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The year has come to an end. It has been a good year for our chapter. We completed each of the activities that we started. First, we started the year by selecting two excellent teachers to be our Air Force Association Teachers of the Year. First was Mrs. Lori Lindsey of Ft. McCoy. Second was Mr. Mark Kahler of Citrus High School in Citrus County. Each received a Teacher of the Year certificate, a pin, and a $250.00 check. Next, chapter member Dale Katz, who is also a member of the Marion County Civil Air Patrol Composite Squadron 361 and is the leader of their CyberPatriot program, entered his team into the CyberPatriot competition among 4400 teams from all over the country. They won first place as the top Civil Air Patrol unit in the state and sixth in the nation. We welcomed back to our chapter the Arnold Air Society cadets from the University of Florida. We will be working together again. One of the Civil Air Patrol cadets who is also a chapter member named Christopher Katz had a wish to attend the Air Force Academy upon his graduation. He was sponsored by Congressman Ted Yoho and, on May 9th, he was accepted and now is an academy cadet. The Air Force Association held it's Florida State Convention in Orlando in July. Our chapter Vice-President Ben Langer was selected as our Chapter Member of the Year for 2018. We ended the year's activities by setting up membership and information tables on Veteran's Day at the Marion County Veteran's Park and at Lake Hernando's Dragon Boat Festival and Veteran's Fair on November 10th. I want to thank all our members who helped out during the year. Without your help we couldn't have accomplished anything. Here's hoping we have another good year in 2019. I wish each of you a Merry Christmas and a great New Year.

UPCOMING EVENTS January 5 – Quarterly Memorial Ceremony, Marion County Veterans Park, 1000

January 17 – Chapter 136 monthly meeting, Ocala Airport (Sheltair Bldg), 1900

February 3 – Four Chaplains Ceremony, Marion County Veterans Park, 1500

February 27-March 1 – 2019 AFA Air Warfare Symposium, Orlando, FL

March 1-2 – 2019 State Winter Meeting, Orlando, FL

March 30 – Welcome Home Vietnam Veteran Day, Marion County Veterans Park, 1000

July 12-13 – 2019 AFA Florida State Convention, Ocala, FL

The Red Tail Report

News about the Air Force Association Volume 8, Number 4 Red Tail Memorial