During my 2nd Class year I was very fortunate to get one of the coveted slots to make the trip to West Point for the 1974 Falcons vs. Army football game. Unfortunately, we didn’t win the game but I remember it as a fun trip and came away very impressed by the historic site. Somehow, … Read more
Air Force Pamphlet AFP 50-56 Training USAF AEROBICS Physical Fitness Program (Male) There are two excerpts from this unforgettable, points-counting, pamphlet – each a separate slideshow. The first includes the Contents and first 17 pages. The second contains pages 18-19, “Aerobics Program Charts,” then the applicable program exercise regimens for “Ages 50 and Over.” Because, … Read more
Without a doubt, the luckiest thing that happened to me while a cadet was getting to spend three weeks in the summer of ’74 at Edwards AFB, CA, where my “job” every work day was to put on my flight suit, grab my helmet bag, go to Base Ops, and look to see what flights … Read more
Now as 2nd classmen, the Superintendent was able to shrink his annual letter from four to two pages. I guess, because we were over-the-hump and it was all downhill from there (?).
In an effort to “help” my academic efforts, my mother, Mrs. Jo Stockdale, sent me a letter, possibly copied to my Air Officer Commanding (AOC) as “encouragement” to do whatever needed to be done for successful completion of my “academic probation” in a Physics course. Somehow, I don’t believe to my a priori knowledge, the … Read more
I believe this was sent in 1973 since there was a different card sent in 1974 from the Air Force Athletic Foundation. I’m assuming this was sent to the football players’ families.
The Catholic and Protestant chaplains co-signed this letter to parents just before Christmas 1973.