NEXT MEETING WILL BE 5 AUGUST 2014 SOCIALIZE AT 11 am,
MEETING STARTS AT 11:45 AM AT TREA 39, 15821 CENTRETECH
CIRCLE, AURORA, CO 80011. Please remember to RSVP for the
Luncheon to Paul Turner 303-366-6770, cost is $12.00. LUNCHEONS
ARE NOW EVERY MONTH. CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE FOR MORE
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Phone Numbers
140th Phone #’s
Casualty Assist
720-847-6946
Family Support
720-847-9116
460th Phone #’s
RAO (Retired Activities
Office)
720-847-6693
Legal
720-847-6444
Other Phone #’s
CODMVA
303-343-1268
www.colorado.gov
Deputy Director
CODMVA
Mickey Hunt
720-250-1510
303-249-0146(c)
michael.hunt@
dmva.state.gov
TRICARE (UNITED
HEALTHCARE-WEST
1-877-988-9378
TRICARE for Life
1-866-773-0404
Social Security
1-800-772-1213
TREA 39
303-340-3939
COUGAR TALES;
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mil/cougartales.asp
JUNE 2014 –JULY 2014
O S O T M G N E W S
VOLUME 7 ISSUE 4
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JUNE 2014 MINUTES
The meeting opened with a tribute poem to the American Flag by Joe
Broom followed by the Pledge of Allegiance by DO Neary.
Col Dunston was the guest speaker. The F-16s will be at DIA until July 15
due to the repair of Buckley’s runway. DIA have been great hosts for our
Wing, but the airplanes sit outside and received some damage from recent
hail storms. The new AEF(Air Expenditionary Force) deployment will find the
entire 140 FW deploying as a complete unit to the Pacific theater. The first
deployment in the Jan will be to Kunson, Korea for 3 months. F-16s are
scheduled for mods with larger HUD screens after this deployment. Our jets
are vintage 1986-1987 aircraft and probably won’t be replaced until 2027.
Our state partnership is currently with the country of Jordan with participa-
tion in the Falcon meet in that country. Future partnership with Slovenia with
support of their Army Security forces. Another deployment includes helping
an African country build a range. Domestic agreements now exist with other
state governments for disaster assistance. The last ORI/ORE inspection was
in 2012 and now the new inspection system is looking at a more realistic lo-
cally driven inspection system. The Air Force will now evaluate how units in-
spect their own operational functions. This is a new paradigm for the Air
Force. General Welsh, Chief of Staff visited the unit and suggested that we
(see page2)
*Contribution Checks should be made payable to “OSOTMG” can be mailed to
Paul Turner at 1945 Ensenada St., Aurora, CO 80011-5353.
Committee Members:
Jan Love Bill & Joan Pickens Dan Gay [email protected], 303-693-7538 [email protected],303-699-4647 [email protected]
Paul and Linda Turner [email protected] 303-755-7350
[email protected],303-366-6770 D.O. & Neysa Neary
Dewey Hicks [email protected],303-695-8940
[email protected], 303-695-8423
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get rid of needless procedures such as the form 100 for inspecting vehicles since no one re-
ally checks all of the items on the form. And he said to get rid of things that are not really
used for operational functions. The budget is currently a tough situation with not much mon-
ey. Their will be 2 furloughs and 20 percent cut in flying hours. This is because Iraq and
Afghanistan wars are winding down and the need for fighter aircraft is diminishing . Hope-
fully the 140 FW will receive F-35s but that is somewhere around 2027. Sick call is Spike
Boyle. Taps is Jim Hall.
First timer was Bill Miller.
The Buckley Retiree Appreciation Day is June 14th at the Community Center, Bldg 1032 with
35 Booths. Dewey Hicks, Joe Broom, and Judy Pock will staff our OSOTMG booth.
BGen Jim Hall’s Howdy Duty will be in the next issue of the newsletter.
Birthdays present were Stan Minarsky, Judy Pock and Paul Turner.
We closed and the next meeting will be July 1st at TREA 39.
140 FW F-16s DEPLOYED TO DENVER INTERNATION-
AL AIRPORT JUNE 2014 DUE TO RUNWAY RESURFAC-
ING AT BUCKLEY– FRONTIER CAPT JOHN CONROY IS
IN “SAL” THE COUGAR, FRONTIER TAIL #208
JULY 2014 MINUTES
DO Neary opened the meeting with the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag
and Sonja Broom said the prayer.
Joyce said that the EANGUS conference in 9 August in Phoenix and the
NGAUS conference is after that. The current lobbying is the possible take
away of 4 UTAs for one two day weekend. So, we need to support these
organizations with our membership and dues.
