Class of 1963
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At The Ramparts
At The Ramparts
Video created by: US Air Force
School of the Sky
Pre-1960 Academy Recruiting film
Video created by: US Air Force
Class of 1963 Arrival at the Air Force Academy
The arrival of the Class of 1963 at the permanent site of the Air Force Academy on June 26, 1959
Video created by: US Air Force
1963 Graduation Day and President Kennedy's Academy Visit, J
Graduation of Class of 1963 and President Kennedy's Tour of the Academy June 5, 1963
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Pathfinders-First African American Graduates
Ceremony Honoring 1963 Grads Roger Sims, Charles Bush and Isaac Payne
Video created by: USAF Academy
Falcon Stadium Dedication, Oct 22, 1962
Falcon Stadium Dedicated
Video created by: USAF Academy
Cup Turning Ceremony Class of 1963, 45th Reunion, 2008
Class of 1963 honors fallen classmates with Toast and Cup Turning Ceremony
Video created by: Todd Fenske
Bring Me Men
Video from the 35th class reunion CD
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Come and Join the Air Force
'Singing Sergeants' from 35th reunion CD
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Bob Hope at USAFA
Bob Hope show recorded at USAFA, 1960
Video created by: Bob Hope
Candid Camera TV Show of Nov 16, 1961
Candid Camera, Nov 1961, Dallas, SMU Football Game, Cadets of Classes 1962 and 1963
Video created by: Candid Camera
Mini Reunion Cup Turning Ceremony Oct 2010
Class of 1963 annual tradition of turning cups of classmates lost in the last year at a fall mini re
Video created by: Class of 1963
June Week clip
8mm footage of June Week 1963
Video created by: Willie Parma
I Had Such Friends
Mermorial to Class of 1963 SEA Casualties.
Video created by: Word One Associates (Jim Gaston)
Gathering for Photo
Class of '63 50th reunion attendees
Video created by: Alpha Productions
50th Reunion Social Dinner
50th Reunion Social Dinner at hotel
Video created by: Alpha Productions
50th Reunion Cup Turning Memorial
50th Reunion Cup Turning Memorial to deceased graduates
Video created by: Alpha Productions
Memorial to Casualties of SEA war
50th reunion Memorial to Casualties of SEA war
Video created by: Alpha Productions
50th Reunion Tailgate
'Tailgate' in Doolittle Hall
Video created by: Alpha Productions
50th reunion Renewal of Vows
50th reunion Renewal of Wedding Vows
Video created by: Alpha Productions
Tribute to Our Wives
Musical Tribute to Our Wives
Video created by: Alpha Productions
50th Reunion Dinner, Arnold Hall
50th Reunion Dinner, Arnold Hall
Video created by: Alpha Productions
50th reunion Memorial Dinner in Arnold Hall
50th reunion Memorial Dinner in Arnold Hall
50th Reunion Dinner at Hotel
50th reunion Social Dinner at Hotel
50th Reunion Cup Turning Ceremony
50th Reunion Cup Turning Ceremony
50th Reunion Registration
50th Reunion Registration
50th Reunion Renewal of Vows
50th Reunion Renewal of Vows
50th Reunion Tribute to SEA Casualties
50th Reunion Tribute to SEA Casualties
50th Reunion 'Tailgate'
50th Reunion 'Tailgate'
50th Reunion Tribute to our Wives
Musical Tribute to Wives
Dedication of Pat Wynne class ring
Dedication of Pat Wynne class ring
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Mini Reunion 2015
2020 Cup Turning Ceremony
2020 Cup Turning Ceremony
Video created by: Class of 1963 reunion committee
1959 Dayton Reunion
1959 Dayton Reunion
2021 Cup Turning Ceremony
Memorial for 11 classmates who have died since last reunion.
Video created by: USAFA Class of 1963
USAFA Class of '59
USAFA Class of 1959
June Week 1959
Class of 1959 June cermonies.
