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Class of 1968

Members of the United States Air Force Academy Class of 1968 were the first to participate in the Legacy Saber program.  See History  for the genesis of the program.  The members participating are listed below in alphabetical order.  Next to each is the cadet they gave their saber to.  Click on each name to see more information.

Point of Contact: Darrel Knutson

Class 1968 Donors

Name
Rank  Class 2018 Recipients

Cadet Name
Rank
Richard  "AB" CoeLt ColRyan I SilvaTBD
John C "Jack" FrostCaptMaxwell A OlsonTBD
George P "Rocky" Gaines IV
ColMolly J PhillipsTBD
Ragin "Rags" HauseColRamone A JacksonTBD
Ronald N JacksonColVictoria A RodriguezTBD
Charles "Chuck" KavcsakCaptChristian D AgmataTBD
Darrel R KnutsonLtColBrian R KellyTBD
Buck McCantsColChristopher P HartmanTBD
Michael A "Mike" MoffittBGenAlia D LemmTBD
Richard J "Rick" PattersonMajJohn M FredericksTBD
D Mike PhillipsColM Kate ZimmermanTBD
MacWain "Mac" PhillipsCaptNoelle B HeiserTBD
Stephen S SchmidtCaptNoelle B HeiserTBD
Robert A "Bob" StierColJason G PlugerTBD
Edwin A "Test Pilot" ThomasColTristan G Briggs TBD
PK WaldronColMadison N CharlandTBD
Jack B WebbLtColJeffrey B WeingastTBD
Robert T "Bob" WilliamsColRyan J LeeTBD
William B "Wooder" WoodCaptAlexander L HillTBD
Class of 1968 members giving sabers, from left Gene Rose, Darrel Knutson, Bill Wood, Ed Thomas and Chuck Kavcsak.
Darrel Knutson with his saber.
Chuck Kavcsak with his saber
Wooder with his saber to be given to a cadet.
The cadets receiving their sabers.
Cadets who have received sabers already.
Bill Woods giving a saber.
Darrel Knutson explaining a Flying Fickle Finger of Fate Event.
Cadets receiving sabers. Maj Gail Smicklas on end of row two.
C/LtCol John Fredericks was the only one brave enough to try to answer why they had been invited to a Flying Fickle Finger of Fate Event.
Old codgers educating a cadet
Some of the AOC’s talking to Bill Wood.
Really, they actually had airplanes back then.
Bill Eckart demonstrating a flying maneuver.
The sabers with presenters and Darrel’s wife who handed sabers for presentation.
Carefull, it has an edge.

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