Pilot for a Day - Professional Loadmaster Association

Professional Loadmaster Association, P.O. Box 4351, Tacoma WA 98438
Volume 4 Issue 2 July 15, 2001
“FRIENDSHIP THROUGH AIRLIFT”
Denali Chapter Constitution Presentation
Receiving the Denali Chapter Constitution. From left to right: Mike “Ski” Skalisky
(Secretary), Elizabeth Poe (Assistant Secretary), Mark Stamm (Vice President),
Mark Sprenger (President), and Mark Lewis (West Coast Vice President) who
made the presentation. (More about the Denali Chapter on Page 8.)
Golden West Chapter
Receives Its’ Constitution
By Mike Welch, PLA Public Relations
I was honored to have the opportunity
to present the newest PLA Chapter,
Golden West Chapter, on Saturday, 17
March 2001, their constitution into the
PLA organization. Although I had not previously
known any of the chapter members
due to me being on the East Coast my whole
Loadmaster life, we were all connected together
by being Loadmasters. I had a
chance to meet some great people who
have had tours of duty with 14th, 15th or
53rd at Norton AFB, and some from March
ARB.
The officers are:
President - Walt Byrns
Vice President - Joe Ward
Secretary - Tom Neyman
Treasurer - Cecil Clark
PLA Member # 1000
Robert Mark Stamm, 176 Operations
Group Stan/Eval LM at
Elmendorf AFB, AK has been awarded
a FREE LIFE MEMBERSHIP for being
the PLA’s 1,000th member. He was also
given a PLA patch and pin as memento
of this PLA milestone.
Stamm is a member of (our
newest) the Denali (Alaska) Chapter, recently
organized primarily by the efforts
of Mark Sprenger.
The 1,000th PLA membership
application came in a batch of twentysome
applications all with same date.
The 1,000th member had to be chosen
by asking PLA President Emeritus, Bill
Cannon to draw one of the names out
of a hat. Continued on page 5
“Pilot for a Day” Program
Earns Altus Loadmaster
Air Force Times
AIRMAN of the YEAR
Staff (then) Sgt. Brian Williams, who conceived
the “Pilot For a Day” program at
Altus Air Force Base, Okla., helps DelRay
Simmons put on his own flightsuit in
preparation for his big day on the base
as Altus’ first Pilot For a Day. DelRay is a
cancer patient from Lawton, Okla. (Air
Force photo by Senior Airman Chad
Miller)
Since that day, in 1999, the “Pilot
for a Day” program, which (now) Tech.
Sgt. Williams started, with his own money,
to raise the spirits of chronically ill children,
has spread to eight other Air Force
bases. The Air Force Times Airman of
the Year award was presented to sergeant
Williams by Arizona Senator John
McCain.

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Scholarship Information
To start the scholarship process the following criteria will be used.
1. Two scholarships yearly--one academic for college entry and the other vocational/technical school after high school graduation.
2. Each will be a grant of $500.00; no further follow-up will be awarded.
3. Each scholarship shall be named after a deceased loadmaster with a different deceased loadmaster each year.
4. Candidates for selection process must be sons, daughters, or grandchildren of PLA members in good standing. Limited to one per
family. If exceptional circumstances should arise, the Executive Committee will handle them.
5. Applications may be applied for through:
Jim Engelker
10925 Cnty Rd 29
Ovid, CO 80744
E-Mail: engelker@kci.net
More Scholarship Information on Page 10
SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION
for the Professional Loadmaster Association Scholarship
Please return this completed application to Jim Engelker by _____________________________.
Please limit your application to only those items requested on the form below.
NOTE: If additional space is required to complete the application, please continue on a separate piece of
paper. Make sure you reference the item you are continuing.
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City: ______________________________ State: _____ Zip: _____ Phone: ________________
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Please attach the following items:
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Explain why financially you should receive this scholarship.
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Volume 4 Issue 2 PAGE 3
A Party
By Duke Warner
So There I Was in Italy with my C-
5 crew enjoying some post-mission cocktails.
We had been putting down the Liquid
Courage (Beer) for quite awhile when we
decided it was time to find some food. So
we are walking down these streets in some
Italian town and every restaurant we stopped
at is so crowded that there is a 30 minute
wait (or we were to obnoxious and they didn’t
want to deal with us). In the quest for food
at every place we stopped we couldn’t get
food .
We were walking down the road
when we heard this music and a lot of people
laughing and having a good time. So we followed
the sound and came to this bridge
going over a small creek leading to a very
secluded park. We walked over the bridge
and saw a man standing at a podium. We
asked him how much to get in and he said,
” It’s free and we are excepting donations.”
So we all throw in a 1,000 Lira each, he slaps
a sticker on our chest (which we can’t read
because it’s in Italian) as we go over to join
the celebration. The food and wine are excellent
and very cheap! We ate, partied and
danced for a few hours and headed home.
As we were walking out my buddy
Big Jim, noticed he did not get a sticker so
we had to wait for him to run back across
the bridge and get one. We walked back to
the hotel laughing about the good times we
just had. As we walked in the young woman
who had checked us in was still working and
had this very confused yet amused look on
her face.
When she spoke up and said ”You
are Americans right? Did you know the red
and white sticker on your chest says you
support the Italian Communist Party?”
We said, “No, my god!”
The Moral of the story is; What a
great job we have! How many of your friends
have partied with the Commies?
SSgt Duke Warner, PLA Life Member:
GREENMOOSE@OLYNET.COM
Aerial Port Patches Project
I’m writing with the hopes of securing
your assistance in an Aerial Port
project here at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio.
We are in the process of forming the world’s
largest Aerial Port patch collection, which
when completed will be presented to the Air
Force Museum at a future date.
As of this time we have collected
over 140 Aerial Port Squadron/Military Airlift
Support Squadron patches for the project.
Many of these are units are no longer active.
However, our collection is not complete.
With your help maybe we can wrap up this
project and bring some notoriety to an often
overlooked organization.
We need the following for the collection:
1) Anything from 10th - 24th, 26th - 32nd,
34th, 36th - 43rd, 45th, 47th - 49th, 51st,
54th, 58th, 64th, 70th, 74th, 75th, 77th,
79th - 80th, 82nd - 84th, 89th, 91st - 92nd,
96th - 99th
2) Anything in the 100 - 200 range
3) 314th APS
4) Anything in the 900 or higher range
On the MAPS side we need anything not
listed below:
1)1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 7th, 8th, 16th, 25th,
29th, 31st, 39th, 40th, 41st, 42nd, 53rd,
73rd, 76th, 80th, 91st, 133rd, 179th.
I too serve in an aerial port squadron
and have been immersed in this project
for some 12 months and have gained a
greater appreciation for the impact aerial
porters have had on the global mobility mission
for decades. Now it’s time to share that
appreciation with others. If you are inclined
to support our effort please forward the
item(s) to the address below.
Your assistance is sincerely appreciated,
Jim Klein
Captain James Klein
87th Aerial Port Squadron
5514 McCormick Avenue
Wright-Patterson AFB, OH 45433
jklein@dcmde.dcma.mil (Klein, James M.)
Captain Kirk..
Apparently the loadmaster on a USAF C-130 was invited to take the engineer’s
seat for awhile. He started jabbering away, not realizing that he was transmitting on
Uniform instead of over the ICS.
LM: “Hey, this is great! I see why you engineers like this seat so much — you can
see everything from here! This is just like the starship Enterprise! All ahead, Mr.
Sulu, warp factor ten!”
Followed shortly afterward by:
ATC: “You wanna get back on intercom, Captain Kirk? You’re transmitting on my
frequency!”
