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VOLABAMUS VOLAMUS JULY 2019 TOMORROW'S MILITARY AVIATORS

Your generosity allows these students to achieve their dreams of serving their country as aviators. Each year the Daedalians present nearly $150,000 in scholarships to deserving youth. We're able to do this because of your generous donations.

Cadet Matthew C. Baca, AFROTC San Diego State University $2,500 scholarship San Diego Flight 13 Career goal: “To fly fighter jets for the Air Force.”

Cadet Clint Godwin Hinrichs, AFROTC Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach $2,500 scholarship Shangri-La Flight 21 Career goal: “Commission as an officer in the . Earn a pilot slot.” (Attended National Flight Academy. FAA Student Pilot Certification.)

Midshipman Lane Thomas LaBranche, NROTC Kennesaw State University $5,000 scholarship Eagle Flight 39 Career goal: “I hope to be a pilot for C-130s or F-16s.” (Midshipman LaBranche will be a freshman this fall. He is pictured in his Air Force JROTC uniform.)

Cadet Steven Lee Moran, AFROTC Oklahoma State University $1,250 scholarship Cherokee Strip Flight 78 “I plan on dual majoring in Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering and considering triple majoring in Chemical Engineering. I plan to graduate and commission out of the AFROTC program at OSU. While in the Air Force I would strive for a pilot’s slot and I would like to fly the A-10 Thunderbolt II.” (Attended National Flight Academy. Student Pilot – soloed.)

Cadet Kyle Young, AFROTC Oklahoma State University $1,250 scholarship Cherokee Strip Flight 78 “Upon graduation from Oklahoma State University, I would like to go to pilot training at Sheppard AFB and get a fighter aircraft. I would like to serve my initial 10-year commitment active duty and then switch to the Reserve for another 10-plus years while starting my airline career.” (Student pilot)

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].

Grace Sharp, an incoming senior at Joshua High School in Joshua, , is shown with her parents Ryan and Jaymie Sharp after soloing. LEFT: Grace Sharp is shown with Richard Fairlamb, left, and Joe D'Olive, her mentor. RIGHT: Grace's instructor Kelvin Kuraru presents her with a certificate. DFT program opens doors to bright future

We recently received the note below from Ryan and Jaymie Sharp, proud parents of Grace Sharp, a senior at Joshua High School in Joshua, Texas. Grace was the recipient of a Les Leavoy Daedalian Flying Training Scholarship through Dallas/Fort Worth Flight 23.

I just wanted to thank you for the opportunity your organization had given my daughter Grace Sharp of Joshua High School in Joshua, TX. She is the Commanding Officer and Rifle Team of JHS Navy JROTC. This morning she completed her first solo flight through your program!! We are extremely grateful for your support through sponsor Laird Leavoy, leaders Mike McGinnis and Richard Fairlamb, mentor Joe D’Olive. I sincerely believe this has opened up many opportunities for her and sharpened her discipline as well.

Respectfully, Ryan & Jaymie Sharp

We’d like to thank the Sharps for writing us, and congratulate Grace on her accomplishment! She plans to attend Texas Christian University, hopefully through an ROTC scholarship. Her goal is to shoot for their Women’s Rifle Team.

Another successful Air Camp in Dayton

Three young students sponsored by the Frank P. Lahm Flight 9 and one sponsored by the Daedalians headquarters recently completed Air Camp, a hands-on, educational adventure in aviation and aeronautics, in Dayton, Ohio.

The camp inspires students at the intermediate and middle school levels, plus teachers and educational leaders across all grades, to learn more about science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) using aviation and aerospace as the learning medium while promoting the values of scholarship, leadership and citizenship. The course included students from 29 states and Puerto Rico in 2019.

Air Camp is the vision of Dayton-area leaders who want to help young people nationwide achieve their potential, develop critical-thinking and problem-solving skills, and pursue further education and future careers in STEM-related fields, aviation and aeronautics.

The week-long activity is packed with activities from morning until late evening. Air Camp students take flight ground school, chart their courses and fly as student pilots. They also explore exciting aviation sites around Dayton, where the Wright Brothers invented and perfected manned, powered, controlled, heavier-than-air flight.

Dayton is home to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, where Air Camp students go behind the scenes and meet scientists from the Air Force Research Laboratory. The week ends with a special team project to plan a humanitarian air mission using the new skills they’ve learned throughout the week.

Air Camp also has programs for teachers so that they can reach out to even more students. Members of Flight 9 volunteer at Air Camp. More information can be found at their website at www.AirCampUSA.com, as well as information on how to sponsor or contribute to the program.

Dr. Vince Russo, co-founder, president and chairman of Air Camp, Inc., stands with Kiera Groen, sponsored by Daedalian headquarters, and Joey Hibbard, sponsored by Frank P. Lahm Flight 9.

Retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Dick Reynolds, co-founder, secretary and vice chairman of Air Camp, Inc., stands with Katie Lawson, above left, and David Tarwater, above right. Both students were sponsored by Frank P. Lahm Flight 9.

Can you connect us?

We have great corporate sponsors who make programs such as our scholarships and Daedalian Flight Training possible. Their logos are shown in every issue of Aviator and the Daedalus Flyer, and we greatly appreciate their support.

But there are many more corporations out there who could help us achieve even more, and we bet that there are Daedalians out there who can connect us with these potential sponsors!

Who do you know and how can you help? If you can connect us with a contact at a corporation that can support our foundation programs, please let us know! Contact Maureen DeFelice at 210-945-2111 or [email protected] for more information. Your referral can make a big difference in the lives of future aviators!

‘Miss Montana’ makes it to Normandy

Daedalian headquarters was proud to support Big Sky Flight 121 with a $1,500 donation to send the “Miss Montana” C-47 aircraft from Missoula, Montana, to Normandy for the 75th anniversary of D-Day.

Click on the headlines below to read stories of this aircraft's amazing voyage.

A World War II-era veteran returns to the air CBS This Morning June 2, 2019 (8:30 run time) Missions accomplished: Miss Montana earns day of rest in France The Missoulian June 6, 2019 'BACK IN THE DAY' Thank you to retired Lt. Col. Roy W. Camblin, U.S. Army Reserve, who submitted the following story and photos.

These photos were UPT Class 73-01 at Williams AFB, where I remained for several years after graduation as a T-38 instructor pilot. I had a short Southeast Asia tour in Air Search and Rescue flying HC-130s, then the last six years of active USAF duty (12 total) were spent in HQ staff jobs, staying current as a T-33 instructor and flight examiner.

USAF staff assignments included Chief, Flight Management, HQ Pacific Air Forces, and Chief, Operations Plans, HQ 13th Air Force. As an additional duty (after hours), I also spent three years as the Operations and Safety Officer of the Clark Aero Club, a very active fixed-base operation with an assortment of 22 aircraft. During that period I was twice (1978 and 1980) nominated by Pacific Air Forces for “Ten Outstanding Young Men Of America.”

I was stationed at Hickam in Hawaii in 1981 when I separated from the Air Force to pursue a civilian career, and was immediately recruited into the Hawaii USA National Guard as a dual rated State Aviation Officer. A year later I took a corporate job in San Francisco, where I continued in the U.S. Army Reserve.

Army assignments included 6211th USAG Airfield Commander and 319th Transportation Brigade Assistant Chief of Staff for Personnel and Administration during Desert Shield and Desert Storm. These Army Reserve activities were concurrent with a challenging civilian career.

In total, I had 26 years of military service, moving to the retirement rolls in 1993 as a lieutenant .

Do you have a photo of yourself from early in your career? Send it to [email protected], Attn: Back in the Day. DAEDALIAN HERITAGE Retired Air Force Lt. Col. Edward J. “Jim” Maloney Jr., vice flight captain of Curtis E. LeMay Flight 16, sent in these photos of himself and his father, retired Lt. Col. Edward J. Maloney. TOP PHOTO: Maloney’s father in Aviation Cadet Training Class 41A at Luke Field, Arizona. ABOVE LEFT: Then-Captain Maloney holds his son in Germany in 1948. ABOVE CENTER: Maloney during Undergraduate Pilot Training Class 71-01. ABOVE RIGHT: Maloney’s father pins his original Air Force pilot wings on his son at UPT graduation. The elder Maloney served from 1941-1964, and his son served from 1969- 1989.

Do you have a photo that spans generations of military heritage? Send it to [email protected], Attn: Daedalian Heritage. DAEDALIAN BULLETIN BOARD Check out our new Flight Listing page!

The Daedalians website features a redesigned Flight Listing page. Flights are listed both in numerical order and by geographic region. Plus, when you click on the flight name in the regional listing, it will take you directly to the flight's contact information. You can also link to the flight events calendar on this page.

No more searching through dozens of pages to find what you need -- everything can be found at https://daedalians.org/flight-listing/.

...and speaking of calendars

We now have a calendar on our website which lists flight and Daedalian headquarters events plus military reunions. The main calendar is featured on the bottom left of the daedalians.org landing page, and as mentioned above, there’s also a link to events at the top of the Flight Listing page.

Email us at [email protected]. Include all pertinent event info, plus any graphic art, images or attachments (registration forms, etc.) We’ll take care of the rest. We even have the capability now to feature a link to Google Maps.

Events will be posted on a timely basis, normally the same day we receive the requests.