Sick call is Spike Boyle and Maxine Merten. Maxine is in Harvard Square
and has some memory problems.
Taps– Sheryln Costigan(John Costigan’s wife) and Jean Bradley(Chuck
Bradley’s wife)
Birthdays present were Mike Rowan, Mike Schnurstein, and Ken Forrest.
The big function coming up is the CAMANA Club Reunion on August 1-2,
2014 at TREA 39 with a pig roast. Friday will be cocktail night and steak
dinner for $12.Saturday will be 1600 with the Pig Roast dinner for $7 in
the evening with the Chief’s council hosting a talk.
Meeting closed with the next meeting on August 5th, 2014.
JUNE 2014 ATTENDANCE *1ST TIMER DO NEARY
MIKE ROWAN BILL NEUENS
MICHELLE ROWAN ANN NEUENS
JOE BROOM JOYCE SAITTA
SONJA BROOM STAN MINARSKY
PAUL TURNER DEWEY HICKS
LINDA TURNER TONY BURCZYK
DALE BRISTOL MIKE SCHNURSTEIN
CHUCK HOFFMAN SUSAN SCHNURSTEIN
JUDY POCK WOODY GLASER
MONROE MATHIAS COL FLOYD DUNSTON
DOUG TEASDALE * BILL MILLER
JOHN MORRIS
KENNETH FORREST
DON PIPKIN
MONA BURKETT
MAXINE MERTEN
JAN LOVE
BOB BEABOUT
JUDY POCK
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DATE BOOK 2014 August 2014
1st-2nd– CAMANA CLUB REUNION AT TREA 39
2nd– Declaration of Independence Signed
5th-OSOTMG MEETING AND LUNCHEON
September 2014
1st– Labor Day
7th– OSOTMG MEETING AND LUNCHEON
8th– Air Force Birthday(1947)
October 2014
7th– OSOTMG MEETING AND LUNCHEON
13th– Columbus Day and U.S. Navy Birthday(1775)
November 2014
4th– OSOTMG MEETING AND LUNCHEON
5th– VETERANS’ SALUTE AT WINGS MUSEUM
11th– VETERANS’ DAY
27th– Thanksgiving
December 2014
2nd– OSOTMG MEETING AND LUNCHEON
7th– Pearl Harbor Day
25TH– CHRISTMAS
Wayland(Spike) Boyle
Maxine Merten
Jim Hall
Jean Bradley
Sherlyn Costigan
Taps
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Sick Call
Birthdays JAN ALLEN
MIKE BERTZ
JEANNE BROWN
PAT BROWN
CHRIS CHANEY
DAVE CHATMAN
VERNON CLARK
BEN FAGEN
DONALD FORD
ROBIN FOSS
CAROLE FRANCE
JOHN FRARY
CURTIS GRESS
VIRGINIA LOVE
JOYCE MASON
ANN MCCAULEY
PAT MCHENRY
STANLEY MINARSKY
RICHARD OELKERS
STEVE PAHS
RAY PANAGUITON
JOAN PICKENS
WILLIAM PICKENS
JUDY POCK
KATHY SANDER
JUNE 2014 JULY 2014
ED MCCLANAHAN
RUSS MCFARLAND
GARY MEIS
LYNETTE MEIS
CAROL MIELKE
BILL MILLER
MARY LOU MISKEN
THOMAS MOERMOND
FRANK MULLINS
DON PIPKIN
JOHN PITTMAN
BECKY PRICE
MICHAEL ROWAN
MIKE SCHUNERSTEIN
JANE SCHOMBER
VIVIAN SCHULTZ
LARRY SELL
TONY SKARIE
BOBBIE TERROUX
GILL THOMPSON
EILEEN TRIOLO
STEPHEN UPTON
LARRY WEIR
HAROLD ZIMMERMAN
SHIRLEY ZIMMERMAN
LARRY ASHER
ELTON BAGGETT
GEORGE BLACKWELL
BUCK BUCKINGHAM
DEB BURLACE
TERRY BURNS
RONALD CAMPBELL
PAT CHRISTOPHER
ANN DARVEAU
RANDY DOLAN
CHRIS FABER
DICK FARMER
DENNIS FITZGERALD
CATHY FORREST
KENNETH FORREST
MARILYN FOUTS
GEORGE FRANZEN
THOMAS GUNNING
JOHN HADLEY
JOE HARNKE
TRISH HOUSLEY
DAVID KNIPPRATH
DARRELL KOENIG
LARRY LANTZ
SAM LOVELL
MARVIN MCCASH
DALE SEILER
TOM SHULTZ
ALLAN SKARIE
WILLIAM SPESSHARDT
BOB STACK
BEN STEFFEY
BILL SWEDELL
DAVID THISTLEHAWK
JIM THURMOND
PAUL TURNER
ALMA VALDEZ
BILL VANDEEST
MATT WRAY
JULY 2014 ATTENDANCE 1st Timer* DEWEY HICKS JAY GATES
BILL NEUENS BILL FRAZIER
ANN NEUENS PAUL TURNER
DO NEARY LINDA TURNER
FRANK MULLINS ARLO SORHEIM
KENNETH FORREST JUDY POCK
PEGGY KLAP MONROE MATHIAS
HERMAN KLAP JOYCE SAITTA
MIKE SCHNURSTEIN MONA BURKETT
SUSAN SCHNURSTEIN
JACK DARVEAU
JAN LOVE
SONJA BROOM
JOE BROOM
JOHN MORRIS
HARRY WALES
DALE BRISTOL
DAN HEINZ
AUGUST 5 LUNCHEON
The JUNE meeting will be catered by
Golden Sherman. The meal is LASA-
GNA AND COSTS $12.00 per person.
