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Midshipmen enter training and other Air Force postings listed
Midshipmen Gil Shuga and Stephen Mason begin the Naval Academy summer training program with two class classifications and expect commissions in 1979. Coronado and Scottsdale High School alumni Shuga and Mason are part of the one month vacation and two thirds of summer academy curriculum. Additional Scottsdale residents join the Air Force after Lackland AFB basic training, with assignments to Chanute and Keesler AFBs for specialized fields. Further enlistees and promotions include Bucko at Lackland security police, York at Chanute aircraft maintenance, and Hulette promoted to airman first class at Francis E. Warren AFB.
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Gil Shuga
Grace Shuga
E. Lewis Ave
Stephen L. Mason
A. C. Mason
E. Third St
U.S. Naval Academy
Shuga
Coronado High School
Mason
Scottsdale High School
Michael G. ‘Trotter
Frank T. Trotter
E. Edgemont Ave
Chanute Afb
Ill
Air Force
Lackland Afb
Tex
Trotter
Katherine A. Holmes
James W. Holmes
E. Whitton Ave
Keesler Afb
Miss
Holmes
Air National Guard
Matthew D. Bucko
Bernard S. Bucko
N. 62Nd Place
Bucko
Lackland
Joe D. York
U.S. Air Force
Chanute Air Force
III
Charles M. Hulette
Charles P. Hulette
N. 74Th St
Hulette
Francis E. Warren Afb
Wyo
Strategic Air Command