Vol. 47 No. 51 December 21, 2007

Vol. 47 No. 51 December 21, 2007 2 December 21, 2007 Make a difference this holiday season Directorate of Public Affairs mission: To responsibly inform and educate the By Michael W. Wynne Academy community and the public Secretary of the Air Force about the Air Force Academy Lt. Gen. John Regni — Gen. T. Michael Moseley Academy Superintendent Chief of Staff Maj. Brett Ashworth — Director of Public Affairs Thank you for the difference you Staff. Sgt. Tim Jenkins — NCOIC, Internal Information make every day, defending the United Wayne Amann — Editor States of America and promoting our [email protected] interests and ideals around the world. Butch Wehry — Senior Staff Writer [email protected] As the holiday season approaches, we Ann Patton — Staff Writer encourage you to make a special effort [email protected] to make a difference in the lives of those Denise Navoy — Graphic Designer

immediately around you. Many of you The Academy Spirit is published by Colorado will travel to your hometowns across Springs Military Newspaper Group, a private firm in no way connected with the U.S. Air Force, under exclusive the country. Others will spend the holi- written contract with the U.S. Air Force Academy. This days deployed in defense of freedom or civilian enterprise Air Force newspaper is an authorized at a critical duty station at your home publication for members of the U.S. military services. Contents of the Academy Spirit are not necessarily the base. Wherever you spend the holidays, official views of, or endorsed by, the U.S. government, we encourage you to make a difference. the Department of Defense or the Department of the Michael W. Wynne Gen. T. Michael Moseley Air Force. Make a difference as a Wingman. Secretary of the Air Force Air Force Chief of Staff The appearance of advertising in this publication, Each year the Air Force experiences at including inserts or supplements, does not constitute endorsement by the Department of Defense, the least three fatal mishaps over the holiday Department of the Air Force, or Colorado Springs period. This year, let’s make a difference Make a difference as an Ambassador. greet each other, but more importantly Military Newspaper Group, of the products or services advertised. Everything advertised in this publication by dropping that number to zero. We Every Airman is an ambassador to all we how we treat one another. As you share shall be made available for purchase, use or patronage need each commander, supervisor, and meet. This is true every day, but the your Air Force experiences this holiday without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national ori- gin, age, marital status, physical handicap, political Airman to get personally involved. Know holiday season provides many of us season, set the example by living our affiliation or any other nonmerit factor of the purchaser, the holiday travel plans of your unique opportunities to relax and share core values. user or patron. The printer reserves the right to reject any advertisements. Wingmen. Check each other, and if travel our Air Force experiences back home. Over the course of this past year, Editorial content is edited, prepared and provided plans don’t pass the common sense test, The American public overwhelmingly we’ve traveled the globe, watching you by the U.S. Air Force Academy Directorate of Public Affairs. The editor reserves the right to edit articles adjust them. Apply personal risk manage- respects your service to the country and in action. You are magnificent. We’ve to conform to Air Force policy and Associated Press ment to all of your planned activities to our Air Force. Your parents, friends, seen you executing the mission while style. All photos are U.S. Air Force photos unless other- better ensure you and your fellow Airmen family and teachers want to hear about deployed, and we’ve seen you serving wise indicated. return safely after the holidays. your successes. We encourage you to be our combatant commanders from home Submissions proud, tell the Air Force story, and brag station. You’ve been imaginative and Suicide remains a formidable enemy Send submissions to: HQ USAFA/PAI, 2304 Cadet for our Air Force, taking more lives each a little! innovative, finding better and more effi- Drive, Suite 3100, U.S. Air Force Academy, CO 80840- Make a difference as an Airman. cient ways for our Air Force to provide 5016 or deliver to Suite 3100 in Harmon Hall. year than direct enemy action. Deadline for free classified ads on a space-avail- Unfortunately, the holiday season is not Integrity, Service Before Self, and unmatched Air, Space and Cyberspace able basis is 12 noon every Tuesday for that week’s Excellence in All We Do are our guiding power. publication date. Paid classified advertising is accept- a joyous one for everyone. Recognize the ed by the publisher at 329-5236. The number to call for signs of distress and take action to help principles, the bedrock of the Airman’s Our Air Force family and mission display advertising is 634-5905. your fellow Airmen in need. With proper way of life. Directly linked to them is depend on each and every one of you. Deadline for all stories is noon Friday, one week prior to the desired publication date. Refer questions planning and good wingmanship, we mutual respect – a care for one another Thanks again for your service and thanks to the Academy Spirit editor at 333-8823. can ensure our safest holiday season that goes beyond the recognition of being for making a difference every day. Happy The Academy Spirit also accepts story submissions by fax at 333-4094 or by e-mail: pa.news ever. on the same team. It’s not just how we holidays! paper@ usafa.af.mil. Superintendent sends holiday message By Lt. Gen John F. Regni country and the United answered the nation’s call to learned, and prepare yourselves to attack Academy Superintendent States Air Force Academy. service. This courage and the coming year’s challenges. I encourage you to take willingness to defend our While enjoying the holiday season, As 2007 comes to a close and we the time to relax with freedom serves as a symbol please remember to be safe and respon- begin to wind down our operations family and friends and re- of hope for all Americans. sible, and take care of your wingmen. All in preparation for a well-deserved break energize yourselves, while To our cadets, you have of you are vital to our mission. in activities over the holidays, I would not forgetting some of our been continuously chal- Whether you’re a cadet, service like to express my sincere thanks fellow Airmen who are lenged throughout the year. member, civilian employee or family for your professional commitment currently deployed around I thank you for your perse- member, you are the people who make to peace and security, at home and the world. verance and dedication to the Air Force Academy what it is. abroad. Please keep them and learning how to serve as Debby and I salute you, and wish Thank you for the difference you their families in your thoughts during future leaders in our Air Force. I you and yours Happy Holidays and a safe each make each day serving your this holiday season. Our Airmen have encourage you to reflect on what you’ve and joyous New Year. That was the year that was USAFA

