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JANUARY 2019
TOMORROW'S MILITARY AVIATORSWe're proud to highlight these Daedalian Matching Scholarship recipients who are pursuing careers
as military aviators. If you would like to offer them career advice or words of encouragement,please email us at [email protected].
Cadet Brian AbbottEmbry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona$1,835 scholarshipSierra Flight 27“Since I joined the Air Force, I knew I wanted to fly, but countedmyself out since I didn’t attend the Air Force Academy. Afterspending two years as a KC-10 flying crew chief, I put all of myefforts into striving to become a B-52 pilot. With the help ofcountless pilots, supervisors and family, I earned my Private Pilot’sLicense and instrument rating. Now that I have become eligible tobecome an Air Force pilot, I dream of flying the B-52 with hopefullya U-2 follow-on. Once I become a pilot, regardless of the airframe, I will strive toencourage struggling Airmen that their futures are not set in stone and to create betterAirmen than I could ever dream of.”
Cadet Kerry ColeCadet Wing CommanderUniversity of California, Riverside$6,000 scholarshipHap Arnold Flight 30“My career goals are to finish Undergraduate Pilot Training andcontinue on as a pilot in the world’s best Air Force.”Cadet Cole also logged 15 hours through the 2016 DaedalianFlying Training program.
Cadet Alana DaumCalifornia State University$1,835 scholarshipSierra Flight 27“It has been my dream to be an Air Force Pilot and I plan toaccomplish a vast amount of feats with this title. I plan to completeflight training by 2022 and hope to fly the A-10 Thunderbolt II or theHH-60 Pavehawk. It is my goal to be in an aircraft that can providereinforcement through close air support or the delivery of Combat
Search and Rescue resources to troops on the ground.”
Cadet Robinson HessCalifornia State University$1,835 scholarshipSierra Flight 27“My dream job since the 8th grade is to become an Air Force pilot. Iam excited that I am one step closer now that I have received a slotas a pilot candidate. I will fly any plane the Air Force selects for me,but I would prefer the A-10. I can’t think of a more rewarding jobthan flying close air support and helping the warriors on theground. I plan on serving 20 years in the military and then startingmy own business. My goal is to stay active in flying and I want tohelp the next generation achieve their goals of becoming pilots and offering flight lessonsthrough Civil Air Patrol.”
NOTEWORTHY ACHIEVEMENT
Retired Air Force Lt. Col. Powley is shown above in the light green shirt standing next to the threeJunior ROTC cadets who flew through the F.L.I.G.H.T. program in June 2018.
10,000 students and countingBelated congratulations to Life Member and retired Air Force Lt. Col. Bill Powley on a
tremendous achievement he set last summer. F.L.I.G.H.T. (Fight Lesson InstructionalGrants Helping Teens) -- the foundation he founded – flew its 10,000th student June 16.
Colonel Powley believed that offering students the opportunity to fly would be a greatrecruitment strategy for the Junior ROTC program where he taught at Unicoi County HighSchool in Tennessee. He’s personally flown more than 7,500 of the 10,000 students.
To learn more about this accomplishment, read “Still flying: F.L.I.G.H.T. Foundationreaches milestone,” and two more stories in the attached PDFs below.
"MARKING A MILESTONE"
"THAT'S A LOT OF AIR TIME"
DAEDALIAN HERITAGEWe’re proud to share this photo ofretired Air Force Lt. Gen. Nicholas B.Kehoe III, with his father, Nicholas B.Kehoe, Jr. It was taken in 1945 shortlyafter his father returned frominternment in Sweden after being shotdown on a mission to Politz, Germany,in World War II.
General Kehoe used the photo in hisweekly article when he was the wingcommander at Randolph AFB, Texas,at the time the Air Force authorizedthe leather jacket for flyers in the1987-88 timeframe. With his fatherwearing a leather jacket in the photo,the message was clear: theimportance of heritage spansgenerations.
The handwritten lettering on thephoto reads: “Cadet N.B. Kehoe andhis Dad.”
Do you have a photo that spansgenerations of military heritage? Sendit to [email protected]!
'BACK IN THE DAY'
Retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Dave Deptula isshown as the commander of the KennyWarfighting Headquarters at Pacific AirForces, Hickam AFB, Hawaii, in 2006 (left)and as a first lieutenant with the 555thTFTS at Luke AFB, Arizona, in 1977(above).
