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ABOUT OUR COVER

Our thanks to the Dean of the Faculty Audio Visual Support office and photographer David Savage for our cover photo. Early graduates, faculty and staff gathered for a retreat ceremony on July 11, marking the 40th anniversary of the Academy’s first class reporting to Lowry AFB. The flagpole is the original from Lowry and was given to the Academy as a result of the base’s closure. It now stands in front of the Academy’s 10th Air Base Wing Headquarters. For more on the 40th Anniversary, see page 11.

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 membership package of which the magazine subscription annually accounts for $10. Single copies of CHECKPOINTS for members $2.50. 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, USAF Academy, Colo. 80840-4475.

Opinions expressed in this magazine are those of the authors. They do not necessarily 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 services advertised. Copyright, Association of Graduates of the U.S. Air Force Academy, Summer 1995.

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Another academic year at your United States Air Force Academy has come to a close. On May 31, 1995, 987 members of the Class of ’95 passed through the portals and joined the ranks of the Air Force Academy’s 36 previous classes. It was a wonderful and memorable occasion. In addition to the always-exciting hat toss and Thunderbird flyover, we were honored to have the President of the United States as our commencement speaker for only the second time in 11 years. Hosting the president, 160 Secret Service agents, 300 media representatives, and a contingent of White House staff was a challenge, but Air Force Academy men and women rose to the occasion, and through a great deal of hard work, careful planning, and some help from Mother Nature, graduation festivities were a resounding success. President Clinton agreed. He even made time for an impromptu visit to our cadet chapel much to the surprise and delight of some visitors and Academy personnel at the chapel.

As most of you know, however, graduation is but one event in an action-packed summer at the Academy. The two most visible programs in the cadet area are Basic Cadet Training (BCT) and the Combat Survival Training (CST) program. Additionally, we sent cadets on the road for several programs including Operation Air Force and numerous Army, Navy and Marine Corps training programs.

The Class of 1999 reported for BCT on the 29th of June with approximately 1,360 candidates accepting appointments, the largest entering class in four years. They met a motivated cadet cadre that had trained hard and were well prepared for every aspect of the basic cadet’s experience this summer.

CST is the new desination of our recently-revised survival training program. The new survival training format came about as a result of eliminating resistance and escape training from our SERE program. Along with the survival and evasion portions of CST, the program includes nonparachute water survival, helicopter vectoring, and self-aid/buddy-care medical training. The resulting CST program remains a challenge and one of the premier programs of its type. In fact, last year, our evasion program was rated as the top program of its kind in the Department of Defense.

To fill the void left by the discontinuation of resistance training, all students participated in a couple short-duration characterdevelopment initiatives. Students contributed two days of community service to help improve and upgrade USAFA’s Farish recreational facility and took part in a one-day team-building exercise known as “Adventure Based Character Development Ex

perience (ABCDE)” conducted on Academy grounds. We believe the return on investment of our character development, teambuilding exercises were great additions to the program made possible by the elimination of resistance training.

Our most expansive summer program is Operation Air Force. This past summer, over 800 cadets in the Class of ’97 deployed to bases worldwide and gained hands-on experience with Air Force active-duty life and responsibilities. Cadets were assigned to specific units and performed duties according to their career interests. The leadership experience these cadets receive is second to none and benefits our Air Force as well.

The past academic year and summer months for cadets and staff were extremely busy and productive. Upcoming events present the same challenge.

As is our custom, Parents Weekend is scheduled for Labor Day weekend. Parents/guardians will get a good look at the Academy with briefings, junior varsity and varsity football, parades, and cadet squadron open-house activities. We look forward to a large contingent of parents participation and filling Falcon Stadium for our home football opener against BYU.

We were also deeply involved in the U.S. Olympic Festival hosted by the city of Colorado Springs from 21-30 July. Nine hundred and sixty two premier athletes from across America came to town to showcase their talents and compete in 37 sports. The Academy hosted seven of those events as well as housing and feeding athletes and staff. We served 20,000 meals at Mitchell Hall during the competition. Many other Academy personnel provided support as event and logistics coordinators, communications assistance, security, emergency medical care, and a variety of other volunteer positions. The Academy is very proud of our long involvement in the U.S. Olympic Festival (since 1978), one of the nation’s largest multi-sporting events.

Our fall sports program should be very exciting with several teams competitive for championships. The varsity football team opens with three home games against some very tough conference competition: BYU, Wyoming, and Colorado State. All three of these games will be nationally televised. Our football team is picked to finish fourth in the Western Athletic Conference, but don’t count out the mighty Falcons and their “will to win.”

The men’s cross country team is the defending WAC champion and has an excellent chance to repeat. Our women’s volleyball team won the Colorado Athletic Conference championship last year and qualified for the NCAA regionals for the second consecutive year. Hopefully, we can say “third consecutive year” when the last spike finds it mark at season’s end.

The men’s soccer team completed a respectable rebuilding year at 8-8-1 and are a good bet to contend for a conference title this year. The women’s soccer team is coming off a 10-overall and 6-conference win season (both school records) and despite losing its top player to graduation, expects to compete for a conference crown.

As you might have guessed, we are proud of the Class of ’95, the cadet wing, faculty, and staff for their accomplishments over the past year. We are also excited about the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead, and welcoming the Class of ’99 into the wing. Thank you also for your continuing support. As always, feedback is important to us...please feel free to let us know where we might improve.

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I am writing this article only three days after our July board of directors meeting. The directors reelected me as the chairman of the board, and Jim Brown, ’59, will continue as the vicechairman/secretary; Jerry Smith, ’62, the treasurer; and Marty Daack, ’66, the parliamentarian. We conducted a day-and-half training workshop for the 12 new directors to bring them up to speed on association activities and their responsibilities as directors of a tax-exempt, nonprofit organization. We also had several of the carryover directors who attended as well. As a result of the workshop, the formal board meeting was highly productive and a very positive indication that this board will be very effective during their tenure.

Each of you should note that of the 26 directors, 18 live outside the local area of Colorado Springs. I am pleased with this trend as we, the board, will receive more diverse feedback from our graduate membership. This distribution of board members also will be important as we examine the development of a national infrastructure to strengthen our link with local chapters and societies throughout the country. We have several other issues that we must wrestle with as we continue to explore ways to be responsive to the needs of the members.

As stated in our mission statement: “service to the graduate community, support for the Academy mission and preservation of institutional heritage and traditions” must be the focus of our efforts as the board of directors. I am encouraged by the commitment by each director, but I believe that you must also share this commitment. EACH OF US—members and nonmembers—must renew our relationship with OUR ALMA MATER. Several members have sent to me some good suggestions of how the

The Association of Graduates U.S. Air Force Academy VISION

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To provide leadership and service to the graduate community, support for the Academy mission, and preservation of institutional heritage and traditions.

Association of Graduates, as an organization, should become more responsive to the members. The real challenge for all of us is to become a Family of Graduates, dedicated to our school and fellow graduates. The membership numbers continue to increase, but there are over 15,000 graduates who are not members and apparently have no interest in being involved with the AOG or the Academy.

The Association of Graduates has always offered to help graduates when they “come out and visit” their Alma Mater. Doolittle Hall should be your first stop. We will try hard to make your visit special. Within reason, we can coordinate lunch at Mitchell Hall, visits to your “old” squadron or a round of golf at the Eisenhower Golf Course. Of course you must also realize that there are extenuating circumstances if it is short notice. For exampie, I have found AOCs very agreeable to assist in arranging visits. However, there are times and commitments that sometimes prevent meeting your schedule. The AOG staff works very hard to support personal requests, and I ask you to give us the understanding and flexibility in working your special needs. The important point is to return to your school and become a part of the GRADUATE FAMILY.

One last point. Unfortunately, many graduates perceive that the only thing the AOG does is ask for money, and there are “many” fund-raising activities. We only have two efforts—the AOG Building Fund, and the AFA Fund and the Sabre Society which are linked together. We have formed a development advisory committee with John Kelly, ’65, as chairman and Andi Biancur, ’60; Dave Roe, ’62; and Marty Daack, ’66; to work closely with Dick Coppock, ’61, president/CEO; and Jim Shaw, ’67, vice president, Development, to build a long-range development plan to guide and focus our efforts. This is not an easy or short-term task, but I am very confident that the committee will develop a logical and achievable plan that will assist the AOG’s move into the next century.

I encourage all of you to become active at the local and national level. You have heard this before, but our strength as an organization comes from within and not from the outside. The board of directors have committed their time, hard work and resources to ensure a more effective and responsive association. We hope you will join us to help and make things happen.

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OriginalAcademy Members RecallAcademy ’s Birth

The date: July 11, 1955

The place: the U.S. Air Force Academy temporary location, Lowry AFB in Denver. History was in the making as the Class of 1959 began their careers at the Academy. It was a time of uncertainty, a time of excitement.

“I was a 17-year-old, fuzzy-faced kid when I got here,” said retired Maj. Gen. Harold W. Todd, Class of 1959. “I wasn’t thinking much about making history. I was just trying to stay out of trouble.” Todd was commandant of the Air War College at Maxwell AFB, Ala., when he retired from the Air Force.

According to Todd, it was very chaotic from the standpoint of a cadet during the initial days of the new Academy.

And the challenges didn’t end with the cadets. “It was a challenging experience to start a new institution from scratch,” said retired Brig. Gen. George V. Fagan. Fagan was a lieutenant colonel and an associate professor of history when the Academy first opened its doors at Lowry AFB. He retired from the Air Force in 1969.

After the move from Lowry to the current Academy grounds in 1958, Academy members had to make do. “It was pretty primitive, mostly dirt roads with sand,” said retired Col. Bill Mahon. “There were no street signs. The quarters weren’t finished and we had to live downtown.”

Mahon was a captain and an instructor in the navigation division in 1958. According to Mahon, they even had to go to supply themselves to be issued grass seed to plant in their yards once housing was finished.

“While they were paving the roads (at base housing), the ladies would take the kid’s wagons to the bottom of the hill, where they had to park the car, load groceries out of the cars into the wagons and take them up the hill to the houses because they couldn’t drive on the road,” said Mahon.

According to Mahon, the Academy had to share its grounds with others during the formative years, somewhat similar to today.

When they first built the planetarium there was a bear in the walkway when a boy came out the back door one night. The boy banged a trash can lid on the side of the walkway and the bear ran away, he said. Today, Academy members have to deal with deer.

After leaving the Academy, Mahon went to the Pentagon to work with Air Force Academy activities group personnel. “I was associated with the Academy for 12 years.”

As with most endeavors, being in on the beginning of

Early graduates, Air Training Officers and original Academy cadre gathered on July 11th to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the institution. The photo was taken in the assembly area of Doolittle Hall. A retreat ceremony that afternoon commemorated the anniversary of the arrival of the Class of 1959 at Lowry AFB in 1955. (Photo by David Savage)

A cake-cutting ceremony marking the 40th anniversary of the arrival of the Academy’s first class took place on the Mitchell Hall tower. From left are Cadet Basic Matthew J. French, Superintendent Lt. Gen. Paul E. Stein, ’66; and Maj. Gen. (Ret) Pete Todd, a member of the original Class of 1959 who was the first Academy graduate to make it to the general officer ranks. (Photo by Renny Strackany)

something new brings its rewards. “It was exciting to be on the ground floor in starting a new service academy,” said Donald Barrett, the Academy library’s assistant director for public services. “I helped start the library and most librarians don’t get to do that.”

Barrett was the first reference librarian hired at Lowry AFB. He celebrated his 40th year of service with the Academy in July. Barrett even recalls his first customer at the library, a young cadet who was unable to participate in athletics that day due to a hurt knee.

That cadet, Robert C. Oaks, rose to the rank of general and retired last year after serving as commander in chief of the U.S. Air Forces in Europe.

And the original Academy members had their share of excitement. “Working with the young cadets was the most rewarding time of my 30 years in the Air Force,” said retired Col. Thomas M. Crawford Jr. “We were setting traditions of our own.”

Then a captain, Crawford was the Air Officer Commanding for the 8th Cadet Squadron in 1955. According to Crawford, the initial days of the Academy were very exciting since decisions could be made which established Academy traditions.

The Academy has produced its share of leaders including the current Air Force chief of staff, Gen. Ronald R. Fogleman, Class of 1963.

Academy graduates have also returned to their roots. Retired Lt. Gen. Bradley C. Hosmer, Class of 1959 valedictorian, was the first graduate to return as superintendent. Lt. Gen. Paul E. Stein, Class of 1966 and current superintendent, assumed Hosmer’s duties in July 1994.

Brig. Gen. Ruben A. Cubero, dean of the faculty, is a 1961 graduate, and Brig. Gen. John D. Hopper, commandant and 34th Training Wing commander, graduated in 1969. In total, 170 Academy graduates have joined the general officer ranks. (The Falcon Flyer)

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Anxiety filled the air as the first of 1,367 students in the Class of 1999 began their initial inprocessing beginning at 7 a.m. June 29 at Doolittle Hall, the AOG building. Students from all over the United States and 13 foreign countries began what was sure to be the biggest challenge of their lives to date.

Doolies are loaded on buses which took them from their Doolittle Hall check-in station to the “Bring Me Men” Ramp.

All the basic cadets, along with their family members and friends, congregated at Doolittle Hall for phase one of inprocessing. The AOG staff was joined by members of the Rampart Chapter of the AOG, the Colorado Parents Club, and staffs from admissions, the athletic department, cadet pay, and the chaplain’s offices in welcoming the more than 2,000 visitors.

MCI sponsored free long-distance phone calls for all basic cadets, which presented a challenge for the AOG staff assisting with international calls. The Marriott Hotel donated thousands of cookies for the event, and Albertson’s Food Store provided food at cost to the AOG for approximately 600 family members of the Class of 1999 that remained for a hamburger and hot dog lunch.

After the basic cadets signed in, they were bused to the “Bring Me Men” battle ramp area between Vandenberg and Fairchild Halls and marched up the ramp where they began the rest of their inprocessing.

“I’m really apprehensive and nervous,” said Courtney Skalko, from Burke, Va. “I have an advantage though, I think, because my sister (Kelly) is a junior here.” Also, Skalko’s father, Col. David J. Skalko, is a 1973 graduate of the Academy.

Many of the basic cadets and their families didn’t know what to expect as they were inprocessing. “We’re thrilled and nervous,” said Navy Capt. James Gallo. “We know what military life is like.” Gallo is a 1974 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy and his son, Andrew, is starting his career here. “We know he is going to get a wonderful education,” said Gallo. Some

This marked the first time the candidates from Bahrain, Guyana, and Slovenia have attended the Academy. Other international cadets from Bulgaria, Colombia, Malaysia, Poland, Romania, Singapore, Thailand and Turkey joined the 1,353 high school graduates from the U.S.

“It’s a real challenge as an international student”, said Julian Chong, a basic cadet who calls Malaysia home. “I am very proud,” said Kiro Kirov, a basic cadet from Bulgaria. “I expect a lot (from training here).”

Inprocessing, which included haircuts, clothing issue, and squadron and dormitory assignments, marked the start of the 38 days of basic cadet training which is designed to prepare the candidates for their entry into the cadet wing.

Parents, friends and members ofthe Class of1999 mingle in the assembly area of Doolittle hall where they said their goodbys. Many friends and family members stayed for a complimentary lunch at the alumni headquarters.

During the first 20 days, most of the training was conducted within the cadet area. On July 18, all basic cadets marched to Jack’s Valley for 16 days of field training which involved physical conditioning, athletic and character development activities. The basics returned to the cadet area on Aug. 3 and were accepted into the wing with a parade on Aug. 5. Their first day of academics was Aug. 10.

“Things have changed in the past few years,” said C2C Mark Horton, a permanent trainer for the Class of 1999. “This first stage (inprocessing at Doolittle Hall) is designed to get the new cadets away from their parents and families in a nonstressful environment.”

Included in the Class of 1999 were 232 minority members (56 blacks, 85 Hispanics, 72 Asians, and 19 Native Americans), 212 women, and 230 prep school graduates of either the USAFA Prep School or Falcon Foundation-sponsored prep school scholarships.

According to Lt. Col. Danny L. Moore, associate director of Admissions, the Academy received 32,000 requests for applications of which 8,548 men and women applied for admission. Of those, only 7,713 met the requirements necessary to compete for an appointment to the Academy. In a further cut, only 2,161 met all the qualifications needed to enter, and the Academy offered 1,840 appointments for the Class of 1999 that included 312 women.

More than 550 members of the new class have already elected to participate in the Association of Graduates’ Life Membership at Graduation program.

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In 1994, at the direction of the Academy superintendent, USAFA’s Office of Quality and Assessment launched an effort to develop a Customer Feedback Report Card. In the past, we’ve inferred satisfaction with our graduates from promotion information and UCMJ actions. Unfortunately, promotion information is extremely delayed and confounded feedback and UCMJ actions tell us about some of the most glaring disappointments but certainly have little focus on the Academy’s strengths. It was decided that an invaluable source of information regarding Academy organizational effectiveness would be timely, first-hand feedback regarding performance of recent graduates. We need to find out from the immediate supervisors how USAFA graduates are doing. But this realization begged for clarification of what supervisors think we should be doing—what are the customer’s needs?

An instrument to clarify needs and facilitate performance assessment has recently been completed using industrial/organizational principles. Nearly 600 supervisors of lieutenants at more than 40 Air Force bases participated in this instrumentdevelopment effort. More than 40 characteristics of junior officers were suggested as important by immediate supervisors. Ten of those characteristics were rated as critical by nearly 70 percent of the supervisors interviewed: integrity/ethics, commitment/ dedication, honesty, dependability/trustworthiness, positive attitude/enthusiasm, responsibility for their actions, respect (earned and given), loyalty, initiative/motivation, and willingness to learn humility. Behavioral examples ranging from poor to good performance were provided by and scaled within each characteristic by hundreds of supervisors.

Rating Scale for 1 of the 10 Characteristics—Integrity/Ethics

Rate the Integrity/Ethics of your academy graduate lieutenant based on the scaled behavioral examples below: Make an “X” on the line reflective of the lieutenant’s behaviors regarding Integrity/Ethics.

5 - Very Good Integrity/Ethics

Stands behind decisions. Shows by example what is right. Stands up for what is right. Documents incidents without cover-up or placing blame. Follows rules or policies when not bang observed or monitored. Assures discipline and duty performance regardless of friendships. Risks personal admonishment to report mistakes. Sets example at all times, not just during duty hours. Makes decisions based on what’s right, not what’s most convenient or personally beneficial.

4 - Somewhat Good Integrity/Ethics

Confronts coworkers who have violated policies or rules. Reports problems/mistakes that might otherwise go undetected. Reports a supervisor even if the act is career threatening. Accountability for violations or performance of subordinates.

3 - Neither Poor Nor Good Integrity/Ethics

Does the right thing only because there is no way to avoid it.

2 - Somewhat Poor Integrity/Ethics

“Pencil whips” requirements. Doesn’t stand behind decisions. Won’t cause waves by pointing out waste and abuse. Holds subordinates to higher standards than themselves. Uses the confidence ofothers to his or her own advantage. Covers up for others who have violated policies, rules, etc. Reports only what will put than in the best light. Fails to admit involvement when he/she can avoid negative implications. Owns up to personal responsibiKty only afta being confronted with evidence. Fails to correct misunderstandings or mistakes which work in their favor. Recognizes that someone is doing something ineorrectly but chooses to avoid confrontation and not address the problem.

1 - Very Poor Integrity/Ethics

Takes credit for others’ performance. Helps friends to violate normal procedures. Flaunts non-adherence to rules and regulations. Does the right thing only if personally beneficial. Uses power, position, or authority for personal benefit. Blames subordinates for mistakes to avoid personal fault. Pressures or encourages others to violate policies or rules. Admits accountability only afita attempts to blame others are exhausted. Purposefully misintaprets orders or facts to suit their own purposes. Takes shortcuts around policies, rules, and procedures for personal benefit. Discriminates by acts or words against those who are different. Lets friendship influence decisions regarding discipline and duty performance.

At the direction of the Academy Quality Council, the Assessment Branch was to send the instrument in August to the supervisors of 750 USAFA graduates from the classes of ’92, ’93, and ’94. The 10 characteristics serve as major headings in the threepage instrument that asks supervisors to mark an “X” on 10 oneto-five continuous-line scales indicating the performance of their academy graduate lieutenant supervisee. “Word pictures” associated with each scale point make it clear to everyone what sorts of levels of performance, in behavioral terms, warrant various ratings. The forms ask that the supervisor identify his/her commissioning source (if other than a civilian) and indicate how long he/she has supervised the academy graduate lieutenant. Otherwise, all respondents will be anonymous with no identification of the supervisor, lieutenant, command, nor base. The form will not become part of any permanent record.

To assess organizational performance, the average performance ratings will be computed across all academy graduate lieutenants for each characteristic. In addition to the absolute performance, this analysis will allow delineation of the Academy’s relative strengths and weaknesses. For example, if loyalty is rated sustantially lower than honesty for the average academy graduate, it will point to that area as a potential interest item for policy reviews and program modifications. More discussion of, training in, experience with, and exposure to role models regarding loyalty might be suggested by such a finding.

Feedback from first-line supervisors of academy graduate lieutenants should provide the Academy with critical and timely performance indicators of how well our lieutenant graduates are performing within their first few years of commissioned service. This structured effectiveness assessment should allow the Academy to see how it’s doing and better focus improvement efforts. Additionally, the critical areas and behavioral examples will serve as guideposts to lieutenants who want to know what they need to do to be top performers and might help focus supervisory feedback to junior officers.

Feedback from supervisors of our graduates will help us refine our programs in accordance with customer needs and resultant performance ratings will play an important role in helping us focus our efforts to provide the Air Force with outstanding junior officers.

Brig. Gen. (Ret) James P. Ulm, ‘61, chairman of the AOG Board of Directors, presents the Outstanding Group Award to First Group commanders Tara L. Sweeney (fall), and Paul M. Morton (spring). The award is sponsored by the AOG through donations in memory of Maj. William E. Page, Jr., ’59; Capt. Marvin W. Guthrie, Jr.,

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surgeon for the 93rd Fighter Squadron at Homestead Air Force Base, Fla. was selected to receive the award by the Society of United States Air Force Flight Surgeons.

The award was given “in recognition of his outstanding aeromedical accomplishments and demonstration of the highest standards of professional skill, personal integrity and unselfish concern in serving those who fly.”

It was presented May 8 at the annual international meeting of the Aerospace Medicine Society in Anaheim, Calif., by Lt. Gen. Edgar R. Anderson, the Air Force Surgeon General, and Brig. Gen. (Ret) Chuck Yeager.

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performed in the normal course of duty, his volunteer work as an emergency physician at the Homestead field hospital in the devastation following Hurricane Andrew.

During this time, Burks also volunteered to fly helicopter rescue missions with the 301st Air Rescue unit providing airevacuation support to the Federal Relief program and Dade County Fire-Rescue.

“In my 25 years of military service, I have yet to come across a better flight surgeon or physician,” Lt. Col. Gordon H. Quanbeck, squadron commander, wrote in the nomination letter.

In addition to his Air Force work, Burks is the chairman of the board of trustees of Northwest Medical Center, president of the Broward County Ophthalmology Society and team leader of a surgical team that provides charitable surgical care to impoverished citizens of Central America.

A graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy and Tulane University School of Medicine, Burks served on active duty for 13 years.

Doolittle Hall A vailable For Many Special Occasions

Doolittle Hall is now available at very reasonable rates for special functions. To date the AOG has hosted a variety of events: department meetings, retirements, wedding receptions, workshops, cocktail parties, luncheons and formal and informal dinners. Doolittle Hall can accommodate as many as 300 at a sit-down dinner and more than 500 for a cocktail party. Available facilities include conference rooms, the library lounge with bar, and outdoor patio area, weather permitting. AOG members receive preferential rates. For more specific information on your special-function needs, please call Mrs. Cheryl Brower at the AOG at (719) 472-0300.

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FALCON DONORS

($5 000-$9 999)

Lt Col Frank D Mayberry Ret '60

Mr Terry W Theken 73

TALON DONORS

($1 000-$4 999)

Col & Mrs Jerry D Adlnolfi, Jr Ret -63

Capt Jeffery M Anderson '84

Lt Theodore J Anderson 92

Dr Alan K Anzai '88

Mr Michael Q Ard 77

Capt Janet C Augustine '86 in memory of John M Augustine '86

Lt Col Thomas D Bailey MD ANQ 73

Mr John H Barhaugh *67 match of Boc Group

Mr Jeffery W Beresford-Wood '65

Lt Col Manuel J Bettencourt Ret '68

Mr Stephen Q Bishop 72 match of Hewlett Packard Company

Mr Daniel L Boone '80

Capt William M Bowers '83

Lt Col James W Brown III Ret '59

Col William M Browning, Jr -63

Capt John R Bystroff '88

Col Joe G Cabuk, Jr Ret '63

Lt Daniel J Carroll 93

Dr & Mrs Robert W Carson

Dr William M Caskey 75

Lt Col Mark S Castellan! 77

Lt Col Kevin E Cheek 74

Lt Col Craig T Christen 75

Maj Steven B Clamp '82

Mr Robert F Clarey '68

Mr Richard C Collins '69

Col Richard O Covey ‘68

Maj Gen and Mrs Terrence L Dake

Ruth and Lloyd Dake

Mr Stephen D Dawkins ‘84

Lt Col Frantz DeWillis 77

Mr John DiLeo 72

William J Drury MD 73

Lt Col Garry W Dudley Ret '68

Col William L Ebert Ret '63

Capt Thomas D Eisenhauer '88

Col George E Elsea Ret '60

Lt Col William L Estelle 75

Lt Col Richard G Ewers Ret '68

Mr Aubry L Fargarson *64

Mr & Mrs Darold L Findley

Mr James H Fleming ^

Maj R S Fraser (Ret) 73

Ms Vivian D Gile match of Hewlett

Packard Company

Lt Col Peter F Gimborys, (Ret) 73

Lt Col Robert J Glitz USAFR 73

Mr & Mrs Hiram Gonzalez

Col Thomas Warren Gorges '65

Dr Richard L Grandjean MD '69

Capts Christopher & Kelly Greene '89

Col Evan J Griffith, Jr Ret '64

Col James T Hannam Ret ‘63

Mr Bradford L Harden 79

Gen Guy L Hecker

Lt Col John W Heide Ret -63

Mr W Craig Hendrickson '67

Mr Robert Hendrix

Lt Bryan A Herrick 91

Col & Mrs George R Hindmarsh

Dr Steven R Horn USAFR 74

Lt Col Lawrence D Howell, Jr, (Ret) '69

Lt Col(Ret) & Mrs Donald & Joan Hutchinson *62 match of Intel

Foundation

Capt Anthony J Hutfles '84

Col Charles A Jackson *68

Col John D Jacobcik Ret '63

Mr & Mrs Quinton & Elizabeth Johnson

Capt Charles E Jones ‘85

Mr Lawrence M Kampa, Jr 74

Capt Eric W Kelm 90

Mrs Renee M Koeller '83

Col & Mrs Thomas Kumashiro match of Rockwell

Col Perry L Lamy 75

Lt Col Lance R Lane 74

Mr Dallas N Little, PhD, PE 70

Mr Michael H Lloyd '63

Capt & Colleen Michael F LoGrande '86

Mr & Mrs George R Loucks match of GE Foundation

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Association of Graduates Headquarters/Alumni House Doolittle Hall

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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 a permanent headquarters/alumni house.

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Building Fund Donation

Bob and Pat Schnorr, past presidents ofthe Air Force Academy Parents Club of Nassau and Suffolk Counties in the state of New York, present a $1,000 check to AOG President and CEO Dick Coppock. Their daughter Tanya is at left. The presentation occurred at the Doolittle Hall open house during graduation week.

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Col Lionel H Luxich, Jr 65

Maj Paul D MacDowell Ret '65

Dr & Mrs Robert T McBratney

Maj James McBride USAFR 75

Lt Col William E McDermott Ret '65

MCI Telecommunications Corp

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Mr Eric J Myers 70

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Mr Theodore E Olson '65

Mr Robert Pastiak 73

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Mr Ralph E Powell Jr '69

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Maj John W Prior II 79

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Maj Franklin D Rand '83

Mr Larry I Rank '65

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Mr William J Regan, Jr 67 match of USAA Andrew M Riolo 72

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Lt Charles F Schlegel *91

Lt Col Ruben D & Mrs Karina Silva 77

Mr Scott R Skinner 75

Steve '66 & Ellen Sollenberger

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Mr Robert C Szymkowicz '83

Mr Thomas D Tavemey '68

Hollis A Thomas Jr MD '63

Maj Douglas Dale Trogstad USAFR 79

Mr Gary H Trovillion 74

Maj(Ret) & Mrs Dennis G Tyner

Col John W Vandekamp '68

Maj Arthur A Wallace Ret '63

Mr & Mrs Lloyd A Ward match of Caterpillar Foundation

Mr & Mrs Robert A Wemersbach

Mr & Mrs Wesley & Carolyn White '63

Dr & Mrs John Wilson

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98th Bomb Group Veterans Assoc

Dr & Mrs Richard A Albright

Capt Shawn J Anderies '89

Capt Richard D Anderson '85

Lt Steven E Anderson *92

Lt Christopher T Anthony *92

Capt Timothy M Applegate '87

Capt Jeffrey F Arndt '85

Capt Scott Ash '83

Mr Curtis A Atencio '84

Mr Clyde C Ayer 76

Mr Timothy R Ayres '68

Lt Col William G Bader ANG 70

Mr Robert E Badger '60

Col Brooke P Bailey Ret '68

Mr & Mrs James E Baird

Mr Thomas F Baldy 74

Mr Mario A Balettie match of Sprint Foundation

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Lt Col Raymond T Barbara 75

Mr Brian M Barnes 75

Mr Doug Baron 70

Mr J Douglas Batchelor '68

Lt Col Hobart C Bates 74

Capt Mark E Beauchemin '85

Capt Eric A Beene '86

Col Robert D Behr, Ret '68

Capt Benjamin N Beilis, Jr '85

Maj Craig V Bendorf 78

Lt Col Gerald R Benfield 72

Lt Col Merrill L Beyer, III 74

Col Kenneth H Biehle Ret '60

Ms Diane Biehn

Mr Richard D Bjorklund 70

Col James F Blackman 74

Mr Melvin L Blowers 70

Mr & Mrs George & Sandra Bonds '65

Col Charles J Bonner 70

Mr John A Boose 67 match of Hewlett Packard Company

Capt Theodore W Boward USAFR '81

Mr Raymond A Boyd 73

Capt Charles W Boyd, Jr 60

Col Alfred A Boyd, Jr Ret '63

Mr David F Brigman 71

Lt Stephanie A Brinley 61

Capt Todd M Brosz ‘85

Lt Col & Mrs David & Karen Brown 73

Capt Regina J Brown '85

Col Joseph Q Burke 70

Mr & Mrs Malon L Burtz

Lt Col Thomas R Callen, Ret 71

Capt Anne G Campbell '83

Mr & Mrs Thomas H Campbell match of Harris Foundation

Capt Harry A Cartile, Jr '88

CDR James W Carlson USNR 75

Maj Margaret D Carnahan ‘80

Lt Col Russell Carparelli Ret 70

Mr Scott W Carrothers '80

Maj William T Carrothers Ret 75

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of Sprint Foundation

Mr Michael N Casias '87

Mr & Mrs John M Casson

Mr Robert Castiglione 78

Lt Col Colven E Caudell Jr Ret

Capt Laura S Champion 60

Capt Yu-Jen Chang '85

Lt Eric D Chapital 63

Mr & Mrs Silvio

CHAPTER NEWS

INDIANA CHAPTER

The Indiana Parents Club invited members of our chapter to attend their “New Appointee Brunch” on June 11. Brig. Gen. Ruben Cubero, dean of the Faculty, USAFA, was the featured speaker. The brunch took place at the Holiday Inn, Indianapolis International Airport, with a breakfast buffet.

Rose Miller, ’80, spent her New Year’s Day making sure that we had reservations for our summer picnic on July 1—thanks Rose! Mounds State Park, located off 1-69 east of Anderson, features 10 distinct “earthworks” built by a group of prehistoric Indians known as the AdenaHopewell people. The chapter really enjoyed a day at this lovely state park. The White River runs through the park, and has many attractions and things to do.

The Indiana Chapter of the AOG would like to purchase a paver at Doolittle Hall in honor of our membership. We are asking each member to send a check for $10 payable to “INAOG”. We need everyone’s support for this project.

Rod Morgan, president of the West Point Society of Indiana, indicated that he has a committee working on the details of a late summer golf “challenge” with grads of the other service academies. One rumor has us playing the event at the Legends Golf Club—Bobby Knight is one of the owners.

Once again, Jim McCleary, ’67, is offering his two season tickets for the Falcon home football games to members of the Indiana Chapter of the AOG. Call if you need tickets to a game! We continue to search for new chapter members! For further information, contact Jim McCleary at 219-267-2122 or Pat McBride, ’68, at 800-634-2433. (Jim McCleary)

ARIZONA CHAPTER

On May 27, 1995, the Arizona Air Force Academy Graduates won the 1995 Arizona Service Academy Golf Tournament at Hillcrest Golf Course for the third year in a row! I would like to thank Mike Cryer, ’68, (897-1267) for again organizing the Air Force Academy team, and for agreeing to

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be the chairperson for the next two Service Academy golf tournaments.

The hike to conquer Humphrey’s Peak on June 16 weekend was postponed. Because of the mild weather in Arizona, the snow had not melted on the top one-half of Humphrey’s Peak in Flagstaff (the highest point in Arizona). If anyone is interested in beating the August heat by such a hike in the fall, please contact Jim Sienicki, ’74, at 382-6351 as soon as possible.

On Saturday, June 17, 1995, the AFA AOG joined the liaison officers at Luke Air Force Base for a send-off dinner for the incoming Class of 1999. Yes, 1999! Brig. Gen. John Hopper, Jr., ’69, commandant of cadets, was gracious enough to be the guest speaker and brought everyone up-todate on changes to BCT.

A dinner/cocktail party is planned for Friday, Oct. 13, 1995 at the Arizona Club, 7150 East Camelback Road, Scottsdale, Ariz. (602) 990-7444. If you are interested, please call Ron, ’71, or Barb Marusiak (949-5957), who have graciously agreed to coordinate this event. Cocktails commence at 6 p.m. with dinner at 7 p.m.

We also intend on getting together to watch the USAFA/Notre Dame football game at a local sports bar on Nov. 18. If you are interested in the football game, please contact Tim Furst, ’78, at 952-2455.

Again, our treasury needs your support. Therefore, if you have not paid your 1995 Arizona dues, please send a check for $20 for each year payable to the Arizona Chapter AFA AOG to John Mahoney, ’81, 5326 East Kathleen Road, Scottsdale, Ariz. 85254-1757.

If you have recently moved to Arizona and have not received our mailings, please contact Jim Sienicki, Snell & Wilmer, One Arizona Center, Phoenix, Ariz. 85004-0001 to be added to the master mailing list. (Jim Sienicki, ’74)

NORTHERN CALIFORNIA CHAPTER

The Northern California Chapter met June 25th at Angel Island in the middle of San Francisco Bay. This daytime event ineluded families as well as grads. We had a

day of picnicking, hiking and investigating the history of Angel Island.

The chapter meets quarterly at different locations in the Bay Area. If you would like to be on our mailing list, please send your name and address to our chapter secretary, Chuck Reed at Reed, Elliot, Creech & Roth, 99 Almaden Blvd., Eighth Floor, San Jose, Calif. 95113. Telephone: (408) 993-9911. Facsimile: (408) 993-1335.

E-mail: Chuckreed@AOL.COM. (Chuck Reed, ’70)

NORTH TEXAS CHAPTER

We are all saddened by the death of our good friend Bill Reemtsma whose untimely passing creates a void in our ranks. Bill and I were fellow cadets in Doolie Summer 34th Squadron and I can remember his cheerful and friendly outlook under the most difficult and trying situations. He was a leader who inspired others to do their best. Bill made significant contributions to our North Texas Association of Air Force Graduates (NTAAFAGs) and gave more than 100 percent to everything he undertook. Founders Day was Bill’s special project and he always gave the best party in town. Bill had a knack for finding entertainment which would surprise the members, including Elvis impersonators, magicians, singers and dancers. His love of golf has inspired the Bill Reemstma Memorial Service Academy Golf Classic. Our thoughts and prayers are with his wife, Joy, and their three children: Ted, Kristi and Tim.

Colonel William “Tex” McVeigh III, passed away on June 4, 1995 in San Antonio. His obituary appears elsewhere in the magazine.

This spring has been very busy for the NTAAFAGs. The year started with our annual dining-in at the Dallas Naval Air Station and featured Brigadier General John D. Hopper Jr., ’69, commandant and 34th Training Wing commander as the guest speaker. On Feb. 20th the NTAAFAGs presented the Tri-Service Academy luncheon at Arlington Stadium Ball Park Diamond Club and hosted Representative Joe Barton of the 6th district who explained how the Republican Party Contract for America was progressing.

Founders Day proved to be one of the best ever. Bill Reemstma, ’63, arranged everything necessary for a fun time and 115 graduates and spouses attended on April 1st. The event took place at the Dallas Athletic Club in Mesquite and the club provided outstanding support for the evening. Food was excellent and facilities were well prepared for the program. The evening featured a cocktail party before dinner, dancing and an amazing magician. Bill showed the way to throw a great party and we will carry on his tradition in the future.

On April 30, Dave Brigman’s NTAAFAG golfers met the teams from Army and Navy at the Timmaron Country Club in South Lake. Three foursomes participated and although the team did not finish first, the NTAAFAG golfers finished in second place. We’ll get them next year. The match was a fun time for the golfers and ended with all participants from each Academy agreeing to donate the prize money, $240, to the Service Academy Golf Classic. Our thanks to the golfers and Dave for their spirit and support of this fine program.

On July 15 the AFAN Academy Softball Tournament took place at the Dallas Naval Air Station. The event included a family picnic for players, spectators and their families. It was a fun time for all. Another get together is planned for Oct. 14 at Jerry and Ellen Ahmann’s home in South Lake. Jerry, ’63, will host our Fall Barbecue. We can enjoy watching the Falcons beat Navy on Jerry’s large-screen TV. The barbecue will be catered and comes with all the goodies to put you on Weight Watchers. Beer, wine and soft drinks will be available. This is a great time for class get togethers.

Service Academy Golf Classic. We have a dedicated team of graduates who are working hard to continue the Bill Reemtsma tradition of a Service Academy Golf Tournament. Among our hard-working members are Dave Brigman, ’71; Jeff Wilson, ’80, and Maj. Gen. Ed Raflako, USMA ’45, who serves on the executive committee along with Joy and Tim Reemt-

How To Request 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, 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 a recommended 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.

A point of contact for the event (i.e., name, address, home and work phone numbers) is needed to make the appropriate arrangements. You can call XPA at (719) 472-3832, DSN 259-3832, for initial inquiry but must back up your call with a letter requesting the speaker.

sma. Jerry Ahmann, ’63, and John Kuenzel, ’60, serve on the tournament committee. There are many Navy, Army and Merchant Marine Academy graduates who are helping to make this a success. Of particular note, five Heisman Trophy winners from the Academies serve as honorary cochairmen including Doc Blanchard, USMA ’47; Glenn Davis, USMA ’47; Pete Dawkins, USMA ’59; Joe Bellino, USNA ’61; and Roger Staubach, USNA ’65. This illustrious group is joined by our own Chad Hennings, ’88, Outland Trophy winner. If you are in a position to help financially or know someone who can help give us a call.

(C. Glen Shaffer, Jr., ’63)

34 Graduates Nominated

The Air Force Astronaut Nomination Board recently selected 101 nominees, including 34 Air Force Academy graduates, for consideration by NASA for pilot and mission specialist positions. NASA will consider the Air Force’s nominees along with those from other services during screening in October and November. The announcement of NASA selectees is expected in January. Air Force officers selected for the program will enter the basic astronaut training program that develops background knowledge and skills for future space flights.

The three nominees from the Air Force Academy for pilot training are Maj. Robert F. Malacrida, (’82), Capt. Michael J. Masucci (’85) and Lt. Col. Robert Sarnoski (’77).

Twenty Academy graduates were nominated for both pilot and mission specialist. They are Maj. James Bierstine, Jr. (’83), Capt. Kevin T. Christiansen (’84), Capt. Roderick L. Cregier (’85), Maj. Patrick E. Duffy (’81), Capt. Craig R. Edkins (’84), Maj. Robert F. Fushino (’83), Maj. Michael R. Gipson (’79), Maj. Christopher A. Habig (’83), Maj. Joseph A. Lanni (’80), Capt.

PUGET SOUND CHAPTER

Well, for those grads in the Northwest area who missed the annual “Dark Ages Party” at Bill Ellis’, ’69, home, you missed a great event. Some 50 folks gathered for an evening of good cheer and comradeship. This is a must function for everyone in the chapter who can attend in the future. Planned activities for 1995 include our annual “Road Kill Party” in July, the Paine Field Air Show in August, a golf tournament in September, and finally, our annual Joint Service Academy Dinner in October. A busy schedule ahead so put us down on your calendar.

Throughout the year a joint service Academy group has been sponsoring networking breakfasts in the local area. The breakfast functions have been a success and we’re looking forward to more in the future. The chapter’s 1995 membership drive is still active. If you’re interested in joining us please contact one of our official greeters: Steve Flewelling, ’87, at 206-271-6606 or Daucey Brewington, ’70, at 206-888-2426. (Joe Cavazzini, ’82)

SOUTHWEST OHIO CHAPTER

The Southwest Ohio Chapter’s roster now shows 264 grads in the WrightPatterson AFB area. With the change in the commander from Gen. Ron Yates, ’60, to Gen. “Butch” Viccellio, ’62, and the vice from Lt. Gen. Dale Thompson, ’60, to Lt. Gen. Larry Farrell, ’65, Academy graduates still hold the top loggie slots in the AFMC. We’re trying to get a State of the Wing Dinner together for the October time frame depending on Academy senior staff availability. I maintain the roster for everyone’s access and use for whatever noble purpose. Call Ed Mechenbier (513) 429-6789 or e-mail mechene@wpdis01. wpafb.af.mil. (Ed Mechenbier, ’64)

for Astronaut Positions

Bruce H. Magoon (’85), Capt. William M. Mason (’84), Lt. Col. Clyde D. Moore II, (’80), Maj. Robert C. Nolan II (’83), Maj. Steven M. Rainey (’80), Maj. Charles M. Robinson (’81), Maj. Stuart M. Rodgers (’82), Maj. Robert R. Sellers (’81), Capt. Brian A. Simpson (’84), Maj. Donald S. Watrous (’81) and Maj. Robert A. Wilson (’80).

The 11 Academy nominees for mission specialist astronauts are Capt. Ronald J. Beyers (’84), Maj. Alan J. Borton (’81), Maj. John C. Casserino (’81), Capt. Gary N. Henry (’84), Maj. Glenn E. James (’82), Maj. Mark R. Perusse (’80), Capt. Kenneth Plaks (’89), Maj. Gary L. Plumb (’82), Capt. Mary K. Solomon (’84), Capt. Todd T. Tamura (’84) and Maj. David W. Ziegler (’82).

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FALCON SPORTS

Women’s Tennis Team Just Misses NCAA Championships

When the women’s tennis season began, if you would have told head coach Capt. Kim Green that her team would be one win short of going to the NCAAs she wouldn’t have believed you. But that is just how close the overachieving Falcons came.

The coach entered the season with such a young, inexperienced team that she wanted to measure their success, not by wins and losses, but rather by how much improvement they showed. You could now measure the team by any method and come up with the conclusion that the group was special. The Falcons posted a 15-6 regular season record and placed second in the Colorado Athletic Conference behind only nationally-ranked Denver. Though the Falcons didn’t have any conference champions, three singles players and all three doubles teams took runner-up honors. The biggest conference honor went to the coach, as Green was named the conference’s coach of the year.

By virtue of earning a top-10 regional ranking, the Falcons were invited to an NCAA play-in tournament in Edmond, Okla., to earn a bid to the national championships. The Falcons opened the tournament with a thrilling 4-3 win over Northeast Missouri State. After losing the doubles point, the Falcons rallied to win four singles matches. The team was then beaten by national

Western Athletic Conference Will Expand to 16 Teams

The nation’s largest NCAA Division I-A league will explode on the collegiate athletics scene July, 1996, when the Western Athletic Conference expands from its current 10 members to 16 universities and becomes the country’s first true “super conference.’’

With schools in nine different states, the WAC will cover more than 4,000 miles and have universities across five time zones, stretching from Texas to Hawaii.

In addition to being the third-largest major conference in undergraduate enrollment with over 270,000 students, over 50 million people reside in the WAC markets and approximately 20 percent of the nation’s TV households are located in these areas.

The WAC also has 1.5 million alumni and boasts a combined seating capacity of over 935,000 in its stadiums and arenas.

School Nickname Location

Air Force Falcons Colorado Springs, Colorado

Brigham Young Cougars Provo, Utah

Colorado State Rams Fort Collins, Colorado

Fresno State Bulldogs Fresno, California

Hawaii Rainbows/Wahine Honolulu, Hawaii

UNLV* Rebels Las Vegas, Nevada

New Mexico Lobos Albuquerque, New Mexico

Rice* Owls Houston, Texas

San Diego State Aztecs San Diego, California

San Jose State* Spartans San Jose, California

SMU* Mustangs Dallas, Texas

TCU* Horned Frogs Forth Worth, Texas

UTEP Miners El Paso, Texas

Tulsa* Golden Hurricane Tulsa, Oklahoma

Utah Utes Saly Lake City, Utah

Wyoming Cowboys/Cowgirls Laramie, Wyoming

* WAC Member July, 1996

power Abilene Christian in the finals.

The Northeast Missouri State win was one of many big upsets the Falcons pulled off during the season. Air Force also posted wins over California-Riverside, Eastern New Mexico and Nebraska-Kearney. The team didn’t limit its upsets to just the Division II ranks. In their only match against a Division I team, the Falcons downed Portland 4-3 at the Academy.

Green has plenty of reason for optimism as she looks at next year. She has five of the top seven players returning. Sophomore Misty Holder, who posted a 13-7 record, returns after playing No. 2 singles this year. She should step in at No. 1 singles next year. A group of four freshmen also return. Yvonne Carrico and Cheryl Crow posted the team’s best records in 1995 with marks of 15-4 and 15-5, respectively. Christel Helquist will also be a factor. She was 7-1 overall in singles and teamed with Holder to post an 8-1 doubles mark.