JFK Cup Background
President Kennedy, Honorary Classmate
Video created by: Lou Matjasko
Pat Wynne Ring
John Borling discusses Pat Wynne's Ring
Video created by: John Borling
2022 Cup Turning Ceremony
2022 Cupturn Ceremony
Video created by: Class of 63
Pathfinders at 40th reunion
Way of Life Ceremony
40th reunion
Chuck, Ike and Roger
Chuck, Ike and Roger
Memorial bricks
40th Reunion attendees
Visiting after ceremony
Some classmates
Chuck Bush
Ike Payne
Roger Sims
Ad Novos Mundos (Toward New Worlds)
First thirty years.
Video created by: Jeff Thurman, Producer and Director
60th Reunion Cup Turning Ceremony
Cup Turning fall 2023
Photos from 50th cup turning ceremony
Cups upright for their final time
Cups upright for their final time
Cups upright for their final time
Cups upright for their final time
Cups upright for their final time
Cups upright for their final time
Cups upright for their final time
Cups upright for their final time
Two long rows of cups waiting to be turned over for the final time
Cups turned previously
Cups turned previously
Cups turned previously
Cups turned previously
Taking photo of a special cup of a friend who has been gone too long.
Cups for attendees charged with cognac or water awaiting the call for the toast
Cups for attendees charged with cognac or water awaiting the call for the toast
Cadet Chorale
Stinky Steinbrink addressing the audience
Ken Kopke saluting turned cups
A toast to the classmates gone, but not forgotten
Toasting classmates
Taps
Final Salute
Gen John Borling, 60th reunion
John Borling, 60th reunion speaker
Video created by: Gil Merkle
60th Reunion Cup Turning Ceremony
Memorial Ceremony
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Dedication of Leadership Tower
Leadership tower named in honor of Gen Ron Fogleman
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60th Reunion Registration
Reunion Registration
60th Reunion Challenge Coin
Registration
Gay & Brett Helinski
Photo of Leadership Challenge Tower
Class crest
Some Attendees
Johnnie Hall
Ralph &Carol Wetterhahn
Jim Martin & wife Pres Davis
Barney Bartlett and family
Tom Fryer & Mary T Thacker
Bob Hayes Phil Maywald
Nancy Ball Carolee Verdier Charlie Ann Hayes
Jack Martinez Gerry Ahmann
60th Reunion Tower Dedication
Leadership Tower Dedication
Leader Challenge Tower
Tower Dedication program cover
Leader Tower dedication program
Looking north the top level is 55 feet above the ground
AOG President Mark Hille addressing attendees
Leader Challenge Tower
Class of 1963 attendees
Les Denend Introducing General Clark, Superintendent
General Clark addressing attendees
General Clark
Gen (Ret) Ron Fogleman addressing attendees
Cutting the gold ribbon
Demonstrating the tower
Demonstration
Almost to the platform
Onto the first platform
Ready to step off backward
Registration: 60th Reunion August 8 - 11, 2023
60th Reunion
60th Reunion Challenge Coin
Registration
Gay & Brett Helinski
Photo of Leadership Challenge Tower
Class crest
Some Attendees
Johnnie Hall
Ralph &Carol Wetterhahn
Jim Martin & wife Pres Davis
Barney Bartlett and family
Tom Fryer & Mary T Thacker
Bob Hayes Phil Maywald
Nancy Ball Carolee Verdier Charlie Ann Hayes
Jack Martinez Gerry Ahmann
60th Cup Turning Ceremony
60th Cup Turning Ceremony
Photos from 50th cup turning ceremony
Cups upright for their final time
Cups upright for their final time
Cups upright for their final time
Cups upright for their final time
Cups upright for their final time
Cups upright for their final time
Cups upright for their final time
Cups upright for their final time
Two long rows of cups waiting to be turned over for the final time
Cups turned previously
Cups turned previously
Cups turned previously
Cups turned previously
Taking photo of a special cup of a friend who has been gone too long.
Cups for attendees charged with cognac or water awaiting the call for the toast
Cups for attendees charged with cognac or water awaiting the call for the toast
Cadet Chorale
Stinky Steinbrink addressing the audience
Ken Kopke saluting turned cups
A toast to the classmates gone, but not forgotten
Toasting classmates
Taps
Final Salute
James L. Jamerson
Each time I’m a part of this ceremony, it reinforces my admiration for our class leaders and their vision so many years ago to align us with the cup-turning tradition of the legendary Doolittle Raiders. As with the Raiders, our tradition honors the members of a special group, the Class of 1963, as we finish life’s journey.
