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Tomorrow's Military Aviators WEBSITE II BECOME A MEMBER II SCHOLARSHIPS II DONATE II PAY DUES JANUARY 2019 TOMORROW'S MILITARY AVIATORS We're proud to highlight these Daedalian Matching Scholarship recipients who are pursuing careers as military aviators. If you would like to offer them career advice or words of encouragement, please email us at [email protected]. Cadet Brian Abbott Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona $1,835 scholarship Sierra Flight 27 “Since I joined the Air Force, I knew I wanted to fly, but counted myself out since I didn’t attend the Air Force Academy. After spending two years as a KC-10 flying crew chief, I put all of my efforts into striving to become a B-52 pilot. With the help of countless pilots, supervisors and family, I earned my Private Pilot’s License and instrument rating. Now that I have become eligible to become an Air Force pilot, I dream of flying the B-52 with hopefully a U-2 follow-on. Once I become a pilot, regardless of the airframe, I will strive to encourage struggling Airmen that their futures are not set in stone and to create better Airmen than I could ever dream of.” Cadet Kerry Cole Cadet Wing Commander University of California, Riverside $6,000 scholarship Hap Arnold Flight 30 “My career goals are to finish Undergraduate Pilot Training and continue on as a pilot in the world’s best Air Force.” Cadet Cole also logged 15 hours through the 2016 Daedalian Flying Training program. Cadet Alana Daum California State University $1,835 scholarship Sierra Flight 27 “It has been my dream to be an Air Force Pilot and I plan to accomplish a vast amount of feats with this title. I plan to complete flight training by 2022 and hope to fly the A-10 Thunderbolt II or the HH-60 Pavehawk. It is my goal to be in an aircraft that can provide reinforcement through close air support or the delivery of Combat Search and Rescue resources to troops on the ground.” Cadet Robinson Hess California State University $1,835 scholarship Sierra Flight 27 “My dream job since the 8th grade is to become an Air Force pilot. I am excited that I am one step closer now that I have received a slot as a pilot candidate. I will fly any plane the Air Force selects for me, but I would prefer the A-10. I can’t think of a more rewarding job than flying close air support and helping the warriors on the ground. I plan on serving 20 years in the military and then starting my own business. My goal is to stay active in flying and I want to help the next generation achieve their goals of becoming pilots and offering flight lessons through Civil Air Patrol.” NOTEWORTHY ACHIEVEMENT Retired Air Force Lt. Col. Powley is shown above in the light green shirt standing next to the three Junior ROTC cadets who flew through the F.L.I.G.H.T. program in June 2018. 10,000 students and counting Belated congratulations to Life Member and retired Air Force Lt. Col. Bill Powley on a tremendous achievement he set last summer. F.L.I.G.H.T. (Fight Lesson Instructional Grants Helping Teens) -- the foundation he founded – flew its 10,000th student June 16. Colonel Powley believed that offering students the opportunity to fly would be a great recruitment strategy for the Junior ROTC program where he taught at Unicoi County High School in Tennessee. He’s personally flown more than 7,500 of the 10,000 students. To learn more about this accomplishment, read “Still flying: F.L.I.G.H.T. Foundation reaches milestone,” and two more stories in the attached PDFs below. "MARKING A MILESTONE" "THAT'S A LOT OF AIR TIME" DAEDALIAN HERITAGE We’re proud to share this photo of retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Nicholas B. Kehoe III, with his father, Nicholas B. Kehoe, Jr. It was taken in 1945 shortly after his father returned from internment in Sweden after being shot down on a mission to Politz, Germany, in World War II. General Kehoe used the photo in his weekly article when he was the wing commander at Randolph AFB, Texas, at the time the Air Force authorized the leather jacket for flyers in the 1987-88 timeframe. With his father wearing a leather jacket in the photo, the message was clear: the importance of heritage spans generations. The handwritten lettering on the photo reads: “Cadet N.B. Kehoe and his Dad.” Do you have a photo that spans generations of military heritage? Send it to [email protected]! 