By Wayne Amann some were surprising and some just made the viewer We hope this special edition of news, feature and Academy Spirit Editor feel good. sports briefs rekindles fond memories of the past The Academy had more than its share of events 12 months and fosters a mindset for an even better For fellow couch potatoes like myself who that made for an equally eclectic and unforgettable 2008. remember the short-lived TV show, That Was The 2007. And what a year it was! With the holidays on the horizon, this is our final Week That Was, congratulations on your terrific Sans the motion of video, this week’s Academy issue for the next two weeks. The Spirit staff will be memory! Spirit captures a cross-section of some of the more note- re-charging its batteries for our return to the news TW3’s premise was simple – recap the previous worthy people, and their accomplishments, that year- stands Jan. 11. seven days’ happenings on video. Some clips were in and year-out makes the Academy such a singularly Until then, the Academy Public Affairs family funny, some were serious, some were exciting, some unique place, and our job as a newspaper staff to wishes you and yours the best the holidays have to offer were thought provoking, some were informative, cover them, equally challenging and rewarding. plus a healthy and prosperous New Year. December 21, 2007 3 Read all about it: Academy headliners January at the Academy at 10 months old likely will be in the professor and Department of Military Strategic Studies 4The Academy continued negotiations with aircraft cabin with the NCO, said 10th Security Forces head, know that only so much can be done during time FCHunt LLC on its military housing privatization Squadron kennel manager Mr. Chris Jakubin. with the Afghan military science curriculum. initiative. FC-Hunt LLC is a team comprised of Forest February 4As the countdown for his Feb. 16 retirement approached, Academy City Enterprises and Hunt Building Corporation. 4The Air Force has adjusted its forceshaping permanent professor Col. Douglas More than 800 houses will be demolished in Pine numbers in response to betterthan- expected reten- Murray easily ticked off changes and Douglass Valleys in the next six years. tion rates in fiscal year 2006. In a message dated Jan. during 42 years of service. “There are 4There were no search lights sweeping Academy 26, officials said the Air Force must cut 3,090 Airmen a great number of differences skies to herald a special showing of a film, but perhaps by Sept. 30 in order to meet this year’s force shaping between now and the Air Force of there should’ve been. Mr. Ken Burns premiered his goals. 1965, but perhaps the greatest PBS mini series, The War, in Arnold Hall. The mini 4First impressions are lasting contrast has to be that the Air Force series aired on PBS this year. The screening was be a ones. For the half million visitors to today is an expeditionary, continuously deploying, series of vignettes introduced by Mr. Burns. the Academy chapel every year that force,” said the veteran political science department 4Closing in on bacteria and fungus growth in Air impression has been Peggy Kelley. director who first arrived at the Academy in 1972. “The Force fuel systems and storage areas continues at the Her bright smile, easy laughter and era of stabilized tours in one location is gone. We are Academy. Maj. Michelle Rauch, an 11-year Air Force abiding love for the chapel and its no longer an air, but also a space and cyberspace force veteran and the chemistry department’s assistant visitors will be missed. Ms. Kelley challenged by the need to integrate all three of these professor and laboratory support director, came face- retired this week domains.” to face with the decades-old problem six years ago 4Academy officials announced 4Financial management and service transfor- when she started investigating the recurrence of Wednesday they’re investigating approximately 28 mation caught up with Academy people this year. Air bacteria and fungus. possible compromises of a Fourth Class Knowledge Force leadership has declared top priorities in fighting Test given to all members of the Class of 2010, the and winning the Global War on Terrorism: taking current freshman class. The test was given on Jan. 31, care of Airmen and their families and recapitalizing and the possible compromise was discovered Feb. 2 and modernizing weapons systems. when cadets reported the incident. 4Nothing seemed 4Senior Master Sgt. Cleveland amiss in the cadet area Wiltz didn’t choose his career field. until cadets, staff and “It chose me,” he said of his career faculty noted the colored in aeromedicine. The superinten- balloons flying from the dent of the acute care flight, 10th cadet chapel’s southern- Aerospace Medical Squadron, has most spire. A prank? No, been selected by the Air Force to a “spirit mission,” 29 days receive the Department of Defense before Recognition when African American History Month other squadrons tradi- Recognition Award. tionally plan other 4Two Academy colonels were in Afghanistan missions. helping to forge the Afghan Army Air Corps. “The effort here is critical in building a military that serves March the people and the country of Afghanistan as the 4The Academy hosted the14th annual National Afghans build their democratic institutions after years Character and Leadership Symposium focusing cadets of authoritarian rule and war,” said Col. Edward on the theme of “All Created Equal — Human Dignity 4Academy working dog George C. Haus deployed Westermann, a senior military professor with the and Respect” Feb. 23-25. The three-day event featured in February with handler Staff Sgt. Todge Smith. The Dean of the Faculty’s Department of Military Strategic more than 30 nationally recognized speakers and 2-year-old German Shorthaired Pointer who arrived Studies. He and Col. Thomas Drohan, permanent guests.

