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WEBSITE II BECOME A MEMBER II SCHOLARSHIPS II DONATE II PAY DUES
VOLABAMUS VOLAMUS JULY 2019VOLABAMUS VOLAMUS JULY 2019
TOMORROW'S MILITARY AVIATORSYour generosity allows these students to achieve their dreams of serving their country asaviators. Each year the Daedalians present nearly $150,000 in scholarships to deservingyouth. We're able to do this because of your generous donations.
Cadet Matthew C. Baca, AFROTCSan Diego State University$2,500 scholarshipSan Diego Flight 13Career goal: “To fly fighter jets for the United States AirForce.”
Cadet Clint Godwin Hinrichs, AFROTCEmbry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach$2,500 scholarshipShangri-La Flight 21Career goal: “Commission as an officer in the UnitedStates Air Force. Earn a pilot slot.”(Attended National Flight Academy. FAA Student PilotCertification.)
Midshipman Lane Thomas LaBranche, NROTCKennesaw State University$5,000 scholarshipEagle Flight 39Career goal: “I hope to be a pilot for C-130s or F-16s.”(Midshipman LaBranche will be a freshman this fall. He ispictured in his Air Force JROTC uniform.)
Cadet Steven Lee Moran, AFROTCOklahoma State University$1,250 scholarshipCherokee Strip Flight 78
“I plan on dual majoring in Aerospace and MechanicalEngineering and considering triple majoring in ChemicalEngineering. I plan to graduate and commission out of theAFROTC program at OSU. While in the Air Force I wouldstrive for a pilot’s slot and I would like to fly the A-10Thunderbolt II.”(Attended National Flight Academy. Student Pilot –soloed.)
Cadet Kyle Young, AFROTCOklahoma State University$1,250 scholarshipCherokee Strip Flight 78“Upon graduation from Oklahoma State University, I wouldlike to go to pilot training at Sheppard AFB and get a fighteraircraft. I would like to serve my initial 10-year commitmentactive duty and then switch to the Reserve for another 10-plusyears while starting my airline career.”(Student pilot)
We're proud to highlight these Daedalian Matching Scholarship recipients who are pursuing careersas military aviators. If you would like to offer them career advice or words of encouragement,
please email us at [email protected].
Grace Sharp, an incoming senior at Joshua High School in Joshua, Texas, is shown withher parents Ryan and Jaymie Sharp after soloing.
LEFT: Grace Sharp is shown with Richard Fairlamb, left, and Joe D'Olive, her mentor.RIGHT: Grace's instructor Kelvin Kuraru presents her with a certificate.
DFT program opens doors to bright futureDFT program opens doors to bright futureWe recently received the note below from Ryan and Jaymie Sharp, proud parents ofGrace Sharp, a senior at Joshua High School in Joshua, Texas. Grace was the recipientof a Les Leavoy Daedalian Flying Training Scholarship through Dallas/Fort Worth Flight23.
I just wanted to thank you for the opportunity your organization had given mydaughter Grace Sharp of Joshua High School in Joshua, TX. She is theCommanding Officer and Rifle Team Captain of JHS Navy JROTC. This morning shecompleted her first solo flight through your program!! We are extremely gratefulfor your support through sponsor Laird Leavoy, leaders Mike McGinnis and RichardFairlamb, mentor Joe D’Olive. I sincerely believe this has opened up manyopportunities for her and sharpened her discipline as well.
Respectfully,Ryan & Jaymie Sharp
We’d like to thank the Sharps for writing us, and congratulate Grace on heraccomplishment! She plans to attend Texas Christian University, hopefully through anROTC scholarship. Her goal is to shoot for their Women’s Rifle Team.
Another successful Air Camp in DaytonAnother successful Air Camp in DaytonThree young students sponsored by the Frank P. Lahm Flight 9 and one sponsored bythe Daedalians headquarters recently completed Air Camp, a hands-on, educationaladventure in aviation and aeronautics, in Dayton, Ohio.
