Boom Operators Making Contact World Wide

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1 Boom Operators Making Contact World Wide th Anniversary Edition

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3 TABLE OF CONTENTS ** DENOTES NO UNIT SUBMISSION Base Organization Affiliation Acft Type Page Prep For Contact 7 Reader Disclaimer 8 Altus AFB 97 OG ACT KC-135R TRS/TRQ ACT KC-135R OGV ACT KC-135R OSS CUR OPS ACT KC-135R 13 AMC DET 2 ACT KC-135R ARS FTU ACT KC-135R ARS FTU ACT KC-135R 18 Flight Safety CIV N/A 21 Andrews AFB 756 ARS** AFR KC-135R Arlington, VA ANG Bureau ANG N/A 24 Bangor ANGB 132 ARS** ANG KC-135E Beale AFB 314 ARS AFR KC-135E 25 Birmingham/PEMCO 106 ARS** ANG KC-135R DCMC PEMCO** ACT N/A Edwards AFB 445 & 370 FLTS ACT KC-135R/E/T 27 Eielson AFB 168 ARS** ANG KC-135R Fairchild AFB 92 ARS ACT KC-135R/T ARS ACT KC-135R/T WS** ACT N/A 116 ARS ANG KC-135E 33 Forbes ANGB 190 ARS** ANG KC-135E Fort Dix, NJ AMWC** ACT N/A Grand Forks AFB 319 OG** ACT KC-135R/T 905 ARS** ACT KC-135R/T 906 ARS** ACT KC-135R/T 911 ARS** ACT KC-135R/T 912 ARS ACT KC-135R/T OSS ACT KC-135R/T Grissom ARB 72 ARS AFR KC-135R ARS AFT KC-135R 38 Hickam AFB HQ PACAF** ACT KC-135R Hurlburt Field HQ USAF MOS** ACT N/A - 3 -

4 Kadena AB 909 ARS ACT KC-135R/T AMCF** ACT N/A Kelly Field 313 FLTF AFR KC-135/KC Lackland AFB Center of Excellence ACT N/A 44 Lincoln ANGB 155 ARW ANG KC-135R ARS ANG KC-135R Little Rock AFB 463 ALCS** ACT N/A MacDill AFB 91 ARS ACT KC-135R/T 48 March ANGB 4 AF** AFR KC-135R 196 ARS** AFR KC-135R 336 ARS AFR KC-135R 52 McConnell AFB 22 OG** ACT KC-135R/T, RT 344 ARS** ACT KC-135R/T 349 ARS** ACT KC-135R/T, RT 350 ARS ACT KC-135R/T ARS** ACT KC-135R/T, RT 22 OGV** ACT KC-135R/T, RT 18 ARS AFR KC-135R 56 McGhee-Tyson ANGB 151 ARS ANG KC-135E 59 McGuire AFB 2 ARS ACT KC ARS ACT KC OSS** ACT KC CRW** ACT N/A 78 ARS** AFR KC ARS** ANG KC-135E 150 ARS ANG KC-135E 70 RAYTHEON** CIV N/A 21 AF** ACT N/A 76 ARS** AFR KC AMS** ACT N/A 721 AMS** ACT N/A 821 AMS** ACT N/A Meridian ANGB 153 ARS** ANG KC-135R RAF Mildenhall 351 ARS** ACT KC-135R/T Milwaukee IAP 126 ARS ANG KC-135R 73 Niagra Falls ANGB 136 ARS ANG KC-135R 76 Offutt AFB 55 WG ACT EC/RC Pease ANGB 133 ARS ANG KC-135R 82 Phoenix ANGB 197 ARS** ANG KC-135E Pittsburgh ANGB 146 ARS** ANG KC-135E - 4 -

5 147 ARS** ANG KC-135E Ramstein AB HQ USAFE/A3V ACT N/A AOC ACT N/A 86 Randolph AFB 19 AF ACT N/A 87 AETC ACT N/A Rickenbacker ARB 145 ARS** AFR KC-135R 166 ARS** AFR KC-135R Robins AFB HQ AFRC AFR N/A ARS** ACT KC-135R Salt Lake ANGB 191 ARS** ANG KC-135E Scott AFB HQ AMC ACT N/A ARS AFR KC-135E 92 Selfridge ANGB 63 ARS** AFR KC-135E Seymour-Johnson AFB 77 ARS AFR KC-135R 94 Sioux-City ANGB 174 ARS ANG KC-135R 96 Tinker AFB 465 ARS AFR KC-135R ACSS CIV N/A FLTF** ACT KC-135R Travis AFB 6 ARS ACT KC ARS ACT KC OSS ACT KC ARS** ACT KC ARS ACT KC CRW ACT N/A AMOS ACT N/A 115 Washington D.C. Pentagon ACT N/A Appendix 1 Boom Memorial Names 116 Appendix 2 The Boomer s Prayer 122 Appendix 3 Boom Card/Coin Rules 124 Appendix 4 Class Rosters Present 126 ** DENOTES NO UNIT SUBMISSION - 5 -

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7 2007 Preparation for Contact Welcome to the 2007 Edition of the BOOM SIGNAL! It s hard to believe that a year has passed already, but with the pace that the tanker community moves everyday, it s not a surprise. The most exciting issue this year is the fact that the KC-X future tanker bids were finally sent out to the potential manufacturers. Hopefully by the end of this year we ll know what the future will hold and what technologies will be leveraged to keep Boom Operators putting the pole-in-the-hole! Another new milestone was reached this year with the Center of Excellence (CoE) at Lackland Annex standing up full-time. Mobility-minded Enlisted Aviators will be the product that our instructors at the CoE will produce. All 1AXXX specialty graduates will have a common training base in our Mobility culture so that when they get to Boom Operator school, or Loadmaster school, or FE school, our FTU instructors can concentrate on turning them into KC-135/KC-10 Enlisted Aviators and not waste unnecessary time and/or resources. The ultimate goal is to embrace the concept that a Boom Operator is a Boom Operator, regardless of whether they serve on a KC- 135, KC-10 or the KC-X. The pace of tanker and CRW operations has not lessened over the past year. All units are surging to meet the constant and ever-changing requirements. The Boom Operator force is still very young (age-wise) and we count on these young Airmen to live up to big responsibilities both at home and on the road. Where else can an 18 year old be a vital part of a 3-person aircrew in a combat zone and have the responsibility of getting the fuel-to-the-fight! This year s BOOM SIGNAL will be a little different; I ve included a Boom Operator Memorial section, a Class Roster section and a name directory so you can point-and-click to find folks within the SIGNAL. For those who aren t familiar with the BOOM SIGNAL tradition, it is a compilation of Unit inputs. It is the only one of its kind although several attempts have been made to copy it, without success. The intent of the BOOM SIGNAL is a communications link between each Boom Operator, past, present and future. It s a historical document which started in We, as a community, need to ensure this tradition lives on. We owe it to ourselves. With that, I am profoundly grateful that I have the opportunity to continue this history. I firmly believe that the BOOM SIGNAL goes hand-in-hand with the many traditions we uphold. As I ve stated on more than one occasion; Boom Operators are like one big family; no matter where you go; no matter whether you are Active, Retired, Guard or Reserve, you are always welcome and you always have something in common and you are family. I d like to thank CMSgt Dan Repp at HQ AMC for furnishing me a contact listing for all the Unit s Boom Operator leadership. Without that critical assistance, the BOOM SIGNAL process would be problematic at best. I d also like to throw a shout out to Mr. Jim Reese and Mr. Steve Tuttle (Flight Safety Services Corporation, Altus) for support & compilation of the class rosters. I d be remiss if I didn t thank all the Units for their submissions despite their busy deployment/tdy schedules. I also want everyone to know that this tradition will not die or fall by the way-side, I will continue the BOOM SIGNAL even after I leave the Air Force. As stated, it is the very least I can do for the Boom Operator family that I care about so much. Please enjoy the 2007 Edition of the BOOM SIGNAL and I look forward towards 2008! Pilot, I have disconnect boom s clear MSgt Paul E. Greene BOOM SIGNAL Editor Grand Forks AFB, ND (June 2007) Any comments or questions about the 2007 BOOM SIGNAL can be directed to MSgt Paul E. Greene, 319 OG/OGV, DSN and paul.greene01@grandforks.af.mil; greenep@gimail.af.mil or elforkogrande@yahoo.com. The 2007 BOOM SIGNAL commemorates the 28 th Anniversary. Start working your inputs for the 2008 BOOM SIGNAL now! - 7 -

8 READER DISCLAIMER: Be advised that the individual compiling the BOOM SIGNAL is not responsible for the content of any entry submitted for publication. The Unit s submissions were edited for format, spelling and hopefully put in a logical order. However, their original content was left wholly intact. The spirit of the BOOM SIGNAL is for Unit s to express themselves in a manner befitting the family of Boom Operators (aka, any way they see fit). To that end, please remember; nothing is too cruel if it s funny enough. Nobody Kicks Ass Without Tanker Gas Nobody!! - 8 -

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10 ALTUS AFB, OK THE SCHOOLHOUSE Hello from the schoolhouse! We have had a big year and there are big changes in the future. To start off the birthplace of Booms is changing once again, by the end of this year BBOC will be moved down to the Center of Excellence at Randolph. Therefore the Gucci kids will never get the Altus by the Sea experience but the 135 students will transition from the Center of Excellence to Altus for their BIQ course. The 28 th Annual Boom Symposium sponsored by the Altus Boom Association was a big success. We had over 270 guests and donated over $1,100 to local charities. The Booms donated man hours to the local ACME house, raised funds for family members of tragically departed crew chief, and donated funds for a local van that transports disabled veterans. On a separate occasion back in December the local Toys for Tots was cancelled because of community volunteer problems; the Altus Booms took over the program and purchased/gathered over 500 toys for the local community children. Altus is always looking for volunteers to come instruct, the dust has settled and it has been determined that we are back to an Assignment Code 50, which means Altus is a 48 month max tour. As for me, I am retiring after 20 years of Booming and I will be starting out my civilian career in California. Altus no longer has to put up with the Gucci guy.i can hear the celebration starting. ///Signed/// TROY L. KEACH, SMSgt, USAF 97 OG/OGV Chief Boom Evaluator DSN: tkeach@hotmail.com

11 ALTUS AFB, OK 97 TRS/TRQ SMSgt Nathan Peachman J. Peachey: TRS Squadron Superintendent and our Boom Functional Manager. Currently deployed (Guam), there are two rumors about why Peachman begged for a deployment. Some say as soon as he found out that deployments where going on his DVB for Chief he started calling and begging for a deployment. Others think he is doing it for extra funds so he can finally paint the Mustang one color instead of its current 7 shades. MSgt Marvin Roggy Kennedy: marvin.kennedy@altus.af.mil Roggy took a short vacation from Altus after 13 years, but after a few years in the TALCE, dessert BDU s, and sand in his boots he rushed back to Altus. Rumor has it he will be running for the Mayor of Altus next year. MSgt David E. Coggin: david.coggin@altus.af.mil - Lurch is in charge of our training, were not sure what that means because no one has actually seen him since he moved up to wing training. MSgt David B. Foster: david.foster@altus.af.mil After taking over as our Student Training Superintendent The Babysitter, he realized he wanted to be a Boom again. He is currently going through BIQ, another Gucci boy coming back to the dark side. MSgt Walter F. Markwas: walter.markwas@altus.af.mil - Rumor has it Walt is dying to be in charge of people since putting on Master. It readily shows when he is officiating our softball games and bossing us around, how can a Boom have such bad vision? I guess it comes with the umpire certificate. TSgt Keith Brodie: keith.brodie@altus.af.mil - Our resident Narcoleptic. If you ask Det 2 they think he works in TRQ, if you ask TRQ they think he works in Det 2. In reality he works at Toms Tavern and can usually be found staggering around the dance floor at Scooters. TSgt James Fish Fisher: jamesandmelanie@swoi.net - Fish retired this year after fighting the MEB for years. He is staying here in Altus, which proves his medical condition must be mental. SSgt Jeffrey M. Gaston: Jeffrey.gaston@altus.af.mil - Dean Pickering, MSgt (Ret) dean.pickering@altus.af.mil Civilian GS-11 KC-135 Courseware Manager

12 ALTUS AFB, OK 97 OG/OGV MSgt Michael Ward: - Leaving the 54 th as the DOV Chief to move up to OGV. Mike bought a house and has finally settled down here in Altus but heaven help Altus, the Grinch and Ebenezer Scrooge are less grumpy than Mike on a bad day. Mike verbally rebutted this by saying you are grumpier than me M?!&#^F&^#%@, case and point!

13 ALTUS AFB, OK 97 OSS CURRENT OPERATIONS TSgt Thomas Glosser: - He keeps the mission flowing working in current OPS. His office has however complained that keeps other things flowing with his irritable bowl syndrome. TSgt Brett Prothe: Formally known as Brokeback, he is back up and flying. Sources have it that Brett is late to work because he can t take his eyes off himself in the mirror (got to love the spouses club). Seems mild mannered at times but the girls in the OSS have renamed PMS Prothe Syndrome

14 ALTUS AFB, OK HQ AMC DET 2, AMCAOS SIMCERT Greetings from Southwest Oklahoma and home to AMCs KC-135 Simcert detachment! Our primary mission is certifying all KC-135 Operational Flight Trainers (OFT), Boom Operator Part Task-Trainers (BOPTT) and Cargo Load Trainer (CLT) simulators for AMC. Det 2 has undergone some major changes in the past year with the KC-135 courseware pilots & booms transferring to AETC and our manning dropping to just two pilots and one boom operator. A brief update on the status of the BOPTTs, CLT and the BOWST programs. As most of you know, the two BOPTTs exist as the only procedure trainers for the KC-135 Boom Operator qualification courses. Both trainers entered service in 1971 and were refurbished in 2004 to expand their use for an additional five years. Both devices are currently still in use for training and are expected to be replaced by the Boom Operator Weapon System Trainer (BOWST) in FY08. The CLT continues to provide an excellent platform for BIQ cargo load training. If you haven t heard, the BOWST is an AETC program that will replace the two aging BOPTTs with two high fidelity simulators. The BOWST system has been developed using fuselage sections from actual KC-135E aircraft. Some of the enhanced capabilities we will see in the BOWST are: cinematic quality visual system (with 3-D receiver models), realistic control load feel, same as aircraft training environment, and Distributed Mission Operations (DMO) capabilities, along with a great possibility of allowing certain qualifications/certifications to be conducted in the BOWST (i.e. probe & drogue, day & night fighter quals, MPRS, etc ). BOWST #1 & #2 are scheduled to transfer to AMC upon certification in FY08. AMC is in the process of acquiring BOWST #3 in FY08 and it will be placed at McConnell AFB, KS. Stop by Bld 87, 3 rd floor, Rm 319 or give me a call if you have any questions. Cheers, MSgt Tim Ballentine: timothy.ballentine@altus.af.mil: I still manage to fly with and teach FTU/CFIC boom students between my TDY s to San Antonio for BOWST meetings. Currently working on my master s degree and looking to PCS in the fall of 2008 for one last assignment. DSN Tim George TEBO Tobola, TSgt (Ret): TEBO works for Flight Safety Services Corporation in the C-5 section at Kelly AFB, TX

15 ALTUS AFB, OK 54 ARS HOME OF THE JESTERS Greetings to all from Southwest Oklahoma! The 54 th ARS has seen some changes in the past year but we are still producing the best Boom Operators in the business. SMSgt(S) Jim Pittman PCSd to Fairchild AFB, WA in November and is sorely missed around the hallowed halls of CCTS. Sorry! CCTS no longer exist; we are an FTU (Flying Training Unit). School House duty is a time honored tradition and the benefits are numerous. While we may have to beat up the pattern every sortie we do get to spend quality time with our families and have very few TDYs. TDYs usually entail picking up a CCAB aircraft or working the odd air-show. If interested in becoming an FTU instructor feel free to call us at DSN we ll get you started in the right direction. Here is our squadron line up: MSgt Frank Antonsen- Squadron Supt/1 st SGT: Took over Jim Pittman in November; still trying to figure out who actually works here and Occasionally has a SAC flashback and wonders what the hell it is with all the T-tailers running around. MSgt Don Breitkreutz- Operations Supt: Doing outstanding work on the operations side of the house; when not at work can be found doing base finances job for them or stalking Bambi with a buck knife up near the lake. A-Flight MSgt(S) Rich Martin-Flight Chief: Made Master 1 st time around and didn t seem a bit surprised; can now spend time with the family rather than the PFE (PDG). SSgt Joe Callahan-FTU Instructor: Joe got here last October and has been going like the energizer bunny ever since; he is enjoying being the squadron UDM; working on his Bachelors degree. SSgt Rob Hansen-FTU Instructor: Rob arrived in December but keeps a pretty low profile around here; loves flying the line, at least that s what I m told I never see him! SSgt Tim Carden-FTU Instructor: Just arrived from the great North West (Fairchild), finishing up his CCAF degree and pushing a student line. SSgt Jeffery Sparks: Another new arrival that came to us from back East (Kadena), getting settled in and reacquainting himself with the school house. B-Flight MSgt(S) Joe Wilkins-Flight Chief: Made Master this time around and couldn t be happier; often over-heard sharing CRW stories with the younger troops. TSgt Thomas Sinclair FTU Instructor: Newby who made the arduous trip down from McConnell; Bought a house out in Hooterville; finished FTC, now waiting to complete the Buddy Instructor Program

16 SSgt Shonna Golbek- FTU Instructor: Shonna is a recent arrival at the school house; she keeps pushing through the students and always seems to have a smile on her face. SSgt Jesse Wright- FTU Instructor: Jesse arrived a few months back, and has already had to move out of base housing, no he s not a discipline problem but his old house should be condemned and then demolished. Moving to Scheduling soon. C-Flight (Scheduling) TSgt Dave Stads Stadnicki- Flight Chief: Stads is still slaving away in scheduling and is tired of change. He actually volunteered for a deployment overseas; he will drive hundreds of miles just to shop for Hot Wheels toy cars. TSgt Ted Bundy Buit- FTU Instructor: Loving life in scheduling (read this laughing); can be seen wondering the halls with a 5 gallon coffee cup wondering when he s getting an assignment to Fairchild. SSgt Jason Brain Burianek- FTU Instructor: Finally well enough to fly a line after breaking his foot. Working on his next advanced degree and keeping a low profile. SSgt Neil Goob Godwin- FTU Instructor: Our resident western Pacific wannabe and Honor Guard member. When asked how he liked scheduling he walked away mumbling in Japanese. D-Flight (CFIC) TSgt Dan The Man Beecher- Flight Chief: Doing a great job keeping CFIC running strong and always has something on his plate. Dan is the quiet one in CFIC which probably means he s up to no good. MSgt(S) James Jaws Bautista- FTU/CFIC Instructor: Made Master but retiring in the October. Would love to be the first civilian CFIC flight-line instructor but it wasn t in the cards. Has a good job lined up down in Texas. We all wish him and his family the best. TSgt(S) Drew Older than Dirt Sottovia- FTU/CFIC Instructor: Working hard pushing candidates and acting as the Bob Villa liaison with CE (He s trying to get our building fixed). He is always looking for ways to imply that MSgt Antonsen is old. E-Flight (Student Training) MSgt Justin Jo Jo Johansen- Flight Chief: Jo Jo finally pinned on after patiently waiting year. He is hoping to get a slot as a 1 st Sergeant if manning allows for it. His F250 is jacked like Poteet s and we still can t figure out how he gets in it. TSgt Jason Tin Cup Larimore- FTU Instructor: One of our resident golf pros who recently arrived from Fairchild complete with golf cart. TSgt(S) Justin Mine is Bigger Poteet- FTU/CFIC Instructor: Moving soon over to CFIC but Drew will still be old. Needs a ladder to climb into his F250 because it s so high off the ground..probably due to some sort of size issue/complex. F-Flight (Squadron Training) TSgt Ralph Not a Mexican Hoffmann- Flight Chief: Ralph seems to be the busiest man in show business. Recently moved to DOT and thinks he can get rid of his Security Manager additional duty to boot. SSgt Doug Fresh Boren- FTU/CFIC Instructor: Doug recently became a CFIC instructor and enjoys singing the Nat l Anthem impromptu. He has made the Basic Boom Operator Course Graduation into a real special event for all

17 G-Flight (Stan/Eval) TSgt Shane Haney- Flight Chief: Shane is the other resident golf pro who came to Altus to work on his Tiger-like stinger shot. Replaces MSgt Ward as DOV chief and is trying to learn proper enunciation of English language words. TSgt Tim Mitchell- FTU/CFIC Instructor: When not working hard he can be found at the gym, ball fields or anywhere a sporting activity is taking place. Does push-ups for beer. TSgt Jayson Chatham: Jayson is doing great work in DOV and is quite possibly the quietest person in the squadron. On Loan Folks SSgt Ken Harwood- NCOIC Base Honor Guard/FTU Instructor: Ken is busy rebuilding the base honor guard program but still finds time to fly with us and maintain currency. SSgt Ken Williams- OGV Pubs Office/FTU Instructor: Ken moved over to help maintain Group publications after a stint pulling TCN duty. The Army brainwashing was effective and he is applying for the Blue to Green program so he can be a Ranger. Ken, quit drinking the Kool-Aid! Recent Departures MSgt Jim Pittman- Squadron Supt/1 st Sgt: Jim left for Fairchild late last year; recently made SMSgt. Congratulations and the best of luck in the future. MSgt Mike Ward- Stan/Eval Flight Chief: Still here at Altus, moved over to Group Stan/Eval to replace SMSgt Keach who is retiring. He still finds time to fly with us even though he actually has work to do. TSgt Max Morkin- DOT Flight Chief: Moved to McConnell kicking and screaming.i understand some nights he can be heard sobbing wishing he could be back at Altus. Max we miss you come back please. SSgt Ron MacMeeken- FTU Instructor: Ron left for McConnell and has decided to help the police enforce trespassing/loitering laws in downtown Wichita. We wish Ron the best of luck. SSgt Pat Haney- FTU/CFIC Instructor: Pat left for McConnell never to be heard from again. Vals claims he still owes them a $100 bar tab and a stolen table cloth. SrA Sammy Banks- FTU Instructor: PCSd (Permanent Civilian Status); Sammy got out in January and is working Correctional Custody in Granite, OK

18 ALTUS AFB, OK 55 ARS MSgt Robert Jepson: Came to us from Travis, just took over as the First Sgt. Is on the injured reserve list. Has the Sam s Club size of Flintstone s Chewables keeping him going. MSgt Lance Quenga: Finally got out of Stan Eval. Moved into the Ops Super job a few weeks ago. Went and bought a new Harley. Hasn t fully committed though, still keeping the rice rocket. FLIGHT BOOMS TSgt Nancy Primm: New recruit to Mildenhall West. Fresh out of the NCO Academy Done Graduated Program, earned a job as Flt Super. Says she didn t drink the cool aid, but did memorize the new Airman's Creed. She s just one of the guys, belches and farts almost as good as Randy Kay. Could have made Master if she would have shown up for testing. SSgt Jason Whiting: Fresh in from Scott TACC. Loved being a SP augmentee at Scott till some butter bar LT started yelling at him. Says he can beat Hackney in a 40yd dash, Hackney said if he did he was going to Donkey Punch him Things that make you go hmmmm. SrA Cliff LeClerc: Says it's French as in 'Leclair'. One of two Airman in the Squadron, 50% shot of being Airman of the Quarter. Went hunting OK Style and got a deer first time out, even out of season. He bought a shiny new red truck and took out a deer on his way back to Altus. SSgt William "Aaron" Widener: Came to Altus from Fairchild last year. He'll say that having his first two students EQ is his proudest achievement. We say his biggest claim to fame is being slightly taller than Hackney. But don't get on his bad side, his wife works at the dental clinic. MSgt(s) Robert "BK" Brolliar: Came as part of the Fairchild invasion. Moved into Flt Super job right away. Likes to quote movies because it helps his denial that he really is in Altus. TSgt Clinton L. Slick: Resident Battle Deployment Trainer. Fly s every now and then, but really loving the Air Force/Army lifestyle of shooting guns and blowing stuff up. TSgt Matthew Calisi: Came to us from McConnell on a joint spouse assignment-- ironically he is not married, but will be soon. Taking on a lot of duties nobody else wants, glad he is here. Did you know there is a new PFE? Thanks for the obvious Matt! STAN EVAL MSgt(s) Randy Kay - NCOIC and President of the Altus Boom Association. Finally got to move out of CFIC, we think that is because the commanders office was right beside his, and if you know Randy he has no inside voice and the F-bomb's sometimes slip out. Did an outstanding job running the 28th Annual Boom Symposium without cursing once. Also the smartest boom he knows. He did have a 4.0 GPA when he finished his B.S

19 TSgt Jason Hall - Mr. Rodeo boom. Thinks he knows everything, but Randy lets him know that he doesn t. He finished his B.S with a 3.8 GPA. If you ever want to win a bet, drop by Altus and talk to Jason. Has had a speech prepared for when he wins the local Bass tournament, but still hasn t had a chance to use it as of yet. SSgt Tom (Santa Claus) Long - Has passed out more EQ's than all of the other evaluators combined. Currently working on his B.S. Wants to get out and become a forestry ranger. Living the single life while his significant other is deployed to Iraq. Always say he'll come out for just one beer but manages to somehow need a ride home. SSgt Brandy Coyle - Brandy is currently deployed to Iraq for 150 days watching TCN's. The nicest boom in the squadron. She helped keep Randy sane during the months leading up to the symposium. Still waiting for a ride on Tom s Harley, something about the weather just isn t right. She was also the inspirational leader of the Boom Bowling team with her 107 average. SSgt Kate Shoemake - Just moved into STAN/EVAL to learn the ropes as a SELO. We might even upgrade her to evaluator one day, or we might not. If you need something done Kate will be there. Also on the Boom Bowling team, worked hard for that 123 average. SCHEDULING MSgt(s) Donnie Lambert - NCOIC Scheduling flight. Bit**ed so much about the schedulers not doing there job we made him the Chief of scheduling. Is the 2nd loudest boom in the squadron. Had a run in with a pecan tree while doing some trimming over at Randy s house. TSgt Izzy Hanks: Wanted out of Stan Eval, so we put him in Scheduling. When Amityville closed he moved into a 5 th wheel next to Donnie. Selling the Harley to buy a boat. Had a run in with the same pecan tree as Donnie while trimming over at Randy s house. SSgt Mike Fatone: Resident EOD expert and compressed air potato gun aficionado. At least he has put the Fire walking days behind him. Bought an old Ford Bronco and found out you cant drive thru deep water fast. SSgt Terry Brown: Working hard trying not to be noticed. Could have been promoted to TSgt this year, but when was that testing date again?? Make sure and ask him about his full back tattoo that he is working on. Keeps talking about it, but so far only has the Tramp Stamp done?? FACULTY TRAINING TSgt Jaime (JL) Smith: Another Mildenhall recruit. Recently got married, became a father, and traded in the Jeep for a pickup truck. Figured the Jeep would have been in the Pre-nups.. Mr. Rodeo boom (alternate). So gets to do all the work and not sure if he gets to go to the dance. TSgt Nate Hackney: Chief TSgt of the Air Force, just ask him. Recently had a student yak all over himself and the Nav table while on final approach. Nate provided outstanding instruction and ass chewing on how to cleanup a puke stained Nav table. Nate and Sabrina have another lil Nate on the way, Sabrina is due in Nov. STUDENT TRAINING SSgt Jon What the F@&k! Groleau: Returned from last year s Dookey Ninja duty (TCN Monitor) with a great attitude and was happy to be back at Altus. It took 1.2 days for the old Jon (F.U. you retard) to return. Has moved to the Student Management Flight pushing training folders and molding new Boom Operator wanna be s. He s trying to Palace Chase but getting the royal bone by AFPC. The manning numbers look good, but Uncle Sugar just won t let go of him

20 TSgt Ernest Burnsie Burns: When we last heard from him he was just returned from the NCO Academy but he came back dumber than before he left. It brought a tear to his eye when he found out he no longer had to supervise Kevin Ortman. We moved him to the Student Training Management flight as the NCOIC, he has a corner desk where he hides out and looks busy. He is still trying to crack the code on the Altus Good Ole Boy network, he s pretty sure they all have to die before he figures it out. Don t get him started on the Boom Symposium! SQ Safety TSgt Steve Jones: Moved into the Safety office replacing Walt Markwas. So, had his work cut out for him already. Been on the injured reserves for a while. Has a big bottle of Flintstone chewable s on his desk. Became the squadron basketball coach, even won a trophy for the Over 30 league. RA s TSgt Warren Weldon: Just put on TSgt. One of our most eclectic booms in the squadron. There isn t a job that he hasn t done. SSgt David Hust: Been on the injured reserves for a while. Sharing the same bottle of Flintstone s with Steve. Looking at becoming Mr. Hust this year and living off the wife. On-loan: SSgt Jeffrey M. Gaston: Jeffrey.gaston@altus.af.mil Hiding out in the OGV Bookstore and counting the days until his PCS to MacDill. PCS d: MSgt Rodney Ward: Took an assignment back to McConnell. Hope the deployment schedule doesn t interfere with his training for the triathlon or the hunting/fishing schedule

21 ALTUS AFB, OK GREETINGS FROM THE CIVILIAN BOOM ASSOCIATION Updates: BOWST, Dual-Track, Block 40 (GATM) and Basic Boom Operator Course. July 2007 has the current BOPTT s dismantled and relocated to a different building here at Altus in preparation for the incoming BOWST. The BOWST is currently scheduled (don t hold your breath) to come on line the first part of next year. Along with the BOPTT move comes a Dual-Track schedule that splits each class in half to reduce the BOPTT cycle workload. Numerous classes must be taught twice (per class) now to accommodate this but it does ease the BOPTT cycle. Block 40 (GATM) changes Once we get the BOWST. Four preflights along with four additional BOWST missions (from 12 to 16) will be added to the Boom Initial Qualification Course along with an additional length of four more days. The Basic Boom Operator Course will be moving down to San Antonio soon; the latest rumor has it that BBOC will be leaving Altus in Sep 07. Lackland will undergo three small group tryouts (SGTO s) and then send the students up here to Altus for BIQ. We just received the initial two students from the first of three BBOC SGTO classes at Lackland for our BIQ class. The Current Gang Phil Blaisse: Enjoys having Al on board so Phil doesn t have to catch nearly the flack that he used to. Guess Phil is planning on staying around for a while since he just bought a new high dollar home out in the country with plenty of property for his horses (actually they are Great Danes) to roam. Phil also bought a new Harley (actually a used one, but now the prettiest bike in town). Phil has cut way down on the medical appointments (new house and moving etc. keep him too busy to go to the doctor). After three years of making excuses why he wasn t remodeling his house, he finally has to so he can sell it. We still think it would have been cheaper to get rid of the dogs rather than buy a new house (Phil disagrees). Eddie Cole: Eddie is having fun with ATP-56 and the newly released Dash 1 changes. I think he burned up one shredder already. Eddie still knows everything about the students. We haven t figured out why the students will tell him things that they don t even tell their parents. Eddie is our association President this year and constantly tries to convince Al (Mr. Vice) that the Vice President actually has duties to perform. Eddie just keeps on doing what needs to be done without any complaints. Terry Daffern: Trying to get back into golfing more often. Terry has gotten quieter lately, and continues to do his job without any complaints. Terry has started taking three weeks of vacation in a row every year, guess he needs the break. He did learn from past experience to take his sports paraphernalia down (and off his desk) prior to going on vacation so it doesn t get relocated or messed with nothing is too cruel if it s funny enough. George Dion: Still mutters about stock markets and retirement. Drives his convertible on warm days. We ve had so much rain this year that the convertible days are few and far between. George is the SME for Air Refueling and ATP-56 drastically increased his workload of late (or would that be Air to Air Refueling?). He is one of two of us that has been very happy the last few years since the New England Patriots have been doing so good during football season (hey, we had to be patient during all those dry years leading up to this). Chico Gallegos: Actually drove his Jeep in today (and it was raining). Since he was actually here at work, it couldn t have been on a Friday. We tease him since he normally has his wife drive him to work during inclement weather so his Jeep won t get wet (it s a four wheel drive vehicle, it s supposed to get dirty). Despite Al s presence in the back corner, Chico remains unaffected by all the KC-10 talk. Roger Gossett: Roger finally traded his yellow convertible (for an extended cab pickup). Nobody puts as many miles on a vehicle than Roger. I think they have a Roger clause at the local car dealership Three normal years warranty or 1 Roger year. Roger just took over as Treasurer for our Association since Greg will be leaving soon. Now he wants to build a 40 x 60 (or some kind of large size) garage/workshop to house all his vehicles and tools

