1976 Contrails Desk Calendar
It’s a slideshow. Hover over the cover and the Left-Right scroll indicators will appear. Or below the slideshow you can see the individual images that you can click on directly.
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Assorted Cadets
Contributed by Steve Stockdale, CS-39. From the Olton Enterprise weekly newspaper in October 1975, a letter from my late mother, Jo Stockdale. All the cadets listed in the article had taken a long weekend to drive to Texas to attend the Texas Tech – Texas A&M football game. And most of them were fixed up … Read more
Career Information Fact Book
Career Information Fact Book 1976, Open or download the PDF (81mb) Contents
25 Jul 1975 Superintendent Letter to Parents
General Allen, successor to General Clark, sent the annual status report to parents in July 1975. He may have written other letters to parents, but this is the only one I have. I’m not going to editorialize about anything in this letter, but two statements almost prompted me to: “The First Class year is a … Read more
’76 Ring Dining In
Update: General Yeager died on December 7, 2020, at the age of 97. The following day, Terry Gross of NPR’s “Fresh Air” broadcast a 10-minute excerpt from her 1988 interview with Yeager. Listen here, with transcript. Ticket and Program with featured speaker Brigadier General Charles E. Yeager (USAF Retired). The text for the ring description, … Read more
Folksongs of the American Fighter Pilot in SE Asia
This is an interesting find. I believe this was provided as part of a Creative Writing Workshop (a regular course) offered by the English Department/Fine Arts in the spring of 1975. I know that it included at least one off-campus get-together with civilians (i.e., girls) and I believe there were some on-campus colloquiums with guests. … Read more