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The SAC ACCA Flyer Strategic Air Command
Airborne Command Control Association
Recording, Preserving and Celebrating the Legacy of PACCS
Volume XV Issue 3 October 2009
2010 REUNION
Seattle, Washington
Sept. 8-12, 2010
RED LION INN (425) 455-5240
Use group code: SAC-ACCA
SUMMARY OF AGENDA : PAGE 4
REUNION DETAILS : PAGE 5
REGISTRATION FORM: INSERT
MESSAGE FROM THE PLANNERS
It is not too early to plan your trip to the 2010
reunion in Seattle. When making your reservations
at the Red Lion Inn, be sure to identify your
group as SAC ACCA . The Red Lion is also pet
friendly. Note that a $50 refundable deposit is re-
quired, however.
Study the details we have provided in this edi-
tion of the Flyer. Then, make your plans, choose
your activities and join us in Seattle, September
8-12, 2010. We look forward to showing you our
beautiful Pacific Northwest.
Deb & Elaine Laughery
From the President
Jim Dart
Now is the time to plan ahead! Seattle will be here
in less than 12 months and we would like to see as
many of you as possible coming out and seeing old
friends and making some new ones.
Things have been busy for the Board and for a
couple of members who’ve stepped up to the plate
for some very important tasks. First, is our reunion
planner, Deb Laughery and his family, who have
jumped in with both feet and have come up with a
fantastic itinerary that will occupy your time and in-
terests be they aircraft, shopping or dining. We
should have a heck of a time. In this edition of the
newsletter they tell us what has been planned so
please look it over and start now to come join the
fun.
Our second person of note is Jim Bostick. Jim vol-
unteered to create a new web page that is now up and
running. You will find it at:
www.sac-acca.org
It is more user-friendly and catches the eye. Also,
thanks to his hard work, I want everyone to know
that nothing from the old web site was lost. That’s
right, nothing was lost; everything was saved from
See President on Page 3
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This newsletter is published three times per year by the
Strategic Air Command Airborne Command Control
Association (SAC ACCA) and is free to Association
members.
Information, general correspondence, changes of
mailing address, newsletter articles or recommendations
to:
SAC ACCA
c/o Wilton Curtis, Secretary
2319 Pleasant Run Dr.
Richmond, VA 23238-3026
Renewals, new memberships, or merchandise orders to:
SAC ACCA
c/o Steve Leazer, Treasurer
6141 Bagley Avenue
Twentynine Palms, CA 92277-2502
2008-2010
Board of Directors
President Jim Dart [email protected] Vice-President Fred Kemp [email protected] Treasurer Steve Leazer [email protected]
Secretary Wilton Curtis [email protected]
President Emeritus Jack Suggs
Appointed Officers
Chaplain Jim Simons
Historian Greg Ogletree
PACCS Memorial Fred Kemp Committee Norman Goetz
Jack Suggs Reunion Planners Deb & Elaine
Laughery
Web Master Jim Bostick
SAC ACCA Recognition at
Virginia War Memorial’s
Cold War Seminar
Wilton Curtis
On August 4, 2009, twenty-five history teachers from
central Virginia’s middle and high schools attended a full-
day workshop on some aspects of the Cold War spon-
sored by the Virginia War Memorial in Richmond. Three
of the four presenters were Francis Gary Powers, Jr.,
Founder of the Cold War Museum and son of Gary Pow-
ers, the famous U-2 pilot; Werner Juretzko, former G-2
Intelligence Operative who was caught in 1955 by the
East German Stasi and spent six years in their under-
ground torture chamber; and Lt. Commander Jim Smith,
USN (Ret.), USS Liberty survivor, discussing the June 8,
1967 attack on the USS Liberty by the country of Israel.
Using a power point program of my own design, SAC’s
Airborne Command and Control System and its key role
in the Cold War was the subject of the fourth presentation.
Beginning with a brief history of the Strategic Air Com-
mand’s mission, capabilities and underground command
facilities, the origins of the “Looking Glass” concept in
1960 were shown. The 3 Feb 1961 beginning of continu-
ous airborne flights followed by the April 1962 expansion,
to include the three numbered Air Force AUXCP’s was
discussed (PACCS). A special emphasis was placed on
the importance of the more than twenty-nine years of
continuous flights that didn’t end until 24 July 1990.
