent Cameron

Mr &Mrs James RCarpenter ($5,000-59.999)

Automated Control Systems-HPE

Automated Logic

Mr &Mrs KGene Zerkel

Mr &Mrs William Delahanty

Lt Jeffrey SDennis, Jr ’90, in memory of Lt Col Jeff Dennis MN ANG

Mrs Barbara ADettmer

Mr &Mrs Thomas DDickson

LtCol John FDrummond Ret

Col &Mrs Ray WDunham, Jr

Mr James HFleming ’64

Mr &Mrs Russell RFletcher

Mr &Mrs Wayne EGanze

Mr &Mis Michael ACharecky match of Mr &Mrs Dwayne Glenn

IBM Mr &Mrs Robert ECherichella

Mark CChun DMD ’73

Capt Steven BClamp ’82

TALON DONORS Mr Joseph AConti

($1,000-S4,999)

Mr &Mis William EBaird

Mr &Mrs George FComichuck

Mr Roger BCraycraft match of The Ashland Oil Foundation, Inc

Col &Mrs Chet &Eva Lee Grif fi n ’62

Mr &Mrs Hector JGuevara match of Pacific Enterprises/ Southern California Gas

Mr &Mrs John VGunter

Mr &Mrs John JHambel, Jr

Mr &Mrs Michael CHammond

Mr &Mrs Paul JHoffman

BGen James JHourin ’61 match of The Delta Air Lines Foundation

Mr &Mrs Douglas AHouser

TSgt(Ret) &Mrs Qarcnce EJames

LtCol HMartin Jayne ’72

Mr &Mrs Michael AJohnson

Dr &Mrs Kay HJones

Mr &Mrs William LJones

Mr &Mrs Michael DKane

Mr &. Mrs Damian JKatzer

Mr &Mis Richard TKibble

Mr &Mrs Richard Krupp

Mr &Mrs Richard Krupp match of Dana Corporation

MGen Thomas ALaPlante Ret ’61 match of GE Foundation

Mr &Mrs Paul Hung-Ku Lee

Col(Ret) &Mrs Raymond HLee

Col Edward LLeonard ’68

Dr &Mis HJoachim Maitre

Col John TMay Ret ’61

UCol &Mis Paul EMcKay 71

Mr &Mrs James PMeggett

Col &Mrs Dennis PMurphy ’65

Mr &Mrs Mark HO’Reilly

Mr &Mrs James JPatchen

Mr &Mrs Thomas EPeterson

Mr &Mrs Richard FPietiykowski

Ms Dawn Pindat

MSgt(Ret) &Mrs EarU Plichta

Mr &Mrs Karl RRank

Mr &Mrs John SRarey match of CIGNA Foundation

Capt(Ret) &Mrs Lawrence Robinson III ’64 match of Bankers Trust Foundation

(Continued on next page.)

In recognition of the needs of the Association of Graduates (AOG) of the United States Air Force Academy, it is my (our) intention to contribute the sum of $ to the AOG Capital Fund Campaign in support of the construction of apermanent headquarters/alumni house.

DONATION SCHEDULE (,^) USAF ACLASS CDSinglePayment$

Total Pledge: $

Paid Herewith: $

Pledge Balance: $

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IIAnnually CD Semi-Annually CD Quarterly CD Monthly Signature(s):

Name(s):

Address: City: Phone #:

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Mr &Mrs Thomas WBenda

(Building Fund Donors: Continued from previous page.)

Dr &Mrs Robert MRolfe

Mr &Mrs Rc^rt ARollins

Mrs Mary CRowley

Mr &Mrs James Sanders

Mr &Mrs Charles MScalione

LtCol Karl WSchmidt Ret *59

Mr &Mrs Lawrence ASchnitker

Mr &Mrs Robert EWaypa

Mr &Mrs Donald Welch LtCol(Ret) &Mrs FBert Wells

Anonymous '59 match of The Delta Air Lines Foundation

Mr James GWilcox

Mr Larry KWilliams

Col(Ret) &Mrs Jock CHSchwank ’60 CDR(Ret) &Mrs Kenneth Williamson

Mr &Mrs Walter KShigekane

Mr AMrs Thomas Singleton

Mr Roger Smith

Col AMrs Thomas ESnodgrass

Mr &Mrs Walter VSoho

Mr AMrs Anthony SSoullaro

Mr AMrs Anthony SSotallaro match of Exxon Education Foundation

Mr AMrs Milton Spangler match of

The Delta Air Lines Foundation

Mr AMrs Steve WSpann

JW‘BiU- Stealey *70

Mr AMrs Gerald ATeel

Ms Betty MThomas

Mrs Barbara VTiu

Mr AMrs JFred Tone

Mr AMrs Colin GToogood

Mr AMrs Alex RUjfalusy, Jr

Mr AMrs Roger VWahlman

MSgt(Ret) AMrs Thomas JWard

Mr &Mrs Carlos GAla fi ta

Dr &Mrs Richard AAlbright

Mr &Mrs Raul EAlcoccr

Ms Elizabeth AAldcrete ’85

Mr AMrs Paul Alfonso

Mr &Mrs Larry DAllen

Mr AMrs William DAllen

Mr Steven SAllen -86 Maj(Rct) &Mrs David LWilson

MGen &Mrs Thad AWolfe ’M

Mr Alan WWright

Mr &Mrs Charles FYape

TAKEOFF DONORS ($25-$999)

Mr Wayne FAbba

Mr &Mrs Carl FAbegg

CZapt Paul RAckerley ’82 and Mrs Dianna MAckerley ’82

Mr AMrs Jose AAcosta

Mr AMrs Paul DAdams

Mr AMrs Joseph LAdams, Jr

Mr AMrs Kenneth AAdelung

Mr &Mrs Rene CAdlung

Mr AMrs Franklyn GAeistin

and Mrs Shelly AAllen '86

Capt John PAlmind ’84

Col Kenneth JAlnwick Ret ’60

Capt Lee CAndersen ’82

Lt Bradford TAnderson *91

Mr Garth BAnderson ’79 match of The Delta Air Lines Foundation

Col Gary LRAnderson ’64

Capt AMrs Leighton TAnderson

Mrs Philip Anderson

Mr AMrs Steve RAnderson

(2apt Roger NAnderson, Jr ’82

Maj Frank EAnderson USAFR '77

Mr Keith PAndrews ’72

Mrs Stella Kootsikas Angelucci, in memory of Nicholas George Kootsikas

LtCol AMrs William CAngcrman

AOG NW Florida Chapter

Mr AMrs Anthony JArmagno

Mr James RAnnagost

Mr &Mre John MArmcntrout

Mr &Mrs Richard WArmstrong

UCi)l(Ret) &Mrs Terry JAmholt

Ms Patricia Wolfe Arnold

Mr &Mrs Harold JAyers

Mr &Mrs Ernest RAzua

Mrs Beverly Hummel Azzaro

Mr &Mrs Chester HBaakc

Capt Sally Duggan Baker ’82

MSgt(Ret) &Mrs David ABall

Mr &Mrs John FBallard

Mr Beverly LBarge II '79 match of

The Delta Air Lines Foundation

Mr &Mrs Charles SBarker

Mr &Mrs Roger PBarker

UDavid WBama ’90

Mr &Mrs Coleman DBarnett, Jr

Mr &Mrs Thomas WBenda match of

The Lubrizol Foundation

Mr &Mrs John DBender

Mr &Mrs Hugh ABenjamin

Mr Rod Bergeron

Mr &Mrs Henry LBergfcld

Mr &Mrs Karl ABerlin

Mr &Mrs Wayne EBerry

Mr &Mrs Oscar Berzins

Mr &Mrs Richard FBetance

Mr &Mrs Keith Bettencourt

Ms Carolyn JBetts

Mr &Mrs David ABetts

Mr &Mrs William DBeyer

Dr &Mrs Guy OBilek

Mr &Mrs John DBird

Mr AMrs Qyde ABlack

Mr &Mis Walter WBarrett, in honor Mr &Mrs Kelly Blackburn

of Cadet Michelle Barrett *93

Mr &Mrs Marvin JBarry

Mr &Mrs Lynn Bartak

Mr &Mis John DBaskin

Mrs Nancy Beasley

Mr AMrs Charles SBedard

Mr &Mrs Jerry Beebe

Mr &Mrs James JBeiersebmitt

Mr &Mrs Charles LBelt

Mr &Mrs Charles LBelt match of

Mr AMrs Walter WBlake

UCol(Ret) &Mrs Peter JBlazes

Mr &Mrs Virgil Blood

Mr &Mrs Richard JBolander

Mr &Mrs Michael WBolen

Mr AMrs John Bonn

Mrs Elfriede Borish

MrAlBom

Mr AMrs Tom Boscarino

Mr &Mrs Jerry LBottorff

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Employees, staff and AOG officers were treated to acatered dinner to “test” the catering facilities of Doolittle Hall shortly after the staff moved into the new building. The affair was complimentarily catered by the Marriott Hotel of Colorado Springs and was attended by some 50 invitees who were served dinner in the building’s assembly/display area.

Donation and Recognition Levels

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TALON Donor [$1,000 —$4,999]

FALCON Donor [$5,000 —$9,999]

CONTRAILS Donor [$10,000 —$24,999]

CHECKPOINTS Donor [$25,000 —$99,999]

POLARIS Donor [$100,000 or more]

Landscaping Work Begins

CMSgt (Ret) Dave Pfeil, Doolittle Hall facility manager, prepares to water new shrubbery near the Doolittle Hall sign. Landscaping, as well as completing the second floor of the building, adding apatio, and other items, still remain to be accomplished before the alumni house if fully complete.

Contributions of $1000 or more will be recognized on apermanently displayed plaque in the lobby of the Association of Graduates building. Other contributors’ names will be kept in aspecial leather-bound volume that will also be displayed in the lobby.

Ichoose to pay my contribution pledge over the following period, payable as indicated on the front of this card:

1Year Period

2Year Period

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Thank you for your support of the AOG!

First Catered Dinner

Fund-Raising to Continue: Grand Opening for Doolittle Hall Slated

The grand opening for Doolittle Hall, the Association of Graduates Alumni House and Headquarters, will be on Aug. 21, 1992. After many years of hard work and dedication by in¬ dividuals too numerous to list here, the AOG and it’s members finally have aplace to call “home”.

The building dedication will begin with aribbon-cutting ceremony at 10:30 in the morning which will be open to the public. An evening formal dinner for invited guests will round out the day’s events.

Although the building is not yet completed, the AOG has been able to host anumber of functions. The Assembly Display Area and the Library Lounge have been used for retirement ceremonies, acommissioning ceremony, aformal dinner and several conference-type meetings. The response by the users has been unanimous, “an outstanding facility that all the members can be proud of”.

Fund-raising efforts continue as we attempt to raise enough money to complete the building. Completion will include finishing the second floor where the AOG administrative offices will be located, adding apatio, and furnishing the offices.

(Building Fund Donors: From previous page.)

Mr &Mrs Edmond LBourque

Mr &Mrs Richard Boussy

Mr &Mis JCarl Bovankovich

Capt Britt RBower ’84

Dr &Mrs WTBowers

LtCol Franklin MBoyer MD 72

Mr &Mrs CTBrackney

Ms Connie Brallier

Ms Connie Brallier match of

SPX Foundation

Ms Bonnie GBranner

Mr &Mrs Doug Braun

Dr &Mrs John EBremer

Mr &Mrs David JBreuker

LlCol(Ret) &Mrs Larry KBrewer

Mr &Mrs Lee Roy Brewer

UCol Robert FBrichta 72

Dr &Mrs Lyman RBrothers III

LtCol Douglas RBrower 72

Mr Lee HBrown

Mr &Mrs Murray JBrown

Maj Edward HBrowne 79

You are invited to visit Doolittle Hall between the hours of 7:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Mr &Mrs Robert WBruikc

UCol Urry WBryant ’75

Mr &Mrs John JBuckley

CDR &. Mrs Donald SBudrejko

UCol John RBugner 71

Mr &Mrs Richard Bumpus, Jr

Mr AMrs Qyde HBunting

Mr AMrs Daniel JBurke

Mr George GBurnette III 76 match of

The Delta Air Uncs Foundation

Mr AMrs Thomas DBums

Mr AMrs Hiomas VBums

Mr Richard WBuschmann ’72

Mr AMrs Harlan HBush

Mr AMis Michael DBush

Mr AMrs Brian JButchko

Mr AMrs James FByron

Ms Linda LCalderon

Mr AMrs Lawrence Cameron

Mr AMrs Robert Cameron

Mr AMrs John PCamp

Capt James ACarlile *87

Mr &Mrs John ECarroll

Mr &Mrs Charles FCarver

Mr &Mrs MeMn VCasa

Mr &Mrs Heinz ECastor

UCol Kurt TChamberlin 72

Mrs Winona ZChampagne

Mr &Mrs Benjamin WChampion

Mr &Mrs David AChancy

Mr &Mrs Michel JChangery

Mr &Mrs John WChaplin

Mr &Mrs Dale Chapman match of Grace Foundation, Inc

LtCol Gerald PChapman Ret ’63

Capt Jacqueline NChaisagua ’85

Mr &Mrs Walter EChase

Mr &Mrs Silvio AChiavacci match of GE Foundation

Mr Rory HChildress 76

Mr Rory HChildress 76 match of AMR/American Airlines Foundation

Mr &Mrs John PChioma match of Rockwell International

Mr &Mrs George Cindrich

Mr &Mrs Robert ACitKovic

Mr &. Mrs Robert AQtKovic match of

IBM

Maj AMrs James WCizek

Dr AMrs Larry DQabom

Dr AMrs Earl JQaire

Mr AMrs Richard AQark

Mr AMrs Richard AQark match of Southwestern Bell Foundation

Mr AMrs William GQark

5th Squadron

Qass of 1992

Capt Kristine MQifton '82

Mr AMrs Phillip LQinton

Mr AMrs Qyde Cockrum

Mr AMrs Samuel DColella

Mr &Mrs John RCummings

The DelU Air Lines Foundation

Mr &Mis William DCummings Mr &Mrs Gary LFaltin

Mr &Mrs Gary WCunningham

Mr DKeith Farmer 76

Dr &Mrs Walter LCunnin^am UCol William OFaucher 72

Mr &Mrs Francis LCurley, Jr

Mr &Mrs Robert FCurrie III

Mr AMrs Richard JCustine

Mr AMrs Palermo SDageuta

Mr AMrs David LDallas

Mr AMrs Saterios Sam Dallas

Mr AMrs CRay Daniel

Mr AMrs David WDantzler

Ms Linda Darling

Lt Deborah Edwards Davis ’88

Mr AMrs Lonzie LDavis

Mr William RDavis 76 match of

The Delta Air Uncs Foundation

Mr AMrs John Dayon match of Hewlett Packard

Ms Aleta Fenceroy

Mr AMrs Norman JFerland

Mr AMrs Victor FFcnetti

USara MFcrricr *89

MGcn Frederick AFiedler '62

Capt George MFiedler ’83

Maj Gary LFinley ANG 70

UCol James FFinnegan ’72

Mr AMrs John AFinneran

Col Thomas OFleming, Jr '69

Mr AMrs Larry Fogcl

Mr AMrs Robert HFollett match of

IBM

Lt Daniel JFonte, Jr ’91

Mr AMrs William RForster

Mr AMrs Anthony JDennison, Jr MSgt AMrs Gerald RFortuna

TSgt AMrs Johnny Denny

Mr AMrs Allen SDenson

Capt Timothy JDeRuyter ’85

Mr AMrs Andrea DiFidi

Mr AMrs Robert SDillis

Mr AMrs Douglas Diroeff

Ms Josephine PDixon

Mr AMrs Wallace Dixon

Mr AMrs George SFoster

Mr AMrs David Foutch

Col(Rct) AMrs JFFrakes

Mr AMrs John CFrazier

Mr AMrs Michael CFrey

Mr William Ansel Frey, Jr ’78 match of GTE Foundation

Mr AMrs William JFriday

Mr Carl TDofelmier ’73 match of Mr AMrs James EFritz, Jr

The Delta Air Lines Foundation

Mrs Jovita Dominguez

Mr AMrs Gerald Donohue

Mr AMrs KVDouglas

Lois WDow MD

Michael DDowdall MD *70

LCDR AMrs Guy WDrab

Mr AMrs David MDudak

Mr AMrs Stephen FDudka

Capt Ross EDueber ’82

Donates Weight Lifting Set

Mr Joseph LFrost *72

Mr AMrs Pierre KFujimoto

Mr AMrs David Fulton 1.

Ms Qeophas SColeman

Mr Dennis PColvin ’69 match of

IBM

Dr AMrs Vernon LColvin

LtCol(Rct) AMrs Earle BCombs III

Mr AMrs Vincent AMavis Compagno ’83 match of The Delta Air Uncs Foundation

Mr AMts Neil CCook

Col. K.B. Clark, ’62, shakes hands with then-ClC Mr &Mrs Ken Cordier Milan Patel, squadron commander of the Squadron during spring semester, after the colonel aMrs Stephen eCrane donated acomplete weight lifting set to the squadron. Mr aMrs Peter jCrcfcid Colonel Clark is an Academy admissions liaison officer Cap* Sharon jCronin usafr -82

Mrs Joseph Crozier

for the Boulder, Colo, area and is aformer member of “Reb Eleven. ”

Mrs Unda GCubero *80 match of GE Foundation

Col AMrs SUnley LDulin

Mr AMrs Ed Dunham

Mr AMrs James MDunlap

Mr AMrs Richard GDyer

Mrs Judith LEarly

Mr AMrs Lloyd Eidem

Mr AMrs Lynn EElbert

Mr AMrs BREller

Mr AMrs George LEmmons, Jr

LtCol(Rct) AMrs Qarence TYA

Suellen NFung ’64

Mr AMrs Edward WFuss

Mr AMrs Jerome Galfano

LtCol AMrs Charles PGallagher

Mr AMrs James JGallagher

Col AMrs Guy ALinda Gardner ’69

Mr Bob PGarrity

UKurt HGaudette -91

Capt Frank AGebcrt ’82

Mr Michael Patrick Gee ’79 match of

The Delta Air Unes Foundation

UCol Joseph WGentry Ret

Mr AMrs Donald RGcozeff

Mr AMrs Paul JGermann

LtCol Andrew MGessner *72

Mr AMrs Ernest CEnglehardt, Jr Mr AMrs Kenneth JGibadio

Mr AMrs Paul SEninger

Mr AMrs Kenneth RErb

Capt William LErikson ’82

LtCol Robert MEvans, Jr Ret ’66 match of GE Foundation

Mr AMrs John EEvers

ULourdes MFallace *91

Mr David BFallon 79 match of

Maj David GGibbs ’79

Mr AMrs Deon GGieg ’78

Mr AMrs John GGilpin

Mr AMrs Roger Gjone match of

IBM

Mr AMrs Richard GGladen

Mr AMrs Donald JGlazer

(Continued on next page.)

Doolittle Hall

(Building Fund Donors: Continued from previous page.)

LtCol(Ret) &Mis Herman GGlitz

Capt John JGomez ’82

Mr &Mrs Larry FGonzalez

Mr &Mrs Tadashi Haruguchi

Lt Daniel BHauck *90

Mr &Mrs Glenn Hayes

Mr George Mason Goodhand ’78 match MSgt(Ret) &Mrs Harris AHaymond

of The Delta Air Lines Foundation

Capt(Rct) &Mrs FHGoodman

Mr &Mrs Roland Goodman

Mr Richard BGoodwin *80

Maj(Ret) &Mrs James WHays

CDR &Mis Donald JHealy

Mr William RHeck

Mr &Mrs Michael JHegarty

Mr Richard BGoodwin *80 match of AMR/Amcrican Airlines Foundation Col &Mrs Richard FHcrbek

Mr &Mrs John AGookin

Mr &Mrs Richard PGordon

Mr &Mrs DAGostomski match of

IBM

Mr James HGrady, Jr *79 match of The Delta Air Unes Foundation

Mr &Mrs George GGrant

Ms Beverly KGray

UCoI Michael DGrebb USAFR 72

Mr William EGreen '68

Mr &. Mis Qark RGregory III

Mr &Mrs Jared DGrieser

Mr &Mrs James EGrif fi n

Mr &Mrs Roger DGriffiths

Mr David CGrosjean

Mr &. Mrs Paul GGrotelueschen

Capt David JGruber '80

Capt Stephen VGuenard ANG 70

Mr &Mrs Miguel EGuena

Mr &Mrs Manuel &Karen Guerrero ’82

Mrs Martine Guerret-Friefcld

Mr &Mis Lawrence CGunn

Dr &Mrs David Guttman

Mrs Manetta Guyton

Mr AMrs David RHackathorn

LtCol Francis SHcming, Jr Ret ’70

MSgt(Rct) &Mrs Edward JHetsko, Jr

Mr &Mrs Jerry WHcyn

Mr &Mrs Harold CHicks

Col(Rct) &Mrs Thomas E

Highsmith, Jr

UCol Robert CHilb USAFR ’70 match of The UPS Foundation. Inc

Mr &Mrs Uc LHill

Maj Douglas HHill USAFR 72

Mr &Mrs Michael WHines

Mr &Mrs Ardine MHitchcock

Ms Joyce MHite

Mr &Mrs Harvey LHhmor

Mr &Mrs Wayne EHlavacck

Mr &Mrs Wen-Yu Ho

Mr &Mrs George HHock

Mr &Mrs George DHockman

Maj &Mrs Chris &Denise Hoffman ’76

Mr &Mrs Donald NHolbrook

Ms Carolyn AHolmberg

Maj Reginald CHolmes '79

Mr &Mrs Waldemar Holzherr

Mr &Mrs Robert Hoover

Mr &Mrs David Hopper

Mr &Mrs Alfred NMHorner

Mr &Mrs David BHorton

Maj William SHadaway III '78 match of Mr Michael AHoughtaling ’66 match of The Delta Air Lines Foundation IBM

Mr AMrs Daniel DHalbrook

Mr AMrs Michael JHalick

Mr AMrs Dan CHall

Mrs Virginia KHalpin

LtCol(Ret) AMrs Terry APatty

Hammond '69

Mr AMrs Moo Han

Mr AMrs John JHansen

Mr AMrs John JHansen match of

The OMC Foundation

Mr AMrs David LHanson

Mr AMrs Thomas RHanson

Mis Connie KHardman

Capt William JHarris, Jr ’84

URussell JHart, Jr ’90

Mr AMrs Ben LHartzlcr

Mr AMrs Joe CHouk

UCol Scott MHoversten 70

Col AMrs John SHubert

Capt Benjamin CHuff ’82

Ms Deborah ZHughes

Capt Kevin GHull ANG ’80

Mr AMrs Thomas DHulten

Mr Allan RHunt '69

Mr AMrs Robert BHunter

Mr AMrs James AHyland

<2apt Edward LIcenhour ’87

Capt David PIngeison *86

Mr Jerry Jackson

Mr AMrs Thomas DJackson

Mr AMrs Wayne EJacoby

MGen James LJameison ’63

Mr &Mrs Richard LJames

Mr &Mis Fred EJantz

Mr &Mis Paul LJcfson

Mr &Mrs Joseph EJohnson

Mr &Mis David RJones

Mr &Mrs Dayne AJones

Mr &Mrs George FJones

Capt Elijah AJones III ’87

Mr &Mrs William RJones, Sr.

in honor of William RJones, Jr ’93

Mr &Mrs Robert SJoseph

Dr &Mrs Gene FKafka

Mr &Mis David KKang

Mr &Mrs George Kanyok

Mr &Mrs John Kaufmann

UChristy AKayscr ’89

Capt Luke JKealy USAFR ’82

Mr &Mis Richard SKean

Mr &Mrs Nelson EKeener

Mr &. Mrs William JKeister

Dr Leon RKelley

Mr John TKennedy

Mr &. Mrs Hans FKennel

Ms (2arol HKenton

Mr &Mrs Thomas JKenworthy

Mr &Mrs Donald RKerns

The Delta Air Lines Foundation

Mr &Mrs Donald JKinerson

Graduate Author Presents Book

Col. (Ret) Jimmie H. Butler, ’63, presents copies of his books. The Iskra Incident and Red Lightning —Black Thunder to AOG Executive

Mr Michael HKeyseriing ’63 match of Vice President Dick Coppock, ’61. The books are some of the fi rst copies to be donated for use in the Doolittle Hall Alumni House Library Lounge.

Mr AMrs Charley King

UCoI Richard PKing 76

Maj Calvin JKing, Jr USAFR 72

Dr &Mrs dart MKirkpatrick

Mr &Mrs Donald RKleckner match of IBM

Mr AMrs William CKlingman

Mr AMrs David MKnapp

Mr AMrs Dennis EKnaub

Mr AMrs Jerry TKoch

Mr AMrs Matt Kokkooen

Mr AMrs Charles WKossick, Jr

Mr AMrs August Krauss

Thomas (*83) APatricia Krise

Mr AMrs Anantb Krishnan

Mr Andrew DKrott 77 match of The Delta Air Lines Foundation

Mr AMrs Henry FKuhlman

Col AMrs Thomas Kumashiro

Mr AMrs Thomas LLabant

Mr AMrs Fred JLacey

Col Edward LaFountaine 72

Dr AMrs John HLamb

Lt(2ol Kenton ELammeis Ret ’62 match of IBM

Mr AMrs TJLament

Lt Kenneth MLang ’89

Lt David PLangan *88

Lt David MLange *88

Mr AMrs Leo DLangford

Capt Frederick ALankford ANG 79 match of The Delta Air Unes Foundation

Capt Phillip TLanman ’83

Mr AMrs Robert LaRochelle

Mr AMrs Alan LLasley

LtCol John JLauten 73

Mr AMrs Sid Lawrence

Col Bob Lawson Ret

Mr AMrs Kenneth Leeson

Col Wayne HUFors USAFR ’63

MrAlanJUitch'72

Mr AMrs Karl RLemmerman

Mr AMrs Renato Sayo Leon

Maj(Ret) AMrs William ELeonard

Mai(Rci) AMrs Howard LLcRoy

Capt Daniel ELevin ’82

Mr AMrs Douglas GLewis

Mr AMrs Rex SLewis

Mr AMrs Robert LLewis

Mr AMrs Fernando Unares

LtCol William DUncoln ANG ’70

Lt Derek SUnden *91

Mr AMrs Melvin Marque

UCol Ronald MMarquette Ret ’67

Mr AMrs James CMarsh, Jr

Dr AMrs Charles LMartin

UCol Jerome VMartin ’72

CMSgt(Ret) AMrs Thomas JMason

Mr AMrs Kent PMathes

Mr AMrs William LMathies

Capt Ronald EMattson ’82

Mrs Unda LManila

Capt Mark EMavity MD *84

Mr AMis Michael Mayers

Mr AMrs Brad BMcAlister

Ms Anne KMcCafTcrty

Mr AMrs Robert AMcCaffery

Mr AMrs EPhilip McCaleb

Mr AMrs Gerry McCallum

Mr AMrs Gerry McCallum match of Springs Industries, Inc

Mr AMrs Don McQanahan

Mr AMrs Patrick SMcOcary

Mr AMis Gerald EMcQintock

Mr AMis Ernest RMcQure

Mr AMrs William CMcCombs

apt Jeffrey CMcConic *87

Mrs Mary LMcCoy

Mr AMis Willie BMcCrary

Mr AMrs Wyatt YMcDaniel

Maj(Rct) AMrs Randahi NUndgren Mr AMrs Ray BMcE>onald

Mr AMrs aivin FUndman

Mr Eldon RUndstrom 74

Mr AMrs William FLivelsbcrger

Mr AMrs Stewart BLivingston

Mr AMrs James CLoken

Mr AMrs Scott BLoll

Mr AMrs Jess Lomelin

Mrs Valerie MLook

Col William RLooney III 72

UCol Oliver ELorenz 75

apt Robert AMcEntee ’88

Mr AMis William EMcGavcm

Mr AMrs JMcGlothlin

MCI Telecommunications Corporation

Mr AMrs Anthony KMcllvaine

Mr David LMeJoynt

Mr AMrs Jan McMaster

Mr AMis Bill McMillin

Mr Michael AMcNabb ’72

Col(Ret) AMrs Douglas WMcNeill

Mr AMrs George RLoucks match of v(s Elaine McRoberts

GE Foundation

UGarvin LLouie *91

Mr AMrs Richard ALouthan

Mr AMrs Gary SLowder

Mr Douglas MLuccy

Mr Richard ALuhrs 76

Mr AMrs David PLyle

Mr AMrs Raymond ELyons

apt James DMacaulay ’84

UCol(Rct) AMrs Alexander MacEihaney, Jr

Mr AMrs Raymond TMadole

First Board Meeting

AOG President William E. Richardson, ’71, addresses the first AOG Board of Directors meeting to be held in the Maj. Gen. (Ret) William Lyon Boardroom in Doolittle Hall. Each chair in the boardroom has been sponsored by agroup or an individual to honor adeceased graduate. The boardroom table was sponsored by the Class of 1982 on the occasion of their lOth Class Reunion.

Mr AMis John CMacs

Mrs Hilary RMagnusoo

Mr AMis Ehvyn OMaloy

Mr AMrs John CMang

Mr AMrs A1 Mankus

Mis Carole AMann

Mr AMrs Stephen AMarcinek

apt Troy RMcis ’82

Mr AMis Paul AMeiia

UCol Denny JMcrideth III ’73

Mrs Sue AMerklin

Mr AMis Fred BMerritt

UCol Mark PMeyer ANG 72

Mr Rick LMiddleton ’78

Mr AMis Robert MMilinski

Mr AMrs Jerome OMiller

Mr AMis Michael DMUler

Mr Michael IMiUer ’64 match of Owens-Coming Hbeigjas Corporation

Mr AMis Phine Miller, Jr

Mr Richard BMiller, Jr ’67 match of Parker-Hanni fi n Foundation

apt Charles EMilligan '80

Mr AMis Larry LMills

Mr AMrs Anthony FMirabile

UCoI Frank EMitchell, Jr 70

Col Jay NMitchcU Ret ’59

Ms Virginia Grosse Mixon

Mr &Mrs Ronald EMoffatt

UEdward LMoody, Jr *91

Col &Mrs Reinaldo Morales

Mr John EMoro

Mr &Mrs Joel Moulin

Rev &Mrs James RMueller

Mr &Mrs Paul MMulder

Mr &Mrs Sergio CMuniz

Ms Jean SMurphy

Mr &Mrs Timothy JMurphy

Mr George ANacrelli ’63 match of

IBM

Mr &Mrs Edward JNagel, Jr

Mr &Mrs Robert ENance

Mr William CRaedy 76

Mr &Mrs Oarence Raiford

Mr &Mrs Kenneth TRainey

Mr &Mrs Frank ERalston

Mr &Mrs David JRamirez

Mr &Mrs Steven GRand

Mr Paul WRau

Mr &Mrs WJeff Ray

Capt Phillip LRedding *82

LtCol James EReed ’72

Lt William AReese ’89

Mr William JRegan, Jr ’67 match of USAA

Mr &Mrs Frank Rehbcin

LtCol Dennis JRensel 73

Mr Mark ARichards ’78

LtCol Roger PNeeland Ret ’64 match of Mr &Mrs Larry Rickman

GE Foundation

Col(Ret) &Mrs Glen ENemecck

UBrian MNewberry *91

Mr &Mrs Hiep Tai Nguyen

Mr &Mrs Paul Nguyen

Mr &Mrs Harry TNishmura

Capt Robert Ahfissen *82

Mr &Mrs David RNobs

Col Warren SNogaki Ret ’63

Mr &Mrs John WNorton

Mr &Mrs Robert JNotari

Mr &Mrs Jan KNovak

Ms Anita O’Brien

Dr &Mrs James PO’Connell

Col &Mrs Paul DO’Connor

Col(Ret) &Mrs Thomas O’Malley

Mr &Mrs Jerome VO’Neill

Mr &Mrs Reynaldo POcampo

Lt &Mrs Mark &Rhonda Oldford ’91

Mr &Mrs Bernard TOrie

Mr &Mrs Waiter HOrth, Jr

Maj Theodore MOtero III ’78

Mr &Mrs James HOwens, Jr

Mr &Mrs Harold Owers

Mr Philip MPacini ’72

Mr &Mrs Bruce CPansc

Ms Sandra-Lee BParent

Mr &Mrs Charles Parlin

Mr &Mrs David RParrott

Mr &Mrs Donald EParsons

Mr Joseph SPastorello

Mr John RPate *72

Ms Patricia MPcddicord

Mr &Mrs Edmund DPelka

Mr &Mrs Gary Penewit

Mr &Mrs APeragine

Mr &Mrs Siegfried MPetz

Mr &Mrs Harvey Peterson

Mr &Mrs Ted Peterson

Ms Patricia APetit

Mr &Mrs Carl GPettijohn

Mr &Mrs Wayne HPhelps

Mr John RPhillips ’63 match of

The Delta Air Lines Foundation

Capt Ray RPhillips '82

Mr &Mrs Han DPho

Mr &Mrs John HPiccin

Capt Robert LPickrell USAFR *85

Capt James EPillar *82

Mr &Mrs John DPiper

UCol Paul APitcovich '73

Mr &Mrs Anthony PPizzimeoti

Mr &Mis John FPlourde

Mr &Mrs Wesley Poarch

Dr &Mrs James JPodoiak

Maj David APodolny 77

Mr &Mrs Loren EPohlc

Mr &Mrs Loren EPohlc match of The UPS Foundation, Inc

Mr &Mrs Harry LPowell

Mr &Mrs Lynn JPowell

Mr &Mrs Eddie DPresley

Ms Cathy APribyl

Mr &Mrs John FPrice

Mr &Mrs Sidney MPruitt

Mr &Mrs William RPuUiam

Mr &Mrs Vijay Puri

Mr &Mrs Thomas JPurul

Mr &Mrs Eamonn Quigley

Maj Joseph PRacher, Jr 76

Mrs Anne Radulski

Mrs Anne Radulski match of Hughes Aircraft Company

Mr &Mrs Donald RRae

Mr &Mrs William MRiggle

Mr &Mrs Robert Rishcl

Ms Sara MRittenhouse

Mr Paul HRitzman

Capt Jose ARivera ’84

Mr &Mrs Ronnie GRoach

UKarl Roberts ’89

TSgt(Ret) &Mrs Walter LRobinson

Mr &Mrs Raymond RRockers

Mr &Mrs Tclesforo Rodriguez

Capt &Mis Rich &Shelby

Ronnestad ’81

Mr &Mrs Eugene RRose

Capt Susan BRose *82

Mr &Mrs Brad CRosenberger

Mr &Mrs William ERoscnstengcl

Mr &Mrs David CRossi

Mr Larry KRothenhofer

Mr Greene DRoyster III

Mr &Mrs Warren LRubin

Mr &Mrs John GRudert

Mr &Mrs Richard CRupert

Mr James ERussell *73 match of Hoechst Celanese Foundation, Inc

Mr &Mrs Wayne DRussell

Mr &Mrs Ken Rutter

UCol James LRuttlcr, Jr 75

Mr &Mrs Patrick WRyan ’69

Mr Wayne DRydberg

Mr &Mrs Kazimier BRyniak

Mr &Mrs CDavid Salisbury

Mr &Mrs Thomas ASanders, Jr

Mr &Mrs Kenneth RSanford

Jose ASantiago-Mojica MD 76

Mr &Mrs John MSchafer

Mr Colin CScheldt 74

Mr &Mrs Roy Scherzer

Capt Scott RSchUpkohl *82

Maj &Mrs Stephen DSchmidt *79

Mr &Mrs Robert Schnorr

Mr &Mrs Gerald EScholz match of

The UPS Foundation, Inc

Mr &Mrs Waldo Schroeder

Mr &Mrs James ASchwane

Capt Joseph HSchwarz *83

Mr Robert PSederman *85

Mr &Mrs FSeitz

Mr &Mrs Fred WSellers

Dr &Mrs Kent Shacklett

Mrs Margie SShadeck

Dr &Mrs James TShaw

Mrs Blanche Godwin Shelton ’83

UJon RShereck 71

Mr &Mrs Jimmy RSherrill

UStephanie WShields 71

Rev &Mrs David CShultz

Mrs Unda ASiegrist

Mr Joseph FSilvers

Mrs Beveriy DSimpers

Mr &Mrs Charles RSimpson

Capt Christopher SSimpson ’87

Mr &Mn James Singletery

Capt &Mrs Michael JSinisi ’82

Mr &Mrs David LSorenson

Maj Robert RSoucy II 77

Mr &Mre Leo RSoulcup

Col(Ret) &Mrs Jay WSpechlcr

Mr &Mrs Jon PSpinnangcr

Mrs Gertrude Pulver Turberg

CMSgt(Rct) &Mrs Fred HTurner

Capt Richard DTurner *82

Mr &Mrs John DTyger

Mrs Andrce Ulmer

Mr Edward JStanton ’62, in memory of Mr &Mrs David LUnwin

Maj Darrell LFox, Jr ’62

Mr &Mrs Robert GSUples

Mr &Mrs David GStark

Maj William KStarr *79

Mr &Mrs Joe Stehlik

Mr &Mrs Robert PStinespring

Mr &Mrs Daniel JStoffel

Mr &Mis Ronald Stokes

Mr &Mrs David LStone

Mr &Mrs Kerwin BStone

Mr &Mrs Thomas JStone

Mr &Mrs Maynard MStover

Mr &Mrs Patrick LStratton

Mr &Mrs Patrick LStratton match of

Post'Newsweek Stations, Inc

Mr &Mrs John FSucich

Dr &Mrs JTimothy Swanson

Mr &Mrs James BSwenson

Mr &Mrs James Szarke

Mr &Mrs Daniel LTamblyn

Mrs Gail FTarlton *82

Mr &Mrs Timothy NTart

Col &Mrs Bruce DTaylor

Mr &Mrs Reginald STaylor

Judy ATempleton

Maj Jon RTensfeldt USAFR 76 match

LtCol(Rct) &Mrs Harry &Marile Utter ’69

Mr &Mrs Sammy RValdez

Capt Victor JValdez '87

Mr &Mrs John Valvo, Jr

Capt Jeffrey JVance ’82

Mr &Mrs Larry CVanDoren

Mr &Mrs Richard AVanJura

Mr &Mrs Don VanWieren

Mr &Mrs Dale Varble

Mr &Mrs Herbert WVaughan

Mr &Mrs Richard EVaughn

Capt Suzanne MVautrinot *82

Mr &Mrs Lawrerence HVitosh

Capt Peter EWheblc USAFR 78 match of The Delta Air Lines Foundation

Mr &Mrs John CWheeler

UCol Dean FWheeler. Jr ANG ’72

Mrs Anita Kay White

Mr &Mrs John JWieland

Ms Joan AWieser

Mr &Mrs John DWilcox

Mr &Mrs Robert EWilds

Mr &Mrs Ronnie EWilkins

Capt &Mrs Rod &Yvonne Wilkinson ’80

Mr Michael Willett ’67 match of IBM

Mr &Mrs Charles TWilliams

Ms Eva JWilliams

Mr Michael RWilliams '62, in memory of Maj Darrell LFox, Jr '62

Mr &Mrs Richard Williams

Mr &Mrs Wayne EWilliams

Col &Mrs Larry GWilloughby

Mr &Mrs Larry PVituszynsld match of Maj Guy JWills III '79

Arrow Precision Products, Inc

Mr &Mrs Wayne Voetberg

Robert PVogt MD 79

Mrs Andrea Callahan Voipe

LtCol Brian RVoorhccs *72

Mr &Mrs Robert AWadd

Mr &Mrs Don CWalker

UCol &Mrs Hubert BWall, Jr

Capt &Mrs Douglas EWalters, Jr ’83

Mr &Mrs James WWamhoff

Mr &Mrs Stephen EWard of Tlie Delta Air Unes Foundation

Capt Kenneth RTheriot ’87

Mr &Mrs Edward CThomas, Jr

Mr &Mis Douglas AThompson

Mr &Mrs James Thorley

Mr &Mrs Steven AThom

LtCol TTior JThorson Ret

Dr &Mrs Timothy WThurston

Mr &Mrs Michael JTiso

Mr &Mrs Charles ATobitt

URodney FTodaro 71

Mr &Mrs Joseph Todd

Mr &Mrs Dou^as RTorluemkc

Mr &Mrs Steven PTraw

LtCol(Rct) &Mrs Willard TTrcslcr

Capt Keith STroxler -82

UCol(Rct) &Mrs Arthur HTrujillo

Dr &Mrs AWTucker ill

Mr &Mrs William HTumidanski

Mr &Mrs Jack OTuomi

UCoI(Ret) &Mrs Richard HWaring

Mrs Mary VWarma

Mr &Mrs James WWarner

Mr &Mrs Herman KWarrior

Mr &Mrs James DWatson

Richard &Leonie Watson MDs

Mr &Mrs Robin CWatts

Maj Herbert JWeatherhead Ret ’62

Mr &Mrs Ben &Maggie Wilson ’83 match of The Delta Air Lines Foundation

Mr Michael NWilson 76 match of The Delta Air Lines Foundation

Ms Barbara WWinterrowd

Mr &Mrs Christian KWirtanen

Mr &Mrs William TWish

Mr &Mrs Robert HWittrock

Mr &Mrs Eugene KWoUer

Mr &Mis Eugene KWoUer match of CUNA Mutual Insurance Group Charitable Foundation

Mr &Mrs James CWoUet

Mr &Mis Jerome BWoods, Jr

SMSgt(Ret) &Mrs Edward M Wooten, Jr

Mr &Mrs George BWooton

UCorey AWormack 71

Mr &Mis Ernest NWeatherington, in Mr &Mis Richard Woznick honor of Mark EWeatherington '90

Mr &Mrs Gordon CWeaver

Mr &Mis Harry Weaver

Mr Kenneth LWeaver ’79

Mr &Mrs George RWebster

UCol Mark AWeUh HI 76

Mr &Mrs Hubert West

Mr &Mrs Ronnie LWestfall

Mr &Mis Walter CWesthauscr

Mr &Mrs Gerald Wharton

Mr &Mrs Gary &Susan Wyckoff

Dr &Mis William LYakely

Mr &Dr August FYanke

Mr Richard AYates

Mr &Mrs Tac Man Yu

Dr Richard OZerbe

Capt Benjamen EZcrfacc ANG ’82

Mr &Mrs Karl &Marilyn Zickrick ’72

Mr &Mrs Fredrick Zlotnick

Mr &Mrs Perry RZuhlke

CMSgt(Ret) &Mrs Bertram RSkinner

Mr &Mrs David HSmith

Mr &Mrs Donald JSmith

CMSgt(Rct) &Mis Earl Smith

Mrs Marcia GSmith

Mr RBram Smith ’70 match of

Bankers Trust Foundation

Mr &Mrs Richard PSmith

Mr &Mrs William BSmith

Mr &Mrs Robert BSneed

Mr &Mrs Milton JSongy

The past co-presidents and past co-treasurers of the Long Island, N. Y. Parents Club made avisit to Doolittle Hall during graduation week. Besides attending their sons’ graduation, they presented acheck for $1,000, the final payment of the club’s $5,000 pledge to the alumni house building fund. In addition, they presented aletter from the club’s president pledging an additional $5,000 to the building fund. From left are Ed and Lorraine Carroll, past co-treasurers, AOG Executive Vice President Dick Coppock, ’61; and Dave and Marianne McAuley, past co-presidents.

Doolittle Hall Contribution

Senate Committee Proposes New Academy Restrictions

By Rick Maze Air Force Times Staff Writer

(Editor’s note: Reprint courtesy Air Force Times. Copyright by Army Times Publishing Co., Springfield, Va.J

WASHINGTON —The Senate Armed Services Committee is proposing new restrictions on service academies.

Under provisions of the 1993 defense authorization bill ap¬ proved by the committee July 24, no longer would the academies be headed by three-star officers who report directly to the highest level of their respective service.

Instead, academies would be controlled by each service’s chief of education and training and, effective next April, the only general or admiral assigned to each academy would be atwo-star.

Department of Defense personnel officials had no immediate comment on the Senate committee proposal because they have not seen the actual legislation or the report accompanying the bill that explains the provisions.

Both the Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., and the Air Force Academy at Colorado Springs, Colo., have three general officers in residence, athree-star superintendent and two one-star officers. The Naval Academy at Annapolis, Md., already meets the fl ag of fi cer restrictions.

The four general-of fi cer billets that would be freed by downgrading of academy ranks, would be made available to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, who could use them to elevate positions within the JCS organization. Senate committee aides said.

By making the academies report to the chief of education and training, the schools would be treated like other military training courses. This would give the services more control over the academies, robbing the schools of some of their independence. Senate committee aides said.