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In recent snowstorms, stranded motorists abandoned Month. “Be your brothers’ and sisters’ keepers,” she their vehicles on Academy roadways without leaving a said. warning device such as a safety triangle to alert other 4It may be unfair to ask the motorists that their vehicle is adjacent to or partially Academy’s Joan Orr Award nominee blocking a lane of traffic. “It’s an extremely dangerous about the differences between Air situation,” said Mr. Nate Sexton, Academy occupational Force and civilian wives. After all, safety and health specialist. Cassandra Nordin, wife of 10th 4Cadets watched Communications Squadron’s config- their engineering efforts uration management technician Staff blast into space March 8 Sgt. Michael Nordin, is the daughter in a launch televised live of a retired Air Force chief who was from Cape Canaveral Air a dependent until she got married to her NCO hubby. Force Station, Fla. The The Joan Orr award is sponsored by the Air Force 4 A World War II Tuskegee Airman was laid to cadet-built satellite, Association and is awarded to spouses of active-duty rest at the Academy cemetery. Re-tired Lt. Col. FalconSAT-3, was Air Force members for significant contributions. Clarence Laudric Shivers was one the first black fighter launched aboard an Atlas pilots called into action for the U.S. with the famed V rocket at 7:30 p.m. unit. Mountain Standard Time. 4The Academy’s T.D. White National Defense Award, presented Mon-day to retired Gen. Richard Myers, was established March 1, 1962. Academy Superintendent Lt. Gen. John Regni presented the award during a formal ceremony on the terrazzo. 4Airmen from the base, representing the city of Colorado Springs, Colo., paid a visit to the mayor of its Sister City, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, March 14. The meeting, which included Ms. Marie Yovanovitch, U.S. ambassador to the Kyrgyz Republic, took place as a renewal of 4An Academy political science professor hit the cultural ties established between the two cities in 1994. airwaves Sunday in a live interview with the Los Angeles 4Cadet research is underway to put Amer-icans April National Public Radio affiliate about his recently back on the moon and send them to Mars. In the published book on Iraq. Maj. Tom Mowle’s Hope is Not 4 “Space: The Ultimate High Ground” as the Department of Aeronautical Engineering here, several a Plan: The War in Iraq from Inside the Green Zone, has theme, this year’s Falcon Heritage Forum in the Arnold cadets researched various aspects of NASA’s newest been published by Greenwood Press/Praeger Security spacecraft design, which will replace the space shut- Hall Theater. International. tles. 4Look out for each other. That was the message 4Academy Superintendent Lt. Gen. John Regni 4The snow was not over in Colorado. Historical Veraunda Jackson brought to fourth-class cadets March noted the need to expand awareness of Asia and the records said March is the month of the heaviest snow. 10 as part of the Academy’s Sexual Assault Awareness

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August attended activities at the Academy. Most, if not all, of Conference was the fourth of its kind during the past 4The first bell of the new school year rang. It the visitors brought gifts for the cadets. two years. signaled the first year of a revised curriculum and a new 4The presentation course for freshmen, First Year Experience. of the Jeffries Desk from 4The Academy’s 10th Medical Group is changed Gen. William Looney, the enrollment policy for retirees and their family Air Education and members. Previously, retirees and family members had Training Command to seek the approval of the 10th Medical Group commander to Lt. Gen. commander, before enrolling with a civilian network John Regni, Academy Primary Care Manager. The policy has been changed superintendent, was to allow retirees and their family members to choose a made in the Gimble civilian network PCM when they enroll. Library, Oct. 5. The 4The Academy was named the best baccalaureate leather-covered writing desk was a gift to the Academy college in the west, and received top rankings in several 4Even before the presentation of the Air Force from Contessa Caproni of the Caproni Aircraft engineering programs, according to the U.S. News & Outstanding Unit Award in front of the 10th Air Base Corporation in Italy. World Report’s America’s Best Colleges 2008 rankings, Wing Headquarters, Col. Jimmy McMillian, 10th Air 4Some know exactly what they want. Others are released Aug. 17. Base Wing Commander, was sharing his thoughts. The still searching for clues about what they want in the 4On July 24, the 10th Communications Squadron 10th ABW is comprised of 12 squadrons, two groups future. Second- and third-class cadets caught a glimpse divided the Academy’s computer network into two and numerous staff agencies totaling approximately of what may lie ahead for them career-wise after grad- physically separated networks. The EDU network 2,191 people. “Every one of which is critical to accom- uation during Career Day in Fairchild Hall. was created to support the academic mission, while plishing our mission,” said the wing commander. the MIL network focused on giving base users access 4This year’s Combined Federal Campaign’s theme to military-related functions and applications. More was “It All Comes Back 2 You: Two minutes—that’s than 6,400 users have been migrated to the EDU all it takes to make a difference.” This theme was network since the split, while 4,049 users remain on chosen because it shows the people who give get so the MIL network. much in return. The Front Range campaign begins with a Kick-Off Ceremony at the Academy Officers’ Club. September 4The Air Force wrapped up one of it’s most 4Three of the successful 101 critical days of summer safety campaigns Academy’s canine and the Academy was no exception. Local safety offi- and handler teams cials note that no Academy members were among vied for prizes during the 19 Airmen who died Air Force-wide between the Rocky Mountain 4More than seven years in the making, the Falcon Memorial Day and Labor Day. K-9 Trials. Club officially opened Oct. 5. A ribbon-cutting cere- 4During the October mony attended by the Academy’s leadership and scores recently concluded More than 60 military medical decision- makers of active duty and retired officers and enlisted members Parents’ Weekend, along the Front Range met in Doolittle Hall to receive marked a milestone in the collocation of the officers’ 8,231 moms, dads, updates on changes, concerns and growth regarding and enlisted clubs here. family members and guests visited their cadets and patient care. The Strategic Medical Planning 4Nearly 1,000 freshman cadets filled the Arnold

