Class of 1983
From USAFA Folklore
| Class of 1983 | |
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| No. of appointees: | 1516 |
| Inprocessing Day: | 25 June 1979 |
| Fall Cadet Wing Commander: | |
| Spring Cadet Wing Commander: | |
| No. of graduates: | 956 |
| Graduation Date: | 1 June 1983 |
| Graduation Speaker: | Senator Barry Goldwater |
| Class Motto: | Aeris Vincere (To conquer the air) |
| Class Greeting: | |
| Class Exemplar: | |
| Class Color: | Gold |
| Class Web site: | [ ] |
The Class of 1983 is the 25th class to graduate from the Academy.
[edit] Trivia
- Last Class With Shoulder Board Shirts
- Alonzo Babers won two gold medals at the 1984 Olympics
- Brigadier General Dana Born (Lindsey) is the current Dean of Faculty
- Brian "BeeBop" Bishop and Jeff "Big" Fiebig both flew in the USAF Thunderbirds at the same time (BeeBop was TBird 1, Big was TBird 4)
- Pat Veillette won the Royal Aeronautical Society's International Aerospace Journalist of the Year Award for the "Best Safety Submission" in Paris, France: June 2007
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