22 Brad Hamann: Brad is busy using his tools to make wood products. His State Quarter display cases have been a big seller around here. When he isn t busy building greenhouses, putting up sheds or making the display cases, he stays busy at work with the new ATP-56. He s always busy doing something to make the rest of us look like we aren t working. Brad only golf s occasionally now since he got sick of buying so many golf balls. He quit smoking a couple of weeks ago, thinks he can save enough money to buy more golf balls. Al Miller: Ah yes, what can we say about Al? We got new carpeting last month so now we will need to replace the KC-10 Only tape on the floor around his desk. Al is the resident expert on NASCAR, and anything racing. He was also elected as our association Vice President this year. His favorite term lately is telling Eddie that s the Presidents job. Al is responsible for more recent 847 s than any one individual should be allowed to write. Al has been busy with ATP-56 and is trying to convince us that it is the gospel we ll believe that when the receiver units start incorporating it. Still has too many KC-10 ism s, but actually does teach KC-135 stuff from time to time. Rick Raprager: His blood pressure has been lowered lately since there aren t so many issues with the CLT lately. Recently working on house remodeling and fixing up his back yard. If you want to know anything about cargo loading, ask Rick. Rick bought a new vehicle recently (a pickup here in Oklahoma go figure). Seems to be a little edgy lately due to all the rain and not being able to ride his Harley as much as he would like to. Jim Reese: The Boss. Jim not only finds errors in our TAPR s, but finds them in magazine articles, s and of course our local newspaper (yeah, like finding an error in our local paper is even considered a challenge) says it s a curse. Very moody lately, must be the lack of golfing due to inclement weather. Keeps his little red car in the garage during the rainy days. He s figuring that the battery might be dead by the time he gets a dry day to actually drive it. Stays busy after work too by constantly adjusting the shuffleboard table at the VFW. Jim is the reigning shuffleboard champ there however. Marty Sabourin: Gets spun up way too easily some of the guys get him fired up just for cheap entertainment. Still hates windows machines and insists that Macs are the best. We teased him for a while that Phil s bike is now the prettiest in town he doesn t say too much in retaliation so it ceased to be as much fun to tease him. Marty is always in a hurry no matter what he is doing at the time (way too much energy expended). He finally got the skunk problem at his house fixed (seems the little rascals had burrowed under his house and set up camp Marty was thrilled). I can just envision the ending explosive scene during the movie Caddyshack. Mothballs don t smell all that bad do they? Chuck Stewart: Talk about somebody going through golf withdrawals. I try and schedule Chuck to work all day to take his mind off the lack of golfing time. Still has the Prettiest golf cart in town. Chuck still finds the time to golf more than the rest of us wish I knew how he does it. Chuck is trying to equal the mileage that Roger accumulates by making numerous trips to Colorado. The next thing we ll know is they have incorporated a new Chuck clause at the Chevy dealer. There must be golfing in Colorado (he says he s visiting his kids riiiight). Lew Timbrook: Lew recently lost a tree in his back yard his favorite tree (how does anybody have a favorite tree? ) mph winds last week tore up a lot of things around here. Lew got a new truck several months ago too. Hasn t stepped on a dog recently so he doesn t use up nearly as much medical time as last year. Still trying to take Chico s place as the leader of the not here on Friday association. How he gets 8 weeks of paid vacation every year is beyond us. If we need something done, Lew volunteers (except Fridays), he even helps a lot during the golf tournament (and he hates golf). Steve Tuttle: Stays busy scheduling others to work. Got a recumbent bicycle for his birthday and rides back and forth to work (when it isn t raining). Been very busy the last couple of months getting manning projections and dual-track schedules ready for implementation. Almost had withdrawals while the carpet in his office was being replaced since he had no operating phone and no desk to schedule anything. Way too little golf this year we need about a week of dry. Really enjoys his truck now since the price of diesel is finally below the price of unleaded

23 Greg Wheeler: Greg finally had enough of us trying to get him to take up golf, he turned in his resignation effective 17 July We tease Greg a lot (because we can) but he will be sorely missed for all he does around here. There isn t much happening in our office that Greg isn t involved in. If you need something fixed or help with anything, Greg has always been there for us. Sometimes you want a party for an individual after they are gone, but we thought just this once, we d have a party before Greg leaves (yes, we are inviting Greg and his lovely wife Mary). What can you say about an individual as caring and selfless as Greg? I met Greg back at Castle AFB in the late 80 s and worked for him when he was in charge of Stan Eval. He was the first enlisted guy I d ever worked for (always being on a flightcrew and working for an officer) he was great. When I retired from active duty I was once again working with Greg as a fellow Instructor here at FlightSafety. I ve known Greg and Mary for about 20 years now and am proud to call them my friends. I wish him and Mary all my best in their future endeavors. They will be retiring to the Coarsegold area in the foothills just North of Fresno California. Best of luck to Greg and Mary! Greg says to come by and visit if you get out that way! (no-notice hospitality check?) Joe Surovy: Joe takes care of bringing in the daily donuts for our association. It s amazing how we come to take certain people for granted that do things so others don t have to. Joe still commutes the 10 miles or so from Blair Oklahoma each day. We have bets on what Joe s desk will look like once we go to all paperless pubs. I think the six or seven laptop computers that he will have to have open all the time to check various publications and courseware will still preclude the possibility of seeing woodgrain on his desk. Joe is one of many who never complain, just does what has to be done. Mitch Malseed: Mitch is currently growing his Sturgis Beard again. He says it s either that or a tattoo and he can always shave the beard when he wants to get rid of it. We think he trailers his bike up there though rather than riding the whole distance. Mitch lives up by Lew and lost a bunch of tree branches and associated other things that blow away in mph winds. Mitch was the acting site manager today and had to wear a suit, there were lots of whistles and catcalls by the booms prior to Mitch making an unprintable comment to us. Losses Bill Baker: Bill had his part time slot here go away a couple of months ago. He still comes by from time to time to check on when Greg is going to retire. It sounds like he is pretty busy up at McConnell going TDY and flying all over the world (does that sound like jealousy since we can t do that anymore?). His daughter finally graduated from high school so his child support will end can you say, pay raise? Billy is obviously making way too much money anyway; he has lots more toys than the rest of us and always wants more. We still haven t had a going away party for Billy yet since he is always gone flying or something. Should we have a going away party if he s coming back with us? Other Retired Booms in the Area Dean Pickering: Dean comes down almost daily to check on us. Dean must be doing all right for himself since he just moved into his custom designed multi mega-buck home in Northern Altus. I guess civil service pays pretty good. What a lucky guy, Dean got a free trampoline in his yard after that big windstorm last week. Dean can tell you all about expensive lawn mowers too. News We had several Japanese students this year along with some Australians. The Australians (they bought the KC-30 Tanker) are staying with us for BIQ training. We are getting ready to go to a dual-track schedule next month. The BOWST is already partly here (some parts) although the contract has not been announced as to who has it yet. Supposedly the contract will be announced on the first of July this year. The golf tournament will be held on base at Windy Trails again this year, although the Quartz Mountain golf course is looking very nice again. Come on by and we ll let you know what s happening (just don t expect too many available instructors if the BOPTT cycle is in session). Steve Tuttle Boom Instructor/Scheduler Jim Reese Boom Operator Supervisor

24 ARLINGTON, VA NATIONAL GUARD BUREAU ANG Boom Functional Manager Hello from the Nation s Capital! This year started with a high level of activity due to many of the unit conversions in addition to the Air National Guard (ANG) going thru a force re-shaping. My time here has seen the ANG s dramatic transformation with respect to the responsibilities and overall guard culture. Our changing requirements have demanded that we become more of a sustaining force as part of the Total Force in the Global War on Terror. One of the highlights was the Career Enlisted Aviators (CEA) Center of Excellence (CoE) opening its doors. This year s force re-shaping has touched every unit in one way or another. My hat goes off to our tanker community and those R model units that helped with the required training to assist the E model units with their transition to the R model. Our two C-130 units converting to tankers have stood up to the challenge. Currently one unit has crewmembers in the training pipeline and the other will begin sending their crews in the last quarter of All the functional managers were asked to take a good hard look at their communities and work with Manpower scrubbing the Unit Manning Documents to introduce a new lean document to take effect next year. This was one of those tasks that you re not loved for but has to be done to insure our survival as a tanker community in the ANG. A few of the wings are associating with the active duty or the reserves. This is a way to cut spending and still stay in line with our Total Force requirements. This year we are challenged by BRAC, QDR, new missions with Homeland Defense, and the Congressional constituents influencing new innovative ways to utilize the ANG in our country s defense. But, that s our mission, and we seem to always accomplish what is asked of us. Everyone by now has heard of the CoE. They have done a phenomenal job thus far by opening their doors two years ahead of schedule. It s up, running and producing top quality crewmembers. Starting in early June there will be three small group tryouts for the boom operator career field. These tryout groups will help to identify any deficiencies that need to be addressed and re-worked in the training prior to the start date of the first official BBOC course in October 07. I m excited about our school and truly believe we will have a superior quality aviator graduating from this course once the transition has been fully implemented. The CEA s finally have their own schoolhouse thanks to the vision and dedication of individuals like CMSgt Francis Mitchell, CMSgt Robert Shannon, CMSgt Randy Anderson, CMSgt Mike Jolly, CMSgt Richard Green, CMSgt Tim Stephen, CMSgt Terry Warren, CMSgt James Guertin, CMSgt Daniel Roberson and SMSgt Chris Powell who was assigned to AETC and has carried the torch for the Boom operators. For all you guard booms that have always wanted to instruct at the school house, now s your chance!! In the near future as the instructor billets become available there will be Job Vacancy Announcements advertised for 3 year Title 10 tours at the schoolhouse. I just want to say thank you for all you do and a special thanks to those booms that are always there to help the Bureau when asked! Guarding America, Defending Freedom Frank R. Santos, SMSgt, USAF DSN , (703) Francisco.santos@ngb.ang.af.mil

25 BEALE AFB, CA 314 ARS THE BEALE MERCENARY BOOMS CMSgt Jim Welvis Welborn: The Chief has gone over the 10,000 hour mark this year flying his tail off for us. He is keeping busy in his off time setting endurance records riding his Road King around the country. SMSgt Bob Renn: Bob has made the move out of Stan/Eval and gone to our top notch training shop. Bob is still keeping busy as a world class Softball coach. Bob also is waiting for Welvis to die so that he can finally get his Chief stripe. SMSgt Dan Q-Man Quasius: Dan is currently our senior reservist in the shop. In his civilian life he is working at Davis Medical Center as a Physical Therapist diagnosing Professional Athletes aches and pains. Dan is doing his P.T. best around the Beale M.A.S.H. unit as well trying to keep everyone on the go. He still can t believe he is back at Beale. Beale Bandits Return! MSgt Margaret Evans: Sister Margaret Mary has made the move from Boom Scheduler to Stan/Eval and is working her tail off! She spends her free time spoiling her 5 Grand Kids whenever and however she can! MSgt Michael Spike Bell: Spike is still working up in our training shop. He has added a new hobby to his repertoire, that of motorcyclist. He has added his own brand of Cool to the world of H-D Sporters. Steve McQueen would even be proud! MSgt Mike Mecum: Mike is loving the world of flying both as a reservist and as a hobby. He has bought himself his dream Air Stream Camper preparing to see the country. MSgt Larry Naso: Larry is filling his free time flying with the Unit. In his civilian life he gave up the cush job at UPS for something a little more exciting! He is now a Stockton Police Officer tracking down America s Most Wanted! MSgt John That Rocks Pullen: Around the Unit John is the taker of all flights unwanted by normal people! On the civilian side of the house he is a Teacher, Real Estate broker, entrepreneur, Husband, and Daddy to his rottweiller Ben. MSgt Steve Uncle Moulty Moulton: Our third newest ART Boom. Steve is the taker of all trips to the mid west (can we get a TDY to Whitman?) He is also a PROUD new Dad of his Daughter Amanda and Husband to Christina. In his spare time he is building his gun and ammo collection. MSgt James Martin: Jim is our newest ART Boom inherited from the Portland Guard. Jim said he was looking for a place with enough sunshine to drive his TR-6 around with the top down for more than 1 month out of the year. Jim is also enjoying marital bliss with his wife Jennifer. TSgt Wicked Wanda Myers: Our second newest ART Boom, Wanda is our Coasty Refugee. During her off time Wanda is our Extreme sports fanatic scaling large rocks, rafting class 5 rapids. After retirement she is planning a trip to climb Mt. Everest in Nepal

26 TSgt Ken The Shrek Clark: Ken can fly ANYTHING just ask him or his receivers! When he is not working for AAA he can be found just about anywhere flying with anyone. He is leaving us though for the world of C-130 and rescue. TSgt James Hardee: Jim was rescued from the Command Post. He is another of our Harley dudes. Last year he made the switch from Buell sport bike to Road King Custom. Ya gotta have more power!!! SSgt Jared Wally 2 Wahleithner: Jared of the infamous Wally clan. During his off time Jared is Working Deals in Real Estate, Electronics, Auto s or whatever needs to be sold he can get it done! With the Chicks forget about it! SSgt Jason The Golden Child Besaw: He who can do no wrong! Jason is at Instructor School and is going to make a GREAT Instructor. In his off time Jason keeps busy with his Girlfriend and the newest addition to their family their Pug Fred. Whadda cute Pup. SSgt Jason Tyler: We rescued Jason from the Ariel port down at Travis AFB. Our part time UDM, and who we like to call the Ghost! You can t always find him when you need him, but if you ask where he is he will be right over your shoulder. Jason is the dedicated Dad of two GREAT kids. SrA Chris Rabies Raabe: Chris is the man of a thousand nicknames! Chris is the man who helps out everywhere, training, Stan/Eval, scheduling, VCO, local flights. In his civilian world you can find him at College, bucking hay bails, herding cattle, or taking kids for pony rides. (He is also affectionately called Cowgirl just ask him about it!) A1C Lance The Globetrotter Welch: Lance is one of our new up and comers in the unit. In his free time he enjoys visiting his girlfriend in Europe, college, and drinking Beer. (Is he 21 yet?) A1C Lindy (Wally 3) Sutton: Lindy is the newest Boom here at the 314 th. Lindy is going through her mid life crisis at the tender age of 23. This year she has gotten a divorce, a 350Z sports car, and frequent vacations to Hawaii. Everyone here who is over the age of 35 is jealous of her

27 EDWARDS AFB, CA 445 FLIGHT TEST SQUADRON 370 FLIGHT TEST SQUADRON (AFRC) HOME OF TEST OPERATIONS SMSgt Mike Kibler (370 th ): Since Mike already owns 98% of California real estate, he decided to move on to bigger but not better things. He has been investing millions into the country of Iraq. Not the almighty greenback, the lowly Iraqi Dinar, in hopes that one day the exchange rate will hit and he can cash in. He walks up and down the hallways muttering to himself Any day now, any day now! TSgt Mark O Connor (370 th ): Mark somehow talked Mike into giving him an AGR position in the 370 th last year and has been loving it ever since. He has been enjoying the many missed ORE s while keeping all the benefits. He still refuses to eat anything with the slightest hint of flavor and will not drink a beer. Luckily, Cy got here and has been trying to make a true Irishman out of him. He is also investing in Iraq s lack of a future.. TSgt Dave Benson (370 th ): Dave is the essence of a seagull. We ve all heard it but Dave epitomizes it. When he s not doing the flight test engineer gig, he s busy striving to be the self-admitted worst boom operator in the world; and he does a pretty good job of it. He still lives in Bear Valley but we all think it s so he can skip out on work when it snows up there. SSgt Cy Eckhardt (445 th ): Cy has had a rollercoaster of a year. He got to experience the joy of the birth of his daughter in August and then got sent right back to Edwards alone. For those of you that don t know, Cy and his wife were denied Join-Spouse last year and have not had any luck being reunited with his family since. He also fractured a vertebra following a motorcycle crash. Two weeks later he bought a new bike. He is the most disgruntled bastard we ve ever met but somehow he manages to keep his chin up. SSgt Matt Werner (445 th ): Matt has been here for a few months now and is the epitome of Cy s jealousy. Thankfully, the Air Force finally reunited Matt and his wife after two years of not being able to station them together. He and his wife bought a house in Tehachapi and are looking forward to being able to spend time together, as long as the Speckled Trout keeps the wifey home for a few days. ATTACHED MSgt Craig Eyre (412 th OG): Craig has been at Group Training since he arrived and we re convinced he can t be trained any more. He has adjusted well from his tour at Kadena with the exception of all the sand with no water and that grass doesn t grow in the wild here at Edwards. His wife and dog are soon to be seeing less and less of him as he s due to pick up a new motorcycle in just a few days; knowing his sense of direction, we re all going to be seeing less of him. TSgt Olivia Hoornstra (412 th OG): Olivia is also at Group Training and has taken her new job position by storm, squall or any natural anomaly you choose that causes a ruckus. She has proven herself adept at paperwork, platform instruction and baby talk. The problem with the baby talk is there s nobody under the age of 30 within 50 feet of her. We can appreciate being a good mother but some things can go too far. Soon to be published is her book How to Win and Influence Friends. It will be a SHORT book

28 MSgt Jon Bonnett (370 th Det 1): After years of Guard Bumming in Phoenix and not looking for a real job, the Reserves felt sorry enough to give him a full-time job at Kirtland. He doesn t miss the heat, Drill weekend or cargo loading. He loves to torture Mike about staying current and can t get Craig Eyre excited about anything. INBOUND CMSgt Luis Drummond (412 th OG): Chief Drummond is coming to us from HQ AMC Stan Eval at Scott AFB, IL. We are all brushing up on our cautions, warnings and notes in preparation for his arrival. He will be taking over as the 412 th OG CEM in July-August. SSgt Scott Scurlock (370 th ): Scott will be arriving from McConnell AFB, Kansas sometime in June. While California doesn t offer the same quality steaks and changing weather, we hope that he will feel at home here at Test Ops and we look forward to having him

29 FAIRCHILD AFB, WA 92 ARS HOME OF THE BLACKHAWKS Greetings from the 92 nd Blackhawks! Things are busy as ever in our neck of the woods, so it s the same as always. In the last year we have said our good-byes to many good Boom Operators heading to greener pastures, as well as saying Hello to many new faces. Currently we are all trying to enjoy the beautiful summer weather between exercises, deployments, and TDY s. I am sure you all feel the same pains we do. We look forward to yet another wonderful year of fueling the fight. Stop in and say Hello if you are ever in our neck of the woods. And if you are coming from Kadena to say Hi feel free to bring Spike by for a visit, we sure do miss him! 92 ARW OG Chief: CMSgt McMullan Daniel.mcmullan@fairchild.af.mil (IB) 92 ARS Superintendent: MSgt Douglas Spud Micklich Douglas.micklich@fairchild.af.mil (IB/EB) Operations Superintendent: MSgt James Jim Pittman James.pittman@fairchild.af.mil (IB/EB) Program Manager: MSgt Hildie Frazier Hildie.frazier@fairchild.af.mil Stan/Eval: SSgt Sarah Peschel Sarah.peschel2@fairchild.af.mil (IB/EB) SSgt James Clay Lifer James.lifer@fairchild.af.mil (IB/EB) SrA Hailie Risdal Hailie.risdal@fairchild.af.mil Training Flight: SSgt Randy Miller Randy.miller-032@fairchild.af.mil (IB) SrA Thomas Vesser Thomas.vesser@fairchild.af.mil (IB) SrA Jason Liskooka Jason.liskooka@fairchild.af.mil (IB) Safety: SrA Kevin Wilson Kevin.wilson1@fairchild.af.mil Scheduling: SSgt Chris Greenwood Chris.greenwood@fairchild.af.mil SrA Chelsey Johnson Chelsey.johnson@fairchild.af.mil Unit Deployment Managers (UDM): SSgt Christopher Massey Christopher.massey@fairchild.af.mil (IB) SrA Michele Wordekemper Michele.wordekemper@fairchild.af.mil A Flight: SSgt Lucas Mailander Lucas.mailander-02@fairchild.af.mil SSgt Jack Hester Jack.hester1@fairchild.af.mil (IB) SSgt Angus Burns Angus.burns-02@fairchild.af.mil SSgt Christopher Huber Christopher.huber@fairchild.af.mil SrA Thomas Nance Thomas.nance-02@fairchild.af.mil A1C Cierra Dixson Cierra.dixson@fairchild.af.mil A1C Mckayla Dick Mckayla.dick-02@fairchild.af.mil

30 B Flight: SSgt James Morter SSgt Daniel McCrillis (IB) SrA Dwight Miller SrA Jacob Sarno SrA Benjamin Salisbury A1C Justin Holbrook A1C Nicole Boston C Flight: SSgt Jason Grant SSgt Gerald Sanders A1C Kevin Mattews A1C Chad Holloway Amn Amber Bricker A1C Joshua Butts On Loan/Attached: SrA Anthony Tony Montani (IB) I would like to thank SrA Miller for doing all the hard work on this. Reconfirming addresses is not fun. If you are ever find yourself up here in Fairchild come by and have a beverage of your choice in the boom pod

31 FAIRCHILD AFB, WA 93 ARS HOME OF THE PEGASUS Life is good here in the great northwest. Glad to report that we survived the latest ASEV, because as we all know those guys are just here to help. I could write about all the deployments and how we have a very young boom force but everyone can say that. We are bringing back some old school atmosphere and working on issues that will improve the boom operator s quality of life and promote a passion for what we do. The renovated boom pod is almost complete and everyone can see the pride of the boom operators. We have an eight foot boom patch mural in the center of the room. On the left is an eight foot mural of the tanker from the receiver perspective and to the right is an old school tiger and bull dog mural. We use this room for the booms to congregate and for our weekly Boom Bash meetings. The Boom Bash is a gathering to review and improve professional knowledge. It is a booms taking care of booms type of meeting. We even have a 93 rd ARS boom website in the works. The address is Well my fellow booms until next time. 93 ARW OG Chief: CMSgt McMullan daniel.mcmullan@fairchild.af.mil (IB/EB) 93 ARS Superintendent: SMSgt Flax steven.flax@fairchild.af.mil (IB/EB) Operations Superintendent: MSgt Lett mark.lett@fairchild.af.mil Stan/Eval: TSgt Nixon (coming from Kadena) (IB/EB) SSgt Moon linday.moon@faichild.af.mil (IB/EB) SSgt Killian.D Donald killian@fairchild.af.mil (IB/EB) R Flight: TSgt Adkins lee.adkins@fairchild.af.mil (IB) Training Flight: SSgt McLeod kennet.mcleod@fairchild.af.mil (IB) SSgt Killian.C casey.killian@fairchild.af.mil (IB) SrA Johnson Brandon.johnson@fairchild.af.mil (IB) Unit Training Managers: SSgt Soule ryan.soule@fairchild.af.mil A1C Thompson justin.thompson-02@fairchild.af.mil Scheduling: SSgt McLaughlin aaron.mclaughlin-02@fairchild.af.mil SrA Almquist Jamie.almquist@fairchild.af.mil SrA L. Ray leighann.ray@fairchild.af.mil Unit Deployment Managers (UDM): SrA Fly toni.fly@fairchild.af.mil SrA Ragone ragone-02@fairchild.af.mil A1C Niswender craig.niswender@fairchild.af.mil SrA Mast Lonnie.mast@fairchild.af.mil

32 A Flight: SSgt Koch SrA Thurman A1C Coker Amn Vanderlaan Amn Tessmann B Flight: SSgt Wright SrA Leal SrA Imaizumi A1C Russell A1C Valence A1C light C Flight: SSgt Blakley (IB) SrA Webb SrA Ray. R aaron.ray@fairchild.af.mil A1C Lawson luke.lawson@fairchild.af.mil A1C Hamel Lawrence.hamel@fairchil.af.mil A1C Murray Cameron.murray@fairchild.af.mil Attached/On-Loan: 92 OGV: SMSgt Michener daniel.michener@fairchild.af.mil (IB/EB) 92ARW/XP: MSgt Smith scott.smith@fairchild.af.mil 92 OSS/OST: TSgt Rueckert Christopher.rueckert@fairchild.af.mil (IB) 92 ARW R.O.B.E./Tactics: SSgt Mendoza oliver.mendoza@fairchild.af.mil. (IB) I would like to thank SrA Joe Webb for doing all the hard work on this. If you are ever find yourself up here in Fairchild come by and have a beverage of your choice in the boom pod. ///Signed/// Steven Opie Flax, SMSgt, USAF Sq Superintendent, 93rd ARS Fairchild AFB. WA DSN: ; Comm:(509) Cell:

33 FAIRCHILD AFB, WA 141 ARW (ANG) 116 ARS Our unit is alive and well. BRAC 2005 re-appropriated the unit s aircraft to Sioux City, IA. So, we will be an associate unit with the 92 ARW across the ramp. This means we will fly active duty jets. We have participated in several exercises this last year, including a deployment to Alpena, Michigan. Our folks have been to the desert, Guam, and most every place in between. Our Alpha Alert line, business efforts, and short TDY s keep the Booms busy. In the fall of 2006, the 141 ARW picked up the Control Column Actuator Brake (CCAB) modification mission. We are 1 of 3 units to perform the aircraft modification on the entire fleet that should eliminate the runaway stab trim problem. Boeing is actually turning the wrenches, and the flight crew performs the Functional Check Flight (FCF). It is expected to take 3 years to complete this modification. Brad Lampel is bringing pride to the boom force as he finishes up pilot training this summer. Bruce Olson retired to the quiet sunsets of southern California, while Don Roberson remains in Spokane. CMSgt Tim Flock Chief Boom AGR SMSgt Dane Porter Chief of Training CCAB Boom Technician SMSgt Eric Apelskog Chief of Stan/Eval Technician SMSgt Lance Dahl Evaluator Traditional (Firefighter) SMSgt Lyle Johnston Line Boom Traditional - (Sherriff s Dept.) MSgt Larry Stockton Boom Scheduler Technician MSgt Monica Helman (King) Evaluator Traditional - (Nurse) MSgt Sheri Shaw (Paplhan) Long Range Scheduler Technician MSgt Steve Tilford Instructor Traditional - (Alaska Airlines/MX) MSgt Walt Hinton Current Ops Technician MSgt Wayne Nelson Training Shop AGR MSgt Steve Waddell Tactics Boom Technician TSgt Bob Gibson Current Ops Technician TSgt Chuck Parsons Instructor CCAB Boom Traditional - (3 yr. Active Tour) TSgt Dave McDowell Line Boom / Alpha Alert Traditional Guard Bum TSgt Kevin Grubb Line Boom Traditional (Water Treatment Plant) TSgt Dave Scoville Line Boom / Alpha Alert Traditional Guard Bum (SUPT select) TSgt Marty Martin Line Boom / Alpha Alert Traditional Guard Bum SSgt Bill Reeves Line Boom Traditional (Firefighter) SSgt Corey Farmer Line Boom Traditional (Railroad Eng.) SSgt Jen Oeser Line Boom Traditional Guard Bum/Student SSgt Rob Mitchell Line Boom Traditional Guard Bum SSgt Shaun Bopp Line Boom Traditional Guard Bum SSgt Curt Smith Line Boom Traditional Guard Bum/Student Departed SMSgt Bruce Olson Retired - California Retired CMSgt Don Roberson Retired - Spokane Retired Addresses: DSN Duty Phone (Command Post): FirstName.Lastname@wafair.ang.af.mil

34 GRAND FORKS AFB, ND 912 ARS HOME OF THE VIPERS Greetings from North Dakota! With the constant deployments and pending April 08 closure of the squadron, all the Viper booms are as busy as ever. Some things do not change though, the winters are still cold here and the summers are still hot at the Deid. If you have any 912 th ARS memorabilia please let me know. If you are ever in the neighborhood, stop by the boom pod or give us a call at DSN MSgt Sean Rix EB (Program Manager) - A new addition from the 906 th. Still making friends and influencing people. TSgt Chris Hargett EB (Squadron Resource Advisor) Currently deployed to the Deid, found out he made MSgt while at the beach with no water. Congrats, Chris! A Flight: SSgt Creston Saul IB (A Flt Chief) - Just re-enlisted! Has a girlfriend.maybe that is why he re-enlisted. SrA Chris Ramey MB- About to be a dad.maybe that is why he started coming to work. A1C Gagne MB l - One of your youngest, but sharpest booms on Tuesday! B Flight: SSgt Paul Frey MB- (B Flt Chief) - Paul who.consistently stays under the radar. SrA Bob Haymond IB- A new addition from the 911 th. Planning on getting married in Dec, does he know what he is getting into? SrA Alan Champagne MB- Spends his days doing college work. A sharp young boom another new addition from the 911 th A1C Jon Fleming MB- I bet John never forgets to file a travel voucher again ask him about his adventures with Finance Training Flight: SSgt Andy Holthaus IB- (Training Flt Chief) - Separates in Sep thanks for you service. Wanna another trip to the desert? SrA John Ertle IB- Currently at his second home, the Deid. John is another one that stays low on the scope, unless you are a taxi cab. SrA Curtiss Mills IB- Currently in the middle of a TCN deployment at Manas. SrA Dave Thoresen IB- On loan to OST and doing a great job. Dave is going to be the squadrons newest EB. SrA Aaron Christensen IB- Deployed as the Chief Boom to the Deid. Doing a great job as we knew he would. It seems there is more beer in the Forks since he is gone. Readiness Flight: TSgt Ed Smith IB- (Readiness Flight Chief) - Ed is still going strong. Ed is still trying to figure out what he wants to be when he grows up. SrA Keren Rodriguez MB-Scheduler A recent newly wed.a sharp motivated young boom. We are hoping her husband does not rub off. (Just kidding Jorge!) SrA Whitney Bankston MB- Mobility Office- On her way to the Deid again. What else can you say? Stan/Eval: SrA Kamisha Smith EB- Stan Eval Boom- Keeps us all honest! Safety: SrA Joe Parker (IB)- Male model! Just ask him

35 On Loan/Attached: MSgt Paul Greene EB- (OGV Boom) - Paul is busy keeping the group s head above water in preparation for the ASEV. MSgt Chris Edmonds IB (Wing IG) - Chris is busy not flying, doing what people do in the Wing IG office, which is what? SrA Adam Smith IB (Tactics Boom) Our resident Tactics and ROBE expert!