Among the forty-two slides shown was a variety of
photos copied from the internet. There were pictures of
the interior of an EC-135C, scanned diagrams from the
EC-135C’s Dash-2, portions of articles from a 1970 issue
of the Omaha World-Herald and a 1974 issue of Combat
Crew magazine, and personal pictures of aircraft snapped
at the “Bone Yard” in Tucson as well as photos of the
PACCS Memorial located at the National Museum of the
USAF at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio.
SAC ACCA’s mission of “Recording, Preserving and
Celebrating the Legacy of PACCS” was emphasized. A
bibliography containing twenty-two resources, both elec-
tronic and paper-based, was distributed and some copies
of the Association’s informational brochure and newslet-
ters were made available for those interested in learning
more.
the guestbook which has messages from members, some
of whom are no longer with us.
Jim is adding more and more to the site like links for
2010 Reunion information. Photos, history, a section ti-
tled “There I Was” and our newsletter, both current and
past editions, will also be posted. There will be a Feed-
back section to help him by posing questions and making
suggestions on how to make the site even better.
So, where are we now? Jim has done the heavy lifting
and we have a new web page. We need your help and
participation. We need your photo’s, stories, anything
you have on the Looking Glass, your squadron, etc., so
we can populate the web page with information that
made us what we are and tells the story of the important
mission to which we all contributed in helping to win the
Cold War.
Members like Deb and Jim are what make this a great
association of which to be a part. When something needs
to be done or planned someone always steps up to help.
Between reunions, the Board takes steps to carry out the
wishes of the members and to work with and guide the
next reunion chairperson. This association is nothing
without its members. I say that with emphasis because
we want and need your input, suggestions and comments
on how we can make this organization better.
To repeat, we are now less than 12 months until our
Seattle Reunion. Now is the time to start making plans
to attend! Now is the time to contact an old flying buddy
and ask him or her to come to Seattle to have a few
laughs with old friends. I hope to see you all there.
Norm Goetz and Fred Kemp at PACCS Memorial, NMUSAF
Fred Kemp and Al Yaroch On Board Air Force Museum’s EC-121D
Air Force Honor Guard at PACCS Memorial Bench Dedication 3
President From Page 1
Some representative photos from the 2008 Reunion
Charlie Jones at Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park
Seattle 2010 - Summary of Agenda
Wednesday, September 8
1000-1700 Reunion Registration
1800-1900 Social Meet & Greet-Heavy Hors D’ oeuvres
Thursday, September 9
OPTION #1 0900-1300 Boeing Museum of Flight Tour. Lunch on own.
1300-1700 Transport to Pike Place Market. Tour down-
town using Hop on/Hop off buses.
OPTION #2 0900 Pike Place Market-Market Heritage Tour
(Blend of history, current info, dash of anecdotes,
and shopping tips by knowledgeable insiders; then
tour on your own.
or
Private Tasting Tour through Market (1100-1300)
(Tour serves as light lunch. Limited to first 32)
or
Tour the Market on your own/lunch on your own
1300-1700 Tour downtown using Hop on/Hop off buses
1700 Transport to The Old Spaghetti Factory-Dinner
Friday, September 10
OPTION #1 0800 Depart hotel to Paine Field’s Future of Flight
(No cameras, cell phones, bags/purses, elect-
ronics allowed on tour. Lockers available-$1)
1130 Lunch (Fresh fruit salad, dessert, bottled water
plus choice of sandwich: Roast beef and Cheddar;
Turkey and Havarti; or Ham and Swiss)
1230 Paul Allen’s Heritage of Flight Tour
1500 Return to hotel. Dinner on your own
OPTION #2 0900 Depart hotel to The Outback Kangaroo Farm
1130 To Country Village Shops. Lunch on your own
1500 Return to hotel. Dinner on your own.
Saturday, September 11 0900-1200 Business Meeting
1800 Banquet at the Red Lion Inn
(Choice of : Grilled Northwest Salmon-Cedar
planked salmon filet grilled with lemon & garlic
served with a Wild Rice Pilaf or Roast Sirloin
of Beef with a Peppercorn Demi Glaze served
with Rosemary Garlic roasted potatoes.
