Freshmen Falcons vs Monterrey Tech

The highlight of the freshman football season was the trip over Thanksgiving to Monterrey, Mexico, via two nights in San Antonio at the Randolph AFB VOQ. (Actually, it’s a close call between this trip or being on jock ramps all season and not having to sit at squadron tables.) One of the distinguishing memories of … Read more

1972 Freshmen Football Roster

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

72-73 CONTRAILS Part 3

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″]

72-73 CONTRAILS Part 2

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″]

72-73 CONTRAILS Part 1

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″]

CONTRAILS (the Basic Cadet Bible)

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

BCT and “Permanent” Squadrons

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