36 GRISSOM ARB, IN 72 ARS THE DARK SIDE OF THE FORCE Chief Boom SMSgt James Soui Seidle: (Art) New Sith Lord of the 72 nd Boom Shop. Was promoted just in time to start running his prep for retirement checklist. Post retirement plans include working on the 400 plus cars he has piled up in his back yard, and opening a homeless shelter for displaced cats. His hard work and dedication will be truly missed. Power, Unlimited Power! The Rebel Forces SrA Jason Spoon Bireley: (TR) Newest member of the unit. This guy hit the ground running signing up for every trip he can get and flying his butt off to learn the skills. He has recently developed some new hobbies, some of which include perfecting his crew van theft skills and aerial photography. CMSgt Tony Fans Fansler: (ART) After years of trying, we finally got him out of Stan-Evil and put him in the safety office. He loves his new job so much, that he insists on flying at least 3 days a week and going on as many TDY s as possible. When he is at home, you can still find him dishing out soft serve and banana splits on Boom Lake. TSgt Mike Trap Garman: (TR) After years of listening, he finally answered the call of the open road. Highway users beware, if you see a big white truck barreling down on you, it be best to get out of the way. A new fund site is being set up to help offset the cost of speeding tickets. He is expecting to be a new dad in January. SSgt Mike Piglet Gray: (TR) After a one year vacation from flying, we finally got this guy back up and earning his keep. He likes to come down and fly with us as much as possible because in his other life, he works for the state. Duties there include internet spy, and blocking all the good websites to help increase worker productivity. He is also expecting to become a new dad sometime in September; there must be something in the water. SMSgt Paul Doogie Houser: (Art) Recently put in charge of all boom training for the wing. New training programs in the works include time management, proper way to enjoy a stogie, and beer, what does that born on date really mean? In his off time, you can find him contributing to the delinquency of a boom operator by running the best squadron bar in the Air Force. TSgt Ken Magnum P.I. Knight: (TR) Pulled this guy from our Life Support section, gave him a snazzy new flight suit, and trained him on how to do a proper oxygen preflight. In his off time, you can find him patrolling the highways as a state trooper. Recently grew a new mustache and is saving all his UTA money for a shiny new red sports car. SSgt Anthony Ant Krisher: (ART) This guy is so squeaky clean; we can t even come up with a decent call sign for him. It was for this reason that someone thought it would be a good idea and hired him as an ART. I can t even say anything bad about him. If he keeps this up, we may have to promote him to General. MSgt Howard Tick MacDonald: (TR) At this year s draft, we drew the short straw and had to take him back. Andrews didn t want him anymore so we set up a deal giving us a 3 rd round pick next year. This worked out better than expected. After years of searching, Tick finally realized his boyhood dream, put down the toy trains and joined the railroad. The good side to all this is that he spends more time with them than he does with us

37 MSgt James Booger Maxwell: (TR) This guy just got the dream job. He gets to fly rich boy s toys around all day, and then come fly with us. The danger level has increased 10 fold now because there is actually someone up in the cockpit who knows what the heck is going on. Much to the dismay of his civilian boss, he still can t decide what he wants to be when he grows up, a pilot or a boom. SMSgt Laura Gunny Mckee: (TR) Retired from Chrysler to become a professional student. She still insists that I am not a Trougher the 4 days a week we see her. Taking a new job as a consultant for the new space vehicle expected to be in use by Talk about setting your sights on high. MSgt Mike Leonard Morgan: (ART) After trying to become a golf pro, he realized that a 40 handicap wouldn t cut it and turned to his back-up plan. Much to our dismay, his back up plan was becoming an ART. Now that he is in the office 60 hours a week (he loves his Mexican food), we were forced to stock up on aerosol deodorizer and those little trees that hang off of rear view mirrors. TSgt Joe Smokey Swisher: (TR) This guy loves his job so much, he had the state police change to a 10 hour work day so he can come in and fly an extra day a week. When he isn t here maintaining his expert statues on Probe and Drogue, you can find him on US 31 harassing little old ladies and truckers who are just trying to earn a living. MSgt Kerry Van-Tactics Vanausdall: (ART) Tactics/ XP Boom, is currently working on a new program to properly train all booms to effectively lose control of all bowel movements when encountering a long pole with smoke behind it during any flight. Just bought a new Harley, upgraded his life insurance policy, and is currently in the process of trying to change his name to Captain America. MSgt Scott Scotty Ward: (ART) New squadron scheduler. This guy controls the paydays. If you want that really nice TDY you have to go though him. Bought a truck and 5 th wheel that is fit for a king which answers the question, why do you need so many alert tours? Boom Stowed, Leaving Position CMSgt Melvin R. Wiemer: Retired SMSgt Jeff Killer Withrow: Left us for the good life as chief of the Command Post. MSgt Jeff Remo Williams: Retired SSgt Brian Blower Meador. Left us to sell 2x4s and door knobs up north

38 GRISSOM ARB, IN 74 ARS 74TH ROCKS! Greetings to our fellow Boom Operators: it is my pleasure to be writing the salutations as the new Chief Boom for this outstanding group of people. I am excited about the opportunity to work for fifteen individuals who make up our Boom Pod. Our demographics are certainly changing with highly experienced people retiring and new blood coming in. The lifestyle has not changed much; we are still participating in about everything we can get our hands on. Please stop by and say hi if you re visiting one of our three Indianapolis racing experiences sometime. Thanks to Piper and Yoko for putting this together! CMSgt Jeff Heffe Maier: (ART and Instructor) That s right folks; he is the new Chief in town. Heffe is now the Chief Boom of the 74 th taking over for Kim Ayers. He is driving the ART s crazy with computer how to do better stuff. All kidding aside we are happy to have you here Chief! Good luck! CMSgt Kim Mother Boom Ayers: (TR) Yep, you read it right, Kim is now a traditional reservist. Kim took a civilian position in civilian personnel, became a traditional reservist, and is now planning to retire this summer. The changing of the guard has already happened, she has passed her rifle to the new Chief, CMSgt Jeff Heffe Maier. We sure will miss you Kim! Now instead of a mother boom we have a father boom. Take care Kim! SMSgt Jeff Buck Henry: (ART and Senior Evaluator) Buck is now in OG Stan Eval. When Buck is not administering testing or giving check rides he is out riding his hog. Funny how his hair still looks perfect after wearing a helmet. How do you do it Buck? MSgt Jerry Shoe Schumacher: (ART and Instructor) Shoe is still in scheduling and man can he plan a trip. Shoe is the hook up for great TDY accommodations. If you like Elk hunting get with Shoe, he goes on a great annual hunting trip in Colorado. MSgt Bryan Dork Hettinghouse: (ART and Evaluator) Dork is now in planning/scheduling. Dork is DNIF right now; he tore a rotator cuff during a game of Officers versus Enlisted dodge ball. It was a fun game but there were some injuries. Hey Dork, want to play some dodge ball? MSgt Tim Stibbe: (ART and Senior Evaluator) Stib is the scheduler for the boom shop. We are not sure which is worse, current ops driving him nuts with PEX changes, last minute Who s DNIF now, who can fill that spot, or Heffe s hey you can do that on the computer. Remember don t feed the monkeys! MSgt Doug Mud Vein Preece: (ART and Instructor) With all the moving and shaking around here Mud is now taking care of all of the TR s. Between making sure we are all squared away and good to go, taking his son to baseball and karate it is a wonder he is not insane yet. Keep up the good work Mud. MSgt James Dusty Baker: (ART and Instructor) When you call the boom shop these days and don t hear Boom Shop Baker it is not because he is out with the kids, its because he is down in scheduling now having a blast with Shoe

39 MSgt Kym Agent Orange: (TR and Evaluator) Yep he is still hanging in there racking up as many points as he can before they kick him to the curb next year, something about high year tenure. If you want to know anything about MOPAR, he is your man. The goal is to get the charger done before he retires. MSgt Dave Frenchy French: (TR) Frenchy owns his own cellular phone business and his our resident radio expert. If you ever request a phone patch from your plane to the MARS guys, you just might be talking to Frenchy. Ask him how many antennas you can put on one vehicle and how the heck does he get that radio station from the Vatican in his car. TSgt Drennen Gaffney: (TR and Instructor) We just don t know how he does it all, he works a full time job, has a lot of availability for the reserves, and has four little girls at home. He is Super Dad and one of the greatest guys you ll ever meet. He completed Instructor school this year at Altus so he is our newest Instructor. Drennen also was awarded NCO of the year for the base last year. Keep up the good work Drennen. SSgt Debbie Yoko Melton: (TR) Yoko makes the most of every TDY she is on and has the purse to prove it! Some girls buy shoes but Debbie buys purses. She has a purse, or two for every occasion, just ask her how many she has. Debbie packs lighter than any girl I know! You go girl! Our New Blood TSgt Paul Cowboy Sherrod AKA Piper: (TR) Cowboy is a transplant from the 445 th Aeromedical Evacuation Sq out of Wright Patterson where he was an in-flight medical technician instructor. He came to us after a long tour in Afhganistan and we are lucky to have him. Paul is our resident Bag Piper and in-flight entertainment. Just ask him what he has on under that kilt! SSgt Christopher Nack AKA Nick Nack: (TR) Nick Nack comes to us from AMXS here at Grissom. We are working hard to get the smell of hydraulic fluid and fuel off him. He is always on the prowl for a Hawaii TDY. You rock Stud! SSgt Joshua Fagerburg: (TR) Josh come to us from the cold land of Grand Fork, ND. He Palace chased and came to us this year. He is our youngest guy and can drink all of us under the table. Josh is a big help to us right now while we are transitioning to Block 40 since he flew on Block 40 jets before coming to us. Thanks for all your help Fagerburg! SrA Brandon Toth: (TR) Brandon is our newest Boom. So new in fact he is still at Altus and should be back fairly soon. Brandon also comes to us from the maintenance side of the house here at Grissom. Haven t heard much from him at Boom School. So far, no news is good news, right? Relocations TSgt Rodney Honey Bucket Honeycutt: Honey Bucket recently transferred back to the maintenance side for an ART position. Him and his wife found out they were pregnant just before making their trip to China to adopt a beautiful little girl. They now have two beautiful children, because of a no-notice, which made the need for him to take an ART position so great. We miss him in the Boom Shop but are lucky to be able to see him on base all the time. Take care Rodney and congrats again on your new family. SSgt Dan Rotor Head Page: (Currently a Warrant Officer) Dan recently crossed over to the Army and is currently at helicopter pilot training school. He is an Army of one now and we wish him all the luck in the world! SSgt Anthony Krisher: (ART) Anthony transferred down to the 72 nd squadron for an ART position last year. We don t have the opportunity to miss him, as he is right down the hall. Anthony will soon be heading to instructor school at Altus. Good luck at Altus Anthony!

40 KADENA AB, JAPAN 909 ARS SMSgt Cody Crowder: (Chief Boom) KC- 97,-10, -135, any kind of tanker he s your guy! He brings us years of experience and a level head. When he s not volunteering for a long flight, he s keeping us all in line with an Iron fist. A local P.T. Nazi and he s not even a P.T.L. MSgt Steve Hines: (First Sergeant) Straight from Edwards, moved to the OG, and back again. He s a great addition to the SQ, Can t imagine the place with out him, nor do we want to. TSgt (MSgt Select) Brian Quam: (OG Stan/Eval) The mad fiddler, get him drunk and that s what you ve got. Moving up to the OG doesn t mean we see him any less. Training Flight SSgt Gabe"Slingblade" Ourso: Ourso is having too much fun at Kadena; reckon he ll have some biscuits & gravy now uhh hmm. Gabe has orders to Fairchild and just can t wait to leave. SSgt Larry Nahalea (Fat Larry): Back at Fairchild When this guy is not DNIF (AKA playing golf), he s found in training flight spinning up the newbies. SSgt Jessica Chambers: One of the 909ths Newest NCOs, & going straight into training flight. Been here since 02 and looking for an extension. She loves this place! Stan/Eval TSgt Mark Babel: The silent Giant, the nicest Stan/eval guy around. He s been here a few months now and we re waiting for him to speak. SSgt Rafael Cruz Oyola: No Puerto Rican pride is missing from this guy, the flag in his office is bigger than he is. With the Wife, and 2 little girls in tow, he s heading to Altus. We re sorry to lose you Cruz. SSgt Rory Wilcox: Ex Ground scheduling Guru, Learned how to pack in 2.5 the AT/A, Rough night Rory? Quiet guy facade aside, He s a barrel of laughs when you get to know him. Mobility SSgt John Rickenbach: (Ricken Chicken) Poster child for recruitment to what is formerly known as the "TALCE", he does make a fine drink though; he still Bartends (mostly at home) SSgt Daniel Maas: (Moss Burger) Our 1 st TacP conversion, the proud loser of a nozzle, just got hitched, now if we can just track him down. SSgt Hermann Tre Mackey III: Tracy - One is the loneliest number, A1C select, If there s a job to be done he will be the first one to disappear

41 Readiness SSgt Julie Nixon: Don t let the ever present innocent smile fool you, Julie is a master instigator. She is also the most knowledgeable Readiness NCO you will ever come across. She s headed to Fairchild, Dave enjoy yourself, Julie will miss you. Scheduling SSgt Justine Pescatello-Parr (P2D2): Bloody hell coming from Mildenhall she s picked up some lingo we re all getting used to. This little firecracker is a great addition to the SQ. A Flight SSgt (TSgt Select) Dave Nixon: (Flight Sup) You must be this tall to ride this Jet. The most pig headed, red necked, golf playing oompa-loompa this side of the PACAF. When he s not riding Junts ass you can find him arguing with Fat Larry. SSgt Ron McKinney: (Flight Sup) Hailing from Macdill, this playboy is trying to act right. He s joining the A team, a very welcome addition! SrA Sena Alfaro Sena Weena Ding Dong : The "Princess" is still special; you have to be to marry a Marine! She s headed for MacDill and will be sorely missed. SrA Heather Barnes: Our little Heather Bear, gets deployed and comes back a little softer around the edges. She s heading to McConnell and we will surely miss her! P.S. Keep her away from the Jäegermeister!! SrA Geoff Junt: This Chief select, will die before dishonoring Abercrombie & Fitch. He s a smart kid with an even smarter mouth. Heading for Fairchild, he s expecting a wake up call. SrA Aaron Smith: His baby isn t here yet and it s already pissing him off!! I think we ve finally worn him down and made him learn the 909th way, or he s learned to SUAC. Any way you slice it, we re glad to have our bachelor minded A-Ron. B Flight TSgt L.A. Yarbough: (Flight Sup) L.A. has done an outstanding job with some difficult flight booms and just extended for another year. Picked as PACAF Red Erwin award winner. SrA Chris Pedersen: This geriatric Airman, now has as many stripes as he has kids & seems to always have something on his Nose. He s a great guy & loves what the A.F. has done for his large family. Always the I ll get right on that Sir kind of guy. A1C Stephen Fricano: FreakinO, the Million question man, got MQT d and we sent him packing. Survived his first deployment & made us proud. C Flight TSgt Mike Webster: (Flight Sup) This Okinawa veteran hopes to be stationed here forever, I m never gonna leave! He s always the one to go to if you need a Sup. Currently, Mike is warming the Program Managers seat while the old man is deployed and doing a stellar job. SSgt Mike The Count Russell: - Newlywed, another one of our A1C selects, Skates better than Tony Hawk and there s no skateboard involved

42 SSgt James Nilsen: - Another cross trainer, got the Altus education and took a 6 month Hiatus, We re expecting a very challenging MQT with this Baby Boom of sorts. SrA Steven Peter Sellers: - Famous for his special Anime collection. It s rumored that when he s not playing World of Warcraft he s stalking the local high school in search of a WOW mate. Amn David Ballmer: - Just in from Altus, attending FTAC. Attached TSgt Bobby Ryan: - Ricky Bobby This Boom is bringing it back to the old school. He sent the wife packing.. "and don t forget to take the kid!" Living the newly single life and lovin' it. You ll likely find Bobby trying to score a good deal the OSS. If anybody sees some funny looking red heads in Thailand they're not Bobby's TSgt (MSgt Select) Cliff Bond: - like James bond but, Cliff. Working hard as a Coronet planner or whatever he does in the OSS. Just back from a 2 month deployment; lean and mean. SSgt Johnny Gomez: What can we say about Gomez? I don't think we're challenging him enough; you know how many bosses he has? Johnny just made the jump to the OSS. We ll never see him again.unless he is scamming a good deal. Departures SSgt Jeff Sparky Sparks: - Gave job to Gomez; Altus by the Sea is now home; he will do great if he shoots from the hip with a loaded weapon when he goes through BIP. Inbounds SSgt (TSgt Select) Michael Ingram AB Cody Beverly AB Benj McCorkel A1C Greg Appleton

43 KELLY FIELD, TX 313 FLIGHT TEST FLIGHT You mean there is actually a squadron at Kelly? Yes, my friends, there is. We redheaded step children are very proud of our little world here. Although the knowledge of our existence does continue to grow, it s been nice living in the shadow world for quite some time. As with any good organization though, our boomers are getting older and may soon drop out of their coveted positions. Any of us here can be contacted through the global though, so feel free to away. Here s the skinny: SMSgt Dean Oulela: Dean.Oulela@lackland.af.mil (Active) Yes, yes, he s still here!! He s like that house guest that stays longer than they are wanted oh wait I better say something nice because he will read this!! He is now flying for his money now. Besides that, he s enjoying the time he gets to spend with his wonderful family. MSgt Rick Powell: Garrick.Powell@lackland.af.mil (Active) A hard working boom. His complaints are few and far between. He s working hard to get his degree finished. He does his job, studies, and then goes home to enjoy his family and his car! MSgt Gordon Ringler: Gordon.Ringler@lackland.af.mil (Active) Our fearless First Shirt and quite possibly the only one who really knows what is going on here day to day. Thank goodness for that! He s definitely a hard worker that puts in his best effort every time. TSgt Amanda Stift: Amanda.Stift@lackland.af.mil (Active) Just living the glorious life. Most likely the hardest working traditional reservist boom here (and the only one!!). She s always looking for something more to learn, and is on her way to getting her Master s. Her plans; going to be Chief some day

44 LACKLAND AFB, TX CENTER OF EXCELLENCE Center of Excellence, Lackland AFB SSgt Justin Konicke (KC-10): former EAUC instructor and only BBOC instructor. Justin has been busting his tail getting ready for and teaching BBOC. Along with converting BBOC from 19 th AF syllabi to a 2 nd AF Designers Edge POI, he found the time to have a little baby boy and buy a new house. SSgt Deboris Leonard (KC-135): Inbound from MacDill and will be the newest EAUC instructor at Lackland. SSgt Robert Miller (KC-135): Inbound from Fairchild and will join SSgt Konicke as a BBOC instructor. MSgt Eric Moyer (KC-10/KC-135): Eric.moyer@lackland.af.mil, the newest Boom to San Antonio. Eric had to hit the ground running as the new Boom CDC writer replacing Dave Foster. He arrived at Lackland just in time to rewrite the STS, prepare for and host two U&TWs, and the WWCEA Conference. Along with Justin, they have had to learn their new staff job by doing it. If Eric s not careful, he may even learn to use track changes

45 LINCOLN ANGB, NE 155 ARW/173 ARS NEBRASKA AIR NATIONAL GUARD MSgt Matt Ellison: [TR] Matt is a new dad, built a new house, and cries every time he see an old chevy camaro going down the road, something about a down payment on a new house. Works for a local power plant pretending to be Homer Simpson. TSgt Gene Ernst: -[TR] Gene is one of our newest boomers. He gave up a full time technician job to be a traditional boom. Crazy, eh, but enjoying every minute of booming. SMSgt Mark Forster: - [FT] Mark is still assigned to Stan/Eval. He enjoys teaching his young son about the ways of the native Americans by eating lots of buffalo and deer. Living in a teepee which is really just his cone shaped out house. Mark.Forster@nelinc.ang.af.mil MSgt Mark Fusco: - [TR] Works for ALTEL, which is now called Windstream. Transferred to the 173 rd ARS after Offutt lost the only plane with a boom on it. Didn t feel like becoming an ASE (airborne systems engineer) and flying for hours a sortie. Brian Gayer: - [TR] Still working for a security firm at a nuke plant. Doesn t need a flashlight when flying at night. It took him awhile but he finally figured out why everyone likes to go to GK, in Germany. SSgt Mike Hamernik: - [TR] Another one of our newest booms and after initial BIQ went back to the family business of growing plants. He won t tell us what kind of plants. But, has offered to sell us some good strong hemp rope, cheap! MSgt Mark Heithoff: - [TR] Mark is a full-time fire fighter in Lincoln and just made captain. His spare time is spent changing the spark plugs and oil in his numerous motorized farm toys. MSgt Mike Hommen: - [FT] Mike is the B Flight NCOIC and works fulltime in tactics and training. His hobbies include soccer coach, hunting, and visiting hospitals. He gets a new ACL soon and vowed to trade acting like an invincible 18 year old for acting like an invincible 20 year old. SSgt Kodi (Steckelberg) Ingle: - [TR] Just had a little one and is getting back into flying after battling it out with the medics over her hearing. How could it be bad? She hasn t been a boom that long. Oh, yea did anyone tell her being married does that to you, selective hearing. SMSgt Melvin Kauk: - [TR] Retires in May Retired from NCR last year and finally decided that hitting 60 won t be so bad after all. Especially with all of the active duty he has been doing lately. MSgt Mike Mayfield: - [TR] Mike splits his time between lounging around his pool, lounging around Fire Station 7, pulling desert duty, lounging around the Air Guard base sucking up Charley days, and occasionally taking care of his tenants in one of his slum rentals. MSgt Michael Minnick: - [FT] Mike works in training. Wants to challenge Lance Armstrong to a bike race but doesn t want to embarrass him

46 CMSgt Dwight Morehead: - [FT] Chief Boom. Dwight still walks with a limp (only when he s being watched-hey a disability is a disability!) and is (still) in the process of finishing his log cabin on a bass lake. So if anyone wants to come to Nebraska for a chance at some of Nebraska s finest bass fishing please give him a call. TSgt Bradley Musick: - [FT] Brad is our newest fulltimer and is working in base ops and crew comm. He still jumps up and tries to put on his bunker gear when the crash phone rings. We have to tell him he s not a fireman anymore and give him a bottle of German beer to calm him down. TSgt Joe Rodriguez: - [TR] Full time MPA day scammer working in finance. Picked up another year of active duty! Still looking for wealthy women who like to fly and support him. SSgt Cassie Sabatka: - [TR] Professional student. Currently taking a year off from college, guard bumming, and helping out the AD in the desert. Life is good! SSgt Brian Schuka: - [TR] Another one of our newer booms who just got hired by a small city close to Omaha as a firefighter. However the small city got annexed the day after he was hired by Omaha. MSgt Russ Sladky: - [FT] Russ leads a curious double-life. By day he s a mild-mannered boom working in Training. Nights and Weekends Russ world is full of the mystery and intrigue doing part-time electrical Contractor work for most of the unit. When he s not doing that he s working on his lakeside home, teaching his children to fish, and order beer in Czech. MSgt Jeff VanNortwick: - [FT] Jeff and wife just had a little tax break last year. After months of fertility treatments and lots of $$$ trying, mother nature finally prevailed! He still has a scanner going 24/7 just to listen to his former police co-workers work the beat. Still trying to wean himself off of donuts. He presently is working in Scheduling. TSgt Brian Wood: - [TR] Brian has a little one now and is settling down to all the duties of being a father. Works at the base fire department as a captain. [TR] TRADITIONAL [FT] - FULLTIME 170OSS, Offutt AFB NE SMSgt Leighton Michaelson: Full time Offutt Program Manager Leighton is running the Current Ops Shop for the 170 th OSS at Offutt AFB. He has been thru 5 or 8 bosses in the past 3 years and is the corporate knowledge in the shop. General officers call the shop and want to talk to someone called LAYTO but he s usually at an airspace managers conference or gym. Just received a new ACL and hopes to be back in the saddle soon. Stowed the Boom SMSgt Steve Minnick: - Just retired Decided to go back to school and see what the real world was like. Can t decide on what to do with his weekends now that they are free but studying is one of his options. TSgt Mary (Bundy) Baker: - Now works in the security field as a state employee, plugging away at our security clearances. For some reason none of us can get beyond a secret clearance. Captain Randy Douglas: - Former boom/ traditional pilot. Fell into a job flying jets for a rich banker all over the US. Life is good! 2Lt Ben Navratil: - Former boom/traditional pilot. Ben s getting ready to go to Vance for pilot training and won t have far to go for KC 135R training. Will be talking Okie by the time he is thru

47 Captain Matt Siemsen: - Former boom / traditional pilot. Enjoying all the things pilots enjoy, like harassing booms. Still works at the base fire station and sucking up Charlie days on his Kelly days. 2Lt Andy Thimgan: - Former boom/ traditional pilot. Walleye Thimgan is now back from pilot training. Still has a habit of picking up a boom checklist and wanting to go to the back of the plane for just a couple of contacts. 2Lt Joe Remmenga: - Former boom/traditional pilot. Just about done with initial pilot training. Wondering what he got himself into especially after giving up the bachelors life on the lake. 2Lt Caleb Ramsey: - Former boom/traditional pilot. In pilot training at Vance and he s looking forward to Lt. Navratil coming down so they can share Husker stories and go fishing? Don t ask don t tell! MSgt Gordon Anderson: Passed away in May of 2001 and is remembered every year when the Booms meet at his gravesite for a cigar. We have also started a local award in his honor, which we award every year in September. He is still missed. SMSgt Lang Anderson: - Retired. Turned 60 and was forced, kicking and screaming, into retirement Supporter of the AFA and all of the Nebraska congressmen and senators know him by first name- Mr. T for trouble! Only boom to have a flight kitchen named after him! CMSgt Gary Bornemeier: - Retired drawing two retirement checks. He spends his days working on his lake home, fishing, hunting, and still conducting quality assurance checks for Coors to make sure every Silver Bullet they produce meets his high standards. Life is VERY good. TSgt Kevin Block: He and his wife both left the Guard to devote more time to their children. We think he still works for a power company and think of him every time our power flickers. MSgt Bob Buck: Retired, living in Papillion NE. We haven t heard from him for awhile. Agent (TSgt) John Gleisberg: John is working for the FBI guarding our nation s southern border. If anyone needs a job building a fence give him a call. TSgt Kerry Gulzow: -Retired from active duty. Lives in Lincoln. MSgt Chris Hatley: -Retired from active duty. We think he is still working for Burlington Northern, Santa Fe Railroad in Kansas City and drawing an active duty retirement check. SSgt Bill Scheele: - Whereabouts unknown but last time I changed oil in my lawn mower his name was still on the data plate. TSgt Randy Millwood: Retired from the Guard and is currently playing Mr. Mom with his 3 children in their new home in Lincoln. He s married to one of our full time schedulers, Maj. Katy Millwood. MSgt Sandy Reynolds: Retired from the Guard and is currently no-joy but presumed to be living in a warm southern state practicing herbal medicine, selling crystals, reading taro cards, and practicing yoga

48 MACDILL AFB, FL 91 ARS HOME OF THE BOLTS 2007 Greetings from the 91st ARS, home of the 2005 AMC RODEO CHAMPIONS. Winners of the Best AIR MOBILITY WING, Best KC-135 WING, Best CARGO LOADING TEAM. We have had a busy year in Florida and it seems to be non-stop. We had our 8044 ORI, ASEV and UCI in a four month span and received an Excellent on all three. We have done our job s well and keep our heads high because that is the boom operator way. We are a little light on rank and experience right now, but in true boom fashion our young troops are stepping up and taking charge. MacDill, no doubt, has one of the finest collections of Boom Operators Air Force wide. OG Superintendent: SMSgt Doug Gosch (FB): Our 2 nd consecutive ex gunner to head up the Ops Group, what did we do to deserve such a blessing SMSgt Gosch is the man, as a temporary or permanent replacement for our first exgunner CMSgt Moser he has filled some big shoes, and although he is still learning the ropes of being a Boom he s so sharp that we put him on the decelerated program, that s only because we keep him busy doing Chief stuff! OG Stan Eval: MSgt Todd Daniels (EB): Aside from having a voice similar to Hank Hill, SMSgt Daniels is not slow by any stretch of the word, he came straight from AMC IG to MacDill, he wasted no time fixing Booms Operators and Boom Pods If your airplanes are not up to par, we ll loan him out to you for a small fee, you ll just have to pay for his flight and per diem That s fair right! 91st Superintendent: MSgt Dave Steiner Man Steiner (IB): Came to us from the TALCE, right now he s getting back in the groove of squadron life, so to help him along we made him the Squadron Supt., how s that for into the fire. We are absolutely sure he is going to take good care of us down here in the Bay and all he asks for are gnarly waves and a tasty breeze to push him while wind surfing. Oh, and try not to run him over as he rides his bike 16 miles to St. Petersburg home from work everyday in all the gear shoes, shirt, shorts and helmet. 91 ARS Operations Superintendent: MSgt Bert Golf-Pro Fristad (EB): You know how there is always that one guy in the squadron that everyone is always looking for, well MSgt Fristad is that guy. As Chief Boom he has taken very good care of us (if your one of his favorites) down here, and does it in warp speed, because the less time he s at the squadron the more time he can spend chasing balls around the course. As a matter of fact we haven t seen him around much since his Hardship TDY to Guam. He still thinks his contacts are butter, but from what I hear they re more like clumpy margarine but His golf swing is magical though! But that is only when he gets contacts he has been known to go non-current on a couple of occasions. Stan Eval: SSgt Dave Draino Drain (MB): In case you haven t heard he s a former C-130P Engine Troop, (he ll make sure you know that when you meet him) well Dave you re not an Engine Troop anymore, we got you now Thank God someone talked some sense into you. So we threw him into doing mission kits for Stan/Eval, enjoy the fun. SSgt Nick Why can t I go to Altus yet? Gonzales-Harkness (EB): GH is working hard getting spun up in Stan/Eval now, so hard that after two months he still hasn t given an evaluation. He s stuck in such slow motion waiting for his assignment that still hasn t come, that he hasn t found motivation to start doing work in Stan/Eval. SrA Joshua No-Notice Abbey (EB): Joshua just graduated ALS (if you can imagine that), so we enjoyed those 5 weeks. Mr. No-Notice is senior (time wise) in Stan/Eval (isn t that sad) now that Jeremy has moved on to training, bottom line if you know him he hasn t changed and probable never will. At least we know what to expect right? (Q- 3 s Baby!)

