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USAF Academy Catalog 1972-1973

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The 1972-1973 Catalog is available as six text-searchable PDF files. CONTENTS Part 1 Officers of Administration Superintendent’s Letter Calendar 1972-1973 History Facilities The Academy Mission Summary of the Core Curriculum Open/Download Part 1 (42mb) Part 2 The Academy Curriculum Cadet Academic Program Academic Instruction Seiler Research Laboratory Air Force Academy Library Cadet Leadership and Military … Read more

Wild Blue U.

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Wild Blue U: the story of the U.S. Air Force Academy, by Ed Mack Miller, photographs by Pat Coffey, with an Introduction by Milton Caniff. The Macmillan Company, Collier Books. This book came out about the time the Spirit of ’76 started, with copyright in 1972. I believe the copy I have was purchased by … Read more

Recruiting Posters

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I received this set of posters from my football recruiter, Captain Neal Starkey (see here for more about him). For about 40 years I kept them in the mailing tube, hardly ever taking them out to look at them. I’ve cropped a 2-3″ white surrounding border from the actual posters which included a caption and … Read more

A Recruiting Letter

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Donated by Steve Stockdale, CS-39 As a lightly-recruited high school quarterback, I received the attention of a few college recruiters, including from the Academy and Canoe U. A one-two recruiting punch proved very effective … first the personal handwritten letter, then the marketing propaganda. Then the information/propaganda. Note the Air Force “Privileges” below obviously referenced … Read more

Growth Into Leadership

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Contributed by Pete Trump, CS-39 This promotional brochure was printed during the term of General Moorman as Superintendent (1965-1970). There are two identifying marks: U.S. Government Printing Office : 1968 O-309-518 CO 67-26-AFA Produced by the Advertising Division, HQ U.S. Air Force [metaslider id=”7532″]