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23 Flight Flyer Dallas - Fort Worth Order of Daedalians, Inc. A National Fraternity of Military Pilots http://www.daedalians.org Spring Golf Outing before the May meeting. Contact Harv Stewart: 817-274-4944 or [email protected]
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CAPTAIN’ S CORNER Jack Thompson, Lt Col, USAF, (Ret.) [email protected]
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NOTAM May 21, 2015 Lt Col Bruce Bleakley, USAF (Ret) “Frontiers of Flight Museum”
GREETINGS fellow Daedalians: Provost Marshall David Kinton called the meeting to order promptly at 1900 hours. Chaplain Gordon Johnson led us in the invocation and called for prayers for our departed Flight members and special prayers to our members who are currently battling serious illness. Adjutant Don Hide led us in the Pledge of Allegiance. We had about 55 members in attendance at the April meeting and as usual, we had
at Rolling Hills CC, I-30 & Cooper St
Social: 1800 Hrs; Dinner: 1900 Hrs Dress: Casual Santa Fe Chicken or Ham Cost: $25.00 For Reservations Call or email: Ft. Worth/Dallas . Chuck Bopp. . .972-418-8536 or [email protected] Make reservation before 1800 hours May 18 If necessary, please cancel before 1800 hours May 19
an active social hour prior to dinner. It was great to see Gen Boddie back in the fold after an extended illness. Tom Jobe reported on our three scholarship recipients for this year. These are matching funds scholarships with a total award of $1,534. The recipients are: David J. Fredrickson ..................... TCU Stacia K. Sackett ........................... TCU Joshua J. Joens .............................. UTA Col Billy Diehl related his experience with Desert Storm Army Rangers
In addition, we have selected Mitchell J Saville of UNT as our candidate for the
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John and Alice Egan Multiyear Scholarship. National will make the selection for this scholarship in August. Mitchell has developed and teaches a course on how to become a rated officer (he did this without help of the ROTC staff). In addition, he has a pilot training slot. Dick Jones reported that he has been able to get Flight members to present most of the more than forty local Daedalian JROTC awards that will be presented this year. A salute goes out to those who have volunteered.
Please take note that our annual golf tournament that was originally scheduled for April will take place in the afternoon before our May 21st meeting. Our speaker for April was Col (Ret) Billy Diehl. Col Diehl has been a Daedalian for more than 30 years and joined Flight 23 a couple of months ago. We are certainly pleased to have him on board. Billy earned his undergraduate degree in Economics from the University of Tampa and completed his master’s degree in Aeronautical Sciences from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. He entered the United States Air Force in October 1970. During his military career, he was assigned to numerous operational, command and staff positions, and completed three overseas remote tours while flying for 28 years of his 30-year career. Billy is currently consulting as the President of Diehl TacAir Consulting after working for Lockheed Martin Aeronautics/Fort Worth, as the manager of Business Development for the USAF F-35 program. Career Highlights: Command Pilot Rating with 5,000 fighter hours in peacetime and at war during Vietnam and Desert Storm. Fighter time includes over 3,000 hours in the F-16 aircraft. Credited with a MiG kill as an F-4 WSO during Vietnam.
Jim Boyd and Bob Cooper have a short discussion prior to the April meeting
Tactical Air Command’s F-16 Demonstration Pilot. Commanded a fighter squadron during Desert Shield and Desert Storm. Mission commander for first daylight mass raid on Baghdad, went on to lead 40 combat missions during the Gulf War One. Commander of NORAD Northeast Air Defense. Retired as the Deputy Inspector General for Air Combat Command. Joined the Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company in 2001 as the F-16 Block 60 Program’s Instructor Pilot Training Lead. Successfully led the F-35 program as the manager of the USAF
Prior to the meeting, Gordon Johnson asks Floyd Whitehouse for his input on topics for invocation
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Business Development team for over 10 years. Col Diehl’s presentation described a most challenging close air support mission during Desert Storm. His flight of four F-16s was just coming off of the tanker when they learned that a group of eight Army Rangers, who were performing scouting duties on Iraqi Army units South of Baghdad, had been discovered and were surrounded by several hundred Iraqi soldiers. The Rangers had no communications except for a survival radio which they used to summon help on Guard channel. Of note is that the youngest and most inexperienced of the Rangers is the one who thought of using the survival radio. Col Diehl’s flight was able to come to their aid but the flight was armed with CBU-87 (not what we in the FAC community would consider to be an ideal weapon to drop in close proximity to our troops). Due to antiaircraft defenses, the F-16s were limited to an altitude of 10,000 feet and above making the situation even more difficult. The Rangers had no smoke or other aids to establish their position. Somehow, Col Diehl was able to establish the friendly location and delivered his ordnance. Numbers two and three were unable to establish the friendly position but number four finally located them and was able to drop. The ordnance arrived just as the Iraqis were
about to overrun the Ranger position. The Rangers were extracted by UH-60s the following day after a night of continuous air strikes. The mission was regarded as an excellent example of communication and teamwork – the junior man on the Ranger Team and the junior man in the F-16 flight both made contributions that enabled success. I hope to see all of you at the May meeting. Don’t forget to contact Harvey Stewart to make golf tournament reservations
SPRING GOLF OUTING RESCHEDULED TO BEFORE MAY MEETING Harvey Stewart, Lt. Col., USAF (Ret.) The 23rd Flight Spring Golf Outing will be held at Rolling Hills Country Club on May 21 before the monthly meeting. Tee times start at approximately 12:00 PM. Green fees with cart are $28. We request an additional $5 for prizes. Please be prepared to pay cash only. Prize money will be split between low gross and low Calloway. Lockers and showers are available in the RHCC club house, but please bring your own lock.