The team will have to replace a pair of veteran players. Amanda Krantz, who was 10-7 at No. 1 singles, and Kirsten Murray, who was 11-8 at No. 5 singles, are both lost to graduation. The pair also combined to play No. 1 doubles this season and posted a 12-6 record.

SEE BACK COVER FOR THIS YEAR’S FOOTBALL AND REUNION SCHEDULE.

Men’s Tennis Team Finishes With 26-4 Season Record

The Air Force men’s tennis team has established itself as a model of consistency. The team finished the 1995 season with an impressive 26-4 regular season record to mark the 19th straight year the team has posted 20-plus wins. The Falcons were particularly tough at home, posting an undefeated 21-0 mark in the Cadet Gymnasium. The team will carry a 26-match home winning streak into next season.

Air Force completed its annual rite in the Western Athletic Conference tennis tournament in Albuquerque, N.M. The Falcons finished seventh in the championships, which was the highest finish by teams with a totally American roster.

The 1995 season will be remembered as a record-breaking year. Head coach Rich Gugat won his 500th career match on April 14 (Continued on next page.)

Rugby Teams Compete for National Titles

Both the Academy’s men and women’s rugby teams competed for the national title this year with the men’s team taking second and the women’s team taking third place in the nation.

In the men’s final game for top honors, a controversial call against Air Force lock Rex Ballinger for stepping on an opponents head while trying to free the ball after a ruck formed sent the team’s number one lineout jumper from the field and left Air Force a player short for the remainder of the game. Despite playing 14 against 15, Air Force trailed 11-9 at halftime against the University of California, Berkeley.

But the second half was all Cal, which won the game 48-16. Outside center Scott Arbogast scored Air Force’s only try with 15 minutes left. Second-place Air Force reached the championship game by beating Army, 19-18, in a see-saw battle.

During the championship rounds, no Air Force player wore the number 8 jersey during either the Western Collegiate Championship or the National Collegiate Rugby Championship in honor of C2C Mark Dostal, the team’s starting eight man who died in an aircraft training accident Feb. 22. The team wore black armbands this season in remembrance of Dostal and presented his family with his class ring while at the national championship.

The Academy’s women’s rugby team finished third at this year’s national championship at Princeton, N. J., dropping a 29-5 decision to host and eventual champs Princeton, and edging Stanford, 15-12 in the consolation game.

In the opening match Saturday, the Academy’s bid to repeat as national champs ran into a Princeton buzzsaw. Princeton’s stronger pack controlled the action as they built an early lead. The Academy tried to make a game of it as left wing Shalanda Baker raced in for the Academy’s lone score, the only tally against Princeton in the tournament.

In Sunday’s game for third place, Stanford notched the first try to take a 5-0 lead. The Academy then scored three straight tries for a 15-5 lead. Right wing Heather McGinnis touched down the

(Men’s Tennis: From previous page.)

when the team hammered Portland, 7-0. His 501-129 career record in 21 seasons places him seventh among active NCAA Division I men’s tennis coaches in career wins. His .795 winning percentage is third best among active coaches.

The coach wasn’t the only record setter. Senior Jerry Ledzinski, who was named to the all-WAC team for a school-record third straight year, closed out a tremendous career with a schoolrecord 26-4 mark at No. 1 singles. His 84 career wins rank fourth in school history. His 50 career wins at No. 1 singles are the most in Academy history over a two-year period.

Sophomore Mike Parks also posted record-setting numbers. Parks was 25-5 to set an Academy record for wins at No. 4 singles. He broke the record of 24 set by Skip Hinman (1985) and Tom Barth (1983). Freshman Chet Bryant was 21-9 which tied as the second-most wins at AFA in No. 5 singles. Senior Paul Griffiths battled injuries all year to finish 15-12 at No. 2 singles while sophomore Karl Gregor battled back from an injury-riddled freshman campaign to post a 23-6 mark at No. 6 singles.

Freshman Jamie Caplinger proved that he is capable to take over the No.l spot next year. Caplinger was 25-5 in his rookie year at No. 3 singles and may be on track to become the winingest player ever. He became the first Falcon to earn all-WAC honors as a freshman.

The team’s outlook for 1996 is bright. With four of the top six singles players returning, along with freshman doubles expert David Lewis (18-10 at No. 3 doubles), the Falcons are a good bet to post the program’s 20th consecutive 20-win season. Both Lewis and fellow freshman A1 Kinkle, will battle it out for a top six position next season, the coach expects.

first and third tries from back-line moves. Scrumhalf and team captain Megan Monaghan scored the second try after the team’s effort at a pushover try from scrum ended just short of the line.

Five Academy players were picked as All-Americans. Along with Shalanda Baker, chosen were second row Andrea Vinyard, Crissie Fitzgerald at No. 8, Marika Barto at blindside flanker and Nicole Raney at outside center.

Princeton shut out Penn State, 20-0, to claim the national crown.

Lacrosse Team Snaps Losing Streak: Ends Year at 9-3

First-year head coach Capt. Terrence Leary’s goal this season was to put the Falcon lacrosse program back on the national map.

The team entered the year coming off its first two losing seasons in school history. All Leary did was lead the team to a second-place finish in the Great Western Lacrosse League (GWLL) and a 9-3 record. The nine wins are the most since winning nine in 1990. The winning percentage of .750 is the best since the 1989 team won .786 percent (11-3) of its matches.

Travis Koch maneuvers for a shot under some heavy defensive pressure during the lacrosse match against Butler. (Photo by Larry Hulst, courtesy The Falcon Flyer)

The team capped its second-place GWLL finish with a 9-7 win over Butler at the Academy. Freshman Chris MacAulay led the way with a goal and three assists. Dennis Baniewicz added two goals and an assist and Mike Conley chipped in with two goals. Goalie Tom Gillen paced the defense with 11 saves.

The most exciting thing about the 1995 season is that the team has returned to the top and will have an excellent chance to stay there. Air Force returns its top three and four of its top six scorers for next season. MacAulay led the Falcons with 40 points (18

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Doolittle Hall to be Open for Home Football Games

Doolittle Hall will be open for each home football game. The building is currently scheduled to be open from two hours before kickoff to two hours after the end of the games on Sept. 2nd and 9th, and Nov. 18.

On those weekends involving reunions (Sept. 16, Oct. 7, and Nov. 11), we will open five hours before kickoff and remain open until two hours after the game. These three weekends also involve pre-game tailgates at Doolittle Hall. If you would like more information on participating in the tailgates, please give the AOG a call.

We welcome everyone to come visit us during the football season and enjoy the various amenities of Doolittle Hall.

Baseball Posts Third Consecutive Winning Season

Head coach Eric Campbell could not have finished his first season in better fashion. Campbell led the Falcons to their third consecutive winning season. In doing so, the team won two of three games from the conference’s second-place team on the final weekend of the season. Air Force defeated New Mexico, 8-4, and, 13-6, to take the Lobos out of contention for the WAC title. The only game the Falcons lost was a 9-6 defeat in extra innings.

Air Force, 29-25, 10-18 WAC, posted the second most overall wins and the fourth most WAC wins in school history. Once again, the Falcons were among the top hitting teams in the nation. Air Force posted a .334 team batting average to rank third in the nation in that category. Three Falcons earned all-WAC honors, the most in school history. Senior Glenn Harris, junior Lance Massey and sophomore Dave Lyons were all named to the allWAC East Division team. The Falcons also claimed three WAC Player of the Week honors. Massey was honored twice while Harris was selected the last weekend of the season.

Massey, a centerfielder from Dubuque,Iowa, had one of the most productive seasons in AFA baseball history. Massey led the WAC with a .429 batting average, 18 home runs and 73 runs scored. He broke the school record for runs scored in a single season. He also led the WAC with a .838 slugging percentage. He had hitting streaks of 13 and 16 games during the season. He tied the school record of three home runs in a game twice this season. He is only the second player in school history to hit three home runs in a game twice in one season.

Harris, a third-team All-American in 1994, earned all-WAC honors for the second consecutive season. This season, he earned all-WAC honors as a designated hitter. Harris hit .347 with 16 home runs and a team-best 58 RBI. He was hit by pitch a school record 20 times this season. He was second on the team with a .744 slugging percentage. He ranked second in the WAC in home runs, third in slugging percentage and fourth in RBI.

Lyons became the only 10-game winner in school history. He collected his elusive 10th victory of the season as the Falcons defeated the Lobos, 8-4, in his last start of the season. Lyons set a school record by winning nine consecutive games at the beginning of the season. After his first nine wins, Lyons had four losses and three no decisions in his next seven starts. He finished with a 10-4 record and a 6.09 ERA in 96.0 innings. His innings are the second most in Academy history. Lyon’s most impressive victory was a 2-0 win over Memphis at the Service Academies Classic on Feb 24. Lyons tossed a four-hit shutout against a team that won 55 games in 1994.

The team will have several key spots to fill. Along with Harris, the Falcons lost pitcher Keith Umlauf and third baseman Steve Sanders to graduation. Umlauf broke his own school records with

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(Lacrosse: From previous page.) goals, 22 assists). Conley was second with a team-high 22 goals and 15 assists for 35 points. Baniewicz was third with 21 goals and nine assists for 30 points. Defensively, Tim Morris returns at goalie. Morris was to be the starter this season, but missed all but one game with a knee injury. In his one outing, Morris picked up a win and had 11 saves and an .846 saves percentage.

The team posted several big wins, which should provide plenty of confidence for next year. Air Force beat lacrosse powers like Rutgers (13-12), Virginia Military Institute (19-12), Ohio State (9-6) and Michigan State (9-8). The team was 3-1 in the GWLL overall, the only loss came at the hands of four-time defending national champion Notre Dame, 16-5, in South Bend, Ind.

11 saves and 33 appearances. Sanders, a four-year starter at third base, has hit more than .300 in each of the last four seasons and will be tough to replace defensively. The Falcons also lost pitchers A1 Barker, Chris Fitzpatrick, Jim Ryan and Brian Oswalt who combined to pitch nearly one-third of the Falcons’ innings this season.

Despite all the key losses, Campbell and the falcons are encouraged about the 1996 season. With six position starters and three starting pitchers returning, the Falcons could match the school record of four consecutive winning seasons.

Men Golfers Win First 54-hole Tourney Title Champions.

No matter what happens down the road, the 1995 men’s golf team will always wear that tag. The group earned it on April 10-11 when they won the school’s first-ever 54-hole tournament title in the 1995 Grand Canyon Invitational in Goodyear, Ariz. Prior to the late 1980s, the school played almost exclusively dual matches. Since head coach Gene Miranda returned to the scene in 1989, he has upgraded the schedule and has the team competing against some of the top amateur golfers in the country.

So the Falcons’ accomplishment in April is quite impressive. The team raced across the back nine in one-under-par to come from six shots behind to win the tournament. The most satisfying thing with the win, is that all five players counted in the match.

It was such a team effort that the highest AFA finishers were Joe Dingman and Owen Shipler, who each shot 224 to tie for ninth. Ryan Luecke tied for 12th with 225, while Trey Treadwell tied for 15th with 227 and Geoff Mann tied for 25th with 230. The Falcons shot three sub-300 rounds for the first time this season to win the event with an 889. The team shot 297, 299 and a teamseason-best 293.

The Falcons followed up the tournament win the following weekend with an impressive seventh-place finish at the 33rd Annual Cougar Classic at the Riverside Country Club in Provo, Utah. Air Force fired a 54-hole total 896, including two sub-300 rounds.

Air Force was led all season by Treadwell, who had a team-best 76.03 stroke average. He had five top 25 finishes in his 32 rounds. He was followed by Shipler with a 77.12 stroke average. Mann checked in with the third-best average of 77.15. Mann and Treadwell tied for the low round of the year honors with 67s. Shipler won the team’s only individual title when he won the Service Academies Classic in Dallas, Texas. Dingman and Luecke were also solid contributors. Dingman closed the year with a 77.86 average while Luecke posted a 78.34 norm.

1995 Service Academies Business Resource Directory

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Commandant Explains Reasoning for “The Academy Shuffle

No, The Academy Shuffle is not the newest dance craze in Colorado Springs, but what will happen to cadet squadrons in the coming year. The Class of ’97 will “shuffle” into new squadrons and the BCT cadre will no longer work with cadets from their academic year squadrons.

So why shuffle anyone? The most important reasons are: first, it will give the squadrons an equal distribution of talent in academics, athletics, and leadership. Second, it will challenge each cadet to improve his/her ability to adapt and function in a new environment. Third, it will distribute ideas, standards, and policies more evenly among squadrons. Fourth, it will break up groups or cliques among cadets whose loyalty among them exceeds their loyalty to the institution and the oaths they’ve sworn. The Basic Cadet Training change was made so difficulty adjusting during BCT would not carry forward into the academic year.

Performing the shuffle after the thirdclass year aligns two very

SERE Training Director of 12 Years to Retire

On the 25th of August 1995 the Air Force Academy will lose one of its most prominent and distinguished figures when CMSgt Peter Kummerfeldt retires from the Air Force after 30 years of honorable service. Chief Kummerfeldt is well known and respected by the many Academy graduates who trained under his watchful eye during the past 12 years that he has held the position of SERE training director.

Chief Kummerfeldt

During his tenure he supervised the training of over 10,000 cadets who have since gone on to become commissioned officers in the United States military. The chief’s long and distinguished career began on the 25th of July 1965 when he entered the Air Force and immediately volunteered for duty as a survival training instructor.

Chief Kummerfeldt’s first assignment was to Air Force’s original Survival School at Stead AFB, Nev. where he completed instructor training and later worked as a field training instructor. A short time later he found himself assigned to the Jungle Survival School in the Philippines teaching aircrews to survive and return with honor only days before they flew combat missions over Southeast Asia.

Since that time he has continued to distinguish himself serving the survival career field with tours at the Arctic Survival School, Eielson AFB, Alaska, and three tours at Fairchild AFB, Wash., the current home of Basic Combat Survival Training for the Air Force.

After his retirement, he and Mary, his wife of 27 years, will remain in the Colorado Springs area where they plan to actively pursue their love of the outdoors.

important aspects of life as a cadet. First is the automatic aptitude review that occurs at the end of every cadet’s thirdclass year. It seems unfair to the cadet and to those that have to make an evaluation to have cadets in two new squadrons during the fourthclass and thirdclass years. Performance needs to be evaluated over the long haul to see how cadets solve problems with help from the cadet chain and the AOC.

The second reason is to align the mentor system. Thirdclassmen will no longer mentor fourthclassmen. Thirdclassmen are the instructors and trainers and are not far enough removed from the Doolies nor do they have the experience to be good mentors. The mentor relationship will start between the secondclass and fourthclass cadets. Then as these two classes progress to the next year, their mentoring relationship continues as firstie to thirdclassman.

The shuffling of cadets at some point during their career at the Academy has a long history. Since 1966 we have alternated between shuffling the new third class and the new second class. The Wing expanded into 30 squadrons in 1966; 32 in 1968; and 40 in 1969. The classes of ’68-’72 shuffled the new second class; ’74-’81 the new third class; ’82-’85 the new second class; and ’87-’95 the new third class. The classes of ’59-’67, ’73, ’86 and ’96 did not shuffle.

Senior Falcon Linebacker Drafted by Denver Broncos

Steve Russ, ’95, is a special football player. To find out how special, all one had to do was tune into the NFL draft this past April. Russ, despite his military commitment, was drafted in the seventh round by the Denver Broncos.

The 6-foot-6, 240-pound Russ was impressive during the NFL draft workouts in March and was rated as a mid-to-high-second round pick if he didn’t have a military commitment by draft expert Mel Kiper, Jr., of ESPN. His commitment, however, is something Russ plans to honor.

“I’m not going to push the issue too far,” Russ said. “I don’t think it would be right of me to start beating on the doors and getting Congress involved to get me out. I don’t want a bitter battle over this matter. If it’s meant to happen, it’ll happen.”

Russ became the third player under head coach Fisher DeBerry to be drafted into the NFL. Defensive tackle Chad Hennings was selected in the 11th round of the 1988 draft by the Dallas Cowboys. Place-kicker Joe Wood was picked in the 12th round in 1992 by the Houston Oilers. Hennings took an early out after four years to join the Cowboys and Wood is still on active duty.

Russ was a second team all-WAC selection in 1994 after helping (Continued on next page.)

Fourth Grad Earns Hall of Fame Induction

Lt. Col. Michelle Johnson, a 1981 graduate of the Air Force Academy, was one of four inductees into the GTE Academic AllAmerica Hall of Fame at ceremonies in Washington, D.C., May 25.

Johnson, the Academy’s career women’s basketball scoring leader, joined former NBA great and current Detroit Piston head coach Doug Collins (Illinois State, 1981), former Arizona basketball great Bob Elliott (Arizona, 1977), and University of Wisconsin athletic director and former football great Pat Richter (Wisconsin, 1964) in the class of 1995.

Lt. Col. Johnson, ’81

Dave Schichtle, Johnson’s head coach at the Academy, was on hand to present the award to her in Washington. Former President George Bush, for whom Johnson served as an emergency actions officer, offered congratulations to Johnson in a taped message.

Spetman, ’76,

Johnson is the first-ever female Cadet Wing Commander (highest ranking cadet) and female Rhodes Scholar at the Academy. While at the Academy, Johnson was named the school’s Most Outstanding Scholar-Athlete in 1981. She is Air Force’s all-time scoring leader with a 17.6 career average. She was a three-year basketball letter winner and was the first Falcon to lead the team in scoring for three consecutive years. She led Air Force’s first varsity women’s team to a 20-2 record, followed by 19-5, 17-10 and 17-10 the next three years.

She is currently stationed at Travis AFB, Calif., where she is a flight commander with an air refueling squadron. Prior to that, Johnson was the Air Force aide to Presidents Bush and Clinton from 1992 to 1994, serving as the emergency actions officer.

A frequent lecturer for many civic and educational organizations, Johnson has spoken to the Exchange Club, the Federal Women’s Program and in many schools. Her topics often include educational and career opportunities.

To be eligible for the GTE Academic All-America Hall of Fame, an athlete must have been a GTE Academic All-America team member with a cumulative grade point average of 3.00. In addition, his or her class must have been graduated for at least 10 years. Johnson, an operations research major, graduated with a 3.91 GPA and was a two-time Academic All-America team member (1980-81).

“GTE established the Hall of Fame to recognize the importance of academics as a foundation for life,’’ said Charles R. Lee, GTE chairman and chief executive officer. “All of this year’s inductees have built a solid academic foundation and continue to build on it in their career and community.”

Johnson is the third former Falcon to be named, which gives the Academy the most former athletes inducted. Other Falcons in the Hall of Fame are former football greats Brock Strom (1991) and Rich Mayo (1994). (The Falcon Flyer)

Chosen as New Athletic Director

Academy Superintendent Lt. Gen. Paul E. Stein in May selected Col. Randall W. Spetman, then assigned as chief of the Command and Control Division for the U.S. European Command, Stuttgart, Germany, as the Academy’s next athletic director.

Spetman, a 1976 graduate of the Academy, played defensive end on the varsity football team, remained after graduation as a football coach and was a Wing Open boxing champion.

He served as a bomb squadron operations officer and commander at Minot AFB, N.D., and has flown the B-52G and H models, the KC-135 aerial refueling aircraft and the T-37 flight training aircraft. In addition, he served as a staff officer at Air Force headquarters, Washington, D.C. Spetman is a graduate of the National War College, Fort McNair, Washington, D.C., and Air Command and Staff College and Squadron Officer School, both at Maxwell AFB, Ala.

A selection committee comprising Brig. Gen. Ruben A. Cubero, dean of the faculty; Brig. Gen. John Hopper, 34th Training Wing commander and Col. Vic Andrews, vicesuperintendent, reviewed nominations on 18 individuals, selecting eight for interviews. The committee then forwarded their top five recommendations to the Academy superintendent for selection.

“I personally interviewed each one,” Stein said, “and all five were winners. I selected Randy based on his demonstrated performance, extraordinary character, superior leadership skills and (Drafted: From previous page.) the Falcons to an 8-4 record. He posted a team-best 113 tackles, had five tackles for losses, and two quarterback sacks. He also had an interception and four pass breakups. His 113 tackles are the most by a Falcon since Brian Hill had 117 in 1989. (The Falcon Flyer)

Col. Spetman, ’76 athletic background. He will be a tremendous addition to the Academy and the athletic department and will be an outstanding role model for our cadets.”

As athletic director, Spetman will be responsible for the overall management of the physical education program, intercollegiate and intramural sports programs and the Air Force Academy Athletic Association.

Spetman will initially serve as the deputy director of athletics until the retirement of the current athletic director, Col. Kenneth L. Schweitzer. The selection of Spetman is contingent upon Department of Defense approval of his early release from his joint duty assignment to Stuttgart. (The Falcon Flyer)

Clinton Addresses Bosnia Issue During ’95 Graduation

President Bill Clinton believes America should be prepared to assist NATO if the alliance decides to meet a request from the United Nations for help in a withdrawl or a reconfiguration and a strengthening of its forces in Bosnia. “We have obligations to our NATO allies and I do not believe we can leave them in the lurch,” the president said during his commencement address May 31 here.

“I still believe we have made the right decision in not committing our troops to become embroiled in this conflict in Europe, nor to join the United Nations operations. So, I must carefully review any request for an operation involving a temporary use of our ground forces.”

President Clinton enjoys the spontaneity ofthe May 31 graduation. (Photo by Renny Strackany, courtesy The Falcon Flyer)

The president also addressed Air Force-specific topics during an interview with Air Force Television News. The issues he discussed included quality of life improvements, the end of the drawdown and the future of the military.

“One of the things I have done since I have been president is to go back to Congress on a couple of occasions to try to get more funds for quality of life improvements,” he said. Those improvements include housing and family support upgrades, along with regular pay raises.

“I think most people in the military know they won’t get rich, but they will not live in poverty. We now have the funds from Congress to resume pay increases and keep up with whatever the legal level is. If Congress chooses to raise the legal level, then they will let us do a little more percentage-wise per year.

“My goal is to have a predictable income that goes up on a regular basis, so if you join or re-enlist you will know what the five-year trend is going to be. I believe in maintaining the quality of life issues and keeping the training and readiness up.”

The president sees training and readiness as a key for a force which he says has reached the end of its drawdown.

“I believe we are just about leveled out and I think it’s important that we don’t go too low.” That, the president said, won’t happen to the service academies if he can help it.

“I have seen something of the debate in the last few days on the question of whether in this time of necessity to cut budgets, we ought to close one of the service academies,” he said during the commencement address. “And I just want to say I think that’s one of the worst ideas I ever heard of.”

The president added that furthering the drawdown would hamper the military’s ability in the future.

“I think we will work more with the United Nations, NATO

and other partnerships for peace and I think we will be called upon in smaller numbers.

“First and foremost, as long as there is a threat to the United States from nuclear powers, we will be ready to protect against that threat,” Clinton said.

Secondly, the president said military members will be deployed to protect treaty alliances with “people who we have sworn mutual security commitments. We have those obligations and we will honor them.

“Thirdly, we will try to use our military resources so we can reduce the threat of proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and the threat of terrorism to our people and the threat of disruptions in other countries which could affect our security.

“The future will be more exciting, more diverse and therefore a little more strenuous in some ways than the past has been.

“But we will do our best to make the Air Force an attractive career for dedicated, committed American patriots and as long as people out there are doing their best we owe it to all to do our best.” (The Falcon Flyer)

’95 Grad Recalls Childhood Challenges in Nicaragua

Each Fourth of July since 1980 one member of the Class of 1995 has celebrated more than America’s freedom. For the first seven years Guillermo Estrada’s life, born July 4, 1973, freedom from fear was unattainable as a boy growing up in Nicaragua. Had he remained there another five years, it wouldn’t have been abnormal for him to become the aggressor carrying the automatic weapon instead of just a kid whose home was continually riddled with sniper fire.

In 1980, Estrada, his mother and two brothers made it to American soil—Baton Rouge, La. His father, a professional dentist, remains in Nicaragua.

Childhood wasn’t a piece of cake for the young man who was commissioned a second lieutenant when he graduated this year with a bachelor of science degree in legal studies and a minor in French.

“I still have memories of bombing runs from when I was about seven years old,” Estrada said. Comparing his early years to many of the cadets who have lived in America exclusively, the future aircraft maintenance officer said he finds it interesting to hear what some cadets consider a rough childhood.

“I can remember when, for me, a small serving of frosted flakes was a really big deal,” said Estrada, who aspires to one day become an air attache.

After arriving in the United States, one of the biggest challenges the youngster faced was learning English...no easy task...but one he was able to conquer the basics of in less than six months.

“I was forced to learn the language quickly; that was the only way I could do well in school,” Estrada said. His persistence enabled him to become the No. 1 academic male student in his middle school as well as salutatorian (ranked second among 302 graduates) in his 1991 Belaire High School senior class.

Estrada speaks highly of what the Academy experience has done for him. “The opportunities here are endless...it’s much more than an education...it’s the chance to become an officer,” said Estrada, whose biggest influence to pursue a military career was his older brother, now an enlisted member currently in ROTC who will also be commissioned next year.

Freedom isn’t free and it would seem few have the appreciation for independence that this Air Force second lieutenant has. (The Falcon Flyer)

International Cadet Top Grad Second Straight Year

For the second year in a row, an international student was the No. 1 graduate at the Air Force Academy. Chung Guan Low, son of Boh Por Low and Lilian Soh of Singapore, returned after graduation to his homeland’s air force with the American perspective under his belt and a well-deserved diploma in his hand. The 23-year-old, who has two younger sisters, said it was only through the help of his peers and Academy instructors that he was able to be so successful during his four-year Academy stint. “I got a lot of help and support from C1C Kah Weng Tham (the only other ’95 graduate from Singapore), especially during our freshman year.

The only other international cadet to finish as the top graduate was Jackkrit Thammavichai of Bangkok, Thailand, with the Class of 1994.

The Outstanding Cadet in Military Performance for the Class of 1995 was Douglas L. Johns, son of Col. and Mrs. William E. Johns of Heidelberg, Germany. Johns achieved a military performance average of 3.7 and an academic performance average of 3.1 in an electrical engineering major and a German minor.

Douglas P. Wickert, son of Col. and Mrs. Roger F. Wickert of Beavercreek, Ohio, was named Top Academic Pereformer for this year’s graduating class. He maintained an academic performance average of 3.89 in a double major of astronautical engineering and mathematics and a military performance average of 3.1.

Paul F. Spaven earned special recognition for his exemplary leadership as cadet wing commander for the spring semester, and Russell D. Driggers was the Outstanding Group Commander for the Class of 1995.

Academy Board of Visitors Arrives for Annual Inspection

The Academy Board of Visitors arrived July 21 for its annual Academy visit. The 15-member board looked into the morale, discipline, curriculum, instruction, physical equipment, fiscal affairs, academic methods and other matters relating to the Academy. Within 60 days the board submits a written report of their actions, views and recommendations directly to the president.

“We typically escort them (the board members) to areas we think they want to see, but sometimes they give us an indication of what they would like to see and talk about,” said Lt. Col. David DiMarchi, chief of plans and current operations.

During their visit the board also talks to cadets to get their opinions on the quality of life here, acording to DiMarchi.

Six members of the board are appointed by the president—the Honorable Barry M. Goldwater (chairman); Andrew H. Card Jr.; Daryl L. Jones; Harry J. Pearce; retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Brent C. Scowcroft; and Ambassador Fred M. Zeder II.

Members appointed by the vice president—Senators Conrad Burns (R-Mont.), Ernest Hollings (D-S.C.) and Dirk Kempthorne (R-Idaho).

Appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives—Representatives Norman Dicks (D-Wash.), Joel Hefley (R-Colo.), John Tanner (D-Tenn.) and C.W. Bill Young (R-Fla.).

Appointed by the Senate Armed Services Committee chairman—Senator J. James Exon (D-Neb.). The slot normally filled by the appointee of the House National Security Committee chairman is currently vacant.

Presidential appointees are designated for three years. Each of the remaining nine board members serves a minimum of one year. (The Falcon Flyer)

In Athletics, Johnny Harrison was selected as the most valuable male athlete for the 1994-1995 sports year. Harrison placed second in the Western Athletic Conference wrestling championships this year, along with winning the title and placing second in previous years. He qualified for the NCAA wrestling championships three times during his career and also won the all-service wrestling championship.

The most valuable female athlete for the year was Tanja Hauber, captain of the women’s swim team which won the NCAA Division II national championship. Also winning the Sports Woman of Colorado Collegiate Swimming Award this year, she is a three-time national champion swimmer and a 22-time All-American, including five honorable mention performances.

This year’s top scholar-athlete is Amanda Krantz, who maintained a 3.65 grad-point average in electrical engineering. As a freshman playing on the women’s tennis team, Krantz was ranked No. 5 in the nation and received All-American honors. As a sophomore, she placed second in the Colorado Athletic Conference in singles and first in doubles. As a junior she was first in the Midwest region and as a senior, Krantz was second in the conference in singles.

Steve Russ, an inside linebacker who led the football team with 133 tackles, won the athletic leadership award for his character and conduct on the playing field which best exemplified outstanding leadership. Otis Jones, a guard on the basketball team, was selected for the athletic excellence award, given to the person who has demonstrated athletic excellence by his or her participation in one or more intercollegiate sports. This year’s athletic achievement award was won by a member of the men’s tennis team, Jerry Ledzinski. The award is presented to the cadet who contributed the most to the Academy intercollegiate program.

Jabara Winner Credited With Saving 32 Lives

Capt. Harold E. Waters, Class of 1985, was named the winner of the 1995 Jabara Award for Airmanship for distinguishing himself by heroism in the recovery of an RC-135 aircraft with 32 crew members aboard after a catastrophic electrical failure over the North Atlantic Ocean on March 10, 1994. He was nominated by Air Combat Command.

At 31,000 feet altitude and several hundred miles east of northera Canada, Waters’ aircraft experienced an engine failure and total electrical failure. Without vital electrical power to engine instruments, fuel gages, navigational aids and aircraft performance instruments, he was left with only battery power to handle selected aircraft systems on a limited basis.

Supervising manual navigation, Waters chose to divert to the closest available suitable runway, Goose Bay, Canada. Deteriorating weather and limited visual cues made visual flight along the Canadian coast extremely difficult, but eventually an inlet resembling the 140-mile waterway leading to the Goose Bay airfield was sighted. With few visible landmarks along the snowcovered coast that matched navigation charts, the first successful radio contact was made with a Canadian Forces C-130 aircraft.

The crew of the C-130 relayed Waters’ distress call to Goose Bay air traffic control, and the ground controller established a bearing using Waters’ radio transmissions to confirm position. To get within range of ground radar, Waters had to descend below a 2,000 foot ceiling to maintain visual contact with the ground.

Unsure of his fuel situation and with visibility deteriorating to five miles with heavy snow, Waters configured the aircraft for landing, using approximate airspeeds and trim for his estimated heavier-than-normal gross weight. Relying on experience and aircraft feel, rudder trim for the engine-out condition was set and fuel was blindly drained from the number one fuel tank to level the wings.

Body fuel was then dumped overboard to lower the gross weight and for center-of-gravity considerations, using feel to judge the effect on aircraft pitch stability. At three nautical miles, Waters visually acquired the runway, a gray shadow against a solid-white background. He maneuvered for a smooth threeengine landing and stopped the heavy jet without anti-skid braking on a snow-covered runway. It was later determined that his number four main fuel tank was empty, and the closest clear weather was another three hours away.

Captain Waters’ gallantry and composure in the face of such a complex emergency saved the lives of 32 crew members and a valuable Air Force asset. His outstanding heroism, professional competence and aerial skills warrant his selection for the 1995 Colonel James Jabara Award for Airmanship. The Jabara Award will be presented to Captain Waters by Lt. Gen. Paul E. Stein, ’66, Academy superintendent, at the Jabara Award Reception and Banquet, Saturday, Oct. 7, at Homecoming 1995. This year there were two runners-up for the Jabara Award. They were:

Lt. Col. Stephen L. Hoog, ’79, nominated by U.S. Air Forces in Europe, who orchestrated the conversion of F-16C aircraft and movement of an entire fighter squadron from Germany to Italy while sustaining deployed combat operations. As the 555th Fighter Squadron’s new commander, he confidently led the transition squadrons through intense simultaneous combat deployments in support of Operation DENY FLIGHT. He led NATO’s first air strike combat missions over BosniaHerzegovina, and he produced the first-ever F-16 Southern Region night precision guided weapons and forward air controller capability.

Maj. Todd A. Bolger, ’82, nominated by Air Force Special Operations Command, for braving extremely hazardous environment, terrain and antiaircraft fire to recover the bodies of 26 coalition members lost in a tragic friendly-fire UH-60 shootdown incident in northern Iraq during Operation PROVIDE COMFORT, on April 14 and 15, 1995. He inserted the security team, pararescue and C2 element at the crash site 40 miles from an Iraqi artillery garrison, hoisted multiple stokes litters of victims from

the wooded, mountainous crash site, and extracted the security team, flying a 15.3-hour sortie, 10.5 hours in hostile territory, for a 19.5-hour duty day.

The other distinguished nominees for the 1995 Jabara Award were:

Col. Mark C. Lee, ’74, nominated by Air Force Space Command, for his extraordinary management of the Simplified Aid For Extravehicular activity Rescue (SAFER) program which ultimately culminated in an act of airmanship that was unprecedented in space history, when he performed the first flight test of the SAFER during a spacewalk on Sept. 17, 1994, during Space Shuttle Discovery’s mission STS-64.

Lt. Col. Richard A. Schroeder, ’76, nominated by the Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center, for sustained superior performance as director of Operations for the C-17 Initial Test and Evaluation team. He was the prime contributor and driving force behind the comprehensive C-17 operational test and key to the successful development of the nation’s next-generation airlift aircraft.

Maj. Michael J. Brill, ’79, nominated by the Air Force Reserve, for his outstanding airmanship as the best F-16 air-to-air fighter pilot in his Reserve unit, his leadership and organizational capabilities, and his unparalleled ability to teach others in the classroom or in the air. He has led his squadron in numerous suecessful flying competitions and flew missions in northern Iraq over Iraqi surface-to-air missiles and antiaircraft artillery.

Maj. Michael P. Winslow, ’81, nominated by Air Education and Training Command, for his sustained outstanding performance as a fighter tactician and aviator. He performed brilliantly in the application of innovative weapons and tactics employment, instruction and evaluation of F-15 weapons and tactics applications, and study and instruction of slow-speed, high angle-ofattack F-15 flight characteristics, producing a significant increase in the combat capability and overall airmanship of the combat air forces.

Capt. Christopher A. Habig, ’83, nominated by Air Force Materiel Command, for his outstanding effort which helped expand the flight envelope of the F-15E at high angle-of-attack. After Air Combat Command limited the F-15E’s flight envelope following two unrecoverable spins, he became the catalyst to develop flight control enhancements designed to improve the air-

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Sailplane Sports AOG Logo

John Flanagan, ’62, points to the AOG logo on one of the high-performance sailplanes the AOG purchased for cadet use through contributions to the Air Force Academy (AFA) Fund. John was at the Academy in May to speak at a cadet dining-in. While here, he and his wife, Mari Jo, became the 50th member of the Sabre Society.

Reservist Trades Reunion for “Special Mission” Planning

Dear Jock,

I just wanted to thank you for your support during the 20th ’74 class reunion and the time you took to provide me a refund for those reunion activities that I was unable to go to. On Thursday evening of the reunion, I was called by another fellow grad, Sam Lambert, who asked me to go on a week of active duty for a “special mission” that he couldn’t say over the phone. Of course, I’d guessed it was the Haiti Mission. I wasn’t particularly thrilled at the idea of missing the reunion, but my personal loyalty to Sam is pretty strong. We’ve been in the 302 AW (AFRES) at Peterson AFB for over 10 years, and have flown together in Desert Storm, Sarajevo, and numerous OREs/ORIs—so I accepted. The Thursday night reception was the only reunion event I could go to.

On Friday morning, I flew to Pope AFB. Got there around noon. Reported to a hot, sweaty windowless pillbox of a building and was instructed we had to do everything necessary to implement a 10-aircraft airdrop mission with a takeoff time of around midnight Sunday. (Actually, we were initially told the mission may go Saturday night.) Small world—the first active duty person I met was another classmate, Jeff Northgraves.

(Jabara Award: From previous page.)

By Saturday morning, we were well into our planning, and had also succeeded in getting 14 Reserve C-130s from 10 different Reserve units to Pope AFB. By Saturday evening, they were all loaded and had flown down to Dobbins AFB, which we chose as our “Forward Operating Location”. Some of the loads included 39,000-pound heavy equipment loads that we were to airdrop.

By mid-day Sunday, the mission planning and aircrew packages were complete, and we were ready to brief and implement the mission. I, and the small planning staff had woken up around 5 a.m. Friday. We worked through Friday night, with a threehour nap in our rental cars, using our aircrew helmet bags for pillows which did wonders for our necks. We worked through Saturday, and most of us got our first real sleep around 11 p.m. Saturday night. We’d gone 42 hours with three hours sleep, but got the job done.

We were kept in standby status until midday Monday. Another classmate, Jim Glenn, who is the Tactics chief with the Reserves at Dobbins, shpwed up on Monday. I asked where the hell he had been. He muttered something about a reunion. Monday afternoon I flew back to Colorado. Only missed two days of work. By Tuesday, I was “Joe Civilian” just like nothing had happened. I could only grin when my civilian coworkers asked me how my weekend went.

craft’s flight characteristics. This included becoming the first pilot in history to recover from an intentional spin in an F-15E. He flew 27 test missions, 18 of which were considered high risk, entering and recovering from 35 intentional spins.

Capt. Michael D. Rothstein, ’88, nominated by Pacific Air Forces, whose outstanding efforts led to the sustained combat capability of the 35th Fighter Wing and specifically to the ability of the 13th Fighter Squadron to be the first F-16CJ Block 50D Squadron to declare initial operational capability in the High Speed Anti-Radiation (HARM) Targeting System (HTS) Suppression of Enemy Defenses (SEAD) combat arena, despite being the fourth squadron to accept delivery of its aircraft.

Capt. Mary J. Bodnar, ’89, nominated by Air Mobility Command, who commanded a KC-135 crew of 17 specialists including seven aircrew members, three maintenance personnel, a hospital staff of six and a public affairs officer, in the rescue of two divers who had been attacked by a shark (one losing a leg and both suffering massive blood loss) near Easter Island in March 1994. She planned and executed a very complicated mission delivering the critically-injured patients to the hospital at Howard AFB, Panama.

Jabara Award winners are selected by the Academy and the Association of Graduates on behalf of the Jabara family. The award honors a “USAF graduate whose contributions are of such significance as to set him or her apart from their comtemporaries.” 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 in the Korean War. The nominees are screened by a Jabara Award Selection Committee composed of graduate members of the Association of Graduates. Their final recommendation is for-

You know, Jock, my dad was a career enlisted man in the Air Force. I had career military in my blood. I chose to leave active duty after six years for a lot of reasons I won’t go into here, but with a Little bit of reservation. But in retrospect, I think I have participated as much as a Reservist as I would have on active duty. On active duty, I flew in Air Force Special Operations with the 1st Special Operations Squadron, ineluding flying in the Iranian Hostage Rescue Mission. But in the Reserves, I have been in Panama during two coup attempts; flown into Managua, Nicaragua; all over Central and South America; flown in Desert Shield and Desert Storm; flown missions over Iraq; flown all over Europe; flown missions into Sarajevo; and participated in Haiti mission planning.

The unit I’m in has also flown in Ethiopia and Somalia and is one of the primary Airborne Fire Fighting units. (I’d have liked to fly those missions, too, but there is only so much I can do on the three weeks of military leave given to me by Lockheed Martin.) On active duty, I don’t think I’d have been involved in so many different hot spots, and that has softened some of the reservation I’ve had in the decision to leave active duty after six years.

Anyway, I’m rambling. Thanks for your support.

Maj. (AFRES) Michael K. Sumida, ’74

warded to the superintendent for his approval.

Serving on this year’s selection committee were Col. Joseph Burke, ’70, chairman; Col. Samuel Bole, ’68; Maj. Guillermo Balmaseda, ’81; Maj. Kevin Smith, ’82; Maj. Mavis Compagno, ’83; Maj. Dennis Moore, ’83; and Capt. Alan Burke, ’84.

12th Superintendent’s Portrait

Numerous members of the Class of 1959 were on hand at the unveiling in April ofLt. Gen. (Ret) Bradley C. Hosmer’s official portrait as 12th Air Force Academy superintendent. Hosmer, also Class of 1959 and secondfrom left, isjoined by, from left, Gen. (Ret) H.T. Johnson, Col. (Ret) Brock Strom, Maj. Gen. (Ret) Larry Fortner, Col. (Ret) Robert Browning, and Col.

GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN

James Gregory Lawson, Class of 1965, of Wadena, Minn, died suddenly while cross-country skiing on Feb. 15, 1995. He was 52. After graduating from the Academy, Jim served as a T-37 instructor pilot at Reese AFB, Texas until he resigned as a captain in 1970.

A native of Superior, Wis., he moved to Minnesota and began a career in the health field, and most recently served as administrator of Tri County Hospital in Wadena for 15 years. Jim was an established leader in health care in the community, and region and the state. He was appointed to the Blue Cross/Blue Shield Corporate Board, was an active member of the Minnesota Hospital Association, and served as an alternate board member of the Minnesota Department of Health Regional Coordinating Board.

Jim was also active in his community. He served as president of the Wadena Rotary Club, Wadena Chamber of Commerce, the American Cancer Society, Independent-Republican Party, was a member of the Wadena Airport Advisory Board, the Boy Scouts board, the Wadena Hockey Association, St. Ann’s Church Choir, and a host of other activities.

Most casual conversations with Jim centered around his family—Mickey, his wife for 28 years; daughters Deborah, 26; Terry, 25; and son Michael, 13. He was so proud of each of them and was completely committed in his role as husband and father to bring out the best in each of them. He was truly an example of Christian service for his family, his friends and his coworkers.

Jim was one of Wadena’s best assets and his ability to share, give and lead will be his legacy. He is sadly missed. His father, John, and father-in-law, Charles, preceded him in death in 1993. He is also survived by his mother, Barbara, brothers John, Hugh, Peter; and sisters Katie and Barbara.

Richard W. Lobritz, ’69

Dr. Richard W. Lobritz, Class of 1969 was found dead at his home in Youngstown, Ohio, on Oct. 17, 1994. He had been a staff pathologist at St. Elizabeth Hospital Medical Center in Youngstown since 1984 and assistant Summit County coroner the past 11 years.

Saying a coroner should be a pathologist, Dr. Lobritz announced in February, 1994 his plans to seek the Democratic nomination for Mahoning County Coroner. He eventually withdrew as a candidate and supported Dr. David Kennedy, who won the nomination in May.

Dr. Lobritz was salutatorian of the Austintown Fitch Class of 1964. He was president of the National Honor Society and science

Richard W. Lobritz, ’69

club, was basketball team manager and was a member of student council there.

He attended Youngstown State University and graduated from the Air Force Academy in 1969. He received his medical degree in 1973 from the University of Cincinnati and served at Wilford Hall Hospital at Lackland AFB, Texas before coming to St. Elizabeth’s.

Dr. Lobritz was born May 23, 1946, in Youngstown, a son of John and Clara Statti Lobritz. He served 15 years in the Air Force.

He was a member of the College of American Pathologists, American Society of Cytology, American Society of Clinical Pathologists and American Society for Cytotechnology.

He leaves his wife, Dr. Janice Jura, whom he married Aug. 17, 1991; his mother, of Austintown; two daughters, Miss Michele Lobritz, a student at the U.S. Naval Academy; and Miss Meredith Lobritz, a student at Ohio State University; a son, Michael of Akron; a brother, John T. of Monroeville, Pa.; and a grandmother, Mrs. Anna Statti of Aliquippa, Pa.

At press time we had learned of the deaths of the following graduates:

Lt. Col. (USAF, Ret) Ronald E. Rouse, Class of 1970, who died of an illness in Bossier City, La. on June 22, 1995.

Maj. (ANG) Clarence T. Marsh, III, Class of 1977, who died in the crash of his A-10A at the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico on May 19, 1995.

1st Lt. Joseph E. Stattmiller, Class of 1993, who died on June 15, 1995 at Patrick AFB, Fla, while TDY there from his home station of Los Angeles AFB, Calif.

Our condolences to the family and friends of these graduates.

Air Training Officer, McVeigh, Dies at 63

Col. (USAF, Ret) William “Tex” McVeigh, of San Antonio, Texas passed away on June 4, 1995. Colonel McVeigh graduated with the West Point Class of 1954 and was an Air Training Officer (ATO) for the inaugural class at the Air Force Academy. He served in Vietnam where he received the Bronze Star and the Distinguished Flying Cross, completed 26 years active duty and retired from Randolph AFB in 1980.

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1979 Graduate Named White House Fellow

Lt. Col. David K. “Bob” Edmonds, ’79, was appointed by President Clinton in June as a 1995-96 White House Fellow. Edmonds, at the time of his appointment, was commander of the 95th F-15 Fighter Squadron at Tyndall Air Force Base in Panama City, Fla. The one-year fellowship begins on Sept. 1 and involves working as a special assistant to a Cabinet member or a senior White House official.

Only 14 appointees—nine men and five women from around the country, received the distinguished fellowship which is based on an individual’s academic, professional and civic achievement. The fellows include business people, lawyers, teachers, doctors and military officers. Edmonds was the only military officer chosen out of a field of 1,300 people. The program, in its 31st year, is bipartisan.

“That’s the beauty of it,” Edmonds said, “It takes people from all walks of life.” Originally from Charlotte, N.C., Edmonds, 38, has been at Tyndall since 1993. Prior to his squadron commander assignment, he flew more than 40 combat missions in Operations Desert Shield and Desert Strom and has earned four Air Medals and four Meritorious Service Medals.

To apply for the full-time paid position, Edmonds was required to write a 26-page policy proposal documenting his life’s ambition and describing what he believes to be his most significant contribution to his community. After the applicants were narrowed from 1,300 to 120, he and 12 others went to Miami for a regional

Academy Graduate White House Fellows

Fellow

Year of Fellowship

John L. Barry ’73 1985-86

Robert H. Baxter ’62 1972-73

John L. Borling ’63 1974-75

Gregory H. Canavan ’65 1977-78

Leslie G. Denend ’63 1974-75

Charles P. Garcia ’83 1988-89

Will A. Gunn ’80

1990-91

Robert O. Heavner ’63 1977-78

E. Randy Jayne II ’66 1973-74

Raymond E. Johns, Jr. ’77 1991-92

Randall H. Kehl ’76 1990-91

Richard L. Klass ’62 1970-71

Frank G. Klotz ’73 1982-83

Jerrold Lundquist ’71 1985-86

Edward A. Rice ’78 1990-91

David M. Rhodes ’79 1993-94

David H. Roe ’62 1975-76

Robert L. Sansom ’64 1968-69

Dartanian Warr ’80 1992-93

Michael O. Wheeler ’66 1978-79

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president with Nations Bank, retiring in 1994. Col. McVeigh was a member of the First Presbyterian Church, was very active in community services with Kiwanis of San Antonio and at the time of his death served as president of Boysville.

