NEXT MEETING WILL BE 3 JUNE 2014 SOCIALIZE AT 11 am, MEET-

ING STARTS AT 11:45 AM AT TREA 39, 15821 CENTRETECH CIRCLE,

AURORA, CO 80011. Please remember to RSVP for the

Luncheon to Paul Turner 303-366-6770, cost is $12.00. LUNCHEONS

ARE NOW EVERY MONTH. CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE FOR MORE IN-

FO: HTTP://WWW.OSOMG.ORG Important

Frequently Used

Phone Numbers

140th Phone #’s

Casualty Assist

720-847-6946

Family Support

720-847-9116

460th Phone #’s

RAO (Retired Activities

Office)

720-847-6693

Legal

720-847-6444

Other Phone #’s

CODMVA

303-343-1268

www.colorado.gov

Deputy Director

CODMVA

Mickey Hunt

720-250-1510

303-249-0146(c)

michael.hunt@

dmva.state.gov

TRICARE (UNITED

HEALTHCARE-WEST

1-877-988-9378

TRICARE for Life

1-866-773-0404

Social Security

1-800-772-1213

TREA 39

303-340-3939

COUGAR TALES;

www.140wg.ang.af.

mil/cougartales.asp

APRIL 2014– MAY 2014

O S O T M G N E W S

VOLUME 7 ISSUE 3

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APRIL 1st MINUTES

DO Neary opened the meeting with The Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of

the United States of America. Joe Broom said the prayer.

Paul Cain briefed us about the illness that Ed O’Connor is suffering and he is

expected to live about another 4-6 weeks. (He passed April 3rd).

Dewey said that the 18 month “Sounds of Freedom” Calendars are still avail-

able. We are planning a CAMANA Club reunion between June to August.

Joyce Saitta briefed us on the upcoming NGACO conference and Military

Ball, 25-26 April. You must register and pay on the “Black Tie” Site.

Rebecca Gervasi is retiring in May.

Bob Mueller just passed.

Birthdays present were Tony Burczyk, Sy Harjes, Pat McCabe, Michelle Ro-

wan, Joyce Saitta, and Art Bowen.

Aurora Veterans Salute theme will be on “Honoring Military Families on

Wednesday November 5th at Wings Over The Rockies Museum.

The 200 AS “Bobcats” will be having their 5th annual reunion at McCabes the

Saturday after Tax Day.

Adjourned with the next gathering on May 6th.

*Contribution Checks should be made payable to “OSOTMG” can be mailed to

Paul Turner at 1945 Ensenada St., Aurora, CO 80011-5353.

Committee Members:

Jan Love Bill & Joan Pickens Dan Gay osotmg@comcast.net, 303-693-7538 Bill.pickens@q.com,303-699-4647 Daniel.gay0954@gmail.com

Paul and Linda Turner Colorado.kid@q.com 303-755-7350

paullinda@comcast.net,303-366-6770 D.O. & Neysa Neary

Dewey Hicks donandneysa@q.com,303-695-8940

dewster44@comcast.net, 303-695-8423 Steve Taylor

taylor6908@aol.com, 303-997-4519

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MAY 6, 2014 MINUTES

DO Neary opened the meeting with the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United

States of America. Jan Read the names of those passed since May of 2013:

ED O’CONNOR

BOB MUELLER

HERMAN TRUJILLO

ED HOWARD

JANET LOVEJOY(BRYAN’S WIFE)

BEATRICE VANDEEST(BILL’S WIFE)

BGEN JOHN (BOOMER) HOFFMAN

JOY GATES(JAY’S WIFE)

DON CHAMBERS(FEB 2012)Missed in previous year

ELTON KLUSMAN(JULY FLAGLER INTERNMENT)

DORIS SCHROEDER(EUGENE’S WIFE)

ROBERT MCVAY

LORI GARCIA(ORLANDO’S WIFE)

RALPH RAUSCH

PAMELA GRESS(CURT’S WIFE)