Source/Author: unknown (If you know please email me)
Evreux Alumni Reunion
October 7 - 11, 2001
Gold Coast Hotel and Casino
Las Vegas, Nevada
For more information:
Norbert (Nubs) Mueller,
3300 Forest Creek Dr. #13,
Round Rock, TX 78664
Tel. 512-341-3541
Email: evsecmueller@aol.com
AND
A French/American veterans
reunion at Evreux AB, France
is being discussed with the
French military and civil officials.
Tentative date is June, 2002. If
you are interested in attending,
please send your name and the
number in your party to Bill Lloyd.
E-mail: LloydwBill@aol.com
Bill needs a prliminary headcount
for planning
Cows might fly..
Crew members of a Russian
cargo plane steal a cow to supplement
their wages. They put the cow in their
freighter and fly off home over the sea of
Japan.
The cow objects to lack of bovine
class on Vodkaprop Airways and
lashes out. The quick-thinking crew, sensing
danger to the aircraft, open the rear
door and kick the cow out.
Down at sea-level, Japanese authorities
imprison the rescued crew of a
sunken fishing trawler, unable to believe
their story that boat has been bombed
out of the water by a flying cow...
Original story seen in Flight International

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Page 4 Volume 4 Issue 2
Handling a Civilian 747 Freighter
By Herman Reede
After working as an operations officer
for nine years with KLM (a Dutch airline
) I’ve had the opportunity to create a
loadmaster unit for our brand-new freighter
operation. Two years ago KLM converted two
25 year old Boeing 747-400 Combination
Passenger and Freighter (‘combi’) aircraft
into so-called Special Freighters. While purpose
built 747F freighters are nose/side
loaders, Special Freighters are converted
passenger aircraft and the maindeck can
only be loaded through a side door. (But it
measures 134” X 120” -- roughly the size of
the aft cargo door on a C-130 or C-141,
ed.) The conversion has been done by
Boeing in Wichita , Kansas.
Loadmasters are only needed on
stations which are new to the freighter network
or if any odd-size cargo has to be
loaded like helicopters and for special charter
destinations. On regular outstations KLM
has it’s own staff; if the regular staff is not
available a loadmaster will be put on the flight
as well.
When doing charter flights I start
preparing a day before
the actual flight.
Cargo agents have to
be instructed on the
pallets configurations
because there are
weight, height and
shape restrictions, as
well as certain positions
we have to consider
when carrying
certain dangerous
goods. We can carry
30 pallets (88” X 125”
and 118” high -slightly
larger than
military 463L pallets,
ed.) on the maindeck
and another 9
pallets (limited to
61” high) in the
lower holds. Maximum
payload is
about 236,000
lbs).
Three
hours before flight
I start preparing
the loading instruction
and arrange all
other paperwork
like flight plans, NOTAC, weather, ATC info ,
crew information, GENDECs, make performance
calculations. Furthermore I check
items like catering, water supply, toilet service,
fuel quantity,
cleaning and the
availability of a
pushback tractor and
towbar. Then I go to
the aircraft to do the
actual loading.
In flight the loadmaster
performs a
maindeck check and
does some preparation
for the next leg
and also takes care of
food and drinks for the
cockpit crew and possible
passengers. We
operate mainly to
North America, the
Middle and far East, Europe and Africa. After
arrival it’s time to disengage the door
slides , open the passenger and cargo door
and instruct groundcrew after which the
offloading starts. The loadmaster is also responsible
for safe offloading, avoiding damage
to aircraft and cargo, personal safety
for the loaders. One of the major tasks is to
avoid tailtipping since we don’t work with
tailstands. Believe it or not, tailtipping is a
serious risk, specially during offloading a
747.
After offloading, most of the time I
go to the crew hotel (after flying one of the
longer legs), however, if there’s some more
flying to do we will fly back home right away
or fly double or triple stretches. It also happens
that the airline is positioning us to a
certain station with a regular passenger flight
to allow us to do some planning and instruction
before the freighter is coming through.
In my off days I also work for a second carrier
on flights within Europe.
I’ll tell you more in a later edition of
The Loader. Comments are welcomed via
H.Reede@wxs.nl
Seen on an internet site:
PRAISE THE LOAD
Take Care,
Herman Reede
An EP-3 Story
This from an Admiral who spent
some time at a barbecue talking to several
members of the EP-3 crew. “They’re
great young kids—impressive individuals
when you meet them.”
Best line of their experience:
You may remember that early in their detainment
on Hainan Island the DATT (US
Army 1-star) visited them in an open forum
with the Chinese present—consequently,
they were very limited in what they
could say. As he finished, the DATT asked
if there were any questions. An E-3 raised
his hand, stood up in the back of the group
and asked:
“What is the per diem rate here
in China?”
“You gotta love those EP-3
guys—they never lose focus” said the Admiral.

VOLUME 4 ISSUE 2
Chains and More Chains
06/14/01 - BUDAPEST, Hungary (AFPN) — Staff Sgt. Rene Delarosa (left), C-17
Globemaster loadmaster from the 15th Airlift Squadron, Charleston Air Force Base, S.C.,
works to unload Army personnel carriers in Budapest, Hungary recently. The equipment
was delivered to support exercise Lariat Response, the first joint exercise incorporating
the U.S. Army and Air Force, and the Hungarian military. The exercise combines live fire,
search and rescue operations, air assaults, airdrops, and live helicopter jumps within a
joint exercise arena.
(Photo by Staff Sgt. Cecilio Ricardo Jr.)
Stamm continued from page 1
PLA Member #1000
Robert Mark Stamm, born in 1952, was raised and educated in Kansas. He
has a BA in Psychology from Wichita State University which he earned while working
for the Kansas Air National Guard in Fighter aircraft maintenance. In 1978, he moved
to Greeley, CO to train as a Certified Flight Instructor for general aviation. Then, in
1982, he moved to Anchorage, AK where he joined the Alaska Air National Guard.
Stamm is married to Jeanie Koehn, of Limon, CO and has two daughters.
Stamm described his loadmaster career in Alaska this way: “The training
was a bit unconventional. Basic Loadmaster course was in St. Paul, Minnesota at the
Minnesota ANG Base. From there Flight Training was with 36th Tactical Airlift Squadron
at McChord AFB, Washington. ‘Bullet’ Bob de Haas and Larry Lange taught me
well! “
“Currently I have 200 hrs. in the E model Herc and 5500 hrs in the C-130H
model. I became an ILM in ‘87 and Flight Evaluator in ‘93. My flying squadron is the
144th Airlift Sq. and I’m the 176 Operations Group Stan/Eval LM.
The rest is standard Loadmaster lore, ‘Been there, Done that!’”
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Taste of Home Chef
Dee Ann Lindsey The Carroll News
FromThe Carroll News, Carroll County, VA
March 14, 2001
DeWhitt Sizemore; retired US Air
Force Master Sergeant, former VFW commander,
Carroll County native (and PLA
Life Member, ed.). Chef?
One of Sizemore’s greatest pleasures
is cooking. And it is his ability in the
culinary arts that has led Taste of Home;
the magazine “edited by 1000 cooks”, to
feature him in their series on men who love
to cook, in the June-July, 2001 edition.
Sizemore became interested in
cooking out of necessity, rather than for the
sheer joy. When he, a brother and his father
lived in the family home, just over the
hill from where he now lives in Carroll, VA.
“It was just the three of us and we
had to cook to survive. As the youngest, I
usually had cleanup duty,” recalled
Sizemore.