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Hall auditorium to get their first glimpse into the bene- 4Academy Airmen awaiting trial for, or convicted planner Tom Cavilli. More than 800 people attended fits they will gain from space-based combat effects of, crimes may now be confined in one of two civilian last year’s ball. “This year we are planning for 1,000 during their Air Force careers. Space professionals from detention centers. A Memorandum of Agreement to attend,” Mr. Cavilli said. bases along the Front Range offered briefings, panel between the Academy and the Robert A. Christiansen 4The community lost a very discussions and exhibits at Air Force Space Command- Justice Center in Castle Rock, Colo., is in place special person Dec. 3 when Madonna sponsored Space Awareness Day 2007. and will bring to two the number of facilities where “Donna” Head lost her life as a result 4The Cadet Wing recently entered a new era as Airmen inmates are incarcerated. The other of a tragic vehicle-pedestrian acci- fundamental reforms to their honor system took effect. facility is the Teller County Detention Center in dent in the east parking lot of the These reforms resulted from an Honor System Review Divide, Colo. Community Center. She touched the Panel commissioned by the superintendent in May 4That huge hulk you spotted on the Academy lives of literally countless people since 2006. during darkness may well have been an elk. “We are coming to the Academy in 1991 with 4This Fall’s theme seeing more activity of the elk heard on the Academy,” her husband, retired Brig. Gen. Jim Head. for the Falcon Heritage said Mr. Phil Deremer, Academy deputy safety officer. 4“We are so very proud of our town, Boerne, our Forum was “Your “The herd is approximately 19 strong. These guys are high school and the record our young men and women Heroes of USAFA.” big. What bothers us is not that we have these majestic are making regarding the decision to serve in the More than 40 attendees animals on base, but rather that very few slow down military,” wrote Cadet 2nd Class Daniel Velo’s father. were Academy grads around them!” “Considering our Texas town’s population is only who have been deco- December approximately 7,500, I believe Boerne is doing quite rated with the Air Force 4General de well in representing itself at the Academy,” Al Velos Cross or the Silver Star, Brigade Aerienne wrote. It’s unlikely any town of comparable size has or have been involved Gratien Marie, five cadets at the Academy. in recent operations. commandant of 4One way to avert holidays depression is to keep November Ecole Del’ Air expectations realistic, said Academy chaplain Col. 4The Academy community raised 102.6 percent Econe Militaire Richard Hum. “Some have exaggerated expectations of the base’s Combined Federal Campaign goal. That Del’ Air, visited as to what the Christmas-Hanukkah holiday period came out to $512,920. the Air Force should do for them,” said the chaplain. “Some expect 4It was half-way Academy. “Each that Christmas will automatically be a time of fun and through a class at Iraq’s fall semester, eight fulfillment. Some think it will come through the explosive ordnance French cadets parties they attend, or from what they will receive.” school when Lt. Col. Joe called ‘aspirants’ attend the Academy and eight of our Academy chaplains try to encourage front- line super- Milner and others found cadets attend École de l’air in France’s on-de-Provence,” visors who should know their people, to watch over out that the explosive said Ms. Elaine Balogh, deputy director of interna- their folks. devices they were tional studies. 4If you don’t care who gets the credit, the job will handling were live. 4The Lance Sijan Chapter of the Air Force get done. So believes Ed Gavagan, director of family “That was a fun time,” Association has planned the Air Force Ball at the support for the Airmen and Family Readiness Flight. said the 10th Mission Broadmoor International Center starting at 6 p.m., Feb. “All of the time Academy people are rising to the Support Group deputy 15. “We have all-night entertainment by Tops in Blue occasion when someone is in need, and they really step commander. and dancing after the dinner in Colorado Hall,” said up to the plate,” he said. The numbers bear him out.

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February in size from hundreds of items to a croppers, Mr. Owens captured four 4The Academy Honor Guard single photo. Olympic gold medals. stayed on duty despite swirling snow 4Sleep deprivation was found to 4Major’s Night gave cadets a sneak whipped by a frigid south breeze for a affect cognitive tasks like innovation peek at a future course of study. funeral on the Academy. Retired Col. and problem solving. Representatives from 20 Academy Jimmie Butler, Academy Class of 1963, 4The Academy’s eight Frasca brand academic departments were on hand expressed his appreciation for the Honor flight simulators for the military strategic to field questions and offer informa- Guard’s professionalism under difficult studies department helped cadets learn tion. circumstances. the relationship between airpower oper- 4In honor of their approaching 4Academy Spirit readers got an ations and strategy to mission. graduation, senior cadets bore the brunt inside look at the Academy’s special 4For the Academy’s observance of of freshman shenanigans in their rooms collections branch inside McDermott African-American contributions to during the 100th Night celebration. Library. The branch houses more than history, Olympian and track star Jesse Pranks included redecorating with hay 1,400 individual collections which range Owens was featured. The son of share- field, garden, golf and swamp motifs.

4A story on the Academy’s wealth of heritage followed museum specialist Paul Martin as he catalogued, cared for and displayed the Academy’s many treas- ures, including General H. H. Arnold’s collection of personal medals.

March 4Cadets in the Academy history department and club donned period- specific uniforms from the Civil War to gain an appreciation of firearms through history. 4Falcon SAT-3 took its place in space as cadets watched their engineering efforts blast off in a launch televised life from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. 4The tradition of Recognition, the culminating event that provides cadets with readiness to lead Airman and become accepted as part of the Cadet Wing, was conducted to challenge fourth classmen in physical fitness, military knowledge and inspections. December 21, 2007 11

April 4Students from the Colorado School for the Deaf 4Dozens of Academy cadets traded in spring break and Blind school played turnabout with cadets during to build homes for the needy during Alternative Spring their visit on the Academy. Earlier, cadets visited their Break in Texas and New Mexico in April. school and gained an appreciation for the challenges 4Rarely seen on the Academy, skunks are normally influencing information processing. quiet, non-aggressive and solitary. They also serve as sanitation engineers by eating small rodents, shrews, worms, dead or decaying flesh, human garbage and insects. 4Senior cadets expressed their “wish-I-would- haves” by telling of their unfulfilled experiences, including never learning how to ski, joining the jump program and making more friends. 4The culture immersion program allowed cadets to sample life in the shadow of the Sphinx in Morocco and Egypt. They enjoyed visiting landmarks, practicing 4Political science professor Maj. Tom Mowle was Arabic and sampling good food. interviewed by a Los Angeles National Public Radio affil- 4The Wings of Blue broke their old record of 35 iate about his book Hope is not a Plan: The War in Iraq parachutists in formation by adding four more to the Inside the Green Zone published by Greenwood formation, earning them the number one spot in colle- Press/Praeger Security International. 4Academy telephone operators field as many as giate world parachuting. 4Haning Hughes met Edward Hughes while both 1,200 calls over a 24-hour period. Besides frequent were teaching in the same school number requests like medical appointments, the on the coast of the Manchurian exchange and commissary, operators also manage Peninsula. They married and morale calls and inquiries from other area installations. moved to Colorado Springs 4Service before self showed when Army veteran where Mrs. Hughes became the Leo Hymas educated Academy audiences with his first civilian to teach foreign eyewitness account of the atrocities during the Academy’s language on the Academy. remembrance of the victims of the Holocaust.