Col Billy Diehl accepts a token of appreciation from Flight Captain Jack Thompson
Sign up and provide preferred foursomes by contacting Harv Stewart at 817-2744944 or [email protected]
CFIP UPDATE Richard Fairlamb, Lt.Col, USAF (Ret) Flight 23, the Daedalian Foundation and the Les Leavoy Foundation (benefac-
tor- Laird Leavoy) will provide ground and flight training to initial solo for four CFIP cadets this July and August: 1 cadet each from TCU and UNT, and 2 cadets from local DFW high schools. Cadets and alternates have been selected from 8 applicants, and notification letters will soon be mailed to this year’s selected CFIP cadets. We plan to provide a Daedalian Mentor for each cadet, and we ask 23rd Flight members to be available to participate in training initiation and solo ceremonies at Delta Qualiflight Aviation Academy at Meacham Field, FW. Please advise Richard ([email protected] or 817-4885049) if you may be available to participate in these ceremonies.
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Dick Jones talks with Flight Captain Jack Thompson and Gen George Schulstad prior to the April meeting
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May 21
Golf Outing @ Noon, Rolling Hills Country Club
May 21
Lt Col Bruce BleakleyFrontiers of Flight Museum
Jun 18
Monthly Meeting
23 Flight Flyer Dallas - Fort Worth Order of Daedalians, Inc. A National Fraternity of Military Pilots http://www.daedalians.org Spring Golf Outing before the May meeting. Contact Harv Stewart: 817-274-4944 or [email protected]
M A Y
CAPTAIN’ S CORNER Jack Thompson, Lt Col, USAF, (Ret.) [email protected]
2 0 1 5
NOTAM May 21, 2015 Lt Col Bruce Bleakley, USAF (Ret) “Frontiers of Flight Museum”
GREETINGS fellow Daedalians: Provost Marshall David Kinton called the meeting to order promptly at 1900 hours. Chaplain Gordon Johnson led us in the invocation and called for prayers for our departed Flight members and special prayers to our members who are currently battling serious illness. Adjutant Don Hide led us in the Pledge of Allegiance. We had about 55 members in attendance at the April meeting and as usual, we had
at Rolling Hills CC, I-30 & Cooper St
Social: 1800 Hrs; Dinner: 1900 Hrs Dress: Casual Santa Fe Chicken or Ham Cost: $25.00 For Reservations Call or email: Ft. Worth/Dallas . Chuck Bopp. . .972-418-8536 or [email protected] Make reservation before 1800 hours May 18 If necessary, please cancel before 1800 hours May 19
an active social hour prior to dinner. It was great to see Gen Boddie back in the fold after an extended illness. Tom Jobe reported on our three scholarship recipients for this year. These are matching funds scholarships with a total award of $1,534. The recipients are: David J. Fredrickson ..................... TCU Stacia K. Sackett ........................... TCU Joshua J. Joens .............................. UTA Col Billy Diehl related his experience with Desert Storm Army Rangers
In addition, we have selected Mitchell J Saville of UNT as our candidate for the
Volabamus … Volamus
John and Alice Egan Multiyear Scholarship. National will make the selection for this scholarship in August. Mitchell has developed and teaches a course on how to become a rated officer (he did this without help of the ROTC staff). In addition, he has a pilot training slot. Dick Jones reported that he has been able to get Flight members to present most of the more than forty local Daedalian JROTC awards that will be presented this year. A salute goes out to those who have volunteered.