PHIL DOUTHITT

LUCILLE GRIFFITH(WIFE OF JOHN ARNG PA)

MILDRED DURKOP(Wife of George)

CORINDA CAMPBELL(Wife of Maynard)

SHIRLEY TALBOT(BOB’S WIFE)

KATIE LOWE(LOUIE’S WIFE)

TOM JONES(MAJ)

Paul said the Military Memorial Day Prayer:

O God, who by your grace thy people gain courage.. We lift our hearts in gratitude for all

who lived and were a part of our life. O God, help us to prize carefully those gifts they

gave and passed unto others. Each one, whether a military member, family member or civil

servant served in sacrifice. They gave so we all may have the freedom of religion, social, po-

litical and economic liberty we all greatly enjoy in this good land. O God, continue to grant us

the gift we all enjoy and great faith, that we who also served, will continue to be true and

loyal as those who are gone were true and loyal. O God, we pray that you grant strength and

comfort to their family and friends and that we to be strengthen and in the faith of thy Holy

Name will someday be victors in thine eyes. We pray and close in Jesus Name....AMEN

Our 1st Timer is Jerry Jones from the Fire Department.

TREA 39 has a new club manager, Dave Cohen.

Col Conklin, 140 OPS GRP Commander, who comes to the COANG after 10 years in the USAF

with a flying assignment of Torrejon, Spain where he flew a contingent of F-16s from there

to BUCKLEY ANGB in 1992. He became a fulltime in the COANG 1998. He has 16 years in

the COANG.

MAY 2014 MINUTES(continued)

The active duty program with the COANG will be around Oct 2015 with 40 traditional

maintenance personnel and 4 pilots being replaced with USAF personnel. The COANG will

have 15 PAA aircraft, USAF 3 PAA aircraft for a total of 18 PAA of F-16s. F-35s

are somewhere after 2025 to 2027 with the VTANG receiving theirs first in 2021. Total

force allotment has been cut by congress from 2500 to 1760. Our 22 F-16s are at DIA

until 15 July due to runway replacement at Buckley. The North end of runway will be

flattened for a change. They are located at the end of 35N of DIA. This years AT will

be at home (BKF) during the 1st week of August. We will try to have the CAMANA Club

Reunion during that AT at Trea 39 around 1 or 2 Aug (No piano burning like the Brits

did!). Future deployments to the Pacific to Korea for 3 months in Jan 2015 with 12

planes and all units deploying at once. Four ANG units flying A-10s will lose those air-

craft and transition other assignments except one will fly F-16s.

Col Alan Buck, Joint Forces HQ-Chief of TAG, SAV briefed us on upcoming events such

as the May 24 Veterans’ Appreciation Breakfast at The Wings Museum from 9 AM to 1

PM; the Memorial Day parade from 10 AM– 11:30 AM; May 15 Veteran’s Memorial

Tribute at the Pillar of Fire Church; May 25 11 AM to 12 AM a tribute to SSG Evans

(the latest Colorado military death) at the Freedom Memorial next the Beck Center in

Aurora; ARNG band tribute at the Vance Auditorium in Longmont at 2 PM Memorial Day;

and MajGen Edwards will speak at Ft. Logan Veterans Cemetery from 11 AM to 12 PM

Memorial Day. On June 14th The Bennett Veterans’ Honor Corridor will have a ceremo-

ny.

John Spahn retires on May 15 at 1500 at the BKF Chapel. Col Buck will retire on Aug