However his turn to cook came
soon enough and it is something he has continued
to do all his life.
“I kept cooking and canning for my
family. Then my wife went to a Taste of
Home cooking school. She decided to take
me. I’ve been cooking for her ever since.
She’s often said it was the best investment
she ever made in sending me to the cooking
class,” said Sizemore with a laugh.
A family friend, Ida Mae Alderman
of Galax, VA nominated him for the magazine.
The recipes he intends to submit
are: Salmon Sour Cream Puffs, Shrimp Creole
and Pumpkin Cheese Cake.
The retired Air Force Master Sergeant
moved back to Carroll in 1979. In addition
to cooking, Sizemore enjoys woodworking
— His hands made the wood trim
of his home, along with many pieces of furniture
— gardening and golf and is active
in the VFW Moose Lodge.

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CALLING ALL LOADS
GENERAL DUANE CASSIDY WITH A GATHERING
OF OLD TIMER LOADS
On February 2, 2001 ( Photo standing) MSgt Ted ‘The Godfather” Venturini, SMSgt
Tom Connell, CMSgt Bill Cannon, SMSgt Craig Johnson, General Duane Cassidy
and CMSgt Mike Welch (kneeling) MSgt Al Capone, CMSgt Charlie Jackson and
CMSgt Jim Lis (all retired AF/ANG) attended the Airlift / Tanker Association (A/TA),
See Seventeen Chapter’s first 2001 Social.
The Airlift / Tanker Association (A/TA), See Seventeen Chapter in Long Beach,
California had their first 2001 Social. This event, which featured the A/TA National Chairman
- General Duane Cassidy, (retired), former Commander-in-Chief of USTRANSCOM
and MAC as the honored guest speaker, will be remembered by all that attended this
gala event in Long Beach, especially the eight retired Loadmasters in attendance.
General Cassidy commended the Boeing Company on its superior aircraft –
the C-17 – and how well it is operating in the AMC world today. He reminisced on how
the Boeing and USAF Loadmasters and US Army personnel made sure the money part
of the aircraft – the cargo compartment – was the way they wanted it to ensure the C-17
became the Airlifter of the Future. During development he remembers many frantic
phone calls in the middle of the night concerning the deletion of some necessary systems
for the cargo compartment the Loadmasters required and he considered this a
lifesaver for the Airlifter of the Future.
The evening was capped off with Mike Welch presenting some needed C-17
golfing supplies for General Cassidy’s next golf game.
Mike Welch, PLA Public Relations
Volume 4 Issue 2
The Northwest Chapter of the PLA is announcing the 2002 “Gathering of Loads.” The 2002 gathering will be held in conjunction
with Air Mobility Commands “Air Mobility Rodeo” and will run from Saturday, 22 June through Wednesday 26 June 2002. The
Tacoma Best Western and Copperfields Restaurant will be the location for all gathering events. We will begin on-line pre-registration
for this great event in the next month. Look for more information in the upcoming editions of The Loader or at the PLA website :
http://www.loadmaster-pla.org Please put this event on your calendar and plan to join us here in Tacoma for a great time of
fellowship and renewal of friendships. If you have questions please feel free to contact our POC, CMSgt Stephen Spotts at
253.982.2797/ 253.875.3890 or by e-mail at : spottss1@aol.com
We’ll see all of you there!
Loadmaster Appreciation
Picnic At McChord AFB
Hosted and paid for by Bill Cannon.
After 6 months of careful planning
the 2nd of June arrived as a drizzly overcast
day. This would be the day of Bill Cannons
tribute to his many Loadmaster friends
in the world. It was decided that a little bit
of very typical Northwest weather would not
be a deterrent to the Master Plan.
The events kicked off at 10 AM with
people arriving from as far away as Missouri
—Larry Chitty. A total of 200 People showed
up and made this a day to remember for
everyone. Live music was provided by Jim
Kettermen and his All Star Band. The food
was catered from “WARTHOG BARBQUE”.
The menu consisted of delicious pork ribs
and chicken with corn bread and all the trimmings.
Many volunteers worked very hard
to bring this together. Thanks to Mrs. Cannon,
Lillian Cannon, and Dan Watson for the
great job in the kitchen. Deserts were the
greatest and provided by Loadmasters and
their wives. Thanks to Norm Keppler and the
many people who arrived as early as 8 AM
to set-up for the Picnic. Thanks to everyone
for coming out and enjoying a great day at
Holiday Park. It was a great day of Friendship.
Most thanks of all goes to Bill Cannon
for footing the cost of the get together.
Thank You Bill Cannon. We will never forget.
You are indeed a true friend of all Loadmasters.
Special Item: It was voted upon
and approved to dedicate the Loadmaster
Memorial Gazebo (In Progress), a Memorial
to our fallen Loadmasters to Bill Cannon.
The tentative name will be:
“The Chief MSgt Bill Cannon
Loadmaster Memorial”
Continued on page 10

VOLUME 4 ISSUE 2
Mid-Atlantic Chapter
Pope AFB, NC
The last quarter has been a busy
one in the Mid-Atlantic Chapter. We were
preparing for and then executing our 3rd
Annual Golf tournament. It was a great success.
We raised over $1,100 for our chapter.
We also gave prizes away to thirteen
teams. In the raffle after the tournament we
gave away a weekend trip to Myrtle Beach
and a gold putter (won by our VP). Many
thanks to our numerous sponsors.
Our next meeting is scheduled for
28 June at 1630 in the Pope AFB Enlisted
Annex. We are in the process of planning
our Chapter picnic. We will break tradition
and have it in August , so that our loadmasters
can come before they deploy for their
AEF rotation.
Brian A. Brech, Chapter President
Parker-Aguillon-Payne Chapter
Travis AFB, CA
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Chapter Reports
Golden West Chapter
Southern California
Page 7
Members of the Golden West Chapter are anxiously awaiting their trip to visit the
C-17, “Globemaster lll” at the Boeing Plant in Long Beach CA. The trip planned for July
21st is being coordinated with Mike Welch, Public Relations Officer, of the PLA.
Walt Byrns and Joe Ward recently visited March ARB and talked to the Commander
and Chief L/M of the 730th about membership in the Golden West Chapter and
the PLA and their planned trip to Boeing. Chief Thompson displayed a memo board in the
L/M Section that has PLA and Golden West Chapter activities.
Two members of the chapter are worthy of accolades for their continuing
blood donations through the San Bernardino and Riverside Blood Bank, Jack D.
Gregory, recently surpassed the 24 gallon mark with his apheresis donations, Joe
Ward will donate his 40th pint or 5 gal’s of whole blood in June. Joe’s donations are
currently shared with the VFW and American Legion.
Joe says that donations can be made to most organizations that have a participation
of 35 members or more. He also reports that the Blood Bank has recently extended
the upper age limit for senior blood donors from 70 to 75 years of age, those turning 76,
will need a permission slip from their physician.
Five new members were added to the Golden West Chapter during April and
May: James Flowers, Jack D. Gregory, Craig S. Johnson, Duke Sanders and Ed Silbermann.
Walt Byrns, Chapter President
We are in the planning phases of our 3rd annual chapter
picnic. It is currently scheduled to be held at the Solano Park near
Winters CA. We have reserved a picnic pad for the 25th of August.
If you’re in the area, please stop by for a day of family fun.
The chapter is sponsoring a PLA booth at the Travis Air
Expo on the 16th and 17th of June 2001. What a great opportunity
for us to tell what we are about and increase our exposure to the
hundreds of loadmaster that are in our community. We hope to
increase our national membership and encourage more participation
in our local chapter. We will be having brochures and applications
available that will tell them what we are all about and how they
can belong.