May 2007 was the largest in the brother became a second lieutenant in the 4The Academy’s 17 tow pilots fly school’s history, and 200 Marine Corps, and he was on the between 15 and 30 sorities a day when the received graduation certifi- Academy for his sister’s graduation. weather is good. The tow pilots also take cates during May ceremonies. Sri Lankan 2nd Lt. K. E. Naveen D. to the air as cadets head off the Academy Most of the class also received Gunaratne will be on the job with the for training and tournaments for cross appointments as cadets for Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri country and aerobatic competitions. the Class of 2011. Lanka’s Air Force following graduation. 4The Academy’s Ponderosa Pines 4Stories from Academy It was all in the Academy family for were under attack from the Mountain Class of 2007 came to light the graduating Cadet 1st Class Michael Scott. Pine Beetle. Academy foresters worked to week before graduation. His father, Brig. Gen. David Scott grad- protect the trees by thinning at-risk trees 4A tossed hat inspired uated in 1978, and his grandfather, retired and cutting, debarking or chipping then 8-year-old John Nep to Lt. Gen. Winfield Scott II, was Academy infested trees. dream of becoming a cadet. superintendent. He kept that hat, 4Vietnam-born Cadet 1st Class marks, led the cadet wing to lunch, flew and 14 years later tossed his Mary Jane Mai Nhan told of her a Cessna and left his handprints and own. During his time on the geographic and cultural journey from signature on a squadron wall. Hill, then Cadet 1st Class Asia to Florida to the Academy and her 4Airman 1st Class Edward tracked down the owner of travels as a South East Asia area studies Camacho had lived in Venezuela for 19 the hat he rescued as a boy major. years and longed to become a U.S. Air and discovered it belonged 4Cadet for a Day Julian “Spooner” Force officer. He arrived in the U.S. with to Academy math professor Willis stowed his skateboard to hang out six months of money and not a word of Maj. Robert Callihan. with members of Cadet Squadron 39, English. After enlisting, he was selected 4Then Cadet 1st Class the “Jedi Knights.” During his visit, spon- to the Preparatory School. Charlotte Freedman was in sored by the Make-A-Wish Foundation, 4The Preparatory School Class of Julian received tours of Academy land- Annapolis as her older

on his strict requirement for pre-marital counseling for one couple when he learned the groom was 85 and his bride 87. 4The 10th Aerospace Medicine Squadron sent 17 members of its own to Bolivia on a mercy mission. They treated 5,000 patients with various ailments. 4Some cadets spent their first weeks of summer gaining practical engineering experience constructing two hogans, cadet-designed versions of Navajo homes, from the ground up in Jacks Valley as part of the Field Engineering Readiness Laboratory.

He praised graduates for their dedication to service and urged them to maintain the courage of their convic- tions. 4Retired U.S. Army Maj. Darious “Luke” Guernsey, June 92, came to graduation ceremonies for his grand- 4During the graduation parade on Stillman Field, daughter, now 2nd Lt. Brittney Perkowski. The World the Class of 2007 handed off command of the cadet wing War II veteran influenced her decision to attend the to the Class of 2008. Following the change in command, Academy. graduating cadets reviewed each squadron. 4Love conquers all for Academy brides and grooms, 4Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates was guest and Academy chapels have their share of wedding speaker for 2007 Academy graduation exercises May 30. stories. Chaplain (Col.) Richard Hum recalled relenting 12 December 21, 2007

July to welcome the Class of 2011. They and training from numerous upperclassmen. 4The Academy’s Department of Basic Cadet Training prep students 4Cadet cadre, permanent party and Natural Resources battled noxious weeds worked through logistical issues in issuing civilians prepared Jacks Valley for the through eradication, control and preven- property, setting up rooms and getting a arrival of the Class of 2011 for Basic tion of the introduction of new species. head start on BCT. Cadet Training. Kitchens were scrubbed, Some 15 species of the noxious weeds, or 4The Class of 2011 said good-bye meals planned, mail deliveries ensured, non-native plant species which nega- to family and friends inside Doolittle on-site medical care installed and equip- tively impact native plant communities, Hall and made the symbolic trek over ment readied. were found on the Academy. the Association of Graduates’ memorial 4The Pioneer Cabin was revisited 4Then Cadet 2nd Class Jacob bridge. More than 1,300 basic cadets in- and its history told as one of the oldest Lambach prepared with other cadet cadre processed and received “motivational” structures in the Pikes Peak region. The one-room cabin served as home for Bill Burgess and his wife Adeline in the late 19th century. 4Global Engagement in Jacks Valley base operation, executing the mission, taught cadets the expeditionary Air Force defending the base and re-deploying concept of deploying, establishing a bare- home. 4The little 6-acre trailer park in a little city is Peregrine Pines Family Camp, a haven for campers seeking peaceful surroundings in the outdoors on the Academy. 4A look over the Academy’s shoulder 50 years ago showed building construction was well under way in the cadet area, the final design of the chapel was nearing approval, and more than 19 million square yards of soil had been removed from the site.

August Division rolled with the flow operating 46-passenger more advanced students can become qualified for FAA 4Big Bad Basic ended with pugilist competitions, coaches, 36-passenger intercity buses, 15-ton tractors, instrument and commercial ratings. obstacle course challenges, assault course competitions 13 forklifts and 15-passenger vans and sedans. The and other events for “Second Beast,” the final phase of Division averages more than 118,000 miles a month in Basic Cadet Training. support of Academy activities. 4Two of the Academy’s most popular performing groups shared a spotlight and the wild blue yonder. The 50 members of the Wings of Blue have entertained audiences all over the world with their parachuting skills. The Academy’s 15 peregrine, gyr and prairie falcons serve as wildlife educators, flyers and prospec- tive parents to falcon offspring. 4“Come fly with us,” invited the Academy’s Aero Club. Beginner students can work toward a Federal Aviation Administration private pilot’s license while