He was also an active member of Daedalians, a devoted husband and family man. He is survived by his wife, Martha, daughters Peggy McVeigh and Charlene Bazany, and her husband, James; son Larry Baker and his wife, Becky, all of San Antonio; son, William, IV and his wife, Rebecca, of Columbus, Ohio; and son Aaron Baker and his wife, Sandra, of San Marcos, Texas.

He has six grandchildren and is also survived by his mother, Lorena Henderson McVeigh, and sister Marilyn Davis and her husband, Sidney, of Dallas. Memorial contributions may be made to Boysville, Box 369, Converse, Texas 78109. Interment with military honors was in Ft. Sam Houston National Cemetery.

interview. That 12 was narrowed to four. Then he joined 36 applicants in Washington, D.C. for national interviews.

John Shiffman, associate director of the Fellows Office in the White House, said Edmonds will be working just like a real-life senior advisor. He will write speeches, chair meetings, draft legislation and coordinate policy, and will attend an education program of regular meetings with senior government officials, top business executives, journalists and other leaders.

During his time at Tyndall, Edmonds’ squadron entered a partnership with Everitt Middle School to offer mentoring to students. Edmonds is also a lay minister at the Holy Nativity Episcopal Church and volunteers his time with youth soccer, farm league baseball and Boy Scouts. He was the only fellow chosen from Florida this year.

Edmonds thinks the fellowship will benefit him long after the year is over. “It will definitely improve my ability to serve my community and the nation more fully in the future. It’s great,” he added, “It’s an unparalleled opportunity to observe the nation’s governing process at the highest levels.”

The White House Fellows program boasts numerous prestigious alumni to include former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Colin Powell, Housing and Urban Development secretary Henry Cisneros, CNN president Tom Johnson, historian Doris Kearns Goodwin, and Tenneco CEO Dana Mead.

Lt. Col. Bob Edmonds, an F-15 fighter squadron commander at Tyndall AFB, Fla., has been chosen as the Academy’s 21st White House Fellow.

At a White House ceremony celebrating the program’s 30th anniversary, President Clinton said “One reason the White House Fellows program has worked so well is that it is one of the few things in this intensely-partisan town that we’ve managed to make truly bipartisan. If I could turn it into a virus, I would put it into a shot and give it to everybody who is now working in Washington, D.C.”

Doolittle Hall Available For Many Special Occasions

Doolittle Hall is now available at very reasonable rates for special functions. To date the AOG has hosted a variety of events: department meetings, retirements, wedding receptions, workshops, cocktail parties, luncheons and formal and informal dinners. Doolittle Hall can accommodate as many as 300 at a sit-down dinner and more than 500 for a cocktail party.

Available facilities include conference rooms, the library lounge with bar, and outdoor patio area, weather permitting. AOG members receive preferential rates. For more specific information on your special-function needs, please call Mrs. Cheryl Brower at the AOG at (719) 472-0300.

Graduate Dependent Scholarships Awarded to Eight

It is with great pleasure that the AOG announces this year’s Graduate Dependent Scholarship winners. The following eight winners and two alternates are recognized for their exceptional achievements in academics, in extracurricular activities, and in volunteer work and employment. These college and high school students represent the very best from an outstanding group of over 70 applications. As the synopses of their acomplishments below indicate, while their talents and interests have varied from interecollegiate and varsity athletics to painting and dance, they have all excelled as students and citizens.

The Graduate Dependent Scholarship (GDS) Fund is an endowed fund supported by contributions through the Air Force Academy fund and through other restricted contributions. This year’s scholarship awards totaling $5,500 were awarded to the following individuals:

Nathan Stooke ($1,000), who is in his freshman year at Southern Illinois University majoring in computer science. He was also a recipient of a $500 GDS last year and continues to excel in academics and athletics. As an intercollegiate swimmer he practices five hours a day, yet still maintains a 4.0 grade point average. He was also recognized as one of the top performers in his ROTC detachment, serving as element leader and first sergeant during his first year. Stooke’s accomplishments are particularly noteworthy in that he had to deal with the added challenge of dyslexia,

Graduate Dependent Scholarship Criteria Outlined

Graduate Dependent Scholarships are being offered for the upcoming 1996-1997 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 a graduate life member of the AOG or a graduate 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 a full-time student, as defined by the institution, at a college 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 a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale for the six most-recent semesters as a full-time student.

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 demonstrated acceptance into the accredited institution. An individual may receive a total 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 a scholarship in a given 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 directors. The scholarship winners will be determined based on overall demonstrated merit. The deadline for receiving application packages is March 1 for 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, 3116 Academy Drive, Suite 100, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colo. 80840-4475 or call (719) 472-0300.

and has worked numerous jobs in order to offset the additional costs of special educational equipment and fees. (Willard N. Stooke, ’71)

Nicole Finch (tie, $750), who is a senior at Harrison High School in Kennesaw, Ga. She has a 4.0 GPA, with 22 honors courses and two advanced placement courses. Her school activities are concentrated in chorus and drama, and she has also competed in numerous foreign language competitions. Her creativity was evident in her personal essay which indicated her desire to pursue a career of government service in the State Department. Finch has also carried a part-time job, has been active in her church youth group and has served as president of her church’s chancel choir. She has volunteered as a peer tutor for the past four years. (Samuel P. Finch, III, ’64)

Jennifer Roberts (tie, $750), who is currently a senior at Texas Women’s University majoring in dance and math, and plans to continue working towards graduate school after one last semester in which she will be doing student teaching in order to earn a teaching certificate. She is very involved in several artistic endeavors, including the Dallas Dance Council and the Partnership for Arts and Culture in Education. Roberts has also been employed as a dance teacher, a choreographer, and a guest artist throughout her college career, and has volunteered as a teacher in a literacy program, while maintaining close to a 4.0 QPA. (Earl E. Roberts III, ’69)

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Kathryn Arbeit ($700), who is a freshman at Sanford University in California interested in an engineering or science major. She also received a $700 GDS last year. Arbeit has achieved a 3.5 GPA even with challenging advanced math and physics coursework. She continues to be active in extra-curricular activities in college as editor of the Stanford chapter of Amnesty International, as a mentor for a child from the inner city in Oakland, and as a leader in dorm activities. Arbeit intends to pursue a PhD in engineering or physics. (Ferde Paul Arbeit, ’67)

Anna Crowell (tie, $600), who is a senior at Starkville High School in Mississippi with a 4.0 GPA and 10 honors courses and two advanced placement courses. She has not decided on a college major, but has been accepted by Harvard. Crowell has been active in her school’s symphonic band as a flutist and captain of the band flag corps. She has also earned recognition as a pianist in district and state-level competitions. She is president of her Girl Scout troop and of her church youth group, and has served as a

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Past the Age Limit

When Eric Zurbrugg, ’65, returned to the Academyfor Parents Weekend, ’94, to see his son Karl, ’94, then a senior in Cadet Squadron 21, he didn ’t recognize just how far he was going to relive his cadet days. With a little help from squadron mates to “round up enough short, fat uniform items to suit him up, the elder Zurbruggjoined his son in a “spirit” mission, marching in the parade with the squadron. We’ll let our readers decide who is whom!

Graduate Dependent Scholarships

Endowed by AFA Fund

Did you know that funding for the Graduate Dependent Scholarships (GDS) comes from people like you? Like other exceptionally worthwhile programs sponsored by your AOG, the GDS is funded through the Air Force Academy (AFA) Fund. The $5,500 awarded this year is interest from funds endowed for the GDS, and those scholarship monies only increase as a result of higher interest rates or additional endowments—in particular through the AFA Fund contributions designated for the GDS endowment or other restricted gifts to the GDS program.

If you’re interested in contributing to the GDS Scholarship Fund or to any other AOG-sponsored program, please contact Jim Shaw, AOG executive vice president, Development. There are numerous cadet clubs and activities which also benefit greatly from your generosity.

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member of student council for the past two years. (Lorenzo M. Crowell, ’65)

Elsie Donnelly (tie, $600), who is a senior at West Springfield High School in Virginia. She has maintained a 4.0 GPA with five AP (advanced placement) and six TAG (talented and gifted) courses. She plans to attend the College of William and Mary and major in biology, with an emphasis on wildlife biology, environmental science, or marine biology. Donnelly has worked as a piano teacher for the past four years and is also currently a paper carrier. She has performed as a pianist, as well as in different types of dance. She is vice president of the school’s ecology club which has helped carry out an Adopt-A-Highway program and has also participated in the Nature Conservancy Program. (James Leo Donnelly, ’69)

Michael Schlabs (tie, $600), who is a senior at the DoD High School in Ramstein, Germany. He has maintained a 3.7 GPA in his last six semesters, including one semester in which he earned a 3.0 GPA at a German middle school, competing with the top German students preparing for university. Schlabs is a talented artist, published in the DODDS art periodical and winner of the Hallmark Award in national Scholastic Art Awards competition. His painting was one of 225 national winners on display in the Corcoran Gallery in Washington, D.C. last summer. He is also a guitarist in a rock band, a varsity letter winner in soccer and a peer tutor. He intends to pursue a career in engineering or architecture. (Michael Wayne Schlabs, ’73)

Melissa Harnly ($500), who is a senior at Liberty High School in Colorado Springs. She has a 3.97 GPA with eight AP and 13 TAG courses. Harnly was district champion at the National Forensics League, is a member of a competitive soccer team, and secretary of her school’s Student Against Drunk Driving chapter. She also works at a gardening center, is a member of the YMCA board, is a “Big Sister” in the local Big Brother and Big Sisters program. Harnly is going to be attending Northwestern University under a ROTC scholarship, and hopes to become a medical doctor. (Douglas A. Harnly, ’74)

First Alternate: Jessica Reay, who is a senior at La Cueva High School in Albuquerque, N.M., where she has maintained a perfect 4.0 GPA while taking 12 honors courses and four AP courses. She is a flute player in the symphonic and marching band and a member of the New Mexico All-State Band in 1995. Reay is active in Girl Scouts, and has done volunteer work as a tutor, for Habitat for Humanity, and has organized a Brownie troop for hearing-impaired girls. She intends to pursue a career in teaching with an emphasis on working with children with communication

Make your tax-deductible donation now to The Air Force Academy Fund.

Graduates Can Help With USAFA Admissions

What would happen if there were not enough qualified students to fill the 1,200 appointments for an incoming class? Since our peak of 16,000 applicants in the mid-’80s we have dropped below 10,000 in our two most recent classes. If this trend continues we will be close to having the number of qualified students equal to or lower than the number of appointments we can offer. The Academy would like to have a larger pool of qualified students from which to choose the best 1,200. As a graduate you can help.

We now have 27,000 graduates. If every graduate gives us the name and address of just one student who they feel has what it takes to graduate, and if only one-half of these students return the application we mail them, our applicant pool would more than double. For graduates on active duty, don’t forget about our sharp airmen who could enter the Academy before their 22nd birthday.

Military cutbacks, reductions in Academy pilot-training slots, and changing perceptions of the military have had a negative effeet on the number of applicants. To maintain the quality of each entering class and subsequent graduating classes, we need a larger pool from which to draw quality students. Every graduate who follows you carries a piece of you and the school with him or her. You can have a hand in which student will follow you and graduate.

Send the name and address to: HQ USAFA/RRPR, 2304 Cadet Drive, Suite 215, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colo. 80840-5025 or call (719) 472-2640 or DSN 259-2640.

disorders. (Roderick D. Reay, ’75)

Second Alternate: Brian Barris, who successfully completed his first semester as a freshman at Caltech and intends to pursue a degree in astronomy. He is on the varsity cross country and track teams at Caltech, and is working at a work-study job in the faculty club. As a member of the Caltech chapter of Students for the Exploration and Development of Space he has made several presentations to local high schools about the solar system and the U.S. manned space program. (Bernard C. Barris, ’72)

Our congratulations again to all the fine young men and women who submitted scholarship applications. The GDS committee was extremely impressed by the achievements and community involvement of all the applicants. We encourage members with children who will or are attending a post-secondary educational institution (including graduate school) to read the accompanying article in this issue of Checkpoints for more details on how to apply for these annual scholarships. In addition, the AOG welcomes gifts to increase the GDS endowment which will go towards increasing the number and size of awards to some very deserving sons and daughters of our graduate members.

REUNION CONTACTS

’60 (35th) 13-17 Sept 1995

Col (Ret) Andi Biancur

719-488-3642 (H)

Marriott Salt Lake City, UT 84124

Ph.: 801-278-4866 (H) 801-582-5847 ext 6526 (O)

Hotel: Antlers Doubletree

’65 (30th) 8-12 Nov 1995

’75 (20th) 4-8 Oct 1995

Lt Col Mark Wells

Ridgeview Circle

CO 80132

719-488-1339 (H)

Mr Jim Spittler 719-472-3230 (O)

655 Big Valley Dr Hotel: Marriott Colorado Springs, CO 80919

Ph.: 719-598-7228 (H) 719-577-0044 (O)

Hotel: Marriott

’85 (10th) 4-8 Oct 1995

Capt John “Hoot” Gibson 8085 Chancellor Dr Colorado Springs, CO 80920

’70 (25th) 6-10 Sept 1995 Ph.: 719-282-0132 (H)

Lt Col (Ret) Jack Mueller 719-472-3964 (O)

18025 Woodhaven PI

Springs, CO 80908 Hotel: Embassy Suites

The Service Academy Database Of Graduates

Your AOG is pleased to announce a new service to graduate AOG members. We have joined forces with the alumni associations of West Point, Annapolis, and the Coast Guard Academy to jointly provide resumes on graduates from all academies to prospective employers.

The goal of this easy-to-use service is to maximize the employment opportunities for our graduate members seeking a career change. Establishing a network of employers, as well as a database of potential graduate employees, is an integral part of this joint effort. By combining forces with the other service academies we have greatly enhanced our graduates’ probability of being evaluated by a company that knows the value of an academy background. Send $25 (check or money order) to the AOG and in a few days you will receive:

Resume Program

• Makes quick work of the difficult task of creating a resume

• Produces professionally appealing, typeset resumes

Job Attributes Program

• Collects personal data and employment preferences:

► Education, graduate & undergraduate

► Language ability and computer skills

► Work experience, military & civilian

► Industry and position preferences

► Geographic preferences

Security Clearance

► And other pertinent information

• Used by Employers to identify You

Complete the easy-to-use, menu-driven job preference and resume programs on any DOS computer (3 lA” disk) and send a copy of the program output files to the AOG for inclusion in the database.

HIRE ONE OF YOUR OWN

Many of you are in a position to make or influence hiring decisions for your Company. If you wish to obtain a disk set of Service Academy Alumni resumes, attributes and job preferences with search and retrieval capability, send your request to the AOG with a check or money order. The price for the disk package is $150 (a discount is available to graduate AOG members for personal use). A quarterly subscription rate for the corporate disk package is available upon request. The program will only work on a computer running Windows 3.0 or higher.

EH Yes, I would like to be in the database and I enclose a check or money order for $25

ED Yes, I would like to receive a database of Service Academy Alumni and enclosed a check or money order for $150

Your Name: Return the completed form and your check to:

Company Name:

Address:

If a USAFA graduate, year of graduation:

Association of Graduates

3116 Academy Drive, Suite 100

USAF Academy, CO 80840-4475

Whether you are an individual graduate investigating a career change or an employer seeking a superior performer, this new AOG service for graduate members may well provide you the best approach. Send in the completed form or contact the AOG Vice President, Services, Col(Ret) Jock Schwank at (719) 472 - 0300 for further information.

ATTENTION IN THE AREA

Bad Addresses Cost $$$

A reminder to all members: As you may know, postage rates increased in January. Along with that increase, return mail (i.e., address changes from Checkpoints mailouts) has increased to 50 cents a return. Although your association pays these fees, it could affect membership fees in the future. Therefore, we ask that you give us your new address promptly.

Class Ring Information

Graduates who need to replace or have their Academy class rings repaired should go directly through the manufacturer. The manufacturer has the expertise and equipment to repair or replace your ring. Contact them directly for cost estimates, which vary significantly. Below are the manufacturers and how to contact them:

Jostens

c/o Seal Seykora 4890 S. Kitteredge St. Aurora, Colo. 80015 (303) 699-9199

Balfour Company

Classes of 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1976 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982 1983, 1984, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1991 1992

Classes of 1959, 1961, 1964, 1965

c/o Jess Crane 1966, 1967, 1969, 1975, 1994 3502 S. Marion St. Englewood, CO 80110 (303) 789-0623 (Evenings: 303-757-0557)

Herff Jones

Classes of 1985, 1987, 1988, 1993 226 Publis Street Providence, RI 02905 (401) 331-1240

Defense Technical Information Center Conference

The Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC) will present its annual Users Meeting and Training Conference on Oct. 30-Nov. 2, 1995. The conference will be at the Stouffer Renaissance Hotel, Arlington, Va. This year’s conference will include a variety of speakers and sessions addressing the numerous types of information available to the Department of Defense community through the Internet as well as from DTIC and other government agencies. DTIC’s latest products and services will be highlighted in the exhibit area. For further information, contact Ms. Julia Foscue at (703) 274-3848 or DSN 284-3848.

Register Deadline Aired

A major AOG service is one of providing up-to-date information on graduates through the annual Register of Graduates. The most recent book was mailed to members of record in November of 1994. The biographical information form printed at the center of each magazine should be used on an ongoing basis 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. Information updates to be included in the 1995 Register, must be received by 1 July 1995.

Inappropriate Use of Register Addresses

The AOG has noticed a significant increase in the use of graduate addresses listed in the Register for business purposes not sanctioned by your AOG. This is directly in violation ofAOG policy as well as an infringement of Copyright laws as spelled out on the first page of the 1994 Register.

The AOG requests that members notify the vice president, Services, immediately of any non-AOG-sanctioned solicitation they receive where

AOG Answering Machine Available

After normal duty hours (0730-1630 Mountain Time, Monday through Friday), constituents desiring to leave a message for a member of the AOG staff or an elected officer may now dial (719) 472-2073 for that purpose. Callers will be requested to leave their names, phone numbers and short messages. Replies can be expected the next business day.

their mailing address was apparently obtained from the Register. The AOG will contact the mailer to ascertain how they obtained your address. The names of those who inappropriately used the Register will be published in future editions of Checkpoints.

AOG mailings are normally easy to identify as they will include a cover letter on AOG, Class or Chapter letterhead and/or be signed by an appropriate board, class or chapter officer or an AOG senior staff member. If you have any doubt about the appropriateness of a mailing, please call the AOG.

ALL CLASSES ARE INVITED TO HOMECOMING 1995

Make your plans now to attend Homecoming 1995, Oct. 6-8, 1995. Another record crowd of alumni is expected to return to the Academy for the celebration to be held in conjunction with the USAFA vs. UTEP football game. Homecoming registration forms were mailed to members of the 20- and 10-year reunion classes in July. 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 ’75 and ’85 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 Sept. 25, 1995. 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)

3116 Academy Drive, Suite 100 U.S. Air Force Academy, Colo. 80840-4475 (719) 472-0300 / DSN: 259-2067

ALL-CLASS EVENTS

Friday, 6 Oct ’95

0705-0745

0800-1800

0800-1130

with Cadets (preregistered grads only) Mitchell Hall

Saturday, 7 Oct ’95

Sunday,

Association of Graduates Available Member Benefits/Services

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

CHECKPOINTS MAGAZINE—

your quarterly link to friends, classmates and the Academy.

REGISTER OF GRADUATES

annual presentation of biographical information on all Academy graduates.

CHAPTERS—

support for some 29 chapters throughout the world

AOG MASTERCARD—

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

LINE OF CREDIT

unsecured line of credit at 6.4 percent over prime rate from Security Pacific Executive/Professional Services. For information call (800) 274-6711.

SCHOLARSHIPS—

a preparatory school scholarship via the Falcon Foundation.

post secondary scholarships to graduates’ children

SABER RENTAL—

sets of six for the military wedding.

LOCATOR SERVICE—

need to find a fellow graduate? We help!

LONG DISTANCE CALLING DISCOUNT—

sign up for USAFA AOG long distance program with MCI and get a special 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 discount program for a total savings of 25%. You’ll receive a personalized 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 Camelot Travel at 1-800-877-5444 and reference the AOG Travel Number AOGX.

REUNION/HOMECOMINGS— coordination and planning by your AOG.

MERCHANDISE/MEMORABILIA—

Academy/AOG-unique items created especially for members.

CAR RENTAL DISCOUNTS—

special rate from Budget - (800) 772-3773 (AOG ID ft 876-00-09402/Rate Code: WE91). You must present your AOG-provided Budget card when picking up your car.

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 ail active-duty personnel and retirees not stationed at the Academy. Green fees are $16. Reciprocal privileges are in effect for active-duty graduates who have annual memberships at other Air Force courses. Golf cart fees are $16.

Nonretired, Nonactive-Duty Graduate AOG Members: The AOG is allocated eight tee times per month. 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 contact the golf course to schedule your desired date and time. After confirmation of the tee time, he will notify you of the date and time. We emphasize that these graduates must go through the AOG office for reservations (719-472-0300).

Graduates may schedule only one tee time per month to insure all graduates have an opportunity to use one of the eight tee times. If by the 25th of each month the eight tee times have not been reserved, a graduate who played earlier in the month may schedule a second tee time. Green fees for nonretired, nonactiveduty graduates are $40 and golf cart fees are $16.

Reunions and Homecoming: A tournament will be scheduled

Upcoming Graduate Events

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 0COOO41511).

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.

save 10-25% at the Radisson Inn North (formerly Sheraton Inn North) just outside the USAFA South Gate. Call (719) 598-5770 and ask for the Association of Graduates rate (excludes special or group events... discount depends on time of year and room availability). You must present your AOG membership card on check-in.

save 50% at the Colorado Springs Marriott when traveling January, March, April and October, November, December. Call 1-800-962-6982 and ask for the AOG VIP Rate (excludes group, special events and promotional rates). Discount based on rack rates and subject to availability. Must present AOG membership card upon checkin.

by the Academy and the AOG to accommodate graduates at a set fee for all players. The fee will be independent of military status or golf course membership.

Corporate Members

Association of Graduates, USAFA

Air Academy National bank

Air Force Association

Ampex Corporation

Betac Corporation

Boeing Aerospace Company

Budget Rent a Car Corporation

CBS Insurance

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., Electronic & Defense Sector

United Services Automobile Association

United Technologies Corporation

USAF Academy Athletic Association

Walsworth Publishing of Colorado

Westinghouse Electric Corporation

Defense & Electronic Center

Corporate memberships are being offered for $2,000 for the life of the corporation. With the exception of voting and holding office, corporate members enjoy all privileges of regular members. For more information write to Col. (Ret) Jock Schwank, vice president, Services, Association of Graduates, 3116 Academy Dr., U.S. Air Force Academy, Colo. 80840-4475. Phone (719) 472-0300.

From: NAME

AOG Biographical Information

.1 am a

DATE SSN

To: AOG, USAF Academy

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

FOR THOSE IN CIVILIAN BUSINESS:

Are you willing to help graduates in a civilian career transition through the AOG job opportunity program by providing them information about your industry? Yes NO

If “YES”, would you prefer to be contacted at: HOME OFFICE EITHER

“What Makes the Academy Special? The Core Curriculum.”

After following the debate about the need for military academies played out in the national papers over the past year or so, I feel compelled to answer some of the Academy’s critics. At the same time, I feel equally compelled to make a point to those supposed supporters of the academy system who are, in their own way, damaging the argument for the system’s continuation. There is one aspect of the cadets’ education which best makes the case for keeping the Academy: the core curricculum.

I have been associated with the Air Force Academy for 23 years, and have planned to attend even longer—since I first saw the place at age 11. My father-in-law is a permanent professor, I have served two tours on the faculty, I met my wife at the base chapel and married her at the cadet chapel, one of our children was born here...Needless to say, USAFA holds a special place in my heart. As such, it pains me to see one of the special qualities that make it great, and unique, being eroded. I speak of the disappearing core curriculum.

When I was a cadet in the early 1970s, the core curriculum meant just that—the central focus of your efforts, the core of learning that made you a “whole man“ (today, of course, a whole person). The concept of the core is simple. Since a military officer is expected to be able to adapt to changing and unpredictable situations, it makes sense that he or she be prepared in as many areas as possible prior to arriving at that potentially-dangerous place in time. This requires education and training in a large

Summary of the Core Curriculum

number of fields—in fact, in nearly every academic discipline. Earlier graduates no doubt agree, and would point out that in their day the Academy didn’t even have academic majors. Exactly. Majors are not necessary when preparing an officer for service to his country. What is necessary is a basic background in writing, engineering, sciences, and mathematics, national security policy, economics, foreign languages, and so on. This necessity is being undercut at today’s Academy.

Over the past 20 years we have witnessed several major overhauls of the Academy curriculum in order to bring it up to date. For what purpose? How can we believe that we are better preparing our young officers for service to country when we have eliminated half of the core aeronautical engineering requirements for Air Force officers? We have eliminated the only required course in American defense policy. We have eliminated one semester of English, when today’s high school graduates—even the “cream of the crop” that USAFA gathers—have trouble constructing basic sentences. This serves the country?

My class was required to take 53 course units, meaning an average load of seven academic courses per semester. Even at that, many of us felt that there were gaps in our education due to the lack of opportunity, and time, to take additional courses. Not majors courses, but classes that would add to our overall education: music appreciation, Shakespeare, a second language, more astro or civil engineering, the courses that many opponents of the military academy system are arguing are not being taught to our graduates. Today’s cadets average only five or six courses per semester, and can graduate with far fewer core courses in order to give them greater depth in their chosen major. The recently conducted assessment of cadet life suggested cutting the course load even further. Why are we allowing this? I was shocked at a senior faculty forum meeting last spring to find myself nearly alone in calling for a return to the traditional core curriculum. Most of my fellow tenures called for making the Academy more like civilian schools.

When I attended graduate school I made several observations while auditing undergraduate classes. The students at Ivy League

AOG GIFT ORDER FORM

Complete and send to: ASSOCIATION OF

CO

years except 76, 78* and 92. Specify class year.

Item # 7072 - AOG Membership Decal - $1.00

HONOR MEDALLION - A 2 1/2" diameter brass medallion with the Honor Code on one side and Prop & Wings on the other

Item # 7120 - Honor Medallion - $15.00

Item # 7121 - Honor Medallion with Stand - $35.00

BLAZER PATCHES - Pin-back patch embroidered with appropriate crest

Item # 1800 - AOG Blazer Patch - $23.00

Item #1801 - AFA Blazer Patch - $23.00

USAFA NECKTIE - Silk tie with USAFA and Prop&Wings design.

Item # 1600 - BLUE, USAFA Tie - $23.00

Item # 1601 - GARNET (red), USAFA Tie - $23.00

AOG TIE TACK or CHARM - Metal AOG Crest Approx 7/8" size.

Item # 7030 - AOG Charm - $26.00

Item #7031 - AOG Tie Tack - $26.00

CHRISTMAS ORNAMENTS - Etched in brass and finished in 24K gold.

Item # 7160 - 1993 - Cadet Chapel - $24.95

Item # 7170 - 1994 - Falcon - $19.95

AOG GIFT CATALOG - Prices effective as of 15 Aug 95

ORDERING INSTRUCTIONS:

LIST each item on the "ORDER BLANK" - fill in Item #, Item Description, Size (as appropriate), Unit Price, Quantity, and Total Price. If ordering personalized T-Shirts, please PRINT CLEARLY - NAME and CLASS YEAR as appropriate. If ordering class decals, please specify CLASS YEAR.

NON-MEMBERS please add 20% of Merchandise Total.

COLORADO SALES TAX: We are required to collect Colorado Sales Tax for items sold at Doolittle Hall or mailed to a Colorado Address as follows: Doolittle Hall & El Paso County - 4%

Colorado Springs - 6.2%

Elsewhere within Colorado - 3%

SHIPPING & HANDLING: For mail orders, please add $4.00 or 10% (whichever is greater). IF you are ordering ONLY decals - shipping and handling is $ .75.

PAYMENT can be made by CHECK (made out to "AOG") or CREDIT CARD (VISA or MASTERCARD ONLY) If paying by credit card please print clearly your credit card number and expiration date (month and year) and sign in spaces provided.

NAME, MAILING ADDRESS, DAYTIME PHONE NUMBER, and CLASS YEAR (for graduates) should be printed clearly in spaces provided.

CUT OUT ORDER FORM and mail to address on reverse side.

COMMENTS or SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS:

FINE ART PRINTS

Item # 2010 - "Here’s a Toast..." by Keith Ferris - $60.00

Item # 2020 - "Gyrfalcon" by Frace - $75.00

Item # 2030 - "Thunderbird" by Rick Broom - $50.00

Item #2040 - Footfalls'' Artist Proofs - $190.00

ADDITIONAL ITEMS (not pictured)

Item # 7032 - Prop & Wings - $10.00

Silver-color Prop and Gold-color Wings, same size and shape as worn on the cadet uniform, w/two clutch type pin-back.

Item # 7070 - AOG Keychain - $2.00

Blue keychain with silver AOG logo

Item # 7071 - Refrigerator Magnet - $0.50 Picture of cadet color guard in Cadet Area.

Old

HARDCOVER BOOKS AND VIDEOS

Item # 3010 - 25th Anniversary Book - $12.50

Photo book of the first 25 years of USAFA

Item # 3020 - Into the Mouth ofthe Cat - $9.00

The Story of Lance Sijan

Item # 3040 - The Iskra Incident - $19.95

Autographed by Grad Author Jimmie Butler, ^3

Item # 3050 - Vietnam: Above the Trees - $24.95

Autographed by Grad Author John Flanagan, *62

Item # 3060 - Red Lightning, Black Thunder - $21.95

Autographed by Grad Author Jimmie Butler, *63

Item # 3080 - Separated by War - $24.95

Autographed by Grad Author Ed Herlick, *80

Item # 3090 - Raid on Qaddafi - $21.95

Autographed by Grad Author Robert Venkus, *63

Item # 3120 - Modernizm at Mid Century - $50.00

History of the architecture at USAFA

Item #3910 - Service Academy Business Resource Directory

Softcover reference book listing particpating graduates from all service academies and their business affiliations - $30.00

Item # 7080 - Video: Wild Blue U - $19.95

Produced by KUSA-TV in Denver; cadet daily life

CLASS NOTEBOOKS - Two-tone gray suede cover, Jr. legal size, with class crest embossed on front with class color stripe; inside note pad and pen; available for the following classes - $10.00

Item # 4366

Item # 4372

Item #7110

Item #7111

Item # 7112

SABERS and PLAQUES

The Cadet Saber is sold to GRADUATE AOG MEMBERS ONLY. The AOG does not sell the mounting plaque--call for info on where to get the mounting plaque.

COASTERS and NOTECARDS

Item # 7095 - Pegasus Coasters - Terra Cotta & Blue - $25.00 per set of 4 Water-absorbent, terra cotta coasters, non-scratch bottoms

Item # 7090 - Doolittle Hall "Marble" Coasters - $6.00 ea.

Item # 7073 - Doolittle Hall Notecards (6"x4.5") - $5.00 per set of 10 (w/envelopes)

SWEATERS, SHIRTS, HATS, AND JACKETS:

Item # 1610 - Rugby Shirt - $47.00 (SML, MED, LRG, XLG) $50.00 (XXL) (NOT SHOWN) 10096 cotton (10% shrinkage, sizes run true), navy blue with AOG crest embroidered on left breast

Item # 1620 - AOG Crew Neck Sweater - $48.00 (SML, MED, LRG, XLG) $51.00 (XXL) Jersey top - pebble bottom navy blue sweater; 100% pre-shrunk cotton, sizes run one size smaller than normal fit; embroidered AOG crest on left breast

Item # 1580 - V-Neck Sweater “AIR FORCE* - $40.00 80% Orlon/20% Wool - SML, MED, LRG, XLG (sorry no XXL)

Item # 1560 - Gew Neck Sweater "FALCONS* - $40.00 80% Orlon/20% Wool - SML, MED, LRG, XLG (sorry no XXL)

Item # 1570 - Child’s Gew Neck Sweater "FALCONS* - $20.00 (NOT SHOWN) 80% Orlon/20% Wool (Child Sizes: SML, MED, LRG)

Item # 1630 - AOG V-Neck Sweatshirt - $46.00 (SML, MED, LRG, XLG) $49.00 (XXL) 85% cotton/15% polyester; oversized to compensate for shrinkage; Color: natural oatmeal (light beige) with navy striped trim, navy blue embroidered AOG crest

Item # 1520 - Polar Jacket - $60.00 (SML, MED, LRG, XLG, XXL)

Fleece-lined, Blue Nylon shell, w/embroidered AOG crest

Item # 1530 - Golf Jacket - $42.00 (SML, MED, LRG, XLG, XXL)

White/Teal Poly/Cotton shell, nylon liner, w/embroidered

AOG crest

Item # 1700 - AFA Hat w/Class Year - $16.00

Navy Blue w/embroidered AFA crest and "19xx"(class year)

Please specify class year. Adjustable leather strap for size.

Item # 1701 - AFA Hat (plain) - $13.00

Same as above without class year

Item # 1702 - Child’s AFA Hat (plain) - $10.00

CADET ISSUE CLOTHING - (Available to AOG Members ONLY)

Item # 1100 - Sweatsuit, 89% Cotton/8% Polyester/3% Rayon; oversize to accommodate shrinkage; light grey with dark grey reflective strips and USAFA

Sweat Tops - $35.00

Sweat Pants - $22.50

Complete Set - $55.00

Item # 1400 - Running Suit, Blue/Grey Nylon with reflective strips (sizes run small)

Running Suit Jacket - $47.00

Running Suit Pants - $25.00

Complete Set - $67.00

CADET USAFA T-SHIRTS - 100% cotton (will shrink), White with Blue Ringer Collar & Sleeves "USAFA* silkscreened on left breast

Item # 1300 - USAFA T-Shirt - $8.00 (XXL: $9.00)

Personalized T-Shirts:

Item # 1306 - w/NAME over "USAFA" - $11.00 (XXL: $12.00)

Item # 1308 - w/NAME & "CLASS OF xx" - $12.00 (XXL: $13.00)

Please print clearly in space provided NAME and CLASS NUMBER (as appropriate)

NOT SHOWN:

Item # 1200 Cadet Bathrobe $45.00 (Men’s and Ladies styles)

Blue bathrobe with white embroidered Prop & Wings on pocket

Men’s bathrobes are knee-length; women’s are ankle-length.

schools truly are the “cream of the crop.” Despite their commitment to learning, however, they do not get the well-balanced curriculum that the academies provide. For example, while each Princeton undergrad is required to take one broadening class in each of the four academic divisions (basic science, engineering, social sciences, and humanities—the same as at USAFA), that is

Giffen, Head ofAstronautics, Retires After 30 Years

Col. Robert B. Giffen, Class of 1965, permanent professor and head of the department of Astronautics, retired on Aug. 1 with the rank of brigadier general after 30 years of service. Giffen is also an avid supporter of the Association of Graduates and has served on the association’s board of directors for numerous terms.

A distinguished graduate of his Academy class, Giffen earned a doctor of philosophy in celestial mechanics from the University of Heidelberg as an Olmsted scholar in 1972. Among other service schools, he completed the Industrial College of the Armed Forces, National War College, the Defense Language Institute, and the U.S. Navy Test Pilot School.

Giffen flew more than 200 combat missions as an aircraft commander in the H-3 Jolly Green Giant helicopter with the 20th Special Operations Squadron in Vietnam. He then went to Sembach AB, Germany where he flew the H-19 helicopter. After other flying assignments he served as an engineering test pilot at the U.S. Naval Test Center from 1972 to 1974, then as an engineering test pilot for Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Services at Hill AFB, Utah.

He later served as chief engineering test pilot for the Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron at Kirtland AFB, N.M. and was the project test pilot for the HH-53 Pave Low III program. In 1977, he returned to the Academy as associate professor of astronautics.

Giffen was then transferred to the North American Aerospace Defense Command as chief of the space analysis and data division, eventually becoming the deputy director of the space operations directorate. Since 1982, he has been professor and head of the department of Astronautics and was selected as permanent professor in 1984. He also served as the air attache to Germany from 1987 to 1989.

A command pilot with more than 2,600 flying hours, his military decorations include, among others, the Legion of Merit with one oak leaf cluster, the Distinguished Flying Cross, two Defense Meritorious Service Medals, three Air Medals and the German Grand Service Cross.

all they get. Their focus and energies are directed to becoming outstanding political science majors, or mathematicians, or musicians, and so on. That difference is what makes the military academies special. They are not preparing business majors or bureaucrats; they are preparing professional career military officers to carry out the nation’s foreign policy and defend our way of life. The core curriculum prepares them best for those challenges. The core curriculum makes the Academy graduate different than an officer who goes through ROTC or OTS.

One more personal vignette. As director of the USAF Institute for National Security Studies for the past three years, I have had to delve into entirely new realms of study, such as arms control and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. As part of my education 'I have taken courses in nuclear proliferation sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). The field trips to various national laboratories required me to dredge up much of my basic chemistry and nuclear physics taken back in 1972-74. Without this grounding in the hard sciences I would never have been able to keep up with the briefings and hands-on demonstrations during the DOE workshops. I was an international affairs major, but 20 years later the background I received through the core curriculum paid off smartly in ways directly related to my Air Force job responsibilities. I am sure other grads have similar stories.

The core curriculum answers many of the criticisms of the Air Force Academy. It provides our future officer corps with the knowledge essential to leadership. It prepares them for innumerable opportunities and challenges in their careers to come. And it distinguishes the academies from those topnotch civilian colleges that allow their graduates to concentrate on one discipline, with little understanding or even appreciation for their colleagues’ fields.

In recent years the Academy has cut pilot training opportunities, regular commissions, and other “perks” that used to make the education and experience of being a cadet unique and worth the effort. With many of these benefits gone, it is no wonder candidate applications have suffered. The most valuable commodity the Academy retains, and the thing that makes it stand out from regular colleges with good ROTC programs, is its core curriculum.

Keep and expand the core curriculum. Reverse the recent trend toward making the Academy like other universities. Along that path lies the self-inflicted cause of USAFA’s demise.

About the Author

Lt. Col. Jeff Larsen is founder and director of the USAF Institute for National Security Studies, an Air Staff-sponsored research center located within the staff of the Dean of Faculty at the Academy. He is a senior associate professor of National Security Studies, a command pilot, has flown the KC-135, T-37, and T-41, and is currently an attached instructor pilot in the T-3. He holds an MA in national security affairs and European studies from the Naval Postgraduate School, and an MA and PhD in politics from Princeton University. Larsen graduated from 3rd Squadron in 1976.

In Memory Of The

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In Honor Of Col & Mrs In Memory Of Col Jim & W S Brown Mary Williams John Quincy J B Jones Shaw & Sally Jones ’59 ’91 Adams 1920-1994 Family

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The Secret Life of Waldo F. Dumbsquat

LOST AGAIN!

A worried look etched Waldo’s face as he wandered around the bowels of the cadet gym. It was the first day of intramural practice and Waldo could not find his locker. He had already passed the equipment issue room three times and the water polo pools twice.

Who would actually wax concrete floors?

“Hey, you man, with the worried look etched on your face.”

“Yes, sir!” said Waldo through 15 chins.

“Relax!” commanded the upperclassman.

“We’re all falcons here.”

Waldo wasn’t sure what that meant, but it sounded positive.

As luck and the author would have it, Waldo ran into his friend, “Regs” Buch.

“Lucky for you I didn’t get edited out of this story,” noted Regs.

When the two doolies ended up on the pistol range, Waldo knew that Regs didn’t really have a clue either. Their escape through the hail of 22-caliber lead was nothing short of miraculous.

Waldo found a trail of bread crumbs leading down a stairwell. Some freshmen on the Supts’ List had blazed the way for his classmates. Gratefully, Waldo and Regs made their way to the locker room. There they donned the garb of a warrior: USAF

The Peer/Hupp Wedding Group

While we do not normally run wedding photos in other than Class News, the Judy Hupp, ’86, and Bill Peer (Academy volleyball coach from 1982-92) wedding at the Academy Chapel on March 25 attracted graduates (including the superintendent) from so many different classes, we decided to publish it in the front portion of the magazine. From left in the top row are D.C. Conroy, ’90; Brian Canino, ’82; Alan Arata, ’83; and Flip Piontek, ’75. In the center row are Barb (Martin) Corbeil, ’86; Jim Bowman (honorary); Rebecca (Currie) Gray, ’94; Amy Svoboda, ’89; Diann (Christianson) Wright, ’83; Troy Devine, ’85; Bill Peer; Judy (Hupp) Peer, ’86; Karen Burton, ’84; Mike Hale, ’86; Janet (Kisner) Augustine, ’86; Superintendent Lt. Gen. Paul Stein, ’66; Sharon (Smith) Owen, ’86; Kathy (Callaghan) Rex, ’84; and Mike Brown, ’86. In the bottom row are Chris Gray, ’94; Tom McGinnis, ’87; Scott Nelson, ’88; Larry Friend, ’85; Paul Feliz, ’80; and Mark Owen, ’79. Resting at the bottom is Per Corbeil, ’84.

T-shirt, shorts, and issue KEDS.

“What team are you on?” asked Regs as he and his friend jogged the three miles to the athletic fields.

“Oh, I’m on the bickerball team,” replied Waldo proudly.

“Don’t you mean flickerball?”

“No, I mean bickerball. It’s played with a football, soccerball, basketball, and a peach basket. Each team is issued a set of rules completely different from the rules used by the referees. Points are given for the best rule disputes.”

Without warning, the cadet-in-charge of intramurals grabbed his bull horn and shouted “Incoming!” Waldo and Regs hit the dirt ahd hugged the ground.

“What is it?” asked Waldo.

“Sprinkler system! Don’t let any of that water get into your open wounds. The infection will be horrible!”

The sick-smelling water sprayed the athletic fields—scattering cadets like leaves in a whirlwind. Just when it seemed that the situation could get no worse, a thunderstorm formed on the Flat Iron and swept toward the freshmen. Only one man could save the cadet wing from certain sick call.

Waldo leaped behind a Life Science major, uttered the magic words “magic money”, and transformed into Colonel Waldo F. Dumbsquat. The officer strolled through the caustic cascade of sprinkler water to the water main valve. There he held up his hand. Lightning from the approaching storm struck his class ring, traveled through his massive frame, and fused the water pipe shut. With the sprinklers shut down, Colonel Dumbsquat continued to act as a lightning rod while the cadets crawled to safety.

Waldo quickly assumed his pathetic freshman shape and ran back to the locker room. He was a minute-caller for the evening meal and wanted to get up to the squadron early. Back in the locker room, he changed into his summer service foxtrot ceremonial. As he looked for the exit, he realized tragedy had struck.

Someone had eaten the bread crumbs!

Waldo sighed. ^ ^ ^

Recognizable

The Blackbirds of 28th Cadet Squadron start the trek to Cathedral Rock during Recognition for the Class of 1998. Recognition marked the final phase of military training for the Academy freshmen before they became upperclassmen. Taking place at the end of April, Recognition activities included the obstacle course, a leadership reaction course and drill competition. (Photo by S.S. Hampton, Sr., courtesy The Falcon Flyer)

Seven Falcon Births End Nine-Year Drought

Anticipation was in the air as I stood and waited my turn to peer into the nesting box that was home to a prairie falcon family. As I slid the door open slowly, just a crack, and looked in, I saw two downy heads and four bulging eyes off in a corner of the scrape, mouths agape, waiting for their next tidbit of quail. Momma falcon was none too happy as she tried to swipe at my face with her talons for intruding on her nest. She definitely didn’t want to show off her young offspring.

Seven baby prairie falcons, or eyas, are alive and well at the Academy, with faces only a mother could love. “The last time we successfully had breeding pairs at the mews was in 1986,” said Col. Larry Schaad, chief of military public health and officer in charge of the falconry program. “It’s been a long time but the dry spell appears to be over.”

Seven of the newest members of the Academy family, baby prairie falcons, were born in May and June of this year. The births were the first successful breeding at the Academy mews since 1986. (Photo by TSgt. Ken Carter, courtesy The Falcon Flyer)

Under special permits issued by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Colorado Division of Wildlife, the Academy is allowed to propagate captive prairie falcons. “The mews has three breeding pairs of prairies, two of which are fertile. They become sexually mature at about age three,” said Schaad, “and can produce offspring until they’re about 15 years old. They usually mate for life and can produce as many as six eggs each time they mate,” he added.

Falcons must not only be compatible behaviorally but sexually as well which makes for some interesting problems when trying to

Academy Glider Crashes, Cadet Pilot Injuries Minor

An Academy glider crashed at 10:55 a.m. July 21 in a heavily wooded area off Ice Lake Road, approximately 200 yards west of the railroad tracks on Academy grounds.

The pilot, CIC Scott R. Moore, was admitted to the Academy hospital. He was listed in good condition and was expected to be released within a few days.

The Schweizer 126 single-seat glider was on a routine training mission. The Academy soaring program is one of the largest and most active in the United States, with more than 25,000 accident-free sorties annually. The last Academy sailplane accident occurred in the spring of 1989.

Sailplane training is designed as a leadership, motivational and character development experience. It also exposes cadets to the essence of the Air Force flying mission. Surveys indicate that airmanship programs are the most highly rated among graduates of the Academy.

A board of officers was investigating the incident. (The Falcon Flyer)

breed them in captivity. “Just because you put a tiercel (male) and a falcon (female) together doesn’t mean they’ll produce offspring,” said Schaad. “As a matter of fact, sometimes they dislike each other so much that the female will attack the male and try to kill him. We’ve had to rescue a couple of males before they were harmed.”

The eggs were laid in two separate clutches by two different pairs of breeders, both received from Gerald Richards of Provo, Utah. One clutch was divided and given to the third pair to raise.

“We divided the eggs and gave them to Calvin and Veronica, our third infertile pair,” said Schaad. “By dividing the eggs, it gave them a chance to hone their parenting skills and actually raise babies. That way, if they laid a clutch of their own, they would already have some experience he said.

During the nine-year drought when the Academy falcons couldn’t reproduce babies of their own, the Academy mews received their eyas from the Colorado Division of Wildlife or from private breeders who donated them. Two years ago, however, the decision was made not to take any more from the wild.

