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(Not to Be Confused with the Stars and Stripes) 1 November 2009 – 37Th Edition FINAL FLIGHT: TSGT Elbert Moore , U.S ROADRUNNERS INTERNATIONALE MONTHLY HOUSE SIX NEWS AND GOSSIP (Not to be confused with the Stars and Stripes) 1 November 2009 – 37th Edition FINAL FLIGHT: TSGT Elbert Moore , U.S. Air October 5-8 reunion. Elbert was a strong Force Retired was not a Roadrunner, however supporter of the Roadrunners and his passing his passing will have a direct effect on the Roadrunner warrants relations with Nellis Air Force Base. 99th Air recognition Base Wing commander Colonel Belote and and our Roadrunners Internationale president T.D. condolences Barnes each spoke to to his a packed crowd family. After attending memorial retiring with services for Sgt. 22 years in Moore. Elbert is the Air survived by his loving Force Elbert wife, Irma, sons, voluntarily Joseph, Antony, and served as Errol: sisters, Brenda the ROA director at Nellis Air Force Base until and Sharon, brothers, September 22 of this year. For several years Gary, Steven, David Elbert was the Roadrunners’ contact for family and Gerald; four assistance following the death of one of our grandchildren; and a Roadrunners. Only a week prior to his sudden host of other family hospitalization Elbert solicited our Roadrunner members and friends. president to speak to the retirees at Nellis AFB Godspeed, Elbert. on Retiree Appreciation Day, resulting in several retirees attending the Roadrunner symposiums at the Atomic Testing Museum during our The Las Vegas Roadrunners mourn the loss of safely piloted them to and from Area 51 during VIRGINIA LOSH , widow of the late Roadrunner Project Oxcart. Tom came to Las Vegas, Nevada Thomas C. Losh who passed away in November in 1964 and flew for CARCO Air Service and Ross 2006. The Special Projects roadrunners Air Service for EG&G Special Projects. remember Thomas for the countless times he 10-30-2009 – We just learned that Sherill the opportunity to spend time with him at the Darlington suffered a stroke this week and is in Roadrunner reunion where he and Mary worked as the Valley Hospital here in Las Vegas. We wish volunteers at the reception desk. him a rapid recovery and are glad many of us had NEW MEMBERS : Voting Member Robert Plantosi – CIA Ret. Associate Member Bobby Blackburn, Voting Member Thomas Farrell – CIA Ret. nominated by Roadrunner Ron Girard. 1 Associate Member Sharon Kauger nominated The roadrunner by Roadrunner Dave Kindell (right) has been Associate Member James Long nominated by hanging out on the Roadrunner Tony Bevacqua patio of RI Pres. Associate Member Joel Libbea nominated by Barnes for the past Roadrunner TD Barnes month. Anyone for Roadrunner stew this Thanksgiving? ROADRUNNER REUNION REPORT: Whitney members Like with the Olympic games, the Roadrunner organized to not only staff has declared the 21 st Reunion of the attend, but to provide Roadrunners to assistance in the form be the best ever, of exhibits being but unlike organized and the Olympics the prepared for display torch was not at the Atomic Testing Museum. The museum extinguished. staff in turn enlarged and prepared the exhibits Instead, it is that helped make the entire project a success. spreading Under the guidance of Committee around the globe chairman Harry Martin, planning focused on as news of the coming out of the Roadrunners making the reunion one of personal option as to races through the media, over the Internet by entertainment and activities. The reunion twitter, face book, and texting. The committee Harry Martin, Roger Andersen, Jim Roadrunner website is breaking all records for Prucnal, and TD Barnes met regularly with the hits and they’re not just the Chinese harvesting Gold Coast staff as the numbers planning to data. The phone is ringing off the hook with attend looked grim and then started to improve media seeking local Roadrunners to interview, at the last moment. The hotel staff was which Barnes reports he is happily obliging. outstanding in their assisting in the planning and Future symposium panels are being considered accommodating Harry and his committee as across the country, and National Geographic is attendance changed. At all times Roadrunner preparing to do a Historian Frank Murray kept in the loop for his documentary about the advice from afar. Election Committee Chairman Roadrunners in Russ Buyse was similarly briefed and sought for conjunction with author advice regarding concerns of there being a low Annie Jacobsen’s book. attendance. Russ had encountered recent At one point the situations as he organized a reunion of the attendance for the Honeywell Spooks. reunion looked grim as Similarly, numerous meetings were Roadrunners reported conducted with the Atomic Testing Museum and in that they could not the Roadrunner committee as plans was made attend due to health to host the 2 days of symposium panels. The