The camp inspires students at the intermediate and middle school levels, plus teachersand educational leaders across all grades, to learn more about science, technology,engineering and mathematics (STEM) using aviation and aerospace as the learningmedium while promoting the values of scholarship, leadership and citizenship. Thecourse included students from 29 states and Puerto Rico in 2019.
Air Camp is the vision of Dayton-area leaders who want to help young people nationwideachieve their potential, develop critical-thinking and problem-solving skills, and pursuefurther education and future careers in STEM-related fields, aviation and aeronautics.
The week-long activity is packed with activities from morning until late evening. Air Campstudents take flight ground school, chart their courses and fly as student pilots. Theyalso explore exciting aviation sites around Dayton, where the Wright Brothers inventedand perfected manned, powered, controlled, heavier-than-air flight.
Dayton is home to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, where Air Camp students go behind
the scenes and meet scientists from the Air Force Research Laboratory. The week endswith a special team project to plan a humanitarian air mission using the new skills they’velearned throughout the week.
Air Camp also has programs for teachers so that they can reach out to even morestudents. Members of Flight 9 volunteer at Air Camp. More information can be found attheir website at www.AirCampUSA.com, as well as information on how to sponsor orcontribute to the program.
Dr. Vince Russo, co-founder, president and chairman of Air Camp, Inc., stands with KieraGroen, sponsored by Daedalian headquarters, and Joey Hibbard, sponsored by FrankP. Lahm Flight 9.
Retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Dick Reynolds, co-founder, secretary and vice chairman of AirCamp, Inc., stands with Katie Lawson, above left, and David Tarwater, above right. Both
students were sponsored by Frank P. Lahm Flight 9.
Can you connect us?Can you connect us?We have great corporate sponsors who make programs such as our scholarshipsand Daedalian Flight Training possible. Their logos are shown in every issue ofAviator and the Daedalus Flyer, and we greatly appreciate their support.
But there are many more corporations out there who could help us achieve evenmore, and we bet that there are Daedalians out there who can connect us withthese potential sponsors!
Who do you know and how can you help? If you can connect us with a contact at acorporation that can support our foundation programs, please let us know!Contact Maureen DeFelice at 210-945-2111 or [email protected] formore information. Your referral can make a big difference in the lives of futureaviators!
‘Miss Montana’ makes it to Normandy‘Miss Montana’ makes it to NormandyDaedalian headquarters was proud to support Big Sky Flight 121 with a $1,500 donationto send the “Miss Montana” C-47 aircraft from Missoula, Montana, to Normandy for the75th anniversary of D-Day.
Click on the headlines below to read stories of this aircraft's amazing voyage.
A World War II-era veteran returns to the airCBS This Morning June 2, 2019 (8:30 run time)
Missions accomplished:Miss Montana earns day of rest in France
The Missoulian June 6, 2019
'BACK IN THE DAY'
Thank you to retired Lt. Col. Roy W. Camblin, U.S. Army Reserve, who submittedthe following story and photos.
These photos were UPT Class 73-01 at Williams AFB, where I remained for several yearsafter graduation as a T-38 instructor pilot. I had a short Southeast Asia tour in Air Searchand Rescue flying HC-130s, then the last six years of active USAF duty (12 total) werespent in HQ staff jobs, staying current as a T-33 instructor and flight examiner.
USAF staff assignments included Chief, Flight Management, HQ Pacific Air Forces, andChief, Operations Plans, HQ 13th Air Force. As an additional duty (after hours), I alsospent three years as the Operations and Safety Officer of the Clark Aero Club, a veryactive fixed-base operation with an assortment of 22 aircraft. During that period I wastwice (1978 and 1980) nominated by Pacific Air Forces for “Ten Outstanding Young MenOf America.”
I was stationed at Hickam in Hawaii in 1981 when I separated from the Air Force topursue a civilian career, and was immediately recruited into the Hawaii USA NationalGuard as a dual rated State Aviation Officer. A year later I took a corporate job in SanFrancisco, where I continued in the U.S. Army Reserve.