3rd at 1500. CONTINUED ON PAGE 5

APRIL 2014 ATTENDANCE *1ST TIMER Tony Burczyk Joseph Broom

Kenneth Forrest Sonja Broom

Mike Martinez Frank Mullins

Pat McCabe Jan Love

Helen McCabe Golden Sherman

DO Neary Harry Wales

Larry Sell Bill Frazier

Reed Lutz Dan Heinz

Dale Bristol Michael Rowan

Jim Wilhoit Michelle Rowan

Linda Wilhoit Monroe Mathias

Sy Harjes Art Bowens

Dewey Hicks Joyce Saitta

Jerry Smith Paul Turner

John Morris Linda Turner

Mike Schunerstein

Susan Schunerstein

Judy Pock

Dan Gay

Jack Darveau

PAGE 3 OSOTMG NEWS VOLUME 7 ISSUE 3

DATE BOOK 2014 May 2014

26th– Memorial Day

June 2014

3rd– OSOTMG MEETING AND LUNCHEON

6th– D Day

15th– Father’s Day

July 2014

4th– Independence Day

8th– OSOTMG MEETING AND LUNCHEON

August 2014

2nd– Declaration of Independence Signed

5th-OSOTMG MEETING AND LUNCHEON

5TH- Vietnam War Began

September 2014

1st– Labor Day

7th– OSOTMG MEETING AND LUNCHEON

8th– Air Force Birthday(1947)

October 2014

7th– OSOTMG MEETING AND LUNCHEON

13th– Columbus Day and U.S. Navy Birthday(1775)

Jim Hall

Wayland(Spike) Boyle

Ed O’Connor

Robert Mueller

Taps

PAGE 3 OSOTMG NEWS VOLUME 7 ISSUE 3 PAGE 4

Sick Call

Birthdays Joe Aguinega

Lance Barber

Art Bowens

Tony Burczyk

Janet Clark

Dawn Conroy

Shannon DeLarosa

Karen Dutro

Ken Findlay

Richard Fisher

Sy Harjes

Rob Harkins

Bob Herbst

Steve Jaouen

Eileen Lambert

Darlene Lovisone

Helen McCabe

Pat McCabe

Bruce Mey

Glenn Nishiki

Mary Lynne Peters

Nancy Prentiss

Michelle Rowan

APRIL 2014 MAY 2014

Monroe Mathias

Newell Moy

Jerry Navarette

Helen Nold

Joanna Perkins

Kim Pipkin

Walter Seymour

Cliff Sherman

Arlo Sorheim

Carol Upton

Jim Vitale

Hope Adler

Buzz Allen

Paul Barcroft

Marilyn Beckage

Cheryl Bohn

Janet Bowens

Dale Bristol

Sharie Butler

Dudley Butler

Claude Dutro

Ann Eddy

Beverly Elmore

Monty Faber

Woodie Glaser

Bob Goetz

Bob Hales

Charlie Heinle

Barney Jensen

Flo Wilhelm

Harrel Lambert

Mary-Lou Lane

Scott McLaughlin

Marty Martinez

Ronald Rutter

Kay Silvrants

Carol Smith

Darlene Squire

Janice Teasdale

Joyce Saitta

MAY 2014 ATTENDANCE 1st Timer* Lawrence Schlager *Jerry Jones

Jack Darveau Chuck Hoffman

Jan Love Dale Bristol

Arlo Sorheim Paul Turner

Golden Sherman Linda Turner

Harold Brewer Joe Broom

Mike Schunerstein Sonja Broom

Susan Schunerstein

Tim Conklin

DO Neary

Judy Pock

Dewey Hicks

Kenneth Forrest

Joyce Saitta

John Morris

Jay Gates

Michael Rowan

Michelle Rowan

JUNE 3RD LUNCHEON

The JUNE meeting will be catered by

Golden Sherman. The meal IS MEXI-

CAN THEME AND COSTS $12.00 per

person. No dessert will be served.

Bring a dessert to share for the

group.

RSVP with your check or cash at the

meeting or mail your check made paya-

ble to “OSOTMG” and send it to Paul

Turner, 1945 Ensenada St., Aurora,

CO 80011-5353.

MAY 2014 MINUTES(continued from page 3)

The CAMANA Club Reunion with Jan Love the POC will be either Aug 1 or 2 at Trea 39, time to

be announced.

