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

Ramada Inn

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

USAF Academy Catalog 1972-1973

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.

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

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

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