The Air Force and Army would also be forced to follow the Navy model of having an academy faculty roughly 50 percent military officers and 50 percent civilian. Currently, the Air Force and Army schools have faculties composed mostly of officers..

Sen. John Glenn, D-Ohio, chairman of the Armed Services Subcommittee on Manpower and Personnel, has complained that the Air Force and Army appear to be assigning some officers to permanent academy teaching positions, taking them out of nor¬ mal combat-related assignments. If the academies need aperma¬ nent faculty, Glenn says, they should hire civilians, including

retired of fi cers.

Air Force and Army officials have argued that their officerdominated faculties are justified by the military-intensive educa¬ tion of the academies.

All the academies would lose the military bands assigned to them, effective April 1, under the Senate bill. Sen. Sam Nunn, D-Ga., the committee chairman, said cadets and midshipmen with musical backgrounds can make up bands for the academies if the ceremonial function is important, but it is awaste of man¬ power that encourages elitism to have enlisted people performing for of fi cer candidates.

The committee bill also orders astudy of the support structure at the three academies by the Department of Defense inspector general. Lawmakers believe the number of non-teaching positions at the academies could be cut.

And, they want areport from DoD about future officer pro¬ duction to see how the military plans to deal with the reduced need for new officers as the military gets smaller. The study will include areport on the preparatory schools run be each service that primarily help enlisted people and minorities qualify for ad¬ mission. Arecent General Accounting Office study has faulted the prep schools as being overly expensive and too concentrated on helping athletes.

The attack on the academies comes at atime when the services, without much support from DoD, are trying to reverse action taken by Congress last year to end the preferential treatment given at commissioning to all academy graduates.

Under aprovision of last year’s defense authorization act, all officers commissioned at the academy after Sept. 30, 1996 would start their careers with reserve of fi cer commissions. This would stop the current practice of providing better career protection to service academy graduates and some ROTC graduates by award¬ ing them regular officer commissions.

After the services complained that this restriction might hurt the morale of academy cadets and midshipmen and make it harder to find people willing to attend the schools in the future, the House Armed Services Committee included aprovision to repeal it in its version of the 1993 defense authorization bill.

Nunn, who championed the restriction last year, said the ser¬ vices have not provided any evidence that the new commissioning plan would harm the academies or their graduates, and he will fight the House-passed repeal provision.

1,250 New Doolies Include Two From Poland

By SSgt. Gary Carpenter NCOIC, Media Relations

For the fi rst time in Academy history, appointees from a former Communist-controlled East European nation were part of an incoming Air Force Academy class.

Two international students from Poland, along with first-time appointees from Spain and Finland began in-processing at the Academy on June 29th as members of the Class of 1996. Other countries sending appointees were Nigeria, Turkey, Sri Lanka, Singapore, South Korea and Morocco. The cadet candidates also came from all 50 states.

Lt. Col. Rollie Stoneman, associate director of admissions, said about 1,250 people, including 166 women were expected in inprocess. Also, 226 minority members accepted appointments, 18 percent of the new class.

Overall, he said the Academy received 36,247 requests for ap¬ plications, and 10,991 men and women applied for admission. The selection process then went to the nomination stage where 8,336 students, 1,409 of them women, received the nomination necessary to compete for an appointment. Of those, 2,488 men and 310 women met all qualifications for entry.

The Academy offered 1,650 appointments for the Class of

1996, including 224 women, the colonel said. The Class of 1996 is also smaller than last year’s class by about 170 people.

(Continued on next page.)

Where it alt begins! (USAF photo by Mike Reinhardt)

VIEW FROM THE TOP

Lt. Gen. Bradley C. Hosmer, ’59, Superintendent

Dear Fellow Graduates and Friends of the Air Force Academy, Imust begin by telling you what apleasure it is to return to the Academy. As amember of the class of ’59, Eve found many changes that are, on balance, for the better —and also many traditional practices which continue as the basis of USAFA’s con¬ tribution to the Air Force and to the nation. Our work appears to be going well, both for the Academy —to develop, educate and inspire excellent Air Force officers —and for the cadets —to become these of fi cers.

Lt. Gen. Hosmer, ’59

As many of you are aware, arecent change to public law was passed which will, beginning with the Class of ’97, cause all of¬ ficers to begin commissioned service with areserve, vice aregular, commission. The intent of the Congress is that all officers begin their careers on exactly equal footing —regardless of source of

(Doolies: From previous page.)

One incoming cadet is carrying on afamily tradition of Academy appointees. Gregory Sidor, who is from nearby Monu¬ ment, is following his father, John Jr., a1965 graduate who retired as alieutenant colonel in 1985. His sister, Stacy McNutt, is a1988 graduate and now acaptain at Hanscom AFB, Mass.

“It’s been along-time dream of mine,” Gregory Sidor said of his appointment to the Academy. “I’m alittle nervous but look¬ ing forward to it.”

Sidor said he’s talked to his father and sister about what it’s like to be amember of the Cadet Wing. “I get the feeling there’s a lot of camaraderie and teamwork and that everyone tries to help each other get through the four years.

In-processing began with the usual schedule of haircuts, clothing issue, and squadron and dormitory room assignments. That marked the start of 37 days of basic training designed to prepare the recruits for entry into the Cadet Wing.

During the first 28 days, most training was conducted within the cadet area. Then, all squadrons marched to Jack’s Valley July 26 for eight days of field training, including professional military subjects, academic preparation, and athletic and spiritual activities.

The newcomers returned to the cadet area Aug. 3and were to be accepted into the wing with aparade Aug. 8. The first day of academics is Aug. 10. (The Falcon Flyer)

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commission. Certainly this legislation was not well received by many in the military or civilian community. However, I’d like to relay aspects of the Department of Defense position brought to light during hearings held by the Subcommittee on Manpower and Personnel of the Senate Armed Services Committee on June 2, 1992.

Witnesses at the hearing, chaired by Senator John Glenn (D-OH), included the Assistant Secretary of Defense, Force Management and Personnel, Christopher Jehn; the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force, Manpower, Reserve Affairs, Installa¬ tions and Environment, J. Gary Cooper; and other members of DoD and the service branches. When asked by Senator Nunn about the Department’s view regarding the new law on initial reserve commissions, Mr. Jehn responded that the DoD had no opposition, but would instead take await-and-see position until the effects of the legislation could be determined. Each service assistant secretary echoed this view.

In light of DoD’s and, in turn, the Air Force’s official position, those of us in the blue suit must take the same position. Continu¬ ing to object will not pay us any dividends; in fact, Ibelieve the reverse will be true. The Senate continues to have astrong interest in the service academies —scrutinizing our academic, athletic, and military programs. The Air Force plans to track the effects of the legislation and, if necessary, pursue whatever change is in the best interest of the DoD, the Air Force, and the Air Force Academy after we have some experience with it.

On apositive note, the House Armed Services Committee in¬ troduced language in this year’s House version of the Defense Authorization Bill which would turn around the current legisla¬ tion dictating reserve commissions. That will be resolved in Con¬ gress. In the meantime, our admissions office will continue to work with young people to attract the highest quality candidates to USAFA. The quality of the Academy’s program is unchanged —we still stand above the rest in providing ajumpstart towards a military career. Ihave no doubt our graduates will excel —as they do in all other areas —and earn their regular commissions at the earliest opportunity.

The Congressional interest in our program has the potential to help us further our mission of inspiring and developing great Air Force officers. Let me assure you that the Academy remains a strong institution. The performance of our graduates continues to make us proud and warrants confidence in our program.

Cheers.

T.

BRADLEY C. HOSMER Lieutenant General, USAF Superintendent

Academy Liaison Officers (LOs) are in demand. Can¬ didates report that agood LO makes “all the difference in the world” during the application process. All candidates must be evaluated by an LO. Most candidates are recruited by LOs. LOs visit local high schools and present the Academy story. Active, reserve, or retired Air Force Academy graduates are welcome to apply for aLiaison Of¬ ficer position. Get the details by calling the office of the Regional Directors at DSN 259-2640 or (719) 472-2640, or write to HQ USAFA/RRPR, USAF Academy, Colo. 80840-5651.

THE VIETNAM GENERA TION: STILL PRISONERS?

By Dick Klass, ’62

Everyone who attended or graduated from the USAF Academy from the very beginning until at least 1972 is amember of the Vietnam generation. While we may not be quite equivalent to the “lost generation” of World War II, we certainly seemed relegated to asimilar wilderness. Each time the Vietnam War resurfaces in¬ to our national political consciousness, the result is division, distraction and recrimination.

I, for one, have had enough of it. It is no longer aquestion that should cloud futures and divide our generation. We need to free ourselves from the divisiveness of that war.

When the controversy over Bill Clinton’s actions and attitudes toward the Vietnam War and his draft status hit the headlines just before the New Hampshire primary vote, it confirmed to me that some Americans are still held prisoner by the Vietnam War. To¬ day, several months and many primaries later, the issue is dor¬ mant but it is sure to return. And the larger question remains: can this nation and our generation ever be free from the divisions of the Vietnam War?

For all of our generation. Bill Clinton’s story has aspecial resonance. Iwas studying at Oxford afew years before him. After graduation and afailed Rhodes Scholarship bid, Iwent to pilot training. So when 1won the Rhodes on asecond attempt, Iwent to Oxford with wings as well as in uniform. My periodic walks out of college in flying gear to fly C-54 SAC support (R&R) missions from Upper Hey ford caused much bewilderment, even before the Gulf of Tonkin.

As the Vietnam war began to heat up in 1965, Ifound myself defending apolicy Idid not fully understand. Then again, lieutenants were not consulted on such matters. When I volunteered for acombat tour in Vietnam, few of my British or American contemporaries understood. Ididn’t understand how one of the first T-38 UPT graduates could be assigned to aC-47 built before Iwas born just because of afew hours of C-54 time. Fortunately Iescaped to 0-1 and 0-2 flying shortly after arrival in country.

At the time of Bill Clinton’s letter, Iwas back at USAFA trying to teach international relations to cadets whose contemporaries were demonstrating against the war. Many of the cadets —and faculty —were also struggling with the issues involved. Three of them went on to Rhodes Scholarships, many served in Vietnam, some died. Many other graduates, friends and classmates died or were P.O.W. And, yes, some avoided the war even while serving.

One phrase in Clinton’s letter to that ROTC colonel in Arkan¬ sas brought back all the memories: the turmoil, the anger, the division, the bitterness. This 23-year-old Arkansan at Oxford tried to explain “...how so many fine people have come to find

The author stands beside his O-IE in Vietnam in 1967. themselves still loving their country but loathing the military to which you and other good men have devoted lifetimes of the best service you could give.,”

What makes the letter so remarkable, as atime capsule from the last weeks of the turbulent 1960s, is its reasoned tone and balanced understanding. Iremember the loathing, first as Iwas leaving Oxford in 1966, and later as Ireturned from Vietnam. Unlike those opposed to Desert Storm who focused on the political decision-makers, Vietnam opposition reviled those of us who went or were sent —even involuntarily. Few would express Bill Clinton’s view that we were “good men” let alone giving the “best service” we could give. And few in uniform thought the op¬ ponents to be “fine people.”

The tenor of those times is difficult to convey today to my children: my son Wil, born two weeks before Bill Clinton sent his letter, and my daughter Ingrid, born the year before the final fall of Saigon. How can Wil understand “dominos” and the Cold War when he has traveled through Russia and China and Southeast Asia? How can Ingrid, so excited to be entering Carleton College in September, comprehend Kent State? What could recreate for them the passions generated by the Gulf of Tonkin, flag burning. My Lai, the Pentagon Paters, Muhammad Ali and Tet? And how do you explain to “banked” pilots, of¬ ficers facing RIF or current cadets worried whether they can have afull career that there was atime when young men were deter¬ mined to get out or stay out of the military?

In mid-February we watched The MacNeil-Lehrer News Hour for adiscussion of the newly-revealed Clinton letter and its im¬ pact... We see Sen. John McCain (R. Ariz.) aformer Navy pilot and prisoner of war contend that it is “irrelevant” to Clinton’s capacity to be commander-in-chief. McCain pleads for healing and afocus in the future. Former Navy secretary James Webb disagrees and cannot hide his anger. McCain talks of ahealing process begun with the Vietnam Memorial and nurtured by the long overdue outpouring of gratitude to Vietnam vets after Desert Storm, wounds heal or the scars fade. Webb is now and may forever be a prisoner of the war. McCain is free.

How can the rest of us be free, especially those who have fin¬ ished their uniformed careers and hope to continue public service? How can our generation free itself from the war so as to take up the leadership of this nation? Perhaps the journeys of others can provide some help and insight.

First, understand the message in Bill Clinton’s letter. Most who questioned and opposed the war were “fine people” who loved their country. Most who served were “good men” giving their best service. In the face of ambiguity and uncertainty, each made choices when there was no single right answer. Even in retrospect it is hard to come to final judgments except to say that men of good conscience could and did disagree. Questioning the war

Survival training at Fairchild AFB, Wash, in 1966, just prior to the author’s (Klass is at right in bottom row) tour in Vietnam.

should not dishonor the combatants. Supporting the noble inten¬ tion to defend freedom in that far-off place should not discredit the opponents.

Second, listen to Sen. McCain when he calls for healing and a focus on the future. The emotional and physical needs of the Viet¬ nam veterans must be addressed with priority and compassion and so must the wounds of the nation. We should beware of those who want to tear open our wounds to serve their political pur¬ poses or who refuse to let the scars fade in order to get afront page byline. It is nearly 20 years since the last American troops left Vietnam. The post World War II equivalent is 1964. Who benefits from preventing the healing?

Third, while we are healing ourselves and our country, we need to reconcile ourselves with the enemy who we did not defeat and who did not defeat us on the battlefield. It is not an easy journey, but Fred Downs, the author of No Longer Enemies, Not Yet Friends, has blazed the trail. Those few veterans who have been able to return to Vietnam have found it acathartic and healing ex¬ perience. More of us need to make that journey. It is time to nor¬ malize relations with Vietnam.

Parachute Team Punished, Captain OIC Fired

The Academy punished all 32 members of its Wings of Blue parachute team and the officer in charge of the team was fired for failing to stop sexual harassment, underage drinking and lewd rituals among cadets, according to Academy officials. The team members, including 16 seniors who graduated in May, were punished with fines, demerits, loss of privileges and additional sensitivity courses in human relations.

According to Will Ketterson, director of Media Relations, “There has to be amessage. And that message is sexual harass¬ ment will not be tolerated at the Air Force Academy. According to Ketterson, there have been atotal of 18 sexual harassment complaints filed at the Academy between 1988 and 1992. Of those, 14 have been confirmed, including two filed by female parachutists.

The two women complained about remarks made during a March exercise in Gila Bend, Ariz. Male parachutists allegedly taunted female members by saying women weren’t qualified to jump and didn’t belong on the team. The women also accused the men of telling sexist jokes and singing demeaning songs. Also challenged was alewd rite-of-passage ritual. No evidence of haz¬ ing or physical abuse was reported, but underage drinking was condoned and encouraged, said Ketterson.

The officer in charge of the team, identified only as acaptain, was removed and reassigned to another Air Force installation after amonth-long investigation. The investigation also revealed that the entire team, including the two women who lodged the complaints, had participated in inappropriate behavior. The women were punished along with the rest of the team.

According to Col. Bud Stokes, deputy commandant for opera¬ tions, “Every cadet admitted to participating in or tolerating at least some of the activities. Iwas very concerned about the appearance that the women were being punished for coming for¬ ward. But the truth is the nobody was totally innocent, and it’s important to be even-handed in the punishment.’’

Senior cadets on the team were allowed to graduate but they were fi ned from $250 to $400. Junior members were restricted to the cadet area for the entire summer and will serve punishment tours, receive demerits and lose all privileges of rank. The entire team is also required to attend sensitivity courses on human re¬ lations.

New members of the parachute team, who joined after the problems surfaced, were allowed to perform this summer. The competitive team is atop contender among colleges, and the demonstration team performs at military and civic events across the country.

Then-Captain Klass is presented his Silver Star (earned in the Vietnam War) at an Academy Cadet Parade in 1968.

This last point my be hard for some to swallow, but my conver¬ sations with grads do not elicit strong objections. At last there is movement to resolve the POW/MIA accounting. Frankly, the U.S. government has done about as much as it can. Iwould rather rely on visiting vets as tourists and businessmen to impress the commitment of the nation on this issue than leave it to bureaucrats. Ihave made the point to the Vietnamese ambassador to the U.N. and hope to do so in Hanoi before long.

Vietnam, either as aparticipant or an opponent, was the defin¬ ing experience for many USAFA graduates and many of our con¬ temporaries. But for others of our generation, their defining mo¬ ment came in Watts in 1965 or Detroit, Washington and dozens of other cities in 1968. Some endured both. If we can find and follow the healing path on Vietnam, perhaps our generation can also find the courage to honestly face the race issue which more deeply divides and threatens this nation. In both cases the healing will be found by working together on the future, not rearguing the past.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Dick Klass graduated second in the Class of 1962, the original Red Tag Bastards, and is the RTB president. He attended Oxford on aRhodes Scholarship 1963-66 and the National War College

1976-77. He

ward air controller and was awarded the Silver Star, Distin¬ guished Flying Cross, 11 Air Medals and the Purple Heart. In 1980 he was medically retired as acolonel and is now aconsultant in Washington, D.C. He served on the AOG Board while intructing at USAFA 1968-70.

In the interests of full disclosure, he has volunteered for the Clinton campaign.

Richard “Dick” L. Klass, ’62

flew over 200 combat missions in Vietnam as afor¬

Special Operations Pilot Wins Jabara Award

Capt. (major select at press time) Corby L. Martin, Class of 1980, was named winner of the 1992 Jabara Award for Airman¬ ship by Academy Superintendent Lt. Gen. Bradley C. Hosmer for his sustained superior performance as an MH-53J Pave Low helicopter commander during Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm from August 1990 to March 1991. Captain Martin was the Air Force Special Operations Command nominee.

Deployed with the first wave to Operation Desert Shield, Cap¬ tain Martin built, planned and organized the entire combat search-and-rescue plan for western Iraq and the Persian Gulf area. This plan for coalition Air Forces used joint and combined service components with over 40 different aircraft, both fixed and rotary wing. He also designed tactics to employ Pave Low naviga¬ tional and terrain-following capabitilities with Army AH-64 Apache helicopters and flew lead for every one of eight rehear¬ sals, including live fire of Hellfire missiles to develop joint forma¬ tion procedures and acohesive combat team.

Capt. Corby L. Martin, ’80

On Jan. 17, 1991, Captain Martin led aflight of Army Apache helicopters into Iraq which successfully destroyed enemy earlywarning radar sites, opening awide radar-free air corridor along Iraq’s border to begin the air war of Operation Desert Storm. To avoid detection and achieve tactical surprise, the flight flew in total darkness at 100 feet and below penetrating Iraqi airspace and arriving at their targets within 10 seconds of the prescribed time on target. Maintaining complete radio silence, the Pave Lows led the formation and decelerated to slow airspeed for the target attack run. Timing was such that Captain Martin’s flight of Apaches fired on their targets exactly on time, achieving total tac¬ tical surprise in perfect coordination with numerous other geographically-separated air strikes. On egress, with enemy air defenses now alerted and filling the sky with small arms fire and infrared missiles. Captain Martin executed evasive maneuvers and launched countermeasures to recover safely to aforward area refueling point to drop off the Apaches. Then, low on fuel himself, he accomplished ablacked-out, low-altitude (below 500 feet) join-up with aHC-130 tanker to air refuel his own helicopter using night vision goggles with zero moon illumination.

Throughout Desert Storm, Captain Martin flew 33 sorties and over 45 combat hours under the most demanding and stressful conditions. On alert when aBritish special forces team was miss¬ ing in action, he planned and flew as flight lead on the first U.S./United Kingdom helicopter operation in combat, searching for over five hours over the featureless desert some 200 miles into Iraq. Army Lt. Gen. Wayne A. Downing, the Joint Special Operations Task Force Commander, said in his letter of recom¬ mendation,... “If Imust go to war again, Iwant Corby Martin with me. He is one of the most outstanding combat leaders of any service Ihave ever met.’’

The 1992 Jabara Award will be presented to Captain Martin by Superintendent Lt. Gen. Bradley C. Hosmer, ’59, during the Jabara Award Reception and Banquet the evening of Saturday, Sept. 26 at Homecoming 1992. This year there were two runnersup for the Jabara Award. They were:

Lt. Col JAMES E. REED, ’72, who was nominated by U.S. Air Forces in Europe for his accomplishments as asuperb fighter squadron commander and aviator during Desert Storm. Colonel Reed was the commander of th 525th Tactical Fighter Squadron which became the air superiority squadron for the Air Force’s first composite wing, the 7440th Combat Wing (Provisional). Colonel Reed was aprincipal organizer of the combat wing employment concept, coauthored the Air Tasking Order for the first three days of the air war over northern Iraq, and expertly in¬ tegrated Turkish fighters into the air defense of Turkey. On Jan. 17, 1991, Colonel Reed led the first combat mission against nor¬ thern Iraq by Proven Force aircraft. He led abrilliant, eight-ship, lights-out, night offensive into northern Iraq, dealing with poor weather, SAM launches, and intense AAA fire. During the war. Colonel Reed’s squadron recorded six enemy aircraft downed, zero losses, and 1,329 air-to-air combat sorties flown.

Capt. STEPHEN R. PHILLIS, ’82, who was nominated posthumously by Tactical Air Command for aheroic act during Desert Storm. On Feb. 15, 1991, Capt. Phillis led atwo-ship of A-10s performing battlefield air interdiction against the heavilydefended Iraqi Republican Guard’s elite Mednah Armored Divi¬ sion. After aSAM missile took out the flight controls of his wingman. Captain Phillis closed in to dover him with total disregard to his own safety. The wingman ejected and Captain Phillis continued to suppress ground fire to provide safety for the pilot’s parachute descent. After calling for arescue air patrol and arescue cover fl ight. Captain Phillis determined it was too dangerous for the rescue attempt and warned the aircraft to stay clear. Moments later. Captain Phillis sustained battle damage, followed by relentless AAA and SAM fire. It was then that he made the ultimate sacrifice while trying to aid his downed wingman.

The other distinguished Jabara Award nominees for 1992 were:

Lt. Col. MARK B. ROGERS, ’75, nominated by Head¬ quarters, U.S. Air Force, for his accomplishments with the Cen¬ tral Command Air Forces in Riyadh during Desert Storm. His foresight and expertise allowed him to play akey role in the suc¬ cessful air campaign of the coalition forces during the war. Col¬ onel Rogers served as the deputy director. Special Planning Group, and had the primary responsibility for preparing the plan approved by General Schwarzkopf.

Maj. THOMAS C. SCHIPPER, ’77, nominated by Air Force Systems Command, for his contributions to the design and flight test of the T-IA Jayhawk. When two of three test pilots for the new Tanker Transport Training System candidate aircraft were reassigned. Major Schipper carried on the program, the success of which can be attributed to his dedication and professionalism.

Maj. JOHN A. SCHAFER, ’78, nominated by Military Airlift Command, for aggressively seeking support to test the tactics of a project called Tactics Develolpment and Evaluation of Transport Evasive Maneuvers which had sat dormant for six years. He suc¬ cessfully proved and incorporated these tactics into the tactical transport aircrew evasive maneuvers.

Capt. JAY G. SANTEE, ’81, nominated by Air Force Logistics Command for his heroic actions while engaged in combat opera¬ tions flying the EF-111A while deployed to Saudi Arabia. Captain Santee lead aflight of EF-111 As in support of 98 F-16s and six British GR-ls, striking targets on the outskirts of Baghdad. Twice during the mission his flight was attacked by enemy aircraft and on each occasion Captain Santee directed the flight’s defensive reactions, successfully defeating the enemy threat, then returning (Continued on page 79.)

Graduate UPT Slots Cut to 225 Through 1994

(Editor’s note: It was announced in July that undergraduate pilot training slots for the Academy Classes of 1993 and 1994 would be limited to 225. The Academy provided apress release on this decision but we felt the actual letter from the commandant to the affected cadet parents was more appropriate and provided much more detail concerning the criteria which will be used to select the 225 graduates. It also went into more detail concerning the various quali fi cations and options. We deleted the last sentence of the letter which contained phone numbers, including aspecial 800-number, which could be called if the parents had any immediate questions. The date on the letter was July 20, 1992.)

Dear Class of 1993 and 1994 Parents

Iam writing to inform you of achange in Air Force policy regarding the assignment of Academy graduates to Undergraduate Pilot Training (UPT). Air Force poliey in the past has been that all qualified Academy graduates would be afforded the opportunity to attend UPT. However, this practice has been impacted by the force structure reductions ongoing within the Department of Defense. Last year the Academy was required to delay UPT entry of approximately 30 percent of the Class of 1992 for 36 months. However, the number of cockpit assignments has continued to dwindle while the number of pilots available for those cockpits has steadily grown. The Air Force can no longer plan on increasing pilot training rates in three or four years and absorb deferred graduates into UPT. Therefore, for the Class of 1993 and beyond, the number of UPT entries for Air Force Academy graduates has been limited at 225 per year. There will be no further delayed entries to UPT as there were for the Class of 1992.

The majority of Academy cadets are here because they want to serve our nation as officers in whatever skill or specialty is needed and suited to their talents. For them, the Air Force offers exciting and rewarding careers as officers. On the other hand, some cadets may believe that having avery good prospect of entering pilot training is so critical to their future in the Air Force, they will now want to consider other possibilities.

There are three elements of this issue important to you at this point: the UPT selection process; the identification of cadets af¬ fected by the change; and the choices and options available to those cadets.

With regard to the selection process, our obligation is to select the best officer candidates for UPT. All pilot qualified cadets who volunteer for UPT are eligible to compete. Pilot qualified cadets in the Class of 1993 who have not already completed T-41 flight screening are being scheduled for that program during the fall 1992 semester, prior to selections being made. Aboard of senior officers at the Academy will then convene on 19 Jan 93 to review each cadet’s record. Factors to be considered are: academic and military grades, leadership records, T-41 flying per¬ formance, athletic participation, probation history, and evalua¬ tions of officership potential by the Air Officers Commanding, Athletic Department, and academic advisors. The board will recommend to me those individuals who should attend UPT. The entire process is based on evaluating the cadets’ “whole-person performance rather than any single element of their cadet record.

pelled to because of this change in pilot training opportunity. Normally, withdrawing after starting the Second Class academic year requires acadet to satisfy their obligation by two or three years enlisted service, depending upon the point at which they withdraw. However, in this special situation, other choices are also available.

If acadet is not pilot qualified (PQ), or he/she does not intend to pursue UPT, there is no change to their status. Their continua¬ tion for adegree and acommission are not affected, and their op¬ tions to leave the Academy remain unchanged. For members of the Class of 1994, that means they may still resign from the Academy prior to beginning fall semester classes without obliga¬ tion. The active duty commitment for the members of the Class of 1993 who are not PQ, or who do not intend to pursue UPT, also remains unchanged.

First Class cadets (Class of 1993), who are UPT volunteers and physically qualified for UPT, may choose to withdraw from the Academy before 15 Sep 92. However, they must reimburse the U.S. Government for the approximate cost of asemester of their second class year. This is the first year in which they incurred an active duty commitment. This cost has been assessed at approx¬ imately $11,500. Specific details and amounts are still being deter¬ mined. As an alternative, they may serve two years active duty as an enlisted member in the Air Force; or four years in an Air Na¬ tional Guard (ANG) or Air Force Reserve (AFRes) unit. They may also remain at the Academy to complete the fall semester, but they will be charged for that semester at current prices (ap¬ proximately $11,500), plus the second class year semester, for a total of approximately $22,750. The same alternative of two years active duty enlisted service or four years ANG/AFRes service ap¬ plies.

Second Class cadets (Class of 1994), who are UPT volunteers and physically qualified for UPT, may withdraw before 15 Sep 92 without incurring aservice commitment. This option reflects the long-standing policy for Academy cadets, with an extension of the deadline. However, should they desire to complete the fall semester before withdrawing, they will be charged for that semester ($11,500). They would also have the alternative of two years active duty enlisted service or four years ANG/AFRes ser¬ vice.

Iam aware that the pilot candidate selection process has become asensitive issue and will have asubstantial impact on many people. Ifirmly believe that our selection process is as equitable and unbiased as possible. Please understand this is a very complex and volatile issue, but Iam committed that each cadet receives personal attention when considering these options and making this important career decision. Cadets received initial noti fi cation of this information on 21 July 92 (or shortly thereafter), and will be briefed in detail at the Academy on 5Aug 92. Iwill keep you posted on any further developments.

Sincerely,

RICHARD C. BETHUREM, Brig. Gen., USAF (Signed) Commandant of Cadets J»

Cadets immediately affected by this change are the pilot can¬ didates in the Classes of 1993 and 1994. To qualify as apilot can¬ didate, the cadets must be avolunteer for UPT and physically qualified for flying as determined by Air Force flight surgeons. The Academy Flight Surgeon is reviewing the physical qualifica¬ tions of all first and second class cadets to ensure they are aware of their qualification profile and eligibility for UPT.

Pilot candidates in the Second and First Classes were advised of options for withdrawing from the Academy if they feel com-

Air Force Academy graduates —active, reserve, or retired —are needed as Liaison Officers (LOs) to represent the Air Force Academy. Representation is needed throughout the United States and in overseas locations. Most candidates who attend the Academy are recruited by LOs and all can¬ didates are evaluated by an LO. Give some time each week and visit high schools in your area. Get all the details by con¬ tacting the office of the Regional Directors at DSN 259-2640 (719) 472-2640, or write to HQ USAFA/RRPR, USAF Academy, Colo. 80840-5651 or

FALCON SPORTS

Academy Athletes Gamer National onors

By Dave Toller Assistant Sports Information Director

Several Academy athletes were honored this past June with na¬ tional awards. Gymnast Joel Miller and cross country runner Chris Nelson were named to the 1992 GTE Academic AllAmerican team by the College Sports Information Directors of America. Miller was named for the third consecutive year, while Nelson was recognized for the second time.

Miller, from Amherst, N.Y., is athree-time Western Athletic Conference scholar-athlete. His grade point average was 3.57 in astronautical engineering. Athletically, Miller holds every rings record at the Academy. Last season. Miller became the first rings All-American in Falcon history. He scored a9.70 at the NCAA Championships for a fi fth-place fi nish.

Nelson, from Florence, Colo., led the Falcons to their first WAC Cross Country Championship. He won the individual title and was named WAC Runner of the Year for the second con¬ secutive year. He is afour-time WAC scholar-athlete and carried a3.88 GPA in mathematics.

Both Miller and Nelson graduated in May and are second lieutenants in the Air Force.

Sophomore tennis player Laura Simmons was named to the 1992 NCAA Division II Singles All-American team by the Inter¬ collegiate Tennis Coaches Association. Simmons, from Spring, Texas, posted a30-8 singles record. She was the number-two ranked singles player in the region and was among the top ten players in the nation throughout the season.

At the NCAA tournament, the two-time All-American reached the round of 16 in singles. As afreshman last season, Simmons won the NCAA Singles Championship and became the fi rst singles national champion in Academy history.

Another Academy tennis standout receiving honors was senior D’Ron Longino, who was awarded the 1992 Prince/Inter¬ collegiate Tennis Coaches Association Graduate Scholarship

Chapter Hosting Trip to AFA-Army Football Game

This year’s Air Force-Army football game will be played at West Point on Nov. 7. The Association of Graduates has 200 tickets available through its Capital Chapter in Washington, D.C. These tickets may be purchased separately or as part of afootball weekend package for those traveling to West Point from the Washington/Baltimore area. The package includes:

★ Game tickets

★One night at Stouffers Westchester Hotel (night of Nov. 6)

★ Round-trip charter bus from Washington or Baltimore (leaves the Pentagon at 1p.m., Nov. 6)

★ Tailgate party

★ Victory celebration

The price for the total package is approximately $200 for couples and $150 for singles. Packages are also available for those providing their own transportation or those only inter¬ ested in hotel accommodations, game tickets or the parties.

Orders can be placed by calling Maj. Scott Dorff at (703) 693-1037 work, (703) 751-4594 home, or 223-1037 DSN. All orders must be completed by Oct. 5. BEAT ARMY!

Joel Miller, ’92 Award. The award is presented to eight players nationally. Longino is the only NCAA Division II female tennis player to win the award.

Longino, from Wichita Falls, Texas, competed at number six singles and number two doubles this season. She posted a9-8 singles record and a14-6 doubles mark. She helped lead the Falcons to a17-5 finish this season. (The Falcon Flyer)

Track Team Places Third in WAC Championships

The Air Force Academy Track Team posted athird place finish at the Western Athletic Conference track championships in May. This was the highest-ever WAC finish for an Air Force Team. Brigham Young won the championship with 270.5 points, TexasE1 Paso was second with 167 and Air Force collected 117.5.

According to coach Ralph Lindeman, “In 12 years in the WAC prior to this meet. Air Force had three individual WAC champs. In this meet alone we had three individual champs and acham¬ pionship relay team.”

Then-sophomore Jeromy Williams picked up the Falcon’s first gold medal in the decatholon, and then placed fifth in the pole vault. Then-senior Chris Nelson won the 10,000-meter race. Then-sophomore Cliff Alexander won the 400 intermediate hurdles and later ran a46.9-second anchor leg on the Falcon’s winning 4x400 relay team of Michael Reed, Darlington Munhenga and Roosevelt Boyland.

In the 5,000, Nelson barely missed winning another gold medal when he was caught in the final 150 meters by BYU’s Dave Spence who won in 15 minutes, 4.92 seconds.

New WAC Rival Will Not Affect Football Schedule

Under an original Western Athletic Conference proposal when Fresno State joined the conference, Fresno was to begin playing an eight-game WAC schedule right away and all league members were asked to drop rivals on arotating basis. That plan would have had CSU and Wyoming playing Air Force only twice in the (Continued on next page.)

Falcon Catcher Named First-Team All-Conference

By SSgt Scott Davis Sports Editor

For the second time since Air Force joined the Western Athletic Conference in 1980, an Academy baseball player was named firstteam all-conference. Graduated senior Troy Simon became the first all-WAC player since 1986 when Eric Pharris earned first-

team honors. “Troy was one of the finest players in the history of the Academy, “said Falcon head coach Paul Mainieri. “Fie final¬ ly got his due.”

Simon finished third in the conference in batting at .404, 10th in runs batted in with 46, and fifth in home runs with 10. He finished the season on a10-game hitting streak. He ranks third at the Academy in career games played with 197 and is tied for fifth in career home runs with 28.

“Troy provided leadership to our program,” Mainieri said. “He had the total package caught 30 of 69 runners stealing during the season. “He was a tremendous defensive weapon, Mainieri continued, “Other teams couldn’t steal against him. It kept double plays in order.

Then-junior Lance Pilch was named to the GTE All-District VI1 Academic Team by the College Sports Information Directors of America. Pilch had a3.49 grade point average as an electrical engineering major. He was the Falcon’s fourth best hitter with a .361 average and led the team with 12 stolen bases and 50 runs scored.

“Lance is amodel of what astudent-athlete is all about, Mainieri said. “We all take pride in his academic achievements. Pilch had been on the dean’s list every semester and made the superintendent’s list for academic and military excellence once.

Denver Quarterback Club Invites Graduates to Join Falcon Football Fans Get Additional TV View Choice

This fall, there may be anew opportunity for some alumni to watch the Falcon football team on ABC Sports.

Many of our graduates have relocated to areas far from the school. Because of this, they only get achance to see the team on ABC when ABC televises them nationally. When ABC telecasts one of our games in aregional split, many of our grads see agame which is of more interest to the region in which they live and not our team.

This fall, that will change. ABC Sports has announced that it will make its regional college football games available on pay-perview while continuing to provide its regular weekly coverage. While viewers will have the usual option to watch the game chosen for them by ABC Sports on their local ABC station, now they can also watch ABC Sports’ production of other games that are not being shown over the air in their area.

The price of apay-per-view game is expected to be under $10. You can contact your local cable company for details and check your local TV listing for the game being shown both over the air and on pay-per-view.

(WAC Rival: From previous page.)

next four years. Fresno was to play the Rams and Cowboys the years they weren’t playing AFA.

League officals, however, came up with anew plan to allow Air Force to continue its annual series with CSU and Wyoming dur¬ ing the transition period Fresno State requires to get its WAC schedule in order. Under the new plan. Air Force will postpone interrupting its CSU and Wyoming series until 2006 through 2009. The Falcons will play CSU and Wyoming only twice each during the four-year period.

According to athletic director Col. Ken Schweitzer, “The thinking is by the time we get that far, the schedule will probably be changed again. We may not have to miss any years with Col¬ orado State and Wyoming. In these economic times, it just makes sense to keep games that are easy travel games.”

The Air Force Academy Quarterback Club of Denver has been supporting Academy athletics for over 30 years. The club is composed of businessmen and women from the Denver Area as well as former and present Air Force people. The club offers many social activities, golf tourna¬ ments, and private tours. It also sponsors aYouth Ticket Program for disadvantaged youth, hosts ateam barbecue, and sponsors athletic awards.

This year the club is also hosting trips to away football games—a day trip to Wyoming, afour-day trip to San Diego, and aweekend trip to the Army game.

In addition to our individual membership the club also has two levels of corporate membership. The club meets every Thursday at noon in the fall at the Sheraton Tech Center where Coach Fisher DeBerry joins them each week.

The club extends an invitation to graduates who live in the area or might be traveling through Denver this fall to find out about the Club or join them for aThursday lunch. For membership, trip information, or luncheon reserva¬ tions, contact Minetta Miller, Executive Secretary at 1801 Broadway, Suite 400, Denver, Colo. 80202. Phone: (303) 296-1700.

1991 Graduate Top American in World Military 5.5K Run

Callie Calhoun, ’91, was the top American and fourth overall in the 5.5K run in the CISM Military Championship in Abuja, Nigeria, earlier this year.

With the temperature in the mid-90s despite an early morning start, Calhoun described the course as “pretty tough with rough ground and lots of hills.”

Her 18:57 was only about 20 seconds out of first place and helped the U.S. team to abronze-medal finish. Calhoun, now 22, turned in some pretty impressive times at the Academy where she ran the 5K in 16:27 and lOK in 34:38.

Calhoun expressed an interest in duathlon (running and biking). She said her first international experience was a“firstclass affair and atrue honor to represent the United States.

offense and defense.” Simon

Troy Simon, ’92

New Graduates Spirited Despite Poor Weather

The Air Force Academy’s largest-ever graduating class was greeted with the worst weather on graduation day in 13 years, and amore-than-an-hour wait for Vice President Dan Quayle to ar¬ rive for the ceremony. The vice president’s aircraft had been diverted to Pueblo due to the weather.

Quayle spoke to the 1,067 graduates and acrowd of about 20,000 on May 27 in open-air Falcon Stadium despite apersistent, chilling drizzle that turned into afull-fledged downpour as the vice president began handing out diplomas. Even though the Tunderbirds could not fly, the Class of 92’s spirits were high and the hat-toss went as scheduled!

Quayle’s graduation speech theme continued to be family values as he told the cadets, “For all our superior (military) technology and training, the security of our future will rest, in the end, on the character of our people (and) on the values that make us who we are.

The new class increased the ranks of Academy alumni to 25,663. Ten of the graduates were international students, three were commissioned in the U.S. Army, five in the U.S. Navy, and five in the U.S. Marine Corps. Ten members of the class were ex¬ pected to graduate late.

The Class of 1992, the Academy’s 34th graduating class, had

Former Academy Superintendent Receives Award

By Dr. Alex Cummins

Director of Research, History Department

Retired Lt. Gen. Albert P. Clark, former Air Force Academy superintendent, recently received the Department of History’s Clio Award for distinguished service in support of the depart¬ ment, its classes, clubs and cadets.

Among the many achievements recognized were his efforts to expand and enhance the Academy Library’s holdings of materials and sources for use by cadets in research.

Clark, aformer World War II prisoner of war, has donated to the library much of his private collections that are related to his Air Force experience and internment in Germany.

He was the genesis of the library’s renown Stalag-Luft III col¬ lection, which was the basis for the famous book and movie “The Great Escape.” He also donated his priceless collection of long arms carried by the American solider from the American Revolu¬ tion to the Gulf War.

Through his leadership in the nonpro fi t organization The Friends of the Air Force Academy Library, Clark has enhanced the quality of the library as an educational, research, scientific and cultural institution.

The organization provides the library with monetary support, as well as gifts of books and materials. (The Falcon Flyer)

Vice President Dan Quayle addresses the Class of 1992 grad¬ uates. Behind him is Superintendent Lt. Gen. Bradley C. Hosmer. (Courtesy photo)

698 officers reporting to pilot training and nine to navigator train¬ ing, although some 30 percent of the pilots were “banked”, but expected to attend pilot training within three years. Twelve graduates expected to attend medical school while others went im¬ mediately to non-rated assignments.

Twenty-five members of the class received scholarships and fellowships for graduate study. Since 1959, more than 650 graduates have been recipients of scholarships and fellowships.

During graduation week, the Association of Graduates invited graduates and their guests to tour the new alumni house, Doolittle Hall. The new building also hosted the commissioning ceremony for Cadet Squadron 31.

This year’s outstanding squadron was Cadet Squadron 22. The fall wing commander was Erik Rydberg and the spring wing com¬ mander was John Kubinec. Named outstanding group com¬ mander was Scott Hines. The outstanding cadet in order of graduation was Samuel Hinote, top academic performer was Paul Fronapfel, and Edward Broderick, Jr. was the top military per¬ former.

AOG Accepting Contributions of Books and POW Memorabilia

The AOG is seeking contributions of hard-bound books and POW memorabilia to display in the new headquarters/ alumni house, Doolittle Hall.

While any POW-related items are welcome, POW memorabilia relating directly to USAFA graduates and other Air Force prisoners of war are most directly sought. The items must be of relatively small size, as they will be displayed in acase 31/4” deep, 26” wide and 56” long.

Hard-bound books for the library lounge area of the building are also needed. The association is seeking books primarily on the military and POW/MIA related themes. Books may be either fact or fiction and series are welcome.

Donations are tax-deductible and acknowledgements will be provided for all contributions. If an item has ahigher than normal value (e.g., historical POW mementos or rare books), the donor should have in his/her possession an ap¬ praisal and provide same to the AOG. This will give the donor the necessary documentation for IRS purposes and will help the AOG in providing special care for the item as well as securing appropriate insurance coverage.

All gifts should be sent to: Executive Vice President, Association of Graduates, Doolittle Hall, 3116 Academy Drive, Suite 100, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colo. 80840-4475.

Two of the 1,067 graduates celebrate in the rain during grad¬ uation ceremonies May 27 at Falcon Stadium. (Photo by Sgt. Mike Reinhardt)

Bethurem Takes Over Cadet Wing from Redden

By SSgt. Gary Carpenter NCOIC, Media Relations

Brig. Gen. Richard C. Bethurem, ’66, became the Air Force Academy’s 16th commandant of cadets on June 26 during a change of command ceremony on the Academy terrazzo. Bethurem replaced Maj. Gen. Joseph J. Redden, ’(A, who has been reassigned to Hickam AFB, Hawaii. He will become the director of Plans and Programs at Pacific Air Forces.

Bethurem was the inspector general at Headquarters Air Com¬ bat Command, Langley AFB, Va.

Superintendent Lt. Gen. Bradley C. Hosmer, ’59, who offici¬ ated at the change of command, praised Redden for his work as commandant of cadets. Hosmer said Redden brought character and common sense in abundance to the position.

He cited Redden’s reintroduction of the “Hard-out Policy’’ that strongly encourages members of anew class to complete Basic Cadet Training before deciding they don’t like the Academy environment and then quitting. It’s believed that by completing BCT, trainees will be encouraged to proceed with the academic year. Without the policy, trainees could quit BCT any time for any reason. That sometimes resulted in high attrition rates even before trainees became members of the Cadet Wing.

In remarks following the change of command, Bethurem said he would have an open-door policy with the cadets. “I will be up front with the cadets and share the good with the bad,” he said. We’ll do what we need to do —produce highly-qualified Air Force of fi cers.

The general earned abachelor of science degree in humanities from the Academy in 1966 and amaster’s degree in counseling from Ball State University in Muncie, Ind., in 1978. He has com¬ pleted Squadron Officer School, Air Command and Staff College and Air War College.