Army assignments included 6211th USAG Airfield Commander and 319th TransportationBrigade Assistant Chief of Staff for Personnel and Administration during Desert Shieldand Desert Storm. These Army Reserve activities were concurrent with a challengingcivilian career.
In total, I had 26 years of military service, moving to the retirement rolls in 1993 as alieutenant colonel.
Do you have a photo of yourself from early in your career? Send it [email protected], Attn: Back in the Day.
DAEDALIAN HERITAGE
Retired Air Force Lt. Col. Edward J. “Jim” Maloney Jr., vice flight captain of Curtis E.LeMay Flight 16, sent in these photos of himself and his father, retired Lt. Col. Edward J.Maloney. TOP PHOTO: Maloney’s father in Aviation Cadet Training Class 41A at LukeField, Arizona. ABOVE LEFT: Then-Captain Maloney holds his son in Germany in 1948.ABOVE CENTER: Maloney during Undergraduate Pilot Training Class 71-01. ABOVERIGHT: Maloney’s father pins his original Air Force pilot wings on his son at UPTgraduation. The elder Maloney served from 1941-1964, and his son served from 1969-1989.
Do you have a photo that spans generations of military heritage? Send it [email protected], Attn: Daedalian Heritage.
DAEDALIAN BULLETIN BOARD
Check out our new Flight Listing page!Check out our new Flight Listing page!The Daedalians website features a redesigned Flight Listing page. Flights are listed bothin numerical order and by geographic region. Plus, when you click on the flight name inthe regional listing, it will take you directly to the flight's contact information. You can alsolink to the flight events calendar on this page.
No more searching through dozens of pages to find what you need -- everything can befound at https://daedalians.org/flight-listing/.
...and speaking of calendars...and speaking of calendars
We now have a calendar on our website whichlists flight and Daedalian headquarters eventsplus military reunions. The main calendar isfeatured on the bottom left of thedaedalians.org landing page, and asmentioned above, there’s also a link to eventsat the top of the Flight Listing page.
Email us [email protected]. Includeall pertinent event info, plus any graphic art,images or attachments (registration forms, etc.)We’ll take care of the rest. We even have thecapability now to feature a link to Google Maps.
Events will be posted on a timely basis,normally the same day we receive the requests.
Founder SpotlightFounder Spotlightupdated, expandedupdated, expanded
We're expanding coverage of our Founder Membersby doing more spotlights. Not every FounderMember was a Rickenbacker or a Doolittle, but thereare more than 14,000 stories worth telling.
We've started with a spotlight on Lt. Col. Gibson G.Wolfe, Daedalian Founder Member #1497 (shown atright). Check it out HERE. Other Founder Memberswho will be highlighted in the coming weeks includeNorman W. Potter, #3365, and William J. ArmstrongSr., #1356.
And you can now find all of our Founder Spotlightson one page by going to our archives HERE.
New -- Daedalian heritage videos!New -- Daedalian heritage videos!We're trying something new here at Daedalian headquarters -- videos of some of thegreat historic treasures we have here in the office. Our first video features a scrapbookthat was made for Maj. Gen. Byron E. Gates, Daedalian Founder Member #7, and one ofthe 35 Charter Members.You can view the video HERE. Videos will also be available on the HeritagePreservation Project page.
AVIATION HERITAGE HIGHLIGHTSFind the complete daily heritage calendar HERE.
Aug. 2, 1909The U.S. Army Signal Corps purchased a Wright Flyer for $30,000 and it became the first aircraft in theU.S. military inventory, designated Signal Corps Airplane No. 1. The airplane was used to train SignalCorps pilots at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. It was crashed and rebuilt several times. After just 2 years’service, the airplane was retired.