“It was a joint decision with the Division of Wildlife to stop taking eyas from the wild,” said Schaad. “We not only wanted to minimize the impact on the wild population, but we also knew that with the gift of the two peregrines we now have, that we would have enough flyers to rotate through over the next few years even if we didn’t reproduce babies of our own.”

The young birds hatched in May and June and by the end of July were fully feathered and ready for training. “Of the seven, we plan on keeping two,’’said Schaad. “We’ll take the first four that were hatched and train them and then pick the best two flyers. What we will do with the other five is yet to be determined.”

Along with the five young prairies, four of the other adult falcons will be leaving as well. “Calvin and Veronica, our third breeding pair, and Lyle, one of our flyers, will be given up for rehabilitation and released back into the wild,” said Schaad. “Arial, another one of the flyers, will be returned to the couple who gave her to us.”

Schaad said it takes six or more weeks to properly train a young falcon.

“When a bird is in top condition, it is able to fly for more than an hour and make repeated dives,” said Schaad. “Although we can train them to perform, they are never totally domesticated and remain wild creatures. That’s why we’re able to rehabilitate them by teaching them to hunt and then release them back to the wild.”

The Falcon mews is home to 15 permanent residents, including Glacier, a white gyrfalcon who is the official Academy mascot, and the seven eyas.

“We have all five species of falcons which include Glacier, our gyr, three peregrines, one merlin, one kestrel, and nine prairies,” said Schaad. We use them for flying demonstrations but we also use them to educate the public about the species and our program at the Academy.” (The Falcon Flyer)

Academy Named Winner of Organizational Excellence Award

Secretary of the Air Force Dr. Sheila E. Widnail recently approved the award of the Air Force Organizational Excellence Award to the Academy. The award recognizes meritorious service from Sept. 1, 1992 to Aug. 31, 1994.

The citation states that “during this period, the Academy was a standout as a leader among service academies in developing innovative programs in filling its primary mission—producing future leaders.” (Continued on next page.)

LETTERS TO THE AOG

Support Appreciated

Lt Col Richard M. Coppock, USAF, Retired Executive Vice President Association of Graduates

Dear Lt Col Coppock

I want to say thank you to the Association of Graduates for the monetary contribution to my Engineering 410 project this semester. Tie Llama Cart for Handicapped Passengers will be given to the Brass Ring LLamas Services of Salida, Colorado. Llamas will pull the cart along mountain trails, enabling people using wheelchairs the opportunity to enjoy the trails.

Your contribution of $169.80 was pivotal in allowing the class to build a quality product that is safe and robust. A plaque is prominently displayed so that the rider can learn of your kindness. I want to thank you for your continued support of Engineering 410.

Rosario Nici, Lt Col, USAF Deputy for Quality and Assessment

SACC Recieves Kudos

Cheryl Brower, Services Coordinator Association of Graduates

Dear Cheryl

I have just attended my second Service Academy Career Conference (SACC). Both have been very successful, but from different perspectives. Last September, I was a

(Academy Award: From previous page.)

candidate. This time, I was a recruiter. Last September, I saw the conference as a tremendous opportunity for academy graduates who are looking for good jobs with good companies, but now I see that it is also a gold mine for companies seeking to add quality people to their staff.

In January, I retired from active duty and joined the computer systems organization within the Prudential Insurance and Financial Services Company. I am very happy with my new position and I owe a considerable debt of thanks to the Association of Graduates for providing me the opportunity to interview with many high-caliber companies at one time in one place, knowing that all of them realize the value of an academy education and military experience, and are actively seeking to employ academy graduates for specific openings. These are companies who are looking for leadership skills and demonstrated performance under pressure. I’ll be arranging for about four candidates to come out to our headquarters with the expectation that they will receive at least one job offer per person.

My only regret now, as a recruiter, it that there were not more USAFA grads represented in the database of resumes and present at the conference. There are a lot of great jobs going to Woops, Middies, and Coasties. If more of the USAFA grads would participate, I’m sure we’d raise the level of the game!

O. Bernard Glaze, ’71

Several organizations, technological accomplishments and programs were highlighted in the citation including the Center for Character Development, the development of a state-of-the-art local area computer network and the Academy’s airmanship program.

“An innovative approach to aid in moral, ethical and character maturation, the Center for Character Development was established and has proven itself as a valuable resource for the Academy and other defense and governmental agencies,” the citation reads. The $10 million LAN was designed and installed to connect all cadets with key Academy staff.

The airmanship program remains one of the highest volume flying operations in the Air Force and the world. During the period of the award, the Academy launched 101,795 sailplane, motorglider, and tow-plane sorties; executed 20,518 parachute jumps and managed a total of 435,697 takeofs and landings at its airfields.

Additionally, the hospital was recognized as number one in patient satisfaction by the 1993 U.S. Air Force health care survey. The hospital orchestrated the Pikes Peak Region Gateway to Care program, a tri-service agreement which pooled resources of local military health care facilities which improved customer care. (The Falcon Flyer)

Cadets Thank AOG

To all Members of the AOG

On behalf of the Third and Fourth Group members of the Class of 1995, I would like to thank you for the warm reception you gave us on Tuesday night (AOG welcome social for senior cadets). It was great to hear grads saying phrases such as, “Welcome to the club” and “Great to have you aboard.”

The gathering provided us with great pride and an inspiration which will help us make it through the next month and a half. I think I speak for every member of the Class of 1995 when I say it will be great to join the ranks of such esteemed individuals represented at the reception. Thank you once again and we look forward to trying to fill your shoes.

Sincerely, Joe Marcinek, ’95

Airman Notes Support

Dear Brig. Gen. Ulm and Col. Blind

I would like to thank you and the Association of Graduates for your continuing support of the Air Force Academy Enlisted Awards program. Your contribution of the beautiful laser-engraved plaques for the award winners is very generous. I was honored to be named Airman of the Year for 1994. Without organizations like yours, this recognition program could not be possible. Thanks again.

SrA. Mary L. Redick

The airmanship program played a key role in earning the Air Force’s Organizational Excellence award for the period Sept. 1, 1992 to Aug. 31, 1994. The program is still soaring as shown during the visit of Brig. Gen. Susan L. Pamerleau, commandant of Air Force ROTC, with C2C Katie Ekman. (Photo by S.S. Hampton, Sr., courtesy The Falcon Flyer)

Cadets Help to Remember Fallen Firefighters

More than 80 cadets traveled west in mid-April to help sustain the memories of 14 firefighters who were killed on Storm King Mountain July 6, 1994 in one of numerous wildfires which spread throughout Colorado. In this case, the community service project the cadets took on... the fine tuning of a memorial trail for fire casualties, will touch the lives of many people for a long, long time.

The Storm King Fourteen Memorial Trail honoring the victims leads from a point near where a lightning strike ignited the flames July 2, to where 12 of the 14 victims were overcome by intense heat July 6. The two remaining casualties, firefighters from a separate helicopter crew, were apart from the group by several hundred yards.

Cadets work with BLM officials to construct the trail memorializing 14 fallen firefighters. (Photo by TSgt Ken Carter)

The cadets’ mission: to install interpretive signs (signs describing the actions firefighters take when fighting a blaze as well as information about the victims themselves), benches, stairs and other safety measures along the path where the wind still carries the smell of smoke from what was once a juniper forest to either side.

According to 3rd Group Superintendent MSgt. Everett Smith, the idea for the cadets to take on the project began after he saw the ABC Turning Point special “Inferno on Storm King Mountain” in mid-July.

“Taking into account our ‘service before self’ core value, I contacted the Bureau of Land Management in November to see if we could help,” Smith said. C2C Jack Fischer, the 3rd Cadet Group cadet superintendent, went on location in December to discuss the logistics of cadet participation. “From that point on, I acted as an advisor to help make ‘Operation Storm King’ work, kind of like a real-life Air Force deployment involving active, Reserve and

’93 Graduate First Woman to Train as a B-52 Pilot

A Columbus AFB, Miss, student pilot made history March 31 when she was to take the initial step toward becoming the country’s first woman pilot to enter B-52 combat crew training.

Second Lt. Kelly Flinn, ’93, was to enter the formal training unit at the 11th Bomb Squadron, Barksdale AFB, La. to learn to fly the B-52 Stratofortress.

“There were several aircraft available that had the mission I wanted,” said Flinn, “But the B-52 encompassed them all. It’s a combat aircraft with a worldwide mission, and it’s involved in almost all of our defensive and offensive actions.”

Flinn will be assigned to the 5th Bomb Wing, Minot AFB, N.D.

Guard coordination.”

The cadets attended a background briefing at the Glenwood Springs Middle School soon after their arrival Friday night. The following morning most of the cadets, under the direction of BLM officials, broke into teams with specific tasks along the 1.7-mile trail just off Interstate 70 near Glenwood Springs.

Simultaneously, 20 cadets also constructed a boat ramp on the Colorado River as part of the community-service project in South Canyon, the community where the inferno occurred.

BLM officials say the goal is to provide information along the trail where hikers can develop a better understanding, from the interpretive signs, of what firefighters experience during the performance of their duties. Furthermore, the trail will provide rest areas with benches and overlooks where memories of the victims will live forever. The signs will highlight, for families, as well as those curious about the tragedy, the real-world challenges faced by the firefighters.

According to C1C Jason Lamb, task force commander, Cadet Squadrons 21 through 30 were represented in the effort. “We also had cadets from all four year groups. We had far more volunteers for the project than we were actually able to bring,” Lamb said. “Those who did make it, however, were extremely proud to play a part in the tribute to the firefighters who made the ultimate sacrifice.”

The trail was to be dedicated as part of several days of ceremonies planned by Glenwood Springs residents to honor the Storm King 14, culminating with the unveiling of a monument to the firefighters at Two Rivers Park July 6, the commemoration of the accident. (The Falcon Flyer)

Sky High

Cadets from the astronautics department complete their preparationsfor the May 21 launchfrom Stillman Parade Field of a 250,000 cubic foot polyethylene research balloon which soared to an altitude ofabout 110,000feet above eastern Colorado. Performance data from a solar panel, computer, sun sensor, battery pack and passive thermal control subsystems were radio telemetered to the astronautics department’s satellite ground station in Fairchild Hall. (Photo by Gil Moore, courtesy The Falcon Flyer)

The Association of Graduates U.S. Air Force Academy VISION

Air Force Academy graduates bonded by a common heritage and an enduring commitment to integrity, excellence and service to country.

MISSION

To provide leadership and service to the graduate community, support for the Academy mission, and preservation of institutional heritage and traditions.

CLASS NEWS

Pete Todd

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Home: (719) 531-5874

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Percent members: 81

Man, this e-mail network is the best thing since sliced bread! Not only does it permit a lot of 1-v-l and 1-v-many conversations (and lots of input to your humble and faithful scribe), but it’s proving invaluable in keeping each other updated on timely developments Such as:

Larry JOLLY’s gritty battle with a stubborn cancer. Following his sixth session of Trial By Chemotherapy, the army of white coats attending him have decided that further chemo wouldn’t do much good. The radiologist added the cheerful news that radiation of the esophagus would do more damage to healthy tissues than to the offending tumor. Therefore, the medical strategy consensus was to remove the esophegal cancer surgically and use cryogenic techniques to destroy the liver lesions. Larry says the operation, scheduled for 5 July, “involves removing a goodly portion of the esophagus, stomach and surrounding tissue and lymph systems, then hooking it all back up again.” Larry remains positive and upbeat, which suggests they can surgically remove everything except his moxie.

Larry e-mailed me that he’d had dinner with Jon and Jacqui GALLO and Jim and Karen CHAPMAN in May. The Gallos were passing through enroute to Houston to visit #1 son and grandkids and Jim, based in Portland flying Delta’s MD-lls, was in Dallas on one of his sporadic visits. Larry also made the almost incredible assertion that, a week prior, Dave GROARK had actually sprung for dinner for five, using actual money. The party included Larry, Jan, DW MILLER (in town on a TWA layover), Dave and the beauteous Margaretta.

John DAVEY checked into the electronic net with a report that he and Barbara are well settled into Virginia Beach where John has become a faculty wonk at the Armed Forces Staff College. Barbara is doing parttime nursing and spending lots of time tending to her elderly parents who have just moved in down the street. It’s nice for everyone that they are so close, but those of you with aging parents can identify with the strain of watching them fade.

John REEVES reports from Albuquerque that he’s working on advanced distributed simulation and test & evaluation for SAIC and would welcome visits by itinerant ’59ers, with or without tactical warning. He also says Betty is an aspiring golf person with demonstrably more talent than her similarly-aspiring husband.

Jerry MCDONALD provided an encouraging update on Holley’s condition. In case you didn’t know, she recently had quadruple bypass surgery and is doing very well. Jerry says she’s “up to a couple of miles a day on her treadmill, driving, getting antsy, adjusting (not too happily) to living without fat.” They’ve been living in Miami Beach for the last six years, but were planning a move this summer. Options are somewhere in the Miami area, Jacksonville or Atlanta.

Speaking of Atlanta, President-For-Life Joe DESANTIS called to pass on an advisory for any of you who are planning to attend the 1996 Olympics: If you don’t already have accomodations lined up, you’re probably too late. He saw an article in an Atlanta paper that said the nearest motel reservations still available were in Chattanooga! However, Joe kindly offers his digs as a “no-frills crash pad” for any of you who will be in town for the festivities.

Other relocations and transitions of note: Bob and Gloria OAKS have sold their home in McLean and moved to Pittsburgh, where Bob is Mr. Safety for USAIR. RL and Eugenia PENN have moved to another home in Milford, CT, while RL continues to devise stratagems to put Eugenia to work. (RL advises he was in L.A. earlier this spring and visited Bob and Mary Kay CHEPOLIS, John and Pili GULLEDGE, Bob and Marie JENNINGS, and Larry and Carol THOMSON. Not surprisingly, none of them has admitted to this contact. RL also reports that the Pride of Princeton, Gerry GARVEY, is writing a book about public administration and trying to live down mortification of the Garvey family’s stigma: three children employed as lawyers and one studying to be an English professor. Bob DELLIGATTI is on nine-month leave of absence from his

new position with Burdeshaw Associates, Ltd., while he serves as executive director of the DOD Quality of Life Task Force. Also at Burdeshaw, congratulations to Jim and Molly CONNALLY on Jim’s promotion to vice president, Air Force Programs. Finally I hope you saw Bob FAY’s appearance on the Leeza Gibbons show, where he was interviewed about his superb work in helping victims of stalkers in the Las Vegas area.

Kent MONTAVON (who isn’t yet on the e-mail net) hired Joe MORGAN (who is) to file the report of an early June dinner that Kent and Diane hosted for Gloria and Bob OAKS, Brad and Zita HOSMER, Joe and Karen MORGAN, and Marion REARDON (Mike had to go back to Homestead). To provide a properly appreciative and respectful audience for this august gathering of venerable ’59ers, Tony and Karen Burshnick (’60) were also invited. In addition to the obvious historical importance of the date (close enough to serve as a 36th anniversary of the graduation of the first USAFA class), the occasion also celebrated the arrival of Montavon grandchild #6, James Kent Montavon. He and mother Eve are fine and father Kurt is proud.

Back in April, several of us from the Rocky Mountain wing of the class got together to welcome back Brad Hosmer, who was at USAFA for the unveiling of his official superintendent portrait. Luncheon attendees with Brad included Bob and Roxann BROWNING; Curtis COOK; Jon GALLO; Charlie MEIER; Max MILLER and his very significant other, Ms. Trix Scott; Brock and Claire STROM; and Pete TODD. The next day, several of the same suspects attended the unveiling, joined by HT JOHNSON.

Jim and Rose BROWN completed another of their epic RV trips this spring, 45 days this time. There isn’t space for a complete trip report, but they visited and wassailed with a good cross section of the class, in-

eluding: Clark LOVRIEN in Albuquerque; Tom and Sheilah BOWEN, Leo and Janice PRESCOTT, and Dick and Bea BIGELOW in Tucson; Deac and Renee HOUSTON who have a new home in West Linn, OR, outside of Portland; Mel and Louise POLLARD in Salt Lake City; and Karl and Gailen SCHMIDT in Collbran, CO.

Good news to report on the Class of 1959 gift. The artwork and hardware are almost finished and the Class and ATO panels were due to be installed over the west and east breezeway entrances in time for the 40th Anniversary festivities at Doolittle Hall on 11 July. We’re still a bit short of our financial commitment, but fortunately, the ATOs have come through like champs. Thirty of them (about 25 percent of those still living) have contributed about $14,000 to our fund! We hope those classmates who haven’t yet fulfilled their pledge will do so soon. Frankly, I’d be pretty embarrassed if the ATOs cared more about a display memorializing what the Class of 1959 stood for than did some ’59ers themselves.

News on our proposal to have General Harmon declared “Father of the Air Force Academy” isn’t as favorable. I’m told the superintendent declined to support the initiative on the premise that this would violate the moratorium (on naming BUILDINGS at the Academy after GRADUATES)! Ah, so. Go figure.

We continue to believe the initiative is valid from the standpoints of both heritage and historical perspective, but see little prospect for success without the active support of the Academy and AOG leadership. I believe our best course of action is to assemble the most complete and compelling documentation for our case as is possible, including testimony from peopie whose personal recollections and records might not be available in the future. (This, in my judgement, is the real imperative on timing; no substantive cause absolutely depends on having the designation made this year and no harm comes from delaying it...so long as we eventually prevail.) Your thoughts?

One last piece of sad news. The Class recently lost a great friend, Col (Ret) Tex McVeigh, one of our ATOs. Tex succumbed to cancer in San Antonio last June 4, ironically one day after the 36th anniversary of the graduation of the class he helped so profoundly to shape and train. We’ll miss him and we extend our condolences to his family.

In keeping with the spirit of a new (and, one hopes, less stressful) Falcon football season, Fred WYNN and Joe MORGAN invite all ’59ers, friends and family to the 10th Biennial Beat Navy Tailgate/Postgame Victory Celebration in Crabtown, Oct. 14, 1995. If you do not know the tailgate location, call Fred (303-868-2176) or Joe (410-263-1391), or simply head for the class banner in the northeast corner of the parking lot. Thought for the quarter: Corruption empowers and absolute corruption empowers absolutely.

Chris Warack

690 Winding Hills Road Monument, CO 80132

Home: (719) 488-2504

Percent members: 78

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This is going to be a short report much to the glee of the editor who is always bemoaning the fact that the Checkpoints gets to be longer and longer with each new class. I was wondering what I might use for material for this edition when I realized that the next issue is due out at about the same time that we convene here in the shadows of Pikes Peak. Therefore the old news would be overcome by visiting with the real people and finding out for yourself what is happening in each of our worlds.

Thanks to George PUPICH, I do have some news. George attended Dale THOMPSON’S retirement and sent a report on the event. In addition to George those from ’60 in attendance were Mike LOH, Ron YATES, Hal BROST, Audi BIANCUR, and Dean VIKAN as you can see from the photo. I’ll quote George, “The first activity; was a golf tournament in honor of Dale. The foursome that included Dale and Ron won the prize over my foursome by just ONE stroke! Yates swears that he didn’t exercise his four-star prerogative in any way, shape or form. If you believe that I’ll sell you some swamp land in Florida.

“After the golfing we reported to the O’Club for a huge dinner and the retirement party. There was a “This is your life” presentation for Dale

Dale Thompson’s Retirement which included his parents, other family members, and Air Force friends. This was followed by a wonderful full-scale performance of Camelot. We ended the night with dancing into the wee hours of the morning.

“The next day was the retirement ceremony with marching band and an F-l 11 fly-by. That evening Dale and Cheri had a bunch of us over to their home for a casual, enjoyable evening of food and drink.

“We had a wondeful time and are looking forward to visiting Dale and Cheri in the beautiful home they built in Austin, TX. We also came home with a valuable lesson. We now know that Yates rose to prominence in spite of a marginal grasp of counting!”

George continued, “In February a group of us from the Cotton Bowl team got together in Aspen. It was all set up by Dave PHILLIPS and he did a masterful job. The only shortcoming was that Diana and I had to leave before Bear and Judy BRONSON arrived. Bear is the head ski instructor at Big Bear, CA and couldn’t get there until we had gone. Deke and Bell JOHNSON, the magic cow, along with Sally attended. He is the same lovable self, happily entrenched in Boise, ID. Both of their children, Derry and Megan, are living in the state of Washington.” Thanks George!

On June 10th your faithful Scribe had a once-in-a-lifetime experience. Pat and I married off our baby. After months of preparation by Pat, I had the honor of accompanying my only daughter down the aisle. Karin is a nurse in Fayetteville, NC where she and her husband, Dennis, both work in the V.A. hospital. The wedding was here in Monument with the reception at the AFA O’Club. Pat would say it was a beautiful wedding and grand way to finish our child-raising days. I said to the groom, “I’ve given you something very precious and you had better take good care of her.” They returned from their honeymoon, a cruise and Disney World, and departed for Fayetteville this morning. Now we may be able to get our lives back to normal.

Tony BURSHNICK was here early May for an AOG board meeting and we took the opportunity to have a meeting to do some last-minute planning for the reunion. Those who may be held responsible for the good and the bad of our September gathering in addition to Tony were Jock SCHWANK, Andi BIANCUR, George PUPICH, Roy JOLLY, Dick SCHEHR, Denny WALSH, Jim GLAZA, Jack BRUSH, Wayne KENDALL, and myself. I think we did a good job and so our ladies joined us at the club for dinner after and we continued to celebrate the coming reunion.

CHANGE OF ADDRESS: Charles DIVER, 9511 49th Ave. West, Mukilteo, WA 98275-3761; William GOODYEAR, 747 Via de La Paz, Pacific Palisades, CA 90272-4367.

Hanson Scott

1300 Onava Court, NE Albuquerque, NM 87112

Phone: (505) 293-4486

Percent members: 80

Greetings from the Land of Enchantment! I received a note from Ron FULLERTON—Ron was TDY to Wright-Patterson and took a few minutes to provide an update. He had been to Maxwell AFB for the SECAF Quality Awards Program, where “his” 1st Fighter Wing from Langley won the “big” award. While at Maxwell, Ron played several games of racketball with Jimmy POOLE and visited with Parker HINMAN (’64). Ron said he had recently seen Tom SCHUTT and he reports

Jimmy Poole and Ron Fullerton that Mike RAWLINS is now back in the Norfolk area. Enclosed are a couple of pictures:

Parker and Cookie Hinman, Ron Fullerton, Susan and Jimmy Poole.

I received some good info from Dick and Sylvia FAIRLAMB. As a lot of folks know, Dick has been very active with the Noth Texas Chapter of the Association of Graduates as well as the Colleyville, TX Lions Club. Further, his independent contracting business which involves assisting companies in planning responses to disasters and re-engineering operations is doing very well. He has been traveling a lot—Barbados, West Indies, Sioux City, Omaha, Philadelphia, and Des Moines.

From San Antonio, Jim and Mary Jane AHMANN continue to be very, very busy with their student ministry—International Students, Inc. Mary Jane is continuing to teach full time, Jim teaches high school math and physics half-time so that he has more time available for their outreach efforts. Jim and Mary Jane’s oldest son Kelly, who was a B-52 aircraft commander, was diagnosed with leukemia and has been medically retired from the Air Force. Kelly has received a bone marrow transplant, and he is making steady progress. He has been in the V.A. hospital in Seattle, and the Ahmanns were anticipating his release in the next few weeks. Jim and Mary Jane are planning a summer trip to Africa to visit their returned students and to teach discipleship activities. Last summer, they visited five countries on a similar trip.

While on a short-notice “TDY” to Washington, DC, I was able to attend a ’61 gathering at the home of Bill and Theda FOSTER. Quite a crowd was in attendance: Marc and Ginger ANDERSON, Norm and Barbara CAMPBELL, Steve and Lynn HO, Lowell and Sandy JONES, Darrell KOERNER, John and Joan KOHOUT, Joan NEGRONI (Hector was under the weather and checked in during the evening), Nels and Teri O’REAR, Jim and Linda ROGERS, Bill and Rhoda STACKHOUSE (thanks for picking me up, Bill), Charlie and Sarah STEBBINS, and John and Ellen SULLIVAN. It was a great evening for visiting and catching up on the local ’61 news. One of the highlights of the evening was the reactivation of the “Pot of the Party Award” which had been held in abeyance for several years. During the ’60s and ’70s, several members of the class were stationed at the Academy and they established the award to recognize members and spouses for various meritorious acts during social situations. I took some notes on previous winners, but decided that Charlie STEBBINS would be the best to recall the specifics. It is my understanding that the award will be presented at appropriate events in the future. And thanks for the hospitality, Bill and Theda!

More news: Jerry GILL reports that he is still employed with Digital Corporation, and he has finally finished his PhD in education with

Auburn University. Jerry’s dissertation was on the reorganization efforts of modern corporations. Send me some news, Jerry! I interrupted Bud UTENDORF while he was tackling some demanding garden work—Bud is still flying the 767 for United. Son Mark is 33 and works for a company that supports Sears Corporation. Daughter Cheryl is married to Neil Swindells who is currently attending United flight training following a period as instructor for Embry Riddle University. Bud occasionally sees Bill SANZENBACHER (727s) and Chess MIZELL (also 767). Bud added that he had recently seen Tom SKILLING—the class may recall that Tom was a little more “mature” than the rest of us and is anticipating retirement from United in a year or so.

Bud was also pleased to pass on to the class that Denny DILLON is now director of Flight Crew Resources for United, the first pilot to hold the position in some 20 years. Bud added that all the pilots hold Denny in high regard, and that he has worked very hard for many years in support of pilot issues.

I called to check on Earl AMAN—Lucy said he was completing 23 days in intensive care at Wilford Hall and had been through some rough times, although he was expected to come home in the next week or so. Lucy said Earl had received many calls from the class, and that Larry FREEMAN was visiting Earl frequently. Lucy added that they are very hopeful for the future. Hang tough, Earl—our prayers are with you!

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Hi Redtags!

Well I got a note from the 35th Reunion Committee (see accompanying photo) on the occasion of their first planning session. Jon STAPLES writes that he hosted the meeting on 27 May and further stated “Tim GILMARTIN volunteered to be head honcho. Fuzz and Penny MACK are relocating to Colorado Springs, flying for Western Pacific Airlines—their son enters USAFA in June. Frank and Judy URBAN are back in the Springs. Bob and Mary HOPKINS came down from Denver. Bob and Ginny MCNAUGHTON came down from Perry Park. Jon and Carolyn STAPLES are still fixtures in the Springs. We called JD EATON in Wilmington, NC and sang him a hymn.” Jon continued “Happiness begins when the kids leave home and the dog and cat die. The Staples lastborn graduated from Colorado University and the cat and dog are shakey. Our best to you and the family.” Thanks for the news that the reunion plans are underway. Remember that if you want to put anything in my column, send it to me right after you receive any issue of Checkpoints. I usually have 14-25 days after a new issue is out to send in the next column.

Got a phone call from Mike SCHIEBER a couple of months ago. He has left the employ of the State of Washington and joined a company in Mountain View, CA. The company is exploring methods of using Low Earth Orbit satellites to extract utility usage data using low power transmitters. The company is DBSI. Mike is having a great deal of enjoyment with the challenge. Also, he is planning a world cruise for our class

for the year 2000. If interested, let Mike know. I have his latest address. Mike has talked to Owen HAWKINS, who lives nearby. Mike said that Dick SELL is still in Seattle, flying for Delta. Dick MICKEL is working for Executive Aviation and lives in Sparta, NJ. And Mitch ECKEL is a tax attorney in Boston, living and restoring a house in Concord, MA while his wife, Susan, teaches school.

Got two press releases from Guilford College in Greensboro, NC. The first press release says: “Peter BOBKO, an associate professor of management at Guilford College, recently returned to his faculty position at the college having been a visiting professor of management at the United States Air Force Academy during 1994. His participation was part of an ongoing program to bring a limited number of outstanding civilian educators to the Academy to enrich its faculty. During Bobko’s stay, the Air Force Academy’s Management Department won the Decision Science Institute’s national award for innovative thinking. When he departed, Bobko was presented with a falcon statue for “outstanding service to the Department of Management, USAFA.” The second press release had a related story which read, “Peter Bobko, associate professor of management at Guilford College, recently presented a paper on ‘A ComputerBased Approach to Integrating Production and Operations Management and Managerial Accounting’ at the 30th annual meeting of the Institute of Management Sciences (TIMS) in Myrtle Beach, SC. TIMS is an international network of practioners, academics, business, and industrial executives who advance the use of management science methodologies. Bobko is a member of the Southeast Chapter. Bobko’s paper summarizes a course he taught at the U.S. Air Force Academy where he was a visiting professor in 1994 and part of a team of educators who developed new approaches to teaching management. The course utilized computer software to combine concepts from accounting, production, and operations management into an integrative approach to decision making.” Great work, Pete.

Got a letter from Tom MOORE. He and Virginia went on a vacation to Europe and joined up with Alex HARWICK. I had gotten a letter from Alex and supplied his phone number to Tom. Tom sent the info to his daughter Elizabeth, who is the deputy science attache in the American Embassy in Rome. She contacted Alex and arranged a get-together in Venice. Tom writes, “On Jan 1, 1960, we were ending our Christmas leave and preparing to return to the Academy. Alex knew of a flight from Langley to Colorado, so I came to Hampton, VA the day before we were to depart and Alex introduced me to a young woman named Virginia. I married her four and a half years later.” Alex has about 20 sports cars and enjoys driving them on the super highways of Europe. He enjoys European living but may retire in New Zealand. Tom, Alex, Virginia and Elizabeth spent the day sightseeing and walking around Venice. See accompanying photo. Back in Washington, Tom is selling a computerbased system that allows physicians to dispense prescription medicines from their offices. It is basically an inventory control system that lets the computer take care of the record keeping and reorders medicine by modem for restocking by overnight package delivery. It enhances patient service by the physician, provides the physician another source of income and reduces involvement with pharmacists. Bet the phamacists like it! Thanks Tom.

Got a change-of-address card from Butch VICCELLIO. He has a new assignment at Wright-Patterson. I must have missed it in the trade publications. When you have a minute, please drop me a line, Butch. Saw in AFMagazine that Pete ROBINSON was retiring from his post as Commander AWC, AU and AETC. Please let me know what you plan next, Pete. Also got a bunch of publicity from Denis, now Sam DEHNE con

cerning his run for mayor of Reno, NV. Sam said that he had no special interests to placate, would only take small donations and no campaign workers. He said that he only spent $840 on his campaign. He was still awaiting the results at the time of his last letter. Let me know what happened.

Fritz and Arlene HENDRYX were back in Melbourne, FL, in April and May. We managed to get together twice for dinner and had a good time, twice. Look forward to seeing you both again next trip. That’s it for now. Thanks for the news. Keep it coming. Everyone have a great holiday season and don’t forget to send me your newsletters. Go Redtags!

Norman I. Lee III ^ ^

17532 N.E. 38th Court

Redmond, WA 98052

W: (206) 294-1676 H: (206) 882-0968

Internet (via Prodigy): HHMM30A@

PRODIGY.COM

If-Mia*

Percent members: 75 **

Last week I had one of the neatest experiences of my “young” life. While attending a meeting with British Airways in the UK, our group was invited to the BA Maintenance Base for a tour. Having already seen their maintenance base, I was reluctant to give up an afternoon of touring around the town of Windsor where we were meeting. Well...the good folks at BA would not let me sneak off and thank goodness they were insistent. The maintenance base “tour” bit was a ploy to cover their real intentions—a flight on one of their Concordes. Can you imagine? “High Tea” at 54,000 feet and Mach 2! It happened! The UK trip ended with a flight home on United Airlines regularly scheduled flight from London to Dulles on the 777-200. It took us five years to build and certify the 777 but I must say it was worth all the work. All of us on board the flight were like a bunch of proud poppas.

Now to the Class News. By the time you read this, you should have received a letter from Jim DIFFENDORFER asking for your input on a proposal to display the class cups. Two things are happening here: (1) finding a permanent place to put the cups on display and (2) securing the cups insuring they will be there for our use. I found it interesting that the cups are solid silver and worth quite a lot of money. Securing the cups would actually be easier if they were owned by the AOG rather than the Class of 1963 and actually on visible display in Doolittle Hall. This, I believe is the gist of Jim’s proposal. Because of our past practice (out of necessity) storing the cups in a closet someplace, keeping track of them has been difficult. Some are missing. According to Diff, Jim GASTON has been working hard coordinating the effort to get the cups out of a storage box and on display.

Received a nice letter from our Southeast correspondent, Larry HOFFMAN. Larry and Cheryl have given up the large family house for “villa”. Their new address remains in Palm Harbor, FL, just a new street: 3835 Darston. Larry reported they sold their old home to the first person to respond to their by-owner ad. Owner financing and all. Of course, I am jealous—still have our house in O’Fallon—will try to sell it again later this summer when the current lease is up.

Who has the 15th Squadron pictures?

The second picture in Jerry’s letter was taken by an American Airlines flight attendent recording what may be a USAFA first: two old grads, from the same class flying together as a regularly-scheduled airline crew.

Joe PALAZZOLO (a.k.a. captain) and Jerry (a.k.a. first officer) crewed up during the month of March. Both are based out of Chicago and their itinerary included Mexico City, Washington, DC and Jackson Hole, WY. The photo of the two rather dashing aircrew members was taken in the business end of a Boeing 757. We (Boeing) are working on some cockpit upgrades of the 757/767 airplanes to include a Common Display System (color LCDs), decluttering (is that a word?) the captain’s and F/O’s panels, upgrading the Flight Management Computer including GPS, adding an Air Data Inertial Reference System, etc.

E-mail inputs this time produced two newcomers to the information highway—Joe Lee BURNS and Cal NAY. Both used me for a practice e-mail session. Joe Lee signed on with a short note and Cal even figured out how to reply to a note. Joe Lee can be found on Prodigy (HKLL14A) I hope—he didn’t reply to my message. His internet address should be HKLL14A@prodigy.com. Cal is hooked up with Prodigy via XFLH27A@prodigy.com.

Address changes include Kent HARBAUGH from Montgomery to Wichita Falls, TX, and three classmates moving across town. John FOX changed zip codes in Littleton, CO; Charles MELENYZER did the same in Birmingham, AL; and Bob MAZET kept the phone book publishing people in work in Paradise, AZ.

Jim JAMERSON also made a move of some consequence. His new job appears to be (no confirmation at this time) deputy commander-in-chief, U.S. Forces Europe. Jim is slotted to move from the CINC USAFE position to the new job.

I could not let this opportunity pass without thanking those classmates who called to fill me in on the regretful news of Bill REEMTSMA’s passing. It was a great shock to many of us. Unfortunately, there was not enough time to include the news in the preceding version of this column. For that, I am very sorry. Speaking for the entire United States Air Force Academy Class of 1963, Bill will be greatly missed by us all. Our hearts go out to Joy and the entire family. Take care.

Bob Hovde

1304 Namassin Road

Alexandria, VA 22308 (H):703-765-0517/(0):703-415-4760

E-mail: BHovde@mail.crc.com

Percent members: 74

Moving again: Well, we didn’t get moved before the last Checkpoints, but we have now. Note that the only thing that has changed is our street address. We only moved about a half mile. I am trying the Cappuccio method of getting a new house. We are moving into a small (24 x 46 ft) house that need a lot of work. Actually, ours doesn’t seem like as much of a challenge as Ang’s—our original house is in good shape, even if none of our furniture will fit. I am going to build a master bedroom suite and great-room at one end, and if I’m still functioning at that point, a garage at the other end. I haven’t figured out how to stuff work into this schedule yet, but someone has to make enough to buy lumber!

Change-of-Address Cards: Tom EGGERS has retired and moved from Arlington, VA to Huntington Beach, CA. Send me an e-mail, Tom, and let me know what you’re doing.

Air Force Times: Bret DULA has escaped the world of jointness at the Central Imagery Office for the real world(?) of the Air Force Inspector

General (as deputy) in the Pentagon.

Promotion: Meanwhile Dick HAWLEY has figured out how to get out of the Pentagon—by getting promoted to four-stars! By the time you read this, he should be in Germany as Commander-in-Chief of USAFE. Congratulations, Dick!

Party: Fred and Barbara GREGORY hosted a party for the class in June. Unfortunately, it was on the one weekend that Sandy and I were out of town. (We were in Boston for the graduation of our son-in-law, Andy, from the ops research master’s degree program at MIT. He and Kathy are now at USAFA, where he will be an instructor for the next several years. I normally would have opted for the party, but a) Andy was graduating, b) They are moving to Colorado, which is a lot harder to get to from here than Boston, c) Kathy announced that she was going to have a baby, and d) There was no way I was going to keep “Grandma” Sandy away. (What will it be like when the baby’s born?)

Anyway, back to the party. Bill SIEG was my guest correspondent/photographer for this event. As you can see from the picture, a good group was in attendance. From left are Fred GREGORY, Bob CHRISTOPHER, Bret DULA, John GRAVES, Jack COLE, Jeff LEVY, Bill SIEG, Hal WATSON, Karl WIDMEYER, and Gordon SMITH. Arriving late were Bob HALEY, A1 ROGERS, and Rich PORTER.

Keep smiling guys!

Fred’s house is in Annapolis on South River about three miles from the site of some great USAFA victories. Fred is at NASA Headquarters, Hal works in comercial air conditioner servicing, Jack is executive director of the National Aeronautic Association, Gordon is with McDonnell Aircraft, A1 is an international management consultant, and Rich is with the DEA.

Message for Dave: Bill Sieg wants me to pass on to Dave SAMUEL that Bill’s son, John, is in the Pershing Rifles at Colorado. It seems that Dave has “Adopted” the Pershing Rifles, inviting them over to his house, and doing what he can to help them. John, of course, doesn’t know that his father is bringing him to the attention of one of the “older’ generation. Thanks Dad!

Trailers and Craft Shows: John HOFFMAN has retired again, this time from Vought Aircraft. The Air Force disqualified his Pampa aircraft from the competition. I guess Vought doesn’t need a chief test pilot if they aren’t flying an aircraft. John and Sally have started building a house in Tucson, but have bought an Airstream trailer and a Dodge Ram truck to travel around for awhile. If John stops at airports and Sally stops at craft shows, they’ll never get out of Texas!

Bill Sieg and his son, John, went skiing in Utah in January. Bill reports that Denny MONTGOMERY skied 150 days last winter. Denny, are you trying to get in shape for the Winter Olympics in 2002? At least you are in the right place to see them. Maybe you’d better work full time at the ski events, because your house will be full of ’64 visitors!

That’s all for now. Keep those cards, letters and e-mail coming. Check six! Send

Rod Rodman

RR # 1, Box 331

Pownal, VT 05261 (802) 823-7789

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Greetings again from Southwestern Vermont, home to Mace Security International, Inc., maker of mace, pepper spray and tear gas. Who says all Vermont has are cows, maple syrup and ski slopes.

I have quite a bit of information, so I’ll get right to it. I heard this morning (June 8th) of the rescue of the F-16 pilot shot down in Bosnia and that our own Mike RYAN, as commander of NATO Southern Forces, was in charge of the operation. Hats off to the pilot and all who participated in that rescue. Another of our generals, Howell ESTES, wrote a fine article printed in the May 1, 1995 Air Force Times on the issues of discrimination and sexual harassment and the program he created to address them while commander of 7th Air Force in Korea.

James (Zero) OUGH, orthopedic surgeon in Dallas, wrote about his daughter Emily, a junior at Lafayette College. Emily is a swimmer and competes regularly against Army and Navy. Emily marvels at the physical condition of our rival academies’ female athletes, but remains steadfast in her goal of “kicking some Army and Navy butt”, something we can all relate to. Bob LAMBERT is head coach of men’s and women’s track and field (a Division I program which he created) at Troy State Univeresity in Alabama. Bob would like to attract high school track athletes for his team (those who don’t choose USAFA) and has scholarships available. Call Bob at (334) 670-3275. Bob and his wife, Sandee, keep busy restoring an historic house and teaching in the College Ministry at the First Baptist Church. Bob also passed on an interesting bit of trivia. It seems Bob and his old roommate, Ted GIBBS, are both uncles to the same four children. Bob’s sister and Ted’s brother met at June Week 1965 and were married seven years later!

Mike PHILLIPS, an environmental engineer (alias beltway bandit), provided some amusing anecdotes on the EPA and life on the government dole in the D.C. area. Mike recently remarried and seems pleased to not yet have any grandchildren. Mike is president of the Fairfax Bass fishing club. He takes great pride in his new boat, featured below, which he says cost more than his first house!

Mountain Hell’s Angels: J.C., son Steven, and daughter Amanda.

Curt NELSON wrote to express his feelings about retirement on May 10th at Dayton. As he put it, “time to hang it up. Game’s up...a notinsignificant emotional event!” I’m sure many of us had similar feelings, Curt. Curt felt two pictures were in order. The first is of Larry FARRELL, officiating for Curt’s retirement. The second, a mini-reunion of

Mike also wants to pass on an e-mail address for Tim WHEELER, whom we remember suffered a stroke a few years back and has been confined ever since. For America On-Line subscribers Tim’s address is “timsthumb”. For all others it is “timsthumb@aol.com”. Tim would love to communicate with us all! Thanks to Mike for taking the initiative on this.

Peter FAZIO writes from Pineville, LA, where he owns and operates Camelot Enterprises, a high school teaching, tutoring and testing business. His one daughter, Toni, and her husband are veterinarians, while his other daughter, Andrea, is in high school. Peter reports great news that he has recovered from a nine-year battle with brain cancer. Wonderful to hear it, Peter. Bob ZEPECKI, also a veterinarian, is an agribusiness consultant. Bob proudly reports three grandchildren, Kristin 6, Brooke 3, and Tommy 2.

J.C. EDWARDS checks in from Manhattan Beach, CA, with the comment that his son Steven graduated this summer from Colorado University in Boulder, after skiing and partying as J.C. wished he had. It appears from the picture below that J.C. is having some fun now, dirt biking in the Sierras. J.C. works for TRW, which sent him to Florida for beaching and fishing and occasional work on one of the space launches. J.C. passes on that A1 NATELLA has remarried.

3rd Squadron, features Bill MORGAN, living in Atlanta, Curt, and Ray BRILL, living in Washington, DC. Curt mentioned Carl LYDAY, living in Denver; Joe KOENIG, living in Dayton; Carl HATFIELD, recently retired living in Oklahoma City.

Next I want to catch up with some old news passed on by Chuck RYERSON to Skip COX in San Antonio and regretfully missed in the last issue due to the transition to me as scribe. Skip mentions A1 NATELLA’S wife, Cheryl, who is a nurse, and that A1 is in semi-retirement, managing investments and caring for an elderly aunt. Chuck is living in Homestead, FL, and commuting to Pasadena, CA, where he stays at the same house (with the same phone number since 1946) that he grew up in. He flies for UAL, his fifth airline since retirement in 1986. Chuck reports that Jerry KEYSER and his wife, Dee, have purchased a house in the mountains on a golf course, meeting Dee’s requirement for the mountains and Jerry’s for the golf course.

Other information from Chuck. Mike and Linda DOUGLAS are in Albuquerque. They took a thoroughly enjoyable trip to Alaska during summer ’94, which included returning with 60 pounds of salmon filets. Steve AMDOR is working on the F-22 program for contractor SAIC, also

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in Albuquerque. Orv and Harriet RAMLO are in Las Vegas, where Orv works for Hughes Technical Services. Orv and Harriet have been seeing the world, visiting Sweden and Australia during 1994.

That’s about it for this rendition. Need to save room for all these great pictures. The latest news from the RODMAN household is my wife’s, Judi’s, new job as shop manager at The Bennington Museum. She gets to practice those leadership and managerial skills we all learned over the years, keeping up with six paid employees and a slew of volunteers. Incidentally, the CEO of Mace Security International recently told our Rotary Club that now was a good time to buy stock, down to 1 7/8 from 8. So I did! Thanks to all of you who responded.

Address Changes: Steven CARTER to 469 SVS Div, Box 1629, APO AE 09050; Tony MRAS to 507 Canyon Oak Drive, Vacaville, CA 95688; Edward WEBBER to 1191 A North Eglin Parkway 124, Shalimar, FL 32579.

Ryan Denny 1210 Applewhite Road

O’Fallon, IL 62269

Home: (618) 624-4255

Work: (314) 233-3415

Percent members: 72

Greetings Redtags! By the time you read this, the summer will be over and I’ll be expecting letters and pictures from/about classmates that you saw during your vacations. We just got back from a week at Disney World. I didn’t see any classmates, but all the “Mickey Mouse” stuff reminded me of a certain period in my life. We stayed at the Shades of Green, a Disney hotel that has been leased to the U.S. military to use as a recreation center. It’s open only to military (active, retired, or civil service) and it’s a classy hotel that costs about half what you would pay at one of the other Disney hotels—a one-time good deal for GIs.

I got a great letter and phone call from Hary ICKE. He left Tyndall AFB last summer after three years as the First Air Force DO, where (yes) he maintained full currency in the F-16. Harry wanted to get somewhere close to home before he retired, so he took a “loggie” job at Kelly AFB. He is the deputy director of Aerospace Fuels and is learning everything there is to know about passing gas. Harry and wife, Betsy, have just finished building their retirement home in Boerne, TX, just north of San Antonio, and I think he said we were all welcome to stop in anytime. He ran into Norm RATHJE at a reception and says that Norm had just run a listing (as personnel pukes are wont to do) and that there were only 14 of us still on active duty as of May 95. Norm is still running the assignments business at MPC and doesn’t know what he wants to do when he grows up.

Harry has also seen Jeff AYKROYD, who has been living in San Antonio for a long time and is a successful home builder. Denny MAIER is a civilian technical contractor at Brooks AFB (isn’t that on the base closure list?). Harry also stays in contact with Ron DASKEVICH (another of our UCLA “fun-in-the-sun” master’s degree classmates). Ron has retired in Houston and is flying with a make-believe dogfight organization called “Texas Air Aces” while he decides what to do when he grows up.

Hugh GOMMEL called to tell us that Ed BIELO’s wife, Judi, had died suddenly late last year. Ed is living in Tulsa and represents engineering and manufacturing companies to customers around the world. Our belated condolences, Ed.

Hugh retired in Las Vegas and has been flying for Northwest Airlines and dabbling in a few business projects of his own. (Those airline pilots have so much free time!) Hugh stays in contact with Bruce TORO, who is a building contractor (I think), living in Anaheim, CA.