Bethurem is acommand pilot with 385 combat missions and

Four USAFA graduates were members of the U.S. Air Forces in Europe bicycling team during this year’s Voie de la Liberte. From left in the photo taken in June at Mardasson, Belgium (U. S. Battle of the Bulge Memorial), are Denny Prokopowicz, ’81; Dan Craft, ’81; Frank Rossi, ’86; and Gary Dikkers, ’68. The Voie de la Liberte is an annual ride across France commemorating the liberation of France in 1944. The route covers 1,400 km in eight days and retraces the route General Patton’s Third Army follow¬ ed in 1944. The USAFE riders joined 500 other bikers from Erance, Belguim, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and the United States. There was also asmall contingent representing asister trade school on the Hudson River. No one from Annapolis rode this year. (Photo courtesy of Gary Dikkers)

Brig. Gen. Joseph J. Redden, ’64, passes the command flag to Superintendent Lt. Gen. Bradley C. Hosmer, ’59, as he relin¬ quished command of the Cadet Wing on June 26. The new com¬ mandant of cadets. Brig. Gen. Richard C. Bethurem, ’66, is at right. (Photo courtesy the Directorate of Visual Information) more than 3,900 flying hours in the F-4, F-104, and F-15.

His military awards and decorations include the Legion of Merit, Distinguished Flying Cross with two oak leaf clusters, and Meritorious Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters.

He was promoted to brigadier general April 1, 1991, with the same date of rank. He is married to the former Lynn Sweeting of Phoenix. The have three children: Kimberly, Kelly and Kristin.

Corporate Life Members

Association of Graduates, USAFA

Air Academy National Bank

Air Force Association

Ampex Corporation

Betac Corporation

Boeing Aerospace Company

Budget Rent aCar Corporation

Continental Electronics

(Division of Varian Associates,Inc.)

Electronic Data Systems Corporation

Embassy Suites Hotel of Colorado Springs

General Dynamics Corporation

McDonnell Douglas Corporation

The MITRE Corporation

Motorola, Inc.

Government Electronics Group

PRC,Inc.

Rockwell International

TRW, Inc., Electronics &Defense Sector

United Services Automobile Association

United Technologies Corporation

USAF Academy Athletic Association

Walsworth Publishing of Colorado

Westinghouse Electric Corporation

Defense &Electronic Center

Corporate life memberships are being offered for $2,000. With the exception of voting and holding of fice, members enjoy all privileges of regular members. For more information on corporate life memberships write to Col.(Ret) Jock Schwank, vice president. Services, Association of Graduates, Doolittle Hall, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colo. 80840-6600. Phone (719) 472-0300.

Grads Race in France

ATTENTION IN THE AREA

By Col. Jock C.H. Schwank (USAF, Ret), ’60 AOG Vice President, Services

AOG Has New Address/Phone Numbers

With the move of association personnel to our new Doolittle Hall alumni house in March, the AOG has aslightly-changed mailing address and anew telephone number. The address is: Association of Graduates, 3116 Academy Drive, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colo. 80840-4475. The new commercial telephone number is (719) 472-03(X). Our DSN numbers remain the same. They are 259-2067/2073. Also, for those who have visited our offices before, we no longer have offices in Sijan Hall. All association personnel and offices are now in Doolittle Hall which is just west of the Academy’s Officer’s Club. Visitors are welcome to the new facility anytime during duty hours (7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.) Monday through Friday.

Register Deadline Aired

Amajor AOG service is one of providing up-to-date information on graduates through the annual Register of Graduates. The 1992 issue will be mailed to members of record in early November of 1992. Please note that biographical data forms were NOT mailed to individual graduates this year. The biographical information form printed at the center of each magazine should be used to update graduate data. Since the individual graduate is the critical source of Register information, it is vital that you keep the AOG informed of address changes, promotions, new jobs, etc. To receive this year’s Register, the association must have your current address not later than IOctober 1992.

Life Membership Options Explained

The AOG offers alife membership plan for graduate and associate

Rules Outlined for Grad Golf Course Use

Through the efforts of the Association of Graduates (AOG) and the Directorate of Development and Alumni Programs, the following procedures have been arrived at for graduates wishing to play golf at the Academy’s Eisenhower Golf Course.

Active Duty and Retired Graduates may schedule their own tee times by calling (719) 472-3456, 24 hours in advance. These are the same reservation rules applicable to all active-duty personnel and retirees not stationed at the Academy. Green fees are $14. Reciprocal privileges are in effect for active-duty graduates who have annual memberships at other Air Force courses. Golf cart fees are $15.

Nonretired, Nonactive Duty Graduate AOG Members: The AOG will select eight tee times per month on an as-available basis. Nonretired graduate AOG members who are no longer on active duty may play at these special times. Graduates wishing to use these tee times must make reservations through Steve Knight at the AOG. He will provide the golf course with the names of the players and their tee times. We emphasize that these graduates must go through the AOG office for reservations (719-472-0300).

Graduates who are unable to fit one of the eight tee times into their schedule will be put on aspace-available basis. These golfers must contact Steve Knight at the AOG in advance regarding golf¬ ing opportunities. The AOG will notify golf course personnel when agraduate will be visiting the Academy and desires to play golf. Golf course personnel will place the graduate member’s name on awaiting list and fit the golfers into existing groups as best they can.

Green fees for nonretired, nonactive duty graduates are $30 and golf cart fees are $15.

Reunions and Homecoming: Atournament will be scheduled by the Academy and the AOG to accommodate graduates at aset fee for all players. The fee will be independent of military status or golf course membership.

members. This plan features rates based on the member’s age and the following payment options;

●The monthly payment plan is allowed only if the AOG is authorized to charge payments on an Air Academy National Bank or AOG credit card or through the coupon payment plan where the association is not required to accomplish monthly billings.

Information on graduate joint life membership (graduates married to graduates), credit card and coupon payment options, and application forms for any of the life membership options can be obtained by writing Col. (Ret) Jock Schwank, vice president. Services, Association of Graduates, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colo. 80840-4475 or calling (719) 472-0300.

Dependent Scholarship Criteria

Graduate Dependent Scholarships are being offered for the upcoming 1992-1993 academic year. Recipients for these annual awards will be selected by the AOG Board of Directors Selection Committee. This AOG scholarship program is intended to directly support post-secondary education for the children of AOG' graduate members.

To be eligible to apply:

A. The applicant must be the child of either agraduate life member of the AOG or agraduate who has maintained annual membership for at least the five consecutive years immediately preceding the submission of the application package. AOG membership requirements for applicants who are children of deceased graduates will be evaluated on an individual basis by the selection committee.

B. The applicant must either be the graduate’s natural child or legally adopted child, but need not be financially dependent upon the graduate or his/her surviving spouse.

C. The applicant must agree to enroll as afull-time student, as defined by the institution, at acollege or university accredited by an appropriate regional or national accrediting body. The applicant’s program of study may be in any field at either the graduate or undergraduate level.

D. The applicant must have aminimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 on a4.0 scale for the six most recent semesters as afull-time stu¬ dent.

The scholarship amount can be as high as $2,000 for the academic year and is paid in one lump sum directly to the student upon his/her demostrated acceptance into the accredited institution. An individual may receive atotal of four of these annual scholarships, but they do not have to be applied for, or awarded, in consecutive years.

Scholarship award winners, as well as those applicants not selected to receive ascholarship in agiven year, are encouraged to reapply for scholarships in subsequent years. These applicants compete with all new applicants for subsequent-year scholarship monies.

The number of scholarships to be awarded each year and the dollar amount of each scholarship is determined annually by the board of direc¬ tors. The scholarship winners will be determined based on overall demonstrated merit. The deadline for receiving application packages is March 1for both initial applications and reapplications.

Send requests for application forms and direct questions on this scholarship program to Col. (Ret) Jock Schwank, AOG vice president. Services, Association of Graduates, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colo. 80840-4475 or call (719) 472-0300.

AOG Awards Eight Graduate Dependent Scholarships

Graduate Dependent Scholarships totaling $6,700 were ap¬ proved by the association’s board of directors at their May meeting. Eight primary and two alternate scholarships were awarded in the second year of this new program. The awards are available on ahighly-competitive basis to children of AOG members who plan to attend or are attending apost-secondary education institution.

The Graduate Dependent Scholarship Fund was initially en¬ dowed from contributions to the Air Force Academy Fund. As the number of gifts given to the endowment increases, the number and size of the awards will continue to grow.

There were over 70 fully-qualified candidates for the awards and the selection process was extremely competitive. The eight scholarship winners, each of whom had atruly remarkable record of performance, were:

Laura Stobie ($1,500): Laura graduated from Centreville High School, Clifton Va., where she carried aperfect 4.0 grade point average and ranked second academically in her class of 306. In ad¬ dition to serving as president of the yearbook, she has been a three-year class officer and has earned varsity letters in soccer, swimming and tennis. Since the 10th grade she has been captain of the women’s tennis team. Laura looks forward to earning a degree in physics from Duke University. (James Stobie, ’71)

Gina Finan ($900): Gina graduated from Bowie High School, Austin, Texas, where she maintained perfect 4.0 grade point average and ranked second in her class of 469. She was vice presi¬ dent of both the National Honor Society and Spanish Honor Society and has served as arepresentative to Girls’ State, astu¬ dent ambassador to the Soviet Union and aparticipant in the Habitat for Humanity community service program. Gina also was amember of her schools’s varsity soccer and cross country teams. She will attend Georgetown University to pursue acareer in the diplomatic service. (George Finan II, ’66)

Claire Grazier ($9(X)): Claire was arecipient of a1991 GDS award. She has completed her freshman year at Cedarville Col¬ lege, Cedarville, N.Y., where she has continued to carry the same 4.0 average that characterized her academic performance throughout high school. Claire is pursuing adouble major in biology and math and aminor in chemistry. She is active in a variety of outside activities, including Hospitality International and the Officers’ Christian Fellowship, and is aSunday School teacher of junior high students. (Victor Grazier, ’65)

Michelle Perron ($900): Michelle graduated from Cactus High School, Glendale, Ariz., where she carried aperfect grade point average and ranked first in her class of 397. She was president of the Key Club and vice president of the National Honor Society and was active in avariety of additional extracurricular activities, including Model United Nations and Future Business Leaders of America. Michelle was also involved in avariety of community service work, including service as ahospital volunteer and religious education teacher. She hopes to attend Notre Dame University to pursue apre-med degree, emphasizing biology and genetics. (David Perron, ’70)

Rebecca Sienicki ($750): Rebecca graduated from Xavier Col¬ lege Preparatory School, Phoenix, Ariz. She ranked third in her class of 184. She was captain of both the women’s varsity cross country and track teams and was active in avariety of schoolrelated extracurricular activities. Rebecca also received the “Gold Award” —the highest recognition for leadership and community service of the Girl Scouts of America —and was one of only two Arizona students selected for an exchange program in Japan, under the auspices of the Japan/U.S. Senate Scholarship. Rebec¬ ca also operated “Becky’s Home Playgroup,” aneighborhood childcare program for children ages two to six. She looks forward to pursuing apre-med degree at asmall liberal arts college. (James Sienicki, ’74)

Maren Wilke ($750): Maren graduated from Lake Braddock High School, Burke, Va., where she ranked in the top five percent

of her 574-member class. She was athree-year letter recipient in swimming and served as team captain. She is afour-year intra¬ mural soccer and basketball participant. Maren is amember of the National Honor Society, Math Honor Society, French Honor Society, Key Club, and Future Business Leaders. She was also an active leader in avariety of religious activities. She hopes to attend St. Olaf College and become ateacher. (Paul Wilke, ’65)

Christopher Baer ($500): Christopher is asophomore transferee from Notre Dame University to American University and was a 1991 CDS recipient. He carried a4.0 grade point average in high school and has maintained his record of academic excellence in combination with avariety of extracurricular and community ser¬ vice activities in college. In keeping with his pursuit of adegree in government and public policy, Christopher has been —and con¬ templates remaining —asummer intern in the office of Rep. David Bonior (D-Mich.) (Howard Baer, ’69)

Kevin Duffy ($500): Kevin is also a1991 CDS recipient. After graduating first in his high school class of 370, he entered Har¬ vard University, where, through his first semester, he has main¬ tained a3.75 grade point average. Upon his graduation from high school, Kevin received several nationally-recognized honors, in¬ cluding his designation as aNational Science Scholar and an Advanced Placement Scholar with Honor. At Harvard, he was actively involved in various religious activities and is amember of the freshman crew team. Kevin plans to major in the sciences and would like to become amission specialist in the space program. (Kevin Duffy, ’70)

Two alternates for scholarship awards were also selected in the event that aprimary selectee was unable to accept their award. The alternates were Kimberly Gonzales (James Gonzales, ’69) and Jill Sanchez (Felix Sanchez, ’71).

The AOG is very pleased to have been able to make these awards to the children of our graduate members. We encourage members with children who will be attending apost-secondary educational institution to read the accompanying article in this issue of Checkpoints for more details on how to apply for these annual scholarships.

REUNION CONTACTS

’62 (30th) 8-11 Oct 92

Col (Ret) Dick Klass

6310 Poe Road

Bethesda, MD 20817

Ph: 301-365-8167 (H) 703-351-6620 (W)

Hotel: Marriott

’67 (25th) 15-18 Oct 92

Mr Thomas Menza

128 S. Tejon St., Suite 210 Colorado Springs, CO 80903

Ph: 719-634-2240

Hotel: Embassy Suites

’72 (20th) 24-27 Sept 92

Lt Col Bill Beck

Ph.: 719-472-2055

DSN: 259-2055

Hotel: Hilton Inn

’63 (30th) 4-7 Nov 93

Col (Ret) Jimmie Butler 7635 Delmonico Drive

Colorado Springs, CO 80919

Ph: 719-528-5978

Hotel: Antlers Doubletree

’68 (25th) 21-24 Oct 93

Lt Col (Ret) Manuel Bettencourt 1825 Summit Drive

Colorado Springs, CO 80921-2111

Ph: 719-495-0225 (H)

'73 (20th) 30 Sept -3Oct

Lt Col Bill Stanton

738 Grey Eagle Circle South Colorado Springs, CO 80919-1614 3435 Windjammer Drive

Ph.: 719-472-3067 (W) 719-599-7843 (H)

DSN: 259-3067

Hotel: Marriott

’82 (10th) 24-27 Sept 92

Mr Tom La Valley

8330 Pepperridge Drive

Colorado Springs, CO 80920-4432

Ph.: 719-472-3190 (W) 719-598-0997 (H)

DSN: 259-3190

’83 (10th) 30 Sept -3Oct

Capt Virginia Brown 4113 Charleston Drive

Colorado Sprrags, CO 80920-5797 Colorado Springs, CO 80916-3032

Ph.: 719-488-9757 (H)

Hotel: Embassy Suites

Ph.: 719-392-6626 (H) and

Drum &Bugle Corps 24-27 Sept 92 Capt Dennis Moore

Cadet Drum and Bugle Corps

CWD/DB

USAF Academy, CO 80840-6600

Quarters 4207-E USAFA, CO 80840

Ph.: 719-472-0905

Association of Graduates Available Member Benefits/Services

AOG offices are open Monday through Friday, 0730-1630 MountainTime. For all offices, telephone: (719) 472-0300 (DSN: 259-2067/2073).

CHECKPOINTS MAGAZINE—

your quarterly link to friends, classmates and the Academy.

REGISTER OF GRADVA TES—

annual presentation of biographical information on all Academy graduates.

CHAPTERS—

support for some 25 chapters throughout the world

AOG MASTERCARD—

favorable terms and credit limits from Air Academy National Bank. (800) 365-5890

SCHOLARSHIPS—

● apreparatory school scholarship via the Falcon Foundation.

●post secondary scholarships to graduates’ ehildren

SABER RENTAL—

sets of six for the military wedding.

LONG DISTANCE CALLING DISCOUNT—

Sign up for USAFA AOG long distance program with MCI and get aspecial 5% AOG discount over and above MCI’s regular long distance rates at home and on the road. This discount can also be combined with MCI’s Friends and Family dis¬ count program for atotal savings of 25%. You’ll receive apersonalized USAFA AOG long distance calling card, absolutely free. To enroll call 1-800-SKY-USAF (1-800-759-8723).

TRAVEL SERVICE—

Year-round member rebate travel program for vacation, business and reunions. Call Classic World Travel at 1-800-877-5444 and reference the AOG Travel Number T-8106.

CAR RENTAL DISCOUNTS—

special rate from Budget -(800) 772-3773 (AOG ID tt 876-00-09402/Rate Code: VM 14). You must present your AOG-provided Budget card when picking up your car.

AOG Arranges Special Travel Discount Rates

The AOG has arranged for special group discount air fare rates for individual round-trip travel to Colorado Springs and Denver during the following 1992 time frames. The primary Academy functions which the discounts support are also listed. However, families and friends visiting the Academy for other reasons during these times are certainly welcome to take advantage of the same group discounted round-trip airfares.

Parents’ Weekend: Football —USAFA vs Rice 3-7 September 1992

Class of ’72 &’82 Reunion &Homecoming, Drum &Bugle Corps Reunion: USAFA vs New Mexico24-27 September 1992

Class of 1962 Reunion: USAFA vs Navy —8-11 October 1992

Class of ’67 Reunion: USAFA vs CSU —15-18 October 1992

America West Airlines Discounts

America West Airlines is offering discounted round-trip rates for flights into Colorado Springs and Denver. The rates are 45 percent off of the full-day coach fare or five percent discount off of the lowest fare in effect the dates the tickets are purchased with all published rules in effect. These discounts apply to flights from the Continental United States and Hawaii. Flights from Canada receive a35 percent discount from the full-day coach fare.

Discounted travel rates for the above events are valid three days prior to the event until three days after the event date shown above. Travelers may also take advantage of intermediate stopovers in Phoenix and Las Vegas during this time frame for an additional $30 fee. (Stopovers must be reflected in your itinerary.) Tickets must be purchased at least seven days in advance. Reservations can be made through atravel agency (see below) or by calling America West Airlines at 1-800-548-7575, Select 1. In either case, ask for CAMS Code 10517SD to insure you receive this special rate.

CWT Travel Service

Because of the upheaval in the airline business, nearly all other major airlines have eliminated discounts for meeting-related travel (as evidenced by American Airlines canceling their discount contract with the AOG). Because of this ongoing problem, the AOG has joined with Classic World Travel, Inc. (CWT) to provide graduates, their families, associate members, and friends of the AOG with the best service possible on all travel. The benefits of this arrangement to you include:

MERCHANDISE/MEMORABILIA— Academy/AOG-unique items created especially for members.

REUNION/HOMECOMINGS— coordination and planning by your AOG.

LOCATOR SERVICE—

need to find afellow graduate? We help!

HOTEL DISCOUNTS—

● save 10% at participating Clarion, Comfort, Econo Lodge, Rodeway, Friendship, Quality and Sleep Inns, Hotels, Resorts-(800) 4-CHOICE. (Ask for the travelers discount for AFA AOG members, ID #C00041511).

●15%savings at Woodfin Suites-(800) 237-8811.

●an approximate 20% saving at the Embassy Suites Hotel of Colorado Springs. Call (719) 599-9100 and ask for the AOG RSVIP Rate (excludes special and group events). You must present your AOG membership card on check-in.

3% CASH Rebates paid to AOG members and their families for meeting and leisure travel (just send CWT the yellow copy of your invoice after you return).

Guaranteed lowest available Air Fares at time of ticketing. NO membership fees or annual dues charged by Classic World Travel.

Discounted pricing and rebates paid for cruise bookings.

$150,000 of free flight insurance on all airline tickets.

Call toll-free 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Monday —Friday, U.S. and Canada —MDT.

Hotel and car accommodations can also be made at time of booking.

Boarding passes and seat assignments in advance whenever possible.

All major credit cards accepted.

CWT pays aroyalty to your AOG based on your patronage of this program.

To save money when you book your reunion, vacation business travel, call Classic World Travel at 1-800-877-5444 and reference the AOG Travel Number: T-8106

Upcoming Graduate Events

From: NAME

AOG Biographical Information

.1 am aGRADUATE/ASSOCIATE member. (Circle One)

Member tt .SSN

DATE

To: AOG, USAF Academy

1. Make the following changes in my graduate/associate (circle one) records:

Effective Date.

New Assignment/Job Information:

Date Post USAFA PME/Civilian Education Completed: .School Major. Degree. Additional Decorations/Honors Awarded

Marital Status Change. Parent’s

If spouse is aUSAFA Grad, State Year. Spouse’s Name.

(Remove entire page, fold and seal with tape before mailing.)

3116 Academy Drive, Suite 100 USAF Academy, CO 80840-4475

AOG Gift Merchandise

BOOKS: The Iskra Incident by Col. (Ret) Jimmie H. Butler, ’63; 366 pages, hardbound, signed by author.

Vietnam Above the Treetops by John F. Flanagan, ’63; 300 pages, hardbound, signed by author.

Into the Mouth of the Cat about Lance Sijan, ’65; by Malcolm McConnell, 253 pages, hardbound.

Academy 25th Anniversary Book, apictorial history of the Academy, 260 pages, 9x12”, hardbound.

WILD BLUE U. Video (45-minute VHS tape of Academy life produced by KUSA Channel 9 Denver)

Academy Sport Cap With class year: Without numerals

CADET ISSUE CLOTHING (AOG members only) (indicate quantity in front of size)

T-Shirt S M

With

Sweat

Running

Both

USAFA or AOG (circle choice) Blazer Patch (pin back, metallic thread)

Coffee Cups (white)

Laser-Engraved Walnut Plaque (of Cadet Area)

Cadet Saber (Sold to graduate AOG members only)

Chapel Mantel Clock (Westminster chimes, battery-powered, Bulova)

FINE ART PRINTS: "Here’s aToast" Limited edition of 850 signed and numbered by the artist Keith Ferris. 24x30” print of F-16 missing man formation flown during the 1983 Flomecoming Memorial Ceremony.

"Gyrfalcon:” Limited AOG commemorative issue signed by artist, Charles Frace. 20x26” print.

'82 “Thunderbirds Over Academy:” Limited edition of 750 signed by artist, Rick Broome, 20x28” print.

USAFA Silk Tie blue or garnet (circle choice)

AOG Charm (14” sterling silver by Jostens)

TOTAL ORDER

NON-AOG members please add 20%

Colo, residents add 3% sales tax

TOTAL ENCLOSED

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The Secret Life of Waldo F. Dumbsquat

By Don Hall, ’76

“The CAS Clerk must have really goofed up,” thought Waldo F. Dumbsquat.

All 10 squadron tables were closed. The doolie shuffled through the “jungle” of Mit¬ chell Hall. He hoped he could find ahole on the jock ramps. Fearfully, he gazed around the room.

Hey, you —dumb smack!” yelled a nearby three-smoke.

Sir, that’s ‘Dumbsquat’.

Well, gazing man, are you looking to buy the place?”

No, sir. The taxes alone must be incredible.

Eyes refocused on the floor, Waldo moved on. Three pep rallies, two Air Force songs, and one streaker later, Waldo still had not found aplace to eat. As luck would have it, the freshman found himself near the jock ramps and weight tables. Waldo drove around to anearby table commandant.

“Sir, C/4C Dumbsquat, Waldo F., 007367K, requests permis¬ sion to ask aquestion.”

“What’s your question, wad?” asked the firstie with his elbows on the table.

((

Sir, do you have ahole at your table?

Sure do, mister, but you’ll have to earn it. This ain’t the Parcheesi team, you know.”

“Sir, Ido not understand.

This is the Intercollegiate Movie Trivia Team.”

Yes, sir.

Alright. Dumbsquat. In order to sit with us you must bring us ashrubbery or answer these questions three.

This sounded vaguely familiar to Waldo. “Sir, Ithink I’ll try the questions,” he said. Waldo didn’t know where he would find ashrub this late in the evening.

What is your name?”

Waldo F. Dumbsquat.

“What is your quest?

>>

To fi nd ahole for dinner.

What is the velocity of acoconut-laden terrazzo falcon?”

Sir, Ido not know.”

Waldo’s wondering continued. He bumped into three red coats and one gold coat before reaching Billy Mitchell’s picture. It seemed the doolie would never find aplace to eat. Things could not got worse. Then avoice boomed from the staff tower.

“Need ahole?”

“Yes, Sir!

“Then come on up and Ihope you know Wing Staff! Waldo groaned. ********

ALL CLASSES ARE INVITED TO HOMECOMING 1992

Make your plans now to attend Homecoming 1992, Sept. 25-27, 1992. Another record crowd of alumni is expected to return to the Academy for the four-day celebration to be held in conjunction with the USAFA vs. New Mexico foot¬ ball game.

Homecoming registration forms were mailed to members of the 20- and 10-year reunion classes in June. Other alumni are heartily encouraged to join these two major reunion classes in the annual return to campus sponsored by the Academy and the Association of Graduates (AOG). Those from classes other than ’72 and ’82 must contact the AOG office to request registration forms. Forms will not be printed in Checkpoints. All attendees must register through the AOG. The deadline for registration is Monday, Sept. 14, 1992. Those attempting to register after this date might well find most, if not all, events sold out. Send requests for registration forms to:

Association of Graduates (Homecoming)

Association of Graduates Headquarters/Alumni House —Doolittle Hall 3116 Academy Drive, Suite 100 U.S. Air Force Academy, Colo. 80840-4475 (719) 472-0300 /DSN: 259-2067

ALL-CLASS EVENTS

Friday, 25 Sept 92

All-Class Registration

Golf Tournament (Grads &Spouses only)

Open House

Lunch with Cadets (Grads only —300 maximum)

Buffet Line

Open House

USAFA Brie fi ngs

Next-of-Kin Coffee

Memorial Ceremony

’72 &’82 Class Photos

Cadet/Alumni

Saturday, 26 Sept 92

Fun Run to Jack’s Valley

All-Class Registration

Cadet Wing Parade

All-Class Tailgate USAFA vs.

Cadet

Stadium

Mitchell

GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN r

Edward E. Hackney, ’74

Lt. Col. Ed “Injun” Hackney, Class of 1974, died on June 2, 1992 when the F-16 he was piloting crashed during anight training mission on the Barry Goldwater Gunnery Range complex in southern Arizona. Ed was 40 years old at the time of his death, ser¬ ving as the chief of safety for the 58th Fighter Wing, Luke AFB, Ariz. He was to assume command of afighter squadron in the sum¬ mer of 1992.

There are many highlights to his distinguished career. After graduating from pilot training in August of 1975, Ed flew F-4s at Eglin AFB, Osan AB, and finally George AFB, Calif. While at George he was selected as afinalist for the USAF Thunderbirds Demonstration Team and was named Tactical Air Command’s In¬ structor Pilot of the Year.

After this prestigious honor, Ed was selected for F-16 conversion training at Luke AFB where he remained as an instructor pilot. Ed subsequently flew the F-16 at Osan AB, Korea where he served operations officer for the 36th Tactical Fighter Squadron and was then transferred back to Luke AFB. An assignment sandwiched in between his Luke and Osan tours in the F-16 had considerable in¬ fluence shaping the “personality” of the fighter force, and in par¬ ticular the F-16 community, as he served as an assignments staff of¬ ficer at the Military Personnel Center during the expansion years of the Reagan administration. At the time of his death, Ed was acom¬ mand pilot with 3,000 fighter hours.

Those are the facts and while true, what was more impressive was the impact Ed left on others. His quick wit and dry sense of humor were trademarks. Yet underneath burned in his heart adevotion to country that made Ed Hackney the natural leader. If ever there was aman blessed with an extraordinary portion of common sense, it was Ed. Many others, myself included, saw this and found ourselves continually seeking his professional advice. Ihad the privilege of getting to know him well and see him deal with others while he was the operations officer at Osan. Many people viewed him as “dad” —such was his impact on those who knew him. I’ve never seen aman have as stabilizing an influence on the lives of those around him as Ed Hackney did while serving his tour in Korea.

Ed possessed aquiet faith, yet the love he demonstrated to Trudy, his wife of nearly 17 years, and their two sons. Jay and Greg, spoke volumes of the values he held close to his heart. Ijoin countless others in saying he will be greatly missed.

Ed was buried at Sunland Mortuary and Memorial Park in Sun City, Ariz. In addition to Trudy, Jay, and Greg, Ed is survived by his parents, John and Marge Hackney of Las Vegas, Nev. and his sister Joyce Ford of Boise, Idaho. Contributions can be made to the Lt. Col. Ed Hackney Memorial Fund, Luke Federal Credit

William P.

Union, No. 1Base Exchange Road, Luke AFB, Ariz. 85030. (Maj. Tim Brown, ’76)

William P. Ridley, ’81

How do you say goodbye to afriend? Captain William P. (Bill) Ridley, Class of 1981, was taken from us suddenly in aSCUBAdiving accident off the coast of California, while attending the Combat Flight Instructor Course for upgrade to B-52 instructor pilot (IP) status. Bill was fortunate in being able to do that which he had always dreamed of, being an Air Force officer and flying. Born in Schwarzenstein, West Germany in 1958 while his father was on active duty. Bill immediately developed ataste for the military lifestyle. His passion for the military grew during his childhood years in Kenosha, Wis., culminating with his decision to enlist in the Air Force in 1976 as an airman.

Never losing sight of his dream. Bill completed Basic Military Training (BMT) at Lackland AFB and was subsequently selected for appointment to the U.S. Air Force Academy in 1977. While at the Academy, Bill found his niche, something that reinforced his love of military customs and tradition, the Saber Drill Team. A member of 14th Squadron, (Hyper Vipers), Bill’s legacy is an un¬ equalled devotion to duty and an uncompromising set of personal values that he instilled in others as the squadron training officer.

Achieving his goal and graduating in 1981, Bill went on to undergraduate pilot training (UPT) at Columbus AFB, Miss. Earning his wings in 1982, Bill’s assignments have included DV duty in the CT-39 at McClellan AFB and T-38 instructor pilot jobs at both Columbus AFB and Randolph AFB. Bill pilot with nearly 3,000 flying hours, the last 600 in the B-52 weapons system.

Bill felt that one man by himself was lonely, but that two peo¬ ple together could take on the world. It was with great joy and fulfillment that Bill was able to marry the love of his life, Michelle, in November of 1985. Happy with their new life but wanting more. Bill and Michelle added two daughters to their family, Meghan (3) and Morgan (18 months). In the midst of rais¬ ing this new family. Bill was called on to participate in OPERA¬ TION DESERT STORM, circumnavigating the world flying a replacement aircraft to Diego Garcia and deploying to Moron AB, Spain for duty.

After the war and back at home. Bill continued to seek the challenges of aprofessional of fi cer. This drove him to seek upgrade training in the B-52 and led him to California.

Bill was interred on April 13, 1992 at the place he loved, the Air

Ridley, ’81, and family

Dwight R. Sanders, ‘87 Force Academy. Bill is survived by Michelle, Meghan and Morgan. He will be missed by all of us, especially those whose lives he touched personally.

Always remember 1Corinthians 15:52: “It will all happen in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, when the last trumpet is blown. For there will be atrumpet blast from the sky and all the Christians who have died will suddenly become alive, with new bodies that will never, never die...” Goodbye Bill, but only for now!

Amemorial fund has been established in Bill’s memory. Con¬ tributions may be made to the William P. Ridley Memorial Fund, Association of Graduates, Doolittle Hall, 3116 Academy Drive, Suite 100, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colo. 80840-4475. (Capt. Alan Keith Anderson, ’81)

Dwight R. Sanders, ’87

Captain Dwight R. Sanders died Wednesday, April 22 in an airplane accident in Perris, Calif. He was preparing for aJuly 4th wedding to Christa Jones and visiting with her family. While on leave, he was taking skydiving lessons and had already completed six jumps. He was aboard the twin-engine de Havilland Otter air¬ craft which lost power on takeoff and crashed at the Perris Valley Air fi eld.

Dwight was born and raised in Lakewood, Ohio. Ayoung man of great ambition and personal drive, he started to shovel snow and mow lawns while in grade school. Before reaching high school, he added three paper routes and apartment maintenance to his business endeavors.

In search of achallenging education, he transferred from the neighborhood public school to the classes and activities of a private school 30 miles from home. This meant abus and train ride each way. He graduated with honors in 1983. While at University School, he was heavily involved in the academic and extracurricular activities of the school as anewspaper editor, debate team captain, computer aficionado and Cum Laude Socie¬ ty inductee. He had akeen interest in the applied sciences.

His high school classmates possibly planted the seed for Dwight’s military career when they nicknamed him “Colonel”. And the fact that one could legally fly aplane at ayounger age than he could drive acar contributed to his choice of the Air Force. He was the first graduate of University School to graduate from any of the military academies. Just aweek before his death, Dwight stated that he was determined to become areal colonel, if not ageneral.

At the Air Force Academy, he majored in mechanical engineer¬ ing and astronautical engineering. He was an active participant in the History and Engineering Clubs and developed alove of skiing in the Colorado mountains. He graduated with honors from the Academy in 1987.

Dwight pursued his interest in flying after graduation by atten¬ ding flight school at Reese AFB in Lubbock, Texas, and graduate flight training at Castle AFB in Merced, Calif. He joined the 23rd

Bombardment Squadron at Minot Air Force Base, N.D. as aB-52 pilot in June, 1989.

Dwight’s squadron commander, Lt. Col. Randall Spetman, said that Dwight “was one of those people you could count on to take on any task and get immediate results... (he) was atremen¬ dous instructor. We all looked forward to those classes Dwight would instruct as they were the most interesting and thorough.

Captain Sanders had just been reassigned from Minot to Dayton, Ohio, where he was to begin study leading to amaster’s degree in systems engineering at the Air Force Institute of Technology. He hoped to eventually return to the Air Force Academy as an instructor.

He is survived by his parents, Russel and Harriet Sanders of Lakewood, and his grandparents, William and Wilna Sanders of Mechanicsburg, Pa.

Interment with full military honors was at the U.S. Air Force Academy on April 29, 1992. The B-52 fly-by was piloted by Dwight’s commanding officer, Lt. Col. Randall Spetman.

The 23rd Bombardment Squadron held amemorial service for Dwight at Minot AFB on May 1. Another service was held at University School on May 3by members of Dwight’s high school class, friends, and family. Contributions to the Dwight Sanders Memorial Scholarship Fund may be sent to University School, 2785 S.O.M. Center Road, Hunting Valley, Ohio 44022.

At press time we had learned of the deaths of the follow¬ ing graduates:

Capt. (Ret) Joe T. Horne, Class of 1972, who died on June 21, 1992.

Mr. James L. Klas, Class of 1987, who died at Plainfield, Ind., on May 27. 1992.

Our sincere condolences to the family and friends of these graduates.

Second Class Cadet Dies In Automobile Accident

Cadet Second Class Buffy A. Bowden died on April 10, 1992 in an automobile accident north of Pueblo, Colo. She was buried on April 14 in the Academy Cemetery.

C2C Buffy A. Bowden

Cadet Bowden was born in Bishop, Calif, on Oct. 17,1971. She graduated from Clover Park High School in Tacoma, Wash. She is survived by her father and stepmother, Alan and Judy Bowden, and by her mother and stepfather, Lyndel and Col. (USAF, Ret) David Cubberley. She also leaves behind three brothers, 2nd Lt. Eric Bowden, USAF; Lt. j.g. Brett Bowden, U.S. Coast Guard; and Sgt. Casey Bowden, USAFR; as welt as an Academy full of friends.

While at the Academy, Cadet Bowden was active in sports and activities. She was amember of the swimming team her freshman (Continued on next page.)

CHAPTER NEWS ®

ARIZONA CHAPTER

The Arizona Chapter of the Association of Graduates is continuing to build up momentum this year. On April 26 the chapter held afamily picnic outing for all members and their families at McCormick Train Park in Scottsdale, Ariz. Approx¬ imately 60 people attended and new and old acquaintances were made. John Mahoney, ’81, secretary/treasurer, was the chairper¬ son for the picnic and performed ad¬ mirably.

Many graduates and their spouses have already signed up for acoordinated joint function in San Diego with the Thunderbird Chapter from Nellis Air Force Base and the Southern California Chapter to attend the AFA/San Diego State football game on Oc¬ tober 24. Doug Frost, ’74, 11122 North 92nd Street, #1125, Scottsdale, Ariz. 85260, (602) 860-8581, and Tim Furst, ’78, 9842 South 43rd Place, Phoenix, Ariz. 85044, (602) 496-9502, are the chairpersons for the football outing. Anyone interested in attending this fun-filled weekend in San Diego should contact either Doug or Tim directly.

Ajoint Air Force/Army/Navy graduates golf match occurred on May 16. Next year, we will be hosting this event. Mike Cryer, ’68, 6515 South Alder Drive, Tempe, Ariz. 85283-3907, (602) 897-1267; Mike Lynch, ’65, 1715 East Palmaire Ave., Phoenix, 85020, and Pat Hurley, ’68, 4501 East Palo Verde Drive, Phoenix 85018, have agreed to serve as chairpersons for this event.

Roy Miller, ’67, long-time Arizona Chapter president, was recently promoted to colonel, U.S. Air Force Reserves. Con¬ gratulations Roy, from the entire Arizona Chapter!

If you have recently moved to Arizona or have not received our mailings, please con¬ tact Jim Sienicki, ’74, at Snell &Wilmer, One Arizona Center, Phoenix, 85004-0001, (602) 382-6351, to be added to the master mailing list. (Jim Sienicki, ’74)

FRENCH EXCHANGE CHAPTER

Happy summer and thanks again for all your inputs! As you read this, the next generation of exchangers should be on their way to Salon. We wish them good luck and Godspeed during their stay. If you have not yet received your issue of the Trait D’Union, please contact us so we can up¬ date your address!

REQUESTS FOR ACADEMY STAFF AS SPEAKERS

In order to provide better assistance to AOG Chapters seeking speakers from the Academy, please submit a letter to HQ USAFA/XPAA, Attn; 1st Lt. Georgia McCurdy, USAF Academy, Colo. 80840-5241, at least six months in advance, with the following information: What, when, where? Who on the Academy staff would you like to have speak at your function? Also provide the names of two other speakers you would like to have if your first or second choice is not available.

To aid speaker preparation, we will also need to know the audience, along with any particular interest of the group in any aspect of the Academy, and arecommended speaker’s attire for the event. Please include who will be in the audience (i.e., alums, spouses, parents’ clubs, LOs, etc.) and what the occasion is for the event.

Apoint of contact for the event (i.e., name, address, home and work phone numbers) is needed to make the appropriate arrangements. You can call our office at (719) 472-3832, DSN 259-3832, for initial inquiry but must back up your call with aletter re¬ questing the speaker.

The hottest interest item is the election of new officers. Iwill be separating from the Air Force this summer, leaving Glenn to bear the administrative burdens until elec(C2C Bowden: From previous page.) year, played softball her sophomore year, and became involved with, and loved, the game of rugby her junior year. Afreshman in CS-18 and an upperclassman in CS-08, she was always apositive influence in the squadron.

tions are complete. PLEASE send us your nominations so we can get the election underway!

Last month’s highlight was briefing Lt. Gen. Hosmer and his staff on Exchange Association history, involvement, and initiatives. Preparing the briefing gave me the opportunity to dig into exchange archives. It was very interesting to research and showed the necessity of organizing an exchange association historical report.

Other future plans include welcoming General Brun on his return visit to the Academy. Let us know what is happening in your corner of the world! Write to the Exchange Association, c/o USAFA/DFF, USAFA, CO 80840. (Amy Wimmer, ’83)

NORTHERN CALIFORNIA CHAPTER

The Northern California Chapter met on March 28 in Oakland and on June 13 at Treasure Island. In addition to our usual socializing we heard from two grads who talked about their jobs. Bob Denaro, ’71, works for Trimble Navigation and he talked about the role of the global positioning system in Desert Storm and its commercial applications. Jim Martin, ’63, test pilot for NASA, talked about flying and other inter¬ esting aspects of his job.

The Chapter will meet again on September 12 at McClellan AFB and December 5at Mountain Home Inn on Mt. Tamalpais. If you are interested in getting on our mailing list or joining us at our up¬ coming meetings, contact Chuck Reed at Reed, Elliott, Creech &Roth, 99 Almaden Blvd., Eighth Floor, San Jose, Calif. 95113. Telephone (408) 993-9911, facsimile (408) 993-1335.

NORTHWEST FLORIDA CHAPTER

One hundred and eleven graduates, spouses, parents, cadet candidates, and friends of the Academy attended our fourth annual Membership Dinner, May 16th, at the Holiday Inn on Okaloosa Island. The highlight of the evening was avery informa-

friendship. This is the memory of Buffy that we, along with her family, will carry for the rest of our lives. We will always love and miss Buffy.

we

When we stop and think of Buffy we have no choice but to smile, even in grief and sorrow. She always knew how to help a friend through the tough times, how to make us smile when wanted to cry, how to face ourselves and our lives. She was an in¬ spiration to so many of us. She was always there for us when we needed her support. Her caring touched everybody she met at the Academy. She furthered our lives with her gifts of love and

For anyone who wishes to donate to her memory, the family has set up amemorial fund in her honor. Contributions may be sent to the Buffy A. Bowden Memorial Fund, Association of Graduates, Doolittle Hall, 3116 Academy Drive, Suite 100, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colo. 80840-4475. Amemorial tree has been planted in her honor in the Academy’s Tree Grove II which is located on the visitors center trail.

tive update on Academy happenings by the superintendent, Lt. Gen. Brad Hosmer, ’59. General Hosmer’s presentation fo¬ cused on recent changes at the Academy, contrasted current and past class entrance statistics and class perceptions, and dis¬ cussed the potential impact of recent USAF organizational changes on the Academy and future graduates. Col. Bob Foerster, ’65, accompanied General Hosmer and pro¬ vided awealth of statistical information on recent classes. Thanks for the info. Bob!

Also in attendance at the dinner was the general’s father. Col. (USAF, Ret) Clark Hosmer. Col. Hosmer has been an active participant in all chapter activities virtually since our beginning baek in 1986. In ap¬ preciation for General Hosmer’s support of our chapter, the general membership presented him with adonation of $350 for Doolittle Hall.

Buff Tibbetts, ’69, did his usual excep¬ tional job handling the award of door prizes. The winner of the most prestigious award of the evening, an Academy Falcon bust, was none other than the newest and youngest “of fi cial organization, Ms. Melissa Davidson, cadet candidate for the Class of 1996 and the daughter of Tim, ’68, and Lisa Davidson.

Our board of directors thanks all those whose untiring efforts made this event possible. Particular thanks goes to our chapter vice president, Steve Fikar, ’78 (729-1055). Steve’s leadership abilities were in clear evidence as he marshalled the forces and directed us in making the evening a huge and enjoyable success for all. Other chapter officers for this year are: Pat McAdoo, ’64 (729-2422), president, Roger

Clark, ’63, treasurer (651-0597); and T.J. Doherty, ’69, secretary (664-6904).

Based in the greater Fort Walton Beach area, our chapter invites all new arrivals to the area to get in contact with us. It costs nothing to join although donations to cover chapter mailings are readily accepted and deeply appreciated. Anyone interested in joining, please contact any of the officers or drop us aline at P.O. Box 246, Shalimar, Fla. 32579-0246.

Our next event, tentatively scheduled for mid summer, is aroad rally through the lovely Northwest Florida countryside and coastline. Come on out and enjoy it with us! (T.J. Doherty, ’69)

CHAPTER CHANGES

In the last issue of the magazine, we ran alisting of the latest known chapter presidents and addresses. We plan to update this list in this and the next two issues and reprint the entire list in each spring magazine. Current changes include the Arizona Chapter; President Jim Sienicke, ’74, One Arizona Center, Phoenix, Ariz. 85004-0001. Also, we have no current contact for the South Carolina Chapter at this time. Finally, the new president of the Air Force Academy Society of Washington, D.C. is Jeff Levy, ’64, 4112 Pickering Place, Alexandria, Va. 22309-2821.

NORTH TEXAS CHAPTER

One of our very own, Chad Hennings, ’88, accepted employment with NFL’s Dallas Cowboys and is expected to par-

Outland Trophy Winner Joins

Dallas Cowboys Minicamp

Former Persian Gulf War veteran Capt. Chad Hennings, ’88, traded his A-10 pilot’s helmet for aDallas Cowboys helmet earlier this year. In 1987, Hennings won the Outland Trophy as the nation’s top interior lineman and was named a consensus All-American during his senior year.

After graduation, Hennings entered the Euro-NATO pilot program, was assigned to the A-10 and flew 45 Operation Provide Comfort missions, totaling 195 hours of flight time during two three-month deployments. Hennings was a member of the 92nd Tactical Fighter Squadron at RAF Bentwaters, England.

Hennings, now 26, took advantage of the Air Force’s pilot drawdown which waived the eight-year pilot commitment for most aircraft and reduced the commitment for Academy graduates from five years to three.

Discharged on June 14, Hennings reported the next day to aDallas minicamp for rookies. He had been signed with the Dallas Cowboys for atwo-year contract in 1988 worth approximately $300,000 ayear. About the same time Hen¬ nings was suiting up in his Cowboy uniform, his former squadron was again being deployed to Turkey.

ticipate beginning Sept. 7on Monday Night Football against arch rivals Washington Deadskins. Transitioning from America’s Air Force Academy to America’s football team, we wish Chad the best in his second career —GO COWBOYS! Weleoming Chad is John Kuenzel, ’60, amember of our historic, undefeated Cotton Bowl Team (see photo).

