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.
The season finale against Notre Dame was played in South Bend, IN, on Thanksgiving Day and was broadcast nationally by ABC-TV. Keith Jackson called the play-by-play. After beating us fairly handily, their next game was the Sugar Bowl in the New Orleans at Tulane Stadium. They beat Alabama 24-23 and were recognized without much dispute … Read more
During my sophomore season on the football season, we played the University of Arizona in Tucson. My uncle and his family lived there at the time and I left tickets for them. They waited for me after the game and I went to dinner with them.
