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als, id cil tl at a ling, Friday, March 23, 1984/The Battalion/Page 5 Military Weekend Nostalgic Confederate Air Force coming to College Station for show this weekend reation )proved by I indstone I Park werea names of i)| andstone n used to be. By TRAVIS TINGLE Senior Staff Writer In a world where jet fighters have computers as standard equipment, the Confederate Air Force remembers how things ivisions. ocated inGk sion The CAF’s Ghost Squadron II make its first appearance :verin College Station Saturday chard Can# ind Sunday at Easterwood Air- sal to makeil >ort. Forty-five planes from as project of ii araway as Oklahoma City and (1 by thecom is near as Houston, will partici- ivill apply fon >ate in a ground display of re- itored World War II aircraft. The new Aggie Wing of the yor Halteni "AF is sponsoring the event to it me dale njiegin the CAF’s spring tour. Lynn Starkey, an air traffic ontroller at Easterwood Air- timercial art )ort anc ^ public relations com- nittee member for the Aggie Ving, said the group was only in January tie. was given on ormed and h the city ai teeds the publicity. build sixin« lar to then Pond. ity “The purpose of this week- nd’sshow is to make ourselves nown in this area and get peo- ile involved with what we’re loing,” Starkey said. The wings of the CAP are based on geographic area, Star- key said. When the Aggie Wing was chartered by the CAF, it was supposed to cover about a 60-mile radius around College Station, but Starkey said many of the members come from other areas. Most of the wing members who live outside the area are former students of Texas A&M, said John Hess, leader of the Aggie Wing. He said that when many former students heard that an Aggie wing was being formed in the CAF, they wanted to join. Hess said that some of the members of the group are cur rent students at Texas A&M, so they’ve got the best of both worlds. “The Aggie spirit is really manifesting itself within the CAF,” Hess said. “They say, ‘If there’s an Aggie wing I want to belong to it.’” Hess, president of Brazos Aircraft Inc., said that despite the name,members don’t have to be Aggies; being a sincere lover of airplanes will do. “You can’t just join the CAF because you’ve always wanted to fly a P-51 figther plane,” Hess said. “You have to have more of a reason than that.” Hess’ reason for joining was simple — he is obsessed with airplanes. “I started flying when I was 35,” Hess said. “After that, I got into it in a real big way.” Hess hopes that if others view the CAF’s vintage war planes, they too can get into flying in a big way. But Hess explained that the CAF has a serious purpose as well as being fun. “It’s not a flying club,” he said. “The CAF tries to tell the story of World War II to those too young to remember and even to those who do.” Among those too young to remember are members of Texas A&M’s Corps of Cadets. At 10 a.m. Saturday the CAF will fly over the Main Drill Field Hess said members don’t have to be Ag gies; being a sincere lover of airplanes will do. where the Corps will be having a military review as part of its annual spring military week end. Kirk Joseph, public relations officer for the Corps, said the CAF will help make this year’s military weekend memorable. “They’ve never been down here before, so we thought it would be a good idea to get them to begin their tour here and also make this year’s week end something special,” Joseph said. Hess said the morning flight over campus will be a tribute to the Corps. “It will be the CAF’s way bf saluting the Aggie cadets,” Hbss said. After the morning flight over the drill field, the CAF planes will return to join the rest of the group at Easterwood Airpdft where the show already will have begun at 9 a.m. Starkey said that people may get to see the planes take off and land, but no other flying exhibitions are scheduled. The ground display on Sun day will last from 8 a.m. until 3 p.m. Admission for both shows is $3 for adults, $2 for student^ with an I.D, $2 for children 12 to 6 and free for those less than 6. v l New activities planned ys for Military Weekend ally, s new em| ist a B avei d yean of o years s said, “bin ’t have a B two years imb or lazy ’ By Helen De La Rosa Reporter Several new activities will ighlight this year’s Corps of ladets’ Military Weekend. Military Weekend is sched- led for today and Saturday, |ut activities began Thursday ith the arrival of cadets from advised you: :veral military schools, c a business “This is the first time since e and have! ic 1950s that cadets from you like i>. jther schools have participated en you h# in Texas A&M’s Corps of Ca rd and puE dels' activities,” said Col. Don- s, he said, aid L. Burton, Corps comrnan- iswers oft! dam. slationship w Their presence won’t be en- iment and jlirely ceremonial, however. Although jCorps Public Relations Officer oo much rtif Kirk Joseph said the visiting ca- ition has dels will participate in a round- years. . table discussion Friday on topics off than Irelevanl to a full-time corps. One of the topics will be jood bull” vs. the honor code, [oseph said. He also said that Texas A&M cadets and the isitors will compare Texas Mi’s combination of military id civilian students to military ademies that have only ca- fcts. Friday’s agenda also includes nianagedto|a luncheon/reception. Guest dy between Speakers at the reception will be ind his faiilGerald D. Griffin, director of id bluntly Johnson Space Center, and his pin brother, Richard L. Grif- irce,” Willi fin, Air Force Colonel with s young m; iSpace Command and liaison at (fist importaBASA. Both Griffins graduated neglected from Texas A&M in 1956. 1 forkaitdul Another new Military Week- . There issoffcnd activity will be the USO ie sweet li'show. The Southwest Jazz Bal- Williams nimosity and less red of somti i always cr)ii| wants them ing for oil. member asl(| il, ider. let, directed by G. R. DeFellipo, will perform for the cadets free- of- charge. As an unofficial USO group, the Southwest Jazz Ballet travels around perform ing for the U.S. military. Last April the group went to Leb anon and entertained American troops with dancers and sing ers. An 18-piece Navy show band from New Orleans also will participate in the show. The Combat Bash will follow the USO show. The Bash will be held at the Lakeview club. The Corps will hold its an nual Military Review Saturday morning at 10, with Brig. Gen. Charles Cargill, U.S. Air Force Reserve, serving as reviewing officer. But even that tradi tional event will be embellished. During the review, the Aggie Wing of the Confederate Air Force Ghost Squadron will fly over in military formation. Cargill is a 1953 graduate of Texas A&M and the Universi ty’s vice president for opera tions. Joseph said the review, which will be held on the main drilling field by the Memorial Student Center, will be a “first” for many Texas A&M cadets. “In the past few years the review has been rained out,” Joseph said. “If it does rain this year, we’ve received permission to hold review in Kyle Field.” A reception will be held after the review. Col. Burton will pre sent special military awards and scholarships to Corps members. The climax of the weekend is the Military Ball. 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