The North Texas Chapter keeps the golf trophy! The Air Force/Army/Navy golf tournament April 26 gave low-gross honors at 10 under to Mike Goode, ’69; Dan Shine, ’74; Fred Zickrick, ’72; and Bill Reemstma, ’63. Other particpants were George Cato, ’70; Lance Ammon, ’70; Bill Skaer, ’64; Paul Dean, ’61; Dave Brigman, ’71; Bob Metcalf, ’71; Dave Stonehouse, ’73; and Rick Cree, ’66.

Representative Sam Johnson was the featured speaker at the Tri-Service Academy Luncheon at Dallas’ Union Sta¬ tion held in July. Our chapter, the Westpoint Society of North Texas, and the North Texas Naval Academy Association jointly sponsor this semiannual event.

The 1992 chapter president, Jim Kuhn, ’63, invites graduates in the Dallas-Fort Worth area to call him at 214-242-3499 for the latest in chapter news and activities. If you are not already amember, send acheck for $20 to our new permanent mailbox. North Texas AOG Chapter, P.O. Box 866791, Plano, TX 75086-6791. As a member, you will receive regular mailings of our events (at 29 cents per, we can’t send’em unless you pay the dues), and you will get the latest list of graduates who live in the area. Such adeal! Let us hear from you. (Jim Kuhn)

member of our

Chad Hennings, ’88 (number 95), winner of the Outland Trophy during his senior year, is welcomed to aDallas Cowboys training camp autograph session by John Kuenzel, ’60. Kuenzel member of theAcademy’s historic undefeated Cotton Bowl Team of 1959. (Photo courtesy of North Texas Chapter) was

CLASS NEWS i

Pete Todd

1250 Big Valley Drive

Colorado Springs, CO 80919-1015

Home: (719) 531-5874

FAX: (719) 531-6697

Percent members: 82

had “rehearsed” his pitch at agreat party earlier in the week. Brad and Zita had invited all the ’59ers, ATOs, faculty and staff members and their spouses in the local area to the supe’s residence for cocktails, home brew, amagnificent buffet, reminiscences and Brad’s vision for the future of the Academy in achanging world. The party was a“first” and was warm¬ ly appreciated by the 60-plus people in attendance.

I’m sorry to report that the father of our class president, Joe DESAN¬ TIS, died in early May after along battle with cancer. As if dealing with that tragedy wasn’t enough of astrain, Joe’s car was broken into outside his parents’ home in New Jersey, stolen and stripped while he was keeping watch during the last hours! Nice homecoming. Anyway, Joe’s mobile again with areplacement car and we sent flowers from the class. I ceived awarm and charming note from Joe’s mother thanking all of for the remembrance and the support. Classy family.

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Afew relocations of note. R.L. PENN is reported to be considering a move from Connecticut to Dallas, but I’ve gotten no “radio check-in” yet. Charlie MAY has retired from active duty, as has Bob BECKEL. Bob turned down the feeler about playing guard for the Lakers and at press time was uncertain about his future plans.

Those of you who care about what happens to your contributions will be proud to know that the Class of 1959 has donated over $100,000 to the AOG building fund. Pretty impressive display of support! Only two other classes have reached that milestone and they have checkbooks than we do. The good news is that the AOG building is up, occupied and operating. The bad news is that it’s not finished yet. More about this in future columns.

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Contrary to what the following paragraphs might suggest, Ihave not been appointed as Brad HOSMER’s press agent, but he has been involved in anumber of activities of class interest.

In April, he spoke at aUSAF Academy appreciation banquet spon¬ sored by the Gleneagle and Monument Hill Sertoma Clubs. After his ad¬ dress, he accepted aplaque honoring the Academy’s support for Sertoma club activities in the local area.

Several ’59ers were on hand to hear Brad’s comments about the past, present, and future of the Academy, to include Bob and Roxann BROWNING (Sertoma Club member), Emil and Marlin CWACH, Larry and Maria FORTNER, Jon and Jacquie GALLO and Max MILLER. Other Sertomans in attendance were Herman Gilster (former ATO and presently the Gleneagle Sertoma Club president), Charlie Emmons (former ATO), Spike Briggs (son of Gen Briggs), Bill Wildman (USAFA faculty 1958-60) and Ben Beilis (current head of the Falcon Foundation).

In May, Bob BLAKE sent me aclipping about Brad’s speech to the Eglin AOG Chapter’s dinner, along with some glowing comments about his presentation and Q&A. Iknow they were well founded, because Brad

The USAFA Class of 1992, including 2/Lt Dan GARBER, survived the frigid monsoon at graduation and has been turned loose on the world. Wendy and Ihad asmall Hilltop dinner to honor the new graduate and his proud parents, and to welcome Jim and Rose BROWN back to town after their RV odyssey, about which more later. It was agreat evening, marred only by Jerry’s distressing news that Larry COTTON was diagnosed with arapidly developing throat cancer, requiring surgical removal of lymph glands, teeth and throat muscles, and awhole gang of radiation therapy. The good news is that Larry was able to talk on the phone and seemed in remarkably good spirits. Our thoughts, prayers and best wishes are with him and Sherry as they face this latest family trauma.

When Ifirst talked with Jim Brown about his and Rose’s RV travels, I thought it would be good for acouple of paragraphs in the column. Not! It turned out to be averitable National Geographic travelogue, which would launch our long-suffering Checkpoints editor into the terminal gib¬ bers were Ito attempt full coverage in asingle column. Therefore, we in¬ augurate here afirst for the class column: aserial article, which will leave everyone panting with expectation for the December issue to see how it turns out.

The tale begins in the summer of ’91 with ashakedown cruise of the rig with fellow RVers, Pat and Marlene MUSMAKER. Then in August, the Browns set off cross-country from San Antonio to the east coast. While in D.C. for afamily wedding, they joined adinner being given for Joe and Jo DESANTIS. Sharing the attitude check and other festivities were Jim and Missie BLACKWELL, Dick and Jean CARR, Jim and Molly CONNALLY, Dick and Vera GOETZE, Griff and Connie GRIFFIN (who had come from California for the wedding) and Don and Rowena LIV¬ INGSTON. (Jim says there may have been others, but afflicted as he is with an advanced case of the CRS Syndrome, that’s all he can remember.) They then headed over to Harpers Ferry, West-by-God-Virginia, to spend acouple of days with Charlie and Sandy MAY. While there, they were treated to amemorable barbecue and apontoon boat ride down the Potomac.

Working their way back across country visiting family and friends in Elkhart, MD; St. Louis, MO; and Ann Arbor, MI; they arrived in Col¬ orado Springs in September 1991 to stretch legs, do laundry and look for ahouse without wheels. Between house-hunting trips, they went through Collbran, CO to look up Karl and Gailen SCHMIDT. They missed them this time since the Schmidts were in Alaska visiting their son Eric who is a

Cheerleaders for the new grad, from left rear, are Pete Todd, Max Miller, Linda Ellegard, Joan and Jerry Garber, Rose and Jim Brown. Kneeling are Scott Miller (Max’s son), Yvette Garcia and her escort, Dan Garber, USAFA ’92.

Brad Hosmer displays the appreciation plaque from the Sertoma Clubs. Looking on, from left, are Herman Gilster, Gleneagle Sertoma Club president; Larry Cheatham, Monument Hilt Sertoma Club presi¬ dent; and Clarence Scheel, South Colorado District governor.

professional wilderness guide.

Undaunted, they pressed on to Salt Lake City, UT, where they saw Mel and Louise POLLARD and watched the Falcons whup up on the home team. Then on to Lake Tahoe and into San Francisco, where they dined in Chinatown with Tom and Lois CHASE.

Then followed the roadrunner phase: knocking around (not necessarily in this order) the Napa Valley, Monterey, Fresno, Morro Bay, Santa Bar¬ bara, Long Beach and San Diego. Along the way, they had another gettogether with the Griffins and had dinner with Jim WEAVER’S widow, Adele (Wojciechowski). Learning that Bob and Roxann BROWNING had lost their household goods and memorabilia in the mover’s truck fire, Adele wanted them to have the four yearbooks from our class years, a touching and characteristically thoughtful gesture.

The Browns pushed back east again by way of Tucson, Phoenix, Flagstaff and astop to see Andy and Judy RICHERS, who are happily collaborating in a fl ower shop (“The Flower Basket”) in Albuquerque. They arrived back in Colorado Springs in November, had several seances with their builder, and then attempted to get out of town again before Colorado’s winter weather set in. They almost made it.

Actually, they did manage to slip out of the city between snowstorms en route to afamily Thanksgiving in San Antonio, but about 30 miles east of Raton on U.S. 87 in New Mexico, disaster struck.

Cresting ahill and fi ghting astrong crosswind and ahigh center of gravity, they hit apatch of glare ice. Jim managed to get the rig slowed somewhat, but the wind simply pushed them off the right side of the highway. Jim smartly steered into the slide to avoid rolling down the em¬ bankment, but when all the dust had settled, they found themselves hubdeep in mud and snow out in the middle of nowhere with no help in sight.

Would they freeze out in the wilderness? Get captured by irate Native Americans protesting the Washington Redskins logo? Cake the RV with adobe and open agift shop? Tune in next issue for the exciting conclusion of “Jim and Rose Do America!”

Chris Warack

690 Winding Hills Road Monument, CO 80132

Home: (719) 488-2504

Percent members: 77

It’s time for Falcon Football again! Those of us here in the shadows of Falcon Stadium are eagerly awaiting the arrival of the ’92 season and all the excitement and disappointments it might hold. For you who are plan¬ ning to attend the Army game at West Point, Brian KALEY is offering his place as agathering spot. He lives in Brookfield, CT. Contact Brian at his place or call Jim GLAZA at 1-800-875-3739 for information. Of course it really is the beginning of summer as Iwrite this epistle. Thanks to Tony BURSHNICK, you will have news worthy of this distinguished readership. Tony sent me astack of notes from the “Beltway Bandits ’60” who met mid-June at the home of Joe and Sue HIGGINS for fun and fellowship. Tony reports that the ladies all looked as lovely as ever, a fact which my old roomy would naturally note. He also observed that a few of the guys could still fit into their cadet uniforms. On to the news!

Tom and Mary BURKE still haunt the scene. If you watched the Kemper Open and thought the marshall on the 15th fairway looked familiar, then you probably guessed it was none other than “Kurtz” himself. He was reported to have hobnobbed with the big boys to get a few tips so that he could take some of your money when you’re in town.

Ron YATES was the only active-duty guy there and at this writing is about to move to Wright-Pat to take command of the new Air Force Material Command. Congratulations from all of us! Ron and Connie have their two oldest living in the Denver area and visit them as well as spend time at their condo in Winter Park for skiing to maintain their sani¬ ty. Their youngest is asenior in college and they are looking forward to having her on someone else’s payroll soon! Keep those who live out here in mind when you are visiting next.

Ken and Judy ALNWICK are in France this summer to ful fi ll a 27-year-old promise. Ken is busy with his gaming and simulations business. It oftens takes him to Europe, San Diego, Tampa and Ft Walton Beach. They have children who are aNASA engineer, TV girl Fri¬ day and aUof VA architecture student. Ken plans to attend the AFA History Symposium in October and freeload off of “Killer.” (Wayne, hope you knew that before you read it here!)

Mike and Nancy CLARKE retired in ’84 and Mike has been in the con¬ sulting business there ever since. Nancy has labored for the past 12 years as the staff floral director in the White House. She and her staff do all of

the floral work for President and Mrs Bush. Mike sez it hasn’t done him a bit of good.

George and Evelyn ELSEA are settled in Burke, VA, and have son Ray home from Texas, the University, for the summer. He is expected to graduate in Dec. Daughter Megan is working for Christies, the art auc¬ tion house in New York City. George flies aTiger Moth as often as time and weather permit. Joe BURSHNICK (’91), Tony and Karen’s son, as well as Bob BADGER, have braved the elements to fly with George. George works for EDS.

Bill and Kitty 1AYLOR live in Derwood, MD. Bill does consulting for RAND and for MCC, while Kitty works for Lenox China. Bill, Iap¬ preciate your empathy having written this column in the past, but your conclusion that there is enough material here to fill these pages for ayear is faulty. Only someone like you who could sow words so adeptly would be able to do that. I’ll have to continue to make the best out of the marvelous support shown me these past two issues.

Bob and Liliane BADGER are living in Warrenton, VA. Bob com¬ mutes to the Justice Dept where he slaves as astaff lawyer. Liliane works for aprivate law firm. They are proud to report that they are blessed with seven grandchildren! Maybe second only to the Hallers.

Darlene and Ralph LALIME are both working for Doug REKENTHALER in Virginia. Ralph and Ed MONTGOMERY (’59) were to have gone to Moscow on the 4th of July to fly with Russian aircrews. They planned to fly aTU-134 and an AN-12 to Wallops Island for an oceanographic experiment. The mission; find submarines while sub¬ merged; something the Russian Space Research Institute claims they can do. Good Luck.

Norm and Liz HALLER spend most of their spare time with their eight granchildren, seven in the D.C. area. They are planning asummer visit to Colo Spgs for Liz’s high school reunion.

Richard HEAD is still toiling away at SRS Technologies as the director of Environmental Programs. They do air quality analysis, compliance strategies and pollution prevention for the feds and commercial firms. When not caught up in his work, he sails, travels and enjoys the fellowship of the D.C. group.

Derry and Faith ADAMSON live in Binghamton, NY. They obviously won the prize for the greatest distance traveled. Their children, some who Iremember from base housing at McChord AFB, are out and about. Kris is alawyer, married and living in Tallahassee with ason; Amy is married and living in Boston and has adaughter; third daughter (apparently still unnamed?) is married and living in Atlanta; and David, asophomore, goes to the Uof NY-Buffalo, as does agood bit of Derry’s income.

A1 and Gale JOHNSON were present. A1 works for AFBA and recom¬ mends the company credit card. Wants job security! He commented on some video that Tony brought. “Just finished watching tape of ROS-AL Productions of the Roaring ’20s Blast. The film should be destroyed to protect the innocent.” Oh to stir up memories and spouses!

Les QUERRY hadn’t seen most of those gathered for 32 years. He lives in Reston, VA and has all three of this fledglings out of the nest and in possession of college sheepskins. He operates aconsulting business. Wife, Renee, works in Frankfurt, so Les is shuttling between Washington and Europe or vice-versa. Idon’t envy you that kind of travel!

Thanks Twan for making this news available. He and Karen made up the remainder of the Washington contingent of ’60 attending this gather-

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Joe DESANTIS (’59) asked me to tell you that he has planned arepeat alumni cruise. This one will be aseven-day Alaska Cruise. The departure date is 22 May ’93. For more details call Joe at (404) 977-5029 or Rowena Stephens at (404) 924-4189. Iattended abreakfast here in the local area with Charles (ATO) and Sylvia Emmons who attended the last one and said they wouldn’t miss it for anything.

CHANGE OF ADDRESS; Dennis Walsh, 4011 SMagnolia Way, Denver, CO 80237.

Ilook forward to seeing many of you during the football season. Please call if coming to the game. You can find many of us sitting on the east side, just south of the cadet wing about 22 rows up. Please keep me in material.

Send your donation now to the The Air Force Academy Fund Association of Graduates Doolittle

Bob Brickey

2314 South 2200 East

Salt Lake City, UT 84109

Percent members: 80

looking forward to being empowered to do alot more based on local deci¬ sions.

“The USAF of the future will be very different from the one most of us have enjoyed. There will be much less opportunity to go overseas and fewer PCS moves.

“It’s nice to shed the stigma of ineffectiveness the USAF had during Vietnam. Despite all the changes in the world situation it’s great to be in the world’s finest Air Force. It’s important to periodically let the world know we can still kick butt anywhere, anytime.”

Richard D. Smith added these comments: “I was humbled to be in the group of officers listed on your letter. Lee, Mark, Norm, Ken, Dale, Frank and Randy are pretty heady company for a“poor ole boy” from Oklahoma.

“Since Brick asked me to reflect on changes in the USAF, Ihave thought maybe alittle more philosophically than normal about the cur¬ rent state of the Air Force and world events. If 1have aconcern, it is about the sum total and speed of changes and the ability of any organiza¬ tion, even if it is as resilient as the USAF, to assimilate these changes without breaking the very structure of that organization.

Greeting Greylags! They say apicture is worth athousand words; well, Ileave it to you to choose the thousand or more that might apply to this picture of three “mail order brides”. area

“(1) Command Reorganization and Consolidation. Obviously, Lee Butler is more qualified to talk about the SAC/TAC/MAC merger into ACC/AMC than Iam. The consolidation of AFLC and AFSC is an that Ihave been intimately involved in, however. It is dif fi cult for everyone because of the culture impacts but Ithink that there is alot of synergy possible as we bring these activities together. Over all —very op¬ timistic.

“(2) Basic Financing Changes. There is nothing intrinsically wrong with any of these if they are carefully implanted. If they cause subop¬ timization incorrectly, they can be harmful.

“(3) Objective and Composite Wing Structure. This is really the way to organize to fight and Iapplaud it.

The picture comes from Erna Haring, very little other information. Perhaps if you’re interested, you might contact Misses STORM, SAUNDERS or HARING. (In any case, it is not apretty picture.) Ido believe it was Wayne Haring who lead the now-infamous short exodus of Lee Butler’s comments one year ago. It is now obvious; Haring has far too much fun —and free time!

There is short but vital information on the lives of the good men and their families now residing in the grand state of Utah. Stu and Mamie BOYD report that Stu now works for the president of Weber State University in Ogden. The nature of his responsibilities involve graduate studies and consulting. Mamie continues with Mary Kay and everything pink. Clair and Kay CARLING report their youngest just graduated from high school and was leaving for out-of-state college. Never fear for their solitude —they have eight grandchildren, so their free time will be full.

“(4) Two levels of maintenance. Another biggie for the loggie. It is possible and desirable but it is very implementation sensitive.

“It is difficult to summarize all of these changes. They all result from a changed world —Communism is dead and the USSR no longer exists as the same major threat to the security of the United States and the world. For this we must be thankful and proud.

“I am still very confident of the ability of the United States Air Force to change to accomodate this new world order. There is no reason why a service born of changed world conditions cannot accommodate to another changed world.

“It is for these reasons, that Igive this advice to all of our young of¬ ficers and airmen. If you are really good at what you do, if you really like what you do, and if you want to be part of the greatest outfit in the world —the United States Air Force —stick with us. These criteria have not changed.”

Address changes in time for Christmas: Hugh BAINTER now resides at 330 Bluefish Dr., Fort Walton Beach, FL 32548. Tom LAPLANTE moved to 14 Devon Court, Voorheesville, NY 12186. Jack BRIGHT moved to 5050 Fredericksburg Rd., Apt. 102, San Antonio, TX 78229.

men —

Bob and Marge DINGLE report on the continued “downsizing” of THIOKOL where Bob is director of International Marketing. If Yeltsin and President Bush have any more handshake agreements Bob may be spending awhole lot more time fishing up on Flaming Gorge. George and Kathy MCNULTY continue to love their living in Park City. George is more sure than ever that more comes out of his horses than goes in. But such far-reaching conclusions are best left to the minds of smarter John SULLIVAN, Charlie STEBBINS or John WOLCOTT.

Tom and Laraine SUTTON continue to prosper in their lovely home in Provo. Yeh! Iknow, they cheer for B.Y.U. every game except one! “Go Falcons, beat B.Y.U.!” Good news from Tom and Anne ELLER. Their son Robert became adoolie in July. He seeks to be aflight surgeon —a tough way to go, but certainly within his reach. Good show, Robert.

Sam and Vivian HARDAGE are blessed with anew daughter, Saman¬ tha. Now let’s see: When she is 17, Sam will be 69. Now we know the secret of his energy and success.

“General Comments:” This issue we have Major Generals Dale Tabor and Richard D. Smith. First Dale: “I command the Sheppard Training Center, an Air Training Command base, with three subordinate mission units.

“(1) EURO-NATO Joint Jet Pilot training.

“(2) Atechnical training group that teaches everything from how to be acrew chief to how to be aplumber.

“(3) Amedical training group for the worldwide field training detachment (FTD) network.

“We are bringing in the best quality new talent into the USAF in our history. Since we’re cutting down the size of the service, we can pick and choose who we bring in and the talent is outstanding.

“Sheppard is one of the few bases that will grow as base closures pro¬ ceed. We will transfer about half of Chanute (1993 closure) and Lowry’s (1994 closure) course load to Sheppard.

“Those of us who are involved in the one base, one boss concept are

Now pay close attention to the next one. Hanson L. SCOTT “Scottie now resides at 1300 Onaba Court N.E., Albuquerque, NM 87112. Write that down and mail future information for this article to Scottie. He will gather and dispense all that’s fit to print for the class. He also was just ap¬ pointed to the Public Safety Advisory Commission for the State of New Mexico. Congrats and good scribing, Scottie.

As for me, it has been another privilege to be involved with this class. I’m off to Tokyo and Japan Air Lines to fly their 747s. Jan and Ithank, you all for the help, support and prayers. “Domo Arigoto” and then “Mush” on to Anchorage. Keep those cards, letters and pictures coming in. Also, Itrust agrass roots for Perot can lead to agrass roots for the 35th in Hawaii. Love ya’ all!

John W. “Jack” Jamba

4Judy Court

Satellite Beach, FL 32937

Home: (407) 777-5520

Office: (407) 861-3519

Percent members: 73

HI REDTAGS!

Well here it is in June with the weather getting hotter and more humid. Ihaven’t gotten much in the way of correspondence from you this quarter. So I’ll tell you what 1have.

First 1got aletter from Ron TAYLOR which Iwill quote. “For two years Ihave been going to write, but as aphoto researcher for the Army,

Navy, and Air Force Times (as well as four other newspapers). Just Cause, Desert Shield/Storm, Provide Comfort, and Provide Hope have kept me busy. In addition to Bobbie (my wife) working 12-hour days plus weekends in the Pentagon, our daughter’s reserve unit was one of the first called in Sept ‘91. She spent seven months attached to the 82nd Airborne at Desert Shield/Storm, and left her three-year-old daughter with me (as daddy was active duty in Germany). Being agrandfather is easier (and more fun) than being asubstitute father! But we both learned alot!

“Now that things have slowed down, Bobbie will retire from the Army next year with 21 years, and Iwill retire again (this time from the Army Times). Hope to see some Red Tags when we hit the road with our truck and fi fth-wheel trailer.

“The only Red Tags we have seen this year are Bob and Karen TAYLOR. They live in Delaware so we got together on our way to the East Shore. Bob is acaptain with United Airlines. His copilot this month is Don HALLAGER. Iconsidered awarning letter to the FAA. Ihave talked with Don and Peggy BAUCOM and we are supposed to get together next month. Don is acivilian in his old job in the Air Force Historian Office. Both the Taylors and the Baucoms are planning to at¬ tend the 30th reunion. We plan to renew some friendships across the country at the reunion. Hope to see all you Red Tags there. Ron Taylor.’’ Thanks for the letter Ron. Looking forward to seeing you again.

Got aphone call and letter from Dennis DEHNE’s dad last month. He and his wife support John FLANAGAN’S efforts to reform the Guard/Reserve system and to federalize those forces. Dr. Dehne sent me some correspondence about Dennis’ fight against some factions in the Nevada Air National Guard. Dr. Dehne and his wife plan to attend the

30th reunion.

Got acall from Duke GREEN in late May. He is recovering well from hip surgery. He had to have atotal hip replacement. One of the most painful side effects was that he had to get rid of his Porsche —the angles in the sitting position were too severe for Duke. He had the operation last September. He has announced his retirement for the end of June; he will have 30 years, 25 days in the Air Force. He called Fred FIEDLER to per¬ form the retirement ceremony to which Fred readily agreed. The ceremony will take place at Wright-Pat and Duke will invite all the Redtags in the area. While he was talking he updated me on Charlie PRICE. Charlie works for Truss Joist MacMillan Valdosta, GA. He was offered a senior position in Louisiana and took it. So he and Mary Jo have to vacate that lovely new house on the golf course. They just moved into it last year. Ihave Charlie’s address in Natchitoches, LA. By the way, Mary Jo is in Valdosta trying to sell the house while Charlie learns his new job. Sound familiar?

Icalled Chet GRIFFIN two nights ago to volunteer to review my slide colleetion for some oldies from USAFA. Hope Ifind some slides he can use at the reunion. Chet is working for Litton Guidance and Control as the director of Air Force Requirements Division. His main product and service revolves around inertial measurement units for torpedoes, ships, missiles and scores of other applications. He’s been on the job for about a year now. His son Brett transferred to Eastern Kentucky to finish out his last year of baseball eligibility. He graduates next semester with adegree in wildlife management. Daughter Layna is acertified internal auditor working for the Student Loan Management Association. Layna was born on the same birthday as her mother. Daughter Holly is married and lives in Houston with her husband. They are the proud parents of Chet’s first grandchild, Patrick. Coincidentally, Holly was born on the same birthday Chet. Chet and EvaLee are heading there soon for avisit. On asad note, Chet relayed that Dave PEDERSON’S wife, Sally, had passed away in the spring after an unsuccessful bout with cancer. Our heartfelt condol¬ ences to Dave on the loss of his wife.

Larry and Penny will be moving to Cleveland. Remember in my last col¬ umn Ireported that he had just settled into anew house in Henderson, NV, near Las Vegas. Tough break, Penny. Iknow who’s going to stay behind to sell the house.

Well, Iguess that’s it for now. Just areminder that when you read this column, Iwill be submitting my next column in about two weeks. So drop aquick line or give me aquick call. This column is only as good as your input. Go Redtags!

Norman I. Lee III

17532 N.E. 38th Court

Redmond, WA 98052

Work: (206) 965-9419

Home: (206) 882-0968

Percent members: 75

Acommon theme has been coming through in all the phone calls and letters received in the past three months: Everyone —Iam not exag¬ gerating —everyone is looking forward to the 30th reunion! The impor¬ tant thing for all of us to do is to (1) make plans and (2) get the word out. We have agoodly number of classmates who do not belong to the Association of Graduates and do not get Checkpoints. Somehow we need to reach them to insure everyone does have an opportunity to find their way to Colorado Springs in November next year. The date for our 30th Class Reunion is the Army football game weekend: November 4th through November 7th 1993! Game day is November 6. Jim DIFFENDORFER sent afax on the subject for inclusion in this issue of the magazine. Therefore, we will lead off with afew choice words from our president.

“Greetings: One call and Ihad avolunteer to plan the 30th reunion. Thanks to Jimmie BUTLER, we are off and running. He has called upon few others in the area (Colorado Springs) for support. Ihave received a few calls and letters with good ideas for the fall ’93 event. Your sugges¬ tions may be sent directly to tbe planning committee at Jimmie’s address: 7635 Delmonico Drive, Colorado Springs, CO 80919 or call (719) 528-5978. Your ideas have and will be passed to Jimmie. Thanks to Jock Schwank, ’60, (AOG reunion organizer) for his guidance and support. The committee will be working with Jock to reserve ahotel from the Antlers, Marriott, Embassy Suites, or Sheraton South. Parking, location, expense, availability of banquet space, size, etc., are being considered. And, 1feel it is important to consider there will be ladies present who have had no association with the Academy, the military, or with other grads. Therefore, location and things to do if not involved with activities at the Academy will be considered. Your thoughts are welcome. Gift: 1have asked Jimmie to check it out. The AOG building is impressive and still in need of class-sponsored donations. Considerations will be given to your expenses: second families, kids in college, out of work, or ‘you’ve struck it rich’. Again, you can be heard and play apart. Tom FRYER said several are planning to rehearse for the reunion at the Navy weekend (Oct 10) this fall. Jimmie Butler will arrange areunion meeting during that weekend. I’m listening, so is Jimmie; give us your ideas. Let’s make it a great one. Jim Diff.”

1got acall from Willie GRAY the other day. It just so happened that I pulling away from astop light when Ispotted Willie running, or

as was should 1say jogging, or rather ambling, or should Isay covering ground in aquick manner. 1shouted to him not to stress himself. Isecretly thought about calling arescue squad to discreetly follow him, just in case. Anyway, he called me to tell me that shouting at old people can cause heart attacks. In the course of our conversation, we decided to get together some time soon, like possibly the 4th of July. He also told me that Larry GOOCH has moved on to become the president of Analex. There is adivision of Analex here at Kennedy Space Center that provides safety, reliability and maintainability support to NASA SRM&QA. So

CLASS OF 1962 30th REUNION

Jimmie sent an absolutely scintillating letter to all the Yellow Tags liv¬ ing in Colorado requesting their support/inputs. He spiced up the letter by adding afew excerpts from letters written during and about “Doolie” summer that were truly descriptive of how we thought in those adventurefilled days. Example:

“2 July 1959: We’re always in abig hurry around here. We have to be in formation about 200 yards from my room and about three flights down at 0540. We’re supposed to be shaved and in full khakis. Trou¬ ble is we’re not supposed to pt up until 5:30. P.S. If anyone wants to know [wjhat the good word is around here is, it is ‘Beat the hell out of Army.’ The first Army-Air Force football game is October 31, 1959.” To give us an idea of what the committee is thinking about, Jimmie added aproposed schedule of events for the reunion weekend:

Wednesday, November 3: Early registration at the AOG building for people wanting an extra day for golf (in November?), atrip to the casinos in Cripple Creek, etc. (Dinner at the Red Cloud Inn?)

Thursday, November 4; Registration at the hotel beginning about 1500, informal get-together about 18:30 with heavy hors d’oeuvres for an evening of getting reacquainted.

Friday, November 5: Continental breakfast at the hotel, golf for those who are so inclined (November?), possibly acatered luncheon at the new AOG building; Memorial Ceremony/class picture in the chapel at 1700; coat-and-tie dinner at the hotel with social hour beginning about 1900.

Saturday, November 6: Continental breakfast at the hotel, tailgate party, possibly at the AOG building if Jock has worked through logistics negotiations by then. Watch USAFA kick Army’s donkey in the afternoon. Informal dinner-buffet at the hotel afterward. The buffet i: set up to be flexible so we’re covered in case ESPN wants to televise, and the kickoff gets moved to sometime later in the afternoon.

Sunday, November 7: Continental breakfast at hotel, services at the chapel, depart with firm plans for the 35th.

The AOG provided us with alist of Doolittle Hall (AOG building) needs and, therefore, possible class gifts —some examples include; Two Monumental Stairs, ($50K ea.), Entry Plaza ($30K), Merchandising Area ($25K). According to Jim Wilhelm (’61), our class has donated $63,360 toward the building including $31,000 from the 25th-reunion gift. Since that money (the $3 IK) was given before gifts were targeted for specific projects, he suggested we might consider pooling the 25th reunion gift with the potential donation from the 30th and get credit for one of the two major stairways.

30th —bring your camera, your pictures are always great.

My sources are world-wide. Ifound an article in the Contra Costa Times with the headline: “Red tape fails to silence wedding bells, police detective sets up blood test for bride.” Somewhere Jerry DRISCOLL had to be involved. Turns out Sharon Gehrman —Jerry’s new bride —found her carbon copy of the Minnesota blood test certificate was unacceptable in California. The revelation occurred at the County Clerk’s office while Jerry and Sharon were applying for their marriage license and there no clinic around that could perform the test and get the results in time for the wedding. That was when alocal police detective stepped in and called her brother, adoctor in Concord. The doctor took the blood samples and arranged the local medical center to rush the results. Long story short, the happy ending had Jerry and Sharon getting married Saturday, 22 Feb —on time. Congratulations! Jerry did you get those 757 stickers?

Randy REYNOLDS wrote offering his help toward the 30th reunion. He also suggested atheme and apossible gift. Theme: Set up ahistory for the class where each attendee might relate the major highlights for each of us over the past 30 years and publish them for the reunion. Randy calls it “Getting In Touch With the Past 30 Years.” As for agift, he suggests something physical and historic on the terrazzo or in one of the buildings in the cadet area; something specific for the Class of ’63 (e.g. amonument for the members of our class who lost their lives in the line of duty). Randy is the chief. Operations Engineering for the NASA Ames Research Center; Science and Applications Aircraft Division and Moffett Field, CA. Iespecially liked the C-130 on his business card.

Isaw where Loran SCHNAIDT was recently promoted to brigadier general. Loran is the assistant adjutant general for Air, Missouri Air Na¬ tional Guard. Another Golden Boy makes flag rank. Congratulations!

The other status/address change of significance was Dr. John ROUSH; The Roush household has moved from Galveston, IN to Fremont, OH. Lastly, Ihad anice talk with Roger SIMS about three weeks ago. Roger was in town attending abroadcasting convention and doing alittle house hunting. He says he is seriously considering leaving the Big Apple for the Great Northwest and retirement. Iwas truly sorry we couldn’t find time to get together for alunch or dinner. Maybe next time.

The Grahams

Heard from Roger GRAHAM who retired March 30th at Andrews. Ron YATES (’60), commander of the Air Force Systems Command, presided at the retirement ceremony. Roger’s last job in the Air Force director of Acquisition Law at Headquarters, Air Force Systems Com¬ mand. His next career will be as an attorney in the Company Counsel Department of Lockheed Aeronautical Systems Company in Marietta, GA. He says the family is very enthusiastic about moving to the Mariet¬ ta/Atlanta area. Apicture of the family was included in his letter. Pic¬ tured with Roger is Dianne, Ryan (6), oldest daughter, Kim (Virginia Tech grad); and youngest daughter, Kristi (University of Virginia grad). After reading through Roger’s career bio, Iwould be interested in hearing stories about his 1982-1984 tour of duty as the staff judge advocate. Of¬ fice of Military Cooperation, U.S. Embassy, Cairo, Egypt. Roger also serves as chairman of the International Procurement Committee of the Federal Bar Association. He closed by promising to be at the 30th union. Thanks for the letter, Rog.

Obviously, Iam looking forward to November, 1993. That rehears¬ al/practice session during the Navy game deserves some serious thought. Thanks for all the calls and letters. You folks are great! Until next time — take care.

was

Bob Hovde

301 N. Joe Wilson Road, #1617

Cedar Hill, TX 75104

Home: (214) 291-8453

Work; (214) 708-6340

Percent members: 72

MOVED AGAIN: Welcome from the state of Texas! All of those years in the Air Force and Iavoided an assignment here. Now that I’m retired, 1 find myself at the Superconducting Super Collider Laboratory just south of Dallas. (Don’t write the address down in ink. It’s just an apartment I’m living in until Sandy sells the house in Virginia —hopefully, before you read this.) Tom WEBSTER is here also. (We both work for Lockheed.) John HOFFMAN works just down the hill (yes, there is ahill in Texas) at LTV. LTV has the west side of the runway at Dallas Naval Air Station.

My new boss is Norm WELLS (’63), who Imet during my days doing battle for the JTIDS program at the Pentagon. Since this is aDepartment of Energy lab, everyone here is acontractor of some sort —even the lab management is on contract (the “University Research Associates”). Beside the various contractors, there are Russians, Japanese, Chinese, Koreans, French, etc. —all working together in the same room. Things certainly have changed fast!

PROMOTION: The Air Force Times reported that Nels RUNNING has made asecond star. Nels is presently director of Plans, Policy and Doctrine at U.S. Special Operations Command, MacDill AFB, FL.

OTHER MOVES: Clarence WELTER reports amove from Severna Park, MD to Pittsburgh, where he is in the AGG Westinghouse Program Office. (1 don’t know what it means, either, but if he moved from Severna Park to Pittsburgh, is must be one heck of agood deal!) Jay KELLEY has finally left Colorado Springs —to the Pentagon. (What did you do wrong. Jay?) He is now the Air Force director of Public Affairs, and will have to put up with jokes about keeping affairs private. Steve RITCHIE has moved back to Golden, CO from Washington, DC.

LETTERS: Rog HEAD writes from the mountains of New Mexico that his new address is Alto, NM, not Alton. (Hey, Ididn’t have any idea

me

where Alton was, but Ididn’t write the change-of-address card, either.) Since Rog seems to see everything and everybody from his viewpoint in the mountain, Iwill just quote his letter...

“...Why did we move from Albuquerque to [near] Ruidoso —about three hours south? Well... after nine months of retirement and working in both real estate and DoD consulting, Ithought Imight like teaching and coaching at the high school level. Next thing Iknew, Ihad ajob teaching and coaching football and basketball at Ruidoso High School, starting August 1st, last year. What achange in careers... From people saying ‘Yes, Sir!’ to kids saying, ‘No Way, Dude!’ I’m teaching math, or, I should say, trying to teach pre-algebra, algebra, and geometry to grades 9 to 12. By the way, Irecommend everyone visit their local public high school for aday and sit in on avariety of classes. It’s an eye-opening ex¬ perience, and it’s the one thing Ishould have done before committing to this new career. It definitely will beg the question, ‘Where will this coun¬ try be in the year 20007’ There is acrisis in the public school system... I can attest fi rst hand to that!

“Oh, my coaching experience has been pretty shaky, too. Icoached freshman football and basketball, and we were 0-6 and 2-14, respectively. Winning is certainly more fun! Things will improve... or Imight be fired!

“Jane and Iattended Jim and Nancy STEW ART’s retirement from AFTEC (or is it AFOTEC?) [It is.] at Kirtland on Jan 31st. Against my advice, Jim’s going into teaching too... and is currently ‘student teaching’ in Albuquerque. 1avoided that by being hired in adesperate situation!

“Also in Albuquerque are Frank (Skip) WILSON, who works for Caterpillar Sales and Service, and John ERKKILA, who Ijust happened to find myself sitting next to at amusic concert at the University of New Mexico, and who works for ahigh tech company there. In Santa Fe, Ang and Ginger CAPPUCCIO are semi-retired and actively restoring an historic adobe villa. They’ve been gracious hosts of the Heads, MONT¬ GOMERY’S, Thad WOLFE, Jim FLEMING... and would welcome any other from ’64. [Notice how Rog offered Ang’s house instead of his own?] Also, any manual labor is always appreciated by Angelo! Ginger is awonderful cook, too.!

“If that isn’t enough, how about John DENKO being the chief of the New Mexico State Police? Now, that’s aposition that not many in ’64 can top in the civilian ranks when it comes to responsibility and visibility.”

WHAT HAVE ISTARTED? Whit WHITMAN writes from Vacaville, CA that... Well, you read it. “It’s been along time since I’ve written to the class rep, but since ’64 seems to be having an informal youngest child contest, Laura said we should enter. Our first and so far only child is Kathleen Ruth Whitman, born 2Sept 1991. And no, we didn’t have to fudge to hit Labor Day! At nine months, Katie is 19 pounds and 29 inches and all of us are doing well. Iwould have guessed that Imight be in the running for oldest dad, but the photo of C.T. Douglas (’60) [in the last Checkpoints] really took the wind out of my sails. Having already had a couple, you’d think the fellow would know better! Ibelieve his title is secure, as 55 is over five years away for me.

“Jake (’65) and Willie MORRISON stopped mfor anice visit recently. Jake is instructing in United’s school house in Denver and had aSan Francisco layover on his way to Tokyo. We hashed over old times in the reserves at Travis and, since I’m still working for American after 23 years, threw in some airline business.”

That’s all 1have for now. Assuming that Congress doesn’t delete all of the funding for high-energy physics research, Iwill be here for some time. My work phone number should be good even if Ichange the address and home phone number. Bye, y’all.

Ronald R. Flake

256 Lake Ridge

Seguin, TX, 78155

Home: (512) 557-6612

Office: (512) 658-5305

Fax: (512) 658-1855

Percent members: 66

May 24-27th Iattended my first USAFA June Week (June Week in May?) since 1965. It was amoving experience for many reasons —among them the weather, memories, old friends and personal gratification. The weather was foul —lows in the 30s, highs in the 40s, fog, drizzle, rain, wind, etc. It kept us all uncomfortable, delayed the graduation ceremony, prevented all the flybys and airshows, but it could not dampen the spirits of the graduates or their guests.

The memories were many, the hurry-up-and-wait approach to everything, the spirit, the fun, and the new life. “Hurry up and wait” was exemplified by the graduation ceremony itself. We were told repeatedly that the gates would close at 10 o’clock a.m, to secure the grounds for the vice president’s arrival. The ceremony was to begin at 11 o’clock a.m. After surviving the traffic jams and parking hassles, we were working towards our seats in the cold foggy drizzle when the PA system came on and announced that due to “inclement weather the ceremony will be postponed for an hour.” Since we had heard on the car radio while we were stalled in the traffic jam getting to the stadium that the vice president had been diverted to Pueblo, we were not shocked but felt that perhaps the 20,000-plus in the audience, and the cadet wing could have used rnore and better information, but no more announcements were forthcoming. For about two hours we sat and shivered, warmed only by the excitement of the occasion and occasional chance meetings with friends. It was dur¬ ing this time that Isaw Jerry WILKOWSKI. Ski has kept alow profile since dumping (turning over) this column to the San Antonio dummies, but he was attending his son’s graduation and Icornered him. When reminded of his promise to provide news, he said he would get aletter right out. Right Ski, the check is in the mail. He has been busy starting up anew charter airline. Hopefully, we will have more details for the next newsletter.

But Idigress —the graduation proceeded. The dignitaries arrived. Vice President Quayle arrived, the ceremony commenced at about 12:20 with a cold, damp but still enthusiastic crowd.

The entry of 1,067 graduates (target class ever) was soggy, but spirited. The Sup’s opening was warm. Ithought it curious that the vice president gave no salute or sign of respect during the Star Spangled Banner. His ad¬ dress was about personal integrity, family values, astrong military and Murphy Brown and almost brief enough. He presented diplomas to the distinguished grads as Bob FOERSTER (director of Admissions) read off the names. The rain started in earnest as the presentation to the rest of the graduates began. It continued for the entire one and one-half hours of the ceremony. Bob managed to read thq names without amistake in spite of his handful of wet, sticky sheets of paper. No longer is graduation by order of merit. After the distinguished grads, the rest are called by squadron. Isat in the rain and smiled and cheered as Ilistened to my old roommate call the names of my friend’s sons —Christopher Scott WILKOWSKI, son of Jerry, Daniel Patrick MURRAY, son of Ron MURRAY, and finally, my son, Richard Ross FLAKE. It was as exciting as the first time. As Iwatched our children begin their careers, Ireflected on what adifferent world it is than when we graduated and hoped that their class can survive the challenges and achieve the many and varied suc¬ cesses our class has. Istrongly recommend asecond visit to aUSAFA graduation.

Now the news! Hank BONDARUK sent an unsolicited letter from Northville, MI, where he works for Ford in aprogram to develop all-new modular engines for Ford’s light trucks. He says Ford hires alot of Academy grads, but he is the only one there from USAFA and suggested anew slogan “Buy aFord and keep aclassmate employed!” His daughter, Kelly NOVAK (USAFA ’88) is at Falcon AFS. Hank says Dick CZARNOTA is flying F-16s for the Michigan Guard out of Selfridge ANGB. Zot and wife, Ellen, are doing well.

Also working at Selfridge in the reserves is John GRITSAVAGE. Grits and wife, Ellen, have four kids, Reid (20), Heidi (18), Edward (16), and Sara (14) and live in Macomb, ML They have not made the last two re¬ unions, but we will try to drag them to the 30th.

Kathleen Ruth Whitman and her "Old Man. ”

Vic GENEZ is retired and working as apension actuary for Pension Systems, Inc., in Charleston, SC. Wife, Bev, is in private practice as a radiologist. Daughter Giselle, 23, is agraduate student at the Citadel. Son Nathan, 19, is asophomore at Furman majoring in accounting and play¬ ing drums on the side. In their spare time, Vic is taking his acturarial ex¬ ams and Bev is studying karate.

Roy SUZUKI, wife, Caryl, and sons Ryan (17) and Russell (15), just moved from Salinas, CA to Las Vegas. Roy is a737-300 captain for USAir. Caryl is working on her Ed.D. degree and Ryan starts UCLA this fall.

Wendell HARKLEROAD lives in Pennington, NJ with wife, Irene, and children Eric (II) and Julia (9). Hark is owner and CEO of United Logistics, Inc., a48-state contract truck line. If you are looking for a quality partner for trucking services, call Hark at 908-454-0890. He doesn’t hear from many classmates, so give him acall.

Bob HEATON is aprofessor of psychiatry at the University of Cali¬ fornia at San Diego. He lives in Del Mar, CA with wife. Holly, and 1*/2-year-old twins, Annie and Emily. He also has a21-year-old daughter, Shelley.