Steve CONVER has been working for Martin Marietta since he left his job as the acquisition king for the U.S. Army. He recently moved from vice president of Technical Operations to become the vice president/general manager of Defense Systems for Martin Marietta. BG Don WALKER has announced his retirement this fall from his job in the Pentagon as the director of Special Projects for the Air Force Chief of Staff. (That drops us down to 13 on active duty.)

The picture here is the long-awaited photo of Mike BLAIR and his ”66 Mustang. As I mentioned in the last article, Mike is living in Alaska and

Mike Blair and his original cadet car, a ’66 Mustang (Mike is the one with the beard).

still has his original cadet car. Mike is just finishing building a vacation cabin in Kenai, Alaska and I’m sure will welcome any visitors that want to stop in on their way to the North Pole. You might remember from my last article that Mike sent me his last three years’ worth of Christmas letters. I’m going to have to start printing them unless some of you guys send me some news. In the meantime, keep thinking about the 30-year reunion (it’s still a pretty abstract thought), write if you get work, and send us a picture. Until then...Happy Landings!

Larry Wilson

13100 Pinehurst Ave. NE

T--r WW

Albuquerque, NM 87111 'I

Home: (505) 291-8949 'V, Work: (505) 846-2510

DSN: 246-2510

Percent members: 64

IIIfife

Buenos dias to all—it is summer in New Mexico, and the weather is nice and the living is easy. Except for those days when my wife has plans for yard work for me. Which seems to be most of the time. But that is another story. I only hope that we will be able to play in and enjoy this glorious state this summer, and many more. The latest from the BRAC as of this writing is that Kirtland will remain open for the foreseeable future. We are all pretty happy about that.

There is a fair amount of Class News this time, from a couple of new sources. First of all, Cas JACZYK called from his job as chief Air Force liaison to the House of Representatives and director of the USAF Liaison to DOE. I hope I got that right. Anyway, Cas called to fill me in on his recent class contacts. Bill LOCKE retired about eight years ago and works for Northrop in Palmdale, CA. Roy P. MILLER who Cas described as being “further right than most,” is doing well in Phoenix. Frank CHUBA is one of the several grads, from our class and others, working for MCI, managing the Ford account in Detroit. Rich FELKER lives in Tucson where he manages a hotel complex. Dave LECLAIR works in the Forrestal Building in D.C. where he is a “biggie in the DOE”. And Frank SHAW flies for United and lives in Evergreen, CO. Thanks, Cas, for your update.

Pat DOWLING dropped another line from LaJolla. He and some of the CS-13 guys keep in touch fairly regularly, as Thom EVANS and Clint PRICE fly through there frequently, and Fred MILANOVICH’s son goes to school in San Diego. Several of them attended a surprise 50th birthday party for Thom, who has the distinction of having more U-2 time than any other pilot. And quite a crew went to Buzz CARPENTER’S January retirement at Beale: He, Fred M, Thom E, Ross LEONARD and Ed STADJUHAR from San Francisco; Jan MESSINGER from Oregon; and Dan GIBSON all were there as Buzz hung up the blue suit to go to D.C. to work for E Systems there. Pat separately sent an article from the San Diego magazine, which recognized lawyer Barry LA FORGIA in its annual “people to watch” article. Following a trip to the Amazon jungles in 1988, Barry acted to get more involved in direct aid to those in need, primarily in the Third World. He founded Southwest Medical Teams, a nonprofit relief organization that sends medical teams to crisis areas worldwide. He operates three ongoing programs, in Baja California, Latvia and Rumania, plus disaster relief where needed. Some 400-plus southern Californians are enrolled and ready to take off at their own expense when called to serve. Well done, Barry.

It’s a sad day for the Air Force: on 16 June Jim WHITE hung up his

spurs and retired from his last AF job as the commander of the Air Reserve Personnel Center. The last time I saw Whitey, several years ago at Brooks AFB, TX, he tried to kill me with strong drink as he had so many memorable/forgettable times during cadet days. I think that he likely still has some sort of USAFA record for being on the academic ropes the most—in every math and science course as I recall—yet hung in there to graduate and have a highly-successful career. And now he is retiring to Breckenridge, where “...the beer is always cold, hot tub a predictable 104 and the powder is always soft!” Aside from the academics, my most memorable recollection of Whitey is his statement from doolie days—which I suspect characterized his approach to any number of tough situations during his career: “Give me three good reasons why not...”

Last input, hot from the mailroom, is from MG (effective 12 June) Gene LUPIA and Diane. As one might imagine, they had a bit of a celebration on pin-on day. Son Peter and his wife, Elizabeth, were there with the other guest of honor, their new granddaughter born 8 April. On 10 June the Lupias headed back to D.C. where Gene took on his new job as the numero uno civil engineer in the AF. Well done, Gene! Their new address in D.C. is 7006 Vancouver Rd, Springfield, VA 22152-3350. Their other son, Christopher, will stay behind in Illinois to complete his senior year at Southern Illinois U in Edwardsville. Gene had been in D.C. for another of our guy’s farewell to arms, when Tom TWOMEY retired. No update as to where Tom and Rosemary will be heading.

In fact, other than the Lupia address change, no updates at all from the AOG or elsewhere about other moves. And no Bill HALL gram.

Not too much from Casa Wilson this time around. There are a couple of other of our class here in Albuquerque whom I have managed to miss contact with as I still am on the road a lot, spreading joy throughout the AF medical world with my black IG hat and heavy hand. Part of that will be changing as I have moved up in the organization to become director of Medical Inspection. So I will be traveling less with the inspection teams, traveling more to other meetings, making policy and interpreting what is being reported and otherwise trying to do the right things for the right reasons for all our “customers,” in the current vernacular.

That’s all, folks. Keep me in mind with your comings and goings and visitings and such; call (505-846-2426 or DSN 246-2426) or FAX (505-846-2428 or DSN 246-2428) or e-mail (wilsonl@smtps.saia.af.mil) or write to the same old address. Adios, and vaya con Dios!

Tim Davidson

9712 Hidden Valley Road

Vienna, VA 22181-6094

Home: (703) 255-5313

Percent members: 67

HELLO ‘68! The laptop is on my airline seat tray as I literally produce this episode of “All My Classmates” while I am on the fly to Panama.

CONSTELLATION SIGHTED DEPT: For those of you who missed the news, our heartiest congratulations go out to two of the Air Force’s newest lieutenant generals and their families. Tony ROBERTSON received able assistance from his lovely wife, Brenda, in pinning on his third “button” during a star-studded extravaganza led by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Shalikashvili, who served as master of ceremonies. Tony completed his stint as deputy director of the Joint Staff to assume the duties of vice commander of Air Mobility Command at Scott AFB.

Three days later, Ed EBERHART received his third star with his lady, Karen, and the Air Force Chief of Staff, Gen. Ronald Fogleman (Class of ’63), doing the honors. Ed left his Joint Staff position as director of Resources (J8) to assume duties as the Air Force’s XO (deputy chief of staff for Operations and Plans). The smiles on Ed’s and Karen’s faces in the picture tell it all. I will try to purloin a picture from the Joint Staff photographer of Tony’s ceremony for the next column.

REUNIONS PAST & PRESENT DEPT: Nearly two years have passed since our 25th reunion, but the pictures of the event and wonderful memories of our time together still remain. Hopefully, all of us will remember to keep the AOG and other classmates apprised of current addresses. Speaking of our 25th, I found this picture of my often “not pictured” friend Fred GROSS and his wife, Jackie, near the Royal Gorge bridge on a beautiful autumn day in colorful Colorado. Question of the day...Could life get any better for this couple? Answer to question above...Yes! I quite literally ran into Fred and Jackie at the Eglin Officers’ Beach Club over the Memorial Day weekend while basking in the sun and enjoying the surf and sand with Charlie and Nancy HOLLAND. Fred recently moved to Shalimar, FL and has the Shalimar Country Club Golf Course for his back yard. Fred’s new job with Booz Allen & Hamilton, Inc. and daily golf games have made life all the more worth the living for our class’ hardest working former special operations logistics support group commander.

Fred and Jackie Gross hanging out at Royal Gorge.

Meanwhile, back at the beach club, Charlie and Nancy were learning the correct way to say “Aloha” as they packed up their household goods for another Air Force adventure—this one to Hawaii. Charlie is the commander of the Special Operations Command Pacific (SOCPAC) and is the guy in charge of our special operations activities in the Pacific theater. The Hollands also boast of their eldest son, Chuck, who graduated near the top of his class at Fort Walton Beach High School and is a member of the Class of 1999 at USAFA.

While we made a sincere attempt to get a clear picture of all who attended our gala affair at the Andrews Golf Course Club House on June 3rd, the picture unfortunately was taken far enough away that many of the faces were not distinguishable. Hence, the photo gives you a flavor of our merry band on the momentous occasion, but doesn’t give you the

“big picture.” In addition to the gang shown, those who attended but are not pictured include Jim CLARK, Bill DRENNAN, Bob and Cathy DURHAM, Ed and Karen EBERHART, Tom GAGE, Chuck HOLMES, Monty and Karla LAMONT, Tom and Barb LILLIS (who came all the way from St. Louis), Rick and Antoinette PATTERSON, Lew READ, P.K. WALDRON, Glenn ZAUBER, and your scribe.

The Washington, DC ’68 contingent will be heading to the Air ForceNavy game in October. All who are interested in attending should call me for information on tickets at (703) 255-5313. We are also planning a gettogether after the game at Mike’s Seafood House in Annapolis (near ARINC). For those interested in the seafood dinner after the game, please contact Rick PATTERSON at (703) 263-0824 for reservations. In addition, we are revitalizing a monthly gathering of the clan in the D.C. area with the second Wednesday of every month set as the date. The planned commencement time will be 6 p.m. and the meeting place will be the Fort Myer O’Club downstairs. Hope to see all you locals and “TDYers” as times goes by.

’68 SPOTLIGHT

The ’68 spotlight for the Summer 1995 edition of Checkpoints falls on Joe MICHEL. After departing the hallowed halls of USAFA, Joe fulfilled a life-long dream and became a pilot. His mighty steeds after pilot training included C-130s in Southeast Asia, T-41s at USAFA, and B-52s out of Beale AFB, CA. In 1975, he separated from the active Air Force and later joined the Air Force Reserves, where he presently holds the rank of colonel.

The Michels of Chula Vista, CA Karen, Joe, Bryan, and Christina.

After ieaving active duty, Joe entered Federal Civil Service with the Defense Logistics Agency and later became an industrial/project engineer with the U.S. Navy. From 1987 to the present, he has been project engineer/program manager at the Naval Command, Control, and Ocean Surveillance Center, RDT&E Division in San Diego, CA. His Air Force Reserve duties include service as an aeronautical engineer and engineering manager at the Sacramento Air Logistics Center at McClellan AFB, CA. In addition, he also keeps the “Long Blue Line” moving along through his work as the USAFA and AFROTC Admissions Liaison Officer for the Southern California area.

When asked what the Academy meant to him, Joe said, “I think it was an absolutely superior ‘prep school’ for life... Besides the four pillars and usual things everyone learns from the ‘fire hose’ curriculum, it taught me how to deal with adversity, to always give it my best shot, and to never turn down a promotion. I also have to say the Academy planted the seed of honor and integrity, although I continue to learn to this day the paramount importance of those values.”

Concerning life lessons to pass along, Joe remarked “today the things that are important to me can be summed up in faith, family, and friends. I feel truly fortunate being happily married to my wife of 20 years (who I am more in love with now than ever before), having two great kids, and living in ‘America’s Finest City.’ I feel that as far as the important things in life are concerned, as long as you trust in God everything works out for the best, and for me it couldn’t get much better (unless I won the lottery).”

Thanks for your contribution to the class and our country, Joe. And, good luck on developing a closer relationship with Ed McMahon and Dick Clark.

’68ers ON THE MOVE: Brooke BAILEY to Fairfax Station, VA; (Maj Gen) Bill BEGERT to Scott AFB, IL; Marty COLE to 360 E. Randolph Street, Chicago, IL 60601; John GONDA to Fayetteville, NC; Frank MARTIN to Port Charlotte, FL; and Jim TERRY to Albuquerque, NM.

Adios for now Amigos and Amigas. 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: 62

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Summer and fall gretings to all. A confluence of unhappy events precluded last spring’s update, and it would be petty to recount them. Suffice it for me to quote Joseph Alsop’s Law of Political Oratory by way of explanation: The only important thing is to be able to say “Most oranges are round and edible” and sound both that the observation is somewhat revelationary and that one really means it. On with the news.

Many ’68ers have been on the go of late. Ed ALLEN has repatriated to Gilbert, AZ. Also in the great Southwest, Wally MOORHEAD has changed addresses in Smackover, AZ, and Bob HART has relocated from Alto to Las Cruces, NM. From Alaska, Tom CASE has come back to the Pentagon, where he is the new director of Modeling and Simulation in the office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Plans and Operations. Terry BLAVEN is now ensconced at Wright-Patterson AFB and lives in Dayton, OH.

Tom PILLARI, formery managing shareholder of Wickens, Herzer and Panza’s Cleveland office, will spearhead the firm’s expansion into the Pennsylvania market. Tom’s focus will be on providing estate planning and other legal services to business and individuals. Tom has been active in conducting legal education for bank trust officers and has addressed the Ohio Society of Certified Public Accountants.

Chris CURTIS has been promoted to vice president-sales and marketing for the Peabody COALSALES Company and will be relocating from St. Louis, MO to Flagstaff, AZ (which gives Chris the distinction of having the year’s greatest hardship move). He will be responsible for distribution and coal sales in the southwest region of the United States.

Ralph FREEMAN writes about another change of course. Recall that he took a job with Disney after finishing his Ph.D. To allow his wife the opportunity to follow her dream job to Houston, Ralph has now taken a voluntary lay-off from Disney, and pursued some personal avocational goals. First, after doing rectangles, S-turns, stalls and MCAs around Texas, he has now acquired his pilot’s license. Writes that we were wrong about monkeys learning to fly—it takes a very well-trained monkey! Secondly, he is now in the middle of (and perhaps will have completed) a through-hike of the 2,158-mile Appalachian Trail. Ralph departed from Springer Mountain, GA on 9 April and, traveling over a portion of the trail his father (an employee of the U.S. Forest Service in the 1960s) helped build, hopes to finish at Maine’s Mount Katadin on 17 Sept. Big congrats to Ralph. I’ll provide an update on his trip in the Checkpoints that will arrive around Christmas. In the meantime, send Pemmican Bars, beef jerky, and moleskin to Katy, TX.

Bob TOTH writes about the Willy 71-01 (plus washbacks and latecomers) class reunion at the San Marcos Resort in Chandler, AZ on Sept. 22-24. He and Bud SPEACE promise a good time for all, with most of the Top 10 reasons for coming centering around personal renditions of “The Night I Threw a Few Back with Tom KENDALL.” Bob would like help in locating Mike MCGALLIARD, Frank COUNTRYMAN, and Mike WETTERER, the latter two of whom were at the 25th ’69 reunion. He’d also like help locating some of the non-zoomies that graduated in the UPT class, as well as information on any and all. Bob writes that he appreciates fully now what reunion committees around the globe undewrgo to pull these things off. More kudos, then, well-deserved, to the ’69ers who pulled off two marvelous reunions for the entire class.

Contact Bob at 1590 Bermuda Dunes Drive, Boulder City, NV 89005 or at telephone 702-293-3098.

Didn’t we used to say that society owed us two things: a ‘Vette and a piece of Colorado? (I don’t know about you, but I’m going to be the first to stick a bumper sticker to that effect on the fuselage of my Gulfstream.) At any rate, Pat MAHER has done something more about that. Formerly project manager for Cooper Investments with responsibility for zoning the Happy Canyon Ranch development in Denver, Pat has been appointed vice president of development for Vail Associates Real Estate. In this new position, Pat will oversee the planning, design, architecture, and eventual development of real estate assets owned by Vail Associated Inc. in Arrowhead Village and Bachelor Gulch. He’ll be working to facilitate North America’s first “village to village” ski experience with the connection of Arrowhead Mountain to the mountain and ski trails of Beaver Creek Resort through development in Bachelor Gulch. Looks like Pat’s BS in real estate from USAFA is paying big dividends.

Received a nice note from Larry HOWELL, associate director for

Business Development and Strategic Planning at the University of Dayton Research Institute. Larry, who has recently led several UDRI contracts in the areas of information analysis, human factors and manufacturing, hopes to diversify the funding sources for UDRI beyond primarily Air Force contracts to include Army, Navy, non-DoD, and the the private sector, focusing on Corporate 1000 firms located in the Midwest.

In the practice does not make perfect department (golf, sex, and childrearing all testaments to that statement), I will be joining Roy COPPINGER, Mike BEEZLEY, Les DYER, Bugs FORSYTHE, and Kit

BUSCHING for a five-day trip down the Middle Fork of the Salmon River, 16-21 June. The trip seems to have become an annual rite of passage on the summer solstice, as we keep getting lucky on the permit lottery. Maybe we’ll get it “right” this year.

John WARNER would love to have some visitors in Hong Kong. As you may recall, he is in charge of operations for W.R. Grace in that part of the world, and has been there for two years now. He says he has plenty of room, and offers a grand opportunity to get together and eat “dancing shrimp” and drink fogcutting cocktails to any greytag that gets close. He’s at House 78, Palm Drive, Redhill Peninsula, Tai Tam, Hong Kong.

Jeff TRENTON, the ole New Yorker himself, seems to have settled into the slower rhythms of life in the south. Still living in Virginia Beach, he is consulting at home and abroad, last sighting being at the Casa de Sierra Nevada in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. Saludos, Jeff. Que te vaya bien.

And, on a sad note, please know that Richard LOBRITZ died last October. Regrets can be sent to his wife, Janice, at the following address: Dr. Janice Jura, University Hospital, Department of Psychiatry, 11100 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106.

Cards, letters, and phone calls always appreciated. By the next issue, I’ll have an internet mailbox to facilitate updates and class news you come across (or manufacture). Until then, cheers. Lindsey.

Tony Marietta

1070 Knollwood Circle

Monument, CO 80132

Home: (719) 488-3201

Work: (719) 593-8888

Home Fax: (719) 481-8768

Percent members: 62

By the time all of you receive this magazine, our ’70 reunion will be history. Maybe some of you guys made history at the reunion, and maybe some of you are still kicking yourselves for not showing up. I will give details in the next Checkpoints. Take a minute to jot down your favorite reunion stories and send any pictures appropriate for a family magazine. If, however, the big print machine in the sky got this magazine out before the reunion, call Jack MUELLER ASAP at 719-488-3642 day or night for last minute details or to beg for a hotel room. If all else fails, FAX your body over to Doolittle Hall. While you’re at it, don’t forget to send some money to Larry BUSH for the purchase of the three remaining alcoves and associated furniture adjacent to the “Class of ’70” bar area.

Got a note from Tom REEL, bassist in the Virginia Symphony, who is, as he phrases it, “instrumental” in negotiating the Muscians’ Union contract for the symphony. Tom said he would like to nominate himself for the dubious distinction of earning less money than any other Academy graduate. Tom says that as a muscian he doesn’t need a forklift to carry his wallet. Tom extends an invitation to all to stop in and hear the orchestra in the Norfolk, VA area. He would like to publicly remind Dick O’CONNOR that Dick owes him a case of champagne. Since Tom is still single and Dick got married several years ago, the race wasn’t even close. Tom said instead of the champagne, he would accept proof that Dick sent $100 to his city’s symphony or, better yet, that Dick organizes a committee responsible for all ’70 grads giving $100 to their city’s symphony with a note attached reminding management that “Supporting the Arts means supporting the Artists.” Tom is hoping to get some residual benefit from all of the cash flow to the symphony.

Congratulations to Mark EWIG for being a finalist for the director of Athletics at the AFA. In a local article the author mentioned that all of the finalists have quickly achieved the rank of colonel and are among the fastest-rising young officers in the Air Force. Way to Go “Tuna.” You

definitely are a big fish in a big pond!

Dick “I can’t find the article” RAUSCHKOLB sent me an article of interest to all AFA Prep grads about Bill Gignac’s retirement ceremonies at Randolph AFB in 1992. Gives you confidence in Dick’s abilities as commander of the Air Force Historical Research Agency. I think Dick wanted to wait until the ceremony officially became history. Dick represented the AF Prep School Class of ’66 at the retirement. Dick said that Sgt “Get up, get down” Tomlinson was also there. Both Sgt Gignac and Sgt Tomlinson had to be revived when they found out that Dick was, in fact, a full colonel. Dick assured them it wasn’t unusual for them to feel that way, since no one in ’70 believed it either. That’s OK, Dick. If Coach Gignac reads this column, he will be in shock that “The Frog” MARIETTA can even write complete sentences. Dick thinks that both Gignac and Tomlinson live in the San Antonio area, and would be more than happy to put us through any physical exercise, including 20 bellywampers for us old football players. Dick said that at the retirement ceremony, the list of accolades given to Bill Gignac was fantastic. It would take an entire column to list all of the athletic contributions that he made to the Air Force. Bill, all of the Prep School Class of ’66 want to congratulate you on an outstanding career and to thank you for “being you.” P.S. See if you can help RAUSCHKOLB with his filing system.

Got a note from Rick SINE letting me know that he recently joined Intertrade LTD in Cedar Rapids, IA, having moved from Louisville, KY in July. He is vice president of Engineering Services & Quality Assurance. Rick’s son will be a junior at Xavier University and his daughter just graduated from high school, sooooo Rick and his wife will be “empty nesters.” Rick, write and let me know if this is good or bad.

As promised in the last issue, I am printing a pic of Ross and Marty JOHNSTON. They both look great and are thoroughly enjoying their five children. Though I really don’t think this is where they actually live with five children, as there is a ton of really breakable stuff in the background.

Ross and Marty minus the clan.

Got, a FAX from Colonel Steve MAC ISAAC. Steve was working in the Special Ops world since the end of Desert Storm, and said he enjoyed seeing Brian MAHER and Steve CONNELLY at Ft. Bragg. Buuuuuut on June 9th, 1994 the big Pentagon phone in the sky rang and said, “We have decided to kill a very old myth about full colonels not receiving a new assignment to the Pentagon. Guess what? You are the myth killer.”

So now Steve is with the Joint Special Operations Command in Washington, DC. Congratulations, I think!

STATIONARY VANS: It appears that no one really moved or at least moved far enough for a moving van to help them. A1 SIMONCIC from PSC 79, APO AP to PSC 80, APO AP. Carl UPSON was apparently so excited about his move to Hurlburt Field, FL that he provided the same address in both the “New” and “Old” address columns. So, we think he moved, but maybe he only remodeled.

THANKS, GUYS! Remember to send your reunion stories and pictures!

Paul D. Knott

8941 Bellcove Circle Colorado Springs, CO 80920 (719) 282-1402

Percent members: 50

Here we are in Colorado, where we had spring in December and winter

in May. By the time you read this column, we may have summer, or it may be winter already.

Bob BOREN, Mike GEBHARDT, and I had the honor and pleasure of watching our children graduate from high school in the Cadet Field House in May. All three high schools in Academy District 20 hold their commencement ceremonies on the same day, which leads to some interesting logistics, kind of like weddings during June Week. Mike’s son Matt (note a correction from the last column here), Bob’s daughter Laura, and my daughter Paulette have done us proud.

Our first correspondent is Bob MANNING, from the home of the ’96 Olympics, Atlanta. He ran into Col. Paul HAMILTON, who was a speaker at a symposium Bob attended. He has also heard from LTC John RAGAN, who is the state liaison officer with the Tennessee Civil Air Patrol out of Knoxville. Harry BRYSON was nice enough to actually come in to see Bob. Harry is a senior engineer with Cambee Corporation out of Oak Ridge, TN. Evidently Darrell SINGLETON is trading Sandia Peak in Albuquerque and the Defense Nuclear Agency for the plains of west Texas and the vice command of the 7th Bomb Wing in Dyess, TX. Randy LAUTERBACH was part of the “charm school” for combat support group commanders at Maxwell recently. Bob says that he gets up to Langley and the Pentagon on a semi-regular basis, so those of you who are stationed or visit these places might keep an eye out for him.

Jeff DOTUR read the article about SERE and felt moved enough to take up pen in hand (OK, a keyboard) and remind the world that ’70 was the first SERE-certified USAFA class. Jeff’s son Chris is in the last class to validate Fairchild, ’97. Chris is going to Jeff’s graduation squadron, 3rd, in the second class shuffle. Small world, eh?

Jeff’s letter also had lots of informatiuon about airplane types, such as Pete NELSON. Pete lives in the Atlanta area and is between Delta and the CPA business. Bill GROSS is a 737-300 captain at United, based in Denver. Honi GARVIN also flies the 737-300 out of Denver. John GRUESER is a check captain on the 737-300 at the training center. Rich PELLICORE is working to bring the Boeing 111 into the United fleet. He and Karen brought an addition into their personal fleet as well. (I’m guessing a baby.) Larry COLE works at the training center when he isn’t doing research on the zoning laws in his neighborhood. (Sounds like an interesting story, Larry.) Tann PINNEY works for Hughes near D.C. and gets out to Denver on occasion. Just to show he isn’t hanging only with airline types, Jeff also mentioned that Andy GARRISON is living in Marina Del Rey, between his boat and his computer consulting business; Herb LONG is still in the film business.

Jeff flies the 737-200 (round dials, steam power, and rope starts). He and Lisa have recently moved back into the city since their daughter is at school at Baylor University. Chris has a good chancxe of getting a UPT slot since he’s pilot-qualified (30 percent of his class is, by the way).

If you live in the central Colorado area and somehow do not catch Bill KUBIDA’s notes about upcoming events, send your name and address into the AOG ASAP! As Jeff puts it, “I look forward to getting mail from his law firm, which is a switch.” Kubs, you do a real service to us here, and you get the word out in an extremely entertaining way, so bask in the praise you get, Bud. You deserve it!

By the time you read this, Andy CERONI will be a retiree and living in the Springs. “In protest of the air Force’s continued failure to accept an Officer Performance Evaluation System based on the ‘Fast-NeatAverage-Friendly-Good-Good’ model, I am finally hanging it up.” Since you’ll be living about a mile away, Andy, I hope to find out if you still resemble your wedding photo as published in Polaris, page 460. (Trudi, you still are the better-looking half of the couple.)

I feel honored that Cliff CHRISTENSON wrote his first letter to a class scribe in 24 years, and it came to me! Cliff is not only an executive vice president of Wellman, Inc., but now is chief operating officer as well. Wellman produces packaging resin and polyster fibers (including Fortrel), and is the world’s largest plastics recycler. On the peresonal side, Cliff and Joan have seen one son, Tom, graduate from Colgate; a daughter Carolyn is in Bucknell (her summer job must remind you of college, Cliff—her company produces Mickey Mouse clothing); and twin sons who will be high school seniors this fall. Rich was state cross-country champ; he and Steve are “all-round jocks.” Note to the class scribe in 2019. Cliff promises you a letter.

One of the newer residents of the Springs is Cass CASADA. He is building his dream house here in between flights out of Dallas for Delta as a MD-80 captain. On a recent visit here he happened to run into his old roomie Chip RENY, Bob LOWE, and Sam CLOVIS at the chorale’s graduation concert. Bob and Chip were here for their graduating sons, and Sam’s survived his son’s first year. (Chip has been busy since I last saw him; he and Junalee have six children!) When this crowd went out to dinner, they happened onto Tom BERRY, who was in town from Scott AFB. One of the ideas that this elite group came up with is the idea of a dining club. Classmates arrange to meet at a different restaurant each

month to renew old acquaintances, catch up on the state of the world, and just mingle. With the 25th Anniversary coming up, this idea could be a real winner. Anyhow, back to Cass. He mentioned that Jon TORBLAA would be in town since his daughter was going to attend an Academy sports camp. Jon is still based out of Dallas with Delta, as are Bill DEWALT and Ron HALE.

Changes of Address: I only received two change-of-address cards from the AOG this quarter. Forrest PRICE moved from Chicopee to South Hadley, MA. Pete RENSEMA now gets his mail in E. Machias, ME.If there were a competition for change-of-address card volume, Pete might get some sort of prize. If you can spare some time from unpacking and repacking, Pete, you might let us know what you’re doing.

Guys, I really appreciate all of the input I got for this column. All I do is slap your experiences down on paper. You are the ones raising the families and making the news and improving your parts of the world. Thank you who wrote and called for sharing your lives with the rest of us. One last thought; if you cruise the Internet or on-line services, let me know your e-mail address. I’m getting a modem for Father’s Day, so we might have one more way to keep this column fed in the near future.

Bob Bell

13 Pacific Ave.

Sinking Spring, PA 19608

Home: (610) 678-3182

E-mail: Galaxy 96@aol or

72260,3514@compuserve

Percent Members: 50

wAs the deadline once again jumps up at me, it’s time to put on paper what I have received from you guys, and this time is better than last with four letters to accompany what comes from AOG. Thank you in advance for the support and keep it coming, too! Apparently only Tom CRAWFORD (Kendra) and Sandy LEWIS (Bobbie) moved recently, Tom left Fairfax Station, VA to Dyess AFB, TX and Sandy from Lawton, OK to Navarre, FL.

Another one of the class takes the reins of command, this time of the 88th Air Base Wing at Wright-Patterson AFB, OH—the most popular base in the Air Force. Col. “Robbie” ROBINSON (Kathy) has been commander as of January ’95 serving as overall landlord to the over 25,000 personnel and agencies. Congratulations, Robbie!

Col. Garald K. “Robbie” Robinson

Chronologically the first letter comes from A1 PARMET (Debra) writing from his office as medical director of TWA based in Kansas City. A1 says that his longevity there could be not real long, but at least he has outlasted the previous two. It’s somewhat of a change from the blues and eagles, but now the decision is on his hands what to wear to work. Visitors to K.C. are invited to drop by. (And, A1—Harv needed a break and I still had some “free” time on my hands.)

Next out of the mailbox was a book and letter from Don PEPPERS (Pamela) writing a nice note to accompany a book on business strategies for an interactive, information-rich world. Co-authored with Martha Rogers, it’s titled “The One to One Future: Building Relationships One Customer at a Time”. Don has become quite the author of late—this book has made several business best-seller lists, and another of his own is due out in September, with yet another done with Ms Rogers expected to be out by the fall of 1996. These all relate to business and the advertising industry, and have led to lots of consulting and speaking engagements for Don. At home, he and Pamela have three sons and two daughters keeping them busy. By now the eldest, Tyson, has probably decided on either Syracuse or Vermont for a good school to spend the folks’ money.

You’ve seen the bumper sticker “My Kid and My Money Go To right? Emmet, Tess, Margot and Bryce fill out the range in ages from 18 to 2, so the fun will continue for some time to come...Thanks for the book and letter, Don. Best of luck in the writing endeavor.

Col. Barry BARKSDALE (Beth) reports in that his Nellis tour is still going great. It is really tough duty, but as Barry says, someone has to do it. He’s the operations group commander. Gregg RIGGS (Jan) is Civil Engineering CC while Ron WALLACE (Maryellen) and Brian PECKMAN (Marti) are still in the Range Squadron. Ed LAFOUNTAINE (Judy) left his slot as the commandant for the Combat Rescue Squadron to become vice wing commander at Little Rock AFB, AR. Jim DONLEY (Tracey) also departed Nellis to command the support group at Beale AFB, CA. Next to move in to a Nellis position will be Rusty BOLT (Arlene) taking over the support group there in July. Barry also ran into Jerry BURG (Barbara) during a recent conference at Langley. Jerry is currently in place as the 1st AF/IG. Brig. Gen. Bill LOONEY (Marilyn) had just taken over as the new 1st FW/CC. Lest it be missed this column, I’ll note Barry’s input to pass on congratulations to both Bill and Brig. Gen. Randy SCHMIDT (Lisa) on the large step of making that first star! Thanks, Barry for a lot of news in a very short note that covered it all. Guys, you are still invited to drop in and see all your ’72ers based in the Nellis area.

The final letter for this column comes in from Ed RANSFORD (Lauri) who has retired from Eglin to stay in Niceville, FL. His retirement will not be too long as he embarks on a civilian career move to Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) continuing work he did on Theater Missile Defense (TMD) while on active duty. A footnote to his departure from the ranks is that the retiring official at his ceremony was none other than Col. Pat GARVEY (Christine), Pat being the division chief at Air Combat Command deputy for Requirements for Armament (ACC/DRA) for whom Ed had been working. Also interesting to note is the fact that Pat presided over Ed’s retirement at 1000L on 7 June 95, just 23 years after we had been commissioned, a rewarding moment in Ed’s life. Chapter closed, yet a new one open. Ed also reports that Bill KEELER (Terri) has hung up the blues as well, also residing in Niceville, FL.

That appears to be all I have been sent this go around. Just a couple of more things to mention. We are only 22-plus months away from the 25th Anniversary for the Class of ’72. Plans are under way for what will no doubt be a fine event, so keep it in mind and on your calendar. It has been suggested to me that I may also help you guys who are (more) computer literate if I use a mailbox on America On-Line and/or CompuServe. So with that in mind, I can be reached in addition to the U.S. Mail at Galaxy 95@aol or 72260,3514@compuserve. Hope this will increase the output for next quarter. Thank you to all who have written so far and the repeats, too. Your efforts are what make this part easy. Fortitudo Per Aspera.

Thomas D. Bailey, M.D, 1807 Arbor Way Drive

Shelby, NC 28150-6166

Home: (704) 482-3110

1-800-776-1054

Percent Members: 44

Greetings again from North Carolina. Unfortunately, I’m working on this right up to the deadline again but I can promise you won’t have a chance to get bored because I only had three change-of-address cards and one letter to work from. I did get a chance to talk to one long-lost classmate however so lets get started!

The long-lost classmate is Joe MITCHELL. We were both in 36th Squadron and after graduation Joe went into helicopters and had a varied and interesting career. He retired a couple years ago and started as a helicopter pilot with the Tennessee Valley Authority (remember that from history class?). He has since moved up into management and is enjoying life in Chattanooga, TN. Joe and his wife have two children, the youngest of whom is off at ROTC camp as I write this. Joe’s hoping he’ll carry on the Air Force tradition.

I recently received a letter from Mike NISHIMUTA. He retired at the 20-year reunion at the same time they closed his base (Bergstrom). He currently works with a telecommunications consulting firm and enjoys living in Austin, TX with his wife, Selina, son John (11), and daughters Christina (8) and Melanie (5). Mike is interested in helping explore ways to get the class communicating more through e-mail. Mike’s e-mail address is “USAFA73”@AOL.COM. If anyone has an address, write to Mike and he will put together a list and forward it to anyone who wants it.

He said he will forward any mail for the Class News. I’ve recently started with AOL but my facility with it, or any other system, is practically nil so Mike’s the best bet for communicating news if you want to avoid “Snail Mail”!

One of the change-of-address cards was from Dennis E. BOYCE. Dennis, who I last talked to over 10 years ago, is still in Clemmons, NC. He was working for Piedmont Airlines at the time which, as most of us know is now part of US Air. He is based out of Baltimore but still calls Clemmons home. Dennis’ brother Steve was a member of the Class of ’74 and was in 36th Squadron with me. Steve’s an 0-5 and currently based in Alaska. Dennis and his wife have two children: Ross (16), who recently became an Eagle Scout, and Andrew (13). Dennis is a scout master and remains very active in the Boy Scouts.

Dennis has a pretty long list of classmates in the 25th Squadron who he has kept in touch with over the years. Most of them work for US Air also. They include: John HARR, based in Washington; Skip EVANS; Bemie BULLOCK, based in Boston; and Craig LADY. Jack HUDSON is a colonel based at Wright-Patterson AFB. Dave HANNON is an M.D. and lives in Newark. Dave STONEHOUSE works for American and is based in Dallas, and Tom KROESSIG is with Delta out of Atlanta. Don MCMILLAN is with US Air, based in Baltimore, lives in Florida and is a liaison officer for the Academy. Dennis also reports that Rich LEEMAN is with Continental. Thanks Dennis for all the updates.

Finally, LTC Frederick S. KNOWLES, Jr. has changed quarters at Eielson AFB, AK, and John H. WAGONER has moved from Dayton, OH to Annapolis, MD. That’s all I have for this issue, if you’ve been thinking about writing or calling please do it now and you’ll be just in time for the next issue! If you want to fax something just call the 800 number during the day and they’ll give you the fax number and maybe with Mike’s help we can get your updates through e-mail. See you next issue!

Joe Brezovic

Box 580202

Houston, TX 77258-0202

Office: (713) 244-8089

Fax: (713) 244-8041

E-mail: jbrezovi@ssf4.jsc.nasa.gov

Percent members: 44

We hope all is going well with each of you! Only a few notes have been delivered through the various comm systems: voice, mail, and e-mail. One retirement ceremony announcement from John EPHLAND, on the parade field! I wonder John, did you get any flashbacks of the Doolie year parade on the terrazzo when the upper classmen started up and down the lines “correcting our posture”? John and Cheryl closed out at Altus AFB, OK. My records don’t show where they’re off to. I hope it’s toward a new successful endeavor.

Another retirement note came in from Eric HOLCK. After 20 years and 360 days, Eric is off to be in the right seat of a DC-10 as a first officer, Japan Air Charter. He’ll do a year (remote?) training in Japan and then reunite in Hawaii. Eric, I think Bill and Terry CASEMENT still live in Hawaii. Perhaps you already checked the alumni directory? Eric’s note included some very exciting news. Keith QUINN has gotten married. “In keeping with his style, the wedding was on April Fool’s Day. He and his bride, Val, did a wonderful job of putting it together, with the help of the 11-year-old son, Ian.

are valiantly trying to locate a place to start in on a “Cold Beer and Cheeseburger” franchise in Dayton, OH. Must be great to make a habit a career! Here’s all I have on Bill HAYES: flies for a regional airline (?) when not tending his farm in Stonewood, WV. The smile seems to indicate a good lifestyle.

Howie CHANDLER sent an update and good cheers. He missed the reunion because he and Eva Marie were PCSing to Nellis, then nine months later, they PCSed to Eglin AFB, FL, as 33d FW CC. Best job he’s ever had, so Howie writes. They’ve brought Bill LOONIE’s (’72) boat to use and they welcome visitors!

Tony BROZENA sent an update. Tony retired in ’92 (that “previous enlisted time” kicking in for the big 20) and got a job doing what first drew them to Albuquerque in ’85—a monster modeling and simulation testbed (now called Theater Air Command and Control Simulation Facility—TACCSF). Cheryl and Tony love ABQ—she’s at UNM in the Chem/Nuc Engineering Dept. “My banjo and guitar still get a regular workout, and being a civilian working for the USAF is an interesting situation, looking at things from this side” writes Tony.

My roommate from AFA, Nick PUZAK, wrote in and we’ve talked too. Nick is busily thrashing through the help-wanted ads there in Boulder, CO. But don’t let the location stop you from thinking his certifications as a safety professional and an industrial hygienist as well as his industrial safety background can’t be had. He may be willing to relocate. He’s kept an upbeat outlook as he recognizes the job market: “as companies continue to shrink, downsize, realign, etc. everywhere we will hit the critical mass personnel size, get sucked through the black hole and emerge in the universe of infinite bureaucrats—again.” If you’ve got a possibility, give Nick a call.

I’ve seen two other ’74ers in the halls around here. I’ve talked briefly with Don MCMONAGLE on the steps in our office building three times now in the last three months! Don is working safety issues for the astronaut crew office as one of his other duties. Ron SEGA and I shared some time in the cafeteria line together. Ron is back from working with the Russian—U.S. space operations in Star City, Russia. I think he enjoys the food here in the states.

Here’s the postcard updates: Robert W. PAPPAS, PhD, used to be in Xenia, OH but now hails from Salado, TX. Blair BOZEK has come back to the states from Europe to Edwards AFB, CA. Hairston P. CARLTON comes close to the coveted shortest bagdrag acclaim. He’s moved from 167 Club Circle to 628 Club Circle in Daniels, WV. Sounds like moving to a more quiet end of the street, or the newer section of the town. Great and congrats! Robert W. BOOTH and Ann moved from 4-4 to 4-3 Aspen Way in Doylestown, PA. Yeah, right! With the numbers this close you had to been going for the shortest bagdrag Certificate of Condolence! Did you go for an upgrade? The view? The lower rent? More room? Less noisy side? Without the particulars, I’m sure many of us think the Semester-Change-Room-Syndrome from Academy days bit you. Poor guy! That increases our heartfelt condolence for your move from the memories you may have in the ol’ 4-4.

Space News. STS-4 is scheduled for Oct-Nov 95. The “Atlantis” will take a docking module and two solar arrays for the station. The crew on this -74 mision includes: a Marine colonel, the commander; an AF colonel from Purdue; an Army Lt. Col. West Point ’73 grad; a Canadian AF major; and the pilot is James D. HALSELL, an AFA ’78 grad.

New e-mail listings: Tony BROZENZA at abrozena@MSIS.dmso.mil; Nick PUZAK at OceanSteep@aol.com. That’s all I have on my desk, phone and e-mail. May you and yours live long and prosper!

Jeff Hackett

1866 W. Aspen Ave.

Gilbert, AZ 85223

Home: (602) 831-9605

Office: (602) 891-2734

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YOU’RE ONLY REMEMBERED FOR YOUR LAST GREAT (OR MISERABLE) DEED! This will be the last article published prior to our reunion which means it will still be fresh in the editor’s mind when he sees me. That being the case, unless any of you aspire to be the next Kato Katelin (“star” witness at a homicide trial), we’re going to keep this one well within the page limits. Which is tough because, as we get older and/or closer to reunion, you seem to have more and more great stories to tell!

“SNAIL” MAIL AND PICTURES. A few things came by way of the good old U.S.A. postman. Although I scoff at this low-tech approach to communication I have to admit that it’s still got its highlights—like bringing us this picture of the contingent at Naval War College and their better

USAFA ’75 Contingent at Newport, RI: top row, John and Becky Gaughan, Doug Miller, and Dan McCory. Middle row: Jim Dill, Allison Miller, and Robin McCory. Bottom row: Bob and Janie Awtrey, Joette Dill, Dottie and Mike Straight.

halves. The picture comes courtesy of Jim DILL. The fun ended in the middle of June which is when Bob AWTREY zapped me a note with the final assignments; Bob to Air Staff XOX, Jim to the Joint Staff, Dan MCCORY to SAF/AQ, Doug MILLER to Little Rock as the Dep Com at Combat Aerial Delivery School, John GAUGHAN to AMC at Scott AFB, and Mike STRAIGHT to NORAD.

Having trouble getting your checkbook to balance? Just bring it to the reunion with you and see if you can get Matt (Kip) FONG, the treasurer for the State of California, to look at it! This, hands down, is the most impressive stationary I ever received a letter on! Matt was elected last November defeating the former chairman of the California Democratic Party. He can lay claim to being the highest-ranking elected official of Asian-American ancestry in the continental U.S. and believes he might be the highest-ranking elected zoomie. The amounts of money he deals with are S-T-A-G-G-E-R-I-N-G but then, by his own admission, so is the Orange County bankruptcy mess! LtCol Fong (USAFR) still does liaison officer duty in the L.A. area.

A CLASSMATE AND FRIEND HAS RESURFACED...LITERALLY! Got a “hello again”/“good-bye” letter from Mark and Beverly LENCI as they prepared to leave for the Far East. Mark had just completed his three years as CO of the USS Houston (Nuc Fast Attack Sub out of San Diego), got selected for 0-6, and was setting sail for two years in Yokosuka, Japan where he’ll be embarked on the USS Blue Ridge (Command & Control Ship) as N-6 (C^I) for Seventh Fleet staff. Said he’d endure inter-service derisiveness if it came from any fine Air Force officer that helped get him and Beverly back to the States for Reunion. Before he left the West Coast, Mark had a visit with Jim MARBURGER who is an attorney here in Phoenix. We’ll assume that Jim is very busy with the product liability (“particularly aviation matters”) work he does, since he’s never managed a local phone call to the Scribe (a little intracivilian derisiveness).

THAT OTHER ELECTRON-BASED MEDIUM OF COMMUNICATION. Gary THALLER slipped a telephone call in about six hours before the deadline for the article (served as my alarm clock to get cracking on this baby!). The call came from Pueblo, CO where Gary is a stock broker with Dain Bosworth. He, Romaine, and two children (6 and 4) have been in Pueblo since he took the Air Force up on the 15-year retirement deal in Oct ’93. Gary said he recently saw Randy JOSLIN who has recently retired from Space Command at Pete Field. And, in one of the better “he did it his way” stories, Gary lets us know that Captain (as in 0-3) Harry MATHIS is Chaplain at the (USAFA) Community Center Chapel. Unlike many of us, Harry’s measured pace at rank progression doesn’t have anything to do with misdeeds or ineptitude, he just went away for awhile (Gary thought eight or nine years) and then decided to come back. Looks like he might have the inside track for the last-guy-in-the-class-on-activeduty award!

LOOK! UP IN THE SKY! IT’S A BIRD! IT’S A PLANE! IT’S CYBER-SCRIBE! We’ll review inputs from new e-mail correspondents and then (as space allows) hear from the keyboard junkies who have consistently been stuffing stuff into my mailbox since the day I first published the address [HACKETTVoMICKEY@SOL.MDHC.COM]. Again, I strongly recommend this medium to anyone who directly or indirectly can get to INTERNET!

This magazine and Don SNELGROVE will be hitting the streets at

about the same time. Don zapped me from Germany to give me some updates and to let me know that he’ll be retiring on 1 August. Actually he won’t be on the streets at all as he’s secured employment with LockheedSanders in Nashua, NH. Said he and Sonja aren’t worried about cold New England winters as he grew up in Connecticut, she in Iceland. The Snelgroves and their three kids have been in Germany (near Ramstein) for just about seven years.

Also got a quick update from Chuck RIORDAN, who has retired in a small town near Eglin AFB. Says he made the decision to retire after it became clear that the 17 years of flying was all he was ever going to see and that being a “staff guy” wasn’t something he could look forward to.

While we were between issues of the magazine, “Bootros, Bootros Bill” MURRAY did a very short-notice, couple-month TDY in Zagreb, Croatia. He returned to Wright-Patterson AFB safely if not a bit cynical. There at-home kids are busy; Rozi is “driving everywhere”, especially to tennis team practice, Evie had just finished basketball but was refilling any voids with studies and retreats. And Judy has completed an NRA shooting course with flying colors (maybe I’ll have her sub for me next time I have to do the small arms re-qualification).

Jim CARLSON (LtCmdr, USNR) has also been in South-Central Europe working for European Allied Forces Southern Command, doing daily intel briefings to the “big boys”. The work schedules are the “absolute, worst possible”—up at 0300 each day and regularly working until 1600 or later with a multi-national, multi-lingual, and multi-problematic group. What fun!