RC Jones and Mike Druding continue to support our local
chapter as executive committee members and outstanding participating
in chapter activities. Joe Adams that has taken over the
museum display and has done an outstanding job of tracking down
pictures and getting them displayed.
Other members of our chapter that routinely support our
monthly meetings and offer inputs are highly appreciated. We need
the support of all members to keep our association going and on
the right track.
Our monthly meetings are scheduled the first Tuesday of
every month at the Delta Breeze Club (NCO Club), on Travis AFB,
at 1900 hrs.
Mark E. Raymond, Chapter President
Nortwest Chapter
McChord AFB, WA
The Northwest Chapter is doing very well. We have about
136 members and growing. We have several projects pending: On
Memorial Day we will visit local cemeteries and place US Flags
upon the final resting places of our departed Loadmaster friends.
The McChord AFB open house will be 16th and 17th of
June. We will have a PLA Display set up in one of the open hangers.
Our main function at these shows is to recruit new members.
We are also in the Planning/Approval Stages of establishing
a Loadmaster Memorial at the McChord Memorial Grove.
The plan is to build a medium size gazebo with the floor made of
bricks engraved with the names of our fallen. This is part of “Remembering
Our Own”. The Gazebo will also honor the Air Force’s
two Enlisted Medal of Honor Recipients John Levitow and William
Pittsenbarger.
We will need help with the actual building of the gazebo
as well as dollar donations. Local Chapter members have already
pledged a generous amount but more will be needed.
Another project that we are working on is the GATHER-
ING OF LOADS 2002. We have the deal pretty well set with a Motel
in the McChord area. We need input from our members to
come up with ideas that will make this the best Gathering yet.
The Northwest Chapter Meets at 9 AM on the 2nd Saturday
of each month. The meetings have been interesting and productive.
Harold Edvalds, Chapter President

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NW Chapter Memorial Day Reverence.
Back Row: L to R: Harley Nelson, George Radovich, Wayne
McFarland, Warren Riches, Dave Bartley -- Front Row: L to R:
Al Hanson, Wally Johnson, TK Davis, Bill Cannon.
We placed flags at Fir Lane and Mountain View cemeteries.
A prayer was said at each cemetery as well as a reading
of the names of our fallen. We all enjoyed breakfast together
at Copperfields in Tacoma after the memorial. Total of
20 people attended.
Walt Baade, National Secretary
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Chapter Reports Continued
Denali Chapter group photo of those attending our first Professional Loadmaster Association
meeting held 20 April 01 in Anchorage Alaska. Newly elected Chapter President Mark Sprenger
(left center) presents newly elected Vice President Mark Stamm with a special certificate
recognizing him as the National PLA’s 1,000th member.
Volume 4 Issue 2
Denali Chapter
Anchorage, AK
Summer greetings to all
loadmasters from the members of
the PLA’s newest chapter. Denali,
meaning “The Great One”
seemed appropriate for a chapter
name and we think it is a great
place to be a loadmaster. We
jumped from a handful of members
to about sixty by my count
now and it looks like we have
some room to grow. We are looking
at ways to thaw igloos in the
winter and track loaders down on
the rivers in the summer so we
have enough members to keep
the chapter going.
We held our elections over
at Kulis ANG base where the
PLA’s 1,000th member, Mark
Stamm, was elected as our vicepresident.
You can read up on
Mark in another article (see page 1) here in The Loader. Made for a pretty neat way to kick off the chapter by presenting Mark with the
1,000th member certificate and gave us all a good reason to enjoy a toast or two.
Arrangements were made for Mark Lewis, West Coast V.P., to come up to Anchorage and present us with our charter. As luck
would have it, Mark Lewis, Dan “Howdy” Hay (we let flight engineers
come play with us on occasion), and I had time to do some
deep-sea fishing out in Seward’s Resurrection Bay. We had great
weather, calm seas, and were hardly bothered at all by the very
few fish that came by to impale themselves on our hooks. Saturday
night Dave Bivens hosted a loadmaster, promotion, and charter
presentation cookout at his house and Mark Lewis did us the
honor of presenting the Denali Chapter its charter into the PLA.
Thanks for coming up Mark,it was a great pleasure having you
here and you did a super job.
Congratulations are in order for all new TSgt and MSgt Loadmasters.
It was a pretty good promotion cycle for the loads up
here and we have a fair share of smiling faces. Our five new TSgt
selects are Dave Bivens, Jeff Begley, Jinx Bell, Jerry Rotton, and
Dave Walker. Our two MSgt selects are Greg Naatz and Jerome
Thomas. Again, congratulations to all new selects.
The weekend of June 23rd will be the Alaskan loadmaster
campout up at Montana creek. Dave Chitwood has ten acres of
dirt up that way and has volunteered to make it a parking lot for
loaders that weekend. Free grub Saturday night compliments of
the 517 AS loadmaster section and Montana Creek is going to be
overflowing with king salmon. At least its banks will be full of loaders
attempting to pull their kings outta the creek and onto the barbecue.
We are hoping to make this an annual event so mark it on
your calendars and bring the four-wheel drive. Dave’s place is a
few miles back in the woods.
Thanks to everyone who helped get the Denali Chapter off
the ground. I especially want to thank Walt Baade and Shem Miller
for all their support in helping us getting started off on the right foot.
Fellas, I really appreciate that, Thanks!
Mark R. Sprenger, President

Volume 4 Issue 2
PLA Design
on One Side
American Flag On
the Other Side
(Since It is One Of
Our Core Values)
Space For Name of
Person or Chapter
THE LOADER
“Friendship Through Airlift
Yesterday—Today—Tomorrow”
Etched On Outside Rim
Thanks to Rich deLucia
The PLA Now Has Its’ Own Homepage at:
http://www.Loadmaster-PLA.org
Features include: Details About the PLA, A History of
the Loadmaster Field, PLA Photo Album, An Aircraft
Album, The ‘Hey Load’ Message Board, Links and
OnLine PLA Registration -- and Rich has even more
features under construction.
PLA Patch
PLA Pin
Page 9
PLA COINS ARE IN
˚ (At Left)
The coins have both Friendship Through Airlift and Yesterday
–Today-Tomorrow around the circle on the back.
The Flag is in color. The box is empty so you may have
what ever you wish engraved in it.
PLA Coins are available through the National Headquarters.
$3.00 each including mailing.
PLA PIN and PATCH
The Pin and Patch are also available through the
National Headquarters. The Pin is $4.00 and the Patch
is $5.00. I’m sure a lot of you have seen them by now.
If the Chapters are interested in having some, please
contact us. e-mail: Wabaade@aol.com
2nd Aerial Port Squadron Reunion
Little Rock, AR
September 28, 29, 30, 2001
Contact: Richard Vaught
2399 Old Plank Rd.
Newburgh, IN 47630-8656
(812) 853-5679

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Your Executive Committee:
As of May 9, 2000
THE LOADER VOLUME 4 ISSUE 2
President Ray Flannery (919) 498-9043 flanneryray@member.afa.org
Vice President (East) Bob Morris (843) 863-0290 bobngail55@home.com
Vice President (West) Mark Lewis (360) 491-6905 malewis@w-link.net
Vice President (Cent) Mark Smith (937) 454-7818 smithmarka@aol.com
Secretary Walt Baade (253) 584-7310 wabaade@aol.com
Treasurer Chris Dockery (253) 435-9034 dockeryc@hotmail.com
Business Affairs Roger Roberts (561) 344-1909 rroberts@adelphia.net
Public Relations Mike Welch (310) 318-9031 Michael.m.welch@boeing.com
Editor, The Loader Dan Reider (425) 392-8124 Lastmeister@aol.com
President Emeritus Bill Cannon (253) 531-9259 BCLOADER@aol.com
Scholarship Information (Also See Page 2)
The Loader is
available by e-mail.