Bart HOLADAY continues in the venture capital business and now lives in downtown Chicago. Wife, Lynn, and kids live in Prescott, AZ, and Bart commutes on weekends. He was elected to the board of directors of the National Venture Capital Association. Bart sees Warren LANGLEY and Jim PIPER frequently and John COBLENTZ and Jim SWALLOW occasionally.

Mike and Beth NOLAN live in Yorktown, VA. He is still on active duty stationed at Langley. 1suspect they hold the class record with 10 children from 26 down to six years old, in order: Hope, Chip, Eve, Matt, Josh, Ben, Seth, Luke, Ann Marie and Joel and aone-year-old grandchild. If anyone can beat or even come close to that, let us hear from you. Nookie has certainly lived up to his nickname. He will retire in August and assume the job of preventive maintenance supervisor for 25 L.D.S. church buildings in Eastern Virginia all the while running his landscape edging business.

John RADEMACHER retired in August, 1990 and is assistant registrar for the University of Kansas in Lawrence. His wife, Joyce, is finishing up her doctorate in special education there. Kids Laura, Sarah and John are all in college in Texas. John and Joyce plan to move to Denton, TX by fall, 1993, when Joyce will become aprofessor at North Texas State and Rads will be looking for work.

Jack STEPHENSON is one of the now-very-rare active-duty guys... He is vice commander at Sheppard Training Center and lives in Wichita Falls with wife, Judy, and family.

John TAIT just retired and moved to Durango, CO with wife, Susan. Susan makes beautiful intricate dolls so she can support John until he fi nds meaningful employment.

Jim TURINETTI retired in 1985. He and wife, Linda, live in Fairham, OH. Son Jim is asenior at OSU in Army (?) ROTC. Son Joel is a sophomore at the University of Michigan in Air Force ROTC —both are studying engineering. Jim is vice president, SAIC, Aeronautical Systems Operation in Dayton.

Ireceived change-of-address cards from Bill KENNEDY, retired and moved from Biloxi, MS, to Concord, CA. Allen ROWE moved from Salinas, CA, to Logan, UT.

The next column will be written by Dick ZUCKER, 2614 Turkey Point, San Antonio, TX 78232. Telephone number (512) 494-5555. It is his first attempt

taught, but the graduates ought to be better than ever before. (Maybe even as good as we were.)

During the first few briefings Idiscovered that the new ATC/DO had just reported for work. It was none other than that famous ‘66 cheerleader, J.O. MCFALLS. Johnny and Iplayed “office tag” all day and never did see each other, but Ileft him anasty note on his desk and gave his staff the rest of the week off. It was pretty obvious that he had the new job all figured out because he was off playing golf on his second day at work. On the way home from the same trip, Iran into Carl BAKER in the lobby of Husston Hobby Airport. Carl is fl ying for Southwest Airlines (so is Kevin MCELVAIN) and says he is getting ad¬ justed to “starting all over”. 1used to run into classmates in the usual places —base ops and bars —but now Iseem to see more of you guys in airport lobbies.

Congrats to some more new generals! Reese NIELSON and Jack TONEY were just selected to be BGs in the Air Force Reserve. Reese is the IMA to the TAC/DO and Jack is the IMA to the Sacramento ALC Commander.

Some of our “old” generals are on the move again. MG Paul STEIN is moving from Keesler Tech Training Center to Washington DC to take over the L&L office for the Air Force. BG Jerry ALLEN is going to Dyess to be the 96 Wing commander —part of the Air Force’s new program to get generals out from behind desks and commanding wings. BG Dick BETHUREM is moving from the TAC IG job back out to the zoo to be the new commandant of cadets. If they only knew about his days cadet... BG Rusty GIDEON finally escaped from Wright-Patterson AFB and is going out to join Jack TONEY at the Sacramento ALC as the vice commander.

Terry O’DONNELL finished up his tour as the DOD general counsel and rejoined his old law firm of Williams &Connolly in Washington DC. As he was leaving his DOD job, Terry and his wife, Margaret, were guests of honor at aprivate dinner party hosted by Defense Secretary Dick Cheney. Prior to the dinner, the attorney general presented Terry with the Attorney General’s Distinguished Service Award for his outstanding con¬ tribution to law enforcement. Terry was also awarded the DOD Medal for Distinguished Public Service by the SECDEF. Not bad for aguy who never wore shoes before he came to Colorado!

Vic ANDREWS called the other day to update us on what some of you all are doing. Vic is the commander of the Center for Low Intensity Con¬ flict at Langley AFB. Since the evil USSR has evaporated, it looks like low intensity con fl ict might be agrowth industry. Vic says that Rick STRONG is moving from SAC Intel to Langley to take over ACC (the former TAC) Intel. Mike HEENAN has been at Air University for afew years and will hang up his blue suit in January.

Norm RATHJE is also leaving Maxwell AFB, where he has been the commander of the Ira CEaker Center for Professional Development. Norm is headed for Randolph AFB to be the director of Assignments at HQ AFMPC. He’s going to be sharing abase with J.O. MCFALLS again. They were both wing commanders at Seymour-Johnson AFB at the same time afew years ago. Ihope Norm can put some stability into an assignment system that has become almost Byzantine in its complexity. Thanks for the call, Vic! Without your kind of help and information. I’m reduced to making up stuff again.

as a so send him some cards and letters.

Ryan Denny

1210 Applewhite Road

O’Fallon, IL 62269

Home: (618) 624-4255

DSN: 576-5007

Percent members: 72

Greetings Redtags! We’ve been so busy reorganizing the Air Force that Ialmost forgot that we just went over 26 years. For the handful of us still on active duty who didn’t go to the Prep School, it’s another milestone. For the rest of you, you’re probably asking yourselves, “Are those guys crazy, or what?” The only answer Ican come up with is that it is still more fun than frustration. Part of that fun is flying around the world and running into you guys almost everywhere.

Iwas in San Antonio at ATC headquarters afew weeks ago, getting some briefings on the new Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training (SUPT) program. The timing is not great because the number of people going through pilot training is smaller than what the Wright brothers

Keep those cards and letters coming in folks! Give me acall or stop on by if you are near Scott AFB. I’m getting desperate for news; so, all you people who read this but haven’t written me for afew years (or ever), take aminute and drop me aline. We really care what you’re doing! Until then. Happy Landings!

Larry Wilson

Box 6001

APO New York 09132

Percent members: 68

Wie geht’s und Weidmansheil... Those of you who may in the past have been stationed in Deutschland will certainly recall the first greeting; the second is ahunter’s greeting, reserved for use by those who have taken the course and the tests and have become Jaegers. Ispent eight Friday nights in aclass so that Ican have the privilege of saying that to kindred souls, and perhaps even getting achance to hunt something here. If not... well, 1 can drink with abetter class of locals.

It has been an interesting quarter, with afew contacts of the “I haven’t seen you in 25 years...” variety. The first was Roger CARLETON, who stopped in the Bitburg AB Hospital and dropped down to say hello. What

apleasure... he is assigned just up the road, at the NATO job. But the real surprise was the the next day or so when Isaw he has been selected for BGen. Iclaim cause and effect...

Shortly thereafter Iwas at Sembach at aconference and bumped into Royce WOODDELL. Again, what apleasure. He had planned on playing in the USAFE racquetball championships there but pulled out due to an injury. Remember the good old days when we were invincible? Anyhow, he looks just as he did in ’67, albeit not quite at AFA track team body habitus. He is considering retirement but is not certain of location. He has, however, decided that Eldridge, ND —from whence he once came — is probably not in his retirement plans.

Terry BROADWAY wrote and brushed off afew cobwebs from some traveling and playing he and Ihad done on our way back to the AFA for the summer training detail only afew short years past... He now works with the Florida Dept of Health and Rehab Services as anursing consul¬ tant, and his wife, Carol, is an advanced registered nurse practitioner, working with an endocrinology group in Tallahassee. The meat of Terry’s letter concerned POW-MIA issues, the “Forget Me Not” Association, and memories of Morg DONAHUE whose father. Bud, has been attemp¬ ting for the past 22 years to obtain two firm accountings of Morg. There was reported to have been asighting in Laos in the fall of 1990, and Morg’s father and the group still hold out hope. How tragic and wasteful that war was, and continues to be.

The AF News in May included comments from Peyton COLE who is the commander of the 2nd Wing at Barksdale AFB. He had the unique ex¬ perience of hosting agroup of 65 CIS officers and other dignitaries who had flown unescorted in their Bear bombers from near Moscow and landed at Barksdale for this phase of an exchange visit. To take the irony astep further, the Russkies were housed in aformer SAC alert facility. The thought of many was expressed by one crewmember who said “We always thought we’d fly to their country, but we never thought we’d land...” Let’s all drink atoast to the end of and the victory in the Cold War.

Roger HILL is another near neighbor. He sent me anote from HQ AFCENT in Brunssum, the Netherlands. Doug HAWKINS and he are upholding our class glory on the AFCENT staff, occupying 50% of USAF 0-6 positions, along with Germans and ground forces. Roger too may pack it in this fall, but meanwhile he is enjoying Europe.

True to form. Bill HALL sent aSeagrams Seven newsletter complete with tibits about their gang and families. His daughter performed in the St. Patrick’s day parade in Dublin, Ireland, and her National Cheerleaders Association won first place. Bill GERBER is the treasurer for the Capitol Chapter of the AOG. He too Is looking at hanging up the blue suit, in early ’93. He and wife, Jeannie, have been in the D.C. area since ’83 and plan to head to the Orlando area to possibly enter the robotics market in the aerospace industry there. Yen HAMMONDS is the Travis AFB support group commander. That used to be the base com¬ mander in the pre-reorganization days. Yen’s and wife, Dianne’s, son Todd graduated in the USAFA Class of ’92, 25 short years after Yen, while their other son, Eric, is pursuing the study of music. Bruce MCDONALD and other Northrop folks were disheartened when the AF went with Lockheed over his company for the ATF contract. He, wife. Stormy, and sons Joel and Jason are doing well. Joel is ascholar-athlete at Humboldt State and Jason will be entering college this fall. A1 ROWE is an ROTC instructor at Duke so he had opportunity to see some pretty fair b-ball this year. Bill, once again, thanks for keeping me and the whole class in your Seven loop.

From the AOG: not very much. Dave MESSNER lives in Dallas and works there for E-Systems. Dave ELLIOTT has moved but still lives in Broom fi eld, CO. Lynn DAMRON went diametrically across the U.S. from Florida to Mountlake Terrace, WA. Tony LOLAS is now in Colum¬ bia, SC. And, BGen Gene LUPIA has moved to Scott AFB, IL.

Life is still good for the Wilsons in Germany. The usual complaints are there... too much work, too little pay, too little time, etc. But there is in addition ahelluva lot of different stuff going on around us. In the AF it is reorganization, SERBs and pending RIF, and cutbacks in money and fly¬ ing slots and people but not workload. For our green suit colleagues it is even worse, with much greater chunks being taken out of them. Ican’t speak much about the Navy, other than to say that their PR and affir¬ mative action folks have some real challenges.

But one must put all that into perspective. Over Memorial Day Iloaded up the family and visited the Flanders Field American Military Cemetery.

CLASS OF 1967 25th REUNION

15-18 October 1992

USAFA ''s Colorado State

You all probably had to learn the poem in grade school, as Idid (“In Flanders Field the poppies grow/Between the crosses, row on row...”)The military cemeteries in Europe are impressive and solemn and thought-provoking. The current world is not afriendly place but there is neither aworld war nor acold war at present. Our sons and daughters are taking up and will continue to take up where we are leaving off and 1hope make this planet better still.

Keep those cards and letters coming in. Hope to see you in October.

Tim Davidson

12 Lake Lorraine Circle

Shalimar, FL 32579-1618

Home: (904) 651-1372

Office: (904) 884-2271

DSN: 579-2271

Percent members: 66

Yes, faithful readers, it’s time to review some of those earth-shattering headlines that have so titillated us during the past few months. NY Times: SERBS AND CROATS GO AT IT IN YUGOSLAYIA! Washington Post: PEROT LEADS EARLY POLLS FOR PRESIDENT! TV Guide: JOHNNY CARSON BIDS FAREWELL AFTER 30 YEARS! Star: ELYIS SEEN IN PENTAGON IN NEW AIR FORCE UNIFORM! AF Times, “America’s Most Wanted,” and Pravda: BILL BEGERT AND BOBBY FLOYD PROMOTED TO BRIGADIER GENERAL! Can a body handle so much change in one lifetime?! Avery special ’68 con¬ gratulations to Bill and Bobby for their fantastic accomplishment!

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Bonjourno from Jim Madsen and Vic Bonfiglio. HELLO ’68! What aquarter for correspondence! Keep up the good work! Ireceived ajoint postcard from Jim MADSEN and Yic BON¬ FIGLIO who were galavanting through Yenice, Yerona, and Yicenza, Ita¬ ly with wives Debbie and Mary, respectively. Also got acard from Mark TORREANO from Zhengzhou, China. Mark was on his last trip to the Peoples Republic before leaving Hong Kong in July for duties as director of Resources at the Joint Intelligence Center Pacific, USPACOM. He and Mimi will reside at Hickam, where Mimi will continue her work with United Airlines. Mark, Jr. finished his three-degree year in the Class of 1994 and daughter Marcy graduated from high school with plans to at¬ tend junior college in C-Springs. Mark requested that the class consider presenting agift that had more to do with aCadet Wing project such as computers or airmanship rather than making contibutions to the AOG building.

Mike “Fitzer” FITZGERALD finally took the big step to write to his Class Scribe for the first time since 5June, 1968. He said that he was motivated by two factors: (1) he has bumped into abunch of our gang over the past several months and hadn’t seen their names in print for a while, and (2) he wanted to add his son Brian to the list of ’68 offspring ho are members of the Class of 1995. Fitzer retired two years ago and lives with wife, Kathy, in L.A. After 16 years in the AF Space and Missile business, he found aready transition in working for an aerospace and technology company, where he runs the L.A. office. Son Brian is making his mom and dad proud by holding a3.8 cum GPA.

Fitzer writes that he plays golf with Tom TAYERNEY occasionally. Tom is the chief operations officer for amedium-sized company in Orange county. He also sees John GOYETTE and Brent COLLINS who are serving their 0-6-ships as program managers for Space Division. John

is working with weather satellites and Brent is working with SDIO. Fitzer sees Carl JANSEN at local USAFA functions and said that when Carl isn’t handling executive matters for ARCO he is involved with Academy liaison officer work. From his “Where are they now?’’ department, Fitzer said that Mike WALLACE moved to Virginia following work and that Barney MILLS is expected at Space Division circa July. Thanks for the letter, Fitzer.

The local Northwest Florida Chapter of the AOG put on afine show and managed to get asuper turnout to hear USAFA Superintendent Lt.Gen. Bradley C. Hosmer (Class of ’59). I’m sure you realize that Fred GROSS will probably whine and moan to some of you about the way he gets treated in this column. You might remember that last time he wasn’t pictured he was taking his dog to the vet. This time he’ll probably blame it on his boss, 1SOW commander, Charlie HOLLAND. Iask you, fellow classmates, shouldn’t we expeet more from this officer and (ahem) gentleman? All comments on this issue will be gladly and scrupulously screened by your Class Scribe for inclusion in future columns.

On amore serious note, thanks to great teamwork with Jim REESE and political clout from Congressman Earl Hutto (D, FL), we successful¬ ly interceded on behalf of Cecille Castro and her family to keep her peti¬ tion for emigration to the United States on track. The Department of Justice has allowed for ahumanitarian exception in Cecille’s case and she should be able to emigrate to California when her case comes up in 1993 or 1994. We have approximately $7,500 in her account to help with transportation expenses. Relistically, this may not be sufficient and we may need more financial assistance from the class. Your thoughtful con¬ sideration of this issue would be appreciated.

OUT OF THE BLUE DEPT: Iwas pleasantly surpirsed by my first phone call from Dick VIHEL since 1968. Dick spent anumber of years in Australia and the last seven in Flagstaff, AZ, where he is now serving as a prosecuting attorney. He has ason Steven who is 1i. Also had an “almost connected visit” with Benny “the Greek” VETETO. Iwas TDY, but Benny left anote. He is working with AFRES at Robins AFB, GA and was attending aconference in Fort Walton Beach. Also at the conference was Art MILLER who is working for Motorola in Austin, TX.

25th REUNION NEWS: Ihave been burning the wires with Phil PIGNATARO and Manny BETTENCOURT regarding our 25th Reu¬ nion. Here’s the “skinny”’ as we have it today. Manny Bettencourt has graciously (and with alleged forethought) agreed to serve as our reunion coordinator. Bert BAUER will be Manny’s deputy coordinator and will also serve as CINC Continuity by building acontinuity book for future reunion efforts. Chuck JONES will be CINC In-House for all activities that occure in the hotel where we are staying or at the Academy. Neil STARKEY will serve as Chuck’s DCINC. A1 BLUMBERG will be CINC Out-House for all activities occurring out-of-doors. Chuck YOOS will be our CINC Transportation. The weekend for the reunion will be planned to coincide with an early fall ’93 football game, but not on Homecoming Weekend. Any and all suggestions for aclass gift, which hotel should serve as our flagship, class activites, etc., should be sent to Manny. I’ll try to keep you posted on macro issues through this column and Manny will get out more specific information as we get closer to afall ’93 reunion date.

’68 SPOTLIGHT

The ’68 Spotlight for Summer 1992 falls on Brig. Gen. (select) William J. BEGERT. Bill has come along way from his early beginnings in Lewiston, ME. With initial flying duties in C-141s, 300 combat missions in Southeast Asia as aforward air controller, the wing commander of the

436th Military Airlift Wing (MAW) at Dover and the 60th MAW at Travis in C-5s, and assignments to USAFA, Air Staff, and now chief of staff for USTRANSCOM, Bill has developed asolid reputation for being able to master any job he is asked to perform.

Bill’s family life is extremely important to him and he is quick to point out the contributions that wife, Jody, makes to her community as afull¬ time nurse at ahospital in St. Louis. His son Bill is attending UCLA in art history after graduating from William and Mary in 1991. Daughter Katherine (Kary) is afreshman at Notre Dame.

When asked what the Academy meant to him. Bill stated: “Frankly, I didn’t appreciate my Academy experience and its affect on me until after Igraduated. When Ibecame an AOC in 1978, Ireally began to be more introspective about my cadet days. Watching those young men and women mature made me realize the profound affect the Academy has over the four-year cadet experience. While Irealize my classmates would say Iwas warped from 1964 to 68,1 prefer to think Iwas molded in those years.”

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rGenerally speaking —the Begerts are avery happy family. From left are Kary, BUI, Jody, and BUI.

Bill believes it is important to enjoy your assignments by getting to know your job and allowing time for fun, too. He also realizes that learn¬ ing is anever-ending process and even though you may never “get caught up,” you’ve got to keep trying.

Thanks for your insights. Bill, and best wishes from your clasmates as you enter an exciting new phase of your career.

’68ers ON THE MOVE: Mitch DORGER to USAFA/CoS Aug 92; Chuck JACKSON to PSC 78 Box 859, APO AP 96326-0859; Mike NAVARRO to Colorado Springs; and Martin WALLACE to Dumfries, VA.

In closing, Lisa and Iextend aspecial thanks to the kindnesses shown to our daughter Melissa by Jody and Susie SMITH while she was on her orientation visit to the Academy in April and for caring for her before she reported to the Academy on 29 June for entry into the Class of 1996. In the meantime, all the rest of you mind the flak, keep’em flying, and keep those cards, letters, and photos coming in!

Lindsey Parris

5926 Colfax Ave. Alexandria, VA 22311

Home: (703) 998-0488

Percent members: 60

Top of the summer to all.

First and foremost, congratulations to the first three line generals in the class: Larry STELLMON, Tom MIKOLAJCIK, and Jeff GRIME. Larry and Tom, as commanders of their respective units, played key roles in Desert Storm (as mentioned in previous newsletters) and Jeff had the dif¬ ficult chore of orchestrating the phase-down and out from Clark AFB (where he was the commander) following Mount Pinatubo’s eruption. It is comforting to all of us in and out of uniform that people of the caliber of these three are carrying on the legacy we began together in June of ’65. Great things to come.

In the airline pilot area, there is as always some news to report. Terry BRADY has completed his training with United, is living in Arlington, VA until he and Karen decide where ultimately they want to settle, and is staging out of Chicago as asecond officer in a727.

The superintendent meets ’68. From left are Tim Davidson, Vern McGraw, Lt.Gen. Hosmer, Dick E. Fallon, Carl McPherson, and Charlie Holland. Not pictured, again, is Fred Gross.

Stik TURNER is living down home in Athens, GA, and completed his training for Northwest under the tutelage and keen eye of Tom MCGRAIN, who resides in Phoenix and flies out of Detroit. Les DYER flies for Delta and lives in Atlanta, and took some vacation to raft the of Northern California with Mike BEEZLEY and Roy COPP’93.

rivers INGER in what has become an annual pilgrimage through some of the country’s wildest and most scenic terrain.

The class’ most recent wedding involved the last of the real rocks, Jeff TRENTON, who married the former Karen Hendricks in Tracy, CA in May. They will live in Virginia Beach, VA where Jeff is working marketing angles for big companies, merging pop rock hits with company themes to create winning jingles: Clearasil and Roberta Flack gave him “The First Time Ever ISaw Your Face;’’ The Who and Bausch &Lomb, “I Can See For Miles;’’ Bob Dylan and Kleenex, “Blowin’ in the Wind;’’ etc. On the side, Jeff has become caretaker of the Oliver Stone Historic Preservation Society.

Received amuch-appreciated note from old friend Mic JACKSON who lives in Richmond, IN and teaches math at Earlham College. The Jackson clan is in Japan this summer, near Morioka, where Mic will be leading a group of students studying language and culture and teaching English at Japanese middle schools. He extends an invitation to all to visit (Earlham House, Kami-do 4-4-40, Morioka-shi).

Two ’69ers have relocated within metropolitan areas, Steve GOETTLER in Toledo, OH and Denny KALMUS in San Antonio, TX. Mean¬ while, Bob HAVRILLA has moved from Rehoboth Beach, DE to Munhall, PA and Steve HANNAH, having returned from Germany, now resides in Bloomfield Hills, ML Doug SCHOTT is living in Oak Ridge,

TN.

From South Carolina’s low country comes word that Charleston AFB and the 437th Airlift Wing are being run by Team ’69. The accompanying picture shows Barry CREIGHTON, vice commander; Jeff STEPHEN¬ SON, operations group commander; Tom MIKOLAJCIK, commander; and Pete THODE, operations officer. Barry writes they are looking for¬ ward to helping Tom pin on his star and for the long-awaited (and over¬ due) arrival of the C-17. Is it true that the base burger emporium is giving to aJulia Child Fast-Food Snack Bar?

I.V.,

From Virginia’s low country emerge Tom KECK and Ron MARCOTTE. Having been first TACumcized, Tom and Ron are now members of the new ACC (Air Combat Command) at Langley as deputy chiefs of staff for Plans and Requirements, respectively. Tom and Ron called one evening to let me know that Jay LENO was in fact amember of our class, and it was from alate-evening bull session at the zoo that he got his idea of improving the shelf lives of cadets and certain fruits and vegetables by splicing in genes from Hostess Twinkies. Jay Leno, our long-lost classmate —move over Nino Baldachi!

Nic WALSH is professor and chairman of the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio and currently serving as the chief of staff for the Bexar County Hospital District. In his “spare” moments, he has worked in the time to conduct award-winning published research on caring for patients with lower back pain. Nic, the class needs amass-mailing of your business cards! For those of you thinking about relocating to or retiring in San Antonio, heed Wendy Walsh’s motto: “Hell hath no fury like awoman driving carpool!”

Also from the medical quarter comes anote from Tommy LOVE, who is currently practicing trauma medicine in Abilene, TX and living in Fort Worth. Tommy, acolonel in the Reserves who is amember of the Inter¬ national Society of Air Safety Investigators, has been the team doctor for expeditions of the International Group for Historic Aircraft

Recovery in the search to solve the Amelia Earhart mystery. Those of you who read Life magazine may have seen Tommy’s name in the April issue’s article on the Earhart Project. Athird trip is scheduled for July

1IMike GOODE is the commander of the 457th TFS (which recently con¬ verted from F-4Es to F-16Cs), and sent along the accompanying photo of himself (3rd from left), Craig COLLINS, Bugs FORSYTHE, and Bob TROY, all lieutenant colonels in the reserves. Craig commands the 704th FS in Austin (F-16As) and is aDC-9 captain with Continental, living in Austin. Bugs is the 507 FG DCO at Tinker AFB (F-16s), and flies for United as a727 captain living in Oklahoma City. Bob is the 926 FG DCR in New Orleans (converting from the A-10 to the F-16). He is an oil and gas consultant in Houston. Mike has sold the software training company he started in 1987 (BYTE Management) and is now the national sales manager for Contact Software. Contact’s big seller is asales management program called ACT —look for it next time you are in Bizmart or CompUSA. Mike passes along news that H. OWNBY is alawyer in Plano and Bill MCGRATH is aproject manger for Hughes Simulation in Arlington.

Moving to Hong Kong in July is John WARNER, named recently by WR Grace and Company to head up anew international operation for Cryovac as vice president Cryovac for Asia/Pacific. John will be respon¬ sible for Cryovac’s marketing, sales, technical services and manufactur¬ ing operations in all of the nations in the Far East currently under the management of the Pacific and Japan divisions (with the exception of Australia and New Zealand). John flies up to this position from his former job as vice president of finance and administration for Cryovac in Duncan, SC. John says “y’all visit” once he and Jackie and kids get established on Hong Kong Island.

Don RAKESTRAW has retired since the last update, and has become the #2 executive with the National Rifle Association. Among other activi¬ ties, he has been working to improve firearm education throughout America, especially among the young. Don is thinking about purchasing a gun, but has no definite plans. He says he can arrange class photos with Charlton Heston but is distancing himself from the Michael Dukakis U-Drive-It Tank Rental Agency.

Cards, letters, and pictures appreciated as always. Hope your summer proves perfect. Cheers ’til next time. Lindsey.

Tony Marietta

1070 Knollwood Circle

Monument, CO 80132

Home: (719) 488-3201

Work: (719) 593-8888 (800) 451-7217 (outside of Colo. Spgs.)

Percent members: 57

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The phone calls, letters and pictures just keep on “flying in.” It’s great. Once again, Imust limit the size of my column; but being an ex-football player used to using one-syllable words and hand gestures to com¬ municate, 1should be able to pull it off.

Got agreat note and picture from B.J. BJORKLUND. He and Chris CALVERT recently went on atrip to China, Tibet and Nepal Oust your normal summer vacation). The picture was taken at the peak of Kala Pataar (18,192 ft). That’s Mt. Everest in the background. Real men would have climbed that, too. They flew aTwin Otter from Kathmanda to Lukla and started atrek that took them to the peak. Next summer they are going to bungee jump off of Mt. Everest!

Got ashort note from Lt Col Peter Topp with apicture of Steve RASMUSSEN. The picture was taken at the 1992 USMA Founders Day, Carlisle Barracks. Steve will graduate from the Army War College (Army? Wait aminute. Does that mean tanks?) in June, 1992 and pro¬ ceed to Panama. He’ll be deputy chief of staff of Operations (DCSOPS) for U.S. Army South. Congratulations! Thanks for the info, Peter.

an appointment. He got nominated by both senators and his represen¬ tative. (I think my mom nominated me.) Their daughter Heather is a sophomore at the Univ of Puget Sound in Tacoma, WA and doing great. John wants to know how many grads have children at the Academy and if this is asickness that is hereditary. Iwill try to find out, although Iwould guess that it is definitely asickness.

Who does this man cheer for at the AF vs. Army football game? In¬ quiring minds want to know.

Got agreat letter from John THOMAS. John, wife Diana (married 22 years), and family live in Brush Prairie, WA. (Are there alot of trees there?) John Is flying B-727s for United and flies F-15s and F-16s in the Guard. His son Matthew graduated with honors from the New Mexico Military Academy (he was the top college cadet in his troop) and just received notification that he has been accepted to the Air Force Academy (I’ve heard of that place). Super! Matthew, call me to find out what your dad really did at the Academy. Matthew was a“slam dunk” for receiving

Got agreat call from Frank HEMING. He is the principal engineer for AMI Industry. (I think it is amacho organization with the initials stand¬ ing for American Males Incorported.) AMI makes specialty seating for commercial airlines. They do it all, from the design stage through manufacturing. Frank and wife, Linda, live in abeautiful area of Colo¬ rado Springs called Peregrine and are enjoying both Colorado Springs and the success of AMI. Iam sure we must have talked about his family, but my “CRS” syndrome (Can’t Remember Stuff) has struck again. Frank, give me acall and we will discuss what your family is doing, and I will write it down this time.

Received an article from an anonymous source In Orlando, FL cerning Greg POPOVICH. President and Mrs. Bush attended ayouth basketball game whose league, the “Spurs Drug Free Youth Basketball League,’’ was set up with Greg’s help. Greg (Coach Popovich to the general public) was awarded aPoint of Light plaque for his efforts. Space and my editor won’t allow me to quote all of the great things in the arti¬ cle, but give me acall and Iwill gladly fill you in on the details. My “CRS” is starting to lift and somewhere in the back of my mind I remember someone mentioning to me that they would send me this article if they could find it. That person was probably, was maybe, Mike LAMBERT. Isay maybe because Ilooked up his address and Mike lives in Atlanta. Perhaps he just took atrip to Orlando. Anyway, thanks to whoever sent me the article.

Irecently attended the Air Force Academy Society of Colorado meeting in Castle Rock. President Russ CARPARELLI (I don’t know If Russ Is really president, but he talked alot and appeared to be in charge) presented agreat program for the evening. The discussion focused around “networking” and the tremendous benefits of using it for obtaining employment. The featured speaker was Doug Sullivan of Career Dimen¬ sions. In just afew short minutes, Doug was able to give us all excellent insight into this area of obtaining employment. Mike DIETRICH (’80) is in charge of the network committee and is doing asuper job. Again, our space limitation won’t allow me to go Into detail, but please give me acall or you can also call Russ at 303-470-1146.

Isaw Ray BARLEBEN at the meeting. Ithought he was really getting old since he was walking around all bent over. But not so. Just the day before he’d had ahernia operation. We wish you aspeedy recovery. Had asuper talk with Mike KELLER. He is looking great and strong as an ox. Mike is aconsulting engineer in the environmental field. (I have absolute¬ ly no idea what that means, but Ithink it requires much more education than Ihave or care to think of having.) Mike works in the Denver area and lives fairly close to Monument (my “neck of the woods”).

Got ashort note from John CUSICK. John Is president and CEO of Primestar Partners. John’s company is doing great and is directly in volved with “direct to home” satellite television. John and wife, Jennifer, have four daughters and are all doing well. Says he can’t wait until 25th reunion. John said he recently saw Dave DEWITT in Dallas, TX, Paul ROSSETTI in Westpoint, CT and John MARTINSON in Penn¬ ington, NJ. John said all three of them were in business. Of course, John didn’t say what business they were in or why he saw them in those areas, or actually anything useful Icould use in this article.

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Only two changes of addresses. We are getting too old to move. Dennis

The Happy Fools

The Thomas Clan

Matthew Thomas, AFA Class of 1996. Your dad must be really old!

FUNNEMARK from Memphis to Niceville, FL (is that really aname of a town?), and Michael ROSE from Colorado Springs to Fayetteville, NC.

Iam sorry to report that James BRADY passed away Jan 7th, 1992 after along battle with Lou Gerhig’s disease. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family and friends.

Thanks again for all of your cards, letters and pictures. Keep taking those pictures. They are great to receive and print. Being our Class Scribe is asuper job. THANKS FOR ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT! r z

Paul D. Knott

8941 Belleove Circle

Colorado Springs, CO 80920 (719) 282-1402

Percent members: 49

SirGreetings from the Front Range, where the recession may be over at last. The AOG building is complete enough that the staff works there now, instead of in the Cadet Area. If you’re traveling through the Springs and would like to see what your money has built, stop by.

Mark LEWONOWSKI’s letter just missed the deadline for the spring issue. Sorry about that, Mark. As you may remember, Iasked for com¬ ments on the new uniform and mentioned that the only drawback that I saw was the insignia. Mark happens to be one of the real people who are wear-testing the new uniforms (“No doubt based on my reputation for impeccable dress and demeanor as acadet”) and he brought up aprac¬ tical point that Ihad not thought of. The stripes are visible in dark places like parking lots from all angles and agood distance away, which make them asafety feature. Also, they evidently are acommon design, which means that junior officers don’t have to worry about what color is in stock. Ithink that Iwould prefer Air Force rank within the stripes, but I’m aretiree and Iwouldn’t need to wear the new uniform anyhow. The end users are the voters here, and we have heard from one of them today. If you would like to see the new service dress in action, Mark works as a military assistant to the executive secretariat of the Office of the Defense Secretary. Thanks for your input, Mark.

Acouple of issues ago, Ipromised photos of ’71’s last known “rock” collecting from his buddies on the Jump Team. Here they are, untarn¬ ished by the passage of time. Keith BARRETT finally found them in his new house and now here’s the story: before graduation, the parachute team from ’71 anted up the sum of $100, which would go to the last bridegroom in the bunch. Keith collected on April 26th. He and Joani had planned to be married during the 25th team reunion, but due to the war and politics, the reunion was canceled 10 days prior to the wedding. The wedding went on though —with areception for 80 instead of 400.

Europe that can’t be seen from airport snackbars, terminals, and crew quarters. Enjoy, guys.

’71’s most faithful correspondent, Mark ZABLOTNY, has revealed his secret for finding our lost souls. Evidently, if you have someone’s SSAN, the IRS can provide (sell? rent?) that person’s last year’s address. If you’d like to know what some of our less conspicuous classmates are doing, please let Mark or me know who you want found, and we’ll print the results in the column.

AOG inputs include not only the usual change-of-address cards but a press release. Gary BUTSON is the new chair of the Department of Technology at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL. Gary retired in December as deputy department head and tenured associate professor in the Mech Department. His stated goal at SIU is to produce students who can help American industries update manufacturing methods and techniques. He also wants teachers to be researchers so that their students have achance to see cutting-edge technology. Good luck in your new job, Gary.

Now for changes of address: Russell HAMMERUD moved to Austria from Illinois. (OK, Russ, what are you doing there? Hope there’s astory in it.) John HIGGINS survived the Army and Ft. Leavenworth to move down the road here in Colorado Springs. Icalled John to see what he was doing, and found that he works at Harmon Hall in Admissions. His son recently graduated from Navy basic training (at the top of his class, of course) and is now at advanced training for nuclear propulsion. Dr. Tom MCANALLY retired to Castle Rock. (Tom, Russ’ note is for you, too).

Normally, scribes need their inputs in by the end of the calendar quarters, so if you need to target aparticular issue —to announce some big event like aregional reunion or apre-game tailgate —keep the lead time in mind, or you may find that your input becomes something like: “’71 sponsored the biggest tailgate ay the Army game this year” instead of “’71 hopes to sponsor..." See the difference? Just remember the five P’s of Planning. (Do Ihear six?)

Reporting on his time at Air War College is former roomie Nick STOOKE. When he’s done at Montgomery, he’s headed for TRANSCOM HQ at Scott AFB to open up atanker shop. His first contri¬ bution is the slogan: “Gas from Professionals.” Rod BOATRIGHT goes to Holloman to work bare base deployment support. As Iunderstand it, if you want to predict what the bare base of the future will look like, pick up an L.L. Bean Catalog. Ralph GETCHELL will be at ACC HQ at Langley in ajob so stealthy that even he doesn’t know what it is. Butch LEROY will become the Ramstein AB JAG. He has reached the point in his German study where he can ask for two things —beer and the bathroom. Tom MAHR is the next U.S. Forces Japan director of Public Affairs. If you’re in the Yokota area and need info on agood Sushi pizza, ask Tom. Phil SPIKER is the token Pentagon assignee this class. He’s go¬ ing to JCS J-8, which is so far in the bowels of the Pentagon that he may feel comfortable around amushroom omelet again. Sam CLOVIS

never spent his year at the Army War College playing left tackle on the Army Senior Soccer Team; he’s headed to Bahrain to be the air attache. His goal? Hit all the hot surfing spots in the Persian Gulf. A1 MCCLELLAN will stay at AWC in charge of student admin. Charley LUCY is deputy commandant of the Judge Advocate General School. He swears that there’s no connection between the new lawyers’ schoolhouse and his new Mercedes, and we all believe him. Attending AWC this coming year will be Gary PAYTON, who prepared for ayear in Alabama by being assign-

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a50 per¬ cent ’71 discount for root canals or free beers. Take your pick.

Andy MATARESE had two inputs for the column: first, aname for my little space-filler —Biographical and Revealing Facts (you guys know acronyms, of course) —and second, the news that he left the National War College for Stuttgart, Germany, where U.S. European Command will find some way to use his strategic airlift experience. Andy, Diane, Dawn, and Michael intend to spend their free time seeing the parts of

Making the "payoff, ”from left, are Dysart, Casada, Pat Pinney (Tann’s mom), Barrett, Hendersons, Haggerty and Hampshire.

Mike FUHS is moving from San Antonio to Dubuque, lA. He was on the last medical colonel’s list, but decided to retire and head back to civilian life. For you guys in the Midwest, Mike promises either

The AfVC Drill Team includes Stooke, Spiker, Leroy, McClellan and Getchell.

ed to Mildenhall! If you stop by Cape Canaveral AFS for ashuttle launch, watch for the base commander, Larry SMITH. His biggest challenge may be finding the balance between traffic ticket points and jogging on the local beaches, keeping watch for the proper number of topless sunbathers.

The enclosed photo shows the AWC drill team before apractice ses¬ sion. After seeing these seasoned professionals in action, Lizzie Mae of Opp, AL, was heard to say, “Yup, it was aperformance.” Nick, thanks for all the information and comments.

Dawn RENSEMA sent anote with their latest accomplishments. First, Dawn and Pete are the proud parents of James “Jamie” Rensema, born just in time for the 1991 tax season. Second, Pete is doing atour as CO of the 16th Space Surveillance Sqdn at Shemya, AK. He arrived there 1May. Hope that your “Northern Exposure” goes well, Pete. Thanks for the note. Dawn.

Harvey Le Cato

7460 Taos Drive

Colorado Springs, CO 80920

Home; (719) 599-7070

Percent members: 51

Thanks to the efforts of Ed BISHOP, “Above and Beyond the Call of Duty” the Greater Washington DC Class of ’72 was able to celebrate our 20th anniversary in great style. We had agreat picnic and lots of stories to swap, not to mention the fun taking Gary WINTERBERGER’s door apart so we could get his electric window UP before aprobable rain storm (it never did rain!). Pictured are: (standing) Craig WESTON, the SAF/AQ exec; Raz RASMUSSEN, who works Foreign Military Sales for Latin America/Africa; Ed BISHOP who is about to hang it up for civilian life; Eric NEDERGAARD, J-7 on the Joint Staff; Andy GESSNER who is just finishing up the National War College and bound for acushy job in the Pentagon to work AF Reserve Affairs; (in back) Bill HALL in AF Plans (Project CHECKMATE); Jim WOESSNER who is also retiring 31 July and heading for Dayton; Lew HENDERSON who is at NSA; and Gary WINTERBERGER who is leaving OSD for Lackland AFB, TX to be atech training group commander; (squatting) Yours Tru¬ ly, who is also retiring 31 July and returning to Colorado Springs. We now interrupt our program for an important message from our sponsor. (PLEASE NOTE MY NEW ADDRESS ABOVE.) Mike GREBB who, when not being aprogram manager for BET AC Inc., serves as USAFA lisison officer for Northern Virginia (more on that in aminute); Barry BARKSDALE who is heavy into the drug interdiction business for the Joint Staff; and Barry SMITH, who is leaving the Pentagon on sabbatical to the National Defense University. Jules MCNEFF stopped by for afew minutes, but escaped before Icould get his latest information. Rick STORER missed the photo session, but was present. He is aconsultant with Whitney, Bradley &Brown in Virginia, working fighter issues for in¬ dustry.

Mike GREBB mentioned that he was pleasantly surprised to find Clyde HENDERSON’S son Michael as one of his AFA candidates. The latter Mike has an appointment to the Class of ’96 (another Blue Tag). Congrat¬ ulations to Bill SPINDLE who is somewhere back in the Pentagon after completing Defense Systems Management College. His daughter Jennifer received an appointment to the Class of ’96.

Other movement as reported via PS form 3576: Paul LOHMEYER to Oakwood, OH (Hi Paul!); Steve CLARK to Palomar Mtn, CA; Bruce

HOMECOMING 1992

Class of 1972 20-Year Reunion

24-27 September 1992 USAFA New Mexico

MCELROY to San Antonio; Bob BRICHTA to Richmond, VA; Randy FITZHUGH to Fremont, CA; Bill WALSH to Hendersonville, TN; and Pete MCCARTHY to San Antonio.

Ireceived multiple sighting reports on Missing Classmate Doug SHER¬ MAN. Doug is the president of Career Impact Ministries in Little Rock, AR. Also received word that Jerry BURG is the chief, Joint/Combined Exercises for 1st AF at Tyndall.

Received agreat letter from T. J. MANCUSO who’s heading up alarge (200+ lawyers) firm in Denver. He recently ran into Dave CHAMPA, who’s flying for Delta, in the Atlanta airport. At aracquetball court in Denver he saw Rod MCDONALD who’s an American pilot out of Chicago, and Ron GOLLEHON who just relocated to Denver. Apparent¬ ly there is alarge contingent of ’72ers up there. T.J. reported alot of burger burning with the warm weather arriving. Greg STODDARD hosted the last backyard soiree with Park H,\NEY, aDenver lawyer; and Steve O’NEILL who’s at Martin Marietta. Doug HILL, with United, oc¬ casionally comes down from the mountains, and Greg BISHOP’S annual Cinquo de Mayo party was reportedly asuccess. Also in the area is Dave KERBER as none other than aDenver lawyer.

I’m saving the rest of my intel for the next issue, in case of impending drought. But stay tuned for ahot photo of Dave NEWILL out on the town with agorgeous LADY. By the time you read this one, you are pro¬ bably in the midst of packing for REUNION, or wishing you could. I’m sure I’ll have lots of news to report from that bash. ‘Til then!

Thomas D. Bailey, M.D.

1221 New Crest Lane Shelby, NC 28150-9782 (704) 482-6767 or 1-800-766-1054

Percent members: 44

We’ll start off with some interesting statistics this month. Of six grads, who were the targets of attempted contacts, Ifound one spouse at home. These former classmates were those who sent in change-of-address cards since the last issue was done. Does this mean that the Class of ’73 spends very little time at home? What are they doing with that time? Where are their spouses... their children... their dogs and cats? Perhaps it’s only the recent movers who aren’t hanging around. Maybe it’s all of us.

Since we had no letters and no pictures to pass on, Ispent an evening supporting AT&T’s bottom line and finally managed to contact some of our roaming classmates or their better halves. Gerry and Jill HENNINGSEN are in the process of moving to the Denver area. Gerry is work¬ ing for the EPA and as aveterinarian/toxicologist, is bringing some medical experience to the reg writers (read “reality testing”).

Dave and Mary Ann HUELSKAMP are homesteading in Denver where they’ve been since 1978. Dave’s an engineer and they have three children. John MUSE lives in Dallas where he and his wife are busy raising five children. Steve MULLVAIN and spouse are reported to be in Atlanta. He flies for Delta and they also have five children.

Tom and Laurie HAMILTON have recently moved to Denver from Colorado Springs. He works at MicroLithics where he is aquality manager. They also have three children —Jennifer (13), Whitney (5) and Erin (10'/2 months). They’re soon to be joined by Keith KERSCHNER who will also be at MicroLithics.

Ihear Bill LAURITZEN is teaching and swimming somewhere in California and A1 MURPHY’s oldest son has just graduated from high school. Dave HARMAN has been in Colorado Springs since ’84. Jack GLAVEN is currently teaching at the Academy and Dean HAYLITT is in Japan.

Lt Col Alfred MAURER has moved from Brandon, FL to Europe. James R. WETTEROTH has moved to Grafton, VA from Omaha. Lt Col and Mrs. David ROODHOUSE have moved to Europe as well (81 TFW). Alan ZEIGLER has moved from Tennessee to Rockford, AL. Greg and Jackie CUMMINS are in Chugiak, AK. Iwonder if it’s anywhere near Cicely?