'BACK IN THE DAY' Retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Dave Deptula is shown as the commander of the Kenny Warfighting Headquarters at Pacific Air Forces, Hickam AFB, Hawaii, in 2006 (left) and as a first lieutenant with the 555th TFTS at Luke AFB, Arizona, in 1977 (above). Capt. (now retired Lt. Col.) Bob W. Lambert stands by an RB/WB57F at Yokota AB, Japan, in 1973. Retired Air Force Col. Ric Hunter sent in these two images. On the left he’s shown as an instructor pilot in an F-15A model at Luke AFB, Arizona, taken in 1981 by Air Force artist Dr. Ray Martens. The photo was a prototype for his pencil drawing "Wings of Freedom" (shown at right) that became a Fighter Weapons Review Magazine centerfold. Capt. (now retired Lt. Col.) Hale Quigley stands by a McDonnell Douglas C-124C, an outsized cargo aircraft flown during the Vietnam War. DAEDALIAN BULLETIN BOARD Vote for Daedalian leadership! You can mail in your paper ballot, but you can also vote HERE. Voting continues through Feb. 15, 2019. Flight Manual under revision The Daedalian Flight Manual is being revised for 2019. Members with suggestions should send their input to [email protected] with the subject line "Flight Manual Update." You can view the latest edition HERE. Join other Daedalians and stay on top of aviation-related news. Are you looking for an old issue of Subscribe HERE today and get the Aviator? Search no further! Find Airpower Blog Update in your inbox issues HERE dating back to July weekly. 2017. AVIATION HERITAGE HIGHLIGHTS Find the complete daily heritage calendar HERE. Feb. 1, 1943 Navy crews in PBY–5 Catalina aircraft rescued Thirteenth Air Force commander Maj. Gen. Nathan F. Twining and 14 others near the New Hebrides Islands, after they were forced to ditch their aircraft and spend six days in life rafts. Feb. 4, 2002 An unmanned aerial vehicle destroyed an enemy target for the first time when a remotely controlled ​MQ–1B Predator fired a Hellfire missile to kill a group of senior al Qaeda members in southeastern Afghanistan. Feb. 8, 1913 Lt. John H. Towers reported on experimental aviation work underway at NS Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, including bombing, aerial photography, and wireless radio transmission, stating in part: “We have become fairly accurate at dropping missiles, using a fairly simple device gotten up by one of the men. Have obtained some good photographs from the boats at heights up to 1,000 feet. I believe we will get some results with wireless this winter.” Feb. 12, 1973 Military Airlift Command pilots initiated Operation HOMECOMING, flying the first of 590 released American prisoners of war from Hanoi, North Vietnam, to Clark Air Base in the Philippines. The operation concluded on April 9. Feb. 18, 1918 The 103rd Aero Squadron, composed of former members of the Lafayette Escadrille and using Spad airplanes, began operating at the front under tactical control by the French. Feb. 19, 1936 William “Billy” Mitchell died in New York City at the age of 56. He had elected to be buried in his hometown of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, rather than Arlington National Cemetery. “The Father of the Air Force” was a visionary who campaigned tirelessly on the importance of air power. His fervent views on the subject provoked Secretary of War Dwight F. Davis to order a court martial on the grounds of insubordination. He was found guilty of the charge and all eight specifications, but the verdict did not deter Mitchell from his crusade. Today, Daedalian Founder Member #12595 is considered a hero. Feb. 22, 1944 Two carrier groups of Task Force 58, Rear Adm. Marc A. Mitscher commanding, launched raids against the Japanese garrisons on Guam, Rota, Saipan, and Tinian in the Mariana Islands for the dual purpose of reducing enemy air strength and to gather photographic intelligence for the impending invasion. The attackers claimed the destruction of 67 Japanese aircraft in the air and 101 on the ground through Feb. 23. Mitscher was Daedalian Founder Member #4135. Feb. 23, 1942 Maj. Gen. Ira C. Eaker assumed command of VIII Bomber Command, which would conduct the first heavy-bombardment missions of Eighth Air Force from England. The same day, the command established an advanced detachment in England. General Eaker was Daedalian Founder Member #289. Feb. 28, 1991 Operation DESERT STORM ended at 0800 hours, with a coalition- declared cease-fire. During the war, coalition forces released approximately 16,000 precision-guided munitions against Iraqi forces and dropped some 210,000 unguided bombs. In 42 days of around-the-clock operations, USAF aircraft flew 59 percent of the nearly 110,000 combat sorties. U.S. aerial strength of approximately 1,990 aircraft comprised 75 percent of the total coalition air power. REUNIONS F-106 All Troops Reunion April 3-7, 2019 Tucson, Arizona POC: Bob Kwiecinski [email protected] https://www.f-106deltadart.com/ 41st MAS/ALS May 9-11, 2019 Charleston AFB, South Carolina POC: John Mentavlos 843-337-0515 or [email protected] USAF UPT Class 70-07 50th Reunion (Willie: Good Grief and Schatzi flights) Sept.
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