Founder Spotlight updated, expanded

We're expanding coverage of our Founder Members by doing more spotlights. Not every Founder Member was a Rickenbacker or a Doolittle, but there are more than 14,000 stories worth telling.

We've started with a spotlight on Lt. Col. Gibson G. Wolfe, Daedalian Founder Member #1497 (shown at right). Check it out HERE. Other Founder Members who will be highlighted in the coming weeks include Norman W. Potter, #3365, and William J. Armstrong Sr., #1356.

And you can now find all of our Founder Spotlights on one page by going to our archives HERE. New -- Daedalian heritage videos!

We're trying something new here at Daedalian headquarters -- videos of some of the great historic treasures we have here in the office. Our first video features a scrapbook that was made for Maj. Gen. Byron E. Gates, Daedalian Founder Member #7, and one of the 35 Charter Members. You can view the video HERE. Videos will also be available on the Heritage Preservation Project page. AVIATION HERITAGE HIGHLIGHTS

Find the complete daily heritage calendar HERE.

Aug. 2, 1909 The U.S. Army Signal Corps purchased a Wright Flyer for $30,000 and it became the first aircraft in the U.S. military inventory, designated Signal Corps Airplane No. 1. The airplane was used to train Signal Corps pilots at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. It was crashed and rebuilt several times. After just 2 years’ service, the airplane was retired.

Aug. 4, 1950 During the Battle of the Pusan Perimeter, wounded soldiers were evacuated from the battlefield by helicopter for the first time when a Sikorsky H-5F of Detachment F, 3rd Emergency Rescue Squadron, Air Rescue Service, U.S. Air Force, flew Army Private 1st Class Claude C. Crest, Jr. from the Sengdang- ni area to an Army hospital. By the end of combat in 1953, 21,212 soldiers had been medevaced by helicopters. Only the second military helicopter, the H-5 was frequently flown overloaded and outside of its center of gravity limits. The helicopter was not armed, though the pilot normally carried an M1911 .45-caliber semi-automatic pistol, and the crewman, a .30-caliber M1 Carbine.

Aug. 6, 1945 After serving three combat tours flying the Lockheed P-38 Lightning in the Southwest Pacific, Maj. Richard Ira Bong, Air Corps, U.S. Army, was assigned as an Air Force acceptance test pilot for the new Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star jet fighters at the Lockheed Air Terminal, Burbank, California. The P-80A was a new jet fighter, and Major Bong had flown just 4 hours, 15 minutes in the type during 12 flights. Shortly after takeoff in P-80A-1-LO 44-85048, the primary fuel pump for the turbojet engine failed. A back-up fuel pump was not turned on. The Shooting Star rolled upside down and Bong bailed out, but he was too low for his parachute to open and he was killed. The jet crashed at the intersection of Oxnard Street and Satsuma Avenue, North Hollywood, California, and exploded. Major Bong was known as the “Ace of Aces” for scoring 40 aerial victories over Japanese airplanes between Dec. 27, 1942, and Dec. 17, 1944, while flying the Lockheed P-38 Lightning. He was awarded the , which was presented by Gen. Douglas MacArthur on Dec. 12, 1944. Click HERE to learn more about Bong .

Aug. 8, 1913 An airplane flew in Hawaii for the first time, piloted by Army Lt. Harold Geiger from a new aviation school at Fort Kamehameha. Geiger was Daedalian Founder Member #582.

Aug. 14, 1912 Sgt. Vernon Burge received rating as the U.S. Army's first enlisted pilot on Aug. 14, 1912. He spent 10 years in the enlisted corps before receiving his commission in World War I, and then served the next 25 years as an officer. Burge, Daedalian Founder Member #345, retired as a colonel. He died at the age of 82 in 1971. He is buried in Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery in San Antonio, Texas. A bronze sculpture of Burge, honoring all enlisted pilots, is on display at Gunter Annex, Alabama, adjacent to the U.S. Air Force Enlisted Heritage Hall.

Aug. 15, 1949 Lt. Gen. Harold L. George, wartime Chief of Air Transport Command and then vice president and general manager of Hughes Aircraft Company, received the Air Force Association Award for his contribution to American airpower. General George was one of the original 35 Daedalian Charter Members, Founder Member #8, and the first national commander, serving from 1934-36.

Aug. 19, 1939 Happy National Aviation Day! On this day in 1939, President Franklin D. Roosevelt proclaimed Orville Wright’s birthday as National Aviation Day.