As you read this, our 20-year reunion will be just ayear away. It’s com¬ ing up soomer than you think. Icontacted the AOG and learned that

homecoming weekend will be around October 2(Wyoming game) and Bill STANTON will be working on arrangements for hotels and reception. He can be contacted at office (719) 472-3190 or home (719) 598-0997. He’ll also be looking for local area classmates to help with the organiz¬ ing. Tom HAMILTON (303) 972-0793, has also volunteered to help and to be aconduit for ideas and suggestions to help us celebrate the occasion. Having had agreat and memorable time at the 10th reunion, Iwould highly suggest we all try to make it. This is one of those occasions that on¬ ly comes around once in alifetime and Iguarantee you won’t regret mak¬ ing the trip. If you want to be acontact person for your squadron or have news about yourself or any classmates, please write or call anytime (like right now). Usually we’re doing the next Checkpoints article right after you read the current one; so, your news or message would be most welcome.

Since we had no one send aphoto, 1thought I’d include one of my wife, Susan, and Iescaping our five children at Snowmass this past February.

Joe Brezovic

112 Simmons Drive

Huntsville, AL 35763

Home: (205) 882-6916

Office: (205) 726-1974

Percent members; 36

Ihave afew change-of-address cards, one letter, and some phone calls to write on. The 1992 Air War College Class ’74 picture had this cryptic news attached: Jim MCCLURE tentatively slated to go to the Pentagon. Chuck JONES, office the SECAF, Space Systems, D.C. Orv LIND, stay¬ ing at Maxwell, Center for Aerospace Doctrine Research &Education (CADRE). Tom KANE, going to Travis to fly. Jim TIETJEN to PACOM J-5, Plans &Policy, Camp Smith, HI. Greg STEINHILPERT promised to write more, soon. He’s still unpacking from abag-drag from Homestead to Miami. Your guess is as good as to whether or not he’s do¬ ing it for the view! Bill HALSEY left Yuba City to take up residence in Moreno Valley, CA. If you’ve lost Mario K. DIPRIMO, he’s where you may have known of him to be, Dominican Republic. Iand the AOG have his APO #for those interested. David K. REILY moved back to USA

from unaccompanied Osan, Korea. Dave is now in Colorado Springs. His wife, Carol, is anurse paralegal. I’m sure Dave and his two-year-old boy, Keith, are delighted to be able to put 3-D into the conversations with each other now! John MCKINLEY has had his secretary-wife send in areloca¬ tion card. The family has moved west from McGuire to O’Fallon, IL. I’m glad that some of the spouses help us keep track of each other. Thanks Pat, and the lady’s of ’74 who have helped in the past —and will in the future!

Dave DALEY, of Dirty Dozen, has moved from aNew York APO to the many halls of the Pentagon. Paul SHERRY, also of Dozen, moved to the Englewood (Denver) area. This data Ihave from the reliable source, Mike CRANFORD. Mike lives in Colorado Springs, with his newly wed¬ ded wife, Tracy. The two took their vows early this year in Sydney, Australia. Mike plans (as of 21 Jun) to have aUSA wedding late summer ’92. Hope all is well —and some of us can be in attendence! It’s always nice to welcome new friends and loves into the family. Tim LANE (Dayton, OH), of Dirty Dozen, was able to see all this first-hand for he flew to Sydney to be Cranny’s best man! Another Dirty Dozen move is Rick ROSSER. Many of us last left our hero lost and without ajob due to airline pilot cuts, floundering in Georgia. Rest easy, I’ve located he and his in Kennewick, WA. (“Kennewick” is Indian for winter heaven accor¬ ding to Rick). Rick works with anuclear energy company in the very same countryside of the historical Manhatten Project. Rick has assured me he is exposed to less radioactive contamination than he had while around the granite in Georgia! Oh, Rick further diversifies his income by managing one sub shop in Georgia.

Joe TRAFICANTI and Ichatted for awhile, too. Lawyer Joe is work¬ ing as amilitary assistant to the SECAF offices in D.C. He seems to be doing well, but abit anxious. Joe has been working very hard with General Hosmer and his USAFA staff on the Honor Code system. Joe’s excited about it. The committee hopes to have the system in place at USAFA at the start of this new year. Iknow I’ll look it up to find out what it is like. As anote on other ’74 classmates in the area, Joe had seen Steve GRESS in the halls, somewhere.

This paragraph is from the Dave JACKSON update. Dave is a767 copilot for American out of Dallas-Fort Worth. His household members are wife, Mary, and one-year-old son Grant. Claims achild changed their lives. Anyone relate to that? Dave updates Jack LONG living in the Dinner Key Marina with wife, Linda. Jack is a727 captain for AA in Miami. I’m not sure if Jack lives in Miami or DFW? Jim and Robin SEDAWITZ live north of Houston. Jim is a737 captain for Southwest. Three sons and their scouts and sports keep them busy. John and Dana ZIMMERMAN moved to Salt Lake area where he flies for Delta. Jim and Joyce BEAM live near Pittsburgh, PA where he flies out of as a737 captian for US Air; when home, its with two young’uns. Charlie JUSTIZ married Dyna this past March (congrats!). They live in the Houston area where Charlie flies T-38s for NASA; once as ashuttle chase plane. Bob and Cathy CRIPE moved from California to Austin, TX, only to have his position cease when they close the base. Present whereabouts? Wayne and Sally HIGGINS live outside Atlanta. Wayne is aflight officer for Delta. They love to travel, so you may not get the two of them home but try anyway! This rest is from Dave, from Wayne: Marion TIMBERLAKE is in D.C. (Pentagon?). Dave BARKER flies for NW out of Seattle and Alaska. Steve LUNSFORD may be in D.C. Jim GRANDCOLAS flies for AA on the west coast. (Thanx alot Dave.)

News flash from the Navy. Tom KOLESSAR recently graduated from the Scuba Diver Course. Actually, this course is abit more hard than the USAFA pool scuba course. This one, at the Naval Diving and Salvage Training Center in Panama City, FL, trains general underwater search, detailed ship-bottom search and routine inspection using underwater compass, depth indicators and associated underwater equipment. What this has to do with the Air Force, I’m not sure. Perhaps Tom can let some of us know?

To answer some questions on AOG Life Membership: ages 35-40 can be Life at $505. Those of us older than 40 can do so for $480. There is a payment plan for two payments instead of one: $255 for ages 40 to 44 and $267.50 for ages 35 to 39.

Another requested the class data: Active duty: 422. Deceased: 18. Resigned: 329. (Medical 10 and other 27.) We graduated two Army, two Navy, and two Marines. I’ve not checked their status.

I’d like to put abooklet together for our class that lists our en¬ trepreneurs and type of business. Retirement is coming soon, and some of us may already be looking for diversifying our income to meet our dreams in other areas. Our class is fairly widespread, and there are enough ideas, populations, and possibilities to help ’74 for evermore. I’d like to begin compiling this, and have something ready for searching souls as well as for our 20th reunion. Name, business card, description.

That’s all Ihave for now. May you live long and prosper.

The Air War College Class of 1992 includes, from left, Jim McClure, Chuck Jones, Orv Lind, Tom Kane, and Jim Tietjen.

Jeff Hackett

1825 E. Jeanine Drive

Tempe, AZ 85284

Home (602) 831-9439

Office: (602) 891-2734

Percent members: 34

THE REPORTS OF MY DEMISE... Given the almost T-O-T-A-L lack of corresponsdence I’m forced to guess that many of you assumed that the illness Ireported in the last article was fatal. No such luck! Me and the mailbox spider are still kickin’ around. But the only “sustenance” we’ve had is one (count’em, o-n-e) letter and asingle (local) phone call.

APPEALING TO THE HIGH-TECH, GEE-WHIZ FASCINATION

WE ALL SEEM TO SUFFER FROM. To those of you with the home computer bug and/or those too cheap to burn the 29<t stamp on aletter to the scribe Ioffer an alternative. I’m aPRODIGY* subscriber and can be reached on their Electronic Mail service at (SFWD67A). With that, the fax machine at work, voice messaging on the home phone, and Debby’s cellular phone when we’re traveling, Ifigure you’re running out of ex¬ cuses for not contacting the scribe!

Marvin COX needs no excuses; he actually wrote aletter. The primary news is that Marvin and family will be making abit of aPCS this summer —from Colorado Springs to Mahe Island in the Seychelles. (If you’re like me and did atotal memory dump after GEOGRAPHY 120, I’ll pass along Marvin’s clue, “in the Indian Ocean, athousand miles east of Kenya.”) Marvin will be on an accompanied tour as the commander of the AFSPACECOM remote tracking station for the next two years. He advises that the Seychelles are known as the European Hawaii where SCUBA diving, beach going, and girl watching (I’m sure he meant his wife) are in order. Marvin advises that Rudy ROTH is still adermatolo¬ gist at Travis AFB; Rick LEWALLEN is at Gunter AFB where, I’m sorry to report, Alice has recently undergone cancer surgery —our collective thoughts and prayers are with you (this seems an appropriate place to thankfully report that Ijust celebrated my 8th “birthday” as acancer sur¬ vivor); Don BYERS is living the bachelor’s life out in California and split¬ ting flying duties with US Air and the Air National Guard.

SO CLOSE AND YET SO FAR. Jerry COOKE is out at Williams AFB... about 20 minutes from where Ilive... has been for the past couple of years... he just called me for the first time the other day! We only spoke for afew moments as he was your typical T-38 ops officer who had abunch of fledgling pilots up night flying in deteriorating weather condi¬ tions. Jerry and his family (if Igot as many letters as Jerry has kids (6), I’d be ahappy scribe!) are waiting to see what MPC has in mind for them as it’s getting very close to “Turn Out the Lights” time at Willy.

APRETTY GOOD EFFORT BUT THEY’RE NOT REAL LET¬ TERS. Three of the change-of-address cards had notes of interest in the margins. Terry YOUNG went to Grand Forks AFB last fall to become the commander of amaintenance support squadron. He reports that Todd ZEDLIK took time away from flying 747s for Northwest last summer to get married. Bobby THOMPSON also flies for Northwest (out of Seattle) and he told Terry (geez, Iam getting desperate; reporting year-old, fourth-hand information!) he saw Jack SHINE during alayover in Tokyo where Jack is working for acomputer firm. John SHERER’s C-O-A card noted that when he gets to Dover AFB he’ll be the assistant ops officer for 3ALS (C-5). John, please write/call, Idon’t know what Ijust wrote! Finally, Richard WILSON was anonconformist and went outside the lines to let us know that he’s now the RC-135 detachment commander at Shemya AB.

BOY, YOU GUYS ARE PAYING ATTENTION! Apparently some of you noticed in the header to our last article that the Class of ’75 had sud¬ denly gone from 39% membership in the AOG to 74%. No, it wasn’t a case of my charismatic articles bringing the unwashed masses back to the proper path... simply atypo by the editorial staff. This is agood point to remind y’all to do alittle arm-twisting on those classmates who aren’t members, especially as we approach our 20-year reunion.

As for me. I’m 74% sure that it’s 39% later than we think!

HELP BUILD AHOME FOR YOUR ASSOCIATION

Send your tax-deductible donation now to the Association of Graduates Headquarters/ Alumni House Building Funcl.

USE THE PLEDGE CARD ON PAGE 23.

Bill Brundage

20 East Washington St.

Colorado Springs, CO 80907

Home: (719) 634-7040

Work: (719) 472-2270

DSN: 259-2270

Percent members: 36

Summer has arrived in the Rockies with the usual HEAT, light shows and car-devouring hailstorms. Found acold white golf ball in my yard last weekend —thank God there was only one and that it hit my very resilient yard and not something less resilient and therefore more expen¬ sive! We are getting ready for our new cadets —this place is kind of like a farm with its rituals of the seasons —Isuppose we are getting ready for the new seedlings and our summer planting. Isuppose it’s time Iget to the old oaks here... remember... 20 big ones guys —what was it? July 3rd?

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And we do indeed have some stout oaks in our midsts. Hope all of you got achance to see Kevin (Cathy) CHILTON slip the bonds of earth hydrogen-fed plumes (now you know why Idon’t work in the English Department!). Hey! What amission. Even my kids wanted to watch the “shuttle” rather than “real” TV. Here in Colorado Springs our cable sta¬ tion provides adirect NASA feed which essentially gave us all acamera into Kevin’s bedroom for the entire mission. If you looked really close at the USAFA banner that Kevin held up, there was a’76 patch in the upper left corner courtesy of John AUSINK. Anyway, congratulations to Kevin and Cathy and best of luck in the future. Our plan is to appropriately display the “’76 shuttle load” in the new AOG building in an appropriate place.

Speaking of other oaks out there Irecently had the distinct pleasure of attending Rich (Mary) KING’S change-of-command ceremony. Rich is now the commander of the 50th ATS here at USAFA. The ceremony was agreat one and Rich gave atruly commanding and magnificent speech. Rich and Mary look great and are both awelcome addition to the USAFA crew. Best wishes for abright and successful command.

Ran into alot of old friends at the change of command. Tom (Beth) BOWIE dropped by. Tom was fresh from USAFA inprocessing and will be joining the English Department this fall. Ialso managed to coerce note out of one of my best corredpondents, Joe (Nancy) WYSOCKI. Joe passed on that Tom (Debbie) MUCKENTHALLER is headed for Falcon and command of the 22nd Space Ops Squadron. The 22nd does satellite contact scheduling for the AF satellite control network. Dan (Donna) PRICE is now chief of Base Operations at Peterson and will be helping Dave MAZUROWSKI and Ikeep the parachuting program jumping. Also moving to the Springs is Dave (Carolyn) WILSON who is now in the MAJCOM safety office. Willie (Linda) SHELTON will be handing over the 2nd Space Operations Sq to Harrison (Tricia) FREER. Willie will become the exec to Lt. Gen. Moorman, AFSPACECOM vice com¬ mander, enroute to bigger and better things. Glen (Denise) VERA is mov¬ ing from Falcon to the mountain to become aSpace Ops Center (SPADOC) crew commander. Mike (Georgiana) KELLY has separated from the beltway and is now astrategic missile squadron operations of¬ ficer at Whiteman AFB. Here’s hoping you don’t have to decommission your whole base too soon Mike! Tom KELSO, who is the course director of the AFIT graduate program in space operations, recently traveled with agroup of space experts to tour Soviet (Russian or Kazakh now, Isup¬ pose) space facilities. Joe and Nancy are leaving the Springs for Newport, RI and the Naval War College. For the past 11 months, Joe has led the talented men and women of the 1st Command and Control Squadron who keep track of everything significant in earth orbit. Joe passed on that it’s been awonderful time and they are sad to go. He hopes to run into Mike (Jennifer) SEVIER in Providence. Thanks for the note Joe and best of luck with school and New England seafood.

Got avery nice letter from Jeff (Cookie) FORD out in California. Jeff, Ialways think about you this time of year... must be that idyllic summer we spent running BCT together (you running it and me running from you). I’ve always taken great pride in being the first firstie Jeff told to get ahaircut! Anyway, Jeff ran into afew ’76ers who he hasn’t seen since graduation. Mike GEGG is now at Seymour Johnson going through a local backseat check-out in the family model F-15E. Jeff pointed out that he and Mike spent some time together in the Gulf last year when Mike was surviving the finale of his three-year-stint as an 82nd ALO. Jeff’s stay at Seymour also produced contacts with John (Susan) JASKEY, Mark (Rosanne) FAUVER and Pat (Carol) BARFIELD who all make aliving in KC-lOs these days when they aren’t working for Delta (Jaskey) or American (Fauver, Barfield). John Jaskey passed along that Bill DAVIS and Calvin ALLEN are both fl ying with Delta out of Dallas. Bill (LouAnn) WILEY is working with the Jacksonville ANG and flies with

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Delta out of Atlanta. Brent (Jill) JONES flies reserve KC-lOs out of March when he’s not working for Delta. Ray BRUNNELLE is still a regular KC-10 type at March.

Jeff’s own story is areal page churner. Jeff and the family headed for Dhaharan, Saudi Arabia in Dec ’88 so Jeff could command atechnical assistance field team, training and advising the Saudis on F-15 employ¬ ment. In late 1990 they were doing agrand European tour, spending time with Dave (Gail) ANDERSON in Sweden and catching some sun in Southern Spain when our favorite villain, Saddam, decided to make his move. After sending the family home to Pennsylvania, Jeff hotfooted it back to Saudi and alot of work including 60 CAP sorties on the Kuwait border. But then in Dec ’90 the contract ran out on the security assistance mission and, despite Jeff’s pleas, he got sent home just about the time everybody else was digging in. But the story does have ahappy ending. The Saudi F-15 double Mirage kill —first of the war —was one of Jeff’s students. Jeff is now with the Air Force IG at Norton and is settling none too comfortably into his first desk job.

Jeff also passed on that John (Nancy) DELPHENICH is at Norton in AF Safety. Larry (Diane) NEW is headed to Mountain Home and the new composite wing F-15C squadron/CC slot. Terry (Patricia) NEW is with Legislative Liaison at the Pentagon while Jeff (Felicity) MILLER and Joe (Johanna) SHIREY are working for the AF/XO. Carl (Mary) REBARCHAK is working for SAF/AQ. My dear old friend, A.D. (Gail) RAY is moving to Peoria to take on an ANG advisor job with some F-16s (Have you ever forgiven me for that speech A.D.?) while Jeff (Kathy) BROWN gave up Bitburg wine and headed for Langley and ACC headquarters. Thanks amillion for the note Jeff.

Got awonderful call from Tim (Susie) SHAFFER awhile back. Tim is aDO at an Edwards test squadron that is attempting to set anew weight record for C-130s. Seriously, Tim works on the new AC-130 Gunship with a55-person test team that is trying to integrate apressurized C-130 with an F-15 radar and awhole lot of fire power. They are two years into the test and Tim passes on that everything seems to be progressing smoothly despite the fact that this is one HEAVY airplane! Tim, Susie and their two children call Edwards home these days. Tim passed on that Dick SCHROEDER hangs around Edwards these days with the C-17 folks while an old USAFA crony of mine, Larry (Cynthia) WEAVER has been holed up in Montgomery with the Air Command and Staff folks. Last word was that Keith FEIGH was headed back to Pope and the wild and crazy world of SOLL II C-130s. Thanks for the call Tim and best of luck with the new AC.

Last time Ireported that Ben and Sharon DILLA had some wonderful news. They are now the proud parents of abrand new baby girl, Kristen Elizabeth, who joined their family in early 1992.1 know you all join me in welcoming the latest addition to the ’76 tribe.

Not alot of address changes again. H.S. ANDERSON has anew box number with the same San Francisco APO #, Antone GAJESKI has left O’Fallon, IL for Waldorf, MD, and Paul SUTLIFF moved from one side of Walla Walla, WA to the other.

Hope the rest of ’92 finds you happy, secure, and fulfilled. Drop me a line when you can.

John J. Michels, Jr.

9513 Pine Shadow Drive

Richmond, VA 23233

Home: (804) 527-1873

Work; (804) 775-1137

Percent members: 36

Greetings from the rapidly-warming banks of the James River here in Richmond. Hope this finds you and yours well and enjoying the summer. Ijust returned from two weeks in Florida where Iattended aseminar on labor and employment law (really!) followed by aweek of vacation. After chasing my three and five-year-old around on the beach for seven days, it was good to get back to work so Icould get some rest.

WAR STORIES, CONTINUED: Ihave decided to explore the possibility of becoming apress agent for Bob ESKRIDGE (Sheila). You remember that Bob was previously identified as a“stealth” father in Airmen magazine several issues back. Not content with this limited ex¬ posure, Bob draws almost three full columns in Air Force magazine describing an F-117 mission over Baghdad during the recent unpleasant¬ ness there. To Bob’s credit, he makes it sound almost routine. All of us are aware of the guts it took to push those airplanes solo through what ap¬ peared to be an impenetrable wall of fire.

NETWORK: Iget fewer and fewer phone calls these days but Earl ENIX (Candy) called from Denver to say hello just after the spring col-

umn was submitted for publication. Earl is flying for United Airlines as a 111 first officer out of Denver and is arecent new father. He is also an Academy liaison officer. Earl noted that it seems most of the cadets are very positive about the Academy. In Earl’s words, “a big differnece from the time when we were there”. Yeah, Earl, but can they whine as well as we did? Greg PFEIFFER (Nikki) dropped me aline from San Diego to announce picture of mom and Ryan is printed below. Greg is a747 “Back-seater” flying for Northwest out of Los Angeles in addition to driving ’141s around the skies of Norton Air Force Base. He was activated last summer but notes now he has ason to play with in his own sandbox. Thanks for the letter Greg, and congratulations on those two happy faces.

that he and Nikki, after 14 years of marriage, are parents. A

Nikki and Ryan Pfeiffer

Mike “Quaker” OAKES sent in arevealing picture from Portsmith, RI where he. Herb FORET (Terri), Mark WEBSTER (Karen) and 500 of their closest Naval buddies are all working through Naval War College. Quaker, Herb and Mark, in the new joint “build down” uniform, are navigating aboat (or is it aship) safely moored to adock. Not abad way to spend ayear, although Herb has wisely kept his hand off the wheel so to avoid liability for any damages. Herb is headed to the ACC staff at Langley. Quaker will join him at Langley driving the F-15 while Mark is headed for atough beach assignment at Patrick and the Air Force Technology Application Center. Just remember to cut the necks out of the tee shirts before you go back on “active Blue” fellas.

Man’s flight through life.

Bob SOUCY (Beth) wrote me anote from Army Command and General Staff College. Some of you may remember Bob hogging the limelight in the Leavenworth Air Force Base photo two issues ago. They are living on post in Army quarters built (and last renovated) in 1890. Bob notes he has been tasked to stay on at Leavenworth for another year to complete his sentence, er, assignment. Bob reports that Bruce BURDA (Stacy) is headed for C-130s at Little Rock, A1 BECKER (Rita) will be going to C-Springs and SPACECOM, Ken MENZIE (Cindy) is off to Air Mobility Command Plans at Scott, and Lee GUSTIN (Kathy), who was also in F-117s, is planning on becoming Air Force stealthy by separating. Thanks for the update Bob. Let me know when you have afeeling that you aren’t in Kansas anymore.

Also writing from Leavenworth, where there apparently isn’t too much of aclass load, Dennis “Slam” BELLAMY (Lorraine) relates the follow¬ ing: When his little boy was having some eye problems. Slam took him to the ophthalmology clinic at Luke. Who should they see there but Randy BURKS (Karen) who ended up performing successful eye surgery on Slam’s son several months later. Slam later wrecks his knee while at ACGSC, again indicative of the heavy academic emphasis, and needs

surgery. While at USAFA on aboondoggle, he runs into Dan HINKIN (Eileen), who is an orthopod there. Slam gets cut by Dan (again, suc¬ cessfully), making his household two for two on ’77 operations. The moral of this story —we’ve turned out some great doctors, and go to ACGSC for ayear off. I’m sorry no one has any stories about what great lawyers we have, but people tend to talk less about how some attorney got them out of aDUl. Slam adds to Bob’s report on assignments —he’s headed to Mountain Home in F-15Cs; John DAY (Stephanie) goes to NORAD at the Springs; Rick DALTON (Jacki) is slated for Norfolk and LANTCOM; C.J. JONES is headed for TRANSCOM: Rob SARNOSKI (Janet) is one of the few going back to Europe at 2ATAF; and Mike STANLEY (Sandy) is going to Special Ops at Alconbury. Many thanks Slam, and good luck at Tyndall and RTU.

As you may have noticed from the assignments listed above, most, if not all, roads lead to Langley these days. This is true for your humble nar¬ rator as well. While pulling my reserve time at Langley recently Iran into Jay FAWCETT (Susan) who was working in avariety of jobs at the ACC Battle Staff. Among his tasks is traveling all over the country telling former Strategic Air Command personnel why Air Combat Command is such aneat thing and why the ACC patch bears only acoincidental similarity to that of another, now defunct, command. In addition to the traveling road show, Jay pulls regular duty at the Contingency Plans Divi¬ sion of ACC headquarters. All in all amuch more pleasant task than slog¬ ging around as an ALO at Fort Campbell. Susan is anew paralegal whose opinion of lawyers dropped afew notches. I’m sure, after talking with me over lunch. Ialso touched base with Steve SCHWALBE (Ingrid) while down at Langley. He and Ingrid graciously had me over to their house which they will be vacating soon. Steve is off to Korea for ayear at Osan in USFK. Ingrid will remain stateside and together they’ll head back to the Pentagon when Steve is no longer aguest host on Seoul train.

Between the two of these folks Ipicked up the following tidbits: Kurt BEDKE (Ina) is headed to take atest squadron at Edwards, Larry LUCKETT is at ACC headquarters moving A-10s around the country, and Kevin “Dawg” KENKEL (Julie), now alieutenant colonel, is in Studies and Analysis at the Pentagon along with Milt JOHNSON (Jackie). Isaw Milt during one of his short visits to Langley. Jeff REM¬ INGTON (Marla), also alieutenant colonel, is in Personnel at Langley, Steve CAREY, another lieultenant colonel, is with the Commanders Action Group at ACC; Romie CLODFELTER (Donna) is teaching at the School for Advanced Air Power Studies at Maxwell and recently pub¬ lished an article in Air Power Journal; Norm THOMPSON (Mary) is fly¬ ing reserves out of McGuire; and Curt TAYLOR (Terri) is pushing the F-15E as aback-seater out in lovely Las Vegas. Ican see Ineed to set up another group photo for the Langley crew sometime, maybe this fall after summer assignments are finished.

R&R: Iindicated earlier that Ihad aweek break in Florida. What I neglected to mention was that it was spent with Lynn SCOTT (Cynthia), my former roommate. Lynn has completed the course of study for aPhD in industrial psychology at the University of Texas and will be at Brooks at the Human Resources Lab starting in August. Lynn is officially a “scientist”, acalling evident to me ever since he arranged to spin me up to eight Gs at the Brooks centrifuge to see what would happen. His thesis on attitudinal differences and similarities between senior officers in different services should make some interesting reading when it is finished iate this year. We had agreat time with Lynn and Cynthia and Lynn and Iboth enjoyed the break in the action.

CLOSING ARGUMENT: Iam still waiting for the flag designs some of you have promised as afurther inducement to getting something ready for Charlie PRECOURT’s (Lynn) ride in the shuttle in January. My fax number in Richmond is 804-775-1061. All tasteful suggestions will be con¬ sidered (and maybe some untasteful ones if they’re graphic enough). That’s it for now, be seeing you.

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Summer greetings! It’s acool 108 degrees outside and the river calls. This will be my last article for Checkpoints before 1pass the quill (ap¬ plause, claps &cheers!). It seems Tom Kroboth, the AOG director of publications, always knows when 1am TDY or gone on atrip, because that is usually when the article is due. Word from fellow classmates has been minimal this past quarter, so Iwill improvise...

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Many changes are taking place in the military. At the Arizona State Guard Convention in May, BGen SHEPPARD (USAFA ’62) gave realistic appraisal of the possible changes facing the U.S. military. He stated that the budget and the deficit will be the big factors in the future size of the Army, Navy and Air Force. The size of the Marines will stay about the same! BGen Sheppard predicted that if the DoD budget drops below 2.5 percent of the GNP, then all the active duty can do is train and equip the reserve forces. Similar details about the DoD budget can be found in the April 92 issue of the Air Force Magazine.

On June 1st, my Guard unit (161st ARG) became part of the Air Mobility Command. Flight suits were torn as everyone adapted by ripping off the old SAC patches in favor of the new “Have Spoon Will Travel” AMC patch. As an added bonus, from 4through 9June we were in¬ spected by the new 15th Air Force Inspection Team. The flying and testing went real well, bottom score 95 percent. Needless to say, our com¬ mander was very happy! The 944th TFG (Reserve F-16s) at Luke, where ex-Thunderbird Lance UNDHJEM is currently flying, also had their in¬ spection the first week of June, and did well.

News Item: Watch the September Shuttle launch make history as Maj. Curt BROWN becomes the first member of our class to get into space. Curt has been busy at NASA for the last five years and now is getting the opportunity of alifetime! On asimilar note, did you see the Geraldo “Now It Can Be Told” episode about “Sex in Space”? The featured “ex¬ pert” was my Golden Retriever Club president, who is also an avid SF writer! Curt said in running any experiment you need atest group and a control group. Which group did you say you were in again Curt? One thing Curt did point out, we as aclass do not have any readily available class crests or similar items, something that could go into space as part of ashuttle mission and then be framed suitable for apresentation. If you have any ideas, please pass them on.

POTPOURRI. Some of this information may be alittle dated. Ronnie BURTON (Matea) is the deputy squadron cmdr for the helicopter rescue sqdn on the USS America. Reg GHIDEN (Vanessa) is practicing law in Boston and soon may be apartner. Lyman LEE (Joyce) is off active duty after flying F-16s in Italy and is now interviewing for aposition in a Reserve/Guard unit. Art MOYE (Devorah) is at Edwards and is busy as the director of Safety investigating the YF-22 crash. Dave PEPPER is fly¬ ing Boeing 767s for American out of San Diego. A1 THOMPSON (Fran) is with the 79th AREFS flying KC-lOs out of March AFB. Craig and Trish BENDORF are packing up their bags at Edwards and moving to Langley, VA. Mark KARGUL has won his second court case and is sidering athird career in law after getting his landlords to replace agravel landscape with agrass lawn. Vinnie BONASSO is attending afour-week course in Seattle for book writers. Look forward to reading about adven¬ tures at Fighter Weapons School. Steve FRATELLO is providing guided tours of the Central American jungle, putting to use years of experience that he has gathered while capturing rare insects. Bob HERRIS (Alice) is in the DO shop at HQ USAFE. He was abig player in Operation Proven Force and for that and other great work, he was promoted to Lt Col two years early. Jay LINDELL (Catherine), who, incidentally is Bob HER¬ RIS’ brother-in-law, won the Silver Star in operation Desert Storm, for help in preventing the Iraqis from overrunning aSpecial Forces unit. Jay was also selected for Lt Col two years below the zone. Pete and Kitty MARPLE live in New Hampshire. They have adaughter Loren, and Pete flies for Delta. Mike SKOLAUT (Kala) sold his family’s Pizza Hut fran¬ chises, six or seven stores, for atidy sum, and is back in the restaurant business. Jim ARNOLD (Julie) is chief. Military Law and Affairs at HQ 17th Air Force. His wife, Julie, added their second son, Joseph Henry, to the family January 16th. (Congrats!)

Parting Shots; The Academy has been good to me. It provided me with many professional and personal skills. Also, while acadet 1met my future wife and we have been married for over 14 wonderful years. For the past two years it has been areal honor writing for you guys! We’ve been through awar and seen the breakup of the Soviet Union. 1was motivated to become the scribe following the 10-year reunion, where seeing old friends and making new ones with classmates provided me with an “emo¬ tional high”. Atoast to those friends who gave the ultimate sacrifice!

To Jim ARNOLD and Ernie STGELAIS, thanks for volunteering to take over as scribe, but I’m passing the quill to Bob KAY. Bob is an AOC

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and Imade eight. Jori works with me in F-15 requirements at Langley when he’s not wallpapering his new house or fishing. On this same trip I also saw Mark BUECHTER who was up from Edwards where he is doing F-15 test for us. Robin RAND (Kim) is on his way to the F-16 FWS at soon to be just the WS, can you guess why?

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HORSE DOUFERS: To start with. I’ll say how great it is to be back in the good ole U.S. of A. Yes, I’m flying adesk working F-15 requirements at HQ ACC.

SOUTHERN FRIED CHICKEN: Bud VAZQUEZ (Molly), called the other day to pass on the news from ACSC. The big news is that he and Molly are expecting baby number two on 16 Dec 92! Congrats! After this news and the great “fill in” article he did for Mike DONATELLI (Julie), Ibegan to wonder how much studying he was doing. Well, obviously enough because he was selected as one of the distinguished graduates (or maybe it was his natural talent!). Other ’79ers on the DG list were: Tom GRIFFITH (Liz), Doug LENGENFELDER, John PARDO (Bobbie), and Bill REW (Christy). My intel sources report that REWd-dog retracted his statement from the last article and now says that it was agood ex¬ perience. Of course, Iquestion his judgment in admitting it! It might also have something to do with the fact he was selected for the Commandant’s Award. Is that the award given to the student who most exemplifies the ultimate STAFF officer? Congrats to the other eight ’79ers who were also DGs at ACSC —the Done Graduated list! We know you did all the work and these guys got all the credit.

Isaw Jeff and Pam GORDON when we stopped through Montgomery last February on our way to visit Ann’s folks in Cajun coun¬ try. He knew then that he was one of aselect few headed back to a cockpit. What alucky guy. He’s got an F-16 to Kunsan (remote) with a follow-on to Hill. Good on ya!

Also on my Las Vegas trip, Ifinished aconversation with Joe DENT (Janet, Maj) from his visit earlier to Langley. Joe was at Langley for the FOCUS conference (Field Officer Conference on Understanding... understanding what I’m not quite sure). Anyway, while at the bar at Nellis (where else?), he relayed the following news: Rick BENNETT is in the test business and recently tried to put in for VSI/SSB, but couldn’t get out when he wanted to (sound familiar to anyone?) and had to pull his papers to keep flying. Pete JOYCE (Nancy, ILt) is doing the NevadaNew Mexico ping pong act. He was at Holloman and moved to Nellis to fly F-117S and now is moving back to Holloman when the 117 wing there. Maybe he still has ahouse in Alamogordo —alot of people do unfortunately! Jim LEWIS is doing something with SPACECOM in Colorado Springs. Mike ENGLEBRECHT, reported on in the last issue, has taken up being afull-time ski instructor. Dave HOOD (Stacey) is also flying for DL out of SLC. Jan-Marc JOUAS (Robin) has finished Army CGSC and is headed to the five-sided wind tunnel in Washington; but, the good news is that he’s aL/C select. Tim FYDA (MariAnn) is still trucking along in the family business in Ohio. Word has it that the “TDY” is worse in this job than when he was in the AF! John DALLAS (Sue) is sitting pretty flying for AA out of DFW and F-16s out of Ellington. Rough life... Omar BRADLEY (Patti) is an IWSO at Luke in the F-15E although Ibet he’s about ready to leave sunny Arizona. It seems Phil KELLERHALS (Mary) has run into some bad luck and has been grounded. Please send details Phil, and in the meantime, we’ll keep you in prayers. The great resurrection story goes to Greg BREWER (Mary); after being told by the active duty F-16 world that he couldn’t fly their airplanes anymore, he is back with the Mile High boys in an F-16 while flying for United. Good on ya!

STEAK AND POTATOES: The guys doing the “real” work are on the s-s-s-staff at Langley. As of 1June, we’re formally Air Combat Com¬ mand (ACC). Guy WILLS (Judy) gave me acomprehensive list of all the ’79ers on the staff. My hat’s off to him, but if he missed you, call Guy, not me! Seriously, please tell someone so you can be included in our up¬ coming ’79 “weenie” roast. Below is the list in no particular order (the comments in () are mine —disclaimer to protect my sources):

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AIRPORT FOOD: I’ve been traveling quite abit (thank goodness for frequent-flier points) and I’ve run into several airline buddies. Isaw Fred JACOBSEN (Nancy) in the Norfolk airport in April and he filled me in on some Delta news. He also promised to send me alist (probably 300 strong) of all the ’79ers flying for Delta. I’m waiting. Anyway, Fred is in Training with DL, but since they aren’t hiring now (ouch!), he’s back on the line in the right seat of a727. He reported that Bill HUFF (Robyn), Steve BARNES (Cherlyn), Chip TAYLOR (Kim), and Steve DICKSON (Dawn) are also flying out of ATL. Iran into to Steve in the Atlanta air¬ port recently also and he seemed to be enjoying his new lifestyle. He alter¬ nates flying and doing the “home thang” with his beautiful daughter Elizabeth. Rob GAYLORD (Pam) is moving from Goldsboro to Miami where he’s been flying the right seat of a767 for AA. Rob had built a great big house in Goldsboro, so I’m sure he feels abit like he did when he active duty; although this was his choice to move south. He’s also fly¬ ing with the reserves at Seymour Johnson in the KC-10. More airport food stories scattered through the article.

BEER AND POPCORN (The food of Men): Iwas out at Nellis in early May and somehow found myself in the 422nd Squadron bar. Well, there were at one count eight ’79ers in the bar out of 16 total! Where’s acamera when you need one? Tom WINGO (Kim) and Mike BRILL (Jean Marie) were out from Hill doing an active-duty stint for aB-1 conference. Tom flies for (who else?) Delta out of Salt Lake. It was asad day in the Wings household recently when he exchanged his Corvette for aS-10 pickup! Yes, sports fans, you read that right... Mike is full-time with the Hill F-16S while his wife makes the real bucks with TRW Ballistic Missile Group. Wade LEATHAM (Lawni) is flying F-15Es with the 422nd and working on adeal in Alaska flying the Beagle. Will that guy ever get pulled from the cockpit? Ken KRAAK, who is flying the F-15C with the 422nd as the PRO-15 chief, has signed up for the “take the money and run” option. He’s alittle concerned about the latest hiring slump with the airlines, so hopefully by the time this comes out, he will have graduated from the Malone Truck Driving School and be on his way to apromising career. Trevor ALBRO (Tracy) is also getting out from the 422nd at Nellis and in May was awaiting his second interview with American. Ed “Spot” SCHUMACHER (Laurie) and “Maggot” MUELLER (Debbie) were also in the bar. Spot is taking the money also. Jori CROMWELL (Kenalyn)

Archie RIPPETO (Sue) —DRBA (F-22 requirements). Burt FIELD (Lisa) —DRBA and now at Leavenworth for ISS. John BINGAMAN (Tami) —XPPB (plans and base structure). Steve DEAUX (Becky) — DOXN (drugs) and going back to fly. Bill TRAVNIC (Deb) —DOTS (FMS). Frank FRANCOIS (Diana, Maj) —man-in-charge of floor space for the merger (well-liked by all 0-6s and above! NOT!) Frank GORENC (Sharon) —aide to Gen Loh and all-around sharp dresser; ask him if he was going to aflood when pictured in the local base paper modeling the new Class As! Mike FOX (Linda) —Safety or Flying Training. Mark GIGLIO —Safety. Ed ZANOWICZ (Theresa) —DP (F-16 assignments). Guy WILLS (Judy) —XPID (he reads alot). Jori CROMWELL (Kenalyn) —DRPF (he keeps yours truly out of trouble, and Roy CLELAND —DRPB (B-1 requirements).

Also, Boone BODNER —DOTW (Weapons). John MCCORMACK —B-2 Requirements. Mike LEGGETT (Wendy) —DOXE (Red Flags, etc). Kevin JONES —DP somewhere. Tom FLEMING (Joanne) — XPPB. Joe RENIS (Carol) —XPPB (does everyone work up there?). John “JT” CALVIN (Kathy) —R&M SMO for DR (the man with the ideas). Keith TROUWBORST (Karen) —DOTZ (Special Projects) just in from Spang. Wayne PEPIN (Barbara) —XPF (force division). Jeff CHING (Judy) —XPXT (new in from Offutt). Glenn WEAVER (Deb¬ bie) —DOTV (Stan Eval Black Hats), and Guy WALSH (Ann) —XPXT (new in from DM, AZ).

WEDDING CAKE: Arch RIPPETO went to two weddings and gave this info: John PICKITT married Karen Weddington on Mar 14, 1992 in the great Tar Heel state. North Carolina. It seems John was doing more “crew coordination” than flying... He’s with Delta and living in Pom¬ pano Beach, FL and Karen is astew for Delta —oh, those layovers!

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Other classmates at the wedding included Thom MCCARTHY (more on his wedding next), Burt FIELD, Tom WINGO, and George MORGAN (Carol) who is living in Colo Springs. Thom McCarthy married Jody on May 24, 1992 in New Jersey. It was almost the same crowd at this wed¬ ding: Archie, Burt, Wings, John P., Mike ROLLER (Libby) who is the assistant air attache in Israel, Steve MUELLER’s wife, Debbie (Steve stayed at Hickam where he’s in PACAF Weapons and said he had work to do; yea, on the back nine!), and Mark REID (Cindi) who is at Offutt.

FREEZED-DRIED GRANOLA SPACE BARS: 1got acall from Space Mountain, not the one at Disney World, but the NORAD one. Pete BUNCE (Paulette), who is on the IG for NORAD, was selected to return to the cockpit —that’s the good news; the bad news is that MPC is offer¬ ing him an F-111!

Pete saw our illustrious class leader, Mike VANHOOMISSEN (Jan) on an IG trip to the Portland Guard. It’s ascary thought that Mike is with the JAG up there. Mike DONATELLl was last seen with the Wisconsin Guard.

COFFEE WITH EXTRA BAILEY’s: 1saw Jim PLICKINGER (Pam) while 1was at the Pentagon this Spring. He’s back from fighting wars for the Saudis and working in the fighter mafia division there. He’s signed up for the “get out with the bucks” option as has John NICHOLS (Denise), also at the Puzzle Palace. Out at USAFA, Dave RHODES (Gloria) is teaching poly sci; he recently returned from an ALO tour in Germany and Saudi. He made the national finals for the White House Fellowship pro¬ gram, one of only 33 in the nation. Congrats! Unfortunately, the commit¬ tee didn’t pick the best ones for the program, so he’ll have to teach cadets, play golf, go to football games, and ski alot for the next year. Pete HAYS is currently working on aPhD sponsored by the poly sci depart¬ ment and will go back to the department with tenure. Bill and Deanne MURPHY had alittle girl, Meagen Ann, weighing in at 61b. 15oz. —a future boxing champion? Bruce REMBER (Sarah) is going to be released from Leavenworth this June (this Leavenworth joke is getting kind of old isn’t it?). No news on his work release program. Sorry...

Richard WITT (Connie, Capt) wrote to pass on aflying story. He won the Major General Alfred F. Kalberer Outstanding Airmanship Award for 1991. In his words, “This award recognzies the outstanding single feat of Airmanship within the SAC. Awarded for saving aB-IB and crew when the #3engine exploded in flight. Performed adiving 270" turn to the runway to land opposite direction, due to the resultant uncontrollable fire. As IP onboard, flew the jet and saved the crew. Not bad for two minutes and 15 seconds of work.” I’ll say...

Jeff DUNAWAY (Paula) sent the following picture and anote of apology. He is with the 89th MAW at Andrews and, Iguess, is VP Qualye’s pilot. Well, if any of you read about this year’s graduation, you’ll remember that it started one hour late because the VP’s plane couldn’t get into C-Springs and had to divert to Pueblo. You guessed right. Jeff was flying the C-137 and swears that the weather zero. Iknow that it rained alot, but Iheard that Rocky Mountain Air¬ ways had no trouble “bouncing

JEFFREY W. DUNAWAY MAJOR, USAF

89th MAW

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WARNING: Before reading further, add my name (see above) to your Christmas mailing list. NOTE: This is not to imply Iwant pretty cards coming my way; Iwant to hear from you (or your significant other) re¬ garding what’s happening in your lives. CAUTION: Imay print some of what you write and it may cause others in our class —or other classes who actually read our column —to renew acquaintances, write, call, or generally feel closer to those with whom they spent four of the most inter¬ esting)?) years of their lives. Thanks!

MY QUARTERLY TRIP, via commercial air, paid off this time. I seem to get anugget of info for the column each time I’m waiting for a plane at the airport. This time Inoticed the face of Mike (Alison) LEVITT. If Iinterpret my hastily written notes correctly, he’s in 1st AF F-15 Weapons/Tactics at Tyndall. After being an IP at Luke he went to Iceland for ayear remote and was sent to Florida to thaw out. He’s in the process of moving to S/E. Mike related: Rick (Jill) SCHUFF is in the RTU Academic Squadron but flies with the 1st AF and just had alittle girl; Chuek ERLINGER is S/E at the 325th RTU; and Mike bumped into Steve WHEELER recently who is an F-16 FWIC instructor at Nellis.

GOT ONE FROM THE HEART from Carrie (BANWELL) (Brian ’79) KOECHEL. She was right on target when she related how she felt after reading the winter “Gone But Not Forgotten” column; “I felt like Ihad personally lost five brothers after reading the heart-felt memorials. Then I realized, Ireally did. Iguess as you get older, you realize how important friendships really are. And you realize how precious time spent together really is.” Anyway, she didn’t want her only “write-in” to be part of the GBNF column, so she decided to give me an update for the article:

“After spending 10 years in the fast-paced program management career field (seven AF, three industry), Ifinally figured out what Iwanted to do when Igrew up(?). I’m going back to school and working towards a career in clinical psychology. We live on the Tennessee River in North Alabama. Brian and Ihave two independent, outspoken children, boy (9) and girl (5). Brian works for Aerojet in luka, MS and thinks of “Deliverance” now and then driving to work. I’m working in my spare time as an AIDS support activist —atough job around here! Brian and I are also liaison officers and get acharge from all the young kids who have so much motivation and enthusiasm. was

Andrews AFB, MD

MENUS WRITTEN IN AFOREIGN LANGUAGE (or guess what guys are doing based on the cryptic postcards received through the AOG); Reggie DUVALLE from Homestead AFB to Grambling, LA (got out?).