Joyce Saitta briefed us that the NGACO conference went well with 500 people at the Military

Ball. Next year the conference is being planned for either Estes Park or Loveland. The Vietnam

Women’s Veteran’s information will be available shortly by e-mail with a dedication planned.

There are women MIAs, POWs, and KIAs in an service history book at Ft. Lee Army Veteran’s

museum. There is a VA crisis line that women veterans need to use since there are no records

about women serving in Vietnam who have disability claims. Remember that in Vietnam agent or-

ange, purple and other defoliants and pesticides were used on the ground and women as well as

men may have a VA claim for being exposed to these poisons.

The 2000 to 2009 COANG Decade panel is being developed with the help of Jay Gates and Paul

Turner. It will be reviewed by the Air Heritage Committee before being published according to

DO Neary.

The Korean Veterans Album is still available, contact the Buckley Retiree Office.

Sick call: BGen Hall and Spike Boyle.

Taps: Ed O’Connor and Bob Mueller.

Dewey is working on a “Howdy Duty” about BGen Hall’s service time.

Birthdays present were: Arlo Sorheim and Dale Bristol.

The National ANG Bowling Tournament is May 16 and 17th in Wichita, Kansas.

The Buckley Base Retiree Appreciation Day is June 14th at the Base Community Center(USAF

DINING FACILITY) from 9 AM to 1 PM. There will be 65 booths with our group represented.

The meeting adjourned and the next meeting will be Tuesday, June 3rd at Trea 39 at 11 AM.

PAGE 5 OSOTMG NEWS VOLUME 7 ISSUE 3

“HOWDY DUTY” STORY THE CHUTE THAT SAVED A LIFE BY BOB BEABOUT, LTC, COANG(Retired)

The next time you visit Wings Over The Rockies Museum, observe the orange

parachute over the entrance to the Colorado Air Guard exhibit. That is the para-

chute that saved the life of LtCol. Bob Beabout. LtCol. Beabout is a member of

Colorado’s Group One, Black Sheep squadron.

LtCol. Beabout was an A7-D pilot with the 140th Fighter Wing of the Colo-

rado Air Guard, based at Buckley Air Force Base. The occasion was a three

plane, air combat maneuvering exercise, over eastern Colorado, in December,

1976.

At the completion of the second engagement, LtCol. Beabout observed a yel-

low caution light on the instrument panel. It indicated a malfunction in the engine

oil system. That was followed by the oil pressure indicator dropping to “0” and

the beginning of an engine vibration. LtCol. Beabout turned his A7 toward Denver

and went through the emergency check list procedures with his wingman. Shortly

after that the wing man reported metal particles and flames exiting the jet ex-

haust. Almost immediately the engine seized and the A7 started to make a slow,

uncontrolled nose down right roll. It was time to eject!

The ejection went perfectly, at about 9,000 feet above the Colorado plains.

LtCol Beabout came down in the ditch, along I-70, about five miles east of Limon,

Colorado. He was unhurt and did a few jumping arm waves as the wingman buzzed

him. The wingman acknowledged with a wing rock and headed for home.

Before LtCol. Beabout could get his chute rolled up, a State Patrol Officer

pulled up to offer assistance. The Officer said that the crash had been report-

ed, in an open field, five miles north of Limon, and no one on the ground was in-

jured. LtCol Beabout loaded the parachute into the police car and they headed

for the crash site.

There was already a good sized crowd at the crash site and most were

amazed to see the pilot walking up to look at the hole in the ground. Some more

excitement followed as an Army Guard Huey chopper landed in an adjacent field.

The chopper dropped off some troops to guard the crash site, then departed to

return LtCol Beabout to Buckley.

LtCol Beabout has been a Civil Air Patrol member for thirteen years. During

that time he has participated in numerous search and rescue missions and exercis-

es. He was also very active with the Colorado Cadet Powered flight Activity. He

reports that his involvement with CAP has been very rewarding, following his re-

tirement as a Continental Airlines Captain.

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FIFTH ANNUAL BOBCAT REUNION AT MCCABE’S APRIL 19TH

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