Aug. 25, 1947 Maj. Marion E. Carl Jr., USMC, set a new world speed record in the D-558-1 Skystreak of 650.796 mph over the three-kilometer Muroc, Calif., course. When Air Force Capt. Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier in October, he also broke Carl’s record. Carl became director of Marine Corps Aviation as a colonel. While leading the 1st Marine Brigade in in 1965, he repeatedly flew combat missions. (He declined any personal medal for service in Vietnam.) Carl, a World War II Ace, retired as a major general in 1973. By then, he had logged some 13,000 flying hours, more than twice as much as most contemporaries. He died at the age of 82 in 1998 when he was shot by a home invader while trying to defend his wife. He was buried with full military honors in Arlington National Cemetery.

Aug. 26, 1967 Then-Maj. George E. “Bud” Day, F-100 Forward Air Controller pilot, was forced to eject from his aircraft over when it was hit by ground fire. His right arm was broken in 3 places, and his left knee was badly sprained. He was captured by the enemy, but escaped despite his injuries. He was shot in his left thigh and left hand when he was recaptured. As a POW, Colonel Day suffered the most brutal conditions. He was imprisoned for 2,028 days before being released March 14, 1973. On March 4, 1976, he was presented the Medal of Honor by President . Learn more about Day HERE. Colonel Day was a Daedalian Life Member. He passed away on , 2013, and was posthumously advanced to the rank of brigadier general by order of the president on June 8, 2018. The former Seagull Flight in Fort Walton Beach, Florida, was renamed the George E. “Bud” Day Flight 61 on Dec. 18, 2012, in his honor. The flight marked its 40th anniversary April 4.

Aug. 28, 1972 Capt. Steve Ritchie and Weapons System Officer Capt. Chuck DeBellevue, leading Buick flight with their McDonnell F-4D Phantom II, shot down a North Vietnamese MiG 21 interceptor. This was Ritchie’s 5th confirmed aerial combat victory, earning him the title of Ace. DeBellevue would later be credited with 6 kills. Flown by 5 different crews, F-4D 66-7463 shot down six enemy fighters from March 1 to Oct. 15, 1972. It is now on display at the U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colorado. Ritchie and DeBellevue are Daedalian Life Members. REUNIONS As an added bonus to members, we also feature reunions now on our new Daedalian Calendar! You can see the calendar on the bottom left of our website home page at https://daedalians.org/, or you can go directly to reunions HERE.

SEPTEMBER 2019

AC-119 Gunship Reunion XX Sept. 3-10, 2019 Salt Lake City, Utah Shadows & Stingers; Air Crew, Ground Crew and Support Crew; 71st, 17th & 18th SOS; and the maintenance support squadrons. Also AC-47 Puffs the Magic Dragon folks. Friends & Families, as well as anyone whose bacon we saved, are welcome. POC: Chuck Williams https://www.ac119gunships.com/reunion/ [email protected] or 703-624-6995

USAF UPT Class 70-07 50th Reunion (Willie: Good Grief and Schatzi flights) Sept. 5-7, 2019 Dubuque, Iowa POC: Steve Hardie [email protected] 563-556-8982

Distinguished Flying Cross Society Biennial Reunion Sept. 15-19, 2019 Dayton/Fairborn, Ohio POC: Warren Eastman http://www.dfcsociety.net/ [email protected] or 760-985-2810

Moody AFB Class 70-01 50th Reunion Sept. 19-22, 2019 Dayton, Ohio POC: Tim Ayres 936-443-6548 or [email protected]

AFOCS Classes 1942-1963 Reunion Sept. 19-23, 2019 Colorado Springs, Colorado All OCS graduates of classes from 1942-63 and their families are welcome. POC: [email protected] or Dave Mason, 757-820-3740 or [email protected]

OCTOBER 2019

Air Rescue Association (ARA) Reunion (Combined this year with PRHA & TOML) Oct. 2-5, 2019 Tucson, AZ POC: Heidi Meisterling http://airrescueassn.org [email protected] or 520-907-7117

Vance AFB UPT Class 68-G 51st Year Reunion Oct. 9-11, 2019 Tucson, Arizona POC: Bob Hayden [email protected] or 512-335-0029

Webb AFB UPT Class 68A 52nd Year Reunion Oct. 17-20, 2019 Washington, D.C. POC: Lou Hari 301-757-7031 or [email protected]

2020

USAF UPT Class 67-G Reunion (Willie: Good Grief, Warlock, Boomer and Schatzi) Jan. 21-23, 2020 Jacksonville, Florida POC: Jimmy Brown [email protected] or 904-635-9531

12th TFW Reunion (Includes 12th TFW at MacDill AFB, Florida; Cam Ranh AB and Phu Cat AB, Vietnam; 12th FEW/SFW, Bergstrom AFB, Texas (Korea) and all supporting units) May 6-9, 2020 Dayton, Ohio POC: E.J. Sherwood [email protected] or 480-396-4681 (A memorial dedication to the 12th TFW will occur during this event.)

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