Arthur DEEKENS is still in Atlanta w/DL, but moved from Apt Wto Apt G(it had abetter view of the sunbathers). Peter PASKO (Debra) from somewhere to the 374 AW in the Pacific somewhere. Bob DES¬ MOND also did alocal move, from L.A. to West L.A. (too close to the riots the first time?).

Well, that’s all the news thats fit to print. Hope everyone has agreat summer. Remember, we still have classmates in the desert protecting the peace, so say aprayer for them. Send your next info to Bud Vazquez, 1206 Upper Kingston Rd., Prattville, AL 36067.

Kelly and Rachel Koechel

“I’d like to pass on that anyone needing refuge from Montgomery or who are passing through Huntsville would be awelcome sight. Brian makes the best dark beer this side of Germany!”

ACSC FALCON BUDDIES. Peggy (DENNIS) CARNAHAN and Dave “Flip” FILIPPI both wrote to update the ’80 gang about to graduate. Flip wanted to emphasize it was not an ’80 grad who took the accompanying photo. Between the two of them, Igot the following assignments: Doug OWENS —Pentagon, Combat Plans; Karen (COLE) SELVA —Pentagon, SAF/AQQS(N) (no, Ihaven’t got aclue); Peggy — Pentagon, AF/MOR, Manpower Dir, Requirements Division; Tom ANDERSEN —JCS Joint Reconaissance Center (J-33); Pete HOENE — AFMC/Space Division, (L.A.), Dep Dir Systems Engineering for FEWS; Ed SCHMIDT —Maxwell AFB, School of Advanced Airpower Studies (SAAS); Karen (LUSK) KAYLOR —Kelley AFB, 6948th Electronic Security Sqd/LG; Brian CULLIS —PhD at Uof S. Carolina, Columbia

in geography, then to the Zoo; Flip —Instructor at ACSC; Jeff HIGHTAIAN —Scott AFB, Transcom; Janet THERIANOS —SAAS; Paul (Ricki SMITH) SELVA —KC-lOs to March AFB, 9th AREFS; and Jim STURCH —C-130s somewhere.

’80 at Air Command &Golf: Doug Owens, Karen (Cole) Selva, Peggy (Dennis) Carnahan, Tom Andersen, Pete Hoene, Ed Schmidt, Karen (Lusk) Kaylor, Brian Cullis, Dave Filippi, Jeff Hightaian, and Janet Therianos. Not pictured: Paul Selva and Jim Sturch.

PROFOUND THOUGHT. Flip signed off with this quote from an unknown source for all those future ACSC types: “Keep it all in perspec¬ tive and you’ll have agood time. Oh, yeah, it’s not alot of reading if you don’t do it.”

WARMING UP TO THE RUSSIANS/SMALL WORLD. Peggy add¬ ed to her letter two things: One was that she was on aDelta flight from Atlanta to San Antonio and found one of the drivers was Eric (Mary Ellen) JANSSEN. He still lives in Dallas and they have two youngsters. The other was aclipping from the AF Times. There was some kind of aviator exchange and two Buffs and aKC-10 (with lots of folks) went from Barksdale to Russia. One Diane (MOYER) BYRNE was the tanker AC and attracted quite alot of attention both within the CIS Air Force and the civilian populace —maybe she’ll end up being the spark to their female revolution. When she asked ageneral, after flying one of their tankers, if they’ll be allowing women pilots now, the general said, “No, we have enough men.” Lets see how long the general lasts in the “new” Russia!

NEW AND IMPROVED? Igot amailing from Col (Ret) Rob and Ginny Woodruff. They run the USAFA Officers Christian Fellowship (OCF) and have alot of contact with (and info from) the cadets. Iquote: ’Change’ seems to be the ‘in’ word, and truly things are changing around here almost daily. Assignments for the graduating firsties were first delayed, then changed, and sometimes ehanged again. For the first time ever, not every cadet who was qualified and wanted to fly was able to get aflying training slot. There were about 750 eligible, and only about 450 UPT assignments available. Those who did not get apilot training assignment were temporarily deferred, given another assignment, and promised aUPT slot in two or three years. The CONUS program, the ‘get acquainted with the AF’ summer field trips for the third class cadets, has been eliminated. Enrollment for the incoming class has been cut by over 10 percent. On top of everything else, ‘Mitch’s’ will be closed all summer for remodeling! Cadets are being bused over to the airmen’s dining hall at the community center for breakfast and supper, and given abox lunch meal for lunch. Because of the extra time required for transportation, five days will have to be cut from the BCT schedule.” Just thought you’d like to know.

MORE CHANGE. Nothing as drastic as the above, just folks moving. Harry EDWARDS to N. Las Vegas; Bill CAMPBELL to RAF Alcon-

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bury; Mike JEFFERSON to Normandy, TN; Eugene STEWMAN to Waynesboro, PA; Mark (Susan) REIDINGER to Enon, OH; Craig (Con¬ nie) SEEBER to High Wycomb, England (RAF Exchange Program); and Jim KENNEDY to another Smyrna, GA address. Jim used the AOG Bio Info form in his Checkpoints to tell us he married awonderful lady in Nov, flies for the Big “D,” and spent anice March skiing holiday in Utah with fellow ’80 fliers Jude (Kathy) VICK and Rick (Jackie) LEHLE.

MY TURN. It makes my day when Ispot one of you in acrowd or open my mail and read afew lines from you. I’m sure I’m not alone. Some¬ thing tells me reading these articles give alot of you the same feelings —I hope so. Wouldn’t it be nice to hear from about twice as many folks? Most of you work with several grads and classmates. How ’bout helping to get that percentage number in the class box above this column alittle higher. End of sermon. Godspeed, Don.

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DSN: 259-4191/2270

Percent members: 38

Greetings fellow classmates. For the nearly 400 of you who are no longer in the Air Force and the 45 who have already made major below the zone, please give your sympathy to the rest of your classmates who are meeting their promotion/RIF board in afew weeks on Pearl Harbor Day. (Political buffs may recall when our commander-in-chief tried to change “the day that will live in infamy” to the seventh of September afew years ago. Although he was derided in the press at the time for historical buf¬ foonery, it now seems clear that, in an astonishing feat of premonition, he was merely trying to spare our class the indignity of this coincidence.) Good luck everyone.

The people Iselected out of our class register to get aphone call out of the blue this time can be divided into four categories. The first, and luckiest, could not be stalked through directory assistance because they have either moved from their old address or not yet moved to their new one. This group includes Bill LOVELACE, Kurt LAFRANCE, Nancy RHOADES, and Doug and Julie (GRIMMIG) GIER. Ialso never reach¬ ed anyone from the second category because they evidently ran out and bought answering machines once they heard Iwas writing this column. This means you, Steve HARTMAN, Jim TILLEY, Randy WORRALL, and Dick TUBB

The smallest group is made up of classmates who defied tradition and sent me updates. Robert BONN, in particular, sent what was easily the best letter Ireceived in the last three months. (Can you guess how many I got altogether?) Robert wanted to clarify some of the hearsay informa¬ tion Iprinted about him several issues back. He was originally hired by Flying Tigers but managed to survive the buyout by Federal Express in spite of his lack of seniority, and he is now a747 second officer. When he’s not communting to Memphis, he flies C-5s in the Guard and covers the southern part of New York as an Academy liaison officer. Robert and Susan just had their second little boy.

The fourth group consists of those unfortunate elassmates Itracked down sucessfully, although I’m sure they’ve already bought answering machines so it will never happen again. After flying T-33s at Tyndall and the F-15C at Eglin, my first victim, Tom KALLMAN, now works for his father at Kallman Associates in New Jersey. When he is not traveling around the world organizing trade shows in exotic locales like Kuala Lumpur and Bangkok, he spends as much time as he can with his wife, Kathy, and their four children. Thanks to Tom, we'know that Dave LIT¬ TLE recently found enough time out of his busy Pentagon schedule to get married, Dan and Veronica BEAUDOIN just had their second boy in Connecticut where Dan flies for Delta, and Lenny SMALES and Pat SIMONITSCH fly C-130s at Eglin when they’re not busy raising their four kids.

Ifound Gene O’NALE flying F-15s at Tyndall just in the nick of time because he will have started ACSC before you’ve even read his. (In other words, he’s one of those folks who is not worried about Pearl Harbor Day.) Gene came to Tyndall by way of an instructor assignment at Vanee, ASTRA tour, an F-15 at Soesterberg, and the war in the desert. Also flying Eagles at Tyndall are Pat ROSS and Ben HENSLEY.

Gene and Terri STITT are in the middle of moving from one obscure suburb of the DFW metropolis to another. Gene flew T-37s at Mather and F-15s at Holloman before moving on to Delta. He keeps track of several other Delta pilots ineluding Riek KRAVCHUK who flies DC-9s in Atlanta, Perry LAMONT flying 727s out of Los Angeles, and Bob

WILLIAMS who commutes from Atlanta to Europe on 767s. Gene reports that Dave SMITH works personnel issues at the Pentagon after an RF-4 tour at Bergstrom, Charlie SMITH (no relation) flies F-16s in the Virginia Guard when not working for American, Mike PARKER flies for American out of Dallas, and Bob ARBACH is atest pilot at Edwards. Gene does not know what has become of Jeff THOMPSON now that all of the F-15s are gone from Holloman.

An unlisted phone number was only aminor obstacle for aresourceful scribe, so John “Scooter” MOONEY had to talk to me after all. (Only PCSing and answering machines will keep me at bay.) John became my hero when we were cadets by wearing his golf shoes, spikes and all, through our entire graduation parade. (He won 10 dollars for this stunt from Dave ROBERTS who is now acivilian doctor in Rochester, NY. After several unsuccessful attempts to convince the Air Force to send him to medical school, he got out and did it himself.) John probably has more F-16 time than anyone in our class, although that’s awild guess on my part, because he flew them for nine years at Spangdahlem, Hill, and the Weapons School at Nellis, and he still flies therri full-time for the Guard at Buckley. Thanks to John, we know that Kevin LIGHT also flies for the Guard in Denver when he’s not working for Delta in Dallas, and John ADKISSON flies F-16s full-time for the Guard in Klamath Falls, OR. As far as John knows, Keith BEAM, Kurt NEUBAUER, and Craig FRANKLIN are still instructors at the Weapons School, and Todd DEN¬ NING has moved from Nellis to Tucson to help set up anew weapons school for the Guard.

Larry and Leslie WEISENBERGER just moved into anew house in Cincinnati where Larry is an MD-88 copilot for Delta. They should be en¬ joying the arrival of their seeond child by the time this is published. 1talk¬ ed to Leslie (I’m not sure who was more relieved that Larry wasn’t there, me or him), and she told me that her sister, Allyson LINDER, is in Saudi Arabia for several months.

Mike PARANKA is becoming aneonatology specialist at Wilford Hall in San Antonio after medical school at Baylor, residency in San Antonio, and two years as apediatrician in Greece. Now he is hoping to avoid a follow-on assignment to Keesler. Mike’s medical school roommate. Bill BARTH, specializes in high-risk obstetrics at Wilford Hall after fellowship at Harvard Medieal School, Dean CARLSON is on a ophth^mology fellowship at the University of Iowa, and Dennis PEAR- MAN is afamily practice physician at Grissom. Finally, Mike knows that Doug DICKEY flies for American out of Dallas because Doug’s wife, Lorraine (ROBERTS, ’83) is also aneonatologist at Wilford Hall.

Marv FISHER is leaving acivil engineering job at Shaw to go to ACSC. (You know what that means.) Marv and Pam are expecting their second child in October, but Marv may miss out on some of that fun because he will be working so hard down at ACSC —on his golf game, no doubt. Marv has updates on the following classmates. Rick DUCHENE Hies for America West out of Phoenix, Dean LATAS flies for American out of Dallas, and Darren MCKNIGHT is making big bucks as asenior scientist for aconsulting firm in Washington, DC. Classmates from Fourth Squadron who are still in the Air Force include Eric GARVIN, who works on the staff of the new Materiel Command at Wright-Patterson, Sean MURPHY, apediatrician at Rhine Main; Mark CORREL, who will be joining Marv at ACSC (!) after several years as acivil engineer at Scott; and Tom MASIELLO, who flies F-15Es and F-llls at the test wing at Eglin.

The Academy’s English Department now has three of our classmates — Chris CAMPBELL, Mike DALBY who will be going to an intermediate assignment at Scott before being sponsored for his PhD, and Bill ROY who has achieved considerable acelaim as an international skeet shooter. His recent milestones include gold and bronze medals as aresult of three world records at the Pan Am games, three world championships, and missing the 1992 Olympic team by amere 10 targets over ayear-long qualifying season. Bill came to the Academy after F-4 tours in Iceland and Seymour-Johnson and two years of graduate school at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Bill still keeps track of In CHOI who is aprogram manager at the Ballistie Missile Office at Norton, Mike NORTHRIP who flies for Delta out of Dallas, and Bob CAYTON who flies for both Delta and the Guard.

Another of our classmates has seen considerable success on the interna¬ tional skeet scene as well. Scott SCHROEDER has been competing on the Air Force team for years, and under ashorter qualifying format, missed the 1988 Olympic Team by only asingle target. Always the incurable romantic, Scott met his wife, Tricia, on atrap and skeet range, and they went quail hunting on their first date. Scott now flies F-16s at Moody after T-38 instructor duty at Columbus and Randolph, an F-16 assign¬ ment at Hill, and aone-year non-flying job in Korea.

That’s all for now. Run out and buy that answering machine before it’s too late.

Jim Ratti

P.O. Box 40

Churchton, MD 20733-0040

Home; (301) 261-9588

Work: (301) 981-1959

DSN: 858-1959

Percent members; 46

Has It Really Been Ten Years? Iremember thinking that the four years we spent at the Zoo felt like 10. Now it seems the past 10 have been like four. My mother says that it has something to do with getting older. That can’t be, since I’m sure I’m not getting any older. Still, I’m not quite sure what the problem is... Maybe we can work it out over afew beers at the reunion.

It’s been aslow summer for news, but there is alittle. Igot aletter from Dennis GRIMES just after the deadline for the last article, so he probably thinks Iforgot him. Dennis is one of those guys who has been, shall we say, less than diligent about keeping up his /Jegisfer listing, so he was kind enough to recap his career for me. After UPT at Willy, he flew OV-lOs at George and Osan, then F-15s at Tyndall and Bitburg. Now he’s working for American as aDC-10 second officer. He married Rene soon after UPT, and is father to three-year-old Scott and 18-month-old Robert. They are living near DFW airport, where Dennis is based. He says they are planning to buy ahouse soon and are in the phone book if you get down that way.

After reading the Spring Checkpoints Peggy TOLDY wrote to confirm that Steve did indeed take the job as an associate AOC. She didn’t tell me which squadron, but she says he loves the job. Peggy was planning on joining him around the end of June when she left her job as the section commander for the 354th Equipment Maintenance Squadron at Myrtle Beach. Her unit won the Air Force Maintenance Effectiveness Award for 1991, and the Defense Maintenance Award for 1992. She and Steve have had arecord of carrying on along-distance romance, as she was deployed to Saudi during the first part of the year. Just after her return, she and Steve went to C-Springs on ahouse-hunting trip, with Steve remaining there to start his new job. She went back to Myrtle to tie up loose ends before reporting to USAFA in July to teach behavioral science.

Peggy said her brother, Ray TUREK, has moved to Langley to work at the new Air Combat Command headquarters. They had been at Offutt. Peggy also said that Kris (INGRAM) CLIFTON just left Myrtle. She married Lt Col Danny Clifton, who is moving to McChord to be squadron commander. Kris will do communications work there.

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Steve BOMGARDNER, one of the “lost souls” with no current address on record, wrote the AOG with an update so that he could be in¬ cluded in the reunion plans. He separated in October ’91 and has been fly¬ ing for American. He didn’t include any other details, so you’ll have to pin him down at the reunion to find out more.

Iwas at Maxwell for aquick overnighter in June and bumped into Bob NAVARRO at the O’Club bar. Bob was attending Academic Instructor School there in anticipation of aROTC assignment in California. He will be an assistant professor of aerospace studies at Cal State, Long Beach. He and his wife have four children, and will move from Mather where Bob is an instructor at the nav school.

Speaking of moving. I’ve finally found employment. Ellen and Iwill go to Wright-Pat in September, and I’ll take my first nonflying assignment as an avionics engineer. Iwas ostensibly hired for my EE/comp sci baekground, and they tell me I’ll be working on embedded computer systems in aircraft. Ihave no idea what SPO I’ll be assigned to, so Icould end up anywhere from flight controls on the YF-22 (I hear they need alit¬ tle help) to working acomm radio upgrade to the B-52. Keep your fingers crossed for me! Ellen and Iare excited about moving back to Dayton. We liked it there three years ago, and have some good friends there. Plus, I think we’ll be able to afford the house we really want! D.C. is not the plaee to try to stretch that BAQ dollar. We were in Dayton on ahouse¬ hunting trip in June and had dinner with Eric and Valerie BJORN. Eric will finish AFIT in December and is expecting asystems engineering job at Wright-Pat as afollow-on. We also seammed dinner from Dan and

Sheri MOKRIS. Dan was assigned to the 4950th Test Wing, but will be moving to Hanscom this fall.

That’s about all the news Ican think up. Please remember my E-Mail addresses, 72477,1255 (CompuServe) and FFKX27A (Prodigy). So, until next time, be safe and keep’em flying. See you at the reunion! RATMAN!

Stu Pope

340 The Village (!'315 Redondo Beach, CA 90277

Percent members: 40

Hey, what gives, man? Iexpect everyone who gets out of the Air Force to look totally hippified within amon'h or so —you know, raggedy hair. Spinal Tap t-shirt, “yin-yang” earring, cosmic love beads —and instead they all look like cadets on their way to aCDB. No exception was Tom KING, who spent some time in L.A. recently as anew recruit for Delta. His official explanation for looking so cadet-like was that he was on “airline probation” (something like “ac pro,” Iguess) but you and Iboth know he’s got “35-10” in his blood. Tom and his Deltoid pals led me from bar to bar against my wishes, doing the complete circuit from Redondo to Hermosa to Manhattan Beach and back. I’m still in a recovery mode.

Tom “Good Hairs” King

Did you catch the L.A. riots on TV? Ichecked them out from my car window —the one that got hit by arock. Fun stuff —it brought to mind the time we “broke ranks” during Hell Week and stomped all over ’82, only on amuch larger and more intense scale, of course. In retrospect. I’m amazed none of us burned down the Comm Shop or looted the C-Store. We were such amateurs, man.

Speaking of amateurs, Tim “Doc” JACOBS lost his amateur status in April when he got married in Cincinnati to Mary Beth Heitker. It was a dreamlike event —people spoke German without warning, and all five of Doc’s groomsmen were members of his immediate family. Colin “Luna Mof” MOFFAT and Iwere in attendance, although Iaccidentally got on aplane to Rochester, NY, and almost missed the wedding —all part of a long, involved, somewhat funny story. Ask me about it sometime. Tim and Mary Beth went on to honeymoon in Paris, Vienna, and boldly, even Munich, where they linked up with “Sprocket” host Dieter for aweekend of frenzied Eurodebauchery.

Just got aletter from Jon DURESKY. Jon has an address that blows my mind. He lives on Alabama Drive in Jacksonville, Arkansas —sort of conjures up nightmare “Deliverance” scenarios, doesn’t it? Jon’s sta¬ tioned at Little Rock and says Mark “Oil” WELLS is PSCing to Scott AFB for aHQ MAC job, which sounds sort of computer related but isn’t. Jon also wants to apologize to John ZAZWORSKY after accusing him of laziness and cheapskatedness for not spending 29 cents to send aletter. Naturally, Jon received the letter about two days after publically humiliating Zaz in arecent Checkpoints column. But hey, shouldn’t this matter be settled by people with “-sky” names? How did 1get involved with this? Who do they think Iam —Stu POPESKY?

Jon also passed along aletter from Doug KLIMEK “Kinley.” Ifeel sort of weird about using Doug’s letter as asource of info, especially since

it was really “meant” for Jon, as is evidenced by these lines: “I hope this letter finds you well... it puts you in aselect class... I’ve never written my parents and my wife never hears from me when I’m TDY... Ithought that of all the folks writing our column, you might remember me.” Hey, c’mon, Doug —Iremember you, too. Anyway, Cap’n Klimek goes on to say he’s been working tactical communications in PACAF locales, for the most part, since graduation. His wife is Bon Seok (cool name) and they have ason Daniel who’s three, and another bambino on the way. Doug’s currently stationed in Guam but should be at Keesler for Advance Comm Officer Training School by the time you read this, with afollow-on assignment to MacDill.

MacDill. Sounds like something you’d get at MacDonalds, doesn’t it? But speaking of that neck of the swamp, southern Florida is now the home of the previously-mentioned Luna Mof himself, Colin MOFFAT, who’s now flying with —who else? —Delta out of Miami. Mof went water-skiing not long ago with Bill “Ex-’83” Anonsen, who’s also flying for Delta, as are Bill “Water” CHESTNUT, Dan “O” LARSEN, Danny WILLIAMSON, Jack POLO “Shirt”, Ken MILLS, Roger “Horse” Nedel, B.B. DUNN,. Tom “Doodah” DUDA, John CERCONE, Grant LANE, Greg BECHARD, Vince COMPAGNO, Dave "Legume” JARDIN, Andy HOWES “It Goin’” and Mike “Quag” MEYER. Incidental¬ ly, no less an authority than Tom KING reports that Delta is the number one employer of zoombags after the Air Force itself. Groovy facts to know and tell.

And speaking of Mike MEYER, he’s now living in Utah with his intriguingly-named wife, Monique Mezo, ayellow lab named Barney, and Spirit the quarterhorse. They’re saving up to buy awhole horse.

He was once ageneral’s aide but now he works for The Colonel. Yes, sources from Wright-Pat say Quinn “The Eskimo” NEWHALL is out of the Air Force and is frying chicken at aKFC somewhere in Southern Ohio. Sad, but true. Actually, it’s just an initiation of sorts for new recruits, and Quinn’s been hired as adistrict manager or something for the Kentucky Fried Chicken division of Pepsi. Ihear he and Cheryl recently hatched ayoungster as well.

Pete and Brandie BARTOS had their baby last fall, and Pete, who’s among the most creative people Iknow, named the baby “Mike, from aguy who’s dad is named Otmar. Mike? Does he want this kid to have anormal childhood or something? Iwas expecting “Ossian” or “Barnabas” or Candelabra.”

Which reminds me, when Pete and Iwere working on The DoDo, I always wanted to do this video-concept thing about daily life at the Zoo —you know, follow some typical cadet around and document his dismal existence. As aparody, of course. Maybe make it artsy —like analogous to Dante’s Inferno: “Here we are in the Fourth Level of Hell, otherwise known as Jack’s Valley” or whatever. Well, Inever got around to it, ob¬ viously, and dig this —the AOG itselfK selling this “Wild Blue U” tape (sounds like aPrince video) that lets you “Relive the Air Force Academy Experience,” which for me would be like reliving having my wisdom teeth removed. I’m sure everyone got one of these brochures in the mail, right? Did you read this thing? “Follow the cadets from the first day, through basic training, to recognition week... go to class with the cadets... visit Jack’s Valley, Mitchell Hall, the dorms and the airfield... celebrate the accomplishment all over again.” Yikes! It “takes you from the first hair¬ cut to graduation” and presumably through the tunnels and onto the tour pad as well. Ican’t get over this. Imay actually order one of these to play at parties, just to hear the anguished howls of tortured classmates.

Enough of that. Saw Jim NORMAN “Schwarzkopf” at the Aerospace cafeteria here at Space Division —sorry, make that Space and Missile Systems Center —recently. Jim was “incognito” in his civilian clothes, though his haircut and residual Honor Guard demeanor marked him as a military man. Still, Ididn’t want to “blow his cover” so Irefrained from going over to his table and giving him noogies. Also saw Bill “Kanga” RUJECVAN at lunch afew months back. He announced he was getting out of the Air Force to seek his fortune in the world of California real estate. Or surreal estate, as the case may be. Bill now resides in Laguna Niguel, which is atown, incidentally, not aMexican beer.

Lynne and Steve “Ex-’83” Benz are now in D.C., enjoying yuppiehood

and conducting experiments in genetics. To test their hypothesis that two tall, thin, guant, blond people will produce children with similar characteristics, they had Karl. So far, so good. Steve actually wanted to name the baby “Luther” (more “German” sounding) but Lynn said “nein,” and they compromised on Karl with aK. Steve, by the way, is now an Air Force officer —he joined the reserves as aJAG. I’m consider¬ ing giving him capital letters in future Checkpoints articles.

Amy WIMMER is taking the VSI and will start grad school at Vander¬ bilt this fall. She’ll be studying nursing, which is abiological function, I suppose, so her three years instructing biology at USAFA should come in handy. Among activities too numerous too mention, Amy’s been com¬ peting in the Armed Forces Track and Field Championships and is on the U.S National Summer Biathlon Team (shoot and run).

Also teaching at the Zoo are Joel LINDSEY, Greg MEIDT, Anne (GETTLEMAN) CAMPBELL, Tracy COLBURN, Dave “Treat Me” RUFFLEY, Dan SCHNEPF, Laurie (SCHROEDER) MEALY, Brent and Sylvia RICHERT, Tom “The Wind” KRISE, “Mary,” Lee VALENTINE, Pete HOLLAND and Holly FRANZ. Holly, like Amy, is currently in the Bio Department, but will soon transfer to the Women’s Shoe Department or the Household Appliances Department, or Space Command —take your pick. Also like Amy, she’s way too athletic, and spends agood portion of her winters on the Loveland Ski Patrol.

Troy WILLIAMS reports Paco “No Longer” SINGLETON just got married in ’Vegas. Ifigured it was one of those events where an Elvis im¬ personator reads to you from aHallmark card in the “Chapel of Love” until Irealized Paco actually lives in Las Vegas, although he’s based here in L.A. with United. Troy also saw Derrick “DBA” COLLINS afew weeks back. Derrick, the former F-lIl nav, is now flying C-141s out of McGuire and is awrite-in candidate for governor of New Jersey.

So, any ideas yet for the lO-year reunion? Hard to believe, but it’s only ayear away, which means everyone in attendance (spouses and kids not included) will be over 30 years old! Ha ha ha! And if you don’t like the idea of a“Joe Strack” T-shirt with “Last of the Bohicans” scrawled across the back, you’d better write and tell me, or I’ll submit it as the design for the officiai reunion outergarb.

That’s all. As always, send your cards, letters, photos, roadkills, etc., for the next issue of Checkpoints to Les “Dish” WASHER at 4590 Wintrop Way, Colorado Springs, CO 80920. She’s waiting anxiously by the mailbox.

Carlton P. Wickliffe

2801-B Quay Loop

Holloman AFB, NM 88330-8108

Home: (505) 479-2937

DSN; 867-5224

Percent members: 27

Knock, knock... Hello? Anyone out there? The mailbox was sounding mighty hollow the past few months. We’ve got alot of mission changes and PCSs here at Holloman, so Iguess many of you are facing similar predicaments. But then again for some of you, when you’re lounging on the beaches of the worid, keeping your classmates up to date on what’s new is probabiy the furthest thing from your mind. No problem —just write within amonth of reading this article, and Ishould be able to have it in the next issue. As for this column, it’s going to be real short.

Wickliffe and Wickliffe Productions is proud to announce the birth of Ankle Biter #4 —Carlton Philip the Second. Stats: May 6, 6lbs, 7.8 oz. 20 inches. Last one (whew!), thanks to Mr. Scalpel. At least we have the church record for bringing in the most new members.

HITHER AND YON (Where are they now?): Kevin ADAMS, Holloman to Wright-Patterson; Susan (NIEMEYER) GREGORY, from Lindsey AS, Germany to Rhein-Main AB; Marianne IDZI, from College Station, TX to Huber Heights, OH (Wright-Patterson?); Rob LANGSTAFF, from Heidelberg, Germany to working with the Army at Erlangen, Germany; Doug MCNARY, from Overland Park, KS to Alex¬ andria, VA; Robert BRADLEY, RAF Lakenheath; Russ SOJOURNER from Colorado Springs to the Academy; Ed SPEED, from Enterprise, MS to Meridian, MS; Tony SUBER (wife Janice), from Mather to Dyess; Todd TAMURA, from Shaw to Austin, TX (Bergstrom?); and David TEAL, from Shaw to Nellis.

COUNTDOWN TO REUNION: Two years and dwindling fast. Be good, God bless, and Ilook forward to your “What IDid This Summer” letters.

MOVING? SEND US YOUR NEW ADDRESS.

Jacqueline N. Charsagua

6920 ESG/SC

PSC 76, Box 7049

APO AP, 96319-7049

Percent members: 27

Hi Everyone! I’m so happy to bring you this edition, because Iget to be abit selfish and open by announcing the birth of my baby girl, Jacquelynne Susan Causey. Our family shot below is with me, little Jackie, and papasan Troy Causey one day after her birth.

Jackie, little Jackie, and Troy

Ialso have abundle of photos to share, so now on with ciass news from around the globe. Sue BESSELLIEU (who gave little Jackie her middle name) keeps in close contact and is starting nursing classes in COS, hop¬ ing to get another AFSC. She writes that Danielle HARGROVE is expec¬ ting another child, Jeff BRENINGER is at Dover, Chad JONES and his daughter are at the Zoo, where Chad is teaching astro; and Philecia HAR¬ RIS is alaw student in Ohio.

Ruthann (LUEKEN) THOMPSON is at Wright-Pat working for HQ AFLC. She went to SOS last summer and reports Teresa BEAD and A. J. SCOTT, happily married, are doing well in Germany.

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The Routhier Family

Above is the ROUTHIER family: Kevin, Wendy (Link), Josiah, and Caleb. Kevin is continuing with master’s studies in computer science, and Wendy has her hands full with her two boys and anew home with adining room with linoleum (parents will understand!).

From another part of Ohio, ahappily unemployed Barb (MAHON) WENZEL dropped aline from Sylvania, where she’s redecorating her house and rediscovering old hobbies. Barb married Bob (’82), who she met at Columbus. Barb passes on news of Chevy CLEAVES, who was in¬ terviewing at McConnell for aposition in an ACE training unit. Chevy is married with two children. Wayne and Wendy (COOK) POST have also bought ahouse, but in New Hampshire, and Wendy will be having their second child in October.

Wayne (’84), Wendy, and Andy Post

Ireceived awonderful letter and picture of Lynn STEER and her hus¬ band Eric Lewis, who is just about the same size as Lynn! Last Iheard, Lynn’s at Malstrom and seriously contemplating ajob offer from United to enjoy some “relative” stability, time off, and time with her hubby.

Lynn and hubby Eric Lewis

Lynn writes Kelley KIERNAN is busy in the training flight at Malstrom as a’135 IP. John WONG is in California and married aballroom dance instructor; Karolen FAHRNI married Rob and is stationed somewhere in Europe. Speaking of Europe, Kerri (BROUSSARD) TASHJIAN, hubby and twins (below), are now in Upper Heyford, England. Kerri left the AF full-time mom taking care of (as she says, “free, free at last!”) and is a James and Jennifer.

Rodney SAMPSON is also out of the AF, planning to buy ahouse in Arlington so Rodney can get apooch. Still no kids in the picture. Rodney spent most of 1991 reading and studying with aRabbi, learning to speak and read Hebrew, and has converted to Judaism. He is also pursuing a master’s degree in information systems at George Washington U.

And here is the final section to let you know where folks have gone. Dave and Maria NISSEN to Midwest City, OK; Price OSTEEN to Bartlett IL; Larry FRIEND to Monument, CO; Eric PAUL to Alamogor¬ do, NM; Kenny WELDON to Fairborn, OH; Matt VALLE to Enterprise, AL; H.E. WATERS to Omaha, NE; Chris OVERMAN to USAFA; Joe MCBREARTY to San Antonio, TX; Bill HOEPFL to Allen, TX; Dave NIKOVITS to Charleston, SC; Carl BLOCK to Hampton, VA; Chris FERRY to Silver Springs, MD; Doug MCNARY to Overland Park, KS; Tony CARRELLI to Myrtle Beach AFB, SC; Bill HAMPTON to Papillion, NE; Eric PAUL to Alexandria, LA; Paul MATHIS to Grand Forks, ND; Terry CAMPBELL to San Pedro, CA; Jerry VAUGHAN to Biloxi, MS; Barb (MAHON) WENZEL to Sylvania, OH; Ty HOLT to Altus AFB, OK; Michael TAYLOR to Portsmouth, Rl; Mike CRAMER to PSC 37 Box 3404, APO AE 09459; Dan SANCHEZ to PSC 47 Box 3959, APO AE 09470; and Mark NAUMANN to PSC 2Box 10524, APO AE 09012.

As a fi nal note, Ireceived through aLexington, KY newspaper an engagement announcement for Robert KAUCIC. He recently married Susan McCollum in Berea. Congratulations! Also, Joe MCBREARTY dropped me anote to say he’s at Randolph AFB as aT-37 PIT instructor. (I snuck this in just in time for you, Joe!)

Once again, my thanks to all of you have sent me news for this article and all the wonderful pictures —couldn’t do it without you! 1have some more news in store for you next issue, so stay tuned! Sayonara, Jackie C.

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Capt Gary Burg

48 OSS/DOOL

PSC 41, Box 6338

APO AE 09464

Percent members: 28

Getting right down to business, my first letter came from Janet (JUEONG) EDWARDS (’87). She dropped me aline to let me know of her recent marriage to Mike EDWARDS, an RC-135 pilot from Offutt AFB. They were married on 2Nov, ’91. Included in the wedding were: Byron CLAY, an orbit analyst at Falcon AFB, CO (Byron’s wife is Alison and he has one son, Kyle); Rich CLARK, aB-1 pilot at McConnell AFB, KS; Craig HARDIN, an F-16 weapons officer at Moody AFB, GA (Craig’s wife is Karen and he has one son, Jacob); Don CARTER, alaw student at St. Louis University Law School and JAG officer-intern (Don’s wife is Vanessa CALSO [an ’86 grad] and they have two children, Brandon and Crystal); Scott TURNER, aT-38 instructor pilot at Vance AFB (Scott’s wife is Beth); Mike TIRRELL, also aT-38 instructor pilot at Vance AFB (Mike is married to Kristin); and Trip ASHE, the only other ’86er at the wedding. Trip is out of the Air Force now, but while in she served as an intelligence officer.

Kerri’s twins: Jennifer and James Tashjian

At Hurlburt Field, FL, Fred FREDERICK is anavigator on the MC130E, Talon Iand passed on some news of classmates he bumped into during his TDY to King Fahd. While there he bumped into Dave TAN, Rich FRANKLIN (C-I4ls), Steve HIGGINS (flight surgeon out of Eglin) and Bruce GIBSON, who is flying C-27s in Panama and is newly married to agirl from back home.

At the Edwards wedding, from left in the front row are Mark Tirrell, Kristin Tirrell, Fran Hughes, Karren Hardin, Scott Haines (’87), Beth Turner, and Trip Ashe. In the back row are Byron Clay, Rich Clark, Craig Hardin, Don Carter, Mike Edwards and Scott Turner.

The next letter came from Dave MAHARREY. “As we are PCSing from Elmendorf AFB, Ithought it would be agood time to write again. We are headed for Wright-Patterson to an AFIT assignment. For 15 months, I’ll be attending the School of Engineering &Services’ Graduate of Engineering &Environmental Management Program. For us civil engineering types, the enviroment is abig issue. Our classmate, John PETERSON, has definitely accomplished afirst grad feat: competing and completing the Last Great Race, the Iditarod. As John said in the base paper, the main thing to do is finish. He was the second-to-last finisher, 63rd out of 76 mushers that began the race. John was in CS-20. As he’s a pretty quiet guy, Ithought he might not tell anyone.’’

Bob COLELLA also wrote. “Katy and Irecently PCSd out here to sun¬ ny California from the soon-to-be out-of-business Wurtsmith Air Patch. Here at Castle I’m aB-52 aircraft commander with the soon-to-beformed 34th BMS which will be attached to the 366th combined wing at Mountain Home AFB, ID. We are soon to be atenant unit here and are scheduled to move out ot Mountain Home once the taxiways have been stressed/revamped to support aB-52. In any event, we are loving the sun and the great weather out here in California.

“Castle is agreat place to see alot of people who are transiting through for training programs, etc. With me here at the 34th is John VICKERS. He just got in from KBAD and is quickly asserting himself as the top bombing radar navigator in the unit. He is still abachelor and to hear him tell it he leads alife of wanton lust and sin. Soon to be joining us from Griffiss AFB is Bruce WAY who is also an aircraft commander.

“Transiting through the neighborhood is Seth BEAUBIEN. He is go¬ ing through KC-135R conversion training enroute to Malmstrom AFB. He is another one of Wurtsmith’s prices-are-slashed/everything-must-go PCSs. Seth is engaged to Wendy Murphy of Oscoda, MI and they are planning awedding for next year. We went on aweekend golfing jaunt to Fort Ord, Monterey, Memorial Day weekend and took Seth along. Ran into none other than Clint Eastwood about to tee off at Pebble Beach — we would have joined him but he didn’t ask us to.

“Matt SHEPARDSON has left the Air Force (Wurtsmith aircraft com¬ mander, B-52) and is in Atlanta, GA. T. and Bunny are moving to Abilene, TX for some B-1 training and then are planning on amove to Kansas.’’

The last letter Ireceived was from Ron SIMMONS. “Here at Norton AFB, we have myself, Scott CIERNIA, and Mark VIJUMS. Also not in the photo are Keith BROWN and Jim NEEDHAM. We’re all C-141 in¬ structor pilots trying to determine our future as the base approaches closure. Flying is slated to end in the fall of ’93. And by the way, Igot hitched. Iwas married to my Kathleen on Sept 28, 1991.

“Brennan GOURDIE is living the good life with his wife, Elizabeth, down by the beach. He’s stationed at Los Angeles AFB. Mike BALFANY and Todd HARMER were out for the wedding while they were TDY to LANTIRN school at Luke. Both are F-16 instructors at Moody AFB. Todd has been selected for Fighter Weapons School at Nellis starting this summer and has also decided to take the plunge —he’s engaged

be married next summer.

“Greg CAYON is aC-141 examiner pilot at McGuire AFB. Tim NEUMAN is married and he and his wife, Robin, recently had ababy girl. Tim left Travis AFB where he was in C-141 sabout ayear ago and now is flying C-9s at Yokota. He and his family are very happy and enjoy72

ing being stationed in Japan.”

Ipersonally have been busy being deployed to Incirlik AB, Turkey fly¬ ing in support of Operation Provide Comfort. In the past three months I have flown more sorties than the prior year and ahalf. I’m loving it! I have, however, run into quite afew ’86 folks while down here. Cecil ME¬ DIAN was down flying C-130s. He is stationed at Pope AFB. He was on his three-month TDY with Bravo Squadron out of Mildenhall, UK. Dwight ROBERTSON was down flying A-lOs out of Bentwaters. Jim WERTZ is here with the EF-111 sout of Upper Heyford. Joe BLEWITT passed through Incirlik on aC-141 mission. Joe is apilot and Ithink he is flying out of McGuire AFB. Ididn’t get to talk to Joe very long but he is still single and seems to be enjoying life. Dave TUCK was here from Fairchild TDY to Mildenhall, Incirlik, and Souda Bay, Crete for about 50 days. While at Incirlik, Dave and Ireally had agreat time and got to ex¬ perience Turkish culture with style. Except for being away from the fami¬ ly, Ihave thoroughly enjoyed my TDY to Incirlik and wouldn’t mind be¬ ing stationed here at alater date. Speaking of assignments, my dream assignment came through. Iam off to the Academy in October with an assignment to the 50th ATS (at least I’m 90 percent sure of that as of 16 June) The job was at the top of my list and my family and Iare ecstatic about it.

Address changes are Pedro SUAREZ to Rochester, NY; Kevin BROOKS is at Hurlburt Field, FL and Alan BATTS is in Portland, OR. The only other thing Ineed to mention is that Eric FITZ (’89) is flying F-lllFs out of my squadron, the 493 FS currently deployed to Turkey.

Glenn L. Strebe

5935 Del Paz Drive

Colorado Springs, CO 80918

Home: (719) 531-0122

DSN: 259-3229

Percent members; 33

Greetings once again. Another three months have passed and Iam late again on my submission. However this time, Ihave lots to write about. First, Scott FAWAZ writes from San Antonio. Scotty HATFIELD is finishing his FAIP assignment at Willie and will be going to Hurlburt fly¬ ing MH-60G Blackhawks for the Special Ops guys. He will first spend three months at Ft. Rucker for cross training. “Finally, an aircraft with a wartime mission.” Terry TRAVIS is finishing up an assignment in C-12s and going to C-141s at Travis. Dave HOLLENBACH just got an assign¬ ment to AFIT for his master’s. Steve and Eileen HALVERSON are in San Antonio. Steve is an IP at Hondo. They have one daughter. Jim and Jen¬ ny (’88) MARRS are also in San Antonio. Jim is in AFEWC somewhere and Jenny works in training systems up at HQ ATC. As for Scott himself, he is finishing up his stint at Kelly on C-5 structures and will be PCSing to the zoo to be an instructor in the Mech Department. (Scott, wife, Jen¬ nifer, and daughter Sarah should already be at the AFA by the time you read this.) On adifferent note, we would like to hear from all the nowcivilian ’87ers and what you are doing in the outside world.

Ialso got aletter from Ross MCNUTT and Iwill quote. “I’ve been meaning to write for the last few months and tell everyone what our classmates at Hanscom have been doing. Then last month, 1ran into Ted DANEK, Thad STEWART, and Scott HOWELL at the Kirtland AFB 0-Club, and Imade them write down all the classmates they could think of. Ted Danek is stationed at Laughlin, but he is learning to fly MH-60s at Kirtland. He has afollow-on assignment to Misawa, Japan. Ted and Kim should have had their second child by now. Thad Stewart is enjoying the life of anewlywed. He married the former Jaki Martinez from Albu¬ querque. Thad is assigned to the Phillips Laboratory and flies with the ARGUS aircraft running tests for SDL Scott Howell is still single and en¬ joying it. He is learning to fly MH-53s at Kirtland. His follow-on assign¬ ment is to Hurlburt Field in Florida.

“Now for their list of who they could remember. Tom DUGGAN is the head lacross coach at the USAFA. He is married and they have atwoyear-old daughter. Wayne FISHER was in IP at Laughlin. Pat EVANS is at Keesler. Pat just got married to a‘sweet looking blond.’ Tom GERVAIS is flying C-141s out of Norton. Andy GARROBO was at Fairchild in Space Command and is believed to be going to Thule. Andy is married. Mike DOLAN is in F-16 transition. Tim ROCKWELL is now an IP at Sheppard after leaving F-15s at Holloman. Scott MAW is supposedly fly¬ ing F-15s at Eglin. Steve HALVERSON is flying the F-41s at Hondo. He is married to Eileen MCKEON (see above from Scott FAWAZ) who was last seen flying C-21s out of Randolph. They just had adaughter Sicura. Ron HUFFMAN is married and is believed to be in the Colorado Springs area.

At the Simmons wedding, from left in the front row are Mike Balfany and Mark Vijums. In the back row are Tim Neumann, Todd Harmer, Kathleen Simmons, Ron Simmons, Scott Ciernia, Greg Cayon and Bren¬ nan Gourdie.

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“Lisa GARRAWAY married Mike MARION and both are stationed at Minot. Lisa is flying H-ls. Lauren DARE married an ex-Army (he saw the light) helicopter pilot. She is flying UH-INs at Yokota but is enroute to Vandenburg. Andy COGGINS is at Phillips Laboratory at Kirtland AFB (hey Andy, what happened to AFIT and Cost—Glenn). Mike LOUGHMAN is reportedly getting out of the Air Force. Joe MANSON is at Gunter AFB. Phil PRATZNER is at Sembach, Germany. Jim EMERICK, Terry MAESTAS (ULM), Alex GICZY, Rich CRAMER and Jim WISNOWSKI are all at AFOTEC at Kirtland. Terry likes married life. Jenny JENNER (MIGDAL) and Mike TESTA are at Phillips Lab at Kirtland. Steve MAUS is learning to fly PAVE LOW at Kirtland.