4The Preparatory School parade field was once again the site for the Academy’s annual family picnic. Attractions included games, music, lots of good food, exhibits and a visit from Smokey the Bear. 4Sponsors for cadets and cadet candidates at the Preparatory School gave Academy students a good way to get away from the stresses of the Academy and enjoy a home away from home. 4The 10th Mission Support Group’s Transportation

September competition showcasing the mustang’s World War II Civil Air Patrol operations him here. 4The High Holy Days of Rosh beauty, versatility and trainability and to establishment of the Air Force 4The Chaney King Bike Ride & Run Hashanah and Yom Kippur were on the for increasing the trained mustangs’ Academy, the airfield honored the memory of Cadet 2nd Class horizon on the Academy as the Jewish chances for adoption. has a rich history of King who died in an automobile acci- congregation prepared for the time for 4Muslims on the Academy observed private and military dent during her sophomore year. Proceeds introspection, repentance and the begin- Ramadan, the fourth religious obliga- aviation. benefited the Falcon Foundation, which ning of a fresh new year. tion of Islam. During the month-long 4Prestige, supports exceptional young men and observance Muslims engaged in deep pride, team- women preparing to attend the Academy. personal worship, studying the teachings work and 4Senior Master Sgt. Tony Barnes of Islam and concentrating on charity. hard work with the 10th Medical Group was recog- 4In the 1930’s the present Academy are hall- nized for championing the Air Force’s airfield resembled little more than a cow marks of the Enlisted Village and raising funding for path. From being used for the Valley Air Cadet Honor Guard, founded in 1974. it. Service flying school in the 1930s to The approximately 70 cadets performed 4F-22A Raptor manufacturer about three times a week for special events Lockheed Martin Corporation let cadets and hold themselves to high standards for take the controls of their updated F-22A tradition, appearance and Academy life. flight simulator. More than 700 experi- 4Cadet 4th Class Dan Gray jumped enced the demonstrator. 4Pino the mustang thanked his ship from the Marine Corps to the Air 4Academy people rolled up their lucky stars for Lonnie Aragon, assistant Force Academy. After two years in the sleeves for the Armed Services Blood manager at the Academy’s Equestrian Corps, he applied to the Naval and Air Program. The ASBP is the only agency Center. Mr. Aragon “adopted” Pino for Force academies. The attitude of cadets collecting blood for the military which 100 days of training in preparation for and professionalism of the Academy drew benefits wounded Americans. December 21, 2007 13

October Development Center. After three months of care at the Sound,” the Corps supports cadet activities and makes 4The Air Force Specialty Code spotlight was on Ellicott Wildlife Rehabilitation Center, he was released guest appearances off base. Staff Sgts. Amanda Burns and Mark Parland. They near the site where he was first found. 4Academy protocol officers are the veteran experts serve as the local point of contacts for the base telephone when it comes to “minding your manners.” Protocol offi- systems and are the only Airmen with the AFSC 2E6X3. cers plan weeks ahead of visits and events to ensure even the smallest detail is not overlooked for guests.

4Corbin Leonard, 10, had his dream come true when Cadet Squadron 9 hosted him as Cadet for a Day through the Make-A-Wish Foundation. He spent a weekend visiting with cadets and touring Academy aviation attractions. 4The Academy Drum and Bugle Corps blends 4“AFA” the great horned owl was back home on resounding music, precision and pizzazz whether the Academy after a crash landing near the Child marching or playing in place. Known as the “Flight of

November and fielding complaints from individuals. 4Buddhists on the Academy opened a home on 4Military moves have come a long way from the their own in the Academy Chapel. The 300 square foot wagon trains of old. Although the pack and load routine basement hall will be supported from a donation from has changed little with the Joint Personal Property the Frederick P. Lenz Foundation for American Shipping Office, technology is making information Buddhism. more readily available to customers and full replacement value for lost goods is now available at no cost. 4Master Sgt. Lisa Wright would is the only Airman holding an enlisted slot for teaching in an academic situation on the Academy. The algebra instructor at the Preparatory School also serves as an academic advisor and regularly integrates communication with students during class time.

Academy Protestant chapel organist and Cadet Chorale 4Ryan Hanna, 9, received VIP treatment for a director has been bringing music to the chapel commu- weekend as Cadet for a Day. Besides reviewing Academy nity for more than 25 years through recitals, directing sites, he shared the limelight with other cadets for a spirit voices and playing the organ for visitors, weddings and bonfire, tail gate party and ride with Falcon football funerals. players before the game with Army. 4Cadets “made it real” this year in competitions 4The Inspector General office stands ready to all over the Academy during the Commandant’s keep the Academy on its toes and lend a hand. Its Challenge. They were tested during field exercises, mili- mission encompasses compliance with Air Force mission tary knowledge and performance standards and phys- requirements, testing emergency response capabilities 4Music is part of Dr. Joseph Galema’s soul. The ical stamina.

December 4Cadets went globetrotting over 4The Air Force Aid Society helped the Thanksgiving break to locales like Academy Airmen and families with Uruguay, Brazil, Korea, Thailand, emergency relief, community programs Argentina and the Phillipines. and education grants. It was noted a tax 4Singing groups stayed in tune deductible gift to the Society goes with the Academy and audiences over directly to help Airmen take care of the year. The Cadet Chorale, the Catholic Airmen. Cadet Choir, the Protestant worship

team, the Academy Singers and the Show percent of annual income. Military Choir all inspired and entertained audi- members and civilians on the Academy ences on and off the Academy. also opened their hearts and wallets all 4In a State of Giving study by the year long to make life easier and happier Colorado Nonprofit Association, the for others through holiday gift projects, Academy topped the list of 60 Colorado volunteer time, scholarships and contri- cities and towns surveyed by ZIP codes butions to the Combined Federal with a charitable giving average of 5.7 Campaign. 14 December 21, 2007

