Contributed by Steve Stockdale, CS-39. This had to have been printed pretty early in our doolie season since it looks like we had more players than they had jersey numbers. By my count, there are 119 names here (1 duplicated) … or 7.8% of the 1,505 of us who started Basic Cadet Training together. And … Read more
Attached to the Superintendent’s letter to parents in July 1972 was this profile of the new incoming class.
Contributed by Steve Stockdale, CS-39 Two weeks into BCT, Academy Superintendent General Clark sent his first of periodic letters to the Spirit of ’76 parents. Maybe the most interesting part of the mailing wasn’t the letter itself but the one-page attachment, “Profile of the Class of 1976” (last page). The profile is also located here … Read more
Part 3 contains the rest of the CONTRAILS for 1972-73, focusing on the Academy itself. History The Falcon Academics Military Training Honor Code Fourth Class System Physical Education Professional Ethics Cadet Activities Social Life Unit Awards Service Academies Fourth Class Knowledge Abbreviations Academic Calendar Personal Notes [metaslider id=”7334″]
Part 2 includes the “Air Power” section of CONTRAILS: The Use of Airpower in World War I Aircraft Missiles Foreign Aircraft USAF Helicopters [metaslider id=”7216″]
Part 1 the “Basic Cadet Bible” contains these sections: The Military Profession United States Military Decorations High Flight Air Force Heritage World War I Interwar Period World War II Post-World War II Korea to the Present The Air Force Air Force Days Pilot Training Navigator Training Helicopter Training Major Commands [metaslider id=”7154″]
In The Beginning … there was/were CONTRAILS The 1972-1973 “Basic Cadet Bible” is presented on this page (Front Matter, including Contents) and three following pages: Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3. The list below shows which Content is in which Part. Each part is presented as a slideshow just like this one for the … Read more
Basic Cadet Training Squadrons-Flights-Doolie Squadrons A little help here … what were the names of the BCT summer squadrons in 1972? And which flights went to which doolie squadrons? I can only remember my own (GUTS!) and C and D Flights for sure. And some of the names may have changed between the summers of … Read more
My last night as a civilian (for about 10 years) was spent here. That evening I met Gary Lorenzen, Dave Leupp, and Jeff Steig. Gary and I were in the same BCT flight, both tallest guys in our respective Elements, and marched together (or maybe Tony Yount was between us? can’t say for sure). Dave … Read more