“Darci LUCE is flying C-130s from Yokota, Japan. Tim PRESS’ first child was due in March. He is aT-37 IP and ‘wants to be assigned next door to the DANEKS’. Mark BOVA has an ‘Ace’ job in Plattsburg fly¬ ing T-37s. Lea TRAVIS is aT-38 IP somewhere. Jimmy GRAHM is try¬ ing to scam aMH-60. Gemma WILMARTH is reportedly going to fly the friendly skies of United. Franz PLESCHER and Eric JOHNSON are awaiting assignments. Tom BEHNKE is flying T-38s after Clark’s volcano. Andy HECHT is married and is flying F-16s at Ramstein. Mark USTASZEWSKI is fl ying KC-135s out of Loring, ME. Mark WILBANKS is at Rome Labs in New York. Mike HEYBURN is at Falcon AFB with the 73rd Space Surveillance Group.

“We also have alarge number of classmates at Hanscom AFB. Tom ABASCAL is acontracting officer at Hanscom AFB. Eric VAN DORN is at Phillips Laboratory flying with the FISTA aircraft (NKC-135). Chris and Shirley (CLINTON) CARON are starting their own business on the side. Shirley is an intel officer and Chris is aprogram manager. Sueling CHO is the APDP acquisition program manager at ESD and she is also finishing up her master’s degree. Mark and April (SULLIVAN) FITZ¬ GERALD recently got married. They are both getting out in July and go¬ ing to the University of Chicago. April is going to medical school and Mark is either going to law school or the MBA program. Julie JOYCE, Bobby JOHNSON, Steve SPEWOCK, Chris SIMPSON, Mike SYMOCK, Bill NACE, Rob MCCRORY, T.J. KENNEY, Jerry AFFLERBACK, and Scott SHANNON are also at Hanscom. Art ZEMKE finished his Draper Fellowship at Tufts University (now at Buckley ANG Base in Denver). Sharron (HULLINGER) GILETTI and Greg have two great kids and a’65 Corvette. Sharon is in the personnel shop at Hanscom. Chris Simpson says that his ’64 Corvette is better.

“Weddings: Stuart ‘Mickey’ MOORE recently (12 April, 1992) got married to Lisa Beebe in Myrtle Beach, SC. Hugh HANLON was his best man. Carlos HONESTY and Mickey’s two brothers Jeff and Billy were his groomsman. Jerry Afflerback and Mark Fitzgerald flew down from Hanscom to be saber bearers along with Bill ‘toehead’ NORTON from Fairchild, WA and Scott MURRAY from Mountain Home, ID. Jim MACFARLANE got married to Joles. They live at Mather AFB, where Jim flies T-43s. Nicole BERRY flys C-141s at McChord AFB, WA. Joe TURK just showed up at Hanscom. He is reportedly getting married to a Massachusetts girl this summer. T.J. KENNEY and his wife live in Hashua, NH.

WALTERMIRE is assigned to Vance as a’38 IP. Jerome WATKINS is a C-130 AC at Dyess. He was recently married on 23 May to Martha. Dan¬ ny HARRIS is aC-14I pilot at March and is married to Lynette. They have ason named Brent. Jeffrey MCDANIELS is aF-16 pilot at Homestead and according to Mike is married and pregnant (I assume Mike meant Jeff’s wife). Jennifer HELLAND is flying C-21s at Andrews and hoping for an airline job. Scott HAINES is flying KC-135s at Loring. Tom SHARPY is aKC-I35 AC at Barksdale and married to aLori Smith. Lee ICENHOUR is aKC-10 pilot at Barksdale. Kevin ROGERS recently PCSed to KI Sawyer and is aKC-135 nav. Both Balan AYYAR and Brad JOHNS are flying 141s at McChord. Wayne RINGELBERG is aKC-135 pilot at Barksdale. Tim FAY is flying B-52s at Castle. Mark MARYAK is married, has one son, and is flying B-52s, also at Barksdale. John KAFER, KC-10 pilot Barksdale; Jim CONNOLLY KC-lOs at Barksdale (soon separating and going to law school); Rich CROUCH, ’135 AC, Barksdale; Harper JOHNSON, ’135 pilot, at either Grissom or Griffis (?); Lee BISHOP, 135s at guess where —Barksdale; Thad KNUE, C-17 program at Wright-Pat; Dave SULLIVAN, ’38 IP, Columbus; Bob KRZEMINSKI, Gunter; Ron BEITLE, ’135s at Kadena; Greg CAMP¬ BELL, Scott AFB, runs the communications shop; Doug FLOREANI, also ’135s at Loring. Finally, Mike is —I’m sure you guessed it —at Barksdale and is flying B-52s.

Janet (JUEONG) EDWARDS also wrote me with an update. She and Mike EDWARDS (’86) got married 2Nov, 1991. They are both stationed at Offutt AFB. Janet is in the 1000 Satellite Operations Group —DMSP. At her wedding, quite afew ’87ers showed up. Unfortunately, the photographer forgot to get aconsolidated picture of all ’87ers. So you have to settle for the bridesmaids.

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“In October, Stacy and Iwent down to Washington, DC for Andy (Opie) TAYLOR’S wedding. Andy (the ultimate boy scout) married Mary Kay Davidson who is also acaptain. They met while assigned to Madrid, Spain. They are now assigned to Andrews AFB where Andy is flying F-16s with the Guard while still on active duty. They bought ahouse in Waldorf, MD (with abig deck). At their wedding were anumber of classmates including Pat (Rico) REID, who is now an IP aLaughlin, John BOGUMILL who is at Kunsan Korea flying F-16s and Grey (Whiyt) WHITING who is flying F-16s with the Texas Air Guard in San Antonio (while still on active duty). Greg married Rebeca LEANTE, Class of ’89. They were all flying out of Turkey during the war and each got around 30 over Iraq. James CASHIN is flying GPS Satellites at Falcon

AFB with the 2nd Satellite Ops Squadron. James was married last July to the former Lena Rivero who he met while assigned at Hanscom. Lena is a lieutenant and works in Cheyenne Mountain. As for Stacy and me, things are going great. We both have assignments to Falcon AFB, Colorado Spr¬ ings starting in July. Hanscom has been agreat assignment and we will miss all our friends here, but after five years we are ready to move on. It looks like I’ll be working on GPS satellites at the 2nd Satellite Ops Squadron. James CASHIN may end up being my instructor. Stacy will be in the 50th Space Wing. If anyone is in the Colorado Springs area or just passing through, feel free to look us up. Ross MCNUTT”.

1also got some information from Mike BRANCHE who was passing through Colorado Springs with Lee ICENHOUR. Mike tells me that Shawn FLOURNOY is amobility officer at Tinker. He is married and has ababy on the way. Frank MALLETTE is aT-38 IP at Columbus and is married to alady named LaToya. Rhette BUTLER is in Space Ops (?) in L.A. Along move from his previous assignment of Sunnyvale. J.B.

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From left are Michelle Fincher (’87), Charlene Dunn, Diane Provost (’87), Laurie Hardgrove, Lynn (Montgomery) Tatum (’87), Susan Paul, and Emily Biel.

Some news Janet sends in is Michelle FINCHER is attending Auburn for her master’s in counselor of education with afollow-on to the AFA.

Mike and Janet Edwards

Diane PROVOST is aKC-135 AC. Diane got married to Noel Zamot in May. At Grand Forks, Noel is aB-1 DSO. Lynn TATUM is pregnant (could have had her baby by now) and aC-21 IP. She is married to Rob TATUM who is a’38 IP at PIT in Randolph. LeRoy HOMER is traveling around the world from McGuire in a’141. Tam PHO is still at Cape Canaveral. Mary MORLOCK married Dave BYERLY and both are fly¬ ing C-130S in Yokota. Jarai (VANDEGRIFT) ROTELLO is flying C-21s at Andrews. At Offutt, Tyrone JEFFCOAT is in the 2nd ACCS, Marcy (HUSTON) HUGHES is in the 2nd ACCS as an intel officer, and Susan LOBEMEYER is the log officer in the 2nd ACCS. Scott SAVOIE is a contracting officer at Plattsburg and is married with four children. Andy GARROBO is amission planner for DMSP out at Fairchild. Tim SWETERLITSCH is an F-15 pilot at Holloman. Brian HASHIMOTO married Ellen Blackwook last October and they are at Patrick.

1got acall from one of our Jarhead buddies at Quantico. Rob COUSER was in Okinawa but recently PCSed. Rob handles all the stan¬ dards and procedures for the combat engineers. He is married and has a two-year-old daughter. Rob tells me that John FAIR is flying AW ACS at Tinker and Pete KARLE just finished his master’s degree.

Finally, amajor breakthrough from our military rock. Jon and Cathy WISHAM celebrated an addition to their family on 13 April, 1992. They had ason weighing 8lbs 13oz and 20.75 inches in length (big kid). They named him Jon Kevin Wisham, Jr.

Is it true, Jon is already training his son to be acadet?

Anyway folks, this is about all I’ve got. Thank you for all the informa¬ tion! It was most appreciated! Please keep it up! By the time you read this, Iwill have yet another phone number. DSN 259-2317. 1also bought another house so look for my new address in the next Checkpoints. Although Ihave not left COS, Ihave moved atotal of five times in five years. Iam currently stationed at the zoo. Would you believe it. I’ve been here since 1983 and will probably be her another three years. Ilove it here!

Mark Peters

22779 Mesa Springs Way Moreno Valley, CA 92557-2628

Home: (714) 242-3442

DSN: 947-5604

Percent members: 35

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Wow! What apay raise! Is it just me, or is anyone else amazed at how quickly your expenses are rising to meet your new pay? Plenty of letters were forwarded to me here at March which really helps fill the column up. Unfortunately, all the forwarding sometimes makes for old news.

Marilee (LAURSEN) and Russell WARNER sent an info-packed letter from San Antonio where they’ve been since graduation. “No kids, but we do have two dogs and four ferrets. Russell’s latest job has been as the exec for the commander of computer security in AFIC and Marilee has been working at the Occupational Measurement Squadron (OMSq) writing the tests for the enlisted personnel promotion system. Also at OMSq are Chaz REILLY, Heidi TERHUNE, Kim WILLIAMS, Lisa BOYCE, and Paul DALY. Mike BLOCK was here but has since moved on to Washington State.

“Now that it’s spring, the annual AF move is on. Russell has captured aspot at AFIT on location at Wright-Pat. I’m networking rapidly to ac¬ company him and am looking at aprospect in ASD. Chaz is awaiting final approval from the military med school and will be heading there

(D.C.) this summer if all goes as planned. Heidi is working an assignment across town to Brooks AFB and will transfer this spring. Of course, we all know that nothing is definite in the AF unit until, a) you have your orders in hand, or b) you’re already there.

“Cori MOSIER was in Korea working in hospital administration. Her address is PSC 4193, APO SF 96366. She’s visited me acouple of times over the past three years and is doing well. Jenny (SCHWANZ) MARRS is also at Randolph where she’s made the paper with her athletic feats. She won abase biathlon and was chosen as the base’s top female athlete of the year. Dave REHMEYER is flying C-141s out of McChord AFB; we’ve dropped in on him the last couple of times we went up to see my folks.”

Damian RISPOLI, one of our classmates with the infinite patience quired to go to school for another four years after the Academy, wrote from USUHS (the military med school) with the latest there. “After being 2Lts for an incredibly long four years we will be pinning on captain and getting our M.D. degrees on the 16th of May.After some leave, we report to the hospitals for our years of internship/first year of residency. Tim BALLARD will be heading out to Travis AFB to start his family practice residency. Brynne BERGSAGEL will be heading to Wright-Pat AFB with her soon-to-be (May 30th) husband, aUSUHS classmate, Rick Standaert. He’ll be staying up nights as asurgical intern and she’ll be handling thousands of screaming children as apediatric first-year resident. Dave COPP is going to Keesler AFB to start his training as ablood and guts general surgeon. Randy MCCAFFERTY took ayear off and will be graduating in May ’93. He and his wife, Mary, tied the knot in the fall and are enjoying life in Washington, DC. Rick RITCHIE is also headed to Wright-Pat and will be doing asurgical internship. Chris SCHARENBROCK will be going to Scott AFB to do atransitional intership. Look for him to be spending ayear or two out in the field as aflight surgeon. My wife and Iwill be heading to Texas where I’ll be doing atransitional year internship with the hope of eventually training in orthopedic surgery (after ayear or two of flight surgery). My wife, Vicki (ROJAS ’87), gave birth to our son Joshua Paul last December 14th and we are having ablast with the little guy. Vicki is separating from the AF in May to be afulltime mom.”

Brian and Lucia BELL wrote with Arizona news. “In case you don’t know. I’m stationed here at Luke AFB waiting for an assignment since finishing F-16 RTU in November. 1guess the legal term for my situation is ‘stacked’. My wife, Lucia, and Iare making the best of it; we are having agood time in Phoenix. Ihave abunch of Academy guys in my RTU class, but most are either ’89 or ’85: Charlie MOORE ’89, Brick IZZI ’89, Gary TEW ’85, and Pete DAVEY ’85. Lucia and Ispend alot of time with Tim and Pam (KLEIN ’89) POWERS. He is a’38 IP at Willy and she works in communications at Luke. They just had ababy boy, Shane Patrick Powers (a good Irish name). So what’s going to happen for five-year reunion? I’ve started talking it up with the guys from CS-29. Are there arty formal happenings through the AOG? If there is anything plan¬ ned or if Ican assist whoever is organizing it, please let me know.” Anyone, anyone? Drop Brian anote at 10622 West Seldon, Peoria, AZ 85345, or let me know if anything’s up. Thus far this is the only thing I’ve heard. Wayne COCHRAN is here in our big KC-10 CCTS class (all two of us) and has given me plenty of info on some of our classmates. “In the photo are Tim TAYLOR and OP MORGAN enjoying aday on the water at Columbus after stealing Wayne’s boat. OP was visiting Tim on his way to Altus for AC school in the C-141. Monte SCHAEFER has left Vandenberg for Wright-Pat and is getting yet another master’s; com¬ pliments of the Air Force. He is joined there by Dave GAINES, formerly of L.A. Air Station. John and Dee (REIGHN) TURNAGE are now ACs

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in the C-141 at Travis and seem destined to stay there for awhile. OP Morgan is also an AC at McGuire and will be married by next summer. Matt HOLTHOFF is also aC-141 AC at Charleston. Mike DELUCIA is flying B-52s at Wurtsmith and has recently married. Rich HARTLAUB has left the EC-135 world and joined his wife, Kim SCHILLER, at the Academy as aT-41 instructor. Tim TAYLOR and Gerald “Slug” WALLER are FAIPS at Columbus in the T-37 and T-38, respectively. Both have met the women of their dreams and will tie the knot very soon. Scott SATHER is also aTweet instructor at Columbus and is facing the fate. Doug MILLER is an F-I6 pilot at Shaw and recently married his squadron commander’s daughter. Personal experience tells me that if you are going to date someone like that, it makes good career sense to marry the girl. Ken “Doc” HOLLIDAY is an SP at Lakenheath and will be taking ayear remote to Turkey sometime in the next six months. Don JARVIS is a’135 copilot at Griffiss. Finally, Sean REAN is completing a year remote in Korea and has asecond child on the way.”

Ireceived aletter from Georgia (RUCKLE) and John MCCURDY just before deadline. Iquote: “Dear Mark, first of all, thank you for continu¬ ing to be our class POC for Checkpoints. Iknow everybody enjoys reading the ’88 column and we all silently thank you each time we do. The fact that it’s taken me four years to get aletter off to you only reinforces the fact that I’m areally rotten pen pal. So here I’m trying to redeem myself.

“John and Ifinally PCSd from Willie to the Academy and are fairly ‘settled.’ Leaving Willie was hard —it was really depressing to think of a base like that being closed. Alot of future student pilots aren’t going to get to enjoy the palm trees, and mild winters —not to mention the perks of living close to amajor city like Phoenix. Itried to keep track of where IPs were going during the drawdown. Here’s the list Icame up with (I apologize in advance if Imissed anyone or got your PCS location wrong... Iknow some of them were changed at the last minute); Tim BUDD to Laughlin, Vince ECKELKAMP to Mather; Ty ELDRED to USAFA; Marc HAYNES, Bill MILLER, Mark PERKO, Peter SHCULTZ, and Mike HAMES to McGuire; John LARSON to KI Sawyer; Jeff MEYER and Bill TONEY to Pope; Doug ROTH to Ellsworth; John BOWSER to Osan; Tram KINCAID to Dyess; Tom MCNAMARA to Travis, and Ken TURPIN to USAFA.

“We bought ahouse in Monument and have aGerman Shepherd pup¬ py named Gus. My new job here is in the Development Office. 1serve as a liaison between the Academy and the Association of Graduates. It’s a great job, and Ifeel lucky to have landed it. John is going to be the honor education officer in CW and fly T-41s on the side.

“It was pretty strange driving up to the old place after being gone for four years. Despite all the changes we’ve heard and read about, things look the same, cadets act the same, and it seems like yesterday that we were trudging across the terrazzo to an aero class. But, of course, things have changed. We went through this place during the Reagan years when the magpies on the terrazzo were Communist spies —I’m not sure what they are now. Cadets have to seriously compete for UPT slots —apro¬ blem we didn’t have, and the phrase ‘banked pilot’ hadn’t been coined

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“When we were here the Academy’s budget was always healthy enough to provide us with the best of everything. Well, the budget isn’t as healthy these days, so Ifeel like my new job has more meaning: we have to keep our AOG strong and kicking and support all the other foundations that keep the Academy running in this age of fiscal restraint. Before Icame back, 1didn’t realize how much these private organizations do for us. We simply wouldn’t survive without them. 1didn’t mean to make this letter advertisment for the AOG and other foundations, but Iguess 1believe in the cause I’m now linked with.

“If any ’88ers are in the area and need aplace to stay (come back for a football game this fall), we’ll be glad to put you up. Call me at work at DSN 259-3832. Take care everyone. Georgia and John McCurdy.”

As for me, Ishould be done with KC-10 training in another few weeks; can’t wait to go TDY. The airplane’s capabilities are pretty awesome but with all the automation Iwonder if my “stick and rudder” skills will suf¬ fer. Someone joked that he can’t fly worth adarn any more but now he could type 200 words aminute!

“Only one address change: George DEGNON from Sumter, SC to Alamogordo, NM. Well, that’s it for this time around. Thanks to all of you who wrote —the rest of you please write, scribble, draw, call...

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Paul W. Tibbets IV

5303 Solitaire Drive

Rapid City, SD 57701

Home: (605) 393-2842

DSN: 675-4925

Percent members: 37

Hello everyone, and welcome again to the ’89 Info Line. Ihope ya’II had agreat summer. Ispent amonth this summer down in HOT Abilene, TX flying with the CCTS folks. Iforgot just how humid it is in the south. Now it is time to brave yet another South Dakota winter! With the reorg behind us, those of us in what used to be SAC and TAC can start liking each other, since we work together in the same command. Is everyone ex¬ cited? I’m actually looking forward to rubbing shoulders with my ACC counterparts, and showing them how Crud is really played!

Moving just recently, Ifound acouple of letters that Ihad misplaced and not included in the article acouple of issues ago. Hopefully the info isn’t too old. My apologies to John LOGRANDE and Ronald GAR¬ RETT for not passing along their letters sooner.

So with that, my first letter comes from John, who is stationed at An¬ drews AFB flying C-21s, where he has been for about ayear and ahalf. John says on arecent unscheduled drop-in to Griffiss AFB for gas, they were met by the sky cops sporting M-16s. When they opened the door, none other than Jon “Floyd” FINLEY had his M-I6 waving in their face! Jon is ahappy father of one, and his chest swells with pride when he speaks of her.

John had avisit by Mike PEEBLES at his home in old town Alexan¬ dria, VA. Mike is flying AWACS out in Oklahoma City, where he is fly¬ ing alot and has aserious girlfriend. Doug KENNEDY and Dave RODRIGUEZ were in base ops at Andrews flight planning atrip to the Azores in their C-130. They love their plane and are having ablast. John ran into Scott GEORGECINK, who said that Scott KINDSVATER has torn up F-15E school. Leo CUNNINGHAM went out to John’s folk’s house water skiing, and loves the EF-111.

Vince WILD talked with John recently. He is flying C-130s, and loves being down in the dirt causing as much havoc as possible. Vince has his hands full with his new son. Apparently Vince’s son was seen picking a fight with the other newborns in the delivery room. As they say, “The fruit, Iguess, does not fall far from the tree!” Lastly, John heard from Art WUNDER, who called from Saudi Arabia at 3a..m. Art said that “enough is enough. All the fun has been had... let’s go home!” Thanks for writing, John!

My other “lost” letter comes from Ronald GARRETT, who is amissile maintenance officer at Grand Forks, ND. Ron says everything is going fine, and there are afew other classmates there spending time as “War¬ riors of the North.” These include Keith PHILLIPS, security police; Doug STROPES, Barry HOGAN, and Scott GAINES, operators; Keith WARD and Rich ALDERETE, KC-135 pilots; and Steph EARLE, Drew STARK, and Kario HARRIS, who are ’90 grads.

Ron says he has moved around alot since graduation. Pilot training was not very good to him, but he had some good times at Vance AFB. In¬ cluded in his class were Eric BRAXTON, Boras ROSSER, Tracey GOLDEN, Brad BREDENKAMP, Dave BULLOCK, and Steve YAR¬ BROUGH. Brad, Dave, and Steve all ended up married to Oklahoma women while Brax, Boras, Dave, Steve, and Brad all wound up as IPs at Vance. Mike LOCKWOOD, who is aC-5 pilot at Dover AFB, is ahappily married man himself. All in all, Ron says his time at Vance was good ex¬ cept for the UPT experience.

Other people Ron has heard from include Troy HENRY, who is doing well at Wright-Patterson AFB in intel. Donna GINN is aC-21 pilot in Japan, where she is having ablast. Fred SINGLETON is aKC-135 pilot at Robins AFB, and is anew homeowner. Eddie CARDENAS is at Ran¬ dolph AFB in contracting, and Karen FINN is at Eglin AFB in protocol.

Ron’s next stop was Tyndall AFB, FL to train to be an air weapons controller. Most of the people were ’90 grads, but afew were our classmates. Dan FOGARTY is at Elmendorf AFB as acontroller. Hilary KEVIN is at Tinker AFB in AWACS. Tim WALSH is at Grif fi ss AFB and Michelle MCMILLIAN is at Tyndall, both as controllers. Other grads that Ron ran into include Ruthann (FISHER) SHELTON (’90), Tracey JONES (’87), Jeff LIPSKY (’90), Ferelli SMITH (’90), Pat GOODHALL (’90), Phil HARDEN (’90), and Troy MOLENDYKE (’90). Ron says his stay at Tyndall ended up like his stay at Vance, so he was sent to his present assignment at Grand Forks.

While TDY at Chanute AFB, IL Ron ran into Dave COLEY (’90), who said the Lee ACKER married Anita THOMPKINS (’90); Dennis DABNEY, who is an aircraft maintenance officer at Castle AFB, CA:

Troy LIPUT (’90); and Andy HEALY (’90). Ron has also been in touch with Greg FRANKLIN, who is amunitions officer at Homestead AFB, FL. Thanks for writing, Ron!

Dave MITCHELL, who is aEC-135 copilot at Ellsworth AFB, gave me apicture of he and his lovely wife, Jane, from their wedding. Dave mar¬ ried the former Jane Rasmussen on Dec. 20, 1991 in Kansas City, KS. They took their honeymoon in Denmark, where Jane grew up. Dave and Jane are PCSing to Loring AFB, where Dave is transitioning from the EC-135 to the KC-135.

Dave and Jane Mitchell

AFB, and Steve HEINRICH, who is also a’135R copilot at Ellsworth AFB. Arlene (HUX) SALMON is aT-38 FAIP, and she and her husband, Scott SALMON, are doing great. John MIHALY is aT-37 FAIP and has now moved from Willy to Reese. Other FAIPs that have moved from Wiily include Brandon NUGENT (’37, Vance), Pat HEFLIN (’37), Chris SHORT (’38), Pat KEENAN (’37), and Chris SIMON (’38).

People that Matt keeps in touch with include Paul WEISS, who is an A-10 driver at Myrtle Beach. He was in the Saudi sandbox for awhile.

Vance DRENKHAHN is flying F-llls out of Lakenheath but is now in Turkey with Operation Provide Comfort. Chris KULAS was at Wurtsmith as aKC-135 copilot, but is moving to Mildenhall, England in the R model. Sonia FALK is enjoying life as an Rmodel copilot at Grissom AFB. Good to hear from you. Matt!

That will do it for this issue. Thanks to John LoGrande, Ronald Gar¬ rett, Dave Mitchell, Matt Lloyd, and Dave Banko. Keep those letters coming. Take care and God bless.

Joseph C. Richardson

5609 S. 14th St., Apt. #4 Omaha, NE 68107-3519 Home (402) 738-8026

DSN: 271-3431

Percent members: 32

Greeting Oh Most Glorious and Mighty Class of ’90!

1trust that these greeting find you all in the best of health and spirits. As you can see by the above address, Ihave finally made it out here to Offutt AFB, NE. Imade it through Castle for upgrade training and at the time of this writing I’ve been here at Offutt for about 2'A months. So far things are going well here. I’m about two weeks from being checked out in the EC-135 “Looking Glass” as anavigator.

1received aletter from Dave BANKO, who was in CS-39 with me. Dave is at Holloman AFB as atest engineer. He mentions that he is concerned with the future of his job, especially with the cutbacks over the next year. Dave recently married Renay, and they are expecting their first child in a few months. Dave started aBible study for the high school students in his church, and says it is very rewarding. Thanks for writing, Dave. our

Dave and Renay Banko

Next Iheard from Matt LLOYD, who is acopilot in the KC-135A at Minot AFB. Stationed with Matt are fellow copilot Mark DANIGOLE, his wife, Patricia, and their daughter; Mike MORNINGSTAR, who is also acopilot; Heidi (STUMPP) YOUNG, who is a135 nav and her hus¬ band Rich YOUNG, who works in the comm squadron; Allan WILL and Tim WELCH, who are Buff copilots; and Vince COPA, who is aB-52 nav. Matt sees Mike SING of the UH-1 det frequently, and has also into Reb BUTLER, Walt SCHWERIN and Eric THOGERSEN, who are all in missiles.

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I’m really enjoying Offutt and Omaha. I’m joined out here by ahost of our classmates that include the likes of Tim SHOFI, Jeff HILL, Helen MEISENHELDER, Ted PRESLEY and Dennis RUIZ. They are all doing fine and send their greetings. I’d like to send out aheartfelt thanks to James SANCHEZ for helping me out last issue and doing the article. Great job James and thanks again. Because I’m at anew address Ihaven’t heard from alot of people, and understandably so. As aresult, this article will be alittle shorter than normal until you all can catch up with me and I can catch up with you. So, please help me to get back on track with some updates as to how you all are and in turn Ican do my best to keep our class informed.

Iran into alot of people while at Castle upgrade training. Erica PLOSA was there and I’d like to send aspecial shout out to her and to her mother. Erica’s mother, from what Iunderstand, faithfully reads my in¬ puts and Iwant to send her aspecial thanks from me and the rest of class. Erica has completed KC-135 upgrade training as acopilot. Joining us at Castle were Jon KRAUSE, Mike CARTER, Layla DESTAFF ANY, Joel MILTON, Clint SIGG, Alonzo BRISTOL, Peter BAILEY (now the proud father of twin boys), Evan BREEDLOVE, David KUENZLI, Jim JACOBSON, Jeff SCHWOOB, Joe SHAHID, Dana WHITE, and Monica HOLZHAUER. Reggie TYLER is also stationed there and is the adjutant of the tanker flying squadron. We had areally good time and everyone made it through OK.

As far as the people I’ve heard from since arriving at Offutt, the list is small. Beach CURTIS called me from Langley where he is serving as a banked pilot. He and his wife, Marjorie, are doing well. David JONES keeps in contact as he is endeavoring to finish up UNT. He will be done by the time this article is out. He will be joining me here at Offutt in the RC-135. Chuck BOYD should be done with UPT by the time of this prin¬ ting and I’m not sure as to what his assignment is at this time.

Bob HAINES flew into Offutt in his C-21 from Andrews. Unfortunate¬ ly, Ididn’t get the chance to visit with him because Ihad to fly that night as well. Kario HARRIS called me from Grand Forks and he is doing well there. Isaw Mario MATHIS while passing through Cheyenne on my way out here. He is asecurity policeman and doing well. Kit WALKER and I talked about amonth ago via DSN. Ialso talked to Ted WILSON awhile back. He’s stationed at Grissom AFB, IN. Ted’s doing well and sends a shout out to everyone.

There have been acouple of weddings since last we’ve corresponded. Randy REDELL and Vince BECKLUND are both married. Additonally, Eric FAISON married his wife, Teresa, on 30 May. Iwas honored to be a groomsman in his wedding and was further honored to be the one that caught the bride’s garter. Watch out world! Also attending the wedding were Eric’s former roommate Jeff PHILLIP ART (recently graduated from the University of Maryland with his master’s degree and is currently

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attending UPT), Mark LYONS, Randall GLADNEY and David COLEY. Sleepwasvirtuallynonexistentthatweekendandgoodtimeswerehadby all. Best of luck to all of our newlyweds. Our thoughts and with you for ablessed and happy marriage.

TheAOG has once again been faithful in keeping me informed on you all. William ELDRIDGE is stationed at Grand Forks as aB-IB copilot Aaron PRUPAS and Brien SPONAUGLE are both here with me at Offutt. I’m not sure whatAaron does but Brien is asatellite operations crew commander. Ihaven’t talked with either one of them since I’ve been here but I’m sure Iwill soon. Brien also informs me that Chris SETLIFF and Kristie (ALFORD) JOHNSON are here at Offutt as well. Before 1forget, let me mention that Dan KALTENBAUGH is also here at Offutt as a banked pilot as well.

Jeffrey DENNIS is reportedly in UPT at Reese. He wants to thank everyone,especiallyhisCS-40squadronfriends,foryoursupportduring his recent family crisis. Our thoughts and prayers are continually with you ThomasMCCARTHYandTonyANGELLOareinJapanflyingthe HH-3E Jolly Greens doing search and rescue. They send forth the message; “Why be aplane pilot.’’

Lastly, Paul COMEAU is acollection manager at BergstromAFB, TX. HemarriedMelissaDenningofTexasinAustinon20June.Congratula¬ tions and best of everything to you both.

Well, my fellow classmates, that’s about all for now. Iwant to send a final shout out to MC, DC, DJ, Tim, Bobby, Stacey, Eric, Maurice, Don and Rod. Response to the “Ten Most Wanted” has been good. Phil HARDIN and Leslie DARBY, along with Tim WILLWERTH and Ray¬ mond DUDLEY have yet to be heard from. Get on the horn you derelicts... Mighty ’90 awaits! troubleGregREESEhasattemptedtocallmebutwehavebeenexperiencing catchingupwitheachother.IappreciatetheeffortGregandI knowItsjustamatteroftime.I’vealsoheardfromRodPEOPLESupat Lormg. He’s doing fine and sends his greetings to all.

However, Istill need five more names. So if Icould get adrum roll please...Thenewfiveareasfollows;GingerWALLACE,DeeDOWIS, GregJOHNSON,SteveFRASER,andTwainHENRY.Thereyouhave it.Thetenmostwantedlistiscomplete.I’mlookingforwardtohearing fromyouall.Asusual,Ineedpicturesandcurrentassignmentsifyours haschangedrecently.Untilnexttime,besmoothohmostgloriousclass Peace and pals!

Amy Reecy

PSC Box 4247

Vance AFB, OK 73702-5360

Home: (405) 237-8933

Work: (405) 249-6195

DSN: 962-6195

Percent members: 39

Greetings to the BOLD GOLD.

Hope you all didn’t have too hard of atime finding this article now that it’snotthelastoneinthemagazineanymore!Iwanttostartoffbysaying thanks for all the letters in this issue. Ireceived many of them only aweek after the last deadline so unfortunately Icouldn’t use them until now. I’m still looking for pictures of all your happy faces however. So for all of you whoaredoingthemostpopularsummeractivityofourclass(gettingmar¬ ried), don’t be shy. Send aphoto! Well, let’s dig into some mail.

Air Mail all the way from Paris, France, aletter from Pete ROSBOROUGH (CS-30): “I thought I’d give you abrief rundown on what’s going on with me here in Paris. Well, Iguess Icould start with this summer when Iwent to Middlebury College in Vermont for asix-week language course. Igot to see how the ‘other 1/2’ lives —optional meals, no formations, wear what you want, alcohol and sex in the dorms; but also, lock the doors when you leave and collaborate beyond what’s per¬ mitted... Enlightening!

“I passed through Ramstein on my way here to in-process. Guess who took me out to lunch? Capt P(smiley face for all you 30 guys). We actual¬ ly had anice visit.Igotsettled in my apartmentaround 1Sept,and classes began around 8Oct. Since then I’ve been carrying around 12 hours/week of classes about history/economics/politics in France. All my classes/work are in French. I’ve also been able, as you see from the workload, to enjoy Paris on the side. I’ve played the tourist role somewhat but alot remains to be discovered.

“I’ve had two ‘Official Duties’ since being here which have been cause for putting on my uniform: An Armistice Day ceremony (11 Nov) and a luncheon with former French Air Force pilots who were trained in the U.S. back in the ’50s. Iwill have another ceremony in Normandy.

“Over Christmas break 1went to South America. Ihave afriend there in the French Air Force (the country was French Guiana), so he showed me around —including acanoe ride down ariver, an overnight in the forest, an airplane ride/tour of the area, avisit of their military facilities, and chances to meet and socialize with their commanders. It was all quite an experience.

“I went back to Ramstein the end of last week and Iagain saw Capt P. SheandMikehadmeoverfordinner,andtheyshowedmethevideotape of the Debutantes Ball. Iknow she would love to hear from anyone in our class from 30. Her address is: PSC 1Box 2622, APO AE 09009. In pie weeks I’ll be testing some French Air Force officers’ proficiency in English —just part of the miscellany Iget called to do. That’s all.”

Thanks for filling us in on all of the exciting foreign adventures. Pete is not the only one with aglorious job in France. Andy SASSEVILLE is also at the Embassy in Paris. Pete also informed me that Robby STRASSER and Don KOSTECKI are both engaged to be married 18 July 92 and 10 Oct 92, respectively.

Here’s aletter from Ryan FARMER down at Willy containing lots of great “Checkpoints Fodder.” Ryan is in the last class to go through UPT at Willy.

“All is well for the most part. Of the 40 who started in the class here, 26 are Class of ’91. All of us are 2Lts, so SROs were determined by other means than rank. Casey LEGLER and Brad EVERMAN are the SROs for their respective flights. For those of us single, we are confined to onbase housing for the long term. Being more familiar with my flight, Iwill elaborate on that mighty crew!

“Mike ANAYA and Sean BOSELY are the only glrads in our flight who are married. Sean’s wife will have ababy sometime in April. John SHIRTZ is engaged and recently won the “best joke contest” held at the Officers’ Club. Chris ALLEN and Mike SMITH can usually be found ‘hot on the trail’ of the babes in Phoenix during weekends, with Eric MOYER not that far behind. When not doing flying-related duties, Dave KEESEY is usually working on his firearms hobby and Glen LEHMAN is downtown with his girlfriend. Casey LEGLER and Sara BEYER stay quite busy with flying when not thinking of their men who are along distance from them. Mike STEWART is as rowdy as ever, and Steve SHARPE is in there with all the rest of us (keeping his nose clean I’m sure).

“As for me, Ryan FARMER, Istarted out with the group mentioned above, but Iwill not finish with them. Ifractured my foot playing wallyball and am on medical hold and in acast for three weeks. Iwill be joining the new class at LaughlinAFB inApril when Iam put back on fly¬ ing status.

“The following ’91 grads are in our sister flight at Willy: Jeff ARING Brad EVERMAN, Mark FLANDERS, Kevin KEITH, -Joe RUBBLEr’ Joe STEISS, BrianTUCKER, Mike WOLLET, and Corey WORMACk!

“As for other ’91ers Iknow, Bret HEEREMA is still honing his physics skills at UC Berkeley, expecting to get his master’s degree about the end of this year. He told me Matt EAGER’s first assignment from intel school was to be Korea. Shannon CURRY is an Army 2Lt at Ft. Rucker, AL about to earn his chopper wings in April. The last Icorresponded with him, he was expecting to get an OH-58 scout helicopter —possibly on a remote to Korea. If that were the case, he would leave his wife, Angie, here in the states to finish college. Hopefully they won’t have to be apart any great length of time. Jerry SZYBIST is at Air Base Ground Defense School in Fort Dix, NJ and he is loving it. From there, he goes to the Security Police Academy at Lackland and returns to his assignment at Minot in June. As for our Dodomaster himself, Carson TAVENNER, at last contact, he mentioned he’s getting alittle more responsibility in CW and he should be eligible for UPT in May. We hope that all will work out.”

Obviously Ryan has alittle more free time than when he was flying. Thanks for all of the Hot Poop. It is greatly appreciated, by me especial-

Jim CLUFF, who is currently in the 363 Fighter Wing at Shaw AFB, SC (the wing DO is none other than our own Col Rice), sent word on what he and others from his intel schoolmates are up to. Jim married Trisha Flynn, the sister of his roommate, Dan FLYNN (CS-33) on Feb 29, mak-

ing the anniversary thing awhole lot easier. Dan was the best man. Others attending the wedding which took place in Dover were Andy FOLTZ, Stacy SMITH, and the KWANSNY’s, Jim and Beth (DUNN). At the end of December, Dan Flynn was married to the former Tina Martin of Col¬ orado Springs. The wedding took place in Colorado Springs and guess who was best man?

Here is alist of other ’91ers who graduated from intel school at Goodfellow: Stephanie KONIECZNY —Cannon AFB, NM (F-111); Esme’ DAETZ (OSHITA) —Tyndall AFB, FL (for now, Dan’s fi ghter assignment is up in the air); Laura GRAY —Holloman AFB, NM (F-117s); Laine HARRINGTON —Mountain Home AFB, ID (F-15C); Beth KWASNY (DUNN) —Kelly AFB, TX (Air Force Elec. Warfare Center, her husband Jim is starting T-38s at Laughlin); Lance COOK — Misawa AB, Japan (F-16s); Rob BOYER, who by the way is now engag¬ ed, —Hill AFB, UT (F-16s); and Bill BLITT —Malmstrom AFB, MT (chief of Intel KC-135 wing).

Our final letter comes from Craig ALLTON. Craig is currently an SP at F.E. Warren and is getting married on 24 Oct 92 to Starry Severn (University of Colorado alumni). If any of the “Bro’s” happen to be in the Springs around October and would like to help Craig celebrate the “Big Day” just drop him aline. His address is 4519 Marble Ave., Cheyenne, WY 82001. Phone: (307) 638-1708. As for Bill HICKMAN, Jon BORN, Rick LOUTHAN, Dan BLOCK (future wedded man himself) and Bill BARNES, please drop Craig aline about the wedding.

Speaking of weddings, John “Surf” KINSMAN just left for UPT at Del Rio and will be marrying Kris Strickland later on in December of ’92. Craig also informed me that Jay R. FROHNE (ensign, USN) is now at¬ tending pilot training in Pensacola, FL.

Other graduates at F.E. Warren inelude Andrew SASSEVILLE (SP), Brian BANKS, BRINDLE and ANDERSON (all SPs), Craig BLACKWELL and J.P. PORIER (missiles), and Leisa KOLLARS.

Craig just got done competing at the 25th anniversary Missile Combat Competition at Vandenburg AFB, CA. Other grads attending the com¬ petition include Scot PEAKE from Minot and Jim BLACKBURN from Grand Forks. Congrats guys, heard you kicked some butt. Thanks for the info Craig.

Well, that’s all the fan mail Ireceived. On the admin side of the house, as of 9Match our class had contributed little to the AOG alumni house. I think most people, me included, were not aware of the whole project. Since then, specific donation requests were sent to all AOG members. So if all of you rich second lieutenants out here have an extra buck the AOG would kindly put it to good use.

Here’s some more tidbits of information. Callie CALHOUN, Shannen KARPEL and Sue HENKE once again all competed in the CISM track meet in California this May and represented the Air Force well. Icaught a brief glance of Tim RUNNETTE at Carswell’s base ops, enjoying alittle cross-country action. Looked like he was still the same ol’ Tim but we were so busy being flying dweebs we had no opportunity to gossip. Sorry! Max GRANNON just joined us here in beautiful Enid, OK and is in the baby class at Vance AFB. Mark CIERO is currently going to school at MIT and is engaged to Elaine Sabol. As for me, my class recently finished up with the “tweet” and we are now burner bound. Iwas fortunate enough to take some leave in between to be with my fiance, Adam MCCLEAN. Yes, we are also joining the ever-growing list of newlyweds.

(Jabara Award: From page 32.)

to his orbit to further suppress enemy air defenses.

Capt. JAMES K. MCLAUGHLIN, ’83, nominated by U.S. Space Command for his sustained superior performance in na¬ tional space policy development. He orchestrated amulti-agency study to reevaluate the launch system security policy which resulted in amore realistic approach to operations, and expertly led the management of ateam to transition the LANDSAT satellite system to DoD control.

Capt. MICHAEL S. DUVALL, ’84, nominated by Pacific Air Forces for his contributions during Desert Storm. He formulated tactics for night employment of precision-guided munitions and trained aircrews in their use. He used these tactics to destroy an impressive amount of Iraqi military hardware, and was akey member of 4th Wing (Provisional) Air Tasking Order Team.

Now all you ’91ers will have two points of contact for Checkpoints. That’s all the info Ihave. Everyone’s letters were great. Keep the fan mail coming, and make sure to send lots of good-looking photos! I’m looking forward to writing the next article for Checkpoints and informing everyone of our “studs” first assignments out of UPT. So if anyone can still remember anything after their assignment night, please send the info to either myself or the AOG. And from the Class of ’91, Iwould like to give ahearty congratulations to True Blue ’92. Have fun at the bottom of the totem pole! Till we meet again, Amy Lynn Reecy.

James Mehta

1204 San Miguel Ave., Santa Barbara, CA 93109

Home: (805) 966-6105

Percent members: 33

Congratulations to the Class of 1992! Graduation was probably not what we had dreamed of for four years, but Idon’t think that any of us will forget it. Unfortunately, the Thunderbirds did not perform, so I think that it’s up to the one of us who becomes commander of them to bring them back for one of our reunions.

To make these notes about the Class of ’92 the best possible. I’m going to need your help. Let me know what you are doing and what other True Bluers are up to. Iknow that we just graduated, but Ialso know that there were some exciting summers and also tell us how the “real” Air Force is treating you.

My summer so far has been exciting to say the least. My roommate, Don UNWIN, and Ihave been traveling the country to see America. Our first days of leave were spent at Steve WOLF’s house to see his sister get married. Steve is now aMarine and headed to The Basic School in Quantico, VA. Our journey took us past Mt. Rushmore and through Min¬ nesota. Next, in Madison, WI we saw Jim MEGER who was visiting his friend C2C Missy Fuss (CS-22). He’s off to Reese AFB for UPT in July. From there we went to Milwaukee to see John COSGROVE who is spend¬ ing the summer relaxing at home. John also starts UPT in July, but he’ll be at Columbus AFB.

The next stop was at Joe DELAPP’s house outside of Chicago. Joe is going to Sheppard AFB in November. For casual status he will be with Brian DELEMATER and several others including myself at Lawrence Livermore Labs in California. We made it to Don’s house in Charleston, SC after atotal of 11 days. After South Carolina, we headed to California to my house via military transport.

At Andrews AFB, we saw Scott HINES and Scott YANCY who were visiting with Brook LEONARD in Virginia. Scott Hines is getting married in Colo Spgs later this summer. When we arrived in California, we were picked up by Dave KUMASHIRO. He will be going to Laughlin AFB for UPT in Sept. That brings us to this point in our journey at my home in Santa Barbara, CA. Don UNWIN will be at Columbus, AFB starting in Sept and after casual status Iwill be at Vance AFB.

Iknow that we all are having very rough summers, but drop me anote and tell me what’s going on.

and superb flying skills prevented the loss of ahighly-classified aircraft and afellow aviator.

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Jabara award winners are selected by the Academy and the Association of Graduates on behalf of the Jabara family. The award honors a“USAFA graduate whose contributions are of such signi fi cance as to set them apart from their contemporaries.” Nominees’ actions must be directly associated with an aerospace vehicle or component. The award is named for Col. James Jabara, America’s first jet ace and second leading ace the Korean War. The nominees are screened by aJabara Award Selection Committee composed of graduate members of the Association of Graduates. Their final recommendation is for¬ warded to the superintendent for his approval.

Serving on this year’s selection committee were Col. Ralph B. Femrite (chairman), ’67; Lt. Col. John L. Bush, ’72; Maj. John A. Ausink, ’76; Capt. Daniel Amicarelli, ’80; Capt. Cathy C. Clothier, ’82; Capt. David J. Tubb, ’86; and Capt. Georgia R. McCurdy (recorder), ’88.

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