Contact:
Lastmeister@aol.com
The Loader editor’s
FAX is:
(425) 392-8010
To start the scholarship process the following criteria will be used.
1. Two scholarships yearly--one academic for college entry and the other vocational/technical school after high school graduation.
2. Each will be a grant of $500.00; no further follow-up will be awarded.
3. Each scholarship shall be named after a deceased loadmaster with a different deceased loadmaster each year.
4. Candidates for selection process must be sons, daughters, or grandchildren of PLA members in good standing. Limited to one per
family. If exceptional circumstances should arise, the Executive Committee will handle them.
5. Applications may be applied for through:
Jim Engelker
10925 Cnty Rd 29
Ovid, CO 80744
E-Mail: engelker@kci.net
Timeline For Scholarships
* Selection of names to be honored for upcoming scholarships shall be provided by December of the year before scholarship
announcement.
* Submission of application to the selection committee shall be no later than March of the year before scholarship announcement.
* Announcement of the scholarship award to the individual participant shall be no later than the middle of May of the year before
scholarship announcement.
* Announcement of scholarships awarded shall be published each year in the July issue of The Loader.
Scholarship “Names”
A PLA national committee has been formed for the purpose of selecting names of our two annual scholarships. It is our policy
to name each scholarship after a deceased loadmaster. This committee will evaluate all names submitted from individual chapters and
individuals not assigned to a particular chapter. Each name must be submitted no later than the 1 st of January annually. PLA members
assigned to a particular chapter should submit their nomination to that chapter. Members that are not presently assigned to chapters
may submit a name directly to our national headquarters address.
Each chapter will evaluate names submitted and provide one (1) primary name
and one (1) alternate name. Names submitted must have a relative or next of kin for the
purpose of obtaining authorization for use. Additionally, an address and phone number
must be included for confirmation purposes. The selected name will only be used once if
selected.
The nominee names must contain a letter describing why the deceased person
should be selected over others with a biography of the deceased. There will be no requirements
in the selection process for the demise of the person, i.e. combat, aircraft accident,
natural etc.
The national committee will evaluate the packages and the two names selected
for the two scholarships will be forwarded to our scholarship Committee for inclusion on
the scholarship certificates.
Picnic continued from page 6
A collection was taken to get
the Memorial underway. More money
will be needed and all members worldwide
can help us with this project. A
small donation made out to The Northwest
Chapter of the PLA would be appreciated.
Send to: PO Box 4351
Tacoma WA 98438. We are also looking
for donations of materials and manpower
in the Tacoma area.

Volume 4 Issue 2
What Ever Happened To?
Acdal, Wes
Alexander, Robert L.
Alsbury, Lynn L.
Appeldorn, Eric R.
Arizmendez, Benito
Atkinson, Gregory
Baitsholts ,Trevor
Barrett, Dirk
Bartosh, Johnny
Beck, Timothy J.
Benson, Paul G.
Benucci, Andrew
Bertsch, Robert J.
Birney, William J
Blea, Daniel A.
Bowen, Kenneth E.
Brittain, Danny J.
Brown, Chance
Brown, Robert G.
Brunson, Stephen B.
Bryantt, Derek O.
Burton, William A.
Bush, Larry
Bushnell, Terry A.
Cadmus, William K. Jr
Campbell, Robert D.
Cardin, Erik
Carlson, Edward H.
Carroll, Ricky R.
Casadevall, Paul
Cease, Warren B.
Christmas, John
Coghill, Scott I.
Coron, James D.
Cutler, Gregory
Daniels, Bertram T.
Darrell, Wayne
DeGroot, Paul
Dietz, Roy D.
Dodgins, Art
Danowski, Raymond
Dordal, Roland
Dowell, James
Doyle, Ray C.
Dubois, Brian
Edmonds, Ronald D.
Faccenda, Eric J.
Farrow, Richard L.
Ferraro, Rick
Fiorini, Roberto
Flood, John A.
Flory, Jason
Fox, Terry L.
Fried, Rodney
Gallagher, Dana R.
Gallegos, Raymond
Gardner, Billy T.
Gill, Kevin
Goode, Bob
Grant, James V.
Grant, Steve
Grau, Jose
Griffin, Lynda L.
Griggs, Randy T.
Groth, John C.
Hagen, William T.
Hall, Kevin
Hall, Randy L.
Hardy, Richard A.
Hembroff, David G.
Herriott, Brian
Hoffmann, Henry
Holston, Lewis J.
Horne, Phil
THE LOADER
LOST LOADS
Jewell, Brian
Johnson, Craig
Johnson, Park
Kelley, Joseph P.
Kelsall, Michael
Kimball, Lonnie R.
King, Mattew D.
Korkowski, Paul
Kozusko, Gary L.
Kuhns, Eric W.
Lang, Alfred J.
Lewis, Everett Jr.
Luttrell, Virginia
Lyons John F.
Magliocca, Charles T.
Magliocca, Todd A.
Marshall, Guy C.J.
Maxey, Joesph R.
Mayo, Douglas P.
Mazzuca, Tom A.
Messaros, Scott
McCants, James C.
McGuyver, Alec R.
Minami, Wayde R.
Minnillo, Vince
Monaghan, Robert P.
Moody, Steve
Morgan, Glen
Morris, Michael A.
Munroe, Randy
Murgvia Alberto
Niver, C.J.
Nunez, Jeremy
Ochranek, Joseph R.
Olson, Cory
Owen, Robert E.
Pafford, Kevin
Parhomski, John A.
Peters, Scott
Phillips, Eral B.
Phillips, Lance
Pierce, Gary L.
Ramella, Stephen M.
Rainey, Darryl D.
Rainey, Jennifer
Rainey, Stephon C.
Reeves, Thomas F.
Roberts, Denise R.
Rodriguez, Avis C.
Ross, Deborah K
Rossi, James A.
Sandoval, Joesph R.
Schmukler, Jay L.
Schroede, Charles A.
Shaw, Frank E. Jr.
Shawver, Donald
Page 11
The names below are past or present PLA members for whom we no longer have valid addresses.
If you can contact any of these loads, please ask them to advise the PLA of their current address. If you know
of any who are deceased or no longer wish to participate in the PLA, please let the National Secretary know
at: PLA, P.O. Box 4351, Tacoma, WA 98438 or by e-mail to: Wabaade@aol.com
Moving?
The US Postal Service will not forward
The Loader, so if you have moved or plan to move
please send change of address information to:
PLA, P.O. Box 4351, Tacoma, WA 98438
or by email to: Wabaade@aol.com
This will also help keep our membership list current.
Shiflet, Phil
Shuffer, Delbert
Sindle, Scott
Smith, Damain A.
Smith, Dennis
Smith, Joel E.
Smith, Thomas
Sorensen, Randy W.
Stacey, John E.
Steinman, Mike
Steyer, Kieth
Stinson,Glen
Strickler, Warren K.
Sullivan, Richard
Talbot,Dano
Thompson, Ronald H.
Tkacs, Bill
Tijerina, Armando J.
Titcomb, Richard P.
Tocknel Fred
Townse,Sonja
Trueblood, David K.
Understeller, Paul
Velasquez Victor
Wagner, Steve
Wallace, Brian
Wallace, Ray
Weaver, Jack K.