Please take note that our annual golf tournament that was originally scheduled for April will take place in the afternoon before our May 21st meeting. Our speaker for April was Col (Ret) Billy Diehl. Col Diehl has been a Daedalian for more than 30 years and joined Flight 23 a couple of months ago. We are certainly pleased to have him on board. Billy earned his undergraduate degree in Economics from the University of Tampa and completed his master’s degree in Aeronautical Sciences from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. He entered the United States Air Force in October 1970. During his military career, he was assigned to numerous operational, command and staff positions, and completed three overseas remote tours while flying for 28 years of his 30-year career. Billy is currently consulting as the President of Diehl TacAir Consulting after working for Lockheed Martin Aeronautics/Fort Worth, as the manager of Business Development for the USAF F-35 program. Career Highlights: Command Pilot Rating with 5,000 fighter hours in peacetime and at war during Vietnam and Desert Storm. Fighter time includes over 3,000 hours in the F-16 aircraft. Credited with a MiG kill as an F-4 WSO during Vietnam.
Jim Boyd and Bob Cooper have a short discussion prior to the April meeting
Tactical Air Command’s F-16 Demonstration Pilot. Commanded a fighter squadron during Desert Shield and Desert Storm. Mission commander for first daylight mass raid on Baghdad, went on to lead 40 combat missions during the Gulf War One. Commander of NORAD Northeast Air Defense. Retired as the Deputy Inspector General for Air Combat Command. Joined the Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company in 2001 as the F-16 Block 60 Program’s Instructor Pilot Training Lead. Successfully led the F-35 program as the manager of the USAF
Prior to the meeting, Gordon Johnson asks Floyd Whitehouse for his input on topics for invocation
Volabamus … Volamus 2
Business Development team for over 10 years. Col Diehl’s presentation described a most challenging close air support mission during Desert Storm. His flight of four F-16s was just coming off of the tanker when they learned that a group of eight Army Rangers, who were performing scouting duties on Iraqi Army units South of Baghdad, had been discovered and were surrounded by several hundred Iraqi soldiers. The Rangers had no communications except for a survival radio which they used to summon help on Guard channel. Of note is that the youngest and most inexperienced of the Rangers is the one who thought of using the survival radio. Col Diehl’s flight was able to come to their aid but the flight was armed with CBU-87 (not what we in the FAC community would consider to be an ideal weapon to drop in close proximity to our troops). Due to antiaircraft defenses, the F-16s were limited to an altitude of 10,000 feet and above making the situation even more difficult. The Rangers had no smoke or other aids to establish their position. Somehow, Col Diehl was able to establish the friendly location and delivered his ordnance. Numbers two and three were unable to establish the friendly position but number four finally located them and was able to drop. The ordnance arrived just as the Iraqis were
about to overrun the Ranger position. The Rangers were extracted by UH-60s the following day after a night of continuous air strikes. The mission was regarded as an excellent example of communication and teamwork – the junior man on the Ranger Team and the junior man in the F-16 flight both made contributions that enabled success. I hope to see all of you at the May meeting. Don’t forget to contact Harvey Stewart to make golf tournament reservations
SPRING GOLF OUTING RESCHEDULED TO BEFORE MAY MEETING Harvey Stewart, Lt. Col., USAF (Ret.) The 23rd Flight Spring Golf Outing will be held at Rolling Hills Country Club on May 21 before the monthly meeting. Tee times start at approximately 12:00 PM. Green fees with cart are $28. We request an additional $5 for prizes. Please be prepared to pay cash only. Prize money will be split between low gross and low Calloway. Lockers and showers are available in the RHCC club house, but please bring your own lock.
Col Billy Diehl accepts a token of appreciation from Flight Captain Jack Thompson
Sign up and provide preferred foursomes by contacting Harv Stewart at 817-2744944 or [email protected]
CFIP UPDATE Richard Fairlamb, Lt.Col, USAF (Ret) Flight 23, the Daedalian Foundation and the Les Leavoy Foundation (benefac-
tor- Laird Leavoy) will provide ground and flight training to initial solo for four CFIP cadets this July and August: 1 cadet each from TCU and UNT, and 2 cadets from local DFW high schools. Cadets and alternates have been selected from 8 applicants, and notification letters will soon be mailed to this year’s selected CFIP cadets. We plan to provide a Daedalian Mentor for each cadet, and we ask 23rd Flight members to be available to participate in training initiation and solo ceremonies at Delta Qualiflight Aviation Academy at Meacham Field, FW. Please advise Richard ([email protected] or 817-4885049) if you may be available to participate in these ceremonies.
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Dick Jones talks with Flight Captain Jack Thompson and Gen George Schulstad prior to the April meeting
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May 21
Golf Outing @ Noon, Rolling Hills Country Club
May 21
Lt Col Bruce BleakleyFrontiers of Flight Museum
Jun 18
Monthly Meeting