49 91st CCE (The Execs to the Execs): SrA Desiree Triple D Dell (MB): Triple D is our only female boom but she holds her own with the fellas, but she doesn t want to be an instructor. I guess we re going to have to put back out on the road more until she comes around. SrA Jose Rico Suave Prado (MB): Jose is the quiet guy around the squadron, but his actions spoke for him when he won BTZ, congrats! Jose is also already on his second deployment in 5 months, I m starting to think he doesn t like us back home. 91 st Mobility Flight: SrA Ross The Grease Man Weiler (MB): Ross is our 2 nd Ninja Boom, If you see him out on the road ask him what he s doing in about 15 minutes, and I guarantee 15 minutes later Ross is no where to be found, don t be surprised if he drops a smoke pellet and vanishes right there on the spot. By the way Ross is a new dad as well, congrats! SrA Travis Spirit Fingers Spurlock (MB): Now Travis, we re thinking about putting a GPS tracker on this one as our 3 rd Ninja, Travis likes to hop on short notice trips, to conveniently be absent for exercises and all odd jobs around the squadron. When he s not TDY he doesn t show for work till 12 anyway. SrA Andrew Napoleon Dynamite Reichard (MB): What can I say about ol Andy Ummm, when is the next deployment coming up? Oh I almost forgot, yes he s getting married (to a girl), and no we haven t seen her yet. A Flight: SSgt Matthew Matty J Janson (MB) Flight Chief: Matt is up for taking any TDY that comes his way as long as we give him a good one every once in awhile. SSgt Timothy T-Handle Hatcher (FB): Tim is an ex-c-130 Chew Chief, coming from Little Rock, another brilliant decision maker we have down here. If you see him call him Down Syndrome He loves it! He is about to be done with training and they say it can t be soon enough so he will stay out of training flight and our instructors won t have to deal with his openness to instruction. SrA Sam Sammy D Drossos (MB): What can I say he came from Mildenhall, he s just happy to be here! MSgt Fristad is trying to convince him to stay in however Sam is taking his time and making the decision. A1C Michael Shallow Hal Otway (MB): Sharp Boom, just very shallow to the women, it s been said that on dates he only allows them to have croutons and water, so that he knows that their not getting bigger by the bite. He s been MCT for awhile but seems to strategically place leave so that he doesn t get hit with deployments. A1C William Hatfield (FB aka SFS forever): What do you mean? I have a checklist I heard SFS get all the girls. What do you mean I can t play tetris on my cell phone in the pattern? B Flight: SSgt Travis T-Jones Jones (MB) Flight Chief: Travis just got back from another deployment not soon enough as he is about to become a dad. What s up with everyone having kids and baby watch? A1C Christopher You know what I m sayin Shaw (FB): Straight off the streets of Kansas, Big Baby is the loudest and biggest Boom in the Pod. We can t wait to get him on the road, so we can have some peace and quiet you know what I m saying A1C Phillip Frenchy St.Pierre (MB): Local boy makes good. Frenchy traveled all the way to Altus to get stationed back at home. We re glad to have him although he thinks if you can t make an F-16 contact the first time beat the receiver into submission and then try again. C Flight: SSgt Rodrick Putt Taylor (MB) Flight Chief: After cross training from CP, SSgt. Taylor has been a great addition to the squadron. Even though he doesn t know it yet he will be playing in every exercise that we take part in due to his prior experience. This baby face, is like 30 years old ( is only 26) but still gets carded at every bar we go to, most the time they tell us we cant bring our kids into the bar with us. SrA Justin McLanahan (FB): FNG we got from USAF Honor Guard, sharp guy, just got to see more of him. Rumor has it that he s one of those Yoke Tuggin (Civilian Pilot) types. A1C Dan Double D Duddleston (MB): Dan is the only Boom ever to finish MCT and Deploy without ever flying a local sortie. Dan is a sharp Boom, knocked out his CDC s in no time and is now one of our go-to line Booms. He needs to talk more though. He is gone so much we are not sure if he is still assigned to us or not

50 A1C Kris Dexter Echols (MB): One of our newest line guys, he really does looks like Dexter from Dexter s Laboratory too. Kris just had a new baby girl and will be deploying soon as well. Don t worry Kris we ll take good care of the wife and kid while you re out there fighting the good fight. A1C Odell Very Sneaky Sims (FB): I m not saying something ain t right but something ain t right, Odell has a $50,000 car, we all want to know what his previous occupation was. If you see him ask him, we re dying to know. Scheduling /Training: SSgt Alan I need a Beer Pelletier (MB): Al finally made the decision to stay in the Air Force, now we just got to get him out the scheduling office before he loses it so we re sending him to CFIC, you know to get him out of the office SSgt Jonathan Scooter Haas (MB): The little General is still being Scooter; we are FINALLY sending him to CFIC in a couple days, so we can all be at ease for a little while. Good Luck Scooter! SrA Omar Ho-Mar Ellis (IB): The World Famous Omar is working in scheduling and simultaneously corrupting all of our baby booms to grow up and be just like him. Omar might be growing up more than all of us expected as he just got engaged, we are still not sure if its for real. SrA Justin Thin Air Hunter (IB): By far our most talented Ninja Boom, I think he graduated ALS months ago and he still comes in once a week in BDU s to check his just to make you think he s still in ALS, that s what you call talent! SrA Michael Cake Baking Fagan (IB): Mikey s now an IB everyone, the world can now rest at ease. Aside from flexing his IB muscles, Mike spends his time trying to figure out women and how to manipulate them. We need to send him on an AE with Omar for a little OJT. SrA (SSgt) Jeremy Baby Jesus Barnett (EB): Now handling his business in Training Flight, Jeremy is now responsible for getting all the new guys ready to hit the road, which means he won t have too and is doing the Rodeo. He is going to school, doing the Rodeo thing, handling training and seems to be doing more Chief Boom stuff by the day since MSgt Fristad s brain is stuck in the Guamanian mindset. Although he has left Stan/Eval it always seems someone is pulling him back in there to do something, maybe they should open the Vol 2. SrA Christopher The State of Fl vs. Me Schwan (IB): Schwan is one of our IB work horses, he almost pushed more Booms through MCT as beer s he pushed back in one weekend well maybe not that many Booms but you get the point he s one hell of an instructor. SrA Joshua My wife said I can t go out Payne (MB): Josh is now working in Training Flight as a paper pusher, he ll be CFIC bound before too long hopefully, we just hope he can live down the cover page of Popular Communications May 07 issue. SrA Daniel Duke Newc Newcombe (IB): One of our newest instructors, and moodiest drinkers. Dan is what you would call ½ a redneck, but he s one hell of a guy can talk airplane and cars almost as well as Scooter. Anyone that was at the symposium got to now him and how much alcohol he can keep down. A1C Jon My rank does me no justice Adams (IB): Jon is our in-house cargo guru, and is going to represent us at Rodeo this year; we know he ll do us justice. By the way Jonny Boy had a beautiful bundle of joy (baby girl) back in January and he took the convalescent leave and sent the wife back to work, that a boy Jonny! 91 st ARS Safety: SrA Eric Ned Flanders (MB): We got Ned from a highly publicized trade for Ron As seen on T.V McKinney so far Ned has not let us down in the personality category. It s been said that no woman is safe from the 10 steps of Ned, the first 9 steps are said to involve highly suspect alcoholic beverages and step 10 has something to do with his shirt coming off, here s a fair warning folks Ned is a bad man, one hell of a Boom Op too, headed to ALS soon then off to CFIC 6 OSS Superintendent: MSgt Keith Jauss (MB): The only good thing that came from some lucky gentleman s tour to Europe back in the s MSgt Jauss is another one of our ex-gunners, he stood in and held down the Ops Super job while MSgt Fristad was on his Hardship TDY, now he s moved on to the OSS, where he practices shaving his mustache with his Bench Made knife while blind folded

51 Scheduling: SSgt Dustin Dusty Ballz Clark (IB): Not much has changed since last year, Dustin is still working harder at getting out of work. He ll have it all perfected by the time he makes TSgt. SSgt Bartek The 10 th Planet Bachleda (IB): Bach still hasn t changed- he was born like that. On the MX side of the house he is known as the 3 rd crew chief. He just received orders to join MacDill East at Kadena. SrA Nathan The Pooper Hooper (IB): I like going through gates with expired tags, it doesn t get you very far since SFS has radios except to their squadron building and ending in the nice words of, apprehended. XP and Tactics: TSgt Dave I guess I ll fly today Tickle (IB): Is he even still a boom? The only way you see Dave is if you go to XP. The schedulers say he never flies and they can t get him to fly and yet all his beans get done. How does that happen? SSgt Heath Hambone Hampton (IB): Hambone came to us from the TALCE along with MSgt Steiner; he is one of the coolest cats you ll ever meet. You may think he s a retired stoner when you meet him, but once you get to know him, there is no doubt it ol Hambone lived a little in his day. Inbounds MSgt Davis Coggin TSgt Michael Rodriguez SrA Sena Renee Alfaro A1C Christopher Fallon AB Thomas Aleck January Outbounds CMSgt Jeff Moser (MB) (PCS d back to Spec Ops Mildenhall) CMSgt (S) Jim Jesus Snyder (EB) (PCS d back to the KC-10 McGuire) MSgt Randy Bishop (EB) (PCS d) MSgt Dicky Four!! Hunt (EB) (PCS d to HQ AMC IG) MSgt Jeff Mudbug LeDoux (EB) (PCS d to HQ AMC Stan/Eval) TSgt Mark Tower Babel (IB) (PCS d) SSgt Ron I m Amazing McKinney (IB) (PCS d to Kadena) SSgt DeBoris Darkness Leonard (IB) (PCS d to Center of Excellence EAUC) I m the best thing that ever happened to the world (according to him). Before he left D reproduced twice, Lackland you re screwed. See ya D we ll miss ya. SrA Tina Betty Crocker (MB) (Separated) D got her pregnant (twice) now shes stuck with him for the next 18 years we re sorry. SrA Nicolle Nikki Buttino (MB) (Separated) Has attached since being hiring by Selfridge Amn Mikel Woody (MB) (Separated) Every now and then a dud slips through the cracks good luck to ya Woody Retirees MSgt Mervin Merv Arthurton (IB): If you are ever down this way look us up and we will have a cold one waiting on you

52 March ARB, CA 336 ARS Expansion. That is the nature of our business lately. We have managed to get larger by 4 airplanes and six crews. Luckily, we were able to pick up some great troops from the CA ANG which unfortunately lost their airplanes but still managed to convert to the Predator mission. In addition to our expansion and the additional flying time, we are facing our AEF in a couple of months and our conventional ORI early next year. Even though we are a busy little unit these days we are not too busy to welcome visitors, so if you are in the area stop in and say "hi." Our malted beverages are always cold and the conversation is usually free. Here's our current roster of the men and women of the 336th: CMSgt Bob Dunning, Air Reserve Technician (ART), Program Manager CMSgt Curt Massey, ART, Stan-Eval SMSgt Nicole Canada, Traditional Reservist (TR), Boeing Aerospace SMSgt Deborah McGuane, ART, Boom Scheduler SMSgt Phil Stidham, ART, Training Flight NCOIC SMSgt Ken Horner, ART, Mission Development SMSgt Maurice Walker, TR, California Highway Patrol Officer MSgt Michael Allen, ART, Supply/Safety NCOIC MSgt Robert "Beans" Baxter, TR, AT&T Telephone Installer MSgt John Irish, TR, Deputy Sheriff Riverside County MSgt Tina Jimenez-Skropos, TR, Event Coordinator for City of Ontario MSgt Brent Johnson, TR, Las Vegas Police Department MSgt Brian Sammons, ART, Unit Deployment Manager MSgt Aaron Scott, TR, Federal Air Marshall TSgt John Bradbury, TR, Troffer Extraordinaire (Reserve Bum) TSgt Erin Brotsch, TR, Troffer TSgt Dorian Johnson, TR, Raytheon Aerospace TSgt Yvonne Sell, ART, Pay Guru

53 TSgt Robert Ramirez, TR, LA County Clerk SrA Andrew Casey, TR, Student SrA Ken Fitzgerald, TR, Student SrA Robert Long, TR, Carpenter SrA Amanda Robbins, TR, Part Time Troffer A1C Terry Mossbarger, TR, Newbie Attached: CMSgt Al Contreras, TR, Ops Group Aircrew Manager SMSgt Frank DeJauregui, ART, 4th AF Boom Operator TSgt Rey Gumarang, TR, TALCE Boom Operator, San Diego Police Department TSgt Brian Sinclair, TACLE Boom Operator, Sheriff Riverside County Moved on to bigger and better things: CMSgt Steve Hamer, RETIRED MSgt John Haus, RETIRED SSgt Jennifer (Boshart) Meyers, TR, Cross-Trained ROBERT DUNNING, CMSgt, USAFR Air Refueling Program Manager

54 MCCONNELL AFB, KS 350 ARS RED FALCONS MSgt Jose Hozer Martinez - Yes, still obsessed with Jeff Gordon and KISS. Just imagine what he could do if he used his powers for good rather than evil. Get your checkride testing done! He s been making some modifications to his car. It should be pretty fast, but the 100 mile an hour tape holding it together won t allow him to get it up to speed. MSgt Joseph Taylor T-Bone is calling it quits. The gen-x booms are killing him and making him an old man, Come to think of it he started off an old man. TSgt James Jimmy B Bakos - Jimmy B came home to the 350 th recently from Mildenhall with an English accent. We been trying to reorient him back to life in the states. Every time the Bills lose a game we have to throttle him back from his Hooligan rampage. SSgt Patrick Haney Left Altus for McConnell and surprise, surprise as we write this he is deployed. Welcome back to the operational Air Force. SSgt Cristine Chavez - Continues to be a bright and shiny at McConnell. She spends her days traveling back and forth to Washington D.C. for hearings on the KC-X. She is also sporting a new diamond on her left hand. SSgt Sam Daniel Leaving the Red Falcons to become a lumber jack in the hills of NC. He is looking to fly with Seymour for some fun on the weekends. SSgt Brian Conforti - Brian is also leaving us for bluer pastures. Decided he wants to drive the bus, rather then be driven. Heads out to OTS in December and get married in September to someone shorter then him. Hopefully two shorts will produce a tall child at least 5ft tall. SrA Jordan Recycle Dosch Like re-gifting, Jordan had implemented the X-spouses recycle program. He says it helps the environment (his bed room environment). SrA Ryan WWE Clauss - One of our newest instructors Clauss has hit the ground running as an instructor boom. He uses the wrestle them into submission technique of instruction. Let s see how that works out. SrA Marcus Rip Van Mayfield - War Eagle! We can say whatever we want about Mayfield because rather than reading this he will use the opportunity to sleep. There s a rumor that, in the desert, he once slept from one dinner meal to the next. SrA Donald DNIF Johnson - Finally MCT ed and completing his first deployment, SrA Johnson has handed off the illustrious task of going away plaque guy to someone new. SrA Joseph Where is Ware We could make a clever quip about Ware, but we never see him although, sometimes you can feel a presence leering at you from a squadron shadow. SrA Jonathon Smiles Welsh Smiled himself into a new girlfriend, and word is he s ready to get hitched (someone got lucky). Believe it or not his smile got bigger. On top of that he bought himself a Mustang, de faux, it s a four cylinder, so hopefully she won t let that keep her from saying yes

55 A1C James Skeeter Rabb Weighing in at a Buck-O-5, He is now the 3 rd wipe Stan Eval. He is doing good and waiting on his instructor slot. Finally got rid of his psycho girlfriend, looks like now he will be able to put some weight on, now that he not supporting his girl and her trophy. A1C Alexander Commander Clifton Sir, I ve got a question for you? Hold the record for most questions asked in the history of Boom Operators. He s getting married in the fall Sir, I ve got a question for you, will you marry me? A1C Lucas New Guy Treat Fresh from Altus this guy is so new, we can still smell the new car smell on him, his flight suit still has creases and still call s fellow airmen Sir. A deployment ought to take care of that. SrA Brandon Gerek Left the Air Force for an exciting career in Title work. He is doing well in his new career, newly married and by the time this is published should be a father. Amn Thomas Stanley Stanley left the Air Force recently and got hired on to work the oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico. Last we heard he was the assistant to the barnacle scrubbing supervisor. TSgt Daniel taste of thai Whetzel Gone, retired, took the final leap, Bing bong chow chow (Catoy s are bad in Thailand)

56 MCCONNELL AFB, KS 18 ARS NO SCAB IS TOO SMALL CMSgt Don Farmer Askren (ART) The Chief raises cows at TD Angus and takes care of his booms no matter what mood he might be in. He is also retiring in two years, but he said that two years ago, and two years before that. MSgt John Tex Austin Tex is finally getting rid of his S-10, yes that S-10 that leaks every hazardous petrochemical known to man. Al Gore recently wrote him a letter asking him to reduce his carbon footprint. We can all see the footprints in the parking lot. The truck leaks over 2 quarts in 20 miles. MSgt Bill I ve seen it before! Baker Bill is not working for flight safety any more he is however going to start selling burritos out of the back of his truck. I will take a coke with that please. He is also the master of motorcycles and is teaching some safety courses. TSgt Bear Bearup Go Michigan!!! Nuff Said. MSgt Brad Beyer Working for the dark side as their Long Range Scheduler. He has a boss job as a GS-11. SrA Heather Birmingham I don t know where she lives but she does work here, I swear. She finally got mission qualified and is now flying quite a bit when she is in town. SSgt Kevin Waji Bobby Boucher Bouchard Kevin is playing with trains for BNSF along with half of our booms as you will see. TSgt Greg Carron Greg Carron is an Information Systems maintainer and can speak in languages about computers that none of us can possibly comprehend. SMSgt Gary Cook Gary is on long term loan to the TACC/Homeland Defense shop and waiting for his wife to get a cushy job somewhere else so that he can retire. SrA Jake Cross Jake is working for Cessna and is another that does a great job splitting time with us and looking forward to being a new father. SrA Casey Darst Casey is writing pubs with ADR and seems to be loving it. He is also working here in the squadron as much as he can. He has been a great help and we really like having him around. MSgt Darren The Wedge Demel The master of all car sales, he actually hooked Tex up with a new set of wheels (2007 Silverado). Working with Cessna still and loving it. TSgt Clay Dotson Not to worry, Clay is going to single-handedly end the war on terrorism. He has more war stories than the rest of our grizzled vets together. MSgt Eddie Estagin Eddie is an Engineer at Raytheon and an all around nice guy. I can t think of anything to make fun of him for. I will keep looking SSgt Jay Guldjord Jay is one of our newest additions. He was barely off of active duty for a month and volunteered for 60 days in the desert, I bet his wife loved that request!!!

57 MSgt Joe Check out my V Halenka Another one of our booms on long term orders with the active duty. He actually volunteered and likes working in the vault, to much time on SAC alert. MSgt Tonya Halenka Tonya is one of our dedicated short range schedulers. She is still cussing about G2 and how it is NOT going to change the way we do business as a tanker squadron. TSgt Carla Horner Carla is like the squadron wife. She yells at us until we get our stuff done in mobility then asks us for favors. Heading to CFIC this summer. TSgt Darren D-Ho Horton One of our finest mission development dispatch flight planners. He finally got hitched last year and says that he is ready for father hood. MSgt Bryan King Brian is still working for Flight Safety as one of their simulator engineers and eagerly waiting for the next activation. TSgt Mike Kissire Mike is working for Boeing as a pubs writer and just got through upgrading to instructor. Now none of us are right about anything we say about a system on the tanker. TSgt Sean Poopy LaFave Sean is the stealth boom of the squadron. He finished NCO Academy in-residence and lost over 25 pounds. His wife has a blossoming Chiropractic practice and he is helping out with the business office (getting in the way). When he is here it only takes a small shiny object to get him distracted. SMSgt Troy Lawson Troy has been doing too well with Cessna; he has moved to Denver and is going to be bailing out of the unit in the fall. MSgt Debra Deb Lee Deb is about to finish up her Bachelors degree in Accounting, and is still our resident night flyer. SMSgt Ray Lewis Still working in Stan-Eval and an avid NASCAR nut. SSgt Morris Mo Loncon Mo is another one of our many train engineers. He is working in the Big Country of Montana..lots of nervous sheep!!! TSgt Mark Macdaddy Mcintosh Macdaddy is living in Kadena with his new wife. He has a baby on the way. It might even be his. TSgt Chris Hollywood Norris He plays rugby, oh and did you know that he plays rugby. He says he s going to quit and go pro. He also has a new bike and just accepted the position of chief trougher. He just does that between rugby and riding. SSgt Brian Olie Olson Olie is one of a kind. He is an airport fireman by day and a willing participant for any deployment to Turkey by night. MSgt Kathy Pett Kathy just had her second baby (both girls) and is working at Cessna as a Sales Support Rep. She is counting the days until retirement. SSgt Scott Planning to Scurlock Has anybody seen my coffee cup? I need to chase it around. Scott is moving on to the reserves at Edwards AFB. Congratulations and we will all miss having you around to harass about gaining weight and losing hair. SrA Dave Super Dave Seeman Dave is off to pilot training. We need him back soon, because he is the expert in all things Excel. TSgt Steve Scuba Steve Sirois Scuba is an engineer for BNSF and he is around on occasion. We keep him around for comic relief and his dry sense of humor

58 SMSgt Dennis Denny Struve Denny is a Test Boom with Boeing and is actively working on the replacement tanker.well at least the ones that the Turkish and Japanese Air Forces purchased. He always has good stories to tell. SrA James J.D. Utash JD will be finishing college in May of this year. He is going to be starting his own business with a couple of partners. He will then expand his business and buy our unit. I vote for more orders. SMSgt John Wallman John is splitting his time between farming and working here in the squadron as our body scheduler. He is on his fourth son and still counting. He still can t figure out what causes that!!! SSgt Jason Wesche If you know who Bill the Cat is in Get Fuzzy well that is who Jason resembles. He is a lot of fun but I had better retract that last statement because if I fly through Denver on United he will make someone lose my baggage. MSgt Christine Wildman Christine is running our Training Flight and cracking the whip on people to Get Your Beans Done. If you can t find her in the squadron look for her at Starbucks getting a Raspberry Mocha Frappuccino Blended Coffee with extra cream, half sugar, hold the raspberry, double the caffeine and serve it over ice. TSgt Jim Jimmy Yokom Jim is heading up the Long Range scheduling position and trying his best to deal with all of the microcosmic issues of an associate unit. He is buying great trips though.look for us in Acapulco in the future. SSgt Matt Ziegelbein Matt is back in the unit again (anchor clanker). He is still working for ASA as a Captain in the RJ s. He recently applied with Southwest and looking for bigger and better piloting opportunities

59 MCGHEE-TYSON ANGB, TN 151 ARS HOME OF THE TENNESSEE VOLUNTEERS Greetings from the 151 st ARS / 134 th ARW located at McGhee Tyson AB Knoxville, TN. Since our last Signal we have had a SAV, converted to R Models, Block 40 and most recently an ORI. I guess it beats the sand. As always we wish you all the best and we ll see you on the road. CMSgt. James Quagliana: The chief has been busy with conversion, ORI prep and The Enlisted Aircrew Counsel. Between all of that and flying three times a week he doesn t have time to notice all of the stupid stuff the rest of us have done. SMSgt. Mike Buckner: Buck is still in the training shop. I don t think the light at the end of the tunnel is a train any more for Buck. The Baby Booms are at school, the conversion is complete and the inspections are over for now. SMSgt. Jeff Dyer: Jeff is still the Sherriff in STAN/EVIL. One of his chicks has flown the coup and joined the Air Force so he spends most of his time now on trips to Kadena to check up on mama s baby. SMSgt. Todd Derrick: Todd is traveling the country teaching some kind of fireman stuff. He was supposed to retire this year but we keep asking him to stay. SMSgt. Bo Sunderland: Bo is still working in Current Ops. He got married recently to a childhood friend. Their all lovey and happy and stuff. It s like a Disney movie or something. MSgt. Mark Allen: Mark is still with Bell South. He flies every Wed. or Thur. like clock work. I can t believe that he hasn t kneecapped Todd for that Senior stripe yet. MSgt. Wayne Atkins: Wayne Atkins, the most dedicated Guard Bum the unit has ever known. Wayne is on the road more than a truck driver. MSgt. Ronnie Crash Dixon: Crash is in Current Ops making life good for the rest of us. He could find a four star hotel with free breakfast in the middle of the Sahara. MSgt. Randy Keener: Randy s recent marriage seems to be going great. She doesn t let him go to Vegas or Reno any more but he showed her. He was TDY to Aviano a couple of months ago and ordered a Volvo. MSgt. Nancy Martinek: Nancy is still working with Jeff in STAN/EVIL. When we fill covered up or find ourselves complaining about the job we go sit and listen to her for a few minutes. Evidently being a mom is a lot more work than being a Boom Operator who knew? MSgt. Steve Sampson: Steve has a mini me now. His little boy looks just like him so I m not sweating it any longer. Steve looks like he hasn t slept in six months. MSgt. Brian Thomas: I m still living the dream in scheduling. My wife and I are still planning to make the move to the farm but we have put it off for a little bit I don t make that AGR money

60 MSgt. Lennie Tipton: Lennie is still playing Robo Cop in Oak Ridge. Personally I think he is a tour guide at the museum over there but who knows, it s all secret and stuff. MSgt. Greg Waters: Greg took a full time gig with the railroad ( he says he is laying thais ). He takes time off from traveling with them to go travel with us. I think his wife makes him go but who knows for sure. TSgt. Eric Jones: Eric has had an addition to the family since our last signal. He must have had too much time on his hands after finishing his masters and only working 60 hour weeks. TSgt. Bo Rogers: Little Bo is our resident Safety NCO and still works for the Knoxville Fire Department, Police Department and EMS. Did I leave anything out? In his spare time he does 90 day tours to tropical locations. TSgt. Bryan Rollins: Mr. Peabody is working across the field on the civilian side. He says that he is running some program for the Airport Authority but we think that he is probably a crash test dummy. He is still the young swinging bachelor and probably will be for a while. You should see this poor guys approach, he couldn t get laid in a womens penitentiary. TSgt. Brent Seymour: Brent does all of the same stuff that Little Bo does with the Fire Department and all. It was thought that they were brothers as much time as they spend together and the fact that one of Brent s five kids looks like Bo but that s really none of our business. SSgt. J.J. Davenport: J.J. is still in the unit I think. Because of his downtown job he only flies the late night missions so I never see him. SSgt. Tyler Ott: Tater is no longer our FNG. We have three more in school. We don t see tater much any more. He s been building a house and his down town job works him pretty hard. SSgt. Shannon Blue Price: I can t tell if Blue is a Guard Bum or actually works down town. He travels almost as much as Wayne. Demoted to Pilot Lt Col. Kelvin Kuwik: Kelvin went thru Castle in 1976 at the tender age of 17, and was commissioned in He retired in June of 07. Maj. Liz Matthews: Liz came to us from Forbes last year. She was an engine shop troop until 1993 when she went to Castle. She was commissioned in Capt. Jeremy Taylor: Jeremy was a crew chief from 1988 to 1995, went thru Altus in 1995 and was commissioned in He is currently a full time technician and the Safety Officer. Capt. Hiram Williamson: Hiram was a crew chief from 1991 to 1995, went thru Altus in 1995 and was commissioned in Hiram is some kind of computer genius and is building an ATC simulator. 1st Lt. Jason Reed: Jason went thru Altus in 2000, and was commissioned in He has just returned from Altus and is working on his local checkout. Actually I m sitting behind him on a cargo run to Phoenix as I write this. Moved On Capt. Chad Cheatwood: Chad went thru Altus in 1998 and was commissioned in He is currently flying C-17 s in the Charleston Reserve Unit. TSgt. Dennis Greenwood: Dennis always has a home in Knoxville at the 134 th but for now we have loaned him out to the active duty AWACers at Tinker as a flight engineer. No more four hour FTPs for Dennis

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62 MCGUIRE AFB, NJ 2 ARS SECOND TO NONE Sr. Leadership CMSgt Daniel Cake Eater Wells Chief Enlisted Manager/KC-10 Boom Operator. He still thinks you need to wear gloves during engine start, carry your checklist during your pre-flight and carry EPOS to the ARO--not the Boom Pod. Hey life support where is my helmet!! MSgt Todd McPeak Boom Operator Superintendent. He is known around the squadron, and the world as General McPeak. He has no problem telling anyone what to do, except his wife. Wimp! He plans on staying in the Air Force for 60 years after which he will invent a computer so smart that it will probably take over the world. McGEEK.! MSgt Joel Salley Assistant Boom Operator Superintendent. He still might have a 32 nd heart, but all along we new had been wishing he could be a ducer. Well now he is, a dream come true. A heavier set Bruce Willis, a great impersonator, even shaves his bald head. They say beauty comes with age in this case Not so Much!!! Stan/ Eval TSgt Lynn A. Banzai! Thatcher NCOIC, Boom Operator Stan/Eval. Lynn is a great addition to the stan/eval shop, Things are going to change! The Hammer. Has a full understanding of much work Q-3 & Q-2 paper work is. To bad Ohio state loss to Florida in the BCS championship game. He still waxes his cars when not complaining about doing other peoples jobs though. TSgt Dave Megill Assistant NCOIC, Boom Operator Stan/Eval. Decided to finally leave the Formal Training Unit no deployment safety net. He figured he had trained enough knuckleheads it was time to take some out. By the way Dave, your heading out for the desert in September. SSgt David Angry Dave Lang Stan/Eval Boom Operator. Dave decided to have a stud put into his lip while loading cargo. The problem is he used a strap to poke the hole. As a stan/eval boom he still needs to read how to operate a strap chains are next. Training Flight SSgt Matt Hauer NCOIC, Boom Operator Training- A Flight. Mr. Mom in the flesh. He is trying to make more money then his wife so he can buy a Harley. Our money is on that is wife will be driving that new car. SSgt Lonnie R. Dickerson Assistant NCOIC, Boom Operator Training-C Flight. He is still spending quality time with Cheno who is his bestest pal in the whole wide world!!! While in Washington D.C. only he would ask Can you tell which way the Liberty Bell is? Where is the Liberty Bell? Guys I don t know where it is. That s left right for ya. SrA Lawrence Scott - Staff Instructor-A Flight. AKA Vanilla Ice Salty, Scotty Dizzle in the hizzle fo shizzle. He likes to keep it real in the desert. SrA Nicholas Stolley - Staff Intern-C Flight. He is working at becoming a certified flight instructor license and glider pilot hey Nick you re a boom keep your day job. Became a boom; 2.0 million dollars, got approved for eye sight surgery 25 k, private pilot license 10k, still needing glasses after surgery priceless

63 Scheduling SSgt Gerald B. G James NCOIC, KC-10 Boom Operator Scheduling-B-Flight. Knows how to check everyones currencies with a fine tooth comb. Sometimes he forgets to check his, and missed the expiration of his flight physical he was on good deal though. SrA Brad M. Lego Assistant NCOIC, KC-10 Boom Operator Scheduling-B Flight. He is married to another boom (Jen Lego) in our sister squadron. When he is not playing a boom operator you find him playing as Robin Hood Men in Tights. SrA Phillip L. Pina Culotta KC-10 Boom Operator Scheduler-B Flight. Only man at the age of 60 that will still get carded for alcohol. Still trying to find out where the best party is after the thrust reversers are stowed! SrA Kenneth C. Essick KC-10 Boom Operator Scheduler-A Flight. Our newest instructor upgrade candidate. Ken is ready to go anywhere at a moments notice. I think it is so he can get some quality sleep. SrA Jesse A. Buddy Lee - KC-10 Boom Operator. He is a jack-of-all trades. Keeps the CTK s in good working order, will schedule a nice Saturday night sortie for you and let you know where he is playing his guitar so you can buy him a beer. SrA Christopher Villa Villanueva KC-10 Boom Operator Scheduler-C Flight. AKA Mr. Marks, Nuevamarks, and V. He just had an Elvis impersonator marry him to Debbie Marks on June 9, 07 now Debbie Marks from the 32 nd. Whenever there is a question on what or how he needs to do something Debbie tells him the correct way--he knows who wears the pants in the family. A-Flight TSgt Christopher S. Otto Ottenwess - Boom Operator Flight Chief. Finally moved Chris from behind a desk and put him out the door on the deployment. All of his Airman are afraid that they are going to be cross checked if they are out of line. Hey Chris, poor Michigan maybe next year..they wont suck as bad. SSgt Tyler R. Stone Assistant Boom Operator Flight Chief. Trying to get a grip on being a supervisor in a flying squadron. Can t understand why his EPR s keep getting returned. By the way SSgt Stone is not a real name. SSgt Daniel P. Duby Dubois KC-10 Boom Operator Scheduler. He has found a new use for his monster hands. He was recently entered in an charity UFC match with two Cops. Too bad they didn t know it was for charity and I guess he needs a better boxing coach OWNED! SrA Michael V. Thomas KC-10 Boom Operator. Schedulers are still trying to decipher what language he is speaking during call in. He passion is to run the Boston Marathon. SrA Tristan A. Nicholas - KC-10 Boom Operator. She has decided to leave her comfy job as a boom. She is constantly working on her catch phrase of Coffee, Tea, or Me giggle for here new job as a Stewa oh I mean flight attendant. A1C Andrea Brown KC-10 Boom Operator. She has the cleanest room in the dorms. That is due to her always being on the road and when I say road I mean valve jobs she likes those hotel rooms. A1C Chad A. Piel - KC-10 Boom Operator. Chad on the other hand loves to stay in the dorms. He is thinking of becoming mold biologist. He was having so much fun being a boom we sent him to the Honor Guard for 2 months are you having fun yet?