Sunday, September 12 0900 Memorial Service
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SEATTLE REUNION DETAILS
The Boeing Museum of Flight is one of the largest
attractions in the Pacific Northwest and attracts more
than 400,000 visitors annually. Exhibit highlights include
the Concorde, Air Force One (The first presidential jet, a
Boeing VC-137B, delivered to Dwight Eisenhower in
1959), and the world’s only existing M/D 21 Blackbird/
Drone pair. The Museum of Flight Store features top
quality flight-related gifts, apparel, books, models and
educational toys. You will be on your own for lunch and
the Wings Café menu features delicious, moderately-
priced soups, sandwiches, salads and hot entrees.
Those of you who choose to go to the Pike Place
Market Thursday morning have several options. One is
the Private Tasting Tour through the market that in-
cludes food and wine tasting, bottled water, insider’s rec-
ommendations and information on Seattle’s best restau-
rants, local cuisine, ethnic eateries, local entertainment &
activities, tips on purchasing and preparing foods, and
historical & cultural commentary. Some of the foods you
may sample include award winning clam chowder, Ital-
ian truffles, English crumpets, Italian gelato, Chinese
herb tea, local cheese, Alderwood smoked salmon,
Washington fruit, Russian piroshky pastries, famous
donuts, sweets and more. The tour is intended to serve as
a light lunch and is limited to the first 32 who sign-up.
The tickets for the HOP/ON HOP/OFF BUSES are
good for all day so you can begin enjoying the sights of
Seattle anytime you choose. Buses depart every 30 min-
utes from seven centrally-located stops including the
downtown shopping district, the Seattle Center/
Experience Music Project/Space Needle, Belltown, Bell
Street Pier, the Seattle waterfront, Pioneer Square and
Pike Place Market.
Dinner at The Spaghetti Factory will include salad,
hot fresh baked bread, coffee, hot tea, iced tea, or milk,
and their signature spumoni ice-cream for dessert. Entrée
choices are:
SPAGHETTI with rich meat sauce of ground beef sau-
téed with onion and celery then simmered with tomatoes
and Italian spices.
BAKED LASAGNA made from scratch in their own
kitchen with layers of noodles, marinara sauce, ground
beef and pork, and four kinds of cheese.
CHICKEN MARSALA, a seasoned breast of chicken
with fresh mushrooms and Marsala wine, served along-
side spaghetti and Mizithra Cheese and Browned Butter.
The 73,000-square foot Future of Flight Aviation
Center & Boeing Tour is one of western Washington’s
major attractions. It features the only public tour of a
commercial jet assembly plant in North America. We
will take the expanded Boeing Tour at the nearby assem-
bly plant where 747, 767, 777 and 787 airplanes are as-
sembled. We will watch a dramatic time-lapse film of a
Boeing 777 being assembled in the new 240-seat theater.
The planes within the Flying Heritage Collection
were created at a time when aeronautical discovery had
evolved to aviation mastery. Finely crafted by distin-
guished design bureaus with leading technologies of the
1930’s and 1940’s, the main emphasis of the collection
includes combat aircraft from WWII. Paul G. Allen’s
collection of rare military aircraft comprises examples
from the United States, Britain, Germany, Japan and
Russia and pays tribute to veterans and the struggle re-
quired of humanity during the challenging days of WWII
and other world conflicts.
At the Outback Christmas Tree & Kangaroo Farm
you will be entertained by the tame wallabie and their
babies. Meet Flower the Turkey, emus, pot-bellied pigs,
wallaroos, peacocks, chickens and a miniature horse who
has an attitude and doesn’t like being petted. At the end
of the tour, the owner brings out a talking parrot, then re-
turns with a bottle-fed joey that makes the rounds, with
each person able to hold it and pose for pictures.
The Country Village is an arts mall off the beaten
track where you can shop, dine and feed the chickens.