In my mind, with the original creation of our cup set, each of us left a small part of ourselves behind, here at the Academy. As our time comes, we redeem that investment one last time, coming back together after the Thunderbird-like bomb burst of graduation 60 years ago that sent us on our separate paths. The ceremony is to me a perfect remembrance and tribute, bringing each comrade home one last time as a Class.
But even the best of traditions will not thrive unattended. We are fortunate we have classmates who have nurtured this remembrance ceremony through difficult times. You know their names from the dispatches. Beyond that, our Class has been blessed with the commitment of those who chose to live in the local, or sometimes not so local area, to help organize events like this reunion and all the other reunions and mini-reunions. But more importantly, they and their families have embraced a role to honor our classmates and their loved ones who are interred here in the Academy cemetery. They support the next-of-kin in fair weather and foul.
We owe them a great debt of gratitude. They provide, on behalf of us all, the perfect complement to the cup ceremony.
We are indeed a blessed class.
60th Cup Turning Ceremony
60th Cup Turning Ceremony
Video created by: USAFA AOG
Leader Challenge Tower dedication
Leader Challenge Tower dedication
Leader Challenge Tower
Tower Dedication program cover
Leader Tower dedication program
Looking north the top level is 55 feet above the ground
AOG President Mark Hille addressing attendees
Leader Challenge Tower
Class of 1963 attendees
Les Denend Introducing General Clark, Superintendent
General Clark addressing attendees
General Clark
Gen (Ret) Ron Fogleman addressing attendees
Cutting the gold ribbon
Demonstrating the tower
Demonstration
Almost to the platform
Onto the first platform
Ready to step off backward
General Clark, Staff, Faculty, Alumni, member of the Class of 1963, spouses, family mmbers, Cadets of the Wing, and other distinguished guests.
I want to thank the leaders and contributors of the Class of 63, along with the AOG and Academy Foundation, for their support of the funding for the completion of this facility.
I am honored to have my name associated with a facility that has leadership in its title, particularly since the mission of the Academy is to provide the training that produces leaders of character with the competence and compassion to lead our Air and Space Forces during the 21st Century.
As we, the Class of 63 and other legacy classes pass into history, I would hope the future leaders of the Academy and our Air and Space Forces never forget that the purpose of this institution, and the Air and Space Forces of the United States, is to deter war, and failing that, to fight and win America`s wars.
This Academy, and America`s Air and Space forces, are not social actions agencies, not employment agencies - they exist to produce graduates and grow leaders of character, who, when called upon to do so, will be willing to lay down their lives for their freedoms, their families, friends, and the Nation -- as did those graduates whose names are found on the War Memorial at the north end of the Air Gardens -- to include the 18 members of the Class of 63 that make up 31 percent of the names. To them, to my friends and classmates of the Class of 63: Ad Novos Mundos...It`s been a great journey.
Thank You for this honor.
Leader Challenge Tower dedication
Dedication of tower named in honor of Gen (ret) Ronald Fogleman, Class of 1963
Video created by: USAFA AOG
SEA Casualties
Casualties of SEA War
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Class of 1963 Cup Turning Cermony 2024
Annual Cup Turning Ceremony
Video created by: The USAFA Association of Graduates
SEA Casualties
Photos of classmate casualties of Vietnam War
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SE Asia War Years
Photos from SE Asia War Years
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2025 Annual Cup Turning Ceremony
2025 Annual Cup Turning Ceremony
Video created by: Class Committee and AOG
Class of 1959
Class of 1959, Narrated by Jim Reed
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50th Reunion, Cup Turning - short segment
VIdeo segment from 50th Reunion cup turning ceremony
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63rd Reunion Cup Turning Ceremony
63rd Reunion Cup Turning Ceremony, June 2026
Video created by: USAFA Association of Graduates
63rd Reunion Banquet, Janet Edwards Portrait
Portrait of Janet Edwards, a gift to the Academy in honor of her many years of service
Video created by: USAFA Association of Graduates