Volume 9, Issue 2

Fall 2009

“Ready for Contact”

Reunion 2010

LAST PICTURE OF THE 46th

Can we get this many together again?We are looking forward to seeing as many of you as can

make it to Marquette, Sept. 23-26, 2010. Make your plans tosee us at the Holiday Inn for a few days of old memories and

old friends.

PAINTING THE UP

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From the DeFacto Editor:

We have just returned from an almost two monthroad trip to the Canadian Maritimes. We played golf,visited sceanic places and looked for ancestors inNova Scotia. If you haven’t been to the Maritimesmake an effort to go there.

Now that we are home, planning for the next reunionwill start to move forward. We will send out e-mailsperiodically over then next year. Hopefully we willhave a nice turnout. There seems to be a lot of inter-est in coming back to the UP to see old friends andsquadron members.

One thing that we would like to encourage is for theBoomers to turn out. Over the last couple of reun-ions we have had only a couple of boomers there.Come on guys we want to see you too.

I hope that next summer and fall are better than thishas been. It has been unseasonally cool and wetthis year, but no snow yet. The leaves haven’tstarted to turn yet but I bet it will not be to long untilit happens.

As an aside, one of the local authors, Sonny Long-tine, (a former teacher in the Gwinn schools), haswritten four books about the UP and the Marquettearea. They are available in the local bookstores hereand sometimes on the web. They are well writtenand interesting.

Hope to see you in 2010.

John Stevens

Secy/Treas.

In MemoryRuss Evans

Jerry Kragenbring

Laurence Maher, Jr

Ronald L Brumbaugh

Leroy G Sweeney

Reunion Registration

Information and forms for registration will be sentout in a newsletter a little later in the year.

Room reservations can be made at the Holiday Innby calling 906-225-1351. The room rate is estimatedto be $99.00 but may be a little lower. Be sure tomention the 46th ARS to receive the group rate. TheHoliday Inn has agreed to extend the group rate tothose who would like to check in early or stay a fewdays longer so take advantage of this.

Marquette RestaurantsBabycakes Muffin Company—Muffins, Scones, Coffee,light lunch

Donckers—the Tin Roof Sundae and the Soda Fountainare back plus light lunches

Coco’s—Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

The Vierling—Lunch and Dinner, very good Whitefish

Portside—Pizza, etc

Up Front & Company

Lagniappe—Cajun/Creole

Up North Lodge—formerly the Red Horse, but a newlocation—Ribs, etc

Casa Calabria—Italian

Vangos

Villa Capri—Italian

Tommy’s—Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Sweetwater Cafe

Oct 14-15-16, 2009 AFNOA will hold its BiAnnualReunion, for all Navigators, of All types, at the Na-tional Museum of the USAF at Wright-PattersonAFB, Fairborn Ohio. Note:One must join AFNOA($20) to attend, which is a one-year membership.The cost of going to the Reunion is additional. The"big dinner" will be in the Air Museum under theplanes you crewed.

For information go tohttp://www.efairborn.com/events.htmand/or read DR Ahead in http://www.usaf-nav-history.com (go in via the N-1 compassimage), or contact Lt. Col. Suazo Sostenes, USAFRet, ssuazo61@aol.com, or AFNOA Pres. JimmyBannerman at afnoapresident@cfl.rr.com. Passthe word. Thank you.Ron Barrett AFNOA Historian,

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Plans for the next reunion of the 46th Air Refu-eling Squadron Association are progressing.The dates for the reunion are 23-26 Sep-tember 2010. The reunion will be held at theHoliday Inn in Marquette. As before it will be arelaxed atmosphere, no formal attire is required,not even coat and tie. We want you to enjoy theMarquette area and to visit places that you re-member, if they are still in existence.

There is a lot to do in Marquette and we arecounting on the season to cooperate with usand have the fall colors at their peak while youare here.

There are numerous places to eat in Marquettenow, even some national chains. There is a listof restaurants elsewhere in this newsletter.

There are now six golf courses in the countyranging from the nine hole Gentz’s to the na-tionally acclaimed Grey Walls at the MarquetteGolf Club.

We are not sure yet but that weekend may beNorthern’s Homecoming. The Homecoming datehas not been set yet so if you are contemplatingcoming to the reunion make your room reserva-tions early. If it is Homecoming weekend therewill be a football game at the Superior Domeplus alumni functions.

If you will need to rent a car, the following agen-cies are available at the airport; Alamo, National,Thrifty, Budget, and Avis. They have limited sup-plies of cars so make that reservation early also.

Marquette has developed into the artistic centerof the UP with numerous galleries and numer-ous musical and dramatic presentations. Aschedule will be posted on the website as itemsbecome available.

Make your plans early. A newsletter will comeout later with reservation forms and additionalinformation.

2010 REUNION PLANS

46th ARS Website

http://46thars.tripod.com/index.htmle-mail address

46thars@sbcglobal.net

46th Air Refueling Squadron Association

520 Cherry Creek Road

Marquette, MI 49855

906-249-3529

46thars@sbcglobal.net

Martin D. Klena

Frank Elliott

Alvin W. Langford

Donald D. Luenenberg

Richard E. Ring

Donald S. Croston

Richard L. Trail

Robert L. Hohman

Winfred H. Meibohm

C. Hunter Smith**

Laurence Maher, Jr**

Ronald L. Brumbaugh**

Wilson W. Howard**

Samuel E. Dyke**

Bertram G. Brunner**

Edward G. Palm**

46th ARS Commanders 46th ARS Senior Boom OperatorsFlorian Spiczka

Ed Caldwell

Ken Courtright

Bob Labo

Steve Lonergan

Scott Harris

Brad Arnsparger

Edward Christopherson

Duwayne Benson

Richard Stephens

Carl Criscillis

Craig Blessing

Dave McNeil

Kermit Gunther

Jim Hank

We need more names here. If you were a Senior Boomer orknow of one we do not have on the list please send the info to:46thars@sbcglobal.net

SPECIAL PROJECTLloyd Ward would like former Navigators tocontact him. He is assisting the Air Force Ob-server/Navigator Association up date info.Contact him for information on what isneeded.

Contact Lloyd at mellowa@comcast.net

Ronald B. Childers

Dale R. Liesch

William G. Manire

Richard W. Salsbury

William E. Rutter

Brian W. Horst

Russell Deming

James Nakauchi

** DeceasedWe are still looking for Frank Elliott,anyone know his whereabouts?