64 B-Flight TSgt Todd P. Patesel Boom Operator Flight Chief. Todd has been DNIF for so long we are on the phone Dr. Kvorkian for an appointment next week. Hey Todd, I hear you will make an excellent vehicle mechanic. SSgt Eric Woody Cox Assistant Boom Operator Flight Chief. Yes my last name is plural; they always say two is better than one SSgt Michael Smitty Smith KC-10 Boom Operator. Mike was stolen from the 32 nd in the dead of night. He is a real go getter that is ready for any new job. SSgt Michael A. Cheno Chenosky KC-10 Boom Operator-Tactics. He just finished upgrade and we put him to work in Tactics. He just got married in April 07 Lonnie s sister. So he is now known as Uncle Cheno to Lonnie s daughter. His SSgt bro-in law makes him call him Sir SrA Christopher McGinley KC-10 Boom Operator. Cousin Red, the red headed step-child. He is like Paris Hilton claming he is going to change his ways right. SrA Adam T. The Golden Child Ingan KC-10 Boom Operator. The quietest person you will ever meet, but he will kick in some Halo. He had a new baby last year and loves being a father A1C Blake Edwards KC-10 Boom Operator. Blake aka Pretty Boy knows how to win over the ladies. In fact the other night he was asked if he was gay by two hotties--not that were asking or he is going to tell, A1C Daniel Payne KC-10 Boom Operator. One of our newest graduate from the formal training school. He is like the energizer bunny he comes to work and keeps on going and going and going and going. A1C Johann Karpf KC-10 Boom Operator. Welcome to the 2 nd! What is your desert flight suit size and boot size. Another FTU graduate in the desert within a month. We are glad he likes the heat. C-Flight (M)Sgt Dan Man Hands Rando Boom Operator Flight Chief. Dan your station wagon Passat is not a sports car. It does a great job with gas mileage and picking up groceries at the commissary. Line from A1C Morrison Nice grocery getter TSgt Rando SSgt Joshua T. Mullen Assistant Boom Operator Flight Chief. This man is a desert king. He went to the desert from January till March 06, for TCN duty from May till September 06 and just got back for going from March to May 07. He enjoys building sand castles and eating the chow hall food in Al Dhafra so much, that when he gets out he plans on moving there permanently. He also has more ink than any printer in the air force. Attending instructor upgrade. SSgt Christopher Stroup KC-10 Boom Operator. For some reason Chris gets a Slat disagree light anytime he runs his PT test. By the way don t tell him he was in life support he is survival equipment specialist. SrA Theresa A. Hutsell KC-10 Boom Operator. She has more hair colors then the skittles rainbow. She already trying to merge the boom and load career field by dating a C-17 loadmaster. A1C Andrew J. Jim FLAPS Morrison KC-10 Boom Operator. For some reason Andy like to keep pictures of topless men in his room, again were not asking so don t tell. If he runs fast enough he has to ask for clearance before coming airborne. A1C Michael Rivera KC-10 Boom Operator. Just got qualified last week, came to the squadron and went on leave

65 Future Duce Booms SSgt Dowell. Came to us from Kadena enroute to all of his pre-requisite schools. Tried to make a little cash prior to leaving for survival school NO you can t fly another dollar ride. SSgt Jett. A former F-22 crew chief that is attending FTU. When asked about the F-22 he could explain what it looked like, but never touched the thing too many contractors ensuring it will fly. He will now have the opportunity to at least touch it hopefully inside the receptacle. Attached Ducers MSgt Michael J. Reggie Hammond 305 th OSS/OST. Reggie got lifters installed in his shoes so he could be seen during briefings. He still needs a booster seat when he goes to the chow hall. MSgt Shawn H. Lamb 305 th AMW/XP. Finally got the hint after the 4 th time in stan/eval. MSgt Christopher M. Prosser 21 st Air Mobility Operations Squadron. Chris is so happy at the AMOS he is looking to extend another year doh! Hey Chris can you fly a local yet??? TSgt Thom McCoy 819 GSS. Thom left the squadron kicking and screaming on his way up to the TAL CRE. He is going through withdrawals not being able to fly. (T)Sgt Justin W. Pascoe 305 th OSS Current Operations. Making friends at the squadron by giving us all the weekend JA/ATT s. I think Jesse has friends in Jersey looking for him. SSgt Jeffery S. Gordy II KC-10 Formal Training Unit Instructor. Jeff can t understand why more students don t come to him he is a FTU instructor for Christ sakes. SSgt Jason B. Craig 305 th OSS Current Operations (DOS Jun 06). Once Jason separates from active duty he will be moving to the reserve side of the house. Next year you will see his name of the 78 th ARS roster. SrA Isaac Red Paradez 819 th Global Support Squadron. Red likes to take long walks in the woods during exercises. So much he may be out in the reserves in no time. Duce Out-May the Duce be with you Ret-MSgt William H. Rapp Rappaport. The last standing Barksdale AFB KC-10 Boom in the 2 nd ARS is now retired. Hey Will, Want to go to Scott? I don t think so! Looking to still land his dream job with Sirius Satellite Radio or a roadie for the next World Tour of Rush! Ret-MSgt Joe Duarte. Headed to Cali for the fun and sun. TSgt Sean Wall TACC/XOOKP. Sean decided he had beat all the locals at drag strip. Took his car on the road to be a drag queen in Illinois. SSgt Donald L. Myers. Went and did the blue to green thing in the army reserve flying helo s Mr. David A. Baldwin. Chillin like a villain and enjoying the life of traveling

66 MCGUIRE AFB, NJ 32 ARS Overall, the 32d ARS, Mcguire AFB, NJ has had a pretty good year. We have a lot of youngins but what they lack in age, they more than make up for in professionalism and a great attitude. They always step up in the face of short notice taskings and constant change. Great job and thank you to all the Booms of the 32d ARS!. Chief Jim Snyder - Traded Florida for New Jersey in December, what was he thinking. Trying to sell his house in Florida. Want to buy a house? Chief brings tons of experience, what has he not done? Steam jet, EC s, R/T models, TALCE and the KC-10. Spends most of his time reviewing EPR s. We love his two page comments/correction sheets on EPR s. We think he had a nick name down at MacDill but he is not saying what it was. SMSgt Kris Nordstrom - Superintendent. A recent Flight Engineer cross-trainee. Doing a great job learning the fine art of boom operating while running a Squadron. Extremely active on base including President of local AFSA and AFA. His mentorship will only make all of us better. MSgt Pete Abraldes - Head Stan/Eval guy. Finally decided to walk off into the sunset with helmet bag in hand. Turned over Superintendent Duties to SMSgt Kris Nordstrom and finished up in Sq Stan/Eval. Looking for something fun to do that pays enough to send his boys to college. One is starting this year and 2 more to follow. You may see him soon on Flip This House. Check your local listings. Pete will be missed. MSgt Jim Dudgeon - Asst Superintendent. Covering the Superintendent duties while SMSgt Nordstrom is deployed as well as Duty Shirt from time to time. Seems like all the fun begins when the Shirt leaves town. Hid out in Current Ops and XP for a few years so not really used to working this hard. Despite it all, having the time of his life with wife, Stacie, his 4 yr old daughter and 2 year old son. MSgt AL McNamee - Wing Tactics expert keeps us all well trained. Always willing to impart his wisdom on disciplining the troops. MSgt Tim Pates - OGV. Tim is doing a great job getting us ready for ASEV. Always ready to sacrifice and go on the road to play a round of golf, I mean, conduct an evaluation. MSgt John Reigelsberger - R12 is currently helping Tim Pates in OGV get ready for the ASEV. Nice to see all that AMC Stan/Eval experience coming in handy. MSgt Jody Riggs - An old KC-135 guy that escaped the CRG for the KC-10. Good move. Plans on asking affiliation questions to all of the young booms. What is the max pallet weight in pallet position 6 on a C-130H? MSgt Stacey Tansits - currently running the Tactics shop at the Air Mobility Warfare Center and doing her best to keep flying. Line for SMSgt was a long time coming. Nice Job! TSgt Jason Prosser - Stan/Eval. One of our awesome evaluators and ASEV are keeping him busy but doing a great job. TSgt Loren Will - Head Training Flight guy. Giving his all in Training Flight. Blind sided with a short notice staff deployment but took it in stride. If you need a good contractor, give him a call. Did a fantastic job on my bathroom!

67 TSgt Kevin Hill - Stan/Eval. Set the pace this year by getting STEP promoted to TSgt. We tried to surprise him but Dan Phillips disobeyed a direct order and spilled the beans. Nice job Dan. Kevin is one of the go to guys in the squadron when you need an answer and his check rides will really test your mettle. Keep up the great work! TSgt Jason Schaub - A Flight Honcho and assistant to the assistant. Doing an awesome job helping MSgt Dudgeon keep track of the Boom Shop while SMSgt Nordstrom is away. Going to upgrade in June and just bought a really nice Ford truck. Good thing the IBO pay is starting soon. TSgt Chris Maleski - Another leader in the Sq. Currently running our scheduling shop. Many a day I m sure he would like to pull his hair out trying to keep it all running smooth with too much to do and not enough people to do it. Living the life of a bachelor and dreaming of the Pittsburgh Steelers 6-peat. TSgt Jeremiah Doc Love - Just came back to the Sq from FTU. NCOA DG and academic award winner. OUTSTANDING! B Flight super getting back into the game. Rumor has it that he is deploying soon. TSgt Tim Blackburn - Giving up a cushy job at Wing XP for a job at Scott. TSgt Leo Brown - Doing a great job training the new guys in FTU. Should be coming back to the Sq soon now that he has a line for MSgt. Nice Job! TSgt Saksen Rissabute - Working with Gaiser, Leo and Lightner training the future Boom of America. SSgt Rob Poole - Scheduler and another assistant to the assistant. Always around when you need him. Put off upgrade long enough so finally gave in. Should be going this year. SSgt Dan Gaiser - Recently took his A game to FTU. He will do a great job training the up and comers. Recently finished up his Bachelor s degree. SSgt Casanova Geary - On loan to Current Ops. Doing a great job but ready to come back to the Sq. Continues to make friends and influence people with his cut the crap management style. Asked MSgt Abraldes for a challenge and got A1C Woda. Be careful what you ask for. One of our great IBO s that has no trouble getting to the point. Dreaming of a job in San Antonio some day. SSgt Carl Wise - Manning the Tactics shop and recently upgraded to IBO. SSgt Bobbie Richardson - Never says no to a TDY unless it does not benefit her financially. Finishing upgrade soon and has a nice comfy chair in Training Flight waiting for her. Drives a mini van. Always setting the pace with the Booster Club. Put together a great Christmas Party last year with the help of Chardo, Cas and others. SSgt Justin Taydus - We ll call him Newbie. New SSgt, new husband and new Stan/Eval despite being a fairly new IBO. Graduated ALS with honors. Great job! SSgt Ryan Perry - On-loan to Current Ops and another great IBO. SSgt Chardo Richardson - One of the rocks of Training Flight. Doing a fantastic job getting ready for ASEV and mentoring young and old Booms alike. Baby #1 on the way and he s very excited. Traded in the VW for the family BMW. Nice choice. Minivan s are over rated but do not tell that to Bobbie Richardson. SSgt Devin Kay - A phenomenal IBO, just got an EQ on his ASEV Cargo Eval. Rumor has it he developed laryngitis from all the talking he had to do. Always there when you need something done and another powerful force in Training Flight. SSgt Jennifer Lego - Another great scheduler and recent ALS graduate. Married to a Boom in the 2d ARS. Got roses from her husband the other day. Aahh! Ain t that sweet

68 SSgt Rich Craft - An ex-f15e maintainer who is very excited to be a KC-10 Boom. He wants nothing more than to be on the road but the only problem is we can t keep him out of Honor Guard. 2 nd tour in a year and nobody s happy about that. Married to a KC-10 Boom in the Reserves. SSgt Shawn Lightner - On loan to FTU. SSgt Blaise Rohan - Recently cross trainee from the KC-135, it took him an eternity to get night fighters. Finally fully qualified and on his way to the desert. What a surprise. Another go to guy who does a great job with every request. Took over the readiness Shop and it s running better than ever. Traded a bottle of wine for a dog last year. SSgt Randall Thomas - Cross trainee from AWACS. Does not the miss orbits. TSgt Select. Can t wait to start writing EPR s again. SSgt Jason Williamson - I write this with great sadness as Jason has left the Air Force for different pastures. Last seen heading south to Memphis for school and a job with the TSA. Not sure if he will fit in with that group since he s always happy with a smile on his face. Don t be surprised the next time you are get strip searched, Jason is doing the searching. SrA Breeann Lynch - A great Boom Operator and doing well in the Safety Office. Got married this year and completed ALS. Should be upgrading to Security Forces Augmentee Instructor soon since she s done it so many times. Maybe why she s planning to separate in Sept. In any case, good luck Breeann! SrA Tim Reitenbach - Finally paroled from the dark cave we call the Mobility Office where he basically ran the show. The sobbing and depression finally got our attention so we moved him to Scheduling. He s like a new man! All kidding aside, Tim is another go to guy for any project. Has aspirations of becoming an O. SrA Cat Hayes - Another fine Boom Operator doing a great job. Got accepted to a prestigious college in Philadelphia so pursuing an early out. Good luck with that. SrA Dan Smith - Ah, where do I begin? Dan is always good for a laugh. Recently bought a house and quickly deployed. While he was gone, someone crashed their car into it. He called Loren Will to fix it. After he returned from his deployment, he went out and bought a brand new Nissan race car and promptly ran it into a barricade 1 minute after driving it off the lot. He s keeping his chin up thru it all and doing a great job at work. Should be upgrading soon. SrA Tim Whitney - Got his picture on the wall of fame at the Hungry Piney restaurant for eating a monstrous hoagie. We are all very proud. SrA Ben Strader - Ben is our latest victim, er Airman to go to the Mobility Office. I understand he s not at all happy with the assignment since it really cuts into his off duty education. Or maybe in his case, on-duty education. Ah, just kidding. Strader shocked the world when he got BTZ and now has his sights firmly fixed on a commission and pilot training. SrA Joel Trevino - Doing a great job flying a line. I miss those days of just being a line Boom. SrA Chris Hagstrom - The mobility shop guru. If you need to know something about mobility go see Chris. SrA Jennifer DuBois - Jenn seems to be running away with all the awards this year. Well deserving of the accolades, she is always ready to take on any challenge. SrA Jeremy Becnel - One of our line flying dorm rats. SrA Debbie Marks - Getting married to a 2 nd Boom this summer and finally moved off base. SrA Keith Machon - Just got back from a volunteer TCN assignment. Seems to be very excited about the grand reopening of the Taco Bell. Likes it so much his put his wife to work there so he could get an employee discount

69 SrA Lonnie Moon - Finally enjoying his new found freedom as a bachelor. Just finished up an honor Guard tour and gearin up for the desert. A1C Joshua Gorring - one of the G Boys along with Geisler. Fully qualified and out building some hours and experience. A1C Jerry Geisler - Another G Boy, flying a line and taking care of the snack bar. A1C Tosadori - Line boom likes to stay on the road. Now if we can get him to stop wearing unauthorized morale patches. A1C Chuck Taylor - Having a nice time as a Boom but looking down the road. Trying to get some school done so he can crack some heads as a NJ State Trooper. A1C Colin Werneke - New boom flying the line. Wants to be a Texas Ranger someday. Chief calls him Walker. A1C Delabar - New boom still in flight safety. A1C Karl Woda - May not be seeing him for a while. Long story

70 MCGUIRE AFB, NJ 150 ARS As many of you have been affected by BRAC, so falls the axe here in New Jersey. This will be the last installment for active and participating members of the 150th ARS. The 108 th ARW is losing 1 flying squadron and it is ours. Some of these names will be added to the gaining squadron, the 141 ARS, next year. Many of them will not be listed due to retirement. On the other hand, we get the big engines out of the deal and we ll stop making black smoke trails for miles in the sky. Seems like that s why we stopped flying the A model and went to the cleaner E model. As always, if you re near exit 7 on the New Jersey Turnpike, we are only 10 miles down the road stop in and say hello. We can all be reached at DSN as a good starting point. Firstname.lastname@NJMCGU.ANG.AF.MIL Fly safe and always keep a stiff boom. SrA Andrew I LIKE ROCKS, (not the music), JUST ROCKS Kohlbecker: A true spelunker at heart. On return cross countries, we plan an extra 300 lbs of rocks for him on the Form F. Most people look for landmarks and places of interest when they travel, Andy looks for dark caves, tunnels, Indian burial grounds and quarries. SrA Frank THE BIGGEST FEET IN THE UNIT Nucera: New Dad X 2 in two years! Guess that proves the big feet theory. Frank is an Officer for his Dad, the Chief of Police in Bordentown NJ. Brings a new meaning to being part of The Untouchables. SSgt Marlon.23% TOP THAT! Chantre: Marlon s sister transferred to the reserves and is a boom on a KC-10 and he has a philosophical problem with plugging his sister. We agree. Marlon s career as a flyer has come to an end due to the BRAC but, he has found a part time slot in the squadron allowing him to pursue retirement. SSgt Gregory BABY HUEY White: Still waiting for the fateful day when he ll have to shave for the first time. Rumor has it that he s getting married.his Mom said it was OK, but she IS the chaperone and there will be 1930L bed check. They even got twin beds for the honeymoon. Greg consistently maintains a 50% TMO contact completion ratio. Of course, the other 50% are negative contacts followed immediately by a breakaway call and asking the other boom if they want to get in now. SSgt Jennifer JERSEY - JENNY Bowen: Don t confuse her with Jenny of Forrest Gump fame. Former Scope Dope in the E-8 and is fitting in well as a boom operator. She may have been a linguist in reality because she s not afraid to tell Sylvester repeatedly to go f%*& himself. When her apartment and street doesn t flood out she can be seen riding her motorcycle. TSgt Anthony SEASIDE TONY Niwore: Our newest Instructor. Tony is pursuing an officer s slot in the new Intel squadron here. Tony is currently our awards and decorations NCO and we have all been put in for the Navy Cross.. something tells me we are not going to get it. TSgt Marshall ½ A MINUTE Rice: This is what a high and tight should look like. Marshall is a Wednesday night guy who has become very adept at C-17 AR s. Your flying partner Hoot thanks you for doing all the paperwork. If you need a John Deere tractor fixed or want to buy one he s the guy to call

71 MSgt Frank Don t call me Francis & Bobby Orr s #1 FAN McCarthy: Frank recently tied the knot and all is well. Still looking for a way to tie down the ankle ball and chain or at least hide it in his shirt. Frank has 90 days of Military leave just like Jose and we use all of it every year. MSgt Jose HOSE B Rodriguez: I ve got 90 days of Military Leave and I m not afraid to use them. Jose is the consummate professional and can always be counted on to step up to the plate to help. Now that Puerto Rico doesn t fly F-16 s, he has no one during a refueling anymore that can understand him. We were hoping for a Spanish to English conversion chart in the ATP-56, but no. TSgt Patrick Ogle: Patrick fly s for the corporate world in New York. He flies into Toronto an awful lot to see his family, so if we can hold him down for a couple of days it s a miracle. Having the fighter currency change to 180 days was the best thing for him to stay current. Pat does a great job for us and isn t afraid to put on chem gear if needed. SSgt Jason CLAYMATION Roskam: New baby at home this year, again, so the noise of the good ol TF-33 is quite comforting to him. It has been reported that he was seen dancing to the National Anthem at the last commander s call. If you need business cards, he s the guy with cool graphics and in color too! SSgt Andy Formerly MAKITA, now STANLEY Robinson: Andy came from the KC-10 side of the base and had actively pursued and received an AMS and UPT slot. Unfortunately he only completed the A in AMS. Anybody need an AAFES style haircut? For now, it s a lot of Bravo tours and TDY s. TSgt Steve MOTHER Falker: Unfortunately the rage of Ska music has subsided so Steve will soon be listing his wingtip shoes, zoot suit and felt fedora on EBAY. Steve is looking to move somewhere with big hills, other than New Jersey. If anyone has seen Steve, please have him call home. TSgt Marcie THE SMART ONE Montalvo: Marcie is our UCA and a law enforcement official on the outside. Marcie is very athletic and can hit a softball further than her husband. She and her husband are having a house built and are looking forward to the day that the entire squadron comes over for a cookout, parks on the new lawn and checks out the medicine cabinet. SSgt Michael G - LOVER Glover: Mike came to us from maintenance and has done quite well with adapting to Ops. Mike has also found that flipping houses is great exercise and can supplement the AFTP/RUTA check. MSgt George of The NEW JERSEY GRANDS Grand: George is still the central NJ king of extra and hard to find Hi-Fi components. BOSE is the only four letter word he refuses to say. Peanut-Butter & Bologna sandwiches are his favorite refreshment during baggage bin building seminars. George enjoys a good cup of coffee and the urn better be clean! SMSgt Glenn HOOT, HEY I BROKE MY STERNUM Houthuysen: Glenn s a teacher in North Jersey and is our Wednesday night C-17 constant. He has excelled as a teacher by having the kids post his checklist for him for extra credit and this year the class project was to complete his load plan for G-185. Maybe next year you show them how to properly fill out the 781! At least somebody understands the WAM theory. MSgt Darrell D-Man, Pi, YF Delle Site: Former, not ex Marine, and for the past three years our tactics representative now making his home in scheduling. In keeping with the tactical program, he has snookered the Tactics pilot into thinking that he still works for him. MSgt Ray OTTO Petersen: The resident cook and hog roasting expert. This is a super side job which includes free beer not to mention all the sights and sounds. From 75 to 200 lbs of a big, fat Hilary spinning for 12 hours in his very own roaster, bring a bib! SMSgt Scott Brown: After 14 years in Stan/Eval, a move to training was in the cards to see how the other half lives. No longer plays softball, bad joints, and can be found with Marv at the Wing Bowl in Philadelphia

72 SMSgt Brian KILLER, RED Kilpatrick: Brian is our OSF NCOIC. He does a great job of managing non-flyers and still finds time to fly his own plane. Is currently working towards his CFI ticket so he can teach others not to do what he has done. MSgt Michael Former XO, UDM, VCO, COFFEE GUY, BUILDING CUSTODIAN SECURITY MANAGER, IB, now EB and PUBS/FLIGHT MANUALS GURU. or just SLY Sylvester: Needless to say Mike is not a fan of certain former E-8 Scope Dopes. Mike has a great sense of humor and should do very well in Stan/Eval. Mike does like to destroy cell phones by falling on them, dropping them and putting them in water, so if you call him he might not answer. CMSgt Marvin LIL G Nichols: Our leader of the pack and resident Wing Bowl historian. Marv can get pretty much everything done that you need. Some say he has more contacts than Heidi Fleiss. He s extremely busy with the conversion to R Models and reduction of crewmembers. Better him than us. SMSgt Rob STEM Edelschein: Rob finally retired..again..for real this time..really and this will free more time up for him to work on teaching and his flowers in a pot business. SrA Rob HIGHTOWER Slocum: Rob is a former not ex Marine. Little guy with a lot of big guns and we don t mean the size of his arms. Currently at Altus in BBOC. He drove to Lackland in two days without stopping for sleep. That s smart. He s a Police Officer on the outside, so we get plenty of PBA cards so we can drive to Texas without sleeping too

73 GENERAL MITCHELL IAP, WI 126 ARS BREW CITY BOOMS Hello, from North of the cheese curtain! In case you missed it, we are the Brew City Booms ; we are still a small refueling squadron with great booms, who still like to drink a little while seeking help for our ongoing fishing problem. Since our last input, we lost SSgt Drew Hegner in an auto accident. Although his passing was untimely his memory and spirit live on with the squadron and his fellow booms, and this article is dedicated to him. CMSgt Robert Still Here Derrick (AGR) Still the Program Manager, still taking the abuse from upper management, and still looking good because of the section. Narrowly escaped an unfortunate head shaving incident this year SMSgt Steve Woody Schweiss (AGR) STAN/EVAL Legacy Boom, feeling somewhat lost now that they took his Co-Pilot away from him in the office. He alone shoulders the brunt of the abuse in that office, but, he has a plan SMSgt Jerry The Penguin Schiessl (Tech) the Penguin has landed more additional duties then he probably knows what to do with, but it keeps him young looking. This works well when he goes to the club after the softball games SMSgt Mark Marty Lipinski (TG) Fireman by day Boom by night, except during the summer when you can t pry him from the lake cabin. Mark did not narrowly escape an unfortunate head shaving incident, which produced some magical writing on the back of Marks head, craziest thing I ever saw MSgt John IB Mags Magnus (TG) Say it isn t so. Technician leaves? To work on the outside? Yes, Ole Mags took a job as a third rate hose jockey with the Racine Fire Dept and apparently has more time now to go to the gym than he did when he worked here, Congrats to Mags on escaping the prison MSgt Pat Sosinski Borzynski (AGR) Heir to the Borzynski cabbage business-literally. Pat up and married himself a nice woman who made an honest man of him, and increased his already inflated bottom line by some say triple. Still a pretty darn good golfer, who finds plenty of time to also be a Boom Operator MSgt Mike Werm Weimer (Tech) Hoping to trade in his Technician status for the highly coveted AGR. Mike and his wife recently welcomed a baby boom into their lives, but Mike wouldn t know because he doesn t get out of the vault much MSgt Marlin? Mosley (AGR) Marlin has too many nicknames to list here plus we don t have the space. Marlin and wife had their second child since we last posted, and has taken up golf. Was rumored to be in negotiations with NIKE for golf sponsorship of his family, and a commercial with miniature golf clubs was in the works, but for some reason the idea never materialized MSgt Don Strychnine Strickland (AGR) Working front row in the scheduling office has made Don a more relaxed individual. Despite his nickname, Don is not poison it s just easier than saying Strick ten and a half You ll have to get with him for an explanation on that MSgt Kurt Iggy Ignasiak (AGR) The other half, we all have one, of the scheduling front row, makes sure to keep Don in a relaxed phase at all times. Working with Werm to kick their Mountain Dew habit

74 MSgt Dan Boomer Schmidt Schmidt (TG) Fly by night traditional, Engineer during the day. Lives in a Chicago suburb so we had to get him a special pass to cross through the cheese curtain. We don t hold it against him...yet MSgt Tony White (TG) Way too cool for a nickname, the epitome of relaxation, and, oh did I mention he is also a firefighter for the city of Milwaukee? His wife works with Mags in Racine and I bet she has some stories. Tony has finally settled (for the time being) on his favorite automobile, but that might change tomorrow MSgt William Eche Echevarria (TG) Yet another firefighter and life of the party. If ever you land in Puerto Rico, specifically a smallish Coast Guard airport on the western coast, against better judgment, let him drive you to wherever you re trying to get to, the man knows his island, just close your eyes TSgt Pete Meat Tauerke Gauerke (Tech) Newest full time employee, taking over for the departed Mags. Has landed the most coveted jobs in the squadron; UDM, Resource Advisor, and Cargo Loading Manager. Got hired and proceeded to take LWoP, Leave With-out Pay for you Active Duty Guys, for the first 2 weeks of employment. Was rumored to be in Europe with his wife and a bunch of her High School class. Brenda is a teacher not a student; I know what you were thinking TSgt Amanda Tude Look (TG) Mandy is rumored to be getting married here in the near future, still one of the hardest working guard bums we have. Gave the Drug Interdiction thing a pass, as the Army doesn t know how to deal with enlisted flyers and our schedules TSgt Will Matt Mattert (TG) Recently also welcomed a baby boom into his midst or maybe a baby Private Eye like his poppa. Either way it s a win win for Will. Thinking about full time employment with us, if another job opens up Will is going to be a tough competitor TSgt Chris The Merc Winchell (TG) One third of the Three Amigos, Chris has been recently selling his services to the highest bidder, or whoever will give him days. Was last seen over there somewhere assisting the Fairchild Unit with the daily flying duties, and I do mean daily TSgt Anthony Train Walters (TG) Amigo number two, Train has also been seen over there as well as around here gobbling up days as fast as they can cut orders. Loves to talk about his Station Wagon TSgt Brian Light Switch Storbeck (TG) Last of the Three Amigos, came to us from Combat Camera, and as never looked back. Was rumored to be the next hot shot director of the music video business, when they can take him away from his flying duties, It s all the same with the lights out he has been heard exclaiming SSgt Mat Giblet Grzyb (TG) pronounced jib, for the love of God man, buy a vowel. Gerbil, Giblet, or One T Mat, whatever you wanna call him, just recently returned from Altus, and qualified in record time. Seeks full time employment with the City of Racine as a you guessed it firefighter. Mat came to us from Flight line as an already well rounded Boom to be SSgt Ryan Peters (TG) Another flight line product, but with more vowels in his name, Ryan also recently returned from Altus and is in the midst of his MCT. What a great welcome to the squadron, 2 weeks with Werm in the vault, he may never be seen again SSgt Lynda Replacement Matthews (TG) since we were a Matthews short in OPS, when we sent her Boom Operator brother to the dark side (pilot), we had to right our wrong and steal her away from Supply. Lynda is currently at Altus learning the TAO of Boom Operation

75 This is the current line up of The Retired Brew City Booms that paved the way for us; maybe you might recognize some of their names: Roger Steckhan Cliff Klingbeil John Famularo Dick Harvey Ray Fassett Jenny Wieland Floyd Polzin Ralph Ellis Ron Puzia Terry Sands Ray Bazen Julie Van Aert George Sweet Earl Gauerke Bob Kowalski Chuck Schweiss Lee Cornell George Snamiske Jerry Nelson Teckla Thorn John Gadowski Dave Eddy Dean Dachenbach Murry Mitten George Bacik Lon Hansen Rod Langford Don Paddock Gary Tenney Herb Kieferndorf The unfortunate head shaving incident was the brainchild of one of our Base Ops Personnel. A memorial scholarship is set up in Drew s name, and the head shaving participants agreed in principle to shave their heads to raise money for this fund. It was a thriving success in that it raised over $ for the scholarship. The winning participants CMS Derrick and LTC Mitten OG/CC opted to buy out, and chose participants who came in second; LTC Bacik OSF/CC and SMS Lipinski, full filled their end of the bargain. If you wish to donate to this fund you can contact any boom here in Milwaukee and we ll put you on the right path. Thanks go out to the Boom Sections that sent their condolences, it really let s you know we are a family

76 NIAGARA FALLS ANGB 136 ARS A Big shout out to the Boom Union from the Niagara Falls Boomers of the 136 ARS. Like the rest of the tanker world we have had another busy year. From home station we support two Bravo alert lines for our North East Tanker Task Force Commitment. This is a 24 hour, 7 day a week operation, which has kept our guardsman busy and more importantly paid. We have also deployed to support the NATO AWACS at Geilienkirchen, Germany. In addition to the TTF s we were involved in two AEF s : Ecuador last November and Guam last June, and we are in the barrel to deploy to Turkey this October. The AGR s have been getting in the mix, enjoying a few tax-free months via the Aircrew Shuttles hauling pax and cargo in and out of theater. Let s not forget the Business Efforts to Dyess, Robins, Eglin, and Aviano that we enjoyed this past year. All that traveling and we still have found the time to accomplish all the new and wonderful (do you detect the sarcasm?) Ancillary training requirements in addition to our continuation training requirements. We are very lucky to have a young, and getting younger everyday, motivated Boom Shop. The majority of our traditional guardsman are on long orders, basically full-time, for our alert commitment. The technician and AGR s have also stepped up to meet the Ops tempo needs locally and on the road. We have gained a lot of youth the last couple of years in our Boom Shop, and lost some experience to retirements, and job transfers. Yet, I am amazed with the high level of energy and participation the Booms at Niagara have met each challenge with success. Last but not least we dodged a bullet called BRAC. BRAC while keeping our base open still took our tankers. We have heard every rumor from cross-training to C-130 s to possibly getting tankers from somewhere else, and stay in tankers. So as of this Boom Signal our future is one of uncertainty. So if you are passing through stop by and we will buy a round of cheer, or two, and expose you to the local culture at the Canadian Ballet. Our present line-up : CMSgt Sam Davies- AIR TECHNICIAN - Program Manager. Congratulations to Sam on his promotion to Chief and becoming the third Program Manager at Niagara. In fact he is so busy now between work, home, being soccer and basketball Dad you will find his door closed most afternoons for the Chiefs Siesta. Most people in the squadron have witnessed Sammy going into Screen Saver mode, someone move the mouse, a little help over here.. SMSgt Gary Henning - AIR TECHNICIAN - Stan / Eval. The Professor filled the vacancy in Stan / Eval when Sam was promoted to Chief. Before that Gary could be found in Training herding the turtles on the UTA and chasing Booms down to do their CBTs. Gary brings a kindler, gentler approach to Stan / Eval. Much rejoicing has been done by the Booms as the reign of Sam The Hammer, has been replaced by Gary Santa Claus in Stan / Eval. MSgt Bob Major - AIR TECHNICIAN Scheduling. After 11 years of Heismanning an office job, Bob has finally found a home (and a desk) in Scheduling. Bob is the full-timers accountant, if you need advice on how to maximize your pay, a.k.a. double / triple dip Bob is the man. Bravo Bob usually leads all Booms in Military pay days and most visits daily to the Mypay website. MSgt Jim Sievert - AGR - Scheduling. The Worm has been the proverbial Boomerang as he has come back to where he started in Scheduling, after a short stint in the Current Ops shop. Jimmy has enjoyed a few tax-free months the last year going into theater on the Aircrew Shuttle missions. Just think how much more money that would be as a SMSGT. Did somebody say PME?