Closing the loop on a mystery I pointed out in the last article, Dean SPRAGGINS wrote to point the finger at his wife, Jean, for the user name “CATMOMX3”. Seems she’s an inveterate collector of stray cats and, at the time they got the America On-Line account, had three to tend to.

Know you’ll be relieved to hear that Chuck SCHMITZ and I both suecessfully completed ACSC (he in residence, me by correspondence). He is one up on me though as he also just completed a master’s program (poly sci) through Auburn University in June.

Bill LYERLY shows no sign of slowing down—just got back from a couple-of-weeks TDY to Kenya. Bill’s status with the State Department has been slightly altered, after being a political appointee under three administrations for over eight years, his position has moved over to that of a permanent civil servant. Bill wanted us to know he cleared up the confusion about Dave HICKMAN (see last article) with a personal phone call. Dave did move from Florida to Ohio but moved back and got reestablished with Lockheed-Martin in St. Petersburg. Just to keep things interesting he’s also working for the National Forensic Science and Technology Center as its director of Organizational Development. Dave has already been responsible for over $1M in donations to this not-forprofit endeavor.

LIKE THE “KEY GRIPS” AND “BEST BOYS”—YOU MADE THE CREDITS! I hereby acknowledge “casual greetings/no news to report e-mails from Bob HEATH and John KAMBOURIAN.

TOGETHER, WE’VE TURNED (OUT) FORTY! The ranting and wandering story lines above represent the attainment of what was for me a significant goal: 10 complete years (40 articles) as your Scribe! I can only think of three significant commitments of greater endurance/meaning in my life: 1) marriage to Debra (if she’ll have me, I’d like that to go on forever!, 2) time in the Air Force Reserve (once I qualify for retirement next October, I’ll be looking to stay on board as long as it remains as fulfilling and fun as it has been), and 3) time with McDonnell Douglas (been here since just before the 10-year reunion; with the feeling that, if there’s many more weeks like the last one—I might not make it to the 20-year reunion in October!). As I reflect on it, I’d say the Scribe thing is most like the USAFR thing—as long as it remains fulfilling/fun and as long as you guys will have me, I’d like the chance to “keep on keepin’ on”. In general, the short notes of feedback have been positive and very, very invigorating. Thanks! Any “talent” at doing this is only a reflection of my interest and enjoyment. But at this milestone let me take a chance and ask that any who feel cheated at being held away from this “opportunity” or any who have a strong desire to see a “passing of the pen”, please let me hear from you by correspondence, phone call, or at the reunion. And, if it be the consensus to “stay the course”; Hey! Let’s get going on the next 10 years! After all, (and as always), it’s later than you think!

Ernie Woollard

2717 Field Court

Rocklin, CA 95765

Home: (916) 632-2817

DSN: 633-0924

Percent members: 37

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wThis article is being written by Terry NEWTON (Karen), but it will be my last article. Ernie will take over writing the next article. Dave MCKENZIE (Connie) called the other day to give us a recommendation for a possible hire to help us teach math. Dave is getting ready to retire and hopes to move to Colorado Springs to retire. He does not know what he will do, but he knows they want to live in Colorado Springs. Connie and the three kids are doing great. It sounds like they are busy keeping kids transported to all of their activities.

Jim PHILLIPS (Sandra) sent me a letter and announced that he is a father. Nash is just over a year old. Jim and family will be in Carlisle, PA, starting in July for Army War College. They are looking forward to a year to recharge their batteries. Seems that being a squadron commander took its toll. Jim also sent a picture of his new son, but it can not be ineluded since it does not include a graduate also. So, if anybody plans on sending me a picture, make sure that the picture includes a ’76 grad. Thanks for the letter, Jim.

Dutch DUTCHYSHYN (Robin) had a dinner party at his house and asked the individuals there to write down what they are doing and then sent the information to me. What a concept. More of you ’76ers need to start doing this. Dutch does not have an assignment yet, but he expects to end up in the Pentagon. Thanks for the information Dutch.

Willie SHELTON (Linda) is headed to OSD to work on the Cooperative Threat Reduction Program, helping to denuclearize the former Soviet republics that have nuclear weapons. He said that he does not have a clue what it is all about, but it will be quite a change of pace for a space guy.

Chuck PINNEY (Dorothy) is in the Joint Advanced Strike Technology Program in Crystal City, VA. He said it is a tri-service program laying the foundation for the next generation strike fighters to replace the F-16 (AF), complement the F-18 (Navy), and replace the F-18 and AV-8 (Marines). Chuck heads up the Avionics division. Chuck is married and has two boys.

Rich KING (Mary) has no idea where he is going but Colonel’s Group promises him they will have an assignment for him soon. Rich conceded that if he has to fly a desk, he might as well stay in Washington. Harrison FREER (Tricia) said that he is enjoying not working too hard at ICAF and he is adjusting to Virginia. He is headed to the Pentagon and OSD next.

Dave KRISTENSEN skated before adding to the letter, but he works at Phillips Lab in Albuquerque, NM. Rich LONG (Susan) also attended the event. While he did not tell me exactly what he is doing, he mentioned being a reservist major and the AOG magazine mentions something about being a pilot for Northwest. It sounds like he brought his family (ineluding four kids) down to Washington from Anchorage for a vacation and stumbled into a great dinner and reuniuon.

I received the following notifications for change of address: Bob VAUGHN (Sue) has moved from Fayetteville, NC to Carlisle, PA for Army War College. John ERRIGO (Diane) has changed addresses from Chicago, IL to Park Ridge, IL.

A few local events are of note. John and Sandi ANDREW visited the Academy area recently to attend the Math Department dining-out. It was a grand event and our guest speaker was Lt Col Eileen Collins, the astronaut. Eileen taught in the Math Department from 1986 to 1989 and our department was able to get her out to speak to us. It was an enjoyable event with a great speaker. John and Sandi are headed to AWC in August and from there, who knows where.

I flew the motorized glideer (TG-7A) with Randy MUNCY (Vicki) the

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other day. He needed to get his landing currency back, so we went for a little flight. It was quite a scary event with two Lt Cols in the same plane and nobody around to save us, but we made it. Randy is the squadron commander of the 94th FTS here at the Academy so I see him all the time. I have tried to see Joe DREW (Vicki) on several occasions. He is the squadron commander of the 98th Squadron here at the Academy. They do all of the parachute training here. He is never in his office, but they tell me that he is still the commander.

John AUSINK is leaving the Math Department for a chance to do SSS at Georgetown University. He has some kind of fellowship that gives him credit for doing SSS while attending Georgetown and doing some research. He will be leaving Jim KOGLER (Becki) and myself here to worry about GRS and the cadet honor code. Jim is the deputy head for Operations in the Math Department. The English Depoartment still has three ’76ers. Tom BOWIE (Beth), Kent ESBENSHADE (Cheryl), and Tim MARTIN (Debbie) run things in the “word” department. Tom is the deputy head of the English Department. Kent is the deputy head for Research and Tim is the deputy head for Operations.

Thanks for all of the inputs and help in writing this column. I have had about enough fun doing this column though, so I have found a volunteer to take over for me. The next column will be written by none other than Ernie WOOLLARD (Pam). Please give him your support by providing him with plenty of inputs.

John J. “Lou” Michels, Jr.

5107 Juglan Court WF

Centreville, VA 22020

H: (703) 802-6611/W: (703) 712-5350

Facsimile: (703) 712-5050

E-mail: jjmichel@mwbb.com

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Now that the summer vacation is over I hope everyone is rested, tan and recovering from sunblock overdoses. As you can see from the new address and telephone, I am now safely ensconced in my new digs in what one of my Richmond friends refers to as “occupied Virginia.”

I SING THE BODY ELECTRIC: I am now a full-fledged believer in the viability of e-mail as a means of communication. Specifically, I got a ton of information from those of you with modems. I encourage everyone else to give me their input using the Info Highway. Mouse NEUMEISTER (Martha) came through with the information on the ’77 group just finishing up at the National Defense University in the District. Randy MARTINEZ (Connie) was a squadron commander at Andrews before he went to the Industrial College of the Armed Forces. Randy is an 0-6 selectee headed for a joint tour after graduation. Mouse was the commander of the 31st Test and Evaluation Squadron at the ACC Test Squadron at Edwards prior to joining ICAF. He is headed for the Joint Staff in J-8 at the Pentagon. Mouse reports that Kurt BEDKE (Ina) was in last year’s ICAF class and is the 5th Operations Group commander at Minot. Mike LEVENHAGEN (Rowan) called Mouse on a layover in D.C. earlier this year. Mike flies for Northwest. Bill HERZOG is in J-5 at the Joint Staff and headed to ICAF this fall, along with Lynn SCOTT (Cynthia). Vince GUIDA (Louise) retired early a year ago and is now flying 747s for a freight airline. Carlos and Mildred CRUZ are operating their own business back in Colorado Springs.

Ken PAGE (Joni) is finishing up his first year of a three-year CAPSTONE tour, which involves frequent travels all over the country. Ken reports that he and Joni have five kids, presumably before he started the road show. John HERD (Mindy) still did not have an assignment at press time. John came to the District from Nellis where he was a CRS and EMS commander. Dave CHAFFEE (Ann) notes that he “has no future to report” which I presume means he is still waiting assignment news. Dave was at the Pentagon in an exec position last year before coming to ICAF. Rob VEALE (Chris) sums up his career as “I can’t hold a job and the Air Force continues to think I need retraining.” As proof, Rob notes that his four-year-old will have lived in five states by the end of the summer of 1995. These moves, of course, are the result of training—from commander of a KC-10 squadron at Seymour-Johnson, to an exchange job at Systems Command, to ACSC, to J-3 at USTRANSCOM, to AFSC at Norfolk, to ICAF.

Marc LINDSLEY (Patti) is headed for Germany following his tour at the War College. Greg LOCKHART (Kathy) has been living the life of a C-17, from manufacturing surveillance at Douglas (we “sur veil” contractors?) through production and testing. As of press time, no news on his assignment. Paul SCHUTT (Barb) has finished the National War College and is hoping to go back to airlift or tanker operations following graduation. Steve OPEL (Robin) was a major player, literally and figuratively, in the “little world” competitions between the NWC and ICAF students. Steve played on the victorious softball and basketball

teams. Mouse provided Steve’s input at the end of Mouse’s message; I can see now that this was because of the focus on athletics over academics that seems to be indicative of the more advanced PME courses. For proof, see my earlier columns re ACSC, AWC, CGSC and others.

Rick NEWTON (Kathy) dropped me an e-mail on the ACC crowd at Langley. Rick was at MacDill working as the deputy civic’s exec at Special Ops Command and loved it. Rick now is working at XP along with Dave PODOLNY (Cec) and Sloan BUTLER (Dee). Also at Langley is Steve MILLER (Teresa) who is commanding the 94th FS, Mike OAKES (Tori), and Jeff LEEPER who is the DO at the 27th FS. Rick saw Tony BENEVENTO (Terry), who is with the 28th Test Squadron at Eglin, when Tony ran through for a visit.

It was through Rick that I learned of the death of C.T. MARSH (Ann). C.T. was killed when his ANG A-10 crashed at White Sands during a training mission. Since 1987 C.T. had been flying with Delta, most recently as a 727 right-seater out of Salt Lake City. He was buried in Arlington on May 31. A memorial fund has been established in his name in care of the Park City Education Foundation, Park City, UT 84060. The thoughts and prayers of the class go out to Ann and C.T.’s three childrem: Lindsay, Clay, and Andrew.

Dave KISSINGER wrote me from Wilford Hall where he is the director of Trauma Care Services. Dave has been funneling his staff to Guantanamo, Cuba to take care of the refugee medical problem there and expects he “will soon be staffing the hospital in Zagreb.” There certainly seems to be plenty of business in that area, anyway. Dave has been working with several cadets during this summer’s “Operation Air Force” program, as well as patching things and people together in the trauma unit. Rick KARULF (Deb) is working in general surgery. He is also the department chairman and director of the general surgery residence program. Dave reports that Randy and Sue SCHAEFER are new parents with the birth of a daughter on April 10. Randy is a sports medicine orthopedist in Sacramento. Dave graciously noted that I might want Randy’s address if I continue skiing. Roger PAULSON (Tomiko) is in Chicago where he commutes to Atlanta for Delta. Roger has come off the international L-1011 routings to a domestic 767 for a better schedule. He notes that commuting from Chicago to Atlanta is getting old, however, and he may be moving soon.

Rick PIALET (Renell) dropped me a quick e-mail from lovely Enid, OK where he is the ops officer for the 8th Flying Training Squadron. T.J. COX (Cheri) is the assistant OpsO at the 8th. Rick also reports that Kevin KENKEL (Julie) just arrived at Enid where Kevin is taking over the 25th FTS, flying T-38s. Tony VILLALOBOS (Audrey) is the ADO of the 25th FTS, also flying ’38s. Rick notes that Greg HIGHT recently retired and moved to Nashville where he was picked up by FedEx. Rick also notes that Scott HARROD (Nita) is at Keesler, where Scott is an ops officer for a training squadron.

REGULAR MAIL. I got a fair amount of mail of the typed/handwritten variety this time around as well. Dave EBELK (Jan) dropped me a line from his doctor’s office in North Kansas City, MO. Dave is doing well and I hope to see him on his trip out to this area this fall.

Liz COATSWORTH wrote me a nice letter about Matt’s activities in PACAF. When we last left Matt and Liz they were in my old stomping ground, Kadena. Matt was named PACAF surgeon of ’94 earlier this year and then moved to San Antonio where he will do a residency in aerospace medicine at UTSA. That is a three-year job and Matt will not be in the cockpit again until they PCS in ’97. In the meantime, Liz graciously invites any of the class going throug San Antonio to give them a yell. Congrats on the selection and the residency Matt and good luck.

Don MOORE (Cindy) wrote to correct a few misstatements in the Winter Checkpoints. Okay, so I am not omniscient. Anyway, Don is now at Luke where he is an F-15 IP. He replaced Tom HYDE as the wing chief of Safety. Tom moved up to command the 61FS. Don notes that Emitt TULIA (Dyan) was short-notice PCSd to Moody Air Force Base to be chief of Safety. Mike HAINSEY (Brenda) is another chief of Safety at Columbus. Skip KAMPS (Debra) is the chief of Plans at the wing and Don has seen Chris CAMPBELL (Julie) and Dick CORZINE (Kim) when they were through Luke for requal. Both were slated to be Guard advisors. Bobbi WILKES (Cathy) is at Luke as commander of the 311 FS (International Training). Thanks for the update Don. Hope all is well in Phoenix.

Paul PIROG (Mary) wrote me a novella detailing the folks he has seen over his stint at SAF/GC. True to his word about not understanding the assignment process, Paul and Mary are not heading off to Japan, but instead to an equally-mystical world, Hurlburt, where Paul is going to be the SJA for the 16th Special Operations Wing. Make sure and get a gunship ride out of this, Paul. Paul updated the following folks’ resumes: Rob VEALE (Chris) will be heading to Warner-Robins in Georgia to take command of the KC-135 unit there. Kevin GARRISON (Margie) is coming to the D.C. area to spend his Army time at Ft. Meyer. Margie is also an Army officer who will be assisting the security setup for the Olympics. Kevin and Margie had their first children, twin boys, about eight months

ago. Fred SWARTZ (Carmel) is out of the Air Force and living in Tulsa, OK where he is now a leading cardiologist specializing in coronary electrophysiology. This apparently involves zapping coronary problems with lasers via catheter. I am glad Paul mentioned the catheter, I had visions of Fred burning holes in peoples’ chests, which would probably get the irregularities out of my heartbeat as well. Ben ALLEN (Donna) is up at Hanscom doing some electronic work. Scott and Suzie HUTT are at Maxwell where Scott commands a SOS squadron. I need to ask Scott if he sees more interesting personnel problems as a SOS commander than he did as a USAFA squadron AOC. Ray JOHNS (Diana) is at EUCOM. Paul ran into Ray at the Pentagon one afternoon. Daran GOLSBY is driving T30s around the skies of Little Rock. Paul notes that Daran seems to have changed not at all since graduation. Many thanks for the note Paul, and I am hoping our time will overlap enough so that we can get together up in Northern Virginia.

Mark WARD dropped me a short note from his home in Victorville, CA where Mark is a real estate developer. In fact, Mark owns just about all of downtown Victorville now and is a major mover and shaker in trying to get the older part of the city revitalized. In addition to refurbishing buildings and selling them at profit, Mark had a recent trip to Cambodia and Vietnam for R&R. Good luck on the wheeling and dealing Mark. I am sure if anyone can make it work, you can.

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ETC. That’s about it from NOVA. Hope we can all meet at the Navy game in Annapolis in midOctober. Till then, be seeing you.

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Hey, remember me? Well like a bad pizza I’m back again! Actually, in the interest of truth and honesty, I wrestled the article back from Kais a.k.a “Loser” Kaiser to make sure the other side of this assault upon my (and my wife’s) good name is brought to light.

Don’t Believe a Word of This Department: The best place to start is the beginning, so here goes. For those of you who remember many months ago, young Kais bragged about how he saved my life by providing expertise and food during the trek in SERE. Yes it is true that if it hadn’t been for his rather barbarous methods of killing rabbits I probably would have gone hungry. I’ve got to tell you though that after watching him break that poor rabbit’s neck and then step on the cranium with his boot and rip the body clean off I suddenly wasn’t that hungry anymore.

The good news was that I got even some years later when our hero was a Fighter-Lead In student and I was in his back seat on a bomb ride with total control of his future in fighter aviation. I made him sweat it out until the end but had to pass him (he really did fly pretty well as I recall).

Now to address the outrageous allegation that I manipulated him to take over this article when he was in a drunken stupor (which some people would say is most of the time for Kais). Actually what REALLY happened was that I ran into Kais at this little hole-in-the-wall called the Little Kitchen (all Columbus alumni will readily identify with that place) soon after I PCSd here. He and his lovely wife, Kim (what does she see in him anyway?), were eating Chinese food. He jumped up and mentioned that they were talking about it and he would like to write the article one of these days. Not one to look a gift horse in the mouth and (as I said in my previous article) remembering how long it took for Sig to find a replacement I said “why not?” Well you can understand my surprise when Kais showed me an advance copy of his first article (at least he has some class) and the story had a few strands of truth in it (like my name, I have loosely associated with him for lo these many years) and that was about it. To top all of this drivel off, he drags my beloved wife into the fray by saying that she enjoyed his slanderous comments about the father of her many children.

So What’s the Point Department: Actually, Kais and I have had a lot of fun harassing each other and will continue to do so as long as we live in the same state. The real reason that we banter back and forth is that you slow leaks won’t send anything of substance to write about (or even nonsubstance for that matter). I know that something newsworthy is going on with over 900 of us so how bout getting a napkin or something and let us know what is going on?

At Least Someone Has a Grip Department: That someone is none other than Blake LINDER writing what must be his first-ever letter to the scribe. Anyhow, Blake is still at Nellis doing F-l 17 “Stinkbug” stuff with the 57th Test Group. He was nice enough to let all of us know that K.D. BOYER tied the knot with Dawn this past March (they almost won’t be

newlyweds anymore by the time you all read this) at Coronado Island San Diego (a nice place to get married). Blake is thinking that K.D. has got to be the last ’78er to have held out this long. K.D. is doing the beeps and squeaks thing as an electronic warfare officer at the Joint Command, Communication and Control Warfare Center in San Antonio (tough location to suffer in). Several ’78ers made the trek down for the event. Pictured from left are Darryl HERRIGES who is the 11th Space Warning commander in the Springs; the happy couple; Pete SCHOCKEY, who came down from March air patch where he is the ops officer in the KC-10; and Blake. I had a chance to see Pete last winter when I was in town for the retirement of a former boss. It was the first time we had actually seen each other in about 15 years. We told each other we hadn’t changed a bit except for both of us being follically challenged. Thanks for the news Blake.

Yeah, we can’t believe she married him either!

We Sure Get Tired Hearing About These Guys Department: Well, if you guys would write. The gang here at Columbus...is still here at Colunbus. Moose EVERS is the ops officer for the AT-38 squadron and I’m his assistant. Kais is the assistant ops officer in the T-38 squadron but there is a nasty rumor that he will get the ops job next month.

I talked to Steve SLICK who has joined the great migration back to Mecca. He is the quality geek for the C-130 unit at Pete Field and sure likes the Springs compared to Phoenix. Another migratee is Gar FRITH who took over the Ops Support Squadron at the Zoo along with Vince WISNIEWSKI who took over the T-3 squadron. Jay LINDELL sent a change-of-address card to the AOG and is also in the Springs although I’m not sure what he’s doing. I also talked to Mike WHITE who got an incredibly good deal and will be leaving the Zoo where he has been forever, and go to a civilian university (my rapidly-advancing senility causes me to forget which one) for the equivalent of senior service school.

I got a call about three months ago from Dave SCOTT who was in the states for a double deployment at Eglin and Nellis. Dave is the ops officer for the 555 FS at Aviano, Italy flying the F-16 (the guy who was shot down over Bosnia apparently was in Dave’s squadron).

Good On Ya Department: Other commanders in our class include Kevin KENNEDY who has the T-37 squadron at Laughlin. Bob HERRIS picked up the T-38 squadron at Reese last year and has T.J. BRONDER as one of his assistant ops officers. John “Pyro” WEIDA was frocked to 0-6 in May and picked up the Ops Group at Randolph. Another fast mover is Pat QUIGLEY who has the training group at Sheppard. I was there a couple of months ago and saw his smiling face on the commander board in base ops (talk about looking like he did when we were cadets!).

This Is Finally Over Department: That’s right guys, time for me to make like a tree and get outta here (just saw Back to the Future the other night). Be a bunch of pals will ya and send some info to me or Kais.. Use his or my address, either way the letter/napkin will get to us. Hope everyone had a good summer. God Bless!

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The last article was a great one—thanks to John DALLAS! Having seen J.R.’s article before he sent it to the AOG and the one that was published, it looks like he got the same first lesson in “politically correct” editing that I did on my first article (and P.C. wasn’t even a buzz word then)! Nice to have new blood writing these articles. I can’t believe that I’m going on six years doing the Summer/Fall article! That said, I’m looking for a replacement! Call me please!

Lots of news this time from around the world—via fax, voice, mule, and e-mail! Bruce REMBER (Sarah) wrote a quick note to update us on his room location at the Pentagon. He’s moved from Roles and Missions to the Chief of Staff’s Operations Group. Congrats to him, only the best are selected for that duty. He met the May RTF board, no word as of this printing. Other news he passes on is that Bruce saw Bob CUSANELLI (Sherry) and Bill REW (Christy) recently at a conference at Maxwell. Bill is commanding the F-16 FWS division at Nellis and Cuse is a planner at 13th AF in Guam. Also, Scott SIMMONS (Pattie) is in the D.C. area with the On-site Inspection Agency and doing great work with the Open Skies Treaty.

Via our local LAN at Tyndall, I got some news from Ken KOEHLER (Nancy). He’s the Comm Sq commander and had a big part in making this LAN work, obviously. So, he passes on seeing Chuck AYALA (Esperanza) in San Antonio. Chuck is the commander of the 838 Engineering and Installation Squadron at Kelly AFB. Also local is Jori CROMWELL (Kenlyn), the operations officer in the 84th Test Squadron and has finally finished his F-15 checkout—the longest requalification in history!

A couple of letters reached J.R. late so I’ll write about them. Bill BOYD (Claire) wrote that he is “making a good wage and enjoying the good life” at United and they are hiring! He offers help to anyone in the class get hired (well, almost everyone, you have to be a pilot, I guess, if that doesn’t violate the affirmative action rules) and will write recommendations that will ensure employment! Of course, he also sends his regards to anyone, as he puts it that is fool enough to go into such a profession! He and Claire are still building that house in Washington state, but are maintaining the house in California until their 15-year-old daughter graduates from high school and he retires from the Reserves. His e-mail is CompuServe 73412,2515.

Another “late” letter from Jon FAGOT (Cindy Jo) listed numerous ’79ers flying for Delta in the Atlanta area (I also got a list from Steve DICKSON [Dawn], more from him later). Their combined list contains:

In the 767: Steve BARNES (Cherlyn), Pete BAUM (Rebecca), a big-time Peachtree City golfer; Tony BONUTTI (Elizabeth) with two kids living north of Atlanta, Rob PARSONS (Athena)), Bill PHILLIPS, Dave VRABEL (Rhonda), Rich HORNING (Sandra), Hugh HUTCHINSON (Sandy), Bob KLUTTZ (Laura), Jim NELSON (Diana), Gary ROWER (Gwen), Kurt SHULAR (Yvonne), and Scott SPEARS (Cathy). In the L-1011: Gary HARRIS (Carolyn), Mike BAUDHUIN (Frances), Rob MOHAR (Michelle), John PIRIBEK (Susan), Steve STUBBS (Karen), and Chip TAYLOR (Kim). In the 727: Lynn BIANCO (Melanie), Jim GRADY (Karla), and Dave GUERTIN (Christina). Also on the list were Bill HUFF (Robyn), who’s working on his accounting degree at Georgia State, Fred JACOBSEN (Nancy) who’s leaving training to go back to the line, and Tony PARADOWSKI (Jane). Actually Jon’s list came from Tony! Also with Delta, Chas RUTH (Liz) is in Denver with two daughters, commuting to DFW because his wife instructs at the United Training Center in Denver. Steve HALVORSEN (Pam) lives in Portland and commutes to DFW. Dave GILDAY (Cheryl) in Cincinnati, Tom FOERTSCH (JoAnn) also in Cincinnati, John PICKETT (Karen) may be ATL, Dan REPASKY (Cynthia) living in a mansion in New York City now and is very active in the pilot’s union, and Bob TARDIE (Jenny), Boston. That’s quite a large list. In fact Steve says that Delta is the second largest employer of USAFA graduates!

Jon reported that his family is moving back to their home state of Nebraska since he is switching from the KC-10 to the KC-135R ANG squadron there. They’ll be living near Lincoln. Thanks for the great letter! Steve also reported that Charlie WADDELL (Kellie) is running the recruiting program for the Georgia USAFA Liaison Officer program while living north of Atlanta and is still furloughed (we think) from USAir. Jeff MCCHESNEY (Diann) has had the 125FS at Kadena since before Christmas. Jim FLICKINGER (Pam) is in Indianapolis with two kids and is a Uniterd employee/owner. Steve FRANGOS (Jennifer) is doing the doctor thing in California. Dale JONES (Lisa) is at Syracuse get

ting his PhD and will return to the Academy faculty. Mike LEUTZE (Agnes) is at Maxwell.

Steve is very busy flying for Delta and taking a joint JD/MBA program at Georgia State where he was runner-up in the first-year appellate brief competition. Dawn is working with the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games (ACOG)—Steve wrote me the letter on impressive ACOG letterhead and said don’t call him for Summer Games tickets! Dawn works with Rich HALL’s wife, LaTessa. Rich flies for United.

I got a great letter from Jim RODGER’s wife, Lisa. Jim is very busy as the operations officer for the 5 SLS at Cape Canaveral, FL trying to launch two Titan IVs before they PCS in July to Marine Corps War College. Jim and Lisa now have five (read ’em five!) kids. Lisa had a tough go of it with premature labor for about three months and was on bedrest. Their newest addition is Trevor Kyle. Jim works with another ’79er, Tom CLAY (Vanessa) who works with the Titan IV SPO. Jim recently visited Steve RACKEL (Michelle) and their four daughters in Lubbock where Steve is an IP at Reese. It seems that Steve is the lead project officer to “turn out the lights and lock the door” as Reese closes. While in Lubbock, Jim told Steve’s girls that their father used to disco when we were cadets at the Academy. The girls were shocked, but quickly came around when Jim and Steve taught them a few steps. Lisa wondered if any classmates still had the vestiges of the disco age—polyester suits, platform shoes, choker chains...

An e-mail message from Rob GAYLORD (Pam) revealed that Glenn HANBEY (Shari) is stationed in Vincenza, Italy where he works the Bosnian overflight planning and goes to Croatia often as an air-liaison between the U.N. and NATO. Tough duty! Rob is still flying for American out of Miami and does the European and South American routes. He also does his Reserve duty in the Pentagon as a Mideast politco-military affairs officer and country director for Saudi Arabia in SAF/IA. He recently saw Mike LONGORIA who is at the National Security Council, Office of Democracy. Rob and Pam’s two boys are doing very well with homeschooling and are very musically talented like their parents. They are also in the final stages of completing the Eagle Scout rank!

The mailbag reports Joe BARRON (Beth) is the ops officer for the 99th FTS (T-ls) at Randolph. Steve WEART (Barbara) has a new address moving from Brandon to Shalimar, FL where he is a strategy officer in Special Ops Command. Richard BERKEBILE (Lydia) moved from Nellis to overseas somewhere in the Pacific. Dale CARLEY (LeeAnn) moved from one house to another in Griffin, GA.

That’s the news for this issue. I am serious about a replacement! I just found out I was selected as a White House Fellow for 1995-96. We will give up the 95th Boneheads in mid-August and move to Washington to start work on 1 Sept. There are only a few jobs that make leaving a fighter squadron command bearable and this is one of them. I was scheduled to give it up in September anyway, so this is perfect timing.

The next article will be written by Bud VAZQUEZ, 12669 Catawba Dr., Woodbridge, VA 22192, 703-680-7346 (H) or DSN 227-9455 (O). Take care and God bless. Carpe Diem!

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TOP OF THE WORLD. That’s how far I went looking for you to give me input. Actually, I was in Barrow, AK, on a logistics mission. Seems that winter is kind of abusive on the aids to navigation (ATON) along the waterways up there and the Coast Guard (that’s me, remember) has to replace/repair them each year. The Herk I drive just takes the folks and equipment around to different north slope airports; our H-60 helo brethern get the better view as they ferry the ATON teams to the various sites—but I take what I can get. Though I didn’t see any of you, the view of Mt McKinley on the way back was spectacular!

REACH OUT to your fellow classmates. How? Do two things: First, help me find and update the life of six people I’ll list each issue. Second, try to rope these folks back into the fold by getting them to join the AOG. You can even entice them by telling some sort of wild story—like our class articles in Checkpoints are witty and enlightening. At a minimum, you can tear out the update form and have them fill it out for the AOG (and us). The six names this issue are (starting from the back of the Alpha Roster— I mean Register ofGraduates): Waldemar ZUKAUSKAS, Francis J. ZELLER, Keith YOCKEY, Daniel S. YINGER, Joseph T. WONG, and James C. WITHAM. Thanks!

“CYBERSPACE, BATMAN!” That’s right, Robin, some of my classmates have found me on the Internet (I didn’t have to go searching

for them at the top of the world after all). A1 (Rosemarie) BAKER found me at my computer terminal at work and said he’s got the best job in the Navy (F/A-18 IP at Cecil Field, FL), but he’s looking at other horizons rather than a staff job as his next assignment. I still remember the time in 1987 we bumped into each other while in uniform at the NAS Corpus Christi VOQ; me a Coastie and him a Squid—each of us trying to figure out the strong recognition.

“News from South Dakota’’ was how Chris (Rhonda) MILLER titled his e-mail. They have “an eight-year-old girl (Ryann) and a two-year-old boy (Sky) who keeps us in afterburner. Ryann’s pretty mellow but Sky has megaenergy...probably pretty standard for boys, but he’s our only data point.” Chris has a squadron of B-ls and has been super busy with assessments, exercises, and absorbing a sister squadron when it deactivated—so now he has 500 headaches and 26 chances for fender-benders. Seriously, he says the Zoo was good prep and the challenge (and reward) is keeping the troops first while the tempo rides high. Chris had a few current updates: Reb REVILLE’s working on the space station out of Huntsville, AL; Kory CORNCM is a flight doc PCSing soon from Brooks. He helped with the long-duration training and fatigue management for the B-ls and has a Glasair two-seater he and his bride peddle around. “T” JORDAN is in the ANG and is helping to transition the unit at Dobbins from F-15s to B-ls. “He’s taken the downward revision in airframe g-limit pretty well, from what I can see.” Thanks for the words, Chris.

A BRIBE. For those of you on e-mail, I’m keeping an e-mail address list of any classmate who sends something my way. If you want this list, just send me an e-mail and I’ll get it to you (and add you to the list). I’ll update it whenever I get someone else, so you’ll have to ask me for this updated list periodically—and I’ll expect some verbiage from you in return!

TRADITIONALISTS. I got this from letters or other tree sources—no complaints, however. Reading through my not-so-recent copy of Air Force magazine, I came across a letter from Mike OPATOWSKY. He’s a flight doc at Osan AB and was praising the AF Assoc’s recognition of the Cadet Squadron of the Year. He wanted to make note that behind the scenes was a hard-working AOC.

Dan ADAMS wrote from HQ USECOM (Stuttgart). Between enjoying off-duty travel around central Europe, he’s an Air Operations analyst doing analysis and simulation of hot spots. He was attending a three-month joint school back in the States and joined up with Arnie (Lori) FLORES and their year-old-son, Mickey. Arnie will be leaving “No Hope” Pope AFB this summer for? Dan also wound his way to Houston for a long weekend to find Sue HELMS has become a spare-time tax consultant, “volunteering at her local library to beat the IRS.” Other folks in Dan’s joint seminar: Tom (Jennifer) RITCHIE (one of our lost souls, according to the Register), took a break from flying “BONES” (B-ls) and he’s at Joint Staff J-6 after the Navy’s Reading School (staff college) in Newport. Henri BIGO, after a tour in Germany, is on his way back to Paris (AmEmbassy). Dave EASTMAN is also in Stuttgart with Dan, and Ross (Kym, ’85) ROLEY does the same thing Dan does at HQ USPACCOM. They’ve got two girls now. Finally, Dan spent time “visiting the hallowed halls of the Pentagon” (I thought, with the downsizing, they are now hollowed halls). Dale SHIRASAGO, after a stint at Vandenberg as sqdn ops, went to AF/XOFS. He gave a rundown on space and missile ops. Finally, Janet THERIANOS, after working on the Service Roles and Missions debate for SECDEF, should be getting a squadron at McConnell. Good scoop, Dan.

Sue KOHUT is as close to being a Blue Suiter as it gets: she’s a combat applications officer at HQ Air Intel Agency, San Antonio. Says “It feels soooo good to be back.” She’s physically well and notes she often sees Karen (LUSK) KAYLOR, who works logistics. Sue also met Mike GLENN at the Alamo AOG Chapter meeting. He’s with USAA, so I guess a lot of us pay for his salary. Sue’s final note was she met Nancy (MARIANO) KUDLA, the president of Research Dynamics there in S.A.

“From the windswept plains of Wyoming,” came a letter from Karl (Julie) GREENHILL. They recently moved up to five young ’uns in the house. It was particularly exciting as this was their first of the five adoptions in which they were present for the birth. Karl is chief of the missile control flight, “D09 to all those missileers,” at F.E. Warren; which just won the outstanding D09 in AF Space Command. Ken GLADFELTER should be there by now, and John (Charla) MCKOY heads up the rescue flight. Karl also penned that “Tom NEAL is continuing to pretend he is a doctor at Andrews and Jeff CROY would like to pretend the same—but he is in Washington state doing all that residency stuff.” He ends: “We are tremendously blessed to have five wonderful children, a nice home, and a base that isn’t on the closure list.”

bless, Don.

CLOSING comes from Chris MILLER: “One of the biggest casualties of my professional life lately has been communications with friends...not a good thing and something I’m trying to address!” For all of you gang, just send a little something my way—that’ll help fill the square. God

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Greetings. Let’s get straight to the news. Lt. Gen. (Ret) Anthony BURSHNICK (’60) was kind enough to send me a program brochure from Michelle JOHNSON’S recent induction into GTE’s Academic AllAmerica Hall of Fame. Of the hundreds of Academic All-Americans over the years, only 36 have made it into the Hall of Fame, an august group that includes Bill Bradley, Merlin Olsen, Pat Haden, Bill Walton, Pete Dawkins, and now Michelle. It’s worth noting that USAFA has three members (Brock STROM, ’59 and Rich MAYO, ’61 are the others), a tally matched only by UCLA. It goes without saying that we have left both West Point and Annapolis in the dust.

I tracked down George HERR who obviously prefers the youngest states of America, spending more than six years in Alaska before taking charge of PACAF’s environmental engineering at Hickam last autumn. George started out in Alaska by spending “a lifetime” on remote as the civil engineer at Galena Air Station, following that up with two assignments at Elmendorf. The Herrs liked Alaska so much they keep a 27-foot motor home in storage there for their frequent vacation trips. George also says his SERE training came in handy on a hunting trip several years ago when his group’s airplane crashed in the deep interior of Alaska. All six people survived the impact and jumped through flames to escape the burning wreckage. They were eventually rescued by the Air National Guard, but not before they signaled an airplane with a belt buckle and made shelters out of inflatable rafts they salvaged from the airplane. Since arriving at Hickam, George’s wife, Joyce, has passed her Hawaii CPA certification exam and hopes to start practicing soon. George has made brief contact with other classmates in Hawaii including Steve RUEHL who has since moved on to ACSC and his old Stalag buddy, Mike PAVLOFF, whom George did not recognize at first because of Mike’s dramatically reduced cranial hirsuteness.

Delta pilot Randy WORRALL, one of my most faithful informants, sent me yet another clipping from Aviation, this one a photo of B-2 pilot Scott LAND immersed in mission planning. Randy also reports that Tony LORUSSO was recently a passenger on one of his flights to Minneapolis.

Marty FRANCE sent a letter outlining his desperate struggle to “become more analytical” at ACSC. He managed to graduate in spite of himself and now has a staff job at Space Command. The big advantage of moving back to the Springs for Marty is that it’s now only a local call to pester his buddy Frank “Cheese Dog” CHEESEMAN, a United pilot living in Monument. Marty reports these follow-on assignments for other recent ACSC graduates: Mike and Sue (JACKSON) WINSLOW to NATO Air South in Naples, Andy MORGAN to MacDill, Juan MORENO to RC-135s at Offutt, Ken HASEGAWA to the Pentagon, Scott DINAPOLI to Ankara, Doug GREGORY to fly F-16s at Eielson, Bruce JOHNSON to the Central Imaging Office in Virginia, and Eric GARVIN to F-22 contract oversight at Lockheed in Marietta, GA.

Meanwhile, Marty reports that John BRENCE and Steve BRUNHAVER weren’t smart enough to get out of Montgomery on the first try. John will stick around at the College of Aerospace Doctrine while Steve takes the ACSC advanced course. Marty also bumped into Gary YALE who is returning to the Astro Department after finishing his PhD at the Naval postgraduate school and taking an interim assignment to Kirtland. Finally, Steve MUHS is leaving ACSC to become the commander of a computer support squadron at Tinker. Steve reports the following updates: Drew GRANT works for Sterling Software in Omaha, Lou SUSKI sells commercial real estate in Minneapolis and Mike CARTNEY is on an exchange tour with the Canadian Air Staff attending the Maple Version of ACSC.

You may remember from an earlier column that Mike LEIGH delivered his second child at home while being coached over the phone by his doctor’s receptionist. (Mike told me that Debbie’s labor went so fast they couldn’t even make it out of the house, a story that sounds fishier the more I think about it. Could it have been that Mike, who a former roommate describes as “sloth-like,” merely lollygagged too long? After all, I’m told by a reliable source that Mike’s favorite phrase as a cadet was “Wait-up!”) In any case, Mike recently wrote to say he also delivered their third child, this time in a hospital under the close supervision of someone with a medical degree. Mike also reports that Jim FRASURE is a 727 copilot for Delta out of Dallas and Dave HOMBURGER flies for

American, also out of Dallas.

Dave HUNTER responded to my plea for Charlie CALAMONERI’s whereabouts—Charlie flies for Delta out of Atlanta when he’s not flying F-16s in the Reserves. Dave has been flying F-15s at Eglin for two years, and he occasionally runs into Mark BENSON who is the assistant ops officer in the flight test squadron, Ken GREEN who oversees AMRAAM tests, Jeff LAMONT who runs military training, and Bill SNEEDER who is a flight surgeon. Darrell VENTURE is also at Eglin, flying F-16s in the test squadron. Darrell lost an F-4 assignment out of pilot training due to a back problem, so he flew gunships instead. His back eventually got better, and I’m told he appealed to CINCTAC (at the time) to fly fighters. The four-star, taken aback by the sheer nerve of the request, decided to reward Darrell for his brashness with a second career in F-16s.

I recently ran into Mike KELTZ right here on the main street of Lawrence, of all places. Mike was attending the Army’s intermediate school nearby in Ft Leavenworth, but he lived in Lawrence for its unsurpassed quality of life. I’m not kidding. By the time this is published, Mike will be at the Pentagon working Low Intensity Conflict issues on the SECDEF staff. Mike spent nearly all of his career flying gunships, first at Hurlburt and then in Europe. Mike reports that Mark ROLING was one of the other Air Force students at Leavenworth. Hans BUSS is on the IG team at Scott, Grant HARDEN is on the IG team at Hurlburt, and Ray PIJMA surveys Alabama power lines by air when he’s not flying gunships in the Reserves. That’s all for now.

Jim Ratti

PSC #1, Box #3000

Maxwell AFB, AL 36112-5000

Work: (334) 953-6794 (leave message)

DSN: 493-6794 (leave message)

Percent members: 39

If you’re at all observant, you’ll notice something different about my address. Yes, that’s right, Ellen and I are off to the wilds of L.A. (Lower Alabama) sc that I can attend ACSC. I found out last week (which is three months ago, as you read this!) that I was picked up on an alternate slot for the ’96 academic year. My slot carries an automatic follow-on assignment to the ACSC faculty too, so we’ll get to spend 3-4 years total in Montgomery. As for the address, it’s the “generic” Maxwell address, since we don’t know as of this writing where we’ll be living. You’ll just have to trust the “forwarding gods” to do their thing. Better yet, call me at the above number and leave a message. Best of all, use CompuServe. Send over the Internet to 72477.1255@compuserve.com. If you are a CompuServe subscriber, just use 72477,1255. Note that the Internet address uses a period in place of the comma between the two numbers. We’re excited by the move, and it will sure be a shift of gears for me, compared to my present job. My stack of TDY vouchers will diminish remarkably, and even Ellen will have to get used to what I look like again.

Enough prattling about me. Let’s move on to the fun stuff. This seems like the quarter for pimping your buddy. A source who wishes to remain anonymous (but who is also employed by Northwest Airlines) sent our first photo of Steve VOGT doing his duty for FOD and his country. Steve is apparently Northwest’s poster child for implementation of a new (pilot?) program to prevent FOD, and this picture was on the cover of the May ’95 issue of On Course, Northwest’s internal flight ops publication. My unnamed source’s comment was, “727 second officers are truly underpaid for what they do.” I might add, “...and for the abuse they have to put up with.” Anyway, Steve should be getting a little more respect by the time you read this, as he recently completed training as a first officer in the MD-80.

While we’re on the subject of behind-the-back submissions and public embarrassment, I’ve got to tell you about a letter I received from the “Lord of Aberafan.” I almost threw this one away without opening it, thinking it was junk mail soliciting donations, or trying to sell me a Lordship of some long-forgotten manor in Wales (hang with me on this—I’m going somewhere...). The letter was actually from Ronald Jenkins, husband of Amy (MCCARTHY) JENKINS (CompuServe 7667,143). But perhaps she’d rather be addressed by her title, Lady Jenkins of Aberafan. An enclosed article from the Denver Post filled in a few of the holes. Seems Ron found out that for “slightly less than the price of a new car” he could purchase (at auction) a hunk of antiquity, namely a Welsh Lordship. Aberafan is a manor on the coast of West Glamorgan, Wales, near Port Talbot. William the Conqueror set up the manorial system, and there is still a market today for these largely ceremonial titles. No tangible property goes with the deal, but the Lord and Lady (Amy gets her title as part of the package too) do get dibs on any shipwreck that washes up on shore. When not “lording” over their manor, Ron is a lawyer, a Reserve

“And the award for ‘Best Dressed Sanitation Engineer’ goes to...” major, and a grad student in public policy at CU-Boulder. Amy is a 737 pilot instructor for United, teaching in the United sim facility in Denver. They live in Golden, where they keep an eye on their alpaca herd. But that’s another story... Oh, and if you see Amy, try not to razz her too hard. Ron says she’s not used to being a lady!

The Ackerley Clan

I guess even below-the-zone Lt Cols have no special pull at the base hospital, ‘cause Dianna (ANGELINE) ACKERLEY wrote a looong letter while waiting for an appointment at Wilford Hall. She sent this picture of their family, taken at Paul’s pin-on. From left we have Ashley, Paul (the younger), Alison (born June 2), Paul (the elder), Dianna, and Christopher. Paul had been the exec to the commander of Air Intelligence Command in San Antonio, but will pull up stakes and move to Air War College by the time this makes print. Dianna keeps busy with the four kids, an interior decorating sideline, crafts, and a women’s Bible study.

In other news, Dianna sends word that Donna GLANCEY married Marv Schultzius, an instructor at the “Zoo”, last December. The picture is from their wedding day. Dianna also heard from Nora FANGON, who (at the time) was working on a Ph.D. in pharmacology. No word on what she’s currently up to. Ted PARSONS is a doctor at Wilford Hall. Judy (MARTINI) and Marc ABSHIRE are at Vandenberg, where Marc is in Range Operations, and Judy is a mother of three, and an aerobics instructor at two fitness clubs. Cathy (PRIOR) and Rich GOODWIN (‘80) live in Tully, NY. Rich flies for American, and Cathy is mom to two boys. Paula (DOREMUS) and Matt ERICHSEN are in C-Springs, where Matt is a comp sci instructor at the “Zoo” and Paula home-schools their four girls (#5 on the way).

Donna (Glancey) Schutzius and her new husband, Marv.

Also in the home-school crowd are Bob and Anna LEE. Bob is flying for United (location unknown) and has three kids. Shawn (WHITSON)

BATEMAN and her husband, Vance, just moved to NAS Oceana, where he flies the F-14. H.M. and Crissy HEPPERLEN should have moved to Phoenix by the time you read this, where H.M. will be flying for Southwest. T.K. MOORE, his wife, Jane, and two young ones are at Luke. T.K. is the assistant DO for the 62nd there. Mary K. (MCCONNON) and Dave DAUENHAUER are in Atlanta. They have two boys, and Dave is implementing software systems for Federated Systems there.

And finally, Roxanne (GOETZ) FERGUSON lives in Minnesota with her husband, Tom, and three girls. She had the last one in midNovember, and Dianna says she’s sure Rox was out running by Thanksgiving. Personally, I’d have trouble running at all in November in Minnesota, much less just two weeks after giving birth! Tom flies for Northwest, and might know who sent me the picture of Steve VOGT. After all, the source’s last name rhymes with Tom’s wife’s nickname...Anyway, thanks for the newsy letter, Dianna. I hope I’ll run into you at Maxwell. That way, we can save a few trees and a lot of ink!