Welch, Carl
West, Ian J.
White, Franklin J.
Whiteman, Fred R.
Wiggins, Thomas “Tom”
Williams, Brian A.
Williams, Brian K.
Willoughby, John D.
Wiseley, Daniel J.
Wilson, Joe
Wine, Robert W.
Womble, David T.
Womble, Jack E.
Wren, Kevin
Yepes, Daniel
Young, Frederick B.
Zurcher, Phillip
Revised 15 June, 01

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Christopher J. Abbott
Kenneth T. Abbott *
Bill Abner
Patrick T. Absher *
Edward Acosta
Adam J. Adams
Kevin Adams *
Van A. Adrian
Charles E. Akins
Reynold L. Albright
Henry Alexander
I. W. “Bill” Allen
Charles E. “Chuck” Allison
Tony Amato
David K. Anderson
Robert ”Mike” Annas
Scott P. Armstrong *
Gary Lee Arnett
Wes Askew
Bobby L. Atkinson
James R. Atwood
James H. Aust *
Walter A. Baade *
George R. Bailey
M. A. Bailey
Jerry L. Baird *
Jon A. Baker
Eugene Banks
Raymond L. Bann
Ed Banning
Larry H. Barbour *
James D. Bardaro
William F. Barefoot
Tony R. Barentine
Kenneth L. Barnes
Ted Barnes *
Ernest W. Barnett *
Michael T. Barnum
Jeffery D. Bartlemus *
Dave Bartley *
Anthony Bartolomeo
Johnnie Battle *
George R. Batts
Joseph Baulkman Jr. *
Richard V. Bass *
Alfred Beese
Jeff Begley *
Ted Beck
Dave Bell
Gregory L. Bell
Joseph G. Bell
Richard C. “Casey” Bell
Mark E. Belland
Richard L. Bennett *
Ryan D. Benton
Howard V. Berg *
Todd M. Bergin
Art Berry
Jeff Berry
George C. Berthiaume
Barnett Bieber
Rufus J. Bigford *
David J. Birchman *
Thomas M. Blocker
Paul S. Biondi *
Brian M. Birkin-Hewitt
David W. Bivens
Dany Boesmans
James R. Bomberger *
Ken Bone
Robert Bongiovanni
Frederick Booker Jr. *
Professional Loadmaster Association Membership Roster
Roscoe Boozer
Dale P. Bost
William Bostock *
Michael R. Bouchard *
Brian R. Bourdeau
Fred A. Bowen
Percy D. Bradley
John R. Branski *
Eric M. Brasch
Donald L. “Donny” Brass
Brian A. Brech *
Boris R. Brink
Gary R. Briscoe *
John R. Britt
Floyd C. Brooks Jr.
William C. Broderick
John E. Brooks
Iris Brouwer
Anne (Wright) Brown
Charlie Brown *
David V. Brown
Eugene H. Brown
Joesph B. Brown
Shawn Brumfield
Bruce Brunkow *
Sterling L. Bryson
Joseph M. Buli
Walter A. Bullock
John R.“Jack” Bumbaugh*
John J. Burgund
William M. Burkhalter
John R. Burkhardt
Kyle R. Burns
Phillip R. Burns
Robert B. Burnett *
William A. Burton
Larry Bush
David L. Buss
Walter N. Byrns *
Donald H. Call
Bob Callahan
Jessie W. Callahan
Ron Campeau Sr.
Ronald A. Campeau Jr.
Robert L. Camper
Ted A. Caniete *
Mike Cannon *
William M. “Bill” Cannon *
Alberto Capone *
James A. Carden *
Hugh F. Carey *
Joseph D.Carmen
Ed Carmody
James S. Caron
John E. Carpenter
Dallas Carr
Richard E. Carrig *
Barry ”Dean” Carter *
Karen Cary *
Ferrell M. Caskey Jr.
Harry T. Cassidy
Joesph D. “Joe” Castaneda
Paul A. Castanedo *
Larry L. Cavazos
Michael E. Cawthon *
Richard E. Cawthon*
Charles L. Cerato
Barry Chadwick
Dennis R. Chambers
Gary W. Chancellor
Dan Chandler
Brian L. Chewning *
Larry Chitty
David D. Chitwood
Lloyd F. Christopher
Eugene R. Clairborne
Rodney F. Clapper
Cecil D. Clark *
Steve Clark
Juan Claudio
Christopher S. Clay
Carroll J. Clifford
Ron Clock
David D. Clonch
James A. R. Cobb *
Joseph Colello *
Stephen Collins
Augustine Comella
David J. Conlan
Tom Connell *
Bobby Cook
William Coop
Robert S. “Chick” Cooper *
Steve A. Copper *
Donald Corrie
Robert J. Cosgrove *
Richard P. Costello
William R. Couture
Richard A. Couvillon
John L. Cowman
Craig A. Cox *
Victor A. Craig
Mack S. Crawford
Reginald Crenshaw *
Joyce M. Crocker
Larry Cross
Albeldecton Cruz
Samuel L. Currie
Edward W. Czech Jr.
Jennie L. Dahlby
Dianne R. S. Daniel *
Jeffery L. Daniel *
Charles “Chuck” Daniels
Chris R. Davidson
Howard S. Davis
James P. Davis *
Thomas K. “TK” Davis
Charles P. Debnam III
Bob de Haas *
Monika L. de Haas *
Charles J.“Jim” DeHart *
Jack Deibert *
Rene DeLa Rosa *
Louis S. DeLisle
Robert D. DeLozier
Rich deLucia
Shawn C. Delp
Richard F. “Rocky” DeMichael
Greg Devejian
Donald D. Devincenzo
Vern Devitt *
Peter D. Dibbern
Ernest Dicicco Jr.
Amy J. Dinsmore
Donna M. Dobbins
Christopher L. Dockery
Randy Doherty *
Todd Donaldson
Edward M. “Ed” Donnelly
Matthew R. Dorgan
Raymond J. Douglas
John B. Drew IV
Timothy E. Driscoll
Gene Driver *
Mike R. Druding *
Jan Dryver
Marion T. Dudley
Richard G. Dukes
Herb “Smokey” Duran *
Art A. Dureitz
Michael L. Dykes
Thomas V. Dzwonkus
Mike Ebner *
William C. Edwards
Harold A. Edvalds *
John J. “Jack” Egan Jr.
John B. Eichenberg
Susanna C. Eldred
William L. “Bill” Ellis
Jim P. Engelker
Michael C. English
Thomas Epps
Eric R. Erbaugh
Kenneth M. Ernzen *
Gabriel Escamilla *
Ronald C. Euscher
Jonathan D. Evans
Lonzie Faircloth
Carmelo FanFan
Patrick R. Farley *
David Farmer
Ross M. Fellenz
Bryant Fenton *
Claude R.L. Ferrand
Brian R. Ferris
Thomas E. Fields Jr.
Marion D. Fincher *
Charles R. Fish *
Curtis A. Flagel
Ray Flannery *
Donald J. Flavin *
Monica Flores-Reeder
James D. Flowers
Virgil L. Flowers
John W. Fonte
Kevin G. Foulois *
Bill Fowler
Nancy L. Fox
Joseph V. Franey
Jack C. Franklin
Nagoster L. Franks
Dwight L. Frazier
Donald O. Frederickson
Victor Fredlund
Tommy “Two Shoes” Freeman
William “Bill” R. Friedrich *
Bill Fuller
Timothy B. Gaines
Francis J. Gamache Jr.