77 MSgt Ray Fitzpatrick AIR TECHNICIAN - Training. Ace Recently escaped from Scheduling and can be found in training or on the Alert schedule. Always competing against Bravo Bob for alert days, he swallowed up so many alert days cheese he must be permanently constipated. Along with Tim, are the social calendar coordinators when it comes to Retirement party s, Burger Burn s, and Booze Cruises. Party On! MSgt Tim Gemsheim AIR TECHNICIAN Current Operations. Gumshoe is currently wearing two hats, one as a Scheduler and the other in Current Ops. If Tim hasn t lost his mind yet juggling Scheduling, Current Ops, Snacko, the social scene in the squadron (see aforementioned social calendar with Ray), making Shadow Box s, Squadron fund-raising, and oh yeah being Super-Dad, I don t know if he ever will. His engineering degree comes into play as it seems he always finds a way to fit a square peg into a round hole, that basically summarizes Scheduling & Current Ops in a nutshell. MSgt Terri Santoro - AIR TECHNICIAN Current Operations. Oompa Loompa Terri finally retired her sextant box,which she had to utilize with the sextant stool, to shoot cell under her desk. For you newer or baby booms who are asking what a sextant stool or cell is go ask an old head boom like Terri. P.S. she still isn t tall enough to get on the bumper cars at the carnival. MSgt Camille Hughes AIR TECHNICIAN Vault / Plans. Hurricane is the newest full-time Boom hire, she is currently cloaked in the vault. She also assists in the Training Office and is the Security Manager. So if you are on her criminal list for a clearance update she will find you. Camille will help you navigate the new security clearance questionnaire, which requires you know the answers to Who killed JFK?, How many dimples are on a golf ball?, and Where does the white go when the snow melts?. CMSgt Harold Clark TRADITIONAL GUARDSMAN H just recently retired as a full-time technician and the Program Manager. He liked it so much he decided to stay on as a traditional guardsman., That s nice work if you can get it: staying home on alert, traveling (golfing) to Guam, and Italy all at Chiefs pay. The problem now is we can t kill him! He has retired two or three times actually had a retirement party yet I see him in the squadron more now than when he was a full-timer. MSgt Tom Orochta - TRADITIONAL GUARDSMAN Tommy O has been around since we converted to Tankers in 1994, the last of the original guardsman. Tommy s Boom career at Niagara has been like a boomerang, he keeps trying jobs in the civilian sector, and he keeps coming back to the Guard. He is a kept man now that he is married and has two children, four if you count his wife s lovely Twins. MSgt Paul Restey - TRADITIONAL GUARDSMAN Knuckles Paul is our newest Instructor and an even newer Dad. Paul and his wife Jen have a huge healthy baby boy, Jack Everett, get a football in this Big Baby s hands now. Paul is one of the fortunate part-timers on long orders supporting our North East tanker Task force mission, all that pay will come in handy Family Man. TSgt Nick Langenfeld - TRADITIONAL GUARDSMAN Nick The Ladies Man is legendary here at Niagara, if you are scheduled for a Physical disavow knowing Nick as he is not a fan favorite of our Female Medics, enough said. Nick is also on long orders and going to college full-time, what a life. A frequent visitor (or permanent resident) to the Chiefs Doghouse, Ray is the only one who has stayed longer way back in the Tuchol s regime. TSgt Adam Bush TRADITIONAL GUARDSMAN - Hairy Add another Boom to the family man list, are you seeing a theme here yet. Adam and his wife Kara had their first child, a girl, baby Ashlynn, Congratulations. Adam is so hungry for days he recently backfilled Grand Forks on their deployment in theater. Adam you are in the Guard, Put the tan flight suit down and step away. TSgt Ed Hussar TRADITIONAL GUARDSMAN Special Ed Congrats to Ed and his wife Patricia on their first child, a bouncing baby boy. A recent addition to our Boom workforce, Ed comes to us from the Army, originally, which explains a lot. I bet Boom school was a wake-up call when he got more than a green crayon and a red crayon for tests. Special Ed makes up one half of the Dynamic Duo with Short Bus, there is a pair that will never fly together. P.S. Ed the Dash One are the Big Books, Oops Army terminology, The Big Red Book, and The Big Blue Book, Got it

78 SSgt Dave Cline TRADITIONAL GUARDSMAN Two Cents Dave is a recent addition to the Boom Union here at Niagara, via the Engine Shop. Congratulations on Dave s recent engagement, and Pilot selection. He is scheduled to attend AMS in August, then he will have officially crossed over to the dark side. Nicknamed Two Cents because he knows everything and is not afraid to give you his two cents on every topic. With his knowledge he is already penciled in for CFIC after UPT. SSgt Jason Harbison TRADITIONAL GUARDSMAN Short Bus Jason was an intradepartmental transfer from the Navy, I say he is just Mental. He earned the nickname Short Bus because rumor has it he rode the Short Bus to school. Apparently a Hockey Helmet was part of the school uniform, and Licking the flavored windows on the Bus was highly encouraged. Jason has his private pilots license and was just hired by a local airline company- Congratulations! I hope they don t have flavored windows on the airplane. SSgt Cody Boillot TRADITIONAL GUARDSMAN Water Boy Cody - Palace Chased from McConnell and got Guardized in a hurry. Apparently he utilized an Anchor Bar connection on his resume to influence recruiting. Cody is a recent College graduate and rumor has it looking to get out of the cold North East region. You can tell he is not a cold weather fan when he wears his Parka and mukluks to work in September. SSgt Alan Frankosky - TRADITIONAL GUARDSMAN Fingers Alan is another Active Duty deserter, I can t blame him though he left El Forko Grande for greener pastures. Al is one of our newer Instructors which means he has to fly with Ed on a regular basis. Al get the gun out of your mouth its not that bad. Another college student on long orders, does it get any better. Roll those Bravo dice Baby! SrA Mary Martin TRADITIONAL GUARDSMAN Mary is shy and quiet boom, you hardly notice when she is in the squadron, until I seen her TDY. Mary meet Jack (Daniels), Jack meet Mary. Old No. 7 has a way of affecting people just ask Mary about the Booze Cruise awhile back. She and Jack danced the night away, and Jack not being a good dancer was all over her shoes by the end of the night. Mary will be graduating from college this fall with her Bachelor s degree looking for a job in the Teaching profession. SrA Katie Swanick TRADITIONAL GUARDSMAN Our true baby boom, recently turned 21 and back from Altus by the sea. Katie is a good Boom and was Mission Qualified in min time. She also Bartends, waitresses, goes to Beauty School, and college, a typical young person changing her mind as much as her underwear. She also holds the title for fastest text messenger in the East. Not a lot of stories or even a nickname yet, needs to go TDY more. BOOM IS STOWED AND LATCHED MEMBERS: 2Lt Mike Chan Jackie started out in the -135 world then dabbled in the KC-10 world, before returning to his senses here at Niagara in the KC-135. Mikey recently left the Boom Operator career field, got his commission and is one of our new Intel Officers. Mike s experience and eagerness to instruct will be greatly missed. CMSgt Jack Tuchols A former marine, Jack was the first Program Manager here at Niagara. He stays in touch with most of us, especially in hunting season. There are more guns at his hunting cabin than at an NRA meeting. Jack s leadership and verbally abusing of me on drill will be sorely missed. CMSgt Dave Wohleben Chachi switched career fields twice, first he went were the money is, literally - Finance. I finally got paid on a travel voucher from Desert Storm, the FIRST ONE! Currently Dave is the Personnel Superintendent and was recently promoted to CMSgt - Congratulations! Dave was our Cargo Load Manager, and a fine instructor, his experience and knowledge will be missed. SMSgt Ken Isgrigg Kenny retired from the Guard a couple years back after 30 years of service. He came from active duty as a Thunderbirds Crew Chief, and worked for Calspan on the F-16 Test program in the Business sector. A busy man always on the go he was either TDY with us in the Tankers or on the road with Calspan, his experience and professionalism will be missed

79 SMSgt J.J. Cichocki- J.J. Retired a few years ago after a long Sentence in the Cargo Load and Scheduling Shops. Inventor of the revolutionary Binford 2000 Cargo Bins, which he is still waiting to get paid by AMC on that innovation. You could always find J.J in Scheduling with a Smile and a Joke, laughing all the while Line-of-sight scheduling you for a 2 hour pattern ride. J.J. is one of the most popular Booms here at Niagara, his laugh, camaraderie and great big personality is a noticeable absence

80 OFFUTT AFB, NE 55 WG HOME OF THE TOPCATS We offer greetings and salutations from the great plains of Nebraska. For those of you asking yourself Do they still have booms at Offutt? we would answer with a resounding.sort of. We do have boom operators here, but no tankers! The 45 th Reconnaissance Squadron (RS) has an aircraft with a boom on it, so we keep the capability of selfsupport by keeping a few boom operators around. The next obvious question is, Since the Strategic Air Command (SAC) (insert moment of silent reflection, admiration, and sorrow) was replaced by the Strategic Command (STRATCOM), you guys must be assigned to STRATCOM? Again, we would respond with a resounding sort of. As you ve noticed on the header, we are assigned to the Air Combat Command (ACC). Yep, that s right. The command that brought you little airplanes and big watches has boom operators! In the past they ve had more, but now it s down to just us few. The 338 th CTS is a squadron not entirely unlike the CCTS and CFIC squadrons found previously at Castle and more recently at Altus. The difference is that we train crewmembers flying on all the various 135 derivatives found on Offutt. The unit prepares 8 squadrons in 6 different programs to execute worldwide reconnaissance, command and control, and treaty verification missions directed by the NCA, JCS, theater commanders, MAJCOM commanders and national intelligence agencies. We re assigned to 338 th, we fly with the 45 th RS, and all currently work in the 55 th Operations Support Squadron (OSS). Although there are times when they re not sure what to do with us, we ve found gainful employment here. There is ample opportunity to translate tanker-speak for the reconnaissance folks. ACC has decided they don t need us, so those old dogs salivating for one last chance to see the home of SAC, you have missed your opportunity. The OCR was signed in February and it s just a matter of time until we re off like a morale patch. It ll be nice to fly with a crew with less than twenty people on it and know that at some time during the flight we ll actually give gas to someone else! The line up: SMSgt Jeffrey Jeff Sidles (jeffrey.sidles@offutt.af.mil) Jeff is the co-president of the ACC Boom Operator s Association and is the Best SMSgt Boom Operator in ACC. Jeff s our most recent arrival and seems to be fitting in nicely. He s currently working in Contingency Management, making sure the OG s taskings make it out the door with minimal pain. He s assured us he understands what we do here and the look on his face is normal and not a confused look. He really seems to enjoy it here, since it feels like home. He was happy to see so many people from Iowa live in Council Bluffs. MSgt Patricia Patty and/or PBD Brown-Davis (patricia.brown-davis@offutt.af.mil) Patty is the co-president of the ACC Boom Operator s Association and is the Best MSgt Boom Operator in ACC. Patty is the anchor in current operations and you ll rarely find her away from her desk. She s always on the phone coordinating with tanker units to keep this monster on the move. We always hear her talking about the horse blanket, but haven t seen the horse yet? Pat s off to Scott and is excited to know what her future holds. She s excited to see all the wonderful places she ll task you folks to fly to

81 We d like to thank MSgt Paul Greene and all those involved in the production of this periodical. No one does it better than boom operators and this is a great opportunity to share our own version of enlisted heritage, humor, and pride in our AFSC. The Offutt boom operators have kept our strong sense of boom operator and tanker crewmember pride and welcome any and all who wish to stop in to pay us a visit. ///Signed/// Jeff and Pat

82 PEASE ANGB, NH 133 ARS Hello from New England. All is well and very busy as usual. G-Spot (Mike Geerod) usually writes our section for the signal, but his lack of detail and professionalism has brought the responsibility of authoring our portion upon me, Alan Precious Beaulieu. For Pease, for Pease, I say again, for Pease not much has changed from last year. Still filling two lines of Bravo, one Charlie, AEF rotation, training sorties, activating for local flood relief (again) and the standard deployments. Also if I didn t mention it we do it with eight jets (Bangor inherited our bent hangar queen as part of their conversion to R-Models). That reminds me, we also are training aircrews for their conversion from E- models to R. Hats off to training for making a kickass program and our maintenance for keeping our jets operational. Other than that it s pretty quiet. Those wishing to contact anyone at Pease can do so by calling DSN (Boom Pod), commercial ( ) or by firstname.lastname@nhpeas.ang.af.mil. CMSgt. Kelly Philbrick-EB: Chief Philbrick has adjusted well to his responsibilities as our boss. His leadership and management skills are second to none. In his off time, the Chief is a master carpenter and enjoys riding his snowboard and bike for exercise. He also specializes in counseling enlisted aviators (boom operators in particular).. SMSgt. Anthony Casella-EB: What can I say about our chief of Stan Eval, nothing but praise. He truly is an outstanding aviator as well as instructor and Stan Eval Hammer. When Tony is not busy working out the bugs in all the Air Force software, he enjoys working out to rehab his knee (which has been bolted back together from an unfortunate play at home plate during the squadron softball game). Having Tony around is like having a living barometer since the hardware was installed in his knee. He also is our resident computer geek and everyone is always looking for Tony. Tony you got a minute? SMSgt. Glen Starkweather-EB: Glen works in Current Ops now. When he s not trying to figure out how to use the PFPS, he can be found hunting in the woods attempting to shoot a deer for the first time. Glen is the ultimate animal activist because he loves to hunt, but in 18yrs he has never shot anything other than a moose on the runway. He also enjoys boating and is thinking about building a 28 foot sea worthy fishing boat in his garage for fun. I hope his assembly skills far surpass his hunting ability. SMSgt. Stephen Munt-IB: Steve is on an MPA tour and supporting the war effort like a true MPA warrior. He is also assisting the E to R training with the booms coming thru for conversion training. He is a devoted father of two beautiful girls and will be happy to show you their pictures. In his spare time Steve is finding time to work on his doctorate. SMSgt. John Craig-EB: John was recently promoted to SMS. He manages our cargo training program and is very proactive in welcoming home the troops from the war when they enter the US for a customs stop at Pease. John s son is finishing up college which means John will have some extra money now on trips. He is also one of our carpenter s in his off time and can be found at Home Depot critiquing the quality of the lumber to the store manager. MSgt. Elaina D Orto-EB: Elaina is doing well. She is working in training still and also helps train the E to R conversion booms. Elaina should also be nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize as she is always active with charities and recently organized a Goodwill drive to bring supplies to the local villagers at our Southcom deployment location. She also is recovering from big foot surgery so she will not be on the road for a while

83 MSgt. John Gibb-IB: Giblet works in our TTF shop as a planner and sometimes can be seen in the Ops building, I m told. John is hard worker and great boom, if you ever get deployed and are short a boom, give him a call. John was once heard asking his wife Honey, how many good boom operators do you think there are in the Air Force? and his wife was heard to say back One less than you think there are. MSgt. Sam Blackwell-MB: Sam is a great boom and is the backbone of our TTF shop. Still running the TTF shop and he s got a new Major to train in addition to his usual crew. Sam is also very active with the shooting competition hosted by the Air Force. For some reason Sam thinks he is a crack shot yet he can t fly the boom into the receptacle to save his life. For being a 135 guy he sure loves riding in the back of a KC-10 as a coronet planner, he must be getting old. MSgt. Michael Dunlap-IB: Another quarter turn and Mike will finally be unscrewed from the Active Duty. He is now a juvenile detective at Manchester s largest school and can be found in the hall way working over a punk kid for some info. Mike just bought a mansion and lives with his wife, two Harleys, cat, dog and firearms. MSgt. Michael George-IB: Some lucky woman is falling on the sword for women everywhere; Mike is getting married. Anyone looking for ugly furniture, tasteless pictures, fatigued adult reading material and a heavily used black book please contact him. Mike works in scheduling now and loves every minute of it. Scheduling has been his life long dream and now that he s getting married, his office job completes him. MSgt. Gary Howard-IB: Gary is still adjusting to the cold here. It is fast approaching June and he still hasn t taken his jacket off. He works in training as the ground training manager. He can be found carrying 1522 s and checking to make sure our CBT s are getting done on time. Gary is a West coast transplant and loves the wicked awesome New England lifestyle. Also, no one is going to steal his Hollywood style tricked out rims off his truck around here. MSgt. John Lennon MB: Don t bother sending him an , please just call. John has a hard time turning on the computer, never mind trying to use the CAC card! John is a true traditional trying to manage work, assisting with all the units missions, raising his family, keeping the wife happy, keeping the employer happy, keeping the guard happy and himself happy. He s one busy person but can be counted on if you need him, some times even when you don t. MSgt. Jimmy Doyle-MB: Don t bother sending Jim an either. His CAC card will not work no matter how many new ones they issue him (whatever you do don t ask him about it). Jim is a MPA warrior and does construction contracting on the side as a hobby. So he s got plenty of spare time if you need something. Jim also has a beautiful daughter that he loves very much and I feel for the guy that knocks on the door to pick her up on her first date. TSgt. Ralph Siemer-MB: Ralphie is doing good. When he s not overhauln nuclear submarines he manages to come here and get his mailbox cleaned out. Still pulling the occasional Charlie or bravo ( usually at 0300 hrs ) and checking out per diem rates for future trips. Still a MSgt. stuck in a TSgt. body. TSgt. Alan Beaulieu-MB: I just recently got hired on full-time and am the Ops TODA. I look forward to helping my full and especially my part-time comrades in anyway possible (almost anyway, I better make that clear with some of the chowda heads around here). Currently looking for training dates to attend instructor school in the fall. TSgt. Mark Brophy-MB: Mark is still an MPA asset. His dedication to God and country is second to none. Mark still enjoys sailing and raising his twins when he can find some free time. He also has a very impressive water bottle collection. TSgt. Christie Rouleau-MB: Christie has recently come back from boom school and is now on the MPA warrior task force. She and her pup, Guinness (her trusted companion) are doing well. Christie has done a great job transitioning from the OG s administrative assistant to the life of aircrew. I haven t flown with her yet, but I m told she doing a great job

84 SSG Dan Leonard-MB: Not sure if he s still in the unit, nobody s seen him in two years. If you see him out on the road can you have him call home, thanks. Dan is also an MPA asset and has become a real work horse for the scheduling shop. What we do know is Dan bought a house and is getting married in the fall. TSG Michael Girouard-MB: Mike is still on an MPA tour and plans to write a book on how not to stay under everyone s radar and keep getting noticed. With all of Mike s experience on the road he really has reached an impressive level of job performance with the paperwork and other ground duties but still manages to cost the Air Force a lot of money in grey paint when he s AAR. Mike is a joy to work with and if you see him ask him his fave five for whom he would leave his wife for. Mike finished his MBA and has applied to law school. That reminds me of a joke TSgt Dan Luter-IB: Dan is one of our traditionals that has to manage work and flying every week. During the day he can be found in Boston overseeing new construction (according to court records Dan was not involved with the Big Dig and its massive overbudget price tag, that we know of). He is a great boomer and it s recommended that you keep one eye on him if you re TDY with Dan. TSgt. Eric Diaz-MB: Eric is truly an exceptional addition to the unit. His ability to transform from a loadmaster on far less superior airframe to boom operator was seamless. His ground training and computer skills need attention. He is a hard working part timer working way down in Conn. as an EMT on a ladder truck, when he s not helping out around operations. SSgt. James Marrier-MB: Shrek has come to us from our local jet shop. His expertise in maintaining the CFM-56 s has helped out our boom shop immensely. Jamie has also been instrumental in the development of our passenger handling program (unless you are going to Hawaii with 46 PAX). He is coming along great and enjoying his new life as an aircrew member. SRA Anne Schereule-MB: Anne has decided to take an extended leave from her employer as an airline pilot to help the cause and gain some real experience on the MPA warrior program. Anne has excelled as a boom operator and her performance has shown the emergence of great airpersonship skills. Anne also has tried to teach me how to love cats but there is no way in hell that will every happen. She claims the more she gets to know men the more she loves her cat. RETIREE S Beaulieu, Real Msgt ** Lajoie, Dave Msgt Berthiaune, Richard SMsgt Lougee, Bob Msgt Blandina, Mike SMsgt Morgan, Stevie "B" CMsgt Boucher, Denis SMsgt Nault, Dick CMsgt St Cyr, Marc Msgt Richardson, Ray CMsgt Doucette, Duke CMsgt Senechal, Glenn Msgt Ellis, Dick Msgt Sneirson, Carl CMsgt Frohlich, Dave SMsgt Watson, John Msgt Gagne, Bob Msgt Weiss, Phil Msgt ** Hicks, Bob Msgt ** ** = Deceased

85 RAMSTIEN AB, GERMANY HQ USAFE A3V SMSgt Rodney Targos: I couldn t believe when I got the saying it s time again to submit your inputs for the 2007 Boom Signal. I figured this was surely a mistake because I hadn t seen the 2006 version yet. Anyway, a big thank you to all the booms that have contributed to keep the Boom Signal alive and well, more specifically MSgt Paul Greene for heading it up. It s really a great product that I look forward to receiving (in a timely manner) to get the upto-date scoop within the Boom field. Not much has changed since my last input. I m still attached to the 100 ARW at RAF Mildenhall for flying. I don t get up there as often as I d like but I do my best to keep current. My goals have changed somewhat since I ve been here at USAFE try to keep current so I don t have to fly with a seeing-eye dog. From time to time we still hear grumblings of some possible realignment within USAFE but nothing firm as of yet. We re all keeping our fingers crossed! If you re ever passing thru feel free to give me a call or drop me a line. Best wishes to all. Rod RODNEY E. TARGOS, SMSgt, USAF Cmd In-Flt Refueling Func Mgr HQ USAFE/A3TV DSN (314) FAX (314) rodney.targos@ramstein.af.mil

86 RAMSTIEN AB, GERMANY 603 AOC Mission Statement: Our EPRs read: validate, prioritize and task all air refueling missions in EUCOM. In reality: we answer the phones, make coffee and hide from going to the desert! TSgt LJ Molina Active, USAFE Tankers. Two years have just flown by during my European travels. I found that staying in hostels isn t as bad as they say. German beer is still the best. My liver never felt so good! The AF must have figured I m not going anywhere so they tossed me a bone in the form of a stripe. Good things do come to those that wait. Prost! SSgt Brian J. Coomer - james.coomer@ramstein.af.mil Active, Tanker Planner. One year to go on the good deal tour! Still waiting on my orders to Hickam to come down, don t think I am going to see those. I made TSgt this last round, hope that doesn t open up any doors to Indian Springs! Feel free to call, , or if you re in town look us up. DSN (314)

87 RANDOLPH AFB, TX AETC/19 AF DEVELOPING AMERICA S AIRMEN TODAY FOR TOMORROW Howdy from the great state of Texas! It s hard to believe, but I have been at Randolph almost a year now. I ve had some big shoes to fill replacing CMSgt Carrier who was an ICON in AETC. One of the major programs I inherited was the acquisition of the KC-135 BOWST. What a great simulator this is going to be. There have been a number of contract related issues with this program but once it gets on-line, we will have a great training device. AMC is already looking at possibly funding more BOWST for employment at some of the larger KC-135 bases. Another program going on in AETC is the stand-up of the Career Enlisted Aviator Center of Excellence (CoE) at Lackland. What we all know is that EAUC is getting ready to change to the Aircrew Fundamentals Course (AFC). We are also in the process of moving all the 1AXXX 3-level awarding courses to Lackland. Recently, we graduated our first BBOC class from Lackland as part of a small group tryout. By 1 Oct 07, BBOC will be fully up and running at the CoE. Not only did we make the physical move of the school, we also went back to having blue suiters teaching it. These recent changes at Lackland are just the very beginnings of some pretty dramatic changes that are coming to the aircrew community. We also hosted the first combined 1AXXX Utilization & Training Workshops (U&TW). During the U&TW, we identified all the similar training that is currently being taught in each individual AFSC technical school. The next step we took was to align the 1AXXX Career Field Education & Training Plans (CFETPs) to be the same when the training received was the same. These changes fall in-line with the new proposal to change the 1AXXX technical school training into university style training blocks. Under this concept there is no CSD or CGD, just a list of blocks of instruction that students have to complete before they finish the school. It will also allow for different AFSCs to attend the same block of instruction if it is needed for their specialty. There are many rumors about the merging of the 1AXXX AFSCs. There is currently no new information or direction on this, but if I was a betting man, I would think that the merger of the Booms and Loads will be the first. If this occurs, it does not mean that you would be pulled from a KC-135 and sent to a C-130. This could already happen today if the needs of the Air Force required it. The LIMFAC on cross-flowing from one aircraft to another (KC-135 to KC-10) or from one AFSC to another is the number of training slots. The merger would allow a process to be put into place at the CoE where experienced flyers who cross-flow will not be required to go through all the same classes as an NPS student. It s great being a Boom! //Signed// CHRISTOPHER L. POWELL, SMSgt, USAF Boom Operator Functional Manager

88 19 th Air Force, Randolph AFB SMSgt Lonny Hall (KC-135): the most proficient flyer on the staff of any NAF or MAJCOM. Lonny spends so much time in Oklahoma there are folks at Altus who think he is stationed there. If you ever visit Altus and need a place to stay, the Super 8 actually has a Lonny Hall Suite that has wireless internet and parking just outside the window. All kidding aside, Lonny is the KC-135 Boom SME at Randolph. His work at 19 th AF and with the BOWST has been indispensable. HQ AETC, Randolph AFB SMSgt Chris Powell (KC-10/KC-135): Christopher.powell@randolph.af.mil. It s been a great year; a new house, barn, John Deere, and Harley Davidson. In the Local Area Capt Dave Padilla: Raul.padilla@randolph.af.mil. Flight commander of vehicle management section in the 12 th MSSG. CMSgt Ted Carrier, retired: Already a head honcho at H.E.B., and SME for Southwest Research Institute. MSgt Marvin Taylor, retired: Recently arrived in San Antonio and bought 10+ acres in Seguin. If he s not careful, he could become a cowboy with all that property in the country. MSgt Randy Zaiontz, retired: Just arrived back in his hometown of St. Hedwig after his two assignment Air Force career at Dyess and Travis. He s currently living with his folks while he finds a house to put on his property. The great part about moving back to St. Hedwig for Randy is: if his folks get tired of him and kick him out, over half of the town is related to him and he can always find another family member to move in with

89 ROBINS AFB, GA HQ AFRC CMSgt David Red Paullet: HQ AFRC/A3TA Enlisted Flying Functional Manager. Hello from the South East. Katie and I moved from Altus as the Reserve/Guard Liaison in May last year. WOW! I can t believe it has been a year. My daughters Kayla (6) and Kelsey (5) are both in school and we have a new addition to the family. A new Black Lab. Kayla named her Mattie May. I think she is hooked on this gotta have two names southern thing. Working at HQ AFRC and enjoying the sweet tea drinking life here in middle Georgia. I m proud to be representing the finest enlisted flyers, AFRC Enlisted Flyers, the ones who get it done for the nation every day. Lots of retired Booms round here to visit if you stop in. I 75 Exit 142 turn left onto state hwy 96, and 1 mile later you re at the Paullet household! Stop in anytime for a cold one, roof stomp, and regular old laughing good time. Calling all former and present Black Nights. There will be an 80 TH Anniversary bash Oct 07 at Robins AFB GA. 19ARG Historic Organization website is Please visit the site for more information. Out! Red CMSgt Bob Wolfe: HQ AFRC/A3VS. Bob is the HQ AFRC Stan Eval guru and is attached to the 78ARS at McGuire. He stays on the road making sure our units are keeping it between the ditches. SMSgt Frank DeJauregui: 4AF/A3V. We at Fourth Air Force extend to you a most heart-felt hello. Many of you may not be familiar with the structure of AFRC and may not have heard of Fourth Air Force. Air Force Reserve Command has three Numbered Air Forces (NAFs) Tenth, Twenty Second, and Fourth. All the reserve tankers (except for the 514th at McGuire) belong to Fourth Air Force. Ten of the fourteen wings have tanker units. Of the ten tanker units two are actually associate units 931 ARG who shares aircraft with the 22 ARW, and the 349 AMW (C-5 and KC- 10) who shares aircraft with the 60 AMW. The BRAC has affected three of our tanker units, the 940 TH ARW at Beale AFB, CA and the 939 TH ARW at Portland IAP, OR will have new missions and weapon system. The 927 TH ARW at Selfridge ANGB, MI will be moving to MacDill AFB, FL. 4AF/A5 is working with these units during their SATAFs and will continue to work with the units to completion. The mission of 4 TH AF is to ensure units are trained, equipped and ready to support peace, contingency and war operations as directed by the Lead Command and National Command Authority. Assigned activities in strategic airlift, air refueling, airdrop, aeromedical evacuation and associated support units. Here in the DO side of the house we provide assistance during Staff Assistance Visits (SAVs), war fighting skills trainer during Readiness Assistance Visits (RAVs), specific assistance during a Functional Assistance Visit (FAVs) and unit program evaluation during Aircrew Standardization/Training Assessment Visit (ASEVs). In addition to all the different visits we at 4 th regularly attend conferences and special sessions for all issues related to DOV, DOT and Tactics. We re looking forward to another action packed year and hope to see you around soon. Frank DeJauregui

90 CMSgt Mike Boozer: 22AF/A3TA. Enjoying life back in God s Country on parole from the Peoples Republic of California. I m assigned to 22AF at Dobbins AFB but I work primarily at HQ AFRC here at Robins AFB, fly with the 78 th ARS at McGuire AFB, and I live in Sweet Home Alabama (until I die). I m loving life with wife Linda and daughter Jessica (12) on a small farm with a dozen or so alpacas, 5 sheep, 4 dogs, 3 cats, and 2 rabbits. Stephen (19) just finished his sophomore year at GA Tech. (Thank God the kids got Linda s brains and not mine). I ve got to be the luckiest guy I know to live life my way and still work with some of the greatest folks in this business. On the job front, I do some work for the AFRC Current Ops folks handling tanker missions and try to lend Red a hand in AFRC Training working enlisted aircrew issues. At 22AF the job is pretty much SAVs and special projects there never seems to be a shortage of them. That s pretty much it for me. If you re in the neighborhood drop in and say hi. I need to wrap this up & hit send Red and I are heading to Alabama this weekend to meet up with CMSgt (retired) Ron Jackson & MSgt (retired) Lynn Stoddard so we re soliciting liver donations. Hope to see ya around, Mike David Red Paullet, david.paullet@afrc.af.mil, AGR Bob Wolfe, robert.wolfe@afrc.af.mil, ART Frank DeJauregui, frank.dejauregui@march.af.mil, ART Mike Boozer, james.boozer@afrc.af.mil, james.boozer@dobbins.af.mil, TR