issues. As word spread museum staff published and circulated regular about the planned news releases to the public symposium panels hosted to inform the public of the by the Atomic opportunity to meet the Testing Museum, these members reconsidered Roadrunners. They arranged and enlisted family members to accompany radio and television them to the reunion. They and others interviews as the event drew contacted their friends and former associates closer to also inform the to encourage them to attend as well. Groups public. Museum Director of Communications and such as the mission planners and the Pratt & Development Dawn Barlow, M.A. and CBS 2 KLASTV Investigative Reporter George Knapp and those behind the scenes. appeared in radio interviews with RI president The support of the Central Intelligence Barnes to advertise what the museum termed Agency couldn’t have been better. Cheryl with the Spy Planes of Groom Lake events. the EAA CIA store traveled to Nevada Additionally, the museum attracted C- beforehand where she and Barnes met with the Span to video the symposium panels, which hotel staff and that of the museum to work out will continue to reap untold benefits to details for the EAA store at both locations. the legacy program of the Roadrunners. To sum Toni Hiley, Director of the CIA Museum, Dr. it up, without the museum staff and the media David Robarge, Chief Historian at CIA (both the reunion would not have been nearly as having to cancel their attendance) and the EAA successful as it was and the phones wouldn’t store staff consisting of Mark Wiggins, Cheryl be ringing off the hook seeking Roadrunners to Moore, and Ne’cole Hamn brought an abundance interview today. Without the drawing power of of CIA and Roadrunner memorabilia for both the George Knapp and Annie Jacobsen as Roadrunners, their guests, and the public. This moderators, Dr. Mary Palevsky, Ph.D., Visiting added greatly to the success of the reunion. One Scholar, known disappointment was the absence of GUNLV any of the corporations making an effort to Dept. of recognize the coming out of the Roadrunners History, and after near half a century of secrecy. Another the EAA CIA being not enough time and personnel to video store the and interview every individual Roadrunner symposium wishing to at last tell his personal story. We panels would will insure that these individuals have that not opportunity to the best of our ability. Already have drawn this week arrangements have been made with in crowds various media to interview Roadrunners in that broke all museum attendance records. their area. We ask the members to share these Needless to say, the venue being the Atomic interviews as they occur so they can also Testing Museum was the best possible choice. become part of the UNLV Cold War Oral History No amount of phrase is too much for Troy project and the Library of Congress project Wade, Acting Director Chuck Costa and all the being spearheaded by Historian Frank Murray staff identified herein and RI President T.D. Barnes. The General Membership Meeting: Once president, Jim Prucnal as secretary/treasurer, again bribes of coffee and doughnuts failed to with Barnes remaining Webmaster and Frank influence the vote of a new slate of officers. The Murray the historian. Acting secretary Roger current officers even attempted to influence Andersen relinquished the position he assumed others into running for office by showing in the to replace John monthly Byrnes to enable newsletter the association to the past officers resume its policy of enjoying their one officer being work with the secretary/treasure. beautiful staff of The membership the hotel and voted to have the museum. It 22d reunion same didn’t work so place, same time in 2011. It was also voted to they suggested lower the dues for new members to $50.00. As the Roadrunners move the reunion to Florida so noted above several new members were members from that state could be elected. Russ recommended and accepted this month. It was Buyse, being from Florida dashed water on that also decided to resume the paver program at scheme immediately. Thornton D. “TD” Barnes the Palmdale Air Park for deceased members. was reelected as president, Harry Martin as vice 3 This is a follow-up and thank you to everyone uncompressed .wav files that can be easily involved in the oral history interviews I transcribed. Transcription will take time even if conducted on October 7, 2009 at the Atomic I find the money quickly, which is doubtful.G Testing Museum during the Roadrunners 3. Once we have transcripts, I will review Internationale Reunion. I am very pleased and then send to interviewees for their review, that we were able to carry this off, particularly corrections of fact and name spellings, etc. I because it was a new idea, albeit one that TD think everyone was very careful about steering Barnes and I have discussed for years.
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