Got a birth announcement from Steve and Peggy (TUREK,‘83) TOLDY. They had a girl, Katherine Marie, on the 9th of May. I’ve got a great picture of her, but since we’re running out of space in the magazine, I can’t submit a picture without a grad in it. So next time, hold your kids when you take their pictures! Or, wait until about 2016 to see it in print!

Well, that’s about it for this round. I hope to see some of you at Maxwell. If you’d like, you can also send mail to my old address, it should get forwarded. Don’t forget to add your class scribe to your Christmas card list! Until next time, Be Safe. RATMAN.

Stu Pope

340 The Village #315

Redondo Beach, CA 90277

Percent members: 39

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WAlright, maybe I have been in L.A. too long. I’ve come to accept “Dude!” as a legitimate greeting over the old cadet standard of “Sup?!” I don’t think twice when I see people with shaved heads and tattos walk into my office—and these guys are Air Force officers. And after seven years in Redondo Beach, I grudgingly acknowledge that I may be a “homesteader”—and possibly even a “homeboy.”

Speaking of my “homeys,’ Errol LEWIS is still with me here in the “Hollywood AFB” ’hood. Errol recently attended the wedding of Chuck JONES and reports Paco SINGLETON, Alonzo BABERS and Dan “#3” SMITH were all in attendence. Earlier this year Chuck and his lawyer babe wife actually bought a house near Mulholland Drive in Studio City—an amazing feat in L.A. for people under forty.

Errol and I both got the somewhat unexpected news at the last major’s board that we should, uh, start looking for civilian employment. Which is o.k., I guess, since I already have an on-ramp to the 405 staked out, along with a cardboard sign that reads, “Desert Storm Vet—Will Work For Beer.” I’m not going to say which on-ramp I’ve got in mind, in case Errol is reading this, but if you happen to drive by, give me a dollar.

Actually, as long as I’m in L.A., dude, I may try to rake in a few bucks

with a “Joe Strack” marketing scheme—you know, a movie, spin-off TV show, tie-in merchandise. Maybe even a hip hop album, with Joe and his obnoxious crony Emil rapping stuff like, “We R 2 Strack 4 the Sijan ‘Hood.” Potential working titles: Straight Outta The Comm Shop” or maybe Fear of a Strack Planet. I’m still working the angles.

In a land of no on-ramps, no freeways, no Wolfgang Puck restaurants, Colin “Luna Mof” MOFFAT sits in his little thatched hut, carving totems. Mof recently took the baton of “Air Serv International Twin Otter Pilot” from Mark “Bad” ABBOTT and is residing in a camp in northern Kenya, flying supplies into places like Uganda and Somalia. I recently got together with Mof and Mark here in L.A., which happens to be Air Serv’s world headquarters. Over handcrafted microbrews, the bearded Mark told stories of flying into remote African villages where the local shaman would slaughter a goat beside the aircraft as it braked on the dirt runway. Hey, I’d personally fly with any airline that arranged that kind of service. Needless to say, Colin was sold on the idea as well.

Colin and Sophie Moffat, Sherry and Mark Abbott, Stu, Noelle and Tori Pope planning an African coup d’etat.

Saw Tony “The Assassin” TALIANCICH a couple of months ago while I was begging for money back in the Pentagon. Tony works 19-hour days for the Air Staff acquisition guys, holding the purse strings of some big-time space programs. He lives on the fringes of Appalachia (near Dulles airport) with his wife and two sons.

On the subject of nuclear families, Mark HAGEMAN and Analida had another baby a few months back. Keeping with their trend of bestowing Spanish forenames upon their heirs, they christened the lad Luis Roger Hageman. Amy and Wade “Stolen Shrub” LUJAN also had baby boy numero dos in late ’94, just about the time Noelle and I had our daughter, the Tor-baby.

Did everyone see the latest edition of the USAFA Athletic Association Merchandise Catalog? It’s full of Contrails quotes and boss stuff that didn’t exist when we were cadets, and there was one thing, on page 2, I really wanted to order: The Pegasus Statue. And get this—they wouldn’t sell it to me! After putting it in the catalog and everything. I had to settle for an Air Force hockey puck (page 7) instead but it just wasn’t the same.

Stue Pope, Steve Mullahey, Mickey Mellerski, Colin Moffat and Rick Scholz. They should not be allowed to play with sabres.

There was a gathering of grads at the Presidio of San Francisco last July for the wedding of Don (‘80) SADLOWSKI. Besides me and the Luna Mof, Rick “Steal Your Face” SCHOLZ, Mickey MELLERSKI, and Steve MULLAHEY all showed up, mainly due to the rumor there would be Jaegermeister on tap at the reception. Which there was.

Even further up the coast (in Portland, OR to be exact) I sat in a coffee

house with my roadtrip buds Duke and Bill last summer reading a newspaper, and dig this: Our old Del Rio UPT-mate, Pete MCCAFFREY, was right there on the front page of The Sunday Oregonian. Weird, or what? Beneath a picture of two F-16s, the caption read, “Capt. Pete McCaffrey (top) and Capt. Buck Rogers of the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds precision flying team create a mirror image in flight Saturday at the 1994 U.S. Bank Rose Festival Airshow.” We commented on the synchronicity of it all, then got in the car and headed for the Pyramid Brewery.

Here’s a frightening thought: I occasionally run into ’93 grads at local bars, beach parties and commanders’ calls—as I’m sure you do as well. And ruminate on this for a minute: These guys undoubtedly look at us the same way we look at ’73 grads. Whoa!

John “Shak” ANDRESHAK dropped me a line from Arlington Heights, IL. The Shakman is married to the exotically-named “Leimomi” and is finishing up his last year of orthopedic surgery training at Loyola in Chicago, after which it’s on to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester for a “fellowship in spine surgery.” Then “back” (ha) to the Air Force—as a “Spine Fellow,” I guess.

Also got a letter from Glenn ALLTON just as I was wrapping up this report. Glenn, as regular readers know, flies for Alaska Airlines and recently bought a house in Fountain Valley—just far enough down the California coast to justify using a 32-cent stamp instead of driving his letter over to my place himself. Rumor has it Glenn was recently busted by the LAPD for “tagging” when they caught him spray-painting “Fly Alaska” on the side of a police car.

Somehow not realizing I randomly assign people new names when I feel like it, the Glennster expressed concern that his wife, Linda, was called “Lisa” in a previous Checkpoints. Well, o.k., Clem, we’ll call her “Linda” from now on. Incidentally, Clem and Linda had identical twins last year: Jenna and Kristin.

Glenn and Linda Allton with Kristin, Jenna and the mysterious “Grandpa Joe.

Drew WACKER occasionally leaves rambling, somewhat-amusing messages on my answering machine. The Stain was recently reassigned to L.A. with his “new” airline, United, after American broke up the Volker-Wacker-Reinicke troika on reecommendation of the FAA. Speaking of which, the aforementioned comedy duo of VOLKER and REINICKE supposedly re-created their famous “draw mud” routine recently, squaring off in the aisle of a DC-10 enroute to Tokyo.

Not much to report with respect to the “where are they now” paragraphs. I guess the world is becoming more static, which blows that old Physics 101 entropy theory all the way to King Fahd AB, doesn’t it? William O. HARRISON (the Fourth) is cornin’ home, mama, from APO Europe to Chattanooga, TN. Tracy (SMITH) URMAN is moving to Vienna (VA, not Austria, unfortunately) from Fort Walton Beach. And, oh yeah, I’ll be moving up the hill to the Palos Verdes peninsula at 6910 Los Verdes Drive #2, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90274. And as the Air Force prepares to shove me out of its big falcon nest, I’m relying on all of you to write me more often—it’ll be harder to run across fellow zoombags, or Spine Fellows for that matter, in the halls of the Pentagon or the Auger Inn or wherever.

Oh, and what Checkpoints article would be complete without mentioning Pete “Eddie Haskell” BARTOS? Eddie stopped by my pad recently, wearing a tie-dyed “Hog’s Breath” T-Shirt from my old ’hood, Fort Walton Beach. He was TDY from Okinawa and was passing through California on his way back to the land of the Rising Sun. “Hi, Stu,” he said, pausing for breath, “I’ve really gotta run.” “Dude!” I replied. Twenty seconds later, he jogged away.

Ray writes the next article, so be sure and send your letters, photos and cryptic ransom notes to : Ray “Gun” BLUST, 149 W. Park St., Wheel

ing, WV 26003. Ray digs mail. Living in West Virginia, it’s his only source of contact with the outside world.

Mike Jensen

12035 Milam Road

Colorado Springs, CO 80908 (719) 481-5361

1-800-GO-AFA-GO

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THE INFORMATION SUPERHIGHWAY! I didn’t know how far we have progressed since CompSci 100, and Billy Burroughs. I received many letters over the Internet. Thanks for the input. Derek Foster is working for the New York State Department of Health in Albany with a computer security unit. Although he is close to the banks of the Hudson, you can rest assured he is recruiting for the Falcons all of the time. Also practicing his Internet skills was Rich PUES. He is assigned to HQ United Nations as deputy chief of the Movement Control Unit, where he works on the withdrawl of troops from Somalia and Rwanda, and deployment of troops to Haiti and Angola. His wife, Sherry, is working as a free-lance illustrator in New York City. So much for the East Coast connection. Thanks!

OUT IN THE BOX. Chris DINENNA took time away from his F-15 at Nellis to hack out some input into this issue. He is an instructor at Fighter Weapons School, and when not protecting America, spends his free time with his wife, Jutta, and children Jennifer and Casey. Also in the Strike Eagle squadron is Mike DUVALL, who’s wife, Lori Jo, recently had their second child. Chris BOWMAN is also there and is married to Anne (FOLEY). Anne teaches kindergarten at a private school in Vegas. Chris was selected to major and left for Alabama in July (without the banjo on his knee). In the 422 TES, Test and Evaluation, flying the Strike Eagle are Ken ROZELSKY, a F-15E WSO, and Merrick KRAUSE, an IP. Also hanging their hats at Nellis are Dean GILBERT (an IP in the 422nd), Kent YOHE (an A-10 IP in the Weapons School), John SIEVERLING, Chip THOMPSON, and Eric OVERTURF (all F-16 IPs in the Weapons School), and Jeff CONNORS (an F-16 IP in the 422nd). Ellen FIEBIG (NELSON) is also out there with husband, Jeff (’83), who is #4 slot pilot for the Thunderbirds. She spends a lot of time on the road chasing Jeff while still working in the AF Reserve, as the wing commander’s exec at Luke AFB, AZ, and also raising two children. (Do all of the fighter pilots at Nellis have two kids? Are they issued?) As for the Thunderbirds, we don’t have any in our class, but I was able to take a picture of Russ QUINN and Tony SEELY, both in ’85, at Terri QUINN’s mother’s house.

Tony, Matt and Carey Seely with Terri and Russ Quinn.

#3 FOR THE WILSONS. Tom and Polly WILSON, breaking the tradition of the Nellis fighter pilots, just were blessed with their third child, Tatum Jane. So when Tom isn’t flying for American, he is playing Mr. Mom down in Dallas. As for me, many of you were aware of the hightech baby-making process that Sally and I were going through during reunion weekend. We’re very thankful that God and the petri dish combined forces to bless us with a beautiful baby boy, Noah Michael, who was so excited to have us as parents he arrived six weeks early on 29 April. Mom and baby are doing fine...the jury’s still out on me.

OTHERS CHECKING IN. Pete EDGAR is leaving the Academy and going down to ACSC this summer. Doug and Cindy APPLEGATE are

flying E-3s in Germany. Scott DICKMEYER is out at Whiteman. Phil KILGORE is still in the Springs, business is good. He tells me that Bob KITTYLE is getting his PhD at the University of Florida at Gainesville.

CHANGE OF ADDRESSES. Brian MASTERSON to San Antonio, James WALTRIP to Tucson, and Jean TRAKINAT to Guam. Good luck to all in your new homes!

Danielle Hargrove

16106 Deer Crest

San Antonio, TX 78248-1728

Percent members: 37

wHey ’85ers! Greetings from San Antonio, TX—Home of NBA Championship wannabes.

Unfortunately, hardly anyone wrote me with any input. Hopefully, my huge telephone bill looking for information will be of service to those of you who are looking for long-lost friends or who are just plain nosy. I found that we are still quite a bunch of strivers. We can’t seem to stop reaching for bigger and better things.

I spoke with Susan BESSELLIEU. She has just received her degree as a registered nurse in May 1995. She managed this feat “on the side” while working her Air Force job full-time. She is moving to AFOTEC (Air Force Operations, Test and Evaluation Center) at Peterson AFB, CO. I don’t think I know any other grad who has managed to stay in COS since graduation, other than Sue. She gave me the poop on Cecil DAVIS and Charlene (JARDIN) HARDING. Cecil is at the 21st Command as a crew commander and Charlene has recently out-processed from her job as an exec for the wing commander at Peterson. I understand she’s in limbo since her husband just left to go to ACSC. Susan also advised me that Doug WELLS was a wrestling coach and is a new papa. I hear mother and baby boy (William “Billy”) are doing fine. A.J. SCOTT and Theresa (BLAD) SCOTT have two children and are moving to Colorado Springs. A.J. will coach football at the prep school.

Mike BLACK informs me that he may be going to Mildenhall, England as the chief of Logistics for the 488th Intel Squadron (RC-135s). He should know in the near future. He told me that Ken BANKS was flying the West Coast shuttle out of Seattle for United Airlines and is getting married in September 1995. Rodney GRIFFITH is working the stock market on Wall Street in New York. Some of you may have noticed Neal MCELHANNON’s name on a recent major’s list two years below the zone. Very impressive, Neal. Congrats. I heard he is on his way to ACSC this summer.

Karolen FAHRNI gave me the skinny on the following people: Larry FRIEND and Carlos MATEOS are soccer and football coaches at the zoo, respectively. Lynn STEER flies for United Airlines. I think she flies the 727. My husband, Pete (’84), flies with United Airlines and he told me he ran into Sherry (CURRIN ) FOX in Chicago. I think she and her family are moving to Chicago from California. Tom GEOGHAN is out of the Air Force and living in San Jose, CA doing TQM-type work, I am told. Don KOCHANSKI and Fred WARD are both out but I don’t know their current locations. Cynthia (TALLMADGE) JACOBSON and her husband, Steven, ’87, live in Connecticut where he flies with the Guard. I understand they are starting a business. I knew at one time the type of business; yet, was unable to read my writing. Oh well. Terri (COCCIA) TORRES and her husband recently had a baby girl named Kaitlin. Terri, I’m sorry we haven’t talked and I hope I’ve spelled your daughter’s name correctly. Mike LAWLESS has gotten out of the Air Force and does consuiting work in Boulder. I also understand Chris STCYR is getting out and going to the airlines.

I was pleased to talk to Regina BROWN recently. She just made major in the Reserves and serves as an MSC officer as a hospital administrator for the 932nd Contingency Hospital. She is currently in med school at St. Louis University. She’s hoping to go into orthopedics. Speaking of medical school, after the birth of my second child, I had the interesting experience of having our classmate treat my newborn in the pediatric clinic at Wilford Hall. Bob DIGERONIMO was the lucky guy and I believe he is at Andrews now. Yeah, he seemed to know his stuff. Regina also says she saw Dave ERAZO at Scott AFB, IL and that he is getting out if he hasn’t already, heading for United Airlines.

Greg ANDERSON is flying Strike Eagles and has a son with wife, Judy. A1 DORSEY is an inside wholesaler working for a company called American Fund. A1 tells me his company is the fourth largest Mutual Fund Company in the world. Wanda WRIGHT is in the first year of her second master’s degree. She is a major in the Arizona Guard. She was in the finance career field but has now cross-trained and will be a commander of a communications squadron. Her new address is 2339 North

Hampton Ave., Tucson, AZ 85719. Mike WILLIAMS is the #3 man in a company that manufactures a cleaner, protectant and polish for plastics used primarily in windshields. He is in charge of all DOD and international sales. This is all impressive; particularly given the rough road Mike has had to hoe since the terrible car accident that took away his Air Force career (and the F-15 that was with it). Given his injuries and period of recovery, it is amazing that Mike is about to finish his fifth book, has 170 song lyrics under his belt, has written several short stories and the list goes on. He truly possesses the spirit of the Class of 1985.

WHERE IS HE/SHE? I have been curious to hear from or about the following people. If available, please call me at 210-493-6020 or provide the information to the next scribe: Brenda DEINLEIN, Kris BYERS, Monica EADY, Ken HAYASHI, Sandy THOMPSON, G. Scott HENDERSON, Tommy HERNDON, Kobir HUSSAIN, Constantine TZAVARAS, and Gene MCGRATH.

FORMER CLASSMATES: I recently ran into Vette (Abrams) Smith while she was TDY to San Antonio cross-training. She’ll be coming up for master sergeant soon. She has two children, a three-year-old and an 18-month-old. She has not changed at all! She is still hilarious as ever. I understand Nicole Hodge is moving to Kirtland and that she is trying to get into medical school.

CHANGE OF ADDRESSES: Gary POWELL has moved from Baltimore, MD to 885 Sheldon St., Suffield, CT 06093. Mark BEAUCHEMIN’s new address is 4817 Eldorado Drive, Wichita Falls, TX 76310.

Tim GAITHER is a T-38 PIT instructor in the 560 FTS at Randolph, here in beautiful San Antonio, TX. He’s married and his wife’s name is Helen. They have three children, Greg, Tahnee, and Grant, ages 7, 5 and 3, respectively. Tim spent the first four months of 1995 TDY to Incirlik AB, Turkey in support of Operation PROVIDE COMFORT. While there, Tim ran into Matt LYONS, who is flying MH-60 helicopters, and Rob DOOLEY, who flies F-16s. Tim was flying a desk for the 39 OSS Weapons and Tactics Shop at the time. Tim says that Rob is currently at language school and will be moving to South America for his next assignment.

Other folks at Randolph at the 560 FTS are Judd “Scratch” MCGLOHN. He is a self-reported “Blue Jet God” I am told. Judd is married to Suzy, an Air Force psychiatrist. Scott VOSKOVITCH works in the 12 OSS Scheduling Shop. His wife’s name is Vicki. Paul SKOWRONEK is a T-37 PIT instructor, along with Guy NEDDO. Guy is married and has three children. Lind (SVERDRUP) LARSH is also at Randolph with her husband, Steve (’76). They have four children, Perrin, Creston, Kristen and Lea. Linda works at the 619 TRTS but is currently working on her VSI paperwork I am told. She has decided to turn in her uniform and devote her time to full-time motherhood. Don KIRKHAM and his wife, Tracey, are nearby at Laughlin AFB, where Don flies the T-l. They have three children.

Ron BABSKI and his wife, Barb, have two daughters, Rebecca and Emily. He is stationed at Mountain Home flying F-15s. Linda says that she last heard Dirk HUTCHINSON was at Cannon AFB with his wife, Lee, and son Kyle. Chris CARFAGNO is in Dallas flying for American Airlines. The word is that Marilyn (GARCIA) KOTT is at Yokota flying C-130s with her husband but we aren’t sure. Pete CASTOR and his wife, E.J., are at USA COMM in Norfolk, VA.

Brent and Pam (HENRY) HRNCIR are both at Ellsworth AFB. Brent flies the B-l and Pam is a command post chief.

By the time you read this, we will be just a little away from attending our 10th class reunion. I encourage all of you who did not make a commitment to attend to reconsider. I expect a good time will be had by all and that you’ll be happy you came. Also, I would be remiss if I did not take this opportunity to encourage all of the AOG members receiving this Checkpoints magazine to get at least one other classmate to become a member of the AOG. As a board member, I can attest to the hard work and effort being put in to develop the quality and degree of services available to members. Please call me or the AOG if you have any questions or input.

Finally, I wanted to pass on my own condolences to Patti (MacGregor) MCCARTHY on Mark’s passing. When I heard the news, I was truly touched. I have very fond memories of Mark.

The next scribe will be Jackie Charsagua, 1701B 9th St., Langley AFB, VA 23665.

Until the reunion, CHEERS! Danielle.

7-420B I Street

Elmendorf AFB, AK 99506-1232

Home: (907) 753-9211

Work: DSN (317) 552-9037

Percent members: 34

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wFirst, thanks for all the letters this time around, eight total, a new record. First letter comes from Bob COLELLA who is stationed at Barksdale AFB, LA. Bob says Barksdale is crawling with our classmates and a day doesn’t go by that someone isn’t borrowing something without leaving a note or he finds his drinking glass with fingerprints on the top third. Bob, his wife, Katy, and daughter Allison are assigned to the 11th Bomb Squadron which has the “new” B-52H recently reassigned from Castle AFB, CA. Other ’86 grads include Rickey RODGERS and his

had a really bad snowmobile accident several years ago, but he’s doing better now than ever before. He married his high school sweetheart Karin. They also have two kids, Mathias and Jonah. Mike is flying KC-135Rs at Altus. Coert SCOGGIN has remarried a beautiful woman from California named Kala. They have a girl named Coertney. Coert flew KC-lOs at Barksdale for a while but is now a T-l IP at Laughlin. As for me, I’ve been married for four years to Jean. I’ve been blessed with a son, Matthew, and will have had another child this past April (if all went well). Oh yea, Todd WESTHAUSER, as rumor has it is continuing to be the golden boy at Ellsworth (B-l). The only other person I know of is Chris STOCKTON who is a T-38 IP AT Laughlin. His wife, Sue, is doing great and they have a little girl named Morgan.”

At the Mardi

Christine Tighe.

are Evan and Ricky Rodgers. (Photo courtesy Tom Tighe.) wife, Kim, and son Evan; Rick BELL and his wife, Cindy, daughter Rachael, and son Rickey; Cary MONTGOMERY and his wife, Michelle; C. Ben QUINTANA and his wife, Donna, and little Anthony; Jeff SWEGAL and his intended-to-be Erin; Bruce WAY and his wife, Melissa, and son Miles (Miles A. Way) and newborn daughter Savannah. In the other squadron at Barksdale are Joel ANDERSON, Doc MEDVEC and over in the Reserve squadron Rick CAXERO working in a full-time slot. Bob finished up Weapons School last June. While at school Bob ran into Robby ROBINSON and Dennis MALFER and his wife, Bridgett, flying F-4Gs.

Steve, Jean and Matthew Jaszai

Steve JASZAI was next to drop me a line. He writes, “I have gone full circle in my career and am now the flight commander of Eagles in the T-37 squadron at Reese AFB. Things have really changed since we struggled through. Days are shorter and students actually get pre-briefs and debriefs. The washout rate is probably about 10 percent if that. This will be my third base closure in four years if everything goes as planned. As for the careers of some of the Horny’s (CS-18), J.R. MCDONALD finally got his F-15 to Eglin AFB. Melissa (STIMAC ’87) left for the airlines, but keeps herself from flying by cranking out babies. They have two currently. The oldest is John B. Ill and the other is Christine. Mike HADY

John and Diane Ziegler in Santorini, Greece.

John ZIEGLER wrote, “A lot has happened since my last update that I was attending Naval Postgraduate School. While I was in Monterey, I met a wonderful woman named Diane and during a moment of ternporary insanity on her part, she agreed to marry me. Diane joined me in Crete, Greece where I was an AFOSI Det/CC. We traveled throughout Greece and the Greek Islands of Rhodes, and Santorini. We also got the chance to visit Egypt, Berlin, and Cyprus. We have since moved back to the states and I am working at the new National Counterintelligence Center, located at HQ CIA. The Center, composed of FBI, CIA, DOD and State officers, was established in the wake of the Aldrich Ames espionage case and is designed to provide policy guidance to the U.S. Counterintelligence Community. Diane and I found a great house in Lake Ridge, VA and we invite folks to look us up when they are in the D.C. area.” Other news John passed along is that James HOLLEY is at the AFOSI IOC, Bolling AFB working with the AF Quality program. James may soon be returning to real work as a Det/CC or a Pentagon staff job in the near future. Rob MIRENDA is an AFOSI Det/CC in Ankara, Turkey. Rob was intimately involved in investigating a nuclear smuggling case that unfortunately didn’t get that much attention in the U.S. press. He saw Brian KNORR over the holidays at the Academy. He was outprocessing from the AF and is now coaching college football. Roger OERTER is flying helicopters out of Alamogordo, NM and recently did a three-month stint in Kuwait. At last report, Tom RUBY was working at USAF/IN in the Pentagon.

Speaking of Roger OERTER, he writes, “Been out of Germany (UHINs, Ramstein) since Apr 93, transitioned to HH-60Gs Combat Search & Rescue (CSAR), went to Osan for a short remote and now stationed at Holloman. Also in the unit are ’86ers Bruce HELLEN and Dave MORGAN. Bruce’s wife, Frances, is about to deliver their second child, and Diane Morgan found out she was pregnant with Dave’s first in January. Me, I’m still single—maybe somebody has a low-mileage sister out there they can bring to the ten-year. Haven’t given up hope—Bill PAGE got married last year in L.A.”

Fred ARMSTRONG was next to drop me a lengthy letter I’ll try to summarize for you. Fred has been anchored in the AMC world flying C-141s since he graduated from UPT out of Del Rio. For a while Fred was homesteading at McGuire. The first two years he was there he shared an apartment with Tony TILLMAN before meeting Jackie Corbin. They married at the Naval Academy and showed those squid-eatin, boat-ridin, scum-buckets how to properly throw a party. A year and a half later, Gregory (Class of 2014; he’ll go to Prep School like his Pa) came along and his life hasn’t been the same since. While at McGuire, Fred flew with the likes of Hank JERONIMUS, Joe JOSE, Mike BURKLUND and Vince DEMSEY to name a few. Hank is now at Vance flying Tweets. Joe is flying C-20s at Andrews with Greg CAYON and Bart WEISS. Vince and Mike are flying in the McGuire Reserves. Tony is now in his third year of flying C-21s at Peterson AFB. He married a beautiful young lady from Jersey, Noleen. Fred mentioned that as a matter of fact, ’86ers from

McGuire led three straight Airlift RODEO Teams, and the last one the whole front-end (pilot/nav/mission commander) were zoomies. Tommy ROTELLO (’87), Jim “The Great” KURASHIGE (’83), and “Big Man” Matt MARTORANO (’76), rounded out a team that made the Air Force reassess the usefulness of the service academies. Fred also had the opportunity to be part of the AMC Command Crew and flew with Gen. FOGLEMAN (’63) and Gen. McPeak during his year stint. Now Fred is an Exercise and Contingency planner at the dreaded Tanker Airlift Control Center (TACC) at Scott AFB. His first year will be at the TACC and his second year in the AMC Command Protocol Office. Ken KIRK and Steve SCHLUMPBERGER are doing the same thing. Ken is due to go to AMC Safety and Steve is going to AMC/DOR. All three of them are projected to be returning to a KC-10 slot sometime in 1996. Others that Fred has run across are Steve “Reno” MIHALIK doing AMC/SC communications/computer stuff. “Euba” Gene BROWN is at SPACECOM and is due to become an AOC this summer. Vick “The Fly” CHAMBERS is going to be an instructor at USAFA. Nothan “Southwest” GOLDEN is at AF MPC working assignments and Curt GREEN is at L.A. AFB. Jocque STUKES is in England now with his new bride, Rose. Scott BLUM is stationed at Travis flying the C-5. He is going to the Academy to teach math. Don CARTER is a lawyer (JAG) at Langley and Vannessa (MCCULLOUGH) CARTER is working at HQ ACC doing software with the B-2. They have two kids, Crystal (4) and Malcom (1). Fred says Don’s doing very well and loves his job. Look for him to do some great things in the future. One last thing Fred wanted me to do is put out an APB on Michael Shawn MEADER and Scott “Scooter’ MILLER. If you two guys are out there give Fred a call in Belleville, IL (he’s in the book!).

Bill HACK managed to drop me a line all the way from RAAF Edinburgh in Australia. Bill is one of those engineering/acquisition dudes and started out working for the Test Wing at Eglin with the F-16. While at Eglin Bill met his wife, Ruby, and they were married five months before he went to AFIT to get his master’s in aero. After AFIT the Hacks moved to Albuquerque and worked in the Air Force Operational Test & Evaluation Center. He worked the F-15C/E and F-16 training systems before moving into the F-22 program. While working the F-22 program, the Hacks had their son, Alex, who will be two August 11th. This past March they PCSed to his current assignment as an engineer with the Aircraft Research and Development Unit (ARDU). ARDU is the Australian’s version of Edwards and Eglin combined. Bill is involved with flight testing of RAAF F-111C, F-111G, F/A-18s and PC-9s (a small turboprop trainer) in the stores compatibility arena. Due to the phone costs and mail delays, Bill’s primary communications is through e-mail. His address is wdh@ardu.dsto.gov.au via the information superhighway. So if any of you want a Down Under connection, Bill is your man!

Alan BATTS dropped me a line from the Great Northwest city of Portland, OR. Alan has the distinction of being a member of one of only four in our class who is medically retired, and has been since 22 Apr 92. Prior to his retirement, he attempted to get through UPT at Laughlin AFB before being assigned to the Sacramento Air Logistics Center at MeClellan AFB for 5Vi years. In August 1991, he was stationed at DPRO Northrop Corporation at Pici Rivera (L.A. AFB) as a staff acquisition officer on the B-2 Bomber program. Since “retiring” Alan keeps himself

Bill and Judy (Hupp) Peer

busy with school working towards a MS degree in systems management. He will graduate in May 1996. He passed along that Theron JOHNSON is in Sacramento and is running for the fifth Congressional District Office in 1996. A year ago he heard from John LOPES who at the time was stationed at Pope AFB. Kirk LEAR is stationed at Little Rock, AR and he and his wife, Susan, have a son, Trevor. Raul CISNEROS and his wife, Anita Gonzolas, have a daughter named Ariana. They live in Elk Grove, CA.

My last letter is from Judy (HUPP) PEER. She sent along her wedding picture of her and her husband, Bill. They were married at the Academy Chapel on the 25th of March. Other ’86ers at the wedding were Sharon (SMITH) OWEN who is stationed at Falcon with two kids; Mike HALE from Langley with one kid and one on the way; Barb (MARTIN) CORBEIL who is the USAFA Volleyball coach—one kid; Mike BROWN—VSI who is looking for a job in C. Springs—two kids; and Janet (KISNER) AUGUSTINE who PCSed to San Antonio with her one child. Judy just PCSed to Peterson AFB and is working at Space Command.

As for myself, I just returned from a 10-day turned into 50-day RSOI deployment to Osan AB, S. Korea. I will be TDY again for the month of August to Kirtland AFB, NM to attend Safety Officers School. This fall I will be deployed to Aviano, Italy in support of Deny Flight—oh how my wife loves the Air Force and my deployments these days. Before I finish with the change of addresses, I want to thank all of you who sent me letters, you have made my job much easier. And to the rest of you, get off your duffs!

In the change-of-address department, Kellie DAVILA-MARTINEZ is living in Fairborn, OH; Patrick FRAWLEY is now in Elmwood, CT; Robert GONZALES is in Prattville, AL; Timothy LUCE is at Tyndall AFB, FL; and Russell WILSON is back at the Academy.

Bob Cavello

15370 Holbein Drive

Colorado Springs, CO 80921

Home: (719) 481-9181

Office: (719) 472-2020 Fax: (719) 472-2964

E-mail: CavelloRJ@usafa.af.mil or

Bobtonka@aol.com

Percent members: 37

wI sit here now, in typical cadet fashion, cranking out this article the night before it’s due. Some things will never change. My wife and I recently traded in our amateur status as parents and went pro with the addition of our second child—a baby girl who we named Jordan Giovanna. For all of you parents out there with multiple rug rats, I can simply state that, “I feel your pain”.

Many letters, faxes and phone calls since we last chatted! I’ve added my two e-mail addresses above in order to reach out to all of you “cybergrads”, and to impress all of the other class scribes who haven’t thought of doing it themselves. I received two letters from two different cell mates out of CS-32. First, Ron BILLIET and his “Falcon Love” wife, Tracy (ORDING, ’88), got out of the Air Force in March and are now in Minneapolis, MN trying to do the airline thing. Ronny was flying AT-38s at Holloman AFB, NM before he traded in his nice brown leather jacket. There he ran into Chris WILLIAMS who is flying the F-117, and Mike LECLAIR and Tom BEHNKE who drive the F-4. Ron tells us that Kevin “Jens” ANAPU finally left Vance AFB, OK and is now flying F-16s in Kunsan, Korea. Vic ARIZPE also took the bait and signed the pilot bonus and is flying A-lOs ot of Eielson, AK. Mark ARLINGHAUS had a baby girl last year and is in San Antonio, TX; Jeff WALLACE and Bruce MCCLINTOCK are test pilots at Edwards AFB, CA; Dave RAGGIO is an F-15 instructor at Tyndall AFB, FL; and Mickey MOORE is flying A-lOs in Tucson, AZ. Ron ran into Dave “Ebby” EBNER in Minneapolis who is out and selling pharmaceuticals. Dave provided me (through Ronny) with the following news: Tim LYNCH is teaching at the Academy and will be getting married this July in Minnesota; Tom GERVAS is flying C-5s at Warner-Robins AFB, GA; Scott SCHUTAK is out and back home flying for United out of O’Hare with his wife and son. Ebby says that he heard a rumor of Scott getting a flight engineer job on a 747 out of Honolulu, HI. If it’s true, I’ll see you in November, Scott, when the Falcons take on the Rainbows!

The other “Roadrunner” to write me was Dave CHARITAT. Dave opened his letter with a passionate plea, for any and all former members of the old “3.2” Roadrunners, to stay in touch through updates in this column. Dave just graduated from law school at LSU in Baton Rouge, LA. The Air Force paid for it, now Dave is going to repay the Air Force with a career commitment as a JAG. Getting us caught up, Dave wrote that he got married back in 1989 to the former Nancy Holman. They have

a two-year-old daughter, Leah. Dave says that Don BROWN is now single in D.C. trying to work the poly-sci/diplomat thing to South or Central America. Doug EOUTE (another victim of “Falcon Love”) and his wife, Heidi (STEFFAN, ’88), are out of the Air Force and flying in the Reserves in New York. Greg SCHWARTZ is flying C-141s out of Charleston, SC, and Scott MURRAY is living in Las Vegas with his wife, Jolande, and two children, working as an instructor at the Fighter Weapons School.

Tim MATSON sent a fax, a letter and a picture. He said that he, Jay TUNG and Mike “Cave” MANION were all at Minot AFB for five years and flew in the war together. Since then, Mike has cross-trained into helicopters and flies special operations. Jay and his wife, Marylee (HYNMAN, ’88—“Falcon Love”), are at Kadena and expecting their first child in October. Tim is at Ohio University getting a master’s and will be coming back to the “Big House” to teach sometime next year. Tim got engaged this past April to Lori Cognata (nice Italian girl!) and plans on marrying in May ’97, (which happens to be the date of our 10-year reunion).

The future Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Matson.

Scott FAWAZ gets the “AT&T Long Distance Award” for this edition of Checkpoints. Scott sent me a letter from Delft, The Netherlands where he is getting his Ph.D. He was here at the Academy teaching engineering mechanics (geek). Scott, his wife, Jennifer, and their two children Sarah and Dylan, had a wonderful time utilizing those 90 days of transition time to settle in. Scott informed me that Franz PLESCHA is flying F-16s at Spangdahlem AB, FRG. Scott “Grit” WARREN is at Scott AFB, IL working some type of electronics/communication stuff. Scott wanted me to pass this information on to everyone: Scott Fawaz, American Embassy, The Hague, PSC 71, Box 1000, APO, AE 09715; e-mail: scott@dutlbcl.lr.tudelft.nl.

Dave STILWELL, our PACAF info source, wrote from Kunsan with a lengthy update. In the past, “Dave’s Data” did not make this column, and we unfortunately missed out on some pretty cool photos. For everyone’s information, if you send me a photo, it makes the column, no worries. Anyway, Dave says that Gregg WHITING is there on a remote, as is Kevin ANAPU. That makes two sightings of “Jens” at Kunsan, so it must be official—Kevin has finally left Vance AFB. Rick YODER is also at Kunsan flying with the Guard, and Shelly ZUELKE is out there working with the bioenvironmental section. She is headed for grad school at Colorado State this summer. Ken RIZER is flying with the California Guard out of March AFB, and Phil GUY is going through Weapons School at Nellis and will become a squadron weapons officer at Kunsan in June. Mark CLINE is a squadron weapons officer at Misawa, and Jeff SCOTT is flying A-lOs, soon to transfer into F-16s. Thanks for the update, Dave. Keep us up on the “87 Asian Invasion”.

Blake PIERSON rifled off a quick note to me. He and his wife, Patty (KNEPPER, ’88), have been flying C-141s out of McChord AFB for the past couple of years. They spend most of their free time on their “Falcon Love” boat in Puget Sound. Blake says that Daryl BRONDUM and Danny HANCOCK are still at McChord. Also, Balan AYYAR has just become a flight commander, and Bob ROWE, Kurt MALLERY and Jim BRUNKOW have declined the flying bonus (off to the Guard or the Friendly Skies?). Greg SCHWARTZ, Rob LYTWYNIUK and Tim SIPES are also flying airlift out of McChord. Keith WAGNER is at Travis AFB flying C-5s, and Mark BOVA is at Dover AFB doing the same. Steve DORIAN is flying C-141s at Charleston, and Reid BRISTOW has separated and is flying C-130s out of Chicago for the Guard. Pete VAN PELT, and “just married” Randy “Rasta” ROBY are at Beale AFB flying the TR-1.

Thad STEWART sent me a great letter (even though it was on geek “official” letterhead) and photo. Thad is flying “spooky” planes and is

The Stewarts: Thad, Jaki and Baby Zach acting liaison to NATO for surveillance operations out of a joint task force in San Antonio, TX (sounds pretty military). Thad filled me in on some folks he knew about. Phil PRATZNER is an instructor at intelligence school in San Angelo, TX. Steve HUBERT has gotten out and is working in the white-collar world; Ian ARCHIBALD is an IP at Randolph AFB; Tim FAY is at Minot AFB, ND; and Scott DIERLAM is married and living in South Carolina.

Frank AMSLER, our “King of Wall Street,” checked in with an update on a few classmates. Frank is working the investment-firm-thing in Houston with his wife of five years, Paula, and their one-year-old son Danny. Frank writes that John CARDELLO got out of the Air Force in ’94 and is attending law school at the University of Texas. Jim CONNOLLY graduated from the U. of Texas Law School and is with the firm of Jackson Walker in Dallas. Pat MORDENTE was flying C-130s out of Germany, but is now at the Pentagon.

I would like to end the column on a personal note of congratulations. One of our own has made it to the “big time”. L.C. COFFEY was recently selected as the superintendent’s aide. He was the only captain (CGO) to compete for the job, and was selected by General Stein. Way to go L.C.! I’m out of time and out of room. Watch for your Falcons on ESPN three times this year: Sept 2nd, Sept 9th and Nov 18th! See ya on the tube!

Mark Peters

22779 Mesa Springs Way

Moreno Valley, CA 92557-2628

Home: (909) 242-3442

DSN: 947-2646

Percent members: 38

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OK, so go ahead and shoot me. Yes, the column is embarrassingly short but hey, the movers are coming tomorrow and besides, I’ve been asking you to write but do you listen? Nooooo.

Seriously, if I’d had my act together I’d have hopped on the phone and filled up the column, but this upcoming PCS has been unusually harried. Fortunately, Glenn and Allyson GRAHAM saved the day with a quick note from Alamogordo, NM. Glenn’s spent the last year in a broad spectrum of endeavors. From five weeks in Europe for the D-Day fly-by to a week on Margarita Island, near Venezuela, to a 12-hours-notice deployment to Saudi Arabia when Allyson was eight months pregnant, things have been hectic at the Graham household.

Fortunately, Glenn made a surprise return home from SWA just five days before John Kyle Graham was born. Twelve days later they were on the road for their move from Virginia to New Mexico. As of late May, things are more settled with Allyson working for a home-care nursing company and Glenn in the instructor course for the F-4. Since Glenn has passed his flight evaluation for Test Pilot School, he hopes to be moving to Edwards next January. In case anyone would like to drop Glenn and Allyson a line, their new address is 2329 Union Ave., Alamogordo, NM 88310.

I also received a picturesque Australian postcard from Lisa BOYCE, who is heading back to the Academy. She’ll be joining Annmari DUFFY in the Psychology Department. Lisa’s husband just finished up a two-year tour in Melbourne. She also reports that Mara (GARCIA) SMITH is out of the Air Force and is living in Virginia. Kate (JACKSON) RUSSEL is at Travis. Teri (MCGRATH) BISHOP is also in Virginia. Rhonda (GREENBERG) KELLY is in Montana.

COS’s: Anthony GIANGIULIO from Monterey (language school?) to Camp Darby, Livorno, Italy and Mike KOMETER from Ft. Walton Beach, FL to Norcross, GA. My address change will be effective about

three months before this gets to your mailbox but the old address in the header will be good for mail purposes.

Thanks to Glenn and Lisa for writing. Now’s the time for the rest of you: WRITE!

Paul W. Tibbets IV m

5303 Solitaire Drive

Rapid City, SD 57701

Home: (605) 393-2842

DSN: 675-1229

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Welcome everyone! I hope y’all are having a great summer. I guess most of our class graduated from high school in 1985 and is preparing for those 10-year reunions this summer and fall. I am looking forward to seeing all those people from many years ago. Time sure does fly when you’re having fun! By the time you read this I will be off to a new assignment—first to Randolph AFB, then to Whiteman AFB as a T-38 instructor. And a year or so down the road I will have the honor of flying the B-2.1 am really looking forward to it! As for letters, just keep sending them to the above address and they will find me. I will hopefully have a new address by the next issue.

A classmate of ours, Sara (FERRIER) BARANOWSKI, was in a serious car accident a few weeks ago. I received several phone calls and a letter from Heather SCHOFIELD, who is stationed with Sara, and she passed on the following information concerning Sara’s accident. “Sara was involved in a serious car accident on the 29th of April, returning home to North Carolina after completing C-130 instructor pilot upgrade. She sustained numerous injuries to include a broken collarbone, torn knee ligaments, hairline fractures on two vertebrae in the neck, fractured ribs (all but one on her left side), and a broken back causing paralysis to her lower extremities. She is undergoing rehabilitation at the V.A. Hospital in Memphis, TN. Despite her new collection of stuffed animals and flower arrangements, every piece of mail puts a great big smile on her face. I know all of our prayers and best wishes are with her for a speedy rehabilitation. When she leaves the V.A., she and her husband, Ken, will be residing in Little Rock, AR.”

Thanks, Heather, for keeping me informed so I can keep the class informed. If anyone would like to write Sara or send something to her, the address is: Sara Baranowski, V.A. Medical Center, 1 East SCI Room 102-1, 1030 Jefferson Avenue, Memphis, TN 38104. All of our best for Sara, her friends and family. Our prayers are with you.

My next letter is from Cathy (KIESER) BARTHOLOMEW, the famous Mistress of Ceremonies for our Ring Dance. Cathy writes from Grand Forks AFB where she is stationed flying KC-135s. She has been a victim of the BRAC thus far in her career, moving from Grissom to Griffiss to Grand Forks to? (well, we don’t know for sure yet!). About two years ago during one of her many Saudi tours, Cathy met her husband-tobe David Bartholomew, a navigator on the KC-135. They were married 9 Sep 94 and are now expecting their first child, due on 18 Sep 95. David was in Saudi with T.C. COPELAND when Cathy found out she was pregnant, but they are back together now and looking forward to the birth of their first child.

Cathy passed on some info on a few grads she has been in contact with. Chris KINYON went to Fairchild to fly KC-135s after her tour at Grissom. Mike TOLIVER, an ’87 grad, got out of the active duty Air Force when Grissom closed, was hired by the Reserve unit there, and recently got picked up by UPS. Cathy went to San Antonio to be a bridesmaid for Heide TERHUNE-SCHWENN, Class of ’88, who got married last April. Heidi went from Randolph to Brooks and is heading back to the Academy in a little over a year to be a teacher/counselor. Thanks for writing Cathy!

Last April I heard from the mysterious Tom COPELAND, who is also stationed at Grand Forks AFB flying KC-135s. Tom is in the 911th Air Refueling Squadron, after arriving from Griffiss last summer. He says most of his time is spent TDY, including SOS this summer, England in mid-Sep for 45 days, and to either Italy or France in mid-Dec for 45 days in support of Operation Deny Flight over Bosnia. This type of traveling, as Tom so eloquently puts it, encourages the single life style he is still living. A few of the ’89ers up at Grand Forks with Tom include Tom MASON, Dan LYKINS, Eric ARMSTRONG, Jeff BRIERE (and of course Cathy from my previous letter!). Thanks for answering my MIA call Tom!

My last letter comes from Rondall RICE, who is stationed in the NATO command bunker (ICAOC 3) at Sembach AB, Germany for a few more months. He is leaving soon to begin an AFIT sponsorship through the Academy for his master’s program. Rondall and his wife, Annette,

will be moving to Lincoln, NE this August where he will study European history at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln. He has 18 months to complete the program and will arrive at the Zoo in December 1996 to begin teaching in DFH. Rondall says he and Annette are really looking forward to going, but are sad to be leaving Germany, as it has been a wonderful tour and they have traveled extensivley.

Rondall has heard from a few grads recently, including T.J. HOGAN, who was at Sembach attending the Air-to-Ground Operations School (AGOS). T.J. is flying A-lOs at Spangdahlem, and says there are quite a few Zoomies and ’89ers there, including Dave SILVA. They all continue to go TDY quite a bit to the Middle East, and to Deny Flight in Italy. Rondall sees Ray JAMES (’90) and John NICHOLS (’92) at Sembach often—they both work at 17th AF. Thanks for the letter!

The Checkpoints editor sent me a copy of an article on Kevin BULLARD, who won the 19th Air Force Instructor Pilot of the Year for Undergraduate Pilot Training award. Kevin has been an IP for the 37th Flying Training Squadron for three years. He wants to fly C-17s following this assignment, but would like to return for a second tour as a pilot training IP. Congratulations Kevin!

Angelle and I finally received our wedding pictures, so I thought I would include it in this issue. We are both looking forward to Knob

Noster, MO (yes, very small) and getting involved in the B-2 program. There is a university 10 miles away in Warrensburg, so Angelle can continue her nursing school there.

Thanks to everyone who dropped me a line. Keep those letters AND pictures coming. I’m running out of my own! Take care and God bless.