91 SCOTT AFB, IL HQ AMC Greg Conrad (SMSgt retired): Greg runs the show in A3MC...even if the boss doesn't know it. Having raised the IQ level in his cubicle substantially above that of the officer corps by hiring a retired boom, he can now afford to take a few more STO days and relax a little (Scheduled Time Off). Tony Nicholson (MSgt retired): Tony is loving life as a contractor...even if he is working for Greg Conrad! He can't understand why Greg is always taking STO days. Fran and the boys are all doing well. Stop by and say hello if you're in town. MSgt Geoff Potter (Active): I've recovered after being a couple of years removed from the joys of S-1 students and four hour pattern rides at Altus. It would be easy to settle into R.O.A.D. mode here in the cube farm; but things are far too busy to afford such a luxury. Truthfully, I'm on two year final for retirement and have to admit this is a pretty good job to have for the last tour! As always, drop by and wake me up if you're ever in town. MSgt Dan Jorgensen (Active): Move, Move, Move! But not for much longer. This is my last stand as far as the career goes. Have a drawer full of been there, done that shirts so putting my feet up on the desk in the dark corners of the cubical farm suits me just fine. Still working both here and at home but being able to finally put the suit case away and start wearing different clothes out of the closet has been pretty nice. Haven t started fishing yet but I hear it s mighty relaxing! I d say call me...but it s better to leave a message, I m usually way too busy to answer the phone (i.e. never at work)

92 SCOTT AFB, IL 108 ARS HOME OF THE MID-AMERICA MILITIA Greetings from the 108th located at Scott AFB. Well we can t believe that it has been eight years since our move from Chicago. It used to be deep dish pizza, Old Style and a Cubs game. Now it s Budweiser, the Cardinals and thin crust with provel cheese. However, most of us have found that it is hard to break our old ways. This past year our unit has been through an ASEV and with should be converting to the R-Model in 08. We have been kept busy with AEF, C-17, AE desert runs and Guardlift missions. If anyone has a TDY to the E-Model simulator or a trip to the AMC big house feel free to stop by. Here is a list of our 2007 boom lineup: MSgt Daniel Brown: Downtown Danny Brown worked in the front office, but ended his technician tour to move down to San Antonio. He found a different government gig and still flies part-time, sometimes even by himself, when he s current. SMSgt Bill Buckwalter: Buckie is our Geospatial Intelligence specialist in St. Louis and controls more officers than the commander. His job is so secret even he doesn t know what he does. Will probably be upgrading to instructor soon. MSgt Steve Butler: Scrappy is our star scheduler who is just graduated CFIC. He is recently married and bought a house and living the American dream. Sometimes burdened by HBP, not hit by pitch, but high blood pressure. Could be due to the fact he is still a Cubs fan. TSgt Mark Buzenski: Buzz is our air traffic controller who makes the pilgrimage ever month to attend our drill weekends. If you are a KC-135 flying through southern Chicago center airspace, you ll probably get direct anywhere you like. TSgt Jamie Castillo: Ponch is a big wig at Enterprise. He was nearly pummeled at Busch Stadium for throwing a caught foul ball at Albert Pujols only a police escort and a clever disguise saved his life. MSgt Douglas Doeding: Double D is one of our most active part-time participators. He doesn t know what job he likes better a prison guard or being in Mopp 4 for eight hours. He recently purchased a house and is one of our most eligible bachelors. TSgt Paul Fusek: Fusebox is a contactor over at AMC. If your PFPS shows you the blue screen of death he is the one to blame. CMSgt Sammy Gerros: Chief has been in charge of the Chicago Cubs World Series victory party. Luckily he hasn t been needed the past 99 years because he is always busy keeping all of his booms out of trouble. SMSgt Matt Glover: G-Lover is normally our high time TDY guy. He is currently going through withdrawal with the flying hour cutbacks. Recently founded a halfway house for homeless guardmembers. MSgt Arie Latimer: Shonn is our top dog now that he is back from CFIC. When he is not working in training flight he can be found doing some cell phone endurance testing for AT&T. Once lost 9 years of flight pay in 15 minutes at poker.com while doing CBT s

93 SRA Matthew Lindewirth: Lindy Former Navy guy just transformed to the blue side. He s an EMT which helps on our unit deployments. MSgt Chris Meinken: Knuckle Head 212 is another of our star schedulers. Once was thought to be the missing fourth stooge. He can be found on any island that has sun, sand, and tax free cigarettes. TSgt Patrick McCauley: Little fireman is one our Chicago boys that can seen flying if he s not putting out a fire, making a stock trade, or being a slum lord. SSgt Nathan Moore: Nate the tank is one of our newest boom operators. A recent father and married to one of our pilots, female. To early to confirm if the baby is officer or enlisted. TSgt Michelle Pfaff: P-Faff just graduated college and has stowed her boom for the last time. Getting commissioned and doing that pilot thing at Bangor. We will miss her and know that she will always remember that booms really run the crew. MSgt John Reed: Reader is our current ops hero. Got a quick taste of active duty and didn t like it. Don t know why he came back, but he always gets paid on time. SMSgt Robert Rizzo: Riz was a little depressed after not being the father of Anna Nicole Smith s baby, but he s still got the OGV gig going for him. TSgt Chris Slater: C Turtle Recently promotes and currently has an AGR gig as an anti-drug agent. He says they all work great. He has the most outrageous hat and t-shirt collecting of any world traveler. MSgt Rick Spejewski: Spooge is another one of our AMC contractors. He gets the credit for that great GDSS II program that we never use. Just retired from the boom force. However, still does launch authentications for currency. SMSgt Keith Wagner: Wags is one of our star performers in current ops. He is known for his hot sauce eating habits, useless trivia, and is still bragging about that year the Chicago White Sox won. TSgt Chris Zahner: Zon her is one of our temp techs that s trying to adjust to the strict technical rules. Just graduated with a math degree and still can t accomplish a manual Form-F without his computer

94 SEYMOUR-JOHNSON AFB, NC 77 ARS HOME OF THE TOTIN TIGERS A big "Hey Y'all" from the booms here at the 77th, "Home of the Totin' Tigers". We missed last years Signal so we will get you caught up with what we are doing here at the "Shady J". Chief Jerry Snyder and SMSgt Don Templeton retired. That leaves only three booms that have pulled "SAC Alert". We've hired six new booms over the last two years. The 77th booms have deployed to Turkey, survived an ORE and ORI, deployed to Guam, supported President Ford's funeral, which helped the unit earn an Outstanding Unit Award. We go back to Turkey again later this year. If you're in town, give us a holler and we'll take you out for some Carolina barbeque and sweet tea! Keep this in mind also. We've got some great schools like NC State, UNC, Wake Forrest, East Carolina, Campbell University, Duke, and Meredith all within an hour and a half of the unit. So if your thinking about leaving active duty to go to school and still want to be a boom operator, consider giving us a call. We will also be adding an active duty associate unit in the future. Have a Boomin' Day! Chief Sean Martin 77 ARS Program Manager A1C Jeremy Who? Bennett - Our newest recruit is currently at Altus. He came to us from the Cherry Point Depot and has a background in depot level helicopter maintenance. He s a North Carolina boy and a slow talker, but we look forward to seeing him in mid summer anyway. SMSgt Barry "Monkey Hand" Bradley - Barry recently graduated from Senior NCO Academy and is our Stan/Evil boom. No more teaching technique for him anymore! Those who can't teach evaluate as they say. Barry still has his hands in everything, but the Chief is forcing him to give up his empire to other booms. TSgt Rich Bowl O Chili Bonicelli - Rich is a converted 135 crew chief. He's a favorite at story time in the break room. If you want to know about the Bronze Age or anything obscure, just ask. He's our very own Cliff Clavin. He has taken over building manager and fly's as often as he can. TSgt Jorge Habi Brewer - Jorge is working with the North Carolina State Highway Patrol Hispanic Affairs in Raleigh and is a newlywed. We finally met his better half at Christmas and we are all still baffled at what she sees in him. Ah, love is blind. He does a great Turkish street vendor impersonation. TSgt David Chando Chandonnet - Dave is still the computer guy. He s also a new and proud papa to baby Danielle. Dave is going back to school here soon. We will still see him a couple of days a week and he has pawned off his jobs to Bill Norris. MSgt Keny Dammit Fallin - Keny moved to Training Flight and then again to Scheduling. He got married summer "06. Yes dear is now his favorite phrase. He still believes that Budweiser is the only beer and Van Halen with David Lee Roth is the ultimate rock and roll band. SSgt William The Wedge Frazer - Bill just got off the short bus from the Ohio Guard. He's at boom school and will be back in July. He is also a new dad to twins! He ll be busy at home as well as work for a while. Brice was happy when Bill showed up

95 SrA Brice Surfer Hayden - Brice is through with Mission Certification Training. He is our first non prior service boom in a long time. Now we remember why. He will also be attending NC State to finish his Masters Degree. If you're looking for Brice, check the computers. How else do you think he got that nick-name. SSgt Tara Scratch n Dent Hopewell - Tara is a new mom to a baby boy, so she has been away for a while but did get to go to Guam this fall with us. Tara is still a bit accident prone so you take your life in your own hands (or hers) if you let her drive. Ask her about the "Krispy Kreme" incident. MSgt Kevin Ticket Hughes - Kevin is a Vette guy now. He spends most of his extra money buying parts to make it go faster. Too bad they don t make invisible paint. Arrest Me Red is the color of his Hot Rod. CMSgt Sean Bimmer Martin - Chief Martin has taken the reins from Chief Snyder and is keeping us on our toes. He s working on his masters and still finds time to bobble his head at us daily. He s learned quickly how to give us that look that Chiefs always give. MSgt Mark Beerman McElmurry - Mark is our Current Operations guru and is a heck of a beer maker. On occasion he will bring some of his homemade beer in so we all can enjoy the nectar of the gods. Mark is also our newest evaluator, so we tell him his beer is always good (even when it really is). MSgt William Grandpa Norris - William was our mission development boom for a good while. Now he is be the orders guy and body scheduler. He also is reliving his biker days now that he s back on two wheels. MSgt Lori New Yawk O Connell - Lori is our pubs boom in Stan/Evil and stays in the air most of the time. TDY should be her middle name. Lori is working on her Senior NCO Academy when she isn t TDY. Did we say she s TDY? She also can do a "Cartman" impersonation to a "T". MSgt Rodney Rowdy Smith - Rowdy is our training flight boom and swears he ll beat you with a shovel if you don t get your training beans done! Our boom of the year for 2006, he has been seen on TV telling the press he s the man the show and a rock star. CMSgt Jerry Big, Tall, Chief Snyder - Chief Snyder retired late summer 2006 after a millennium of service to us all. He is partnering up with a couple aircrew folks and will be opening an Irish pub here in Goldsboro. You'll have to stop in and have the "BTC" draw you a cold one down at the "Flying Shamrock" Irish Pub. MSgt Billy Mr. Thursday Night Somerville - B.J. is our regular Thursday night flyer (hence the nickname). B.J. got his wife a Harley and is joining her on his Road King. He s also reliving the glory days with his hair well, collar blowing in the wind. SSgt Steven "Butterbean" Stanton - Steve is another maintenance convert we got in A former marine and CH- 46 helo gunner/crew chief/mechanic, Steve has some crazy Desert Storm aerial photos if ever get a chance to see them. He's our ground safety rep as well. He's another TDY king in the making. SMSgt Don "Hacker" Templeton - Don finally got his retirement after a long, long, wait. He s still working as a computer guy in Raleigh and is the music director of his church. Good luck Don. Booms of Yore: MSgt Rick Powell is at Kelly AFB, TX doing the depot thing. MSgt Randy Palumbo is our First Sergeant. SMSgt Brad Baxter is at Scott AFB, IL. SMSgt Jamie Ward is at Scott AFB, IL. SMSgt Ronnie Wade is retired and moving back to NC soon. CMSgt Tony Paris left long ago to be Andrew's Chief Boom. SSgt Mike Harston is pilot Capt Mike Harston up at McGuire

96 SIOUX-CITY ANGB, IA 174 ARS Hi from Iowa! We have been flying the KC-135E now in Iowa for 4 years. Early summer 07 we will begin our R conversion. Everything is running smooth and safe but I still think it will be a while before we emulate an established AMC Tanker unit. The last couple of years we have passed some landmarks in flying colors and received an Excellent on our ASEV. In Jan 07 we got an Excellent on our first ORI in almost 11 years. That is very impressive for a new AMC unit. The booms here are awesome and maturing fast. As of 1 Jan 07, 5 of our 18 brand new booms are IBs. Shortly we will have our first home grown EB. Wow, is this not a great job or what? Full Time Boom Operators: SMSgt James Hill Chief Boom. I am doing well and still married to Melba. My son Paul graduates May 07 and is going into the Marines. If any of you guys are in town give me a ring! SMSgt Phil Frank Our OGV EB. For those of you who know Phil, little needs to be said. Phil is guardizing quick. I admire the guy a lot. He seems to manage time, family and job very well. The guy is an awesome worker around here and everyone loves him. My write-up of him may change next year he is the only one that can give me my Eval in the Spring. SMSgt Al Mast Current Operations. Angry Al is his nickname around the building. Al is a great guy though and will do anything for you. You will have to put up with a little harassment to get what you want but it will be a quality product. He is a great manager and will probably be moving on up soon. His only worry in life is that his wife may outrank him some day. Maybe that s because she should. SMSgt Jay Doran Scheduling. Jay is our next CFIC guy but with the conversion to R s and other new tanker unit milestones ahead, it may be Spring 08 before I can send him. That s what he gets for doing such a great job for the Wing. MSgt Ben Davis Current Operations. Ben has a very nice home in Sloane, IA and is constantly updating and improving the house. He is still big into his quad s, and with the help of his bud, Lee Phelps, he still lives on the edge. Ben is married with three kids, and would welcome anybody over at anytime for a cold malted beverage. MSgt Dave Dietrich Attached to Stan Eval. Dave is our TODO and a huge NASCAR redneck. You can catch him hanging out with the crew chiefs wearing his wife beater t-shirts. Dave is also an awesome IB and I can trust him with anything. MSgt Chuck Heald Training Flight. Chuck did not want to move into training flight but he is doing a great job. Most of your units have highly experienced IBs in training but Chuck was stuck in there as an MB and just recently completed CFIC. He is picking the game up fast and I would pick him again in Training flight over a lot of the more experienced booms. MSgt Chuck Griminger Training Flight. New MSGT and just just recently completed CFIC with Chuck Heald. They work together in training flight. Chuck can quote the -1 and most AFIs. His organization is incredible. He has holed up in training flight for over 3 years now and I am not sure I can get him out. It is going to be like reaching in a hole and pulling out a badger with your bare hands. He will not move any time soon, I need him for our R model conversion. MSgt Jeff Lindemann Plans. Lurch is 6 8 and can eat half a cow at one seating. His son is active duty USAF and I hear he is larger than Dad. Wow. He is a former Marine, and loves his heritage. I am not sure what he did, but we use him for a blast fence here. Jeff is a highly intelligent good boom operator waiting his time out to retire. He will probably retire around Fall 08. He is just good peoples and I ll hate to see him go

97 MSgt Lee Phelps Tactis / Cargo Load Manager Lee has more energy than all of us put together and loves TDY, working around the house, family time, hunting, fishing, hanging out with Ben, and helping others at his house on mechanical projects. Lee steadily racks up more hours a month than anyone of the other booms. If you need to contact him, call me instead. If it is urgent, I will leave a message on his ice auger, black powder gun and his pheasant hunting camo gear. TSgt Jason Stoos Scheduling. Jason is enjoying the full time position and the steady check. He will be going to CFIC soon and is considered on of our better booms. He is secretly dating a Life Support gal, and claims this is the one. Jason has many skills, the best one is the ability to text message 50 words a minute while cruising at 80+ on his crotch rocket. No, really. Traditional, (Part-Time), Boom Operators TSgt Scott Anthone Scott lives in Omaha and performs very well for someone he never flies. His civilian job is very tasking and getting up here is a challenge for him. Hopefully he will accrue some seniority and be able to get up here more. I need him. TSgt Mike Dunlop Dumpy has bought a photography business and does some of the best work around. He also has a high IQ and is a good boom operator in the jet. Mike has a habit of moving his lips and then trying to figure out what he said, but hey, we all have our faults. Mike would do well in any job and any unit and is a good all around worker. SrA Angela Flanagan Angie. It s Angie s way or the highway. She is fun to be around unless you have something she wants. He arrogance and brash attitude have served her well in the airplane and consistently gets positive comments from receivers, pilots and IBs. I would trust her with any job the tanker has to offer. MSgt Marshal Hill Marshall is a postal worker about 15 miles north of here in South Dakota. He is a very mature meticulous boom operator that you can count on for anything. He has about 78 kids and is still mentally stable. You have to admire that kind of person. MSgt Tim Ireland - Tim teaches school at a small school about two hours north. I think he likes teaching the girl s volleyball the most. He is single and not looking. Tim is living the good life in a cabin on Lake Okoboji. He is another boom I can count on for anything, as long as I can get him days over the summer. MSgt Dudley Joines Dudley is a local cop in his civilian job. He loves this job and claims he would do it for free. However, he is in my office every other day wanting trips and active duty days for money. This guy is a joy to be around and is always positive with a smile on his face. That is, as long as he is getting paid. SSgt Misty McNamara Misty has not had a real civilian job since, well, never. She makes enough money around here working part time and she does well. She goes TDY and flies more than most of our full time booms. She is also well liked and even her old buds in supply give her part time duty to come and work for them on occasion. Misty also has a Harley. I am blessed with our part time booms. SSgt Andy Pick Andy has finally settled down working with Gateway. I am glad for him, but I don t get to abuse him out here as much since he has a new job. Andy and his wife are a young married couple with one child and looking for more. I will get plenty of use out of him through his life in the guard. SSgt Ryan Surber Ryan is a college student in Wayne, NE. He gives me every Friday if I need him or not. He also has met the woman of his dreams and I think maybe even getting married summer of 07. Ryan is young and is a breath of fresh air when his is at work. He is also another boom that I try to give days during the summer. He is a good boom and hard worker

98 Retired or Former Booms: Retired CMSgt Tony Fortney Tony retired 1 Jan 06, and is living in Anchorage. He has a huge cable business and working on his first million. He seems extremely happy, but misses being a boom. He is in his zone being his own boss. If you want to get in touch with him give the Chief Boom a call. MSgt Noreen Skelton. Noreen got a job in DC as a USAF historian. She needed about three years active duty to retire and elected to quit the boom career field to get the time in DC. Thanks to the Senior Boom leadership for recognizing the Boom Signal as long standing tradition and keeping it alive. MSgt Paul Greene has done an outstanding job organizing the signal and putting it together. Thanks Paul. Until next time NKAW BAT G! Contact Info: Commercial = (712) 233-XXXX DSN = 585-XXXX then type in 4 number extension. Chief Boom: 0236 OGV: 0244 Training: 0267/62 Scheduling: 0261 Current Ops: 0235 CP: 0211 Admin:

99 TINKER AFB, OK 465 ARS OKIES First off let me answer the million dollar question, We have no idea what is going to happen with the Guard! Currently the Okies and AFRC are in a flux over what will actually happen with the Guard Conversion, we know A. they will fly our Jets and B. they will operate off our Ramp. Maybe! One nice thing about being an OKIE the squadron changes as much as the weather and often times it s as exciting as an F5 tornado. Currently preparing for AEF, ORE, and our ORI wish us luck! Here s the current lineup for now. CMSgt Steve Bif Robinson; Chief Boom; The guy with the most toys! Just got his name embossed on the headrest of one of our jets. How the guy fits through the door with a head that big we have no idea.. But like he says Don t hate the player, hate the game. SMSgt John Scooter Wilson; TR and E3 technical guru, the most stressed out, highest paid trougher/reservist in the unit. We spend more time explaining to his boss across base that we are deployed 330 days a year so he can spend three days a week over here. Gee.didn t he quit twice? SMSgt Marty Crunch Lochman, ART Long Range Scheduler and NCOIC; Crunch is fast becoming the most well known sexual offender of an Air Refueling Receptacle. In his short but fast becoming well known career Crunch has offended no less than three receptacles and two booms. Crunch is best known across the base for his job security support of the A/R shop and sheet metal shop. SMSgt Phil XMAN Brand, Stan Eval Hammer; Phil is recently married and a college graduate, at his age we thought College would have educated him enough to stay away from the M word. Another Bachelor legend down! Sure hope he doesn t go away from his SANTA persona in STAN EVAL. WE love this guy! SMSgt Kathy FLAMING RED HEAD OF ANGER Lowman, ART NCOIC Training and Tactics. Flamer is a recent PEP promotee that was long overdue! She is often heard saying, that SMSgt at March is her idle in the tactics world. Watch our Frank, Kathy took over the tactics program and ran wild with it adding her own flavor of CONTROLLING, TEMPERMENTAL, soothing way of educating us all. Great Job, is that okay Kathy? MSgt Rick Reborn Erwin, ART Mobility Expert; once quoted as saying there s no way I m carrying a water jug at 45! Reborn now at 50 he states, he will outlast all of us not quite sure how A1C Holdridge feels about that! Also, Rick decided to make his run for SMSgt. Unfortunately he s running backwards. MSgt Steve CAC Card Switzer, ART Current Ops; our resident jokester and all around playboy. Steve can often be found in any office other than his own sending heartfelt and profoundly motivational s for others to enjoy. Who knew gaycowboy.com would be so much fun. Reminder: Please remove your CAC card from the card reader. MSgt Darby Jose Perrin, TR Assistant NCOIC Training and Nose Art Technician, Darby is one of the most gifted artist we have ever known, his work is available for review on PLANEART.com. (Shameless Plug). Darby paints custom work for any occasion on almost any surface and does phenomenal work on leather jackets for that special someone or retirement

100 MSgt Alvin Special K Kuper, TR and Squadron Cocktractor (Team Tybrin); Koop is an OKIE success story and favorite boom of Col. Kerr s. Once regarded as just a min time Instructor Boom, Special K has broadened his repertoire and became a renowned road racer and heart breaker. Only guy I know who offered to house sit for his girlfriend then gave away her dog and then sent a Dear John letter to the Desert in the same month. ICE in his veins, watch out ladies! MSgt Mark MR McGOO McGougan, ART/TR/Trougher; depending on the pay cycle our on again off again technician. No question s ask Archie! Recent father and husband, I mean husband and father!mr. McGoo is living proof that you can have your cake and eat it too, after living a bachelor lifestyle and being the envy of most men, Mark married a younger woman and had a little McGoo. Quoted as saying; well at my age I needed someone to take care of me in 18 years when I m 60. What a planner he is. TSgt Kelly G2 Witt, ART Scheduler, Kelly is our resident G2 expert. Her keen insight into the way that this miserable scheduling system works amazes us all. Kelly has developed her own website to help others with problems that they may have when trying to use this monster of a program. Go to G2whosestupidideawasthis.com TSgt Charles Chaz Dalton, TR, Former Trougher turned Railroad Conductor. Well if you haven t heard he s taken a ride on the reading, turned in his everyday flight suit for railroad overalls. Let s hope that he has an easier time of keeping his new uniform on during times of a drunken stupor. Also, Chaz is recently married. Thank the lord, now someone else can watch over him. Good Luck Chaz! TSgt Justin Dancing Boy Hopkins, TR, You think that you have seen everything! Back in the late spring of this year, our unit was at Volk Field, playing war games. Being young and bored, Justin decided to create a video of his experience. Dressed in full MOPP4 gear and dancing to the tune of Staying Alive! A sight for all to see! Never mix alcohol with Chem Gear. SSgt Ben Flaps Brent: Our newest Boom cruncher. Quoted as recently saying Marty Lochman is my hero. Flaps reminded me of a famous boom back in the Grissom days when FLAPS 50 was called as he walked into the squadron. Wants go to IB school faster than Koop, if only he could make UTA s. Love the haircut though. A1C Joshua Pretty Boy Holdridge: Newest boom to finish Altus. Brand new 20-year old TDY designated driver. You gotta love that. As sharp as they come, and according to the girls in the squadron he s so fine he makes Brad Pitt look like Steve Switzer. Watch out ladies, HE S 20 YEARS OLD FOR CRYING OUT LOUD! Great new boom and fast burner. We figure him to be the first Okie Chief Master Airman. A1C Matt Not Out of School Yet Tompkins; Reservist; have to wait and see about him. His dad was a heck of a crew chief and so far no-one has held that against him. Retired; CMSgt John BJ Beasley

101 TINKER AFB, OK 550 ACSS Home for Retirees and The Boomer Operator Wheel Chair Society Hello All, Once again its time to kick out the boom signal and for me it s my first and last Signal at Tinker. It s very simple to sum up 32 years of service. It is and has been an honor to sever with the Best Career Field World. Return the Strategic Air Command (SAC). ///Signed/// BOBBY L. SKAGGS, GS-11 C/KC-135 FLIGHT MANUAL MANAGER Bobby.Skaggs@tinker.af.mil NKAWTG

102 TRAVIS AFB, CA 6 ARS Greetings from the 6 TH ARS. Life at Travis has been great for all of us and the opportunity to work with outstanding professionals makes it even better. Like everyone else, we have been very busy this year and it doesn t look like the pace will slow anytime soon. We are currently in full preparation for our first KC ORI and our ASEV will follow shortly thereafter. Fortunately we have a great team of boom operators who eagerly step-up to every tasking and challenge sent our way. Our boom operator force is getting younger, but they are used to spending most of their time away from home defending freedom. If you are ever in the local area please give us a call or stop by to say hello. Travis address: first.lastname@travis.af.mil CMSgt Bruce Zahn: Arrived here last summer and became our Squadron Superintendent. He loves the KC-10. He loves it even more when the boss frees him to go fly. Had an addition to the family someone needs to tell him that he should be preparing to pay for college, not diapers and day care. SMSgt Dana Hutchinson: Hutch always has more projects going than one person can handle we couldn t do it without him. Regularly seen riding his Harley Davidson V-rod to entice the ladies. Hutch is still trying to work his dream assignment to Scott AFB as AMC DOV. MSgt Gregory Atkins: B Flight Supervisor. Arrived from the CRW last winter and stepped in as a flight supervisor. Enjoyed his time in the CRW but decided that he was deserving of a Corvette for his parole. He tells us the Corvette is for finding a wife. Chicks Dig the Car Good Luck! MSgt Gary Hall: A Flight Supervisor and Hutch s & Chief s key flunky and whipping boy. Gary s seldom more than 3 months away from taking his family to Disneyland. He s also a volunteer Firefighter / EMT. However, the only fires we see him putting out are fires created by younger Booms. MSgt Paul Piazza: Took charge of standing up our 8044 plans for the group. Quickly realized he is the secretary and go-fer for all the O s in the office. He s looking for some lush green grass after our ORI this fall. MSgt Andrew Upchurch: Cross trained from the E-3C AWACs late last year. Finally completed FTU and working on completing his cargo training. If you want to hear a good story, he ll tell you one... or two. Best to block out an hour or more. TSgt Scott Beasley: C Flight Supervisor. Another one of our parolees from the CRW. Recently bitten by the desire to own a home bug, Scott and his family have been spending their weekends trying to find the perfect house Preferably one that Scott will be able to afford on TSgt BAH. TSgt Jayde Langley: Chief Stan/Eval. Gave up his cushy position as B flight Supervisor because he couldn t keep up with the younger crowd. He took over the squadron Stan/Eval flight supervisor position because he thought paperwork would be easier for him. Boy was he wrong. (T)Sgt Jason Schultz: Diligently working for Jayde in Stan/Eval. Mr. Kilmer took the plunge last year and married a 9th Boom. (Hutch still thinks they re pulling a fast one on him.) He bought a house and a puppy for the new wife. If she keeps it alive, they ll work on having kids. (We love you Christy)

103 SSgt Stephen Wentz: Working for Jayde in Stan/Eval. Decided to get married By Proxy while deployed to the desert. He carefully selected a good man to stand in for him during the ceremony and such. We don t know if he gave his wife a puppy to avoid having kids. SSgt James Cain: Assistant flight supervisor for A flight. Firefighter cross-trainee and one of the squadron s Parachutists, Soon realized that being a boom operator is not the career for someone looking to be home evenings. However, he enjoys his new job and travels whenever he can snag a TDY. SSgt Eric Baldock: Currently the assistant flight supervisor for B Flight. Enjoys his new job and is looking forward to upgrading to instructor. One of the lucky few selected to be a dedicated 8044 crewmember. He can hardly wait for the ORI Honest. SSgt James Wells, III: Assistant flight supervisor for C flight. He ll upgrade to instructor later this fall. He recently bought a new fishing boat so if you go looking for him on the weekend or days off, you ll find him on one of the rivers or lakes fishing. SSgt Alfonso Duenez: Completed instructor upgrade last winter. We rewarded him by sending him to the Barrel. Had eye surgery earlier this year after deciding he couldn t read the T.O. charts with his bifocals. He and his wife are also expecting their first baby. Well his wife is SSgt Edward Soto: Chief of boom training flight. He s always working the angles to keep from deploying like the rest of us. Much to his embarrassment, and our delight he hogged many of the annual awards last year becoming the squadrons NCO poster child. SSgt Brian Gerrard: The squadrons Dot Com guru & computer geek. Completed ALS last winter and pinned on SSgt in May. He s currently working in training flight and spends off time trying to design a computer to make life easier for boom operators. SSgt Dustin Sharpmack: A volunteer for every TDY imaginable, even if it means deploying to the desert. SSgt Scott Steinhauer: Presently working in the Barrel, Scott is preparing to join the CRW later this year. His presence will be missed. SSgt Jeremy Pratt: NCOIC of Boom Scheduling & proud papa of a 1 year old boy. He keeps busy with his family when he s not deployed to the desert, flying or as a planner. SSgt Joshua Swann: Volunteered to work in Wing plans last summer. Working hard to complete his BA to apply for OTS later this year. SrA Amber Lyon: Working on her Arts degree and in the awards & Dec section. She says she s had enough of the good life and plans to leave the Air Force this fall to move home and attend a full time college. She will be greatly missed. SrA Jessica Johnson: Came to us from Fairchild in January on a joint spouse assignment. Jessica enjoys mountain biking. However, injuries indicate she isn t very proficient and should have off road training wheels added for stability. Fortunately she completed Phase 1 before getting laid up. SrA Sean Scott: Works hard with our cargo training section. However, he s spent more time in the flight surgeon office recently than with his family. (Actually his family is why he keeps ending up in the flight surgeon office.) He has the Doc wearing out the pages of his physician desk reference. SrA Brooklynne Mosley: Completed ALS early this year and is working Hutch for an instructor upgrade position. Nicknamed Dodger because she routinely volunteers for desert deployments to avoid the squadrons blistering work pace

104 SrA Russell Hobbs: One of the booms working in the Mobility Office. Russ does a great job helping the deploying crews navigate the various hoops and offices they must visit before departing. His is usually the first name on the commander s lips When the overdue GTC list hits the street. SrA Shawn Lacey: Still on the extended DNIF list following a motorcycle accident in 2005, we hope to have him back in training later this summer. Late last year he volunteered for a 120 days of TCN duty in Iraq. Fortunately he came back lead free and suntanned. Currently works in the Barrel. SrA Aaron Burk: Cross trained from Air Traffic Control to Maintenance and then into our career field. He is currently working on his cargo qualification. He s says he s really looking forward to his first real Air Force deployment later this summer. SrA Michael Meitz: One of our TDY kings. Decided that he had too much free time and started a website for his hobby. SrA Joshua Nears: Continuously takes care of business. We think that a mouse can make more noise than what he does. Loves to deploy or go TDY to catch up on his sleep that he misses at home. SrA Alexandra Shaw: Completed the extended FTU training course. Started working on completing her CDC s so she can start college. Enjoys playing with her little one whenever she is at home. SrA Ryan Sickle: Works in our mobility office to keep us ready for our deployments. Nothing seems to get done when he breaks open his T.O. s or AFI s. SrA Jessica Stockwell: Cornerstone of the Awards & Dec section, Jessica recently completed instructor upgrade and is planning on attending ALS later this summer. She too decided squinting at charts and tables in T.O.s was for the birds and had her eyes fixed. SrA Stephen Bejarano: Another member of the Boom Scheduler Gang. He Completed FTU and has been working on his CDC s. He was our Airman Poster Child for last year. SrA Michael Goirl: Just returned from his first deployment as a fully qualified Boom Operator. Feverishly working on his CDC s when he s not playing with his Lego s. SrA Joseph Orndorff: Our newest boom scheduler & the original Hayseed he s still adjusting to the hustle and bustle of California & working the bushes for a wife. Working on getting a doctorate in playing video games before he completes his CDC s or CCAF. SrA Pavel DelMonte: Another Boom Scheduler trying to keep us current and qualified. In his spare time he s working hard to complete his CDC s. A1C Delora Tynes: Kati is currently completing FTU and preparing for Phase II cargo training. Kati spends off duty time touring the bay area on her motorcycle with her husband. A1C Kevin Gregory: Completed FTU and working on his cargo qualification. Diligently working hard at trying to figure out this Air Force thing that he got into. He gives a whole new meaning to a diapering act without taking leave. A1C Daren Cully: Fresh out of cargo training and ready to take on every challenge. He s eager to experience what we are talking about when we re conversing about the desert. A1C Kelly Chiloan: BTZ select and fresh out of cargo training, Kelly s biggest challenge is training everyone in the squadron how to properly pronounce her last name. She s slated for a desert deployment later this year. When it s nice and cool