Capt. (now retired Lt. Col.) Bob W. Lambert stands by an RB/WB57F at Yokota AB,Japan, in 1973.
Retired Air Force Col. Ric Hunter sent in thesetwo images. On the left he’s shown as aninstructor pilot in an F-15A model at Luke AFB,Arizona, taken in 1981 by Air Force artist Dr.Ray Martens. The photo was a prototype for hispencil drawing "Wings of Freedom" (shown atright) that became a Fighter Weapons ReviewMagazine centerfold.
Capt. (now retired Lt. Col.) Hale Quigley stands by a McDonnell Douglas C-124C, anoutsized cargo aircraft flown during the Vietnam War.
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AVIATION HERITAGE HIGHLIGHTS
Find the complete daily heritage calendar HERE.
Feb. 1, 1943Navy crews in PBY–5 Catalina aircraft rescued Thirteenth Air Force commander Maj. Gen. Nathan F.Twining and 14 others near the New Hebrides Islands, after they were forced to ditch their aircraft andspend six days in life rafts.
Feb. 4, 2002An unmanned aerial vehicle destroyed an enemy target for the first time when a remotely controlledMQ–1B Predator fired a Hellfire missile to kill a group of senior al Qaeda members in southeasternAfghanistan.
Feb. 8, 1913Lt. John H. Towers reported on experimental aviation work underway at NS Guantánamo Bay, Cuba,including bombing, aerial photography, and wireless radio transmission, stating in part: “We havebecome fairly accurate at dropping missiles, using a fairly simple device gotten up by one of the men.Have obtained some good photographs from the boats at heights up to 1,000 feet. I believe we will getsome results with wireless this winter.”
Feb. 12, 1973Military Airlift Command pilots initiated Operation HOMECOMING, flying the first of 590 releasedAmerican prisoners of war from Hanoi, North Vietnam, to Clark Air Base in the Philippines. Theoperation concluded on April 9.
Feb. 18, 1918The 103rd Aero Squadron, composed of former members of the Lafayette Escadrille and using Spadairplanes, began operating at the front under tactical control by the French.
Feb. 19, 1936William “Billy” Mitchell died in New York City at the age of 56. He had elected to be buried in hishometown of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, rather than Arlington National Cemetery. “The Father of the AirForce” was a visionary who campaigned tirelessly on the importance of air power. His fervent views onthe subject provoked Secretary of War Dwight F. Davis to order a court martial on the grounds ofinsubordination. He was found guilty of the charge and all eight specifications, but the verdict did notdeter Mitchell from his crusade. Today, Daedalian Founder Member #12595 is considered a hero.
Feb. 22, 1944Two carrier groups of Task Force 58, Rear Adm. Marc A. Mitscher commanding, launched raids againstthe Japanese garrisons on Guam, Rota, Saipan, and Tinian in the Mariana Islands for the dualpurpose of reducing enemy air strength and to gather photographic intelligence for the impendinginvasion. The attackers claimed the destruction of 67 Japanese aircraft in the air and 101 on theground through Feb. 23. Mitscher was Daedalian Founder Member #4135.
Feb. 23, 1942Maj. Gen. Ira C. Eaker assumed command of VIII Bomber Command, which would conduct the firstheavy-bombardment missions of Eighth Air Force from England. The same day, the commandestablished an advanced detachment in England. General Eaker was Daedalian Founder Member#289.
Feb. 28, 1991Operation DESERT STORM ended at 0800 hours, with a coalition- declared cease-fire. During the war,coalition forces released approximately 16,000 precision-guided munitions against Iraqi forces anddropped some 210,000 unguided bombs. In 42 days of around-the-clock operations, USAF aircraft flew59 percent of the nearly 110,000 combat sorties. U.S. aerial strength of approximately 1,990 aircraftcomprised 75 percent of the total coalition air power.
REUNIONSF-106 All Troops Reunion
April 3-7, 2019Tucson, Arizona
POC: Bob [email protected]
https://www.f-106deltadart.com/
41st MAS/ALSMay 9-11, 2019
Charleston AFB, South CarolinaPOC: John Mentavlos
843-337-0515 or [email protected]
USAF UPT Class 70-07 50th Reunion(Willie: Good Grief and Schatzi flights)
Sept. 5-7, 2019Dubuque, Iowa
POC: Steve [email protected]
563-556-8982
Distinguished Flying Cross Society Biennial ReunionSept. 15-19, 2019
Dayton/Fairborn, OhioPOC: Warren Eastman
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