Steve Gambert
Douglas E. Gardiner *
Lynn S. Gardner
Donald G. Garlow *
William F. Garrison *
Lawrence A. Garwacki
Steven Getz
Larry R. Giandre *
George E. Gilbert
Leonard J. Gill
Michael K. Goade *
Roy Gochenour *
Jessie R. Goddard
Dennis H. Goeken
Charles D. Gookin
Sam A. Gorden *
Kelly Gordon
Edmund M. Gornay *
Michael R. Grady
Van Grainge
Douglas Grant *
Chris L. Gray
Donald E. Green
William H. Green *
Bernard A. Greene
Jack D. Gregory
David D. Grieve
David P. Griffith
Lester Griffith
John E. Grooms
Allen Grothe *
Thomas L. Gustafson *
Terry Lee Guy
Scott Haak
Billy R. Hales
Gregory M. Hales
Larry E. Hall *
Leon Hall Sr.
Peter Hall
Liegh Hambleton
William D. Hamilton Jr.*
Samuel Hanna
Alfred E. Hanson
Richard A. Hardy
Cliff Harmon
Raymond E. Harris
Mark Harrison *
William F. Harrison
J. D. Hartel *
David Hartford *
Dalton E. Harts
Paul J. Harvell *
Paul J. Harvell *
Bob Harvey*
Bienvenido “Ben” Hassell*
Basil J. Havrischak
Erith A. Hawkins II *
John Hayes
Robert H. Hays *
Charles V. Heffner *
Mark Heflin *
Wes Hegwood
Erik Heiker *
Godon J. Heinen
Johnnie C. Henderson
Jim Henry *
William W. Henson *
Juan Carlos Herrera
Richmond F. Hicks
Jamie L. Hill
Ronald L. Hill
Steve Hillberg
Fred Hilgart *
James Hilton
Terry D. Hilton *
Karl Hinkamp *
Gerald Hoag
Robert J. Hoeppner
Gary G. Hoffman
Lucas N. Hohl
Sharon L. “Shark” Hollaway
Michael E. Holman
Reggie Holmes
Steve Hondel
Allen G. Horwedel *
Earl A. Houchins Jr.
Dennis L. Hovis
Mickey D. Howard
Marc A. Hoyle *
VOLUME 4 ISSUE 2
Mike Huelsenbeck
William D. Huffman Jr. *
Charles N. Humes
Kenneth L. Hundemer
Charles A. Hunt
David Hunter
Kenneth W. Huntley
Michael C. Hushion
Sidney A. Hyde
Russell M. Hyson
Mark R. Ippolito
Richard “Rick” Ivars *
Charles L. Ivy *
William H. Jablonski
Charles T. Jackson III *
Elmore Jackson *
Robert H. Jackson *
Willie Jackson
Dwayne T. Jacobson
Jake Jaquez
Earl M. Jenkins
Don C. Jensen
David I. Jewell
Craig S. Johnson *
Danny L. Johnson *
Lewis C. Johnson
Robert C. Johnson *
Stephen K. Johnson *
Steve A. Johnson *
Wally Johnson
William Lee Johnson
Charles D. Jones *
Darryl F. Jones *
Edward D. Jones Jr.
Gregory Jones
Lawrence E. Jones
Mike Jones
R.C. Jones *
Ron Jones *
Willie C. Jones
James B. Joy
Ole Karlsen
Delbert R. Keefauver
Craig Kelleher *
Donald L. Keller
Al Kelley
Billy G. Kelley *
Steve Kelley
Justin W. Kenley
Edward “Ron” Kennedy *
Frank L. Kennedy
William Kennedy
Ralph D. Kenney *
Michael Kent
Thomas A. Kenny
Norm Keppler *
Tim Kern *
James W. Ketterman
Norman E. Key
Kevin Killingsworth
Ricky L. Kinnan *
Jeanette King
Steve Kirkpatrick
Mark Kitchen *
John A. Klemp
Rich Klindt
Gregory G. Klutts
Lloyd Knight
Dan A. Kohli *
Robert C. Kolbo *
Tom Koon*
Continued on page 15

VOLUME 4 ISSUE 2 Professional Loadmaster Association Membership Roster
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Donald M. Krolak *
Robert E. Kruse *
Donald G. Kubik *
Aloysius Kucala
Kevin P. Kulig
Mark R. Lager *
Robert E. Lancaster
Lyle W. Lane
Jack L. Langenstein *
Tom Langseth
Gary Lanham
Ric Larsen
Allen F. Larson Jr.
Duane A. “Dewey” Larson
Brian Laslo
Donald C. Laurie
Thomas G. Lavelle
Michael R. Lavengood
Dwight L. Lawrence
Lori Lawrence
Winston Layne *
Roann R. Leatz
Donna J. Lehmann
Gary E. Lehmkuhl
Lynne T. Leonard
Richard J. Leonard
Mark A. Lewis*
John F. Limbach
Larry B. Linaweaver *
Ronald W. “Sam” Lindner *
James M. Linkenhoker
Jim Lis
Buddy Liston *
Scott Little
Bernie Lodge
Stuart H. Loux
Paul M. Lovrencic
Andrew A. Lucas
Benjamin Lucas *
Joseph M. Lucas
Steven R. Lusk
Michael P. Lutzko *
Richard T. MacGrady
James P. Maciborski
William R. Madden
Alex Madrigal
Wayne L. Magee *
Irving Mahler *
Steven E. Maiers
James J. Mallock *
George R. Mark *
Anthony J. “Tony” Marose
Guy C.J. Marshall
John W. Martin Jr
Raymond E. Martin *
Stephen Martin
Wayne C. Martin
William D. Martin Sr.
Matthieu J. Mase
Malcom D. Massey
Martin L. May
Jerry Mayfield *
Thomas B. Mazzone
Donald F. McArthur
Kevin McAuliffe
Stanley B. McAvenia
Kelley R. McCallum
Harry P. McCommons *
Charles L. McCracken
Doug “Cuddy” McCuddin
Wayne A. McFarland
James E. McGowan
Samuel E. McGowan Jr.
Dave Mc Nees
Blaine Means *
Brian D. Means
Dwayne Meluskey *
Paul Mercadante
Gene L. Meyer
Ed Miles
Michael L. Miles
Jack J. Miller
James L. Miller
Michael Miller
Shem R. Miller Jr. *
Earl E. Montebello
Joel E. Montgomery *
James E. Moody*
Patrick G. Morneault
Michael A. Morris
Robert A. Morris
Roger Morris
David A. Morse
Gaylen B. Mulloy
Brian K. Murphy *
Frank J. Murphy Jr.*
Russell J. Murphy *
Kevin J. Murray
Gregory A. Naatz
John Nason
Stuart A. Neal
Ronald A. Needham
Harley W. Nelson *
Thomas W. Nelson *
Ben Nesheim *
Ronald E. Newbold
Richard Mark Newhouse
Edward J. Nevin *
Tom Neyman
Kenneth D. Nicholson *
Steven J. Noble
Dennis A. Nodine *
Gerald C. “Jerry” Norris *
Rory L. Odom
Robert E. Olson
Robert “Bob” Onsgard *
Richard J. Opdenhoff
Thomas Orbison
Robert L. Orr *
Victor J. Osborn *
Rob Oswald
Edward C. Overstreet *
Frank E. Owens *
Vurley D. “VD” Owens
Wm. Errol Pace *
Terence Pallas
Thomas R. Papp *
Bill Paradis *
Wilfred B. Paradis *
Paul E. Parish
Carl D. Parker *
Robert Parker
William T. Parker Jr.