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January 4Air Force junior center Eric Ehn was on the Lloyd, who became just the 11th boxer in Academy ballot for the Hobey Baker Award, given annually to the history to claim four consecutive Wing Open titles. nation’s top collegiate hockey player. Ehn, who led the Lloyd won his fourth straight 112-pound title. nation in scoring with 46 points in 28 games, first 4The Medical Group’s third straight trip to the appeared on the list on Jan. 3 at No. 10. Academy Over-30 Basketball League finals was a 54- 4For the first time in 12 years, the Air Force men’s 46 win over the Prep School. MDG used an up tempo track and field team won its home invitational. They offense to push the ball in the second half. Medical’s accumulated 129.50 points to win the 16th-annual Air Stephen Baker hit three-of-four three-pointers and five Force Invitational. The Falcons topped runner-up for six for the game to share team scoring honors with Colorado by 20.50 points to out-distance the 12-team Greg Schneringer with 17 points. field. It’s the second men’s team title in school 4Jacob Burtschi’s lay up history. with 7.7 seconds left lifted 4The 10th the Falcons to a 52-51 win 4Falcons head football coach Fisher DeBerry Medical Group over DePaul before an ear- announced his retirement. DeBerry had just completed rallied from a late splitting, near capacity crowd his 23rd season as head football coach and 27th season first half deficit to of 5,672 at Clune Arena and at the Academy. He left as the winningest coach in down the 306th a national television audi- service academy history, with a 169-109-1 record. Flying Training ence on ESPN2. The win 4Former Houston Texans offensive coordinator Group, 41-35, in advanced the bluesuiters to Troy Calhoun is the new head football coach at the the if-necessary the National Invitation Academy. Calhoun, a 1989 Academy graduate, is the sixth game of the Tournament semifinals headcoach in school history and first graduate to hold double-elimina- against Clemson in New York the position. tion post-season tournament, to repeat as Academy City. 4Thanks to a 21-0 run Intramural Basketball League champs. Mike Davis 4Air Force’s dramatic 5-4 come-from-behind in the second half, the finished with a team-high 25 points. victory over Sacred Heart and their 6-1 rout over Army Falcons pulled out a 65-57 4The Air Force women’s basketball team defeated earned the Falcons their first Atlantic Hockey Association Mountain West Conference San Diego State, 60-52, in Clune Arena, for its first Tournament Championship, in their first year in the men’s basketball thriller over conference win of the season. The Falcons improve to AHA, and a place in collegiate hockey history as the first New Mexico. The win 5-18 overall, 1-11 in the Mountain West Conference. service academy to clinch a bid in the NCAA ballooned the Falcons (16- The victory snapped an 11-game losing streak dating Championship tournament. 1, 3-0 MWC) winning back to Jan. 4. Air Force shot 61 percent in the second 4Junior Eric Ehn is selected as a finalist for the streak to 12 before a record half, their highest ever. Hobey Baker Memorial Award, college hockey’s most crowd of 6,511 at Clune prestigious individual honor. He’s the first Air Force March player and first service academy player ever selected as Arena. 4Backed by five goals a finalist for the award. Ehn is just the fourth player to from senior Conrad be chosen who is not a member of one of the four 4The Air Force Lochocki, the Air Force major conferences. men’s swimming lacrosse team opened the and diving team 2007 campaign with an 11- defeated two-time 7 victory over Siena on defending Mountain Sunday at the Cadet Lacrosse West Conference Stadium. Siena scored the champion UNLV, only goal of the first period, 175-125, before but the Falcons came alive more than 1,000 in the second, tallying five fans at the Cadet Natatorium. The Falcons took 10 of unanswered goals. 16 events. Air Force took over sole possession of first place in the MWC at 2-0 and were 11-1 overall. 4The Air Force February boxing team hosted 11 4Freshman Melissa Beerse rewrote the Falcon intense bouts during the 49th annual Wing Open pole vault record twice at the annual Don Barrett Air 4The No. 2 ranked Minnesota Golden Gophers, Championships at Clune Force Open. Beerse won the pole vault after clearing 12’ appearing in their NCAA-record 31st hockey tourna- 4 ¾”.That mark topped the original record of 12’½” Ana Arena. Eight former champions returned to ment, and the top West Region seed, rallied from a 3- Maria Ortega set in 2001. Beerse first eclipsed the stan- 1 deficit to down the Falcons 4-3 before 11,161 fans at dard at 12’ ¾”. the winner’s circle, including senior Willie Denver’s Pepsi Center and a national television audi- 16 December 21, 2007 December 21, 2007 17 ence on ESPNU in the Falcons first NCAA Tournament Horton claimed his first. The Falcons were runners-up istration), Chad Hennings (football), Michelle Johnson appearance. for the national team crown for the third straight year. (basketball) and Brock Strom (football). 4Clemson broke through Air Force’s full-court 4One hour, 59 minutes and 21 seconds. That’s 4Recently graduated press with 1.2 seconds left giving the Tigers a 68-67 how convincingly Kathy Rakel obliterated the Academy Air Force first baseman/ victory and a spot in the National Invitation Tournament women’s Ironman school record, at the 2007 Ford outfielder Karl Bolt was championship game at Madison Square Garden. The Ironman Arizona in Tempe. Rakel finished second in selected by the Philadelphia Falcons finished 26-9, the most wins in Academy history. her age division with a time of 11:46:42 and was the first Phillies in the 15th round April of 12 cadets to conquer Ironman Arizona. of the 2007 Major League 4After two years at the helm of the Air Force men’s May Baseball Amateur Draft. basketball team, Jeff Bzdelik resigned to accept the 4The Colorado State Rams Bolt is the second Academy head coaching job at the University of Colorado. Bzdelik used a dramatic doubles victory en player ever drafted in the guided the Falcons to a 50-16 record in his two years, route to a 4-2 victory over Air Force 51-year history of the including a school-record 26-9 mark this past season. in the first round of the 2007 program. A four-year letter winner, Bolt was the 473rd 4With five champions, the Air Force boxing team Mountain West Conference Women’s selection in the draft. returned the National Collegiate Boxing Association Tennis Championships at the Western Regional title to the Academy. The Falcons Academy. The TCU men advanced claimed their 27th title in the last 28 years during the to the semis with a 4-0 victory over final day of competition in Las Vegas. The Falcons won Air Force. With the loss, Air Force the seven-team event by qualifying 10 boxers for ended its season 11-16. nationals.