Aug. 4, 1950During the Battle of the Pusan Perimeter, wounded soldiers were evacuated from the battlefield byhelicopter for the first time when a Sikorsky H-5F of Detachment F, 3rd Emergency Rescue Squadron,Air Rescue Service, U.S. Air Force, flew Army Private 1st Class Claude C. Crest, Jr. from the Sengdang-ni area to an Army hospital. By the end of combat in 1953, 21,212 soldiers had been medevaced byhelicopters. Only the second military helicopter, the H-5 was frequently flown overloaded and outside ofits center of gravity limits. The helicopter was not armed, though the pilot normally carried an M1911.45-caliber semi-automatic pistol, and the crewman, a .30-caliber M1 Carbine.
Aug. 6, 1945After serving three combat tours flying the Lockheed P-38 Lightning in the Southwest Pacific, Maj.Richard Ira Bong, Air Corps, U.S. Army, was assigned as an Air Force acceptance test pilot for the newLockheed P-80 Shooting Star jet fighters at the Lockheed Air Terminal, Burbank, California. The P-80Awas a new jet fighter, and Major Bong had flown just 4 hours, 15 minutes in the type during 12 flights.Shortly after takeoff in P-80A-1-LO 44-85048, the primary fuel pump for the turbojet engine failed. A
back-up fuel pump was not turned on. The Shooting Star rolled upside down and Bong bailed out, buthe was too low for his parachute to open and he was killed. The jet crashed at the intersection ofOxnard Street and Satsuma Avenue, North Hollywood, California, and exploded. Major Bong wasknown as the “Ace of Aces” for scoring 40 aerial victories over Japanese airplanes between Dec. 27,1942, and Dec. 17, 1944, while flying the Lockheed P-38 Lightning. He was awarded the Medal ofHonor, which was presented by Gen. Douglas MacArthur on Dec. 12, 1944. Click HERE to learn moreabout Bong .
Aug. 8, 1913An airplane flew in Hawaii for the first time, piloted by Army Lt. Harold Geiger from a new aviationschool at Fort Kamehameha. Geiger was Daedalian Founder Member #582.
Aug. 14, 1912Sgt. Vernon Burge received rating as the U.S. Army's first enlisted pilot on Aug. 14, 1912. He spent 10years in the enlisted corps before receiving his commission in World War I, and then served the next25 years as an officer. Burge, Daedalian Founder Member #345, retired as a colonel. He died at theage of 82 in 1971. He is buried in Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery in San Antonio, Texas. Abronze sculpture of Burge, honoring all enlisted pilots, is on display at Gunter Annex, Alabama,adjacent to the U.S. Air Force Enlisted Heritage Hall.
Aug. 15, 1949Lt. Gen. Harold L. George, wartime Chief of Air Transport Command and then vice president andgeneral manager of Hughes Aircraft Company, received the Air Force Association Award for hiscontribution to American airpower. General George was one of the original 35 Daedalian CharterMembers, Founder Member #8, and the first national commander, serving from 1934-36.
Aug. 19, 1939Happy National Aviation Day! On this day in 1939, President Franklin D. Roosevelt proclaimed OrvilleWright’s birthday as National Aviation Day.
Aug. 25, 1947Maj. Marion E. Carl Jr., USMC, set a new world speed record in the D-558-1 Skystreak of 650.796 mphover the three-kilometer Muroc, Calif., course. When Air Force Capt. Chuck Yeager broke the soundbarrier in October, he also broke Carl’s record. Carl became director of Marine Corps Aviation as acolonel. While leading the 1st Marine Brigade in South Vietnam in 1965, he repeatedly flew combatmissions. (He declined any personal medal for service in Vietnam.) Carl, a World War II Ace, retired asa major general in 1973. By then, he had logged some 13,000 flying hours, more than twice as muchas most contemporaries. He died at the age of 82 in 1998 when he was shot by a home invader whiletrying to defend his wife. He was buried with full military honors in Arlington National Cemetery.
