From: Les Querry:

Over two years ago, I had produced and distributed to all classmates (and to many widows and children of deceased classmates) a DVD containing thousands of photographs, videos, audio clips and documents relating to the Class of 1960.

There was some unmentioned symbolism on the jacket cover that I was wondering if anyone ever noticed.

Notice that there are some decorative star clusters on the cover: two four-stars, two three-stars and five brigadiers, part of the Class of 1960's legacy.

If any of you noticed it before, please let me know Here.

And did anyone notice that the Class website's redesigned home page looks a bit like a heads-up display?

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27 November 2012

USAFA on "YouTube"

USAFA--The first 25 years (1979) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fd_hbMtQhak

Gen. Briggs on "What's My Line" (1958) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGt3NgBZRlk

Note: If the videos do not display properly, please let us know HERE.

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Agenda for 2012 Class of 1960

Inter-Service Weekend

Thursday, 4 Oct Evening Meal--You are On Your Own (YOYO)

Friday, 5 Oct Evening Meal--Buffet Dinner (Prime Rib and Chicken Marsala), Patty Jewett Golf Club @ 1800 hrs. (Sports Coat ) Inclusive cost: $35 per person.

(We will supply maps & rides if required) Dinner Friday night will honor Andi Biancur as recipient of the 50th Year Class Award

Saturday, 6 Oct Game Day--kick off @ 0930 hrs. local:

The Class Tailgate will include a pregame breakfast w/libations for regular attendees beginning at 0630. If out-of-towners/guests want breakfast at the tailgate, cost will be $5.00 each, collectable at the tailgate. For those staying at the hotel, breakfast is included in your room rate. Due to early kick off, we suggest arrival at the stadium NLT 0730 hrs. After the game, the Glaza tailgate will be set up for libations and conversation while the traffic clears. We are planning on a full picnic lunch (around 1300-1330 hrs). Lunch cost $10.00/person to help defray costs, collected at the tailgate.

Saturday, 6 Oct Evening Meal--TGI Fridays @ 1830 hrs. local

Casual dress evening w/ drinks and food ordered off the menu and random conversation--no set program. Located at intersection of I-25 and Woodmen. Maps, directions, & rides provided by locals if needed.

Sunday, 7 Oct No plans--YOYO

Hotel Info: The Hyatt Place, 503 W. Garden of the Gods Road @ I-25. Telephone is 719-265-9385. A block of 10 rooms is reserved for Friday and Saturday night with a few also available on Thursday, Sunday and Monday. The rate is $95 per night with a choice of 1 King or 2 Queen beds. The block ID is AFA60. The hotel provides breakfast with the room. They also have pay as you go Bakery Cafe offering Starbucks coffee, freshly baked pastries, beer, wine and cocktails plus a "Grab 'n Go" case featuring snacks, salads, sandwiches and bottled beverages. Restaurants within walking distance are Black Eyed Pea, Applebee's, & Village Inn.

Football Ticket Info: Contact the AFA ticket office and tell them you are joining the Class of 1960 for the game. Contact info: Phone (719) 472-1895 or toll-free (800) 666-USAF (8723). You can do it all on line:

http://www.goairforcefalcons.com/tickets/afa-tickets.html We have not made any class specific arrangements.

You can print your tickets on your computer after you make your on line purchase.

Funds Collection: We will need a head count for the Friday evening event and the pre-game and post-football

tailgates. Please fill out the form sent with Rosie's MassBlast email and return, with necessary funds for Friday night, to Jim Waddle.

From Andi Biancur

29 July 2012

Today things have calmed down a bit. A large number of evacuees have been allowed to return to their homes west of I-25 and east of Centennial Blvd. The Academy still remains evacuated. The Class of 2016 was successfully in-processed and is remaining in the cadet area along with the Cadre doing the equipment/clothing check out and room prep stuff.

This morning the fire is being reported as 15 % contained with full containment forecast no earlier than 16 July. The weather and winds cooperated yesterday and the fire in burning toward the northwest up into the mountains and along the Rampart Range north. Thus far it has not come over the ridge above the Academy and was halted some quarter mile from the Academy southern boundary. It has consumed some 18,000 acres or 29 square miles.