George W. Patterson
Robert A. Paulson
Daniel F. Paumier *
Dave Peck
David M. Pelletier
Miles Penor
Clarence A. Perrin
Mike Perry
Victor C. Perry *
Robert L. “Pete” Peterson
Zip Peterson *
Paul C. Pfeifer *
Joe Phillips *
Kenneth W. Phillips
Michael I Piasecki *
Ronald D. Pierce *
Tony Pierce
Fred L. Pilkenton
Wilfredo E. Pino *
Bert L. Piper *
Byron E. Pitcher *
Pam Pittman
Robert E. Pitts *
Douglas G. Platt
Elizabeth A. Poe
Theodore Poplarchik
Karen L. Potts *
“Butch” C. Powell
Mitchell Powell
L. B. Prince
Dave Puerner *
Edward H. Pugh *
Sherman R. Pyle *
George A. Radovich *
Jesus Ramirez
Adam Ramos
Walter E. Ramsey
Steven R. Randall
James A. Ray
Mark E. Raymond *
Stanley M. Redeye
Herman Reede *
Kenneth E. Regan *
James C. Reid
Daniel L. Reider
Kenneth J. Reilly
Julius T. Rembrandt III
K. M. Renaud-Williams *
Bernie Restifo
Bill Reynolds
Michael C. Reynolds *
Stanley J. Richardson
Warren D. Riches
Bruce Richey
James E. Ridgeway
George B. Rigsby
Rick Ricks
David E. Rivera
Donald D. Rix
Jack L. Roberts
Roger F. Roberts *
Ronald T. Robertson *
Don “Robie” Robitaille
Jack E. Roddy
Robert “Bob” Rodemeyer
Leopoldo R. Rodriquez
Remigio Rodriguez
Harold D. Rood *
Frank Rosa
Carlton B. Ross
Jim P. Rost
Steve Rountree
Montel L. Ruch *
Richie Rudd *
Robert Lee “Bob” Rudd
Michael J. Rudner *
Vincent D. Ruggerio
Lawrence Runninghawk
Robert “Stu” Russell *
Jeffery S. Rutter
David A. Saiz
John P. “JP” Salisbury *
Glen E. Salts*
Aubrey C. “Sam” Samuels *
Duke E. Sanders *
Arthur C. Sanchez *
John A. Santana
Martrena D. Satterlee
David W. Saucier
Ed Saurs
Dave Salyer
James P. Scanlan *
Steven M. Schade *
James J. Schatza *
John Schenberg *
Patrick J. Schoettmer
Douglas Schomerus
Walter E. Scott *
Glenn E. Secrest *
Michael A. See *
Jerry J. Seefried
Robert E. Seiler
Matt Self *
Carl R. Sellers
Ron Sevako
Jimmie Sewell *
James A. Shadoff *
David Shallies
Randel Shanks
Joshua M. Sharratt *
Ken Shartzer *
James H. Shaughnessy
William H. Shaw
Richard T. Sheffer
Russell E. Shields
Scott A. Showalter
Edward J.Sibermann *
Andrew Sich
Alex M. Sienkiewicz
Roger A. Sigler
Larry T. Silverman
Nathan O. Simanton
Delmus T. Sinclair
DeWhitt Sizemore *
Boston Sizemore
Michael G. ‘Ski’ Skalisky *
Donald E. Skipper
Marc D. Skurow
Edward B. Skvarna *
Mark A. Smith
Terry W. Smith *
Theodore H. Smith
Jack L. Smythe
Ray Snedgar
Dana M. Snider
Robert E. Snook *
Leon S. “Lee” Spaeth *
Michael D. Spangler *
Johnny M. Spanos
Stephen R. Spotts *
William R. Sprading
Mark R. Sprenger *
Robert Mark Stamm *
Paul Stanley
Robert E. Staples *
Frederick G. Stark
A.E. “Al” Steed *
Jerry K. Steele
Mark F. Stevens
Mike R. Stupka
Tracey P. Stocks
A.A. “Joe” Storey
Anthony C. Street
David R. Strickland
Warren K. Strickler
Bob Strollo
Richard A. Strouse *
Douglas H. Stroz *
Raymond K. Sugai *
Brian Summ
Paul J. Sutherland
Arne Suvantne *
Leonard W. Swallom
Ted Swanson
Norman C. Swanson *
Eugene “Geno” Talas
Dano Talbot
Brendan G. Taff *
Walter N. Taillion *
Jack Tamplin
Merrit E. Tappan III
Jackson C. Tate Jr.
James R. Tavernese
Harry Taylor Jr.
Larry Taylor
Roy Taylor *
Scott E. Taylor *
David J. Tellers
David L. Terrell
Timothy H. Terrell *
Matt T. Thewes
Carl J. Thielen
Randy Thigpen *
Arthurell Thomas
Jerome Thomas
William George Thomas IV
Daniel P. Thompson *
Michael E. Thompson *
Bill Tietz
Roy L. Tiley Jr.
Glen R. Tillman
Harold G. Tilton Jr. *
Penny J. Tingley
Donald L. Tinsley
Stephen Tkach *
Steve Tkach III
Mike Tobitt
J.G. “Tom” Tomlinson
Daniel K. Torgerson
Quentin L. Trayham
James J. Traynor
William L. Tribble
Connie A. Tucker
William R.Tucker III
Randolph T. Turck
Larry D. Turley *
David C. Turnage
Stephen G. Turner
Warren E. Turpin
Fred W. Vaillancourt *
Aimee D. Vallee
Doug Vanbeuge
Gary B. VanCleave
Don VanDenBergh *
Robert L. Vanderwall *
Darrell E. Vaughn
Richard F. Vaught
Roy Vazquez
Theodore R. Venturini
Greg Verbiski
Harry B. Viel Jr. *
Robert S. Vigeurs III
Verne L. Vincent
Jerry Vinson
Larry R. Vittum-Jones
Fred Volkmann III
Steve VonBonin
Alan L. Wagner
Marvin H. Wagner
Joyce Walder
David L. Walker
Alex Walter
James Wangelin *
Joe S. Ward *
Kelly Ward
Levi P. Wares
George S. Wariner
Michael V. “Duke” Warner *
Carl S. Warrings
James D. Watson
Jeff Watson
William H. Weeper Jr. *
Michael M. Welch *
John D. Welch *
William B. Wellbrock
George L. “Rock” Wells
Charles H. Werner
Thomas O. Werner *
James W. Westhead Jr. *
Roscoe White
William A. Whiteman
Don Whiting
George E. Whittington
David L. Wickliff
Daniel Wiggers
Chris Wike
Mark F. Wilder
Ray H. Wilkerson Jr. *
Eric R. Wilkins *
Andrew Williams
Craig M. Williams
Daniel A. Williams *
Eddie S. Williams *
Issac E. “Ike” Williams
Donald M. Williamson
Charles R. Wilson *
Ezekiel Wilson
Thomas C. Wilson *
Charles G. Wilton
Kieth Windmeyer
Donald Winegart *
Richard B. Winn *
Joseph Withers
William C.Wittenbrink III
Robert D. Woerman
Mel D. Wolff
William H. Wolfley *
Stephan J. Wood
Scott Woodward
Steve C. Worley
John W. Wyche
Michael H. Wysong
Clinton J. “CJ” Yancey
Clinton Yanley
William Yeary
Alan Young
George W. Young *
Frank J. Young
Niki Zachary *
Fred Zayas Jr.
Robert C. Ziegler
David R. Zielinski
Rosario F. Ziza *
Paul C. Zukoski *
* Denotes Life Members
Correct as of 15 June 01

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