4Former baseball standout and 1993 Academy grad Lance Pilch was inducted into the College Sports Information Directors of America Academic All- America Hall of Fame at the 20th annual induction banquet in San Diego. The hall honors former student- athletes who have excelled in their professions and in 4The “father” of Air Force men’s soccer coach their communities. 4Athletics methodically wore down the defending 4Sophomore Sara Lou Sagastume retired, ending 28 years at the Academy. champion Medical Group, 25-20, to complete a two- He compiled a 282-188-43 record in his Air Force career Neubauer became the game sweep and capture the Academy Intramural Academy’s first USA and an overall mark of 303-195-43 in 30 seasons. During Volleyball League title at the Sports and Fitness Center the 2006 season, he became only the 25th coach in Track and Field cham- gym. MDG wrestled the title from AD in 2006. But, pion, winning the shot Division I history to reach the 300-win plateau. this year Athletics won the opener, 25-16, to set up 4Two-year Falcon assis- put at the 2007 Finish the clincher. Line USA Junior Track tant coach Jeff Reynolds was 4Air Force captured six overall titles at the promoted to the top spot as the and Field Championships Mountain West Conference Track and Field in Indianapolis, Ind. seventh head coach of Air Force Championships in San Diego, Calif. That’s the most men’s basketball, and the fourth Neubauer recorded a ever for a Falcon team - indoor or outdoor - during distance of 48’10¼. in five years. Air Force inked its history as a member of both the Western Athletic Reynolds to a five-year contract. Meanwhile, with a career- Conference and the MWC. best matching toss of He replaced, Jeff Bzdelik, who 4Academy Athletic Department named hockey’s brought Reynolds to the 195’8” former Air Force Eric Ehn (Most Valuable Men’s Athlete), track and Academy, but resigned April 3 javelin standout Dana field’s Olivia Korte (Most Valuable Women’s Athlete), to take the head coaching job at Pounds won gold at the 2007 AT&T USA Track and hockey’s Billy Devoney (Athletic Leadership), swimmer Colorado. Field Outdoor Championships in Indy. Blair Leake (Scholar Athlete), swimmer Chris Knaute 4Two Air Force boxers were crowned national July (Athletic Excellence) and basketball’s Jacob Burtschi champions at the 2007 National Collegiate Boxing 4Senior Blair Leake (Outstanding Athletic Achievement) the 2007 Association Champ- was named the 2006-07 outstanding student-athletes. ionships in Reno, Mountain West Conference Nev. Senior heavy- June Female Student-Athletes of weight Ian Tuznik 4The Academy announced the inaugural class the Year, making three defended his title, for induction into the Air Force Academy Athletic Hall Falcon swimmers to win while 119-pound of Fame. The six inductees were: Alonzo Babers (track the award in the past five sophomore Jesse and field), Bob Beckel (basketball), John Clune (admin- years. It’s the highest honor

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Signature______Exp Date ______December 21, 2007 19 second straight shutout with a 1-0 victory over St. school mark of 256 yards he logged on Oct. 13 at Francis University at home. Colorado State. 4Three-thousand and thirty one puck fans shoe- 4Trailing 4-3 with momentum in Army’s corner, horned into the 2,502-seat Academy Cadet Ice Arena Air Force rallied for back-to-back-to-back wins to Sunday to watch the National Hockey League’s claim their annual inter-service dual meet, 6-4, before Colorado Avalanche skate in their 8th annual a packed house in the Cadet Gym’s Upper Boxing Burgundy and White intra-squad scrimmage. It Room. Decisions by Andrew Catoire, Chris Johnson marked the first professional hockey game ever played and Cory Tintzman, got the bluesuiters back on track. at the 39-year-old venue.

4The banners symbolizing their Atlantic Hockey Association Tournament title and first-ever NCAA tourney berth were unfurled. Then the Falcons shed any one-year wonder talk by beating #14 Quinnipiac, 3-1, at the Cadet Ice Arena, to sweep of the Bobcats. It marked the first time in Air Force hockey history the Falcons swept a ranked opponent. 4Rallying from 12 November 4Falcons all-purpose dynamo Chad Hall rushed points down in the for 142 yards and quarterback Shaun Carney threw third game, the Air for two touchdowns and ran for a third as the blue- Force volleyball team suiters manhandled the Fighting Irish, 41-24, before completed a three- a sellout crowd of 80,795, at Notre Dame. The Falcons game sweep of Texas are 6-22 all time against Notre Dame. Four of the Southern in the final wins have been in the Irish’s back yard. match of the Lady Panther Invitational in Prairie View, Texas. The Falcons easily defeated the Tigers, 30- 16 and 30-17, and then held off TSU to take the 31-29 win in the final game to even their 4The Air Force fencing team showcased some of overall record at 7-7. its younger talent during the annual Nick Toth Open October at the Cadet Gym. Freshman Nick Stockdale won the 4The Air Force mixed foil competition. In mixed saber sophomore women’s soccer team Michael O’Connor rallied late to win 15-13. And in took first-place in the the women’s saber the Falcons had a near clean sweep 2007 Falcon Invitational with a first, second and a tie for third. 4 4Air Force offi- at the Cadet Soccer Chad Hall ran cially accepted an Stadium. With all four wild for 275 yards, invitation to play in teams in the tournament leading the bluesuiters the fifth annual Bell going 1-1, the Falcons to a convincing 30-10 Helicopter Armed won it with the most win over Army. It was Forces Bowl in Fort goals scored tie-breaker. the first home win over Worth, Texas, Dec. On the tournament’s a service academy 31. The game, set for opening night, the opponent for the senior a 10:30a.m. (MST) Falcons posted the most class. Hall set a new kickoff at Amon G. goals in a game since Academy single-game Carter Stadium, will be televised nationally on ESPN. 2002, downing North rushing record, The 9-3 Falcons will play the 6-6 California Golden Dakota State, 5-1. breaking his own Bears from the Pac-10 Conference.

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