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San Antonio Reunion Gallery
The 2019 Super Sabre Society reunion was held on 15 thru 19 May in San Antonio Texas. Home base was the Menger hotel which is a beautiful historic hotel in the Alamo Plaza area. This report is not a compilation of remark...
22 May, 2019 No comment 0 Likes -
We found a missing Barstooler
SSS member and former POW Jon Reynolds asked us to find “Al Voegelin”. Jon wanted to reach out to Al because he reached out to his parents during his 6 years as a POW. Al V’s name was easily misspelled ...
06 April, 2019 No comment 2 Likes -
Nellis F-100 Memorial Rock Event March Photo’s
Photo summary of our F-100 Memorial Rock Dedication Ceremony at Nellis AFB, on Friday, March 15th...
14 March, 2019 No comment 2 Likes -
Smithsonian Wall of Honor and SSS Biographies
The National Air and Space Museum Wall of Honor representative has agreed to import about 600 of our most complete SSS website Biographies during the next few months. We currently have about 1000 bio's online, and this ...
03 January, 2019 No comment 0 Likes -
Happy New Year From Our New SSS President
We have to start this New Year with a huge “Thank You” to Don Shepperd. Several of you have already done so, but I want to add that we owe him a huge debt of gratitude for all he has accomplished while he was president....
03 January, 2019 No comment 0 Likes -
SSS CEO, Leo Mansuetti 2019
Leo Mansuetti is truly one of us, a fighter pilot in heart and soul. He started out as an Aviation Cadet in 1959 as an RO in F-89s and then F-101s. ...
01 January, 2019 No comment 1 Like -
Happy Holidays From the Super Sabre Society
Christmas is the time of year when family and friends seem even more important than the rest of the year. We are long past the joy of presents, our joy comes from kids, grandkids, and memories. Grandkids cuddle or gather...
22 December, 2018 No comment 2 Likes -
San Antonio Reunion Overview and Sign-Up Sheet
Flight Suit/Jacket Party Welcome Reception and Kick-off Chow Historic San Antonio Excursion Stinson Field Stearman PT-17 Biplane Flights(20 Flights Available!) Texas BBQ Dinner and Cowboy Roping Show at Rio Cibolo Ranch ...
07 November, 2018 No comment 0 Likes -
Preliminary results of SSS Presidential Election
Congratulations Tom Griffith Total ballots cast – 568 Tom Griffith 297 votes – 52.3% Les Frazier 138 votes – 24.3% Bob Herculson 133 votes – 23.4% The final numbers may change by a couple of votes when all the pape...
05 November, 2018 No comment 0 Likes
Headed West
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SSS Member Lloyd R Laycook, 88 Headed West
SSS member Lloyd Richard Laycook, COL, USAF (Ret) 88, headed west on May 30, 2019, at Dixie Regional Hospital in Saint George, Utah, from complications of a fall. He was born on July 9, 1930, in Bakersfield, California, ...
30 May, 2019 No comment 0 Likes -
Donald Frederic Crane “Headed West” 4/27/1931 – 2/22/2019
Leaving behind a legacy of love for his family and country. Our dad, “Grandpa Don” passed away peacefully with his two daughters Janet and Kirsten by his side. Don is also survived by his jokester son-in-laws Butch ( Jan...
28 May, 2019 No comment 0 Likes -
Roger Root Headed West
Roger Root, 69, of Winner SD headed west on Saturday, May 4th, 2019 at the Sanford Hospital in Sioux Falls, SD. Funeral service will be held on Thursday, May 9th, 2019 at 10:00 AM at the Immaculate Conception Catholic C...
04 May, 2019 No comment 2 Likes -
George Forster, Col, USAF (Ret) Headed West April 27th 2019
Super Sabre Society Charter member George Forster (10/3/1938-4/27/2019) flew the F-100 with the 481TFS; 612TFS; 615TFS; 613TFSHeadedWest. George was awarded the Silver Star in Vietnam. According to Facebook posts, George...
28 April, 2019 No comment 0 Likes -
Murphy Neal Jones Arlington National Cemetery Flyby
Former POW, Col. USAF (Ret) Murphy Neal Jones services were at Arlington Cemetary, April 26, at 9AM. A flyby was completed by the Tactical Air Command’s 23rd Fighter Wing, Moody AFB, GA (74th FS – 4 A-10’s)....
26 April, 2019 No comment 6 Likes -
Robert Hutten, BGen USAF (Ret) Headed West
Thousand Oaks, CA On Saturday, April 6 2019, Robert LeFevre Hutten, loving husband, father and grandfather, headed west peacefully at the age of 83. He received a B.A. degree in 1957 from the State University of Iowa wh...
09 April, 2019 No comment 0 Likes -
Jim Pollak Headed West March 26, 2019
Pollak, James, age 78, passed away on Tuesday, March 26, 2019 in the presence of his loving family in Santa Ana, CA. A veteran of the U.S. Air Force, Jim proudly served his Country during the Vietnam War. He then went on...
01 April, 2019 No comment 0 Likes -
WW 11 Ace Frank Gailer BGen, USAF (Ret) Headed West
SSS member Frank L. Gailer, Jr (94) Headed West 1923-2018 Air and Space Wall of Honor BGen Frank Gailer, USAF (Ret) of San Antonio, Texas, Headed West September 6, 2018, in Louisville, Colorado. He was 94. Frank Gailer w...
08 March, 2019 No comment 1 Like -
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SSS Charter Member Charles Stamschror Headed West
Charles J. Stamschror, April 28, 1933 – February 14, 2019 From Charlie’s Daughter Hi All – This is Charlie’s daughter Jill. I wanted to let you know that my Dad passed away on Valentine’s D...
18 February, 2019 No comment 1 Like