Class of 71-06 - Careers/History

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Steve Sirois firing a Genie missile, flying out of Tyndall AFB

Dale Schaub and his A10 while stationed at Suwon Air Base in Korea

In December of 1988, Guy Gardner was pilot on Space Shuttle Mission STS27 onboard the Atlantis. The mission was DoD secret.

In December of 1990, Guy Gardner was pilot on Space Shuttle Mission STS35 onboard the Columbia. Primary objectives were round-the-clock observations of celestial sphere in ultraviolet and X-ray astronomy with ASTRO-1 observatory. Other experiments: Shuttle Amateur Radio Experiment-2; ground-based experiment to calibrate electro-optical sensors at Air Force Maui Optical Site (AMOS) in Hawaii; and crew conducted Space Classroom Program - Assignment: The Stars, to spark student interest in science, math and technology. Mission cut short one day due to impending bad weather at primary landing site, Edwards Air Force Base, CA. Science teams at Marshall and Goddard Space Flight Centers estimated 70 percent of planned science data achieved.

Bruce Larrabee in T29 (#25817) at Mt Home AFB, Idaho

Jim Rowell in the left seat of a KC-135 out of Mather AFB - August of 1984

From Dale: I instructed Vietnamese Air Force pilots at Webb AFB before the end of that conflict. They were an interesting group. All but one were from wealthy families (fathers were Dr.’s, professors, etc), they spoke at least 3 languages (Vietnamese, French & English) and were good pilots. The one scruffy guy (front row sort of in front of me) was a North Vietnamese defector. He had walked down the Ho Chi Minh trail carrying two rockets that were launched into Saigon. After the launch they told him to walk back to North Viet Nam and get two more - he defected instead.

From Dale: When I was stationed in Korea (1984) I went to the Osan O’Club (surprise) to watch a Bowl Game & enjoy a cold adult beverage. There was an odor of pipe smoke hanging in the air. I looked to see who the culprit was & I noticed he had two pipes - one he was smoking & the second cooling in the ashtray. I thought I used to know a guy in UPT who did that, a Marine named Chuck Collins. It was Chuck. He was a civilian contractor for Fairchild. He was there with his family. They returned to Randolph AFB but the trail ends there.

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	Steve Sirois firing a Genie missile, flying out of Tyndall AFB
	Dale Schaub and his A10 while stationed at Suwon Air Base in Korea
	In December of 1988, Guy Gardner was pilot on Space Shuttle Mission STS27 onboard the Atlantis. The mission was DoD secret.
	In December of 1990, Guy Gardner was pilot on Space Shuttle Mission STS35 onboard the Columbia. Primary objectives were round-the-clock observations of celestial sphere in ultraviolet and X-ray astronomy with ASTRO-1 observatory. Other experiments: Shuttle Amateur Radio Experiment-2; ground-based experiment to calibrate electro-optical sensors at Air Force Maui Optical Site (AMOS) in Hawaii; and crew conducted Space Classroom Program - Assignment: The Stars, to spark student interest in science, math and technology. Mission cut short one day due to impending bad weather at primary landing site, Edwards Air Force Base, CA. Science teams at Marshall and Goddard Space Flight Centers estimated 70 percent of planned science data achieved.
	Bruce Larrabee in T29 (#25817) at Mt Home AFB, Idaho
	Jim Rowell in the left seat of a KC-135 out of Mather AFB - August of 1984
	From Dale: I instructed Vietnamese Air Force pilots at Webb AFB before the end of that conflict. They were an interesting group. All but one were from wealthy families (fathers were Dr.’s, professors, etc), they spoke at least 3 languages (Vietnamese, French & English) and were good pilots. The one scruffy guy (front row sort of in front of me) was a North Vietnamese defector. He had walked down the Ho Chi Minh trail carrying two rockets that were launched into Saigon. After the launch they told him to walk back to North Viet Nam and get two more - he defected instead.
	From Dale: When I was stationed in Korea (1984) I went to the Osan O’Club (surprise) to watch a Bowl Game & enjoy a cold adult beverage. There was an odor of pipe smoke hanging in the air. I looked to see who the culprit was & I noticed he had two pipes - one he was smoking & the second cooling in the ashtray. I thought I used to know a guy in UPT who did that, a Marine named Chuck Collins. It was Chuck. He was a civilian contractor for Fairchild. He was there with his family. They returned to Randolph AFB but the trail ends there.