Aug. 26, 1967Then-Maj. George E. “Bud” Day, F-100 Forward Air Controller pilot, was forced to eject from his aircraftover North Vietnam when it was hit by ground fire. His right arm was broken in 3 places, and his leftknee was badly sprained. He was captured by the enemy, but escaped despite his injuries. He wasshot in his left thigh and left hand when he was recaptured. As a POW, Colonel Day suffered the mostbrutal conditions. He was imprisoned for 2,028 days before being released March 14, 1973. On March4, 1976, he was presented the Medal of Honor by President Gerald Ford. Learn more about DayHERE. Colonel Day was a Daedalian Life Member. He passed away on July 27, 2013, and wasposthumously advanced to the rank of brigadier general by order of the president on June 8, 2018. Theformer Seagull Flight in Fort Walton Beach, Florida, was renamed the George E. “Bud” Day Flight 61 onDec. 18, 2012, in his honor. The flight marked its 40th anniversary April 4.
Aug. 28, 1972Capt. Steve Ritchie and Weapons System Officer Capt. Chuck DeBellevue, leading Buick flight withtheir McDonnell F-4D Phantom II, shot down a North Vietnamese MiG 21 interceptor. This wasRitchie’s 5th confirmed aerial combat victory, earning him the title of Ace. DeBellevue would later becredited with 6 kills. Flown by 5 different crews, F-4D 66-7463 shot down six enemy fighters from March1 to Oct. 15, 1972. It is now on display at the U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colorado.Ritchie and DeBellevue are Daedalian Life Members.
REUNIONS
As an added bonus to members, we also feature reunions now on our new DaedalianCalendar! You can see the calendar on the bottom left of our website home page at
https://daedalians.org/, or you can go directly to reunions HERE.
SEPTEMBER 2019
AC-119 Gunship Reunion XXSept. 3-10, 2019
Salt Lake City, UtahShadows & Stingers; Air Crew, Ground Crew and Support Crew; 71st, 17th & 18th SOS; and the
maintenance support squadrons. Also AC-47 Puffs the Magic Dragon folks.Friends & Families, as well as anyone whose bacon we saved, are welcome.
POC: Chuck Williamshttps://www.ac119gunships.com/reunion/[email protected] or 703-624-6995
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
http://www.dfcsociety.net/[email protected] or 760-985-2810
Moody AFB Class 70-01 50th ReunionSept. 19-22, 2019
Dayton, OhioPOC: Tim Ayres
936-443-6548 or [email protected]
AFOCS Classes 1942-1963 ReunionSept. 19-23, 2019
Colorado Springs, ColoradoAll OCS graduates of classes from 1942-63 and their families are welcome.
POC: [email protected]
Dave Mason, 757-820-3740 or [email protected]
OCTOBER 2019
Air Rescue Association (ARA) Reunion(Combined this year with PRHA & TOML)
Oct. 2-5, 2019Tucson, AZ
POC: Heidi Meisterlinghttp://airrescueassn.org
[email protected] or 520-907-7117
Vance AFB UPT Class 68-G 51st Year ReunionOct. 9-11, 2019Tucson, Arizona
POC: Bob [email protected] or 512-335-0029
Webb AFB UPT Class 68A 52nd Year ReunionOct. 17-20, 2019
Washington, D.C.POC: Lou Hari
301-757-7031 or [email protected]
2020
USAF UPT Class 67-G Reunion(Willie: Good Grief, Warlock, Boomer and Schatzi)
Jan. 21-23, 2020Jacksonville, FloridaPOC: Jimmy Brown
[email protected] or 904-635-9531
12th TFW Reunion(Includes 12th TFW at MacDill AFB, Florida; Cam Ranh AB and Phu Cat AB, Vietnam; 12th FEW/SFW,
Bergstrom AFB, Texas (Korea) and all supporting units)May 6-9, 2020Dayton, Ohio
POC: E.J. [email protected] or 480-396-4681
(A memorial dedication to the 12th TFW will occur during this event.)
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