No dessert will be served. Bring a
dessert to share for the group.
RSVP with your check or cash at the
meeting or mail your check made paya-
ble to “OSOTMG” and send it to Paul
Turner, 1945 Ensenada St., Aurora,
CO 80011-5353.
“HOWDY DUTY” STORY ONE OF A KIND
A biography of General James “Jim” Hall by:
Jack G. Powell – Mile High Chapter Air Force Association
Dewey Hicks – Other Side of the Mountain Gang
Retired Brigadier General James C. Hall brings us a lifetime of adventures and experiences
that have made him “One of a kind”. Born on 14 April 1926 in Wilkinsburg Pennsylvania, at the
age of 17, he joined the United States Army serving as a gunner on a B-17. His military career
spanned the U.S. Army Air Corps and the U.S. Air force. (The U.S. Army Air Corps became
the U.S. Air Force on September 8, 1947)
General Hall’s military duties included flight engineer or radio operator on the B-17, B-24, B-
25, B-29, C-46, C-47, and C-54 including crew member on numerous Air Force air craft. He
has been an Air Force Association Chapter President and Colorado State President. He was the
Director of Information and Protocol for the 140th Wing Buckley Base from 1970 – 1981. He
was also a member of the Other Side of the Mountain Gang.
He is known for his work with the zero-zero F-106 ejection seat test. He was the first per-
son to ride a rocket at ground level and eject himself before it slammed into the barrier.
General Hall received his Bachelor’s degree from the University of New Mexico and is a grad-
uate of the Army Parachute School at Fort Benning, GA, the Advanced School at Fort Bragg,
NC, and U.S. Forest Service Smoke Jumper’s School.
Throughout 36 years of military service and the rest of his civilian life, he became a pioneer
in parachuting. General Hall is a Master Parachutist with more than 1800 jumps. He started the
parachuting program at the United States Air Force Academy which is the safest program of all
similar service schools. In 1959 General Hall and a partner organized the first professional par-
achuting firm in the world which led to many innovative advances in its field.
His hit show “Ripcord” has been noted as starting the modern conception of parachuting as a
sport. General Hall pioneered the “Buddy System” for free fall training and the innovative “4-
line-cut” for emergencies in parachuting enabling a jumper to have control over the direction and
speed of his chute. General Hall has been honored and cited numerous times. He has received
such accolades as the AFA Medal of Merit, the Citation of Honor for his MIA/POW program,
the AFA Exceptional Service Plaque, the AFA Presidential Citation, the AFA Colorado Man of
the Year, Leo Stevens parachute medal, and the AFA Colorado Meritorious Service Medal. As a
founding member of Colorado’s Wright Brothers Memorial Foundation, he was inducted into the
Colorado Aviation Hall of Fame in 1985.
General Hall’s final jump was on June 1, 2014, into the Hands Of God.
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WednesdayNovember 5
2014
All Cougars Call
Where:
TREA Chapter 39 15821 E Centretech Cir
Aurora CO 80011
303 -344-8236
When: 01-02 August 2014
Time: 1700 - Close
Why: Celebrate our COANG Heritage both Past and Present! Camana Club Reunion
Bring Your Great COANG Stories
Friday, 01 August 2014: 1700L
Social Mixer and Dinner ($12)
Saturday, 02 August 2014: 1630L
Cocktails and Pig Roast ($7)
Drinks: 12oz Draw $2.50 Pitchers $7 Well Cocktails $3