105 A1C John Keeney: Picked up the additional duty scheduler job early this year and realized that volunteering for the desert was the only way to escape out of that office. A1C Dominick Amadeo: Completed FTU and working on his cargo qualification. On PT days he mysteriously always seems to get lost between the squadron and the gym. Amn Rachel Wheatland: Our newest qualified boom operator. Rachel was ecstatic that she received her CDC s before her deployment. She is trying to become one of the squadrons PT Leaders. Amn Joshua Burns: Fresh out of FTU and working on his cargo qualification. Avoids dorm life by living at home with his parents. Unfortunately (for him anyway), Dad (CMSgt (Ret) Burns) holds weekly room inspections AND charges him rent. However, mom is teaching him cooking classes to charm a potential bride. Retirements and Departures MSgt Randy Zaiontz: Hung up his wings in March and moved to back to San Antonio Texas. But we all know he moved to Texas a long time ago in his heart. Ronald Espinoza: Spent his final few months in the AF as one of the Boom Schedulers. Had enough of trying to figure it out and departed in May

106 TRAVIS AFB, CA 9 ARS THE MIGHTY 9 TH This has been a great year for the 9 th booms. Winning the Al Evans again, our squadron boom operators won numerous Operations Group and 60 th Air Mobility Wing awards, including the Instructor of the Year, and were directly responsible for the 9 th ARS to be awarded the Commander s Eagle Trophy for the 3 rd Qtr Although the squadron is filled with a younger group of booms, we have maintained the complex taskings around the world. Our presence in the UAE doubled this year with the reorganization of the tanker fleet, and we continue to support Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom. When not deployed we are busy with cargo missions, JAATTS, SAAM s Business Efforts and Coronets. Give us a call at DSN MSgt Jeff Russell: Chief Boom Operator. Fresh off Senior NCO Academy, took over as Chief Boom in October 2005 and a Senior select. First order of business was to fire his secretary DMac and make him get Granita s everyday for the office. That kind of change will only make the 9 th ARS better or caffeine deficient! MSgt Kevin Schlegel: NCOIC of Flight Supervision. Kevin has brought his wisdom from TACC/HQ AMC to the 9 th ARS as a flight supervisor. Got qualified in the KC-10 quickly and just got back from his second deployment in 2 years to UAE. Wow this KC-10 has air-conditioning? MSgt Brian Ennis: Chief Boom Operator of OG Stan/Eval. Brian s been enjoying life in OGV, going on trips and flying regularly. Which way to the gym!? MSgt Rich Anderson: Soon to be Chief of Sq. Stan/Eval. Rich PCS ed in from Scott AFB. Finally, no more walking from the BX parking lot! A welcome addition. TSgt DMac McMillan: Newest member of the Retiree list. When not getting the boss coffee, he spends time in his new office figuring out how he s going to make his tee time, get to the Shark s game on time or get home in time to catch ESPN highlights oh yea, he s got TEVO! TSgt Sean O Leary: Chief of Training Flight. Sean is currently figuring out whether or not to stay in or retire. Still the motorcycle safety guru. SSgt Mike Hinton: Recently separated. On furlough from 2 years teaching young booms at FTU. Departing the Air Force for greener pastures in October. He will be missed! SSgt Jacob Fields: Stan/Eval Boom Operator. Jake pulled an OTS/Pilot slot for this fall, wow Lt Fields? Jake s still a newly wed, and explaining to his wife, why he has to take all the trips to Australia for surfing. SSgt Brad Gavin: Stan/Eval Boom Operator. Just moved into Stan/Eval, so Jake has a surfing buddy in his office. Instructor of the year for the 60 th AMW. SSgt Jamie Morton: Brand new Eval/Boom. Jamie has a desk in Stan/Evan, but no one has seen him in months. Although, things are moved and vouchers are filed so he is alive. Still dating his big brother Dex s old girlfriends! SSgt Artis Jones: Chief of Scheduling. If no one answer s the phone at the scheduling desk, Artis is probably taking some officer s money at the pool table in the Ready Room

107 SSgt Casey Cooper: Future Training Flight Boom Operator. Casey has upgraded to instructor and has already been given keys to his new office. He can have Jamie s desk. SSgt Chris Leon: Boom Scheduler. He can do it all, fly the toughest missions, do the dirty work around the squadron and struggle through a good deal once in a while. A guy you can heavily rely on. Deployed to UAE as the staff boom operator and doing an outstanding job. SSgt Justin Brundage: Boom Scheduler. Justin just upgraded to instructor upgrade and proving his talents as a DG in ALS. Will make a fine instructor. SSgt Ebony Lowry: Recent AMOG/CRG recruit. Trying to figure out what a ramp co is? SSgt Corvus Lowry: Scheduling Boom Operator. Never nervous Corvus. Trips, Deployed, Flying, Scheduling only this time in a better airframe. If he doesn t answer the phone at the scheduling desk, he s shooting pool with Jones. Don t underestimate his sneakiness! SSgt Luis Noriega: Luis crossed trained to us recently from munitions squadron and is enjoying aircrew life. He just had a beautiful baby girl good thing it looks like Mama. Luis just moved to the barrel for the breadth of experience. SSgt Kai Bresser: Back to the squadron, and right off to the desert. Kai filled a job at the Group and is a very busy man. But still finds time to help the squadron out, and spend time with his excepting wife. SSgt Josh Graham: Just recently qualified, and sent him to the desert for experience. I m sure we ll hear all about his deployment/war stories when he gets back. SSgt Ken Tockey: Inspector Gadget. Ken is going on his second deployment in the last 6 months. So he can afford to buy the latest electronics equipment at Best Buy. SSgt Jon Johnson: Phase II Instructor Boom Operator. Jon is either on a trip teaching young booms, or rushing to the golf course to tee it up! SSgt Lucero Stockett: Scheduler. Lucero is our Mia Hamm. She made the USAF All Services Women s soccer team again, and made the other services pay. She is a brutal defender in the middle and in her free time an excellent boom operator. She also coaches the high school women s soccer team in Fairfield who came in 1 st place. SrA Matt Craig: A great addition from the high flying pony sq. A squadron scheduler and soon to be happily married? SrA Casey Mondragon: Scheduling Boom Operator. He s the ring leader of the We re taking over next generation that includes, Keogh, Brundage, Lenz, McMillan Jr., etc. Don t let his shyness fool you we don t call him the Dragon for nothing. SrA Tim Lenz: Timmay! Flying the line all the time. Crew rest. Fly. Deploy. Post Mission. Repeat. Is it Groundhog Day? Tim is looking for greener pastures as a Mr. this fall. SrA Jo Dee Blankenship: If she s not on the internet playing video games, then we have her on the road. Anyone want a snake? SrA Richard McMillan: HMac. Still only half the size of DMac. If not flying, he s out surfing, skiing, or doing something extreme. SrA Erin Keogh: Can always rely on Erin answering his phone, as long as you say the word Trip when you first get his answering machine. SrA Lori Sullivan: Senior Airman Below the Zone. Can only mean one thing! A scheduling job is right around the corner for her of course we have to be able to find her, look outside the gate, Lori will soon separate and go back to school

108 SrA Dan Rufkahr: Keeping Dan busy on the road. The only time we see him is doing a voucher on DTS. A1C Carter Brazell: Just got back from the desert and heading right back to the desert what a warrior. Can t figure out why California has so much nicer weather than Oklahoma and no tornados. SrA Joseph Johnston: Member of the 60 th AMW Honor Guard. If Joe isn t filling a deployment or on a trip for the squadron, then he s in a van on his way to a memorial service or special occasion in Northern California. A1C Aaron Ray: Aaron is due out of FTU any day now. Jumped out of his first airplane this year thank goodness it wasn t a KC-10. TSgt Roman Munoz: CRW TALCE Boom Operator. Roman came back to the flying squadron early SSgt Scottie Thomason: Couldn t get away from Dad, so he got out and went to the Reserves, and works full-time for Dad, two peas in a pod! TSgt Roy Galloway: CRW/bound. So if the early show times on flights at FTU aren t keeping him up, his baby probably is. NEW ARRIVALS: SSgt Marvin Colbert, SSgt Dan Rineer, A1C Anthony DeFalco, A1C Sloan McGee, A1C Michael McIntosh, A1C John Lamont, A1C Zach Morrow, A1C Newsom, A1C Blum, A1C Eagles, A1C Rigby

109 TRAVIS AFB, CA 60 OSS Well its business as usual at the FTU (God I hate the FTU name, it ll always be CCTS to me!!) It s been a busy year thus far and there s no sign of slowing down. We ve had a constant stream of initial quals and instructors and we re getting the second wave of the Japanese students starting in July. We re all settled in at the new building; well it s actually not new it s really the old life support building. All things considered, life at the FTU isn t too bad. MSgt Frank Acosta: He took over the OSS training function a few months ago. Working hard to ensure the new booms are getting everything they need. Tries to keep in touch with his instructor abilities by flying with the FTU students when he can. MSgt Rob Tabor: Just took over a few months ago and he s still getting acclimated to the whole being the big dog on the street. He s quickly figured out that some days it has its advantages. His most famous quote is It s good to be the King. TSgt Christy Schultz: The newest FTU hire. She has become Rob s number one to make him look good and that s not an easy task. Christy is still a newly wed and now the proud owner of California real estate and has been the queen of DIY. She actually bought the house across the street from Rob, nothing like having the boss across the street!! SSgt Zach Coach Fleming: When Zach s not coaching football he having the students run laps around the building for not knowing their ops limits. Zach s great to have, he keeps the students in line while the boss is buried in paper work and trying to look good. Go get em Ditka!! SSgt Jon Johnson: Fresh off the disabled list, Jon s back was fixed once he was threatened with a move to the barrel. Were taking up a collection to buy him some new spinal cord off e-bay. If anyone one would like to contribute to Buy Jon Johnson a new back send check or money order to: 60 OSS FTU 750 E Street, Travis AFB, Ca C/O MSgt Rob Tabor. He ll make sure Jon gets the money honest! At least he can stop wearing his girdle now. SSgt Dex Morton: It seems like yesterday that Dex got his initial cargo check and here he is a bona fide FTU instructor they grow up so fast. Dex has been indispensable down in the instructor shop. It seems like every time a training folder need to be fixed Dex is the only one around to take care of it. For what they re paying SSgt s these days Dex deserves to get on that salary plan. He s got a new Lexus and crotch rocket

110 TRAVIS AFB, CA 79 ARS CMSgt Terry (Hugh) Monges Chief Boom- Terry has just recently taken over the reigns, and thus far is very impressive. He has some big shoes to fill but we think he is up to the task. He keeps himself busy competing in triathlons, and rumor has it he will offered up his Chief Strip (or retire which ever comes first) to any Boom in his section who can beat him in an Ironman distance event. SMSgt Russ Martin - The Moral Compass that guides our two squadrons. The oldest (Experienced) active participating Boom Operator here on base. Russell.martin@travis.af.mil SMSgt Shawn (Chili) McMahon - Senior Reservist- Chili is a busy man these days, an Instructor at Boeing by day and a trougher by night. A Congratulations is in order, Shawn and his Wife are expecting twin girls in early July. Michael.s.mcmahon2@boeing.com SMSgt Dave (Love Master) Palmer - We don t see much of the Love Master these days unless there is a sweet trip to go on! Dave is a former ART in the unit who took a wing job in Current Operations and is patiently waiting on his senior stripe. Boom1964@aol.com MSgt Mike Frazer - Mike is a police officer for the City of Sacramento and is currently on patrol. Incidentally he has been known to frequent local area high schools undercover. Legoate@comcast.net MSgt Matt Willing - Matt is a Deputy Sheriff for Sutter County. He is currently assigned to boat patrol along with many other specialty duties. Kathmatt2001@yahoo.com MSgt Al (Flyin Hawaiian) Young, B Flight Leader - Al works for Sacramento Municipal Utilities District as an Arborist. That is a fancy word for tree trimmer. Bigdog79_2000@yahoo.com MSgt Harold (Harry) Wenner ART - Harold is working on his BA in Technical Management, from Embry Riddle. Harold is going to school along with juggle the scheduling desk at the same time. Good old Harry is a busy man. Hlwenner86@aol.com MSgt Dave (Big Wave) Kielhorn ART- Spends the majority of his time in the Pacific and can be found at the Shorebird or Duke s, when he is not going to air shows in Moscow. Dave is currently the STAN/EVAL guru for the unit. Dwk81@aol.com

111 TSgt Shawn (Face Plant) Simmons - aka Chucky When not face planting off of his bicycle, Shawn is a Parole office for the State. He is now required to ride his bike with training wheels on and off duty. The Simmons family just welcomed their newest member, Haley Elizabeth on 1 May 06. Mowgli@starstream.com TSgt Tim (TJ) Stepp, ART aka Comp King is the newest ART in the unit manning the training desk. Tim is just learning all of the good deals that the ART world has to offer, signing himself up for the trips that go to the best golf courses, is one of the perks he has discovered. Tim.stepp@travis.af.mil TSgt Jon (Tuck Tuck) Tucker - Tuck is one of the oldest booms in the unit; actually he might be the oldest in the Air Force! Has any one seen his slip stick? Jht6@aol.com TSgt Laura (Island Princess) Theis Laura lives in Tucson Az. She is working on a Business Management degree from the University of Phoenix. Usafboomer@yahoo.com TSgt Jimmy (Get Rich) Castro If there is a get rich quick scheme going around, Jimmy is the one who s behind it. Jim is currently a Real Estate guru and rumor has it he s actually doing quite well. Jimcast3@cs.com TSgt Jesse Farley Jesse has bought a mansion down south and works at the Flight Test Center, Test Cell at Edwards. Jessefarley@yahoo.com TSgt Rich (Snuffy) Costaflis Snuffy smile your on candid camera is world renowned for his collection of hilarious squadron s Christmas videos. Richandgina@comcast.net TSgt Frank (Santana) Carlos Frank is a very important man, he keeps the liquor stores stocked with beer. Frank works for Anheuser Busch, need I say more Frankedith@sbcglobal.net TSgt Joe (Rocco) Huhn - When Rocco isn t flying for Mandays he can be found working his day job in construction in and around the Marin County area. Roccokc10@aol.com TSgt Christy (Thumpy) Jeffreys - Christy just finished Instructor upgrade and takes every chance she gets to jump on FTU or MPA orders. A girl s got to make a living. She also pleads the 5 th on answering why her nickname is Thumpy! Thumpyc23@yahoo.com TSgt Russ "Gringo Borracho" Downie - Is now tucked away in the southern hemisphere. On assignment in the US Embassy Quito, Ecuador, Russ aka Gringo Borracho, is working for the counter-narco operations and aspires to come back to the 79th...next year! Meux77@msn.com SSgt Steve Rodrigues - Steve "Cheech" Rodrigues, named after the great golfer "Chi Chi Rodriguez" yet he has never played a real game of golf in his life. Unless you count 18 holes of miniture golf a real game. Steve comes to the 79th with almost 12 years on active duty, of which 8.5 were as a Boom. Steve currently lives in the great Southern California "hick town" of Lemoore, where you can still tie up your horse in front of the saloon. Steve is working on his pilot license and Masters Degree. KC10BMR@aol.com

112 SSgt Scottie Thomason - Newly joined the squadron after 10 years of active duty service. He followed his father as boom operator and now into the family business, servicing and loading commercial cargo aircraft here at Travis. He is continuing to work on his bachelor s degree and is eager to contribute to the squadron. Darksabre80@hotmail.com SSgt DK Smith - DK has recently obtained his instrument rating and commercial rotorcraft pilots license. He is currently pursuing his helicopter instructor pilot rating, as well as a B.S. degree in Professional Aeronautics. Dksmith10@hotmail.com SSgt Albert Sukut - When Al is not surfing on pallets, he can be found down on the beaches of So Cal mostly. Cow a Bunga dude! Avecmonkey@tmail.com SrA Steve Collins Steve still wet behind the ears, cant stop calling his Dad (former 79 th Pilot) for permission to fly locals. He is currently working patrol for the Vacaville Police Department in order to keep us all safe. Thanks for the hard work! Steve.commins-02@travis.af.mil SrA Nick (Probe) Silva Nick s a newly qualified boom operator in the section, has so far made a good impression on the unit as a DG from FTU right up until the time he tore the probe off on a F-18 on his first drogue flight! Nsilva424@hotmail.com SSgt Dustin Umberger Dustin is the newest member of the 79 th. He is currently doing very well in the academic portion of training. We are looking forward to getting Dustin back from school and putting him to work. Umberger09@hotmail.com LOSSES CMSgt Mike Boozer - I'm the "Tanker Training Superintendent at 22AF (Dobbins AFB, GA) but work mostly at AFRC/A3TA (Robins AFB, GA) and fly with the 78ARS at McGuire AFB, NJ. When I'm not on the clock - I'm in Sweet Home Alabama working on the farm. As a recovering ART I'm finding that tractor rides are quite therapeutic". Jmboozer@aol.com MSgt Joe Dias Joe has relocated to the Pacific North West and is trying to adjust to his new title Active Retired status. firemedic_boom@yahoo.com SrA Amir Shiekh Amir has been brought back into the fold of the family business, destined to become the largest Shoe Store King on the west coast. SrA Roy Powell Roy has been spotted playing smoke on the water in a local band in the area. A1C Anthony Sterling aka (Houdini) Whereabouts Unknown

113 TRAVIS AFB, CA 615 CRW 570 CRG, 571 CRG, 572 CRG, 573 CSOG QUALIFIED TO DO ANYTHING WITH NOTHING Acevedo Luis R. TSgt: Active, KC-10 Travis, 571 GMS, Keeps the Spandex industry alive and well. Barnette Mark C. TSgt: Active, KC-10 McGuire, 573 GSS, Disgruntled and looking for a clock tower. Mentally stable with nicotine. Brady Jayson R. SSgt: Active, KC-10 Travis, 573 GSS, jayson.brady@travis.af.mil Our resident landscaper. Carino Sherwin A. SSgt: Active, KC-135 McConnell, 573 GSS, sherwin.carino-02@travis.af.mil Recently married via the internet. Doing well though. Denson Patrick G. TSgt: Active, KC-135 Edwards, 572 GMS, patrick.denson-02@travis.af.mil A Boom of all trades from Edwards. Nothing broke yet. DiGregorio Anthony J. TSgt: Active, KC-135 McConnell, 573 GSS, anthony.digregorio@travis.af.mil Living day by day hoping to get back to Kansas, still looking for magic slippers on E-Bay. Dixon Justin D. SSgt: Active, KC-135 Grand Forks, 573 GSS, justin.dixon2@travis.af.mil Northern tier warrior enjoying the sun. Evans Gary M. MSgt: Active, KC-135 McConnel, 573 GSS, gary.evans2@mcconnell.af.mil Newly arrived to Travis CRW. Enjoying California, I think? Falucho Dan D. SSgt: Active, KC-135 McConnell, 573 GSS, daniel.falucho@travis.af.mil Recently married, still remodeling condo after a year gone by, surprisingly has all 10 fingers. Galloway Roy T. TSgt: Active, KC-10 Travis, 573 GSS, roy.galloway@travis.af.mil Gucci boy for life. Just needs the high dollar man purse to match. Kuiken Mary J. MSgt: KC-135 McConnell, 573 GSS, Retired from active duty. Lowry Eboni M. SSgt: Active, KC-10 Travis, 573 GSS, eboni.lowry@travis.af.mil On the fence trying to decide what to do. Parks Mike E. SrA: Active, KC-10 McGuire, 573 GSS, mike.parks@travis.af.mil He s actually behaving himself however claims to be gay so he can enjoy benefits in San Francisco. Recaido Ricky A. TSgt: Active, KC-135 Altus, 573 GSS, ricky.recaido@travis.af.mil Altus Warrior trying to raise 2 Olympians while on the road constantly. Thomas Ryan C. SSgt: Active, KC-135 Fairchild, 573 GSS, ryan.thomas2@travis.af.mil Another northern tier warrior taking a much needed vacation from the snow

114 Trussell Jason C. SSgt: Active, KC-10 Travis, 573 GSS, Avoiding the inevitable path to higher responsibility and doing a good job of it. Werner Jason D. MSgt: Active, KC-135 Fairchild, 570 GMS, jason.werner@travis.af.mil Would rather be flying

115 TRAVIS AFB, CA 15 AMOS MASTERMINDS Mark A. Redden SMSgt: Active, KC-10 Travis, 15 AMOS, Our full time additional duty First Sergeant, Assistant Superintendent, and Tanker Planner. A Disneyland expert and still too short for the tea cups. A Real Estate Mogul with plans to own a house in every state, 47 to go. Michael C. Routheau MSgt: Active, KC-10 Travis, 15 AMOS, michael.routheau@travis.af.mil Flight Chief of our Plans section. New owner of a M109R, CHP Top 10 most wanted. He plans on getting married this summer, we think. John E. Baughman TSgt: Active, KC-135 Fairchild, 15 AMOS, john.baughman@travis.af.mil John is a member of Strategy flight. He is a Real Estate Tycoon this week, finance savvy guru next week, and a Dairy farmer the week after. Joe F. Corder TSgt: Active, KC-135 Fairchild, 15 AMOS, joe.corder@travis.af.mil Joe works in our Training section. Priority list: eat, sleep, Rock Crawl, work. We can t forget about always talking to, or texting his new wife, Andrea who is from Washington. We may have to rethink his priority list

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118 Boom Operator Memorial Names "May they Rest In Peace" KB-29 SUPERFORTRESS 07 JUL 51 TSGT HENRY H. HILL 07 JUL 51 1LT JACK W. KERN 07 JUL 51 CPL REGINALD F. RUSSELL 07 JUL 51 SSGT SCOTT L. WALLACE 10 JUL 53 SGT WALTER F. OLSEN 26 DEC 56 TSGT THRUMAN RANIER 10 JAN 57 TSGT EDWARD C. CLEMONS 10 JAN 57 SSGT MICHAEL B. MCINTOSH 02 FEB 57 MSGT LAWRENCE M. GRIGORY 02 FEB 57 A2C ARTHUR B. KOSIER 02 FEB 57 A3C FRANKLIN D. SCHWEIGERT KB-50 SUPERFORTRESS 13 MAR 57 A2C ROBERT E. CRAIG 13 MAR 57 A2C BILLY B. ROSE 08 MAY 57 SSGT THOMAS E. O CONNER 08 MAY 57 A3C DONALD E. COSPER 13 AUG 58 A2C FRANCIS C. HERMANCE, JR. 13 AUG 58 SSGT NORBERT T. KNULTY 22 JAN 59 A2C IGNACIO W. SANCHEZ 22 JAN 59 TSGT WAYNE M. SOUDER 04 AUG 59 A2C THOMAS M. PAYTON 18 OCT 60 SSGT HARDIN A. BAILEY 18 OCT 60 A2C THOMAS J. LANE 18 OCT 60 A3C MICHAEL W. MILLER 05 MAR 61 SSGT HAROLD D. MEEUSEN 05 MAR 61 A2C CLIFTON C. TABOR 08 JAN 62 A2C PAUL M. CLAWSON 08 JAN 62 A2C CARLTON A. LINK 08 JAN 62 SSGT BILLIE D. MOORE

119 09 FEB 62 A1C GUY L. POWELL 09 FEB 62 A2C RALPH E. REUTZEL 20 DEC 62 SSGT ROBERT T. CRAIG 20 DEC 62 SSGT JAMES R. HAYES 13 AUG 64 SSGT WALTER B. HICKMAN, JR. 13 AUG 64 SSGT CAREY A. LIVINGSTON KC-97 STRATOFREIGHTER 09 NOV 51 SGT JAMES A. MAINS 27 JUN 54 A1C DAVID ARAMBULA 27 JUN 54 SSGT ROBERT O. GONZALES 27 JUN 54 SSGT VINCENT PROVENZANO 23 FEB 55 SSGT ROBERT E. ROSENCRANCE 23 FEB 55 A2C CHARLES J. SITFA 04 MAY 55 A1C MARVIN R. DEVRIES 04 MAY 55 A1C JOSEPH L. PRIDGEN 13 JUL 55 SSGT GEORGE R. MIGNOSA 13 JUL 55 SSGT MARVIN F. RUSK 25 APR 56 SSGT DONALD S. DELPRIORE 25 APR 56 A2C JURI E. JOONAS 25 APR 56 SSGT KENNETH E. VANPATTON 26 JUN 56 TSGT BARDEL A. CRUM 26 JUN 56 SSGT ROBERT L. WALLACE 06 JUL 56 A2C WILLIAM L. FALCONER 22 JAN 57 SSGT JOEL V. BLACKWELL 22 JAN 57 SSGT RAYMOND E. NOAH 18 JUL 57 SSGT JACKIE J. JAMERSON 29 OCT 57 TSGT RONALD E. RUBLE 12 NOV 58 MSGT CURTIS W. KING 12 NOV 58 A2C JOHN M. SCSERBAK 22 JUL 59 TSGT JAKE SCHMIDT 30 MAR 60 SSGT SHIRLEY D. RENNER 27 JUN 60 TSGT ROBERT P. COSTELLO 28 FEB 61 SSGT ERNIST J. LEMOINE 05 NOV 64 SSGT GERALD W. SCHULTZ 19 DEC 64 TSGT JAMES R. BILL

120 KC-135 STRATOTANKER 26 AUG 56 A1C WILLIAM R. DENNIE 26 AUG 56 A3C RICHARD A. RIDLON 27 JUN 58 MSGT DONALD H. GABBARD 25 NOV 58 TSGT RONALD L. CHAMPION 31 MAR 59 TSGT HERMAN A. CLARK 15 OCT 59 SSGT PAUL R. THOMASSON 03 FEB 60 SSGT GEORGE W. SHORT 09 MAY 62 SSGT WALLACE R. ADAMS 10 SEP 62 TSGT JOHN L. DUNCAN 10 SEP 62 TSGT KENNETH A. QUINN 27 FEB 63 TSGT DANIEL C. CAMERON 21 JUN 63 MSGT DANIEL F. DONAHUE 28 AUG 63 MSGT CARL H. BURRIS 28 AUG 63 TSGT RAY L. FISH 08 JUL 64 SSGT ROBERT L. GRAVES 04 JAN 65 SSGT JIMMY TARDIE 16 JAN 65 SSGT REGINALD R. WENT 26 FEB 65 MSGT CAREY W. ADDISON, JR. 03 JUN 65 TSGT LESTER M. ALLSOP 17 JAN 66 MSGT LLOYD POTOLICCHIO 17 MAY 66 TSGT HARRY L. ALEXANDER 19 MAY 66 SSGT CHARLES E. STUART 19 JAN 67 MSGT ORVILLE MONTGOMERY 17 JAN 68 TSGT CHARLES C. CHAPLIN 30 JUL 68 SGT CHARLES A. OLVIS, JR. 30 JUL 68 SSGT HURSCHEL D. PRIDDY 02 OCT 68 TSGT EARL B. ESTEP, JR. 22 OCT 68 SMSGT HOWARD B. BENGE 19 DEC 69 SMSGT HOWARD G. BENFORD 03 JUN 71 SSGT RICHARD D. ROUSHER 13 JUN 71 TSGT HUBERT MILES, JR. 13 MAR 72 SGT BRUCE J. KLAVERKAMP 25 MAR 75 SMSGT JACKIE V. EGBERT 07 DEC 75 SGT DAVID M. WANDEL 06 FEB 76 SSGT LLOYD D. BAKER 26 SEP 76 TSGT GARY L. CARLSON 19 SEP 79 SMSGT ALBERT L. EVANS

121 13 MAR 82 TSGT DONALD J. PLOUGH 13 MAR 82 MSGT RICHARD A. CROME 27 AUG 85 TSGT CLAUDE F. ARDEN 27 AUG 85 SSGT DESIREE LOY 17 JUN 86 SSGT QUINN L. DEWITT 13 MAR 87 SSGT RODNEY S. ERKS 13 MAR 87 SMSGT PAUL W. HAMILTON 11 OCT 88 A1C ROBERT L. PARHAM 20 NOV 88 MSGT JAMES L. BORLAND 31 JAN 89 CAPT ROBERT LEWELLYN 31 JAN 89 SSGT DAVID VICKERS 20 SEP 89 MSGT CHERYL HELGERMAN 20 SEP 89 MSGT WILLIAM J. MALICO 04 OCT 89 A1C JACK D. CUPP 19 NOV 97 MSGT ROBERT TUG MCGRAW 13 JAN 99 TSGT RICHARD D. VISINTAINER

122 APPENDIX 2 THE BOOMER S PRAYER

123 THE BOOMER S PRAYER MAY THE WEATHER BE SMOOTH AND THE BOW WAVE SLIGHT, MAY THE RECEPTACLE BE LARGE, AND HAVE A PLETHORA OF LIGHTS. MAY CARGO AND PAX BE NOT ABOARD, MAY WE NEVER HAVE TO USE THE PARACHUTE RIP CORD. THIS WE ASK FROM THE POWER ABOVE, JUST LET US DO WHAT ALL BOOMER S LOVE, TO DIRECT THE BOOM WITH PRECISION, AND A TOUCH THAT IS SLIGHT TO GET THE CUSTOMER ENOUGH GAS TO FINISH THEIR FLIGHT OR TO PUT IT SIMPLY, SO WE CAN JUST ILLUMINATE THE BOOM ENGAGED LIGHT

124 APPENDIX 3 BOOM COIN/CARD RULES

125 Boom Operator's Association Coin/Card Rules 1. Rules of the Boom Coin/Card challenge must be explained to all new Coin/Card holders. 2. If a Boom Operator has never received a Coin/Card, then they cannot be expected to adhere to the challenge rules. This burden of proof is placed on the individual challenged. 3. The Boom Coin & Boom Card are interchangeable. 4. The Coin/Card will not be defaced (i.e., drilling, machining, etc.). 5. An individual can be challenged anytime, anywhere. You must produce a Boom Coin/Boom Card within 15- seconds of being challenged. 6. When challenging, the individual must state whether the challenge is for a single drink or for a round of drinks. 7. Failure to produce a Boom Coin/Boom Card when challenged, or within the time limit results in the challenged individual buying a drink or round of drinks. If all those that are challenged produce a Card/Coin then the challenger is obligated to buy a drink or a round of drinks. Once the challenged has bought, you cannot continue to challenge that individual. 8. Under no circumstances can a Boom Coin/Card be handed to another individual. This is considered giving it away. You must barter with that person to regain possession of your Coin/Card. You must Ground the Coin/Card by placing it down on a flat surface. Then, and only then may another pick it up to examine it. This is not considered giving your Coin/Card away. 9. The individual who picks up the Coin/Card is honor bound to place it back where they got it. You cannot be challenged while your Coin/Card is in someone else s possession. 10. A lost Boom Coin/Boom Card does not relieve the holder of their responsibilities. 11. These rules apply to any Boom Operator or "Honorary Boom Operator". Local rules can be used; however, apply to local Boom Operators only. 12. The Boom Coin/Boom Card should be controlled at all times. Giving a Coin/Card to anyone is like opening the Association to anyone. It is considered an HONOR to be a Boom Operator and have a Coin/Card. Let's keep it that way