Over 40 individually-owned shops and restaurants are
clustered among beautifully landscaped gardens, ponds,
wandering paths and picnic areas. Country village has
everything from fabulous home décor and original art to
antiques and innovative toys. Take your time and enjoy
live glass blowing, train rides and the beautiful scenery.
Enjoy a leisurely lunch before heading back to the hotel
for the evening. Lunch options range from a teahouse to
a hot dog stand to a fine Italian restaurant.
The buffet on Saturday night includes your choice of
Grilled Northwest Salmon or Roast Sirloin of Beef plus
the Red Lion House Salad of mixed leafy greens tossed
with a light Bleu cheese vinaigrette dressing, diced ap-
ples, candied spiced Northwest walnuts and shredded
carrot. Fresh seasonal vegetables, warm artisan rolls with
sweet cream butter, freshly brewed coffee, decaf coffee
and assorted Tazo teas will be served along with Choco-
late Blackout Torte which is a dessert of two layers of
moist, chewy chocolate cake filled and covered with
chocolate truffle cream. It is decorated with a Belgian
chocolate fan nestled in a dark chocolate fudge rosette.
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REUNION PUBLICITY Numerous publications and organizations have been contacted and requested to publi-cize our next reunion scheduled for September 8-12, 2010 in Seattle, Washington. They are: 1. AIR POWER HISTORY-Journal of the Air Force Historical Foundation 2. AIR FORCE MAGAZINE– Journal of The Air Force Association 3. AIR FORCE TIMES 4. AMERICAN LEGION MAGAZINE 5. COLD WAR TIMES– Web site: www.coldwartimes.org 6. DAEDALIANS 7. MILITARY– Publication on WWII, Korea Viet-Nam, Cold War & Today 8. MILITARY.COM 9. MILITARY CONNECTIONS- Web site: http://militaryconnection.com 10. MISSILEER MAGAZINE 11. MOAA (MILITARY OFFICER ASSOC- IATION OF AMERICA) 12. RADAR MAGAZINE 13. 390TH SMW MAGAZINE 14. TOGETHER WE SERVED.COM 15. TREA –The Retired Enlisted Association Web site: www.trea.org Be watching for notices of the reunion in each of the above. Some have already posted; others will be doing so in the near future.
***REMINDER*** ASSOCIATIONAL DUES COVER THE PERIOD OF 1 JANUARY - 31 DECEMBER AND ARE DUE ON THE FIRST DAY OF JANUARY OF EACH YEAR. TO DETER-MINE IF YOU ARE CURRENT, SIMPLY CHECK THE YEAR FOUND IN PARENTHE-SES ON YOUR MAILING LABEL.
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***REQUEST***
PLEASE CONSIDER WRITING A STORY FOR THE FLYER. IF WE ARE TO CON-TINUE TO RECORD AND TO PRESERVE THE LEGACY OF PACCS, IT WILL BEST COME FROM MEMBERS’ RECOLLEC-TIONS AND MEMORIES OF THEIR VARI-OUS EXPERIENCES.
Available SAC ACCA Merchandise Item # Item Description Item Sale Price
101 Caps, SAC ACCA $10.20
111 Coin, PACCS Memorial Silver $ 8.70
106 Lapel Pins, SAC ACCA (new) $ 4.60
103 Patches, SAC ACCA $ 4.80
To order, contact the Treasurer. See page 2 for an ad-
dress. Note that prices includes shipping. Make your check
payable to SAC ACCA.
***CORRECTION***
The three pictures of Aircraft No. 63-8049,
printed in the June 2009 edition of the Flyer, were
provided by Hal Starnes; however, he notes that he
was not the photographer. Does anyone know who
snapped the shots?
Strategic Air Command
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through 31 Dec and are due the first day of January ($15.00) each year. A reinstatement fee, plus current dues, is due for
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Send to: Make your check out to:
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6141 Bagley Avenue
Twentynine Palms, CA 92277-2502
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2319 Pleasant Run Drive
Richmond, VA 23238-3026
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REMINDER: Deadline for 2010 Associational
Membership Dues is 1 January 2010