The 8:00 am briefing will update the parameters but thus far there have been 347 homes destroyed and they have found one fatality--a person who did not evacuate from a destroyed home. (miraculously no other injuries or fatalities to either victims or fire fighters). The only person I know that has experienced loss is Dick Coppock '61. I am told, they evacuated but lost their home--but they had pictures.

The "First" fire fighter is scheduled to arrive in the area sometime today and there is a general negative feeling about his arrival. What with his enhanced security requirements and the flight restrictions, he is seen to be a definite hindrance to the entire operation.

We are not our of the woods. Several areas remain under evacuation orders and alerts and they are anticipating a start of the summer thunderstorm season. This produces several dry thunderstorms which contain multiple lightening strikes. (Yesterday one passed over Pike's Peak and recorded 81 lightning strikes--any one of which could start additional fires in this tinder box.

The attached URLs supplied by Ron will allow you to learn more of the operation if you wish. If anything comes out in today's briefing, I will forward it on. Again, I am sending information only to keep those of you who have expressed interest in following the breaking events. In many ways, this is an historic event in Colorado Springs, the Academy, and Colorado. I believe the news will fall off within the next couple of days as July Fourth takes the headlines.

Andi

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Recent Aerial Video Footage of Fire Retardant Drops from a C-130

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo--Recently released aerial video footage of fire retardant drops from a C-130 today against the Colorado wild fires is now available at the following link:

http://www.dvidshub.net/video/148075/aerial-footage-fire-retardant-drops#.T-yreZjgdJU

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From Jenny Glaza:

27 July 2012

We've received several phone calls and e-mails from concerned family and friends. Up until yesterday the fire was behind the front range and even though we could see the smoke plumes, there were no homes burned and (only) about 11,000 evacuees. About 4pm yesterday the fire jumped the containment lines, crested the front ridge, and a 65mph wind gust drove the fire down into houses in Mountain Shadows. The people there had been given pre-evacuation notice and only 2 hours later were told to leave immediately. Last night we could see homes burning from our house. Jim said it looked like a war zone. We know people who lived up there and we're afraid they may no longer have a home to return to. We found that their phone is "disconnected".
One of the areas burned is the Flying W Ranch which many of you enjoyed when you joined us for the "rehearsal dinner" during our wedding. The ranch had been here for over 60 years and now it is totally gone.
The Air Force Academy has evacuated the housing areas on the Academy grounds and we can see smoke and fire on the southern boundary of the Academy (reportedly, 10 acres of the Academy's Southwest corner have burned). Last we heard, the Academy continues to plan for the doolies entry tomorrow morning at the Association of Graduates building.
There are now 32,500 evacuees (including Jim's ex-wife, Linda)--not including the ongoing evacuation of the North side of Woodland Park--and the number is certain to increase. They have added pre-evacuations orders for Monument and Palmer Lake west of I 25 and south of County Line road (Monument Hill). Essentially, almost all areas west of I 25 south of County Line road and north of Hwy 24 are under either evacuation or pre-evacuation orders.
Currently, the fire has burned over 15,000 acres and is only 5% contained and they don't expect full containment until July 16. The conditions here couldn't be worse. Our rainfall for the last 2 years has been less than 15% of normal, there is a lot of dead trees from the pine beetle kill 10 years ago, and we have been reaching record highs ever for the history of Colorado Springs. Add to that the extreme terrain and high shifting winds and one of the top fire incident commanders in the nation said he's never seen a fire like this. This fire is the top fire priority in the nation, consuming over half of all our nation's fire fighting resources and we're told Obama plans to visit on Friday. Since we are east of I 25 we feel that we are safe, since it is highly unlikely that the fire would take hold on this side of the freeway.

Thanks for your concern. We will let you know if anything substantially changes.
Jim and Jenny

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A photograph taken at the 1960 graduation has recently surfaced.

Identifiable, left to right, are: Schira, Lent, Loh, Brost, McCall, Thomasson, Hodson, Kaspar, Giffen, Sexton, Kingman and Stack.