David H. Jones

11762 McCarthy Circle Bellevue, NE 68123

Home: (402) 292-9377

Work: (402) 294-3298

Percent members: 35

Greetings to everyone! It’s been some time since I wrote one of these and I’m sure you’re all saying “yeah get Joe back!” Hey that’s ok, I agree with you wholeheartedly, Joe is the man, but unfortunately he got strapped this week so I stepped up to give him a breather. So here it goes.

As Joe RICHARDSON mentioned in his last article things out here in Omaha are great! I’m gone quite a bit doing that RC-135 thing, but I love the job, and should be heading to instructor school this fall. For those who haven’t heard I am engaged to the lovely Sunila Naran and will be getting married April the 12th. She is from Sacramento and is looking forward to dealing with these Omaha winters (not!). She is awesome and I am really excited. I’m also pretty psyched about going to my 10-year high school class reunion over Thanksgiving break. For all of you “Preppies” I hope your schedules allow you to get to yours, or if you’ve already gone I hope you had a blast at it. For the rest of the class, well I guess you’ll just have to wait till next year (smile). Can you believe we’re half way to our 10-year reunion already? Now that will be the event of the year!

“Mighty Ninety!”

Speaking of engagements and weddings I am very honored to say I’ve been asked to be the Best Man at Joe and Felicia’s wedding here in Omaha on Aug 26. It will be all that. You can count on it. Congrats to

you two love birds. Joe’s been extremely busy with his staff job and flying on a “line crew” again as well as being a beacon for success for the youth in the area. Keep doin the do!

Another very busy and extremely upwardly mobile individual is Dave COLEY out at Dover AFB. You heard about him recently being named Dover AFB Company Grade Officer of the Year. Well he also won Air Mobility Command Company Grade Officer of the Year. Is he the man or what? Major congratulations to you Dave. You are truly the epitome of what Air Force officership is all about. There is no doubt that you will be the leader of many one day and touch thousands of peoples lives as you did at the Academy, Way to go!

Shawn Fairhurst and His Bride

We have a couple of weddings to report. Shawn FAIRHURST married Kathleen Wallace on Aug. 7, 1994 at Fox Run Park in Monument, CO. Shawn met Katie while stationed at Falcon AFB. Shawn’s two brothers and Kevin CAMPBELL were groomsmen. Kevin is still single and has a flying assignment in Europe. Shawn is in missile training at Vandenberg AFB, CA and will be stationed at Malmstrom AFB, MT this August.

that Jeff ADDISON is out in North Carolina and is returning back to the cockpit to fly ’130s after effectively using his banked time to complete his master’s in econ at the University of Miami, OH. Rod PEOPLES is at Vandenberg going through missile school. He is real excited about having been selected to go and is looking forward to becoming rated. He is doing really well in the program and will be stationed at F.E. Warren upon completion of the course.

Pat FLOOD recently received some great press as he was named the 16th Operations Support Squadron’s Outstanding Unit Intelligence Officer of the Year and Operations Specialist. Also, as deputy flight commander the intelligence flight was recently designated Air Force Special Operations Command’s best. In his all-too-modest demeanor Pat was quoted by the Commando newspaper as saying “Having the best intelligence team in AFSOC is a great honor that could not have occurred without tremendous effort, many sacrifices and direct contributions of the rest of the 16th Operations Group people.” Congratulations Pat!

From our brethren on the ocean, Navy Lt. James BEEKER recently participated in a large NATO exercise off the coast of Norway with the destroyer USS Deyo, homeported in Norfolk, VA. James is one of 360 sailors aboard the ship who crossed the Atlantic to meet up with other NATO naval forces also participating in Exercise Strong Resolve. The exercise improved NATO’s multinational response to crises occurring on land, in the air, and at sea. Way to go James.

Greg LANGAS passed on some great news about the birth of his new baby boy on April 18th. His name is Joseph Michael. Both he and his wife, Rachel, are doing fine, and she is looking forward to her new job of raising their son. Greg, on the other hand, will be sweeping his family off to Columbus, GA, to be an ALO with the Ranger regiment at Fort Benning as a result of our new non-volunteer assignment system. Wish you and your family all the best down there.

We didn’t receive many updates from you all so I filled in as best I could. Please send whatever info you guys and gals have on yourselves and each other. You send it—we’ll print it. The AOG passed on an update on Robert FLYNN and that he has PCSd to Waipahu from Clovis, NM. Also John SHAW has moved from San Jose to Mountain View, CA.

That’s all for now. Wish I had more but you got the full scoop. Keep doin the do. I wish you and your families well, and if you’re ever in Omaha, give us a buzz. God bless, take care, and be safe. Peace.

P.S. Bently A. MILLER, your class ring was turned into the AOG. If anyone knows the whereabouts of Bently please pass this message on to him and have him contact the AOG.

Amy McLean

RR #1, Box 31C Larimore, ND 58251 (701) 343-2596

Percent members: 41

Ron

Ronald KALANQUIN Jr. married Denise LeVasseur on Jan. 28 of this year at the Cadet Chapel. Best man was brother-in-law, also a ’90 grad, David BROOKS. Ron and Denise enjoyed their newlywed days at Kadena AB, Okinawa, where he is assigned to the 909th Air Refueling Sq and is a copilot on a KC-135.

In my travels I’ve run into a few classmates over the past couple of months and here is a quick rundown. Back in April I ran into my long-lost bud and prep school roommate Steve SENN in the desert. It was truly a blessing to see him again. He hasn’t changed a bit. He and Sophie (DEFREITAS) are doing swell. Steve is flying C-5s out of Dover and Sophie is stationed close by at a base in Maryland. I also bumped into Jamie MCKEON over there and he said Scott HOEFLICKER was headed over there shortly. Jamie just got back into the cockpit, and he said “Flick” recently upgraded to aircraft commander—congrats! They are both flying tankers out of McConnell AFB, KS. That’s all as far as grads from our class in the land of the sand, my second home.

James SANCHEZ and his lovely wife, Maria, recently PCSd out to Hickam AFB, HI. He is very much looking forward to broadening his horizons and we wish them the best. Reggy ROBINSON checked in from Hanscom AFB near Boston and is now a full-time student. Yup, the Air Force has sent him back to school to get his second master’s and he is tearing it up. Congratulations Reg, keep doin the do! Reggy passed on

Greetings Bold Gold, I would like to start out this letter by expressing thanks to all of those individuals who contributed to the information in this column. It is always a pleasure to receive news of friends, and I enjoy passing that information on to our class. It sounds as if our class had no problem assuming the rank of captain. There is a lot of impressive news to pass on, so I won’t delay it any longer.

Brian NEWBERRY attended a two-year public management graduate program at the University of Maryland after USAFA graduation. Brian attended UPT at Laughlin after graduate school. He picked up an EC-135 to Offutt AFB, NE. While in C-135 upgrade training at Castle, Brian heard that Steve TREADWELL (CS-02)) attended SUPT at Reese AFB following his graduate work. He selected a C-21 to Peterson AFB with a KC-10 follow-on. Attending the same graduate program with Brian were Liane BREWER, Vince BARRETT and Andy FOLTZ. Liane was transferred to Germany where she is a finance officer. Andy FOLTZ is in Florida an an intel oficer and is now happily married. Vince was transferred to Hanscom AFB following graduation where he plans to work in the procurement area. Brian LINDSEY attended graduate school at Ohio State University for a year and is now an EC-135 copilot at Offutt.

Brian NEWBERRY and his wife, Jill, celebrated Christmas ’94 with the birth of their first child, a boy named Mark Michael. Here is some more information from Christmas cards he received from some third squardon classmates. His Academy roommate, Dale ANDERSON, finished UPT early in 1994. Dale completed his master’s from the University of Hawaii before attending UPT. (In residence I would assume.) He now flies C-9s (C-141 follow-on) out of Scott AFB. His family is growing fast as he and his wife, Yuko, are expecting their third child. Congrats, that calls for a family photo published in the next article if you can spare one. Derek OAKS (CS-07) is enjoying flying C-130s out of Little Rock

AFB. His family is also growing fast. He and his wife, Preot, have two children a boy and a girl. Garvin LOUIE was transferred to Minot AFB from K.I.Sawyer. Can you guess what aircraft he is navigating? Garvin has certainly done his hard time in the northern tier. Speaking of northern tier, Rene LEON is still in Grand Forks as a maintenance officer. Thanks a lot for the info Brian. It was very helpful.

Frank DOIRON sent a very informative letter from sunny California. Frank is now married to Christine, who he met when he was working in Denver, and is now a missile maintenance officer at Vandenberg AFB. Frank works with Jay OSURMON and Sy KOVENSGARD. Other ’91ers Frank runs into frequently include Mark TRUE and Lois TRUE (BAIRD). Lois received an SOS slot and will soon be attending. Recently Frank attended a wedding reception for Ron CRAIG and his wife, Adura. Actually Ron and Adura decided to elope and got married on the 31st of December while on a ski vacation to Reno/Tahoe. Paul

LOCKWOOD and his wife, Monica, were also at the reception. Paul is going to Cal Poly to get his EE master’s. His wife commutes down to Ventura to work on her teaching accreditation. Paul is looking into an assignment back to the Springs. Jurgen PLITT was also in attendance. Jurgen and Ron CRAIG work with the space launch mission at Vandenberg AFB.

Frank ran into Mike DESYLVA while Mike was visiting family in California. Mike recently graduated from the University of Washington (master’s in aero) and went to requal at Vance in preparation for his return to an F-16 cockpit. While at Washington, Mike’s roommate was Phil VU. Frank also has spoken with Dave SUZUKI who is still at Kirtland, but is expressing concern that he may move in the near future. Thanks for speaking up Frank. Sorry about the hand cramp!

Geoff MAKI flies C-21s at Offutt AFB, and Jenny MILLER is a physical therapist there. Joe “Comptime” CRAMPTON is also at Offutt flying “CO” on the Looking Glass. Thanks for all of the information James.

Scott Ryan sweeping Kim off her feet on their wedding day.

Scott RYAN recently PCSed to Davis-Monthan AFB where he will fly the EC-130. During his banked assignment he taught Math 141 and 220 at the zoo. Other banked pilots who were teaching history are Tracy SZCZEPANIAK and Noel FULTON. On Dec 27, 1994 Scott and Kim were married in Roseburg, OR. Dave “Guido” DENIZ and Tom “TJ” JENSEN were both in the wedding. Also in attendance were Jim BISHOP, Jim SEVICK, and Mike SHEIKH. Upon returning to the Academy, Scott and Kim moved in with three roommates, none other than Rick “Sticky” WELLS (banked pilot at Falcon AFB), Mike KAZLAUSKY (banked asst Falcon baseball coach), and Manny ROBINSON (’93). Scott and Kim comment that their first few months of marriage have not been the blissful romance they were hoping for, but they are psyched to move to Tucson and finally get their own place. Some other banked assignments that Scott knows of (mostly from Willy 92-15) include Tom JENSEN C-17 to Charleston, CJ HEMMER C-130 to Dyess, Steve THOMPSON EC-130 to Davis-Monthan, Jim SEVICK F-16, Erik PETERSON F-16, Tracy SZCZEPANIAK C-130 to Dyess, and Noel FULTON C-141 to Travis. Thanks for the fodder, Scott and Kim.

James

and Julee Hodges

James HODGES (CS-04) sends the following letter with some personal info and then some good gossip about friends he has recently had contact with. The past year and a half have been quite good to James. He married Julee on 7 Aug 93 and almost immediately great things started happening. Good marriages seem to do that to people. James received McConnell AFB’s Company Officer of the Year - 1994, AMC’s Safety Officer of the Year - 1994, and received a private (non-AFIT) graduate scholarship in engineering and policy to Washington University in St. Louis. James was also selected to work a HQ AMC staff job as a lieutenant. What, do you ask, must one do to receive such honors? Well, James is a civil engineering officer and works in the CE Plans and Programs division trying to get the “Quality of Life” program executed in AMC. Maj. Gen Eugene LUPIA (’67) pinned on James’ rank. James expects to be at HQ AMC for the next 2Vi years. Congratulations on all of your accomplishments. It sounds as if life is treating you right!

Now for the gossip! Recently James met with Jim MCDONALD (CS-03 and fellow Mach 1 doolie). Jim was packing up his bags from the Congressional Affairs office at U.S. TRANSCOM to go back to the cockpit, C-130s. Kim JULINE is at HQ AMC as a comm guru. She won Scott AFB’s CGO of the Year. Paul WATSON (CS-04) is flying C-130s around the world out of Little Rock along with Jason (CS-04) and his twin, Mitch MCDONALD. Casey BRITAIN is at AFOTEC at Kirtland doing all sorts of tests and studying chaos theory. Why is that not a hard picture to envision. Casey got back to flying C-130s this summer. Mike REINER (CS-04) is Sky-Cop Surpreme as a squadron operations officer at Keflavik, Iceland. James also has heard that his roommate of four years, Steven HERNANDEZ, is a sky-cop in Korea, but he has been hard to keep up with between Malmstrom, Incirlik, Turkey and now Korea.

Kim and Scott Ryan (ends) ski at Taos with one of their many roommates, Ricky “Sticky” Wells and his girlfriend Kim (center).

With all of the letters this quarter, there is not too much extra room for news from Adam and my way. That makes life a lot easier for us, and this article more interesting for everyone else. Callie (CALHOUN) MOLLOY just received a new assignment. She was selected for the Air Force World Class Athlete Program. She will be reassigned to San Antonio where her duty will be to run and train for the next eight months leading up to the Olympic trials for the marathon. Meanwhile, Sue HENKE recently PCSed to Colorado Springs where she will be coaching women’s cross country and track and field. Cindy (HARRIS) FLORIO married Mike (’92). Cindy called from Minot just before PCSing to Altus where she is a lab tech. A change-of-address card also came in from Matt EAGER who moved back from overseas to the Alexandria, VA area.

Well, McLean Stock/Fauber Hook was a big hit. The pig went fast and we had to order another keg to keep everyone happy. Even though this photo was taken at a different party (you ask what is there to do in North

McLean Stock/Fauber Hook Dakota?) it captures the same spirit. From left are myself and Adam, Rob and Gretchen FAUBER, and Steve SMITH (’90). This seems like a good note to sign off on. I will hopefully be crossing paths with many of our classmates as I attend SOS/Requal/CCTS in the near future. Thanks for all of the letters! Keep ’em coming. Adam and I won’t be changing our address for quite a while, so you can’t use that as an excuse! Take care, and God Bless, Amy McLean.

James S. Mehta

3430 Amber St.

Rosamond, CA 93560

Home: (805) 256-1423

Work: (805) 277-2208

DSN: 527-2208

Percent members: 33

wI can tell by the sun and the heat that it is once again summertime. We now all have reached the three-year point and made it through another year and to yet another raise. I can deal with that. Edwards has been keeping me busy, but so have all of you getting married out there. Right now, I’m in the middle of what I call “Wedding Tour ’95.” At the end of April, I went to Bloomfield, NY to see Rob and Jen (Kwarta) ATKINS get married. It was a nice ceremony folowed by a reception at an inn on the shore of Lake Canandaigua. Other ’92 grads included Jim LEE (best man) and Matt SNYDER who was with his wife, Sara. Jim is flying ’135s at McConnell and Matt is flying ’130s at Davis-Monthan.

Speaking of Davis-Monthan, I was also out to Tucson a few weeks ago for another wedding—Jim and Keri MEGER. I know I never thought Jim would get married so soon after graduation, but it happens. Brian MCGILL (C-9s, Kadena) and Kip WILKOWSKI (’130s, Davis Monthan) were both groomsmen. Another CS-22 Tarantula, Bob SEIFERT, made it—he is in UPT at Vance—making four Tarantulas in attendance ineluding Jim. John WILSON and his wife came down from Nellis and a ’90 grad (Flipper, is all I can remember) helped toast the happy couple with us. Jim and Keri are going to Korea where Jim has extended for another year flying A-lOs. John is supposed to be sending me a picture that we took at the reception, but the deadline is drawing near, and I have yet to receive anything from Las Vegas.

Time to check my mail. R.J. NELSON wrote me utilizing bullet statements in true Air Force fashion (like they’re going out of style). Lots of info: R.J. was recently married (Megan) and is flying HH-ls at Grand Forks with Jon FISHER and Vic PUTZ. Dan NEFF, Dave SEITZ, and Kelly KIMSEY are at Grand Forks also and flying KC-135s. Scott KNIEP is at Spangdahlem flying A-lOs; Pete VEHLOW got married in April ’94 to Erin and is flying C-141s at McGuire with Todd HAMMONDS (also married, Kimmie) and Jeff MARKS. Jim FOY got married in Apr ’94 to Beth and is now flying C-17s at Charleston where Scott GLAZA is flying C-141 s; Mike DEAN (Tammy) is a T-37 FAIP at Laughlin; David CHENNEY is flying F-16s in Korea; James BARBER is working in Behavioral Science at Randolph; Brad ROLLER recently married Nina and is a missileer at Malmstrom; Scott PERKINS is working missile safety at Grand Forks; Ken NOTARI is a missileer at Grand Forks; Matt YETASHEFSKI got married and is flying KC-135s at Fairchild; Chris WOLF is in CE at Offutt, recently got an AFIT slot and is planning a wedding for Sep; Jon LETSINGER is flying KC-135s at Warner-Robins; and last, Jeremy SLOAN is at L.A. and even he is married. Hope I got it all right, Thanks R.J.

Next, my most faithful writer, Steve BRODERICK, wrote me from Tinker yet again. Steve is just looking out for his friends and they should

thank him for making them famous. In Jan, Steve ran into Chris LEVY at Mt. Home where Chris is banked. A few weeks later Rich BROWN came through Tinker flying KC-135s out of Grand Forks (wow, sure are a lot of ’92 guys at Grand Forks) trying to escape the cold. Kristine (BERGEMANN) MARLOW is now at Eglin testing the Air Force’s new life support equipment. Cory BOWER is on his way to Kadena in an F-15 and is engaged. Ed LEABO is also flying F-15s and headed to Elmendorf. Jeff HUMPHRIES is working computer stuff at Kelly and Barry (and Judy) BLANCHARD are now at Randolph where he works in MPC. Paul (and Heather) SCOTT are up in Seattle where Scott has just finished his master’s and is going to work at Boeing on the new 767 AWACS. Walt ALLEN and John SCHOEPPNER are both doing well flying KC-135s at Fairchild. Several other grads are keeping Steve company at Tinker: Hastings CHASE is a navigator and will be flying AWACS with Steve; Pete OHOTNICKY is an engineer at the ALC; Christine (SHEEHAN) CONRAD and her husband Chan (’91) are expecting an addition to the family at Tinker. That’s all Steve had for us this time, but he says he’s heading to Saudi to work on his tan.

Dave KINCAID wrote to tell me how much he is enjoying Hurlburt and Florida along with a lot of other ’92 guys. Dave is a section commander and is also commanding the base honor guard if you can believe it. He was selected as AFSOC Outstanding Additional Duty Ground Safety Officer of the Year for ’94. (He should get an award if he can just remember that title.) Monte ANDERSON is flying ’130s for the 16 SOS; Rik BOWMAN is working Services and helping command the honor guard; Arlie HADDIX is in intel; Shannon MIKUS is a maintenance officer for the 16 SOS and has been spotted downtown in a toga! Ron PIERI is a Red Horse CE dude; Scott SELZ and Andy STELMACK also make their homes in Special Ops squadrons; Joe KANYOK was TDY here from Fairchild (KC-135s); Roman ISAJIW is flying KC-135s at where else? Yep, you guessed it, Grand Forks; and Ron LEE is flying C-5s at Dover. He gave me some other info I cant’t print—let’s just say if you want to know, call Dave at Hurlburt.

Jason WOLF wrote asking if I could use some information from New Jersey. Since he took the time to write I suppose I’ll use it. He got married in Sep ’94 to Kari. (You know this marriage thing is really looking to be contagious, I think too many guys missed their mandatory shots this past season.) The wedding was teeming with USAFA boys, namely J.J. FROEHLICH, Clarke PLEASANTS, Sam JONES, Jason AHLGREN and Tom DRAPE. Mark WILLIAMSON, KC-135s (where else, Grand Forks) couldn’t make it. Jason is flying C-141s, most of which are several years older than he, with John STONE, Mike KOONS (Hey, I found KOONDOG—someone wrote a few columns ago looking for him), Brandon LOKEN, Mike CUMMINGS, and Andy and Melissa (JONES) ROSS—more on them later. The KC-lOs from Braksdale just moved to McGuire bringing Kurt HEIDEMANN, Ned SANDLIN, Kevin KNOX, Dave GERHART, and Greg GREEN. Jason has been enjoying traveling the Eastern Seaboard and plans to be in Annapolis this fall to see the Mighty Falcons beat the Navy Goats once again.

Now back to the ROSS duo. Melissa wrote me a long letter. She had some time since Andy was TDY. They are also up at McGuire and gave some information I’ve already put in the column today. Here’s the rest: Dave MOTT is flying KC-lOs and Stephanie RADFORD is flying C-26s. Finally, Frank SCHORZMAN and Stacie MILINSKI are getting married after denying they were any more than friends for so long. Chuck HOWARD is married (Anabel) and flying as an IP at Laughlin. Some info that Steve BRODERICK neglected to tell, is that he sold his parachute—Ooohh! Melissa wanted to be sure that made it in the column. While visiting Melissa’s parents in Maryland, they also visited Joe and Bridget BAUMGARTE who were visiting D.C. with their two sons. They are at Langley where he is flying helicopters. While traveling the wild blue, she has run into Kevin LANDER at Rickenbacker ANGB, Sean MURPHY (C-5s, Dover), Dave MCKINNEY (at Dover, too) at Ramstein, Jim GALLAGHER flying C-21s at Ramstein, and Jay SCHULER and Tracy PRITCHARD on a KC-135 crew from Grand Forks (of course). Steve SMITH has been dumping grunts out of his C-130 at Pope and Ross SAUTER and his wife, Jackie, are headed to Japan for an F-16 assignment. On June 17, Melissa is supposed to be at Karen VIOLET’S wedding along with Margaret DAWSON and Angel (SLAGEL) CLEET. Karen is getting married to Pride BARKER. Amy (AUKEMA) MCCALLUM wrote Melissa recently to tell her she has been busy with her job on the Congressional Committee for Roles and Missions of the U.S. Armed Forces. And Jennifer VAN TIEM is hanging out at Fairchild and planning a wedding. Melissa and Andy finally got around to having their honeymoon which they spent in Cancun. About time!

That empties the mailbox...well, almost. My old roommate, Don UNWIN, sent me several postcards from his European vacation. He went with Matt RAFTER and another C-9 guy for two weeks. While in Germany, they visited with Ted WEIBEL, Dave MORRISEY (’93) and Joe DELAPP who are toughing it out flying and living in Europe. Their next trip will be to California for Matt’s wedding and to see me.

A few weeks ago I missed the huge annual promotion party on the beach in L.A. (Another wedding was keeping me busy.) But, from what I heard, it was as much fun as last year and grads trekked out for the trip to “Mecca on the beach” from as far as Travis and Luke. Sean CURRAN just came back to Edwards after a 10-month bootstrap stint at grad school (Virginia Tech). He’s still waiting for a UPT slot which should come next year. Mike ROKAW is still causing trouble all over Southern Cal and Vegas with Jason KIMBLE (’93) and the rest of us. My roommate, Lyle SHIDLA, has been keeping busy; between our two schedules, we barely see one another. I talked to Dave KUMASHIRO recently on the phone. He says all is well flying C-5s in and out of Dover. And a final note—Rob TOBLER is doing well at UPT Columbus. I hope I’m not forgetting folks, but if I did, you have a good excuse to call me again and I’ll put your name in soon. So, until the next time—SEE YA! Take care, James.

Here’s to the class that None Shall Surpass! Congrats ’93 on climbing a little higher on the Air Force Success Ladder! The news from Texas is great! My roommate and I are moving on to bigger and better things. Jason MILLS will be flying a KC-135 at Fairchild. He will attempt to become the Air Force’s own “Nanook of the North.” As for myself, I will be married to my better half, Lori, on 30 June, and then migrating to Scott AFB to fly the C-9.

I was recently in the dentist office (doing my annual flossing) where I picked up a copy of Airman magazine (May ’95) when I noticed a familiar face. Fernando MOLINA is right in the middle of the feature article on helping South Korean orphans. His CE squadron decided to sponsor a Korean orphanage where over 100 disabled Korean children live. Congrats Fern and thanks for showing the AF what ’93ers can do!

I recently received a postcard from Brian WOLFORD and a letter from Kevin SUTTON, both at Luke AFB. Brian “Wolfy” stopped to see Jason and me on his way through to his RTU at Luke. He seemed to be enjoying his new lifestyle and is doing well in training. He rooms with Ty GROH. Kevin Sutton had just finished conquering the AT-38 (a.k.a. the smurfjet) when I heard from him and his roommate, Todd SEGER. Cupid’s arrow bought the dust of another, Todd got engaged to Melissa on St. Valentine’s Day and plans on a fail wedding! Joe MCFALL, Scott HUFFORD, Ben BRADLEY, and Darec LIEBEL are in Kevin’s F-16 class. Brian TURNER, Steve HAAS, and Joe THOMAS are in Wolfy and Ty’s class that started in March.

Kevin reports on several UPT classes from Vance. Joe COLLINS got a C-21 to Stuttgart with a KC-135 follow-on, Dave POPE and Aaron GITTNER got KC-135s to Robins AFB, Matt LACEY got a KC-135 to MeConnell, Aaron KERKMAN and Brian GIENAPP got F-15s to Tyndall, Huss SIDDIQUI got a C-17 to Charleston, Rob POWELL got an MC-130 to Hurlburt. Gerard LAMBE and Chris FRANKLIN got B-52s,

Steve NELSON an F-16 to Luke, Kim KLIEN got a KC-135, and Jeff SALISBURY got a T-37 to Vance (Give it up you Tweet Driver, Give it UP!).

Kevin also says that Alex GRYNKEWICH, Leonard KOSINSKI, and Dave CUTTER have started T-38s at Vance. While we are on the starting UPT subject, I was walking in from a flight and saw Kirk REICKHOFF’s big read head walking down the hall at Sheppard. ROONEY! Call me Sir ! He was finishing up his master’s at one of those Ivy League schools. He’ll start UPT at Reese soon. Nathan HOBBS was recently married and moved to San Antonio to start nav training. Matt POWELL is a maintenance officer at Langley. Frank FLIETAS is at Holloman as a finance officer. Kevin also ran into Joel RYAN (Randolph) and Kevin KOSEFESKI (Eglin). Kev, how’s Kelly?! Andy SCHAD is in OSI at Davis-Monthan. Mike WILLIAMS and Sean MCCARTHY are headed there for A-10 “Hog School.”

Our resident Marine...Jarhea... I mean officers, Tim WATTS and Chris GALFANO are chugging along in their training too. Tim is going through UPT and Chris is breezing through nav school. Dale HOOVER has completed his SCUBA training and serves as a navigator on the USS Mount Baker. Speaking of Squids, our resident “Winged-Ones” from Corpus have received their assignments. Rob LUNDY will be flying a C-130 at Yokota and Anton NOVAK will also fly the C-130, but at Ramstein. Rob and Anton, if you remember, are the AF’s first naval-trained pilots (excuse me—aviators). Looks like that relaxed life style of living on the beach and drinking Margaritas can get you through (’course it was navy training!). Rob informs us that Mike LOVE got a B-l to Dyess, Chris WOLFE got a C-21 to Scott, Chuck STEVENS got a T-37 to Reese with a C-130 follow-on, and Brice MIDDLETON got a C-9 to Ramstein with a KC-135 follow-on.

Rob Lundy, General Viccellio, and Anton Novak.

Deb CRICKLIN dropped me a note from Nellis where she hangs around a former USAFA commandant Maj. Gen Bethurem. She works at the Intel Squadron and provides RED FORCE training to aircrews during Red and Green Flags. She enjoys hitting all the casinos and Las Vegas shows. She updates us on Dave MYHRE who works at Davis-Monthan AFB, Chris PULVER (an engineer) at Wright-Pat AFB, and Steve “Hey Everybody” DODGE who is at Andrews as a human intel officer.

Andrew TRAVNICEK (C-21) checked in from Howard, Panama. He tells us that Charlene PURTEE is in transportation down at Howard, and

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also did a TDY to Saudi. Another familiar face from USAFA, Chaplain Alex Person, is also stationed at Howard. Travis TUCKER is doing a double-hat job in intel and Mo BARRET is flying the mighty C-27 “Chuck.” Trav also says that Dave LANDRY is back at Maxwell working his computer job. He’ll be getting married soon to Melissa in Atlanta. Chris NISCO is flying C-21s at Langley. Chris and his wife, Rachel, have a new child! Thanks for the info!

Mo BARRET is also in Panama! She informs us that Mark AUGUST is flying C-130s in Germany and will soon be married. Bruce YBARRA is flying a C-21 with Shawn WELSH. Todd ERNST got a B-l to Ellsworth. He and his new wife, Stacey, just had a son, Jacob Fulton. Troy HAVENER got an F-15 to Tyndall, Randy KOENIG got a C-21 to Offutt. He married Tami and also had a new boy, Ryan Randall.

Before leaving for the equator, Mo made a few stops. She saw Steve GROTJOHN who works on the B-52 at Barksdale. Kelli FLINN is awaiting B-52 training there too. She stopped in at Charleston AFB and met up with Laurel SCHERER who works in Public Affairs focusing on the C-17. Next time you see a C-17 photo, take note who took the picture—it might be Laurel. When Mo got in to Panama she was greeted by Jack ANTEDOMINICO (’94). She says that “Tank” SHERMAN is down there flying Chinooks with the Army and Joe PRICE was down there for six months with his Seal Team.

Terry HOEFT sent me a short note from Korea. She has seen several of our own at Osan. Dwayne “Paco” LEHAYE works in finance. Will HASTINGS and Fern MOLINA have both PCSed since.

A wedding update from Lt. Wes WINTERSTEIN: he married Kim from C. Springs. A.J. WERNER, John PRUETT and Matt CICCARELLO all attended.

My final letter is from Larry SPINETTA. Larry currently resides in Boston. He, Ken ZERKEL, Russ WORKMAN, Noah GREENE, and Rob DAM have rented a house next to Harvard Square. They have been keeping busy with acquisition work at Hanscom. Russ wakes with the roosters and works out at 4:30. Noah has been studying the MCATs and is applying to med school. Rob and Larry have been relaxing at Harvard’s government school and wait to start UPT at Columbus. Other 17ers reported are Steve BEASLEY who is at Castle with his wife, Nicole. He’s an air traffic controller. John LUSSIER finished his master’s at NASALangley and started UPT at Columbus. Russ TEEHAN finished his master’s at Georgia Tech and is in New Mexico waiting for his supersecret physics clearance. Scott WALLACE is still at MIT and working with a Soviet Lt. in aero. Scott plans to visit Moscow after he’s finished with his degree.

I graduated from UPT in April and with me were Larry TRITTSCHUH (KC-10 to McGuire), Steve FRANK (F-15 to Seymour-Johnson), Brad BIRD (F-15C to Tyndall), Brian BURNS, Pete WILKIE, Norm JOHNSEN, and Rick ROSALES (F-16s to Luke), Dave LEAZER (C-21 to Howard), Dan OOSTERHOUS (C-21 to Andrews) and Larry CARD (A-10). Also from Sheppard, Mike METCALF graduated UPT and is going to McConnell to fly the KC-135. Jamie KEY is going to the Univ of Texas for law school.

That’s about it for now! I’ll be at Scott next letter so send all mail to my folks in Georgia. The address is listed above. Enjoy the new pay. Congrats again everyone! Mike.

C.C. Masotti-Maxweli

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Santa Maria, CA 93454

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Hey everyone! There’s a lot of news to get out this time, so I’d better just get started right away...To answer the questions everyone has been asking, yes, Trevor SMITH and I are now officially engaged! He got my dad’s blessing on a trip to Myrtle Beach and June 10th, as we rode the carousel (my favorite ride), Trevor dropped to one knee and proposed. Of course I said yes! We’re planning a wedding in Louisiana on April 20th, so everyone’s invited!

Love is in the air (especially for Cerberus)... Joe THILL (Wright-Pat) is spending all his free time with long-time girlfriend Bridget BARTON (’95), who starts med school in the fall. Joe says we can expect an engagement announcement soon...Also from CS-03, Mike MARVICH (March) finally married his high school sweetheart, Robyn; and Jeremy REBMANN (Grand Forks) is planning to marry Rick SHEEFE’s (Edwards) ring dance date, Snapper. Trevor’s USAFA roommate, Steve GOODMAN (Vance), is going to marry my hell-kid Krissy VANDENBERG (’95) Dec 30th at the USAFA chapel. Brady JOHNSON (Seymour-

Johnson) is now engaged to Suzanne DEAN (’95) and Tom MOLOKIE (Laughlin) is planning a September wedding with fiancee Meredith. Tom’s parents wrote to say that he was selected as “Top Tiger” for his performance in T-37s and is now excited to be moving on to T-l training. June 24th, we’ll be down in L.A. for Rick WAGEMAN and Alicia VALLENI’s (’95) wedding.

Semper Fi and Anchors Away... I’ve gotten some news from our classmates in sister services. Paul WAGNER wrote to tell me that the nine guys who cross-commissioned into the Marine Corps had recently graduated from TBS—The Basic School (is it just me, or does that sound like a name the Army would come up with?)—in Quantico, VA. Wags will be going on to Pensacola to be a student naval aviator, along with Dean CONASTER, Gordon LIMB, and Erik VANWEEZENDONK. Other graduates were Kirk NOTHELFER (student naval flight officer, Pensacola); Bill ALLEN (infantry officer); Jack EAST (ground supply officer, Camp Lejeune, NC); Kurt GORDON (artillery officer); and Chuck MCGREGOR (logistics officer). Gordon and Erik were distinguished graduates, with Erik finishing second in a class of 245! Congrats to you all!

Ensign Amy DIGIOVANNI wrote to say that she and Mike HANNA had graduated from Surface Warfare Officer’s School in Newport, RI last November. Mike reported to an ammunition ship in Concord, CA where he is the ship’s damage control assistant. (Mike, I’ve heard stories about you during Ops—that ship had better beware—don’t cross streams!). Amy is putting her humanities major to use as the auxiliary and electrical engineering officer aboard an oiler out of Norfolk, VA. She is preparing for a six-month deployment to the Mediterranean this fall, but has passed her time visiting Angie ERICKSON and Jeff BARLOW (Hanscom). Over Mardi Gras, she and Angie traveled down to New Orleans with J.J. LOPEZ, Kathy CLEVELAND, Rob LUNDY (’93), and C.J.CANTREL (’93). They saw Mary HARTMAN, Christy SICKELS, and Paul MESSERLI there and heard that Graham BLOXOM and Todd RICHE had made it home for the festivities as well. Amy also ran into Matt EDMONDS’ older brother, a Navy Lt, during a legal officer course she took in the spring—small world!

In the mail... Our mailbox actually stays pretty full with AOG stuff, so please keep it up! Jeremy REBMANN wrote from Grand Forks where he is in aircraft maintenance. Also there are Rob and Kari TAYLOR, Courtney MINER, and Chuck BAIRD. Jeremy graduated from Aircraft Maintenance and Munitions Officer’s Course (AMMOC) in December along with Brock OAKS, Kim KADRYNA, Joe BURGWALD, John OHM, Kristi SICKELS, Brian CRUM, Tyler KNACK, Jeff BURBANK, Steve GROTJOHN, Conrad DAVIS (Luke), Lee MITCHELL (who got married during AMMOC), Pucky GUERRA, and Carolyn FORNER (Luke). One class behind in AMMOC was Steve SEARS (Eglin), whose wife, Heather, had a baby boy, Nathan Zachary, this June. Steve and Jeremy’s squadron mate Rich SHEFFE (Edwards) visited them there as well. Kathy CLEVELAND wrote from Florida where she spends most of her free time these days with Chris LEBLANCE (’93), but will be coming to California to be the maid of honor in Alicia and Rick’s wedding.

Imagine my surprise when I got a postcard written solely (okay, mostly) in French! Well, only my former French classmate, Ray “T” TRUONG would do such a thing—write and brag about the wonderful time he’s having in Paris, that is! He and John AALBORG are “suffering” through their scholarship program in Gay Paris and send their best to everyone. I got another letter from Rich and Nicki CIMINO (Congrats), now at Edwards after several months at Goodfellow for intel school. Other intel grads include Brett ANDERSON (Holloman); Mike DUCHARME (Nellis); Tim DUNN (Kadena); Andy HOLMBURG (Ellsworth); Tom HOOD (Stuttgart); Joe IMBURGIA (Kadena); Rich LADUE (Shaw); Tom MOORE (Elmendorf); Brendon O’BRIEN (DavisMonthan); Sharon PRESLEY (Peterson); Deb REUTHER (Moody); Suzette (STENERSON) SEULLE (Tinker); Audrey WILLIAMS (Patrick); and Bill WALPERT (MacDill). Congrats, everyone!

Joe PASQUALINI and Betsy MOORE squeezed letters in at the last minute: Joe wrote to let everyone know about the first group of ’94 grads to earn their wings—the nav school grads from Randolph, including Joe (C-130, Pope); Charlie BOLTON (C-130, Yokota); Dave KIRBY (C130, Yokota); Joel MEYERS (C-141, McGuire); and Mark MONGILLO (C-130, Dyess). Joe and Dave are both married now and Charlie is expec-

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ting a baby in September (well, actually, his wife is, but that’s what Joe wrote). Betsy wrote from UPT at Vance, where she just entered T-38s, with Mark PYE, John BRUEKER, Matt VILLELLA, Rich AMISANO, Brian TOTH, Nikki JOHNSON, Pat DAY, Mike DELLERT, Leland “Bo” BOHANNON, Daymen TIFFANY, Dusty WELSH, Matt JOHNSTON, and Brian KOBASHIGAWA. Mike KARDOES was in the class for T-37s, but decided to fly helicopters, so he and his wife, Nicole, are on their was to Fort Rucker for UHT. Betsy and Brian TOTH are stll dating and having a blast—their strong relationship seems to be helping both of them do better in UPT and Betsy says everyone in Oklahoma is doing GREAT! Keep it up, guys!

On the move... The following folks have sent in changes of address to the AOG: Rob BUZZELL (Lubbock, TX); Darrell HUBBARD (Goldsboro, NC); Mike SCHNABEL (Columbus, MS); Brian BENTER (APO address); Dave RICHIE (Melbourne, FL); Danny BUNTS (Witchita Falls, TX); John NEWBY (Pensacola, FL); Ramsey SHARIF (Columbus, MS); Kevin DYDYK (NAS Pensacola—recently married); Dave KENT (Urbana, IL); Cisco GALLEI (Lubbock, TX). If you’re still not getting your Checkpoints, please update your address!

On the road again... No surprise, but Trevor and I have both been TDY again this season. First he went to Wright-Pat, Denver, and Washington, DC, and I to Atlanta. There I saw Wes WINTERSTEIN (’93), who is recently married and is a services flight chief at Peterson, and then Trevor and I took leave to see my family in Myrtle Beach. His trips were a little more packed—in Ohio, he spent most every evening with Ted and Kristi GATLIN and their German Shepherd, Ammo, but also saw and spoke with tons of other grads. Ted works at the F-15 System Program Office (SPO) along with Joe THILL, Sean SINGLETON (F-22 SPO), and Travis BURDINE (B-l SPO). Ted reports that Hyun SHIM is a communications officer in Osan; John FONCANNON is at Hanscom (Ted saw him at basketball intramurals); and Jeff MERRELL is finishing ’37s at Sheppard. Mark BJORGEN, John LANDIS, and Sloane HENDERSON are roommates at Wright-Pat, as are Scott KRAUSE and Chris KLACK; Eric NEWTON works in the headquarters building for Materiel Command. John and Kim LEIF are there and have a bouncing baby boy named Tyler; two doors down live John and Christy ODUM (’93) with their kids Chris and Brittany. Matt KEIPER, Marc SANDS, Randy GONZALES, Ernie HERNANDEZ, Deb NAWROCKI, and Che’ BRADLEY are also in Ohio, and Che’ is getting married in the fall. Matt CROON (Eglin, acquisitions) was in Trevor’s class. Mike RYDER (MeClellan) was also at AFIT for a class and told Trevor that he, Norm SUMMERS, Matt JOHNSON, and Doug EDWARDS are roommates. Also there (McClellan) are John LILLER, Jim CAPEZZI, and Chris WOMICK, also roommates. Mike went to Padre recently with Sloane HENDERSON and Jerry LOFFLER (Tinker) and then he, Norm, Matt, and John attended Mike and Tracy MANOR’S Presidents’ Day weekend wedding in Sacramento. Trevor also attended a CGOC meeting while he was there and saw Cindy GREEN, Gabi MONTOYA, Joe THILL, George HOLLAND, Jeanne WILKINS, Darrell (D.J.) MEYER, and Greg BUCKNER.

Trevor will spend most of the summer in D.C., but still saw lots of folks on his most recent visit. Mark WOOD maintains all computer communications at the National Military Command Center at the Pentagon. He rooms with Tom ROZYLOWICZ, Nate PADDOCK, and another Lt (Trish), all of whom work at the Pentagon along with John KIPP. Rick SHEFFE visited from Pope, where he was TDY and has gotten to travel as far as Iceland and England while working with the C-17. Steve MANN was in D.C. from Onizuka, where he rooms with Lou BRYAN. Also there are Danny PIEPER, Tina LADOUCER, and Mike RELEFORD.

Meanwhile, back at the ranch... The National CGOC conference brought Pam WISE (’93, Arnold), Conrad DAVIS (Luke), Stephen MCILNAY (McConnell) to Vandenberg, along with 130 other lieutenants and captains. That’s all I’m allowed to squeeze into one column—let us know if your travels will take you this way—Take Care and God Bless—C.C. and Trevor.

Andrea Rolfe

3625 Van Teylingen Dr. #21

Colorado Springs, CO 80917

Home: (719) 637-0968

Percent members: 65

After a rainy spring, we finally had one clear day—May 31! Congratulations to all of you! I’m so proud that we made it together!

A lot of classmates tied the knot right after graduation, including Karen HANCHETT and her new husband, Jason Slocum, on June 2. Jennifer SMITH, Julie PRICE, and I were all part of her wedding party,

and several other cadets and new lieutenants showed up to help her celebrate the occasion. The very next afternoon, Chuck COSNOWSKI married his long-time sweetheart Diane Danhauer at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church. Included in their wedding party were Rhet TURNBULL, Keel ROSS, Brian JOSEPH, Ryan WOERNER, Dan WILCOX, Jon (Guido) CORY, and myself. It turned out to be quite a party that night at the Embassy Suites, with many other cadets and lieutenants attending as well.

Many more classmates, such as Mike BREVARD and Jennifer BUFF, who got married in Stoughton, WI on June 10, took the opportunity to get married during grad week or shortly thereafter. Alicia VALLENI and Rick WAGEMAN (’94), were married on June 24 in Los Angeles, even though they had to get married in Texas earlier because of a mix-up with their marriage license! Rick is in UPT and Alicia will be joining him at Sheppard AFB as a maintenance officer. Tony MIRABILE and Jessica Nunoz were married in New York on June 16, Tera DICKENSON in Colorado Springs on June 2, Kim DEVEREUX and Todd BOLEN in the cadet chapel on June 1, and Fred LACEY and his wife, Dawn, were married in Washington state on June 10. Jason DECKER and his new wife, Kelley, were married on July 15 in Colorado Springs. Also on July 15 in San Diego, Julie PILKINGTON and Scott GRUNDAHL were married in a small ceremony. They were lucky enough to get the same start date for UPT at Vance, which is where, in December, I’ll join them along with Scott EVERS, Mike MIRANDA, Trevor MILLER, and Ron BERZINS. Others headed out to Enid, OK are Sonny KIM, Tim BUCK, Dave TOMLINSON, Jon TINSLEY, Dan WILCOX, Robby GODDARD, Mark LEWIS, and Bonnie COX.

Until we head out to our first assignments, many of our classmates are stuck around Colorado Springs taking care of summer programs such as Sports Camp (including myself!) and Summer Scientific Seminar. I feel as if we haven’t even graduated yet because we’re still here! Every day I see another classmate in the gym or in Harmon Hall, and we share that common bond of still being stuck here while the rest of ’95 is out on their 60 days leave! Many new lieutenants are working Sports Camp—some were bribed, some requested, some volumteered. Whatever the case, all of us are here under the command of Dermot COLL and his brigade of Sports Camp staffers. Among those of us lucky enough to still be here are Jason BAILEY, Mike SNODGRASS, Dave ABBA, Trevor MILLER, Ric TRIMILLOS, Dan SIGMUND, Scott ARBOGAST, Jerry LEDZINSKI, Brian BRADFORD, Mike DUNAGAN, Don KANG, Chris EDERLE, and myself.

Many of our classmates who didn’t get cajoled into working this summer are out having great vacations during their 60 days—many are taking military transport aircraft wherever they can go, and many are just exploring our great nation by car or plane. Jennifer ROLLINS (who will be my roommate in the fall here in Colorado Springs) is taking a road trip out to California to see the countryside. Then she’ll be going to Germany with friends. Mike DUNAGAN got a 10-leg plane ticket to fly him all around the country, from city to city. Jeff JOHNSON, Ian TATE (’97), Natalie SCHWANE, and I plan on taking a trip to France later in July. Perhaps while we’re there we’ll visit Pam RUSE, who got stationed in the Azores as an MWR officer. I can’t imagine a better job than being on an island making sure people have fun! We’ll all come visit you, Pam!

Among other things, some of our classmates are getting ready to go back to school! Lucky graduates who get to go back for more include scholarship winners such as Karen SLOCUM (HANCHETT), Brian JOSEPH, Amanda KRANTZ, Paul LANDESS, Karen THOMAS, Tony JONES, Philip DONOVAN, Preston MCCONNELL, and Tom GEISER. Other lucky grads are only halfway done with their schooling. Some of the two percent that are going to medical school include Bridget BARTON, Jamie DAHLGREN, and Heather MCGINNIS.

Other grads are going on to intelligence school at Goodfellow AFB, and many are even giving up part of their 60 days to start early! Some of our classmates going to intel training include Tammy SMITH, Natalie SCHWANE, Steve SPIEGEL, John CALLAGHAN, Doug CAMERON, Elizabeth YOUNG, and Wendy MOORE. Look for them down in Texas, sweating out the humidity and desert weather!

That’s all for this edition. I wish all of you luck in your first assignments! Let’s show the Air Force what ’95 is made of and make our Academy proud. I’d love to hear from you! Please tell me about your first jobs so that I can share it with the rest of the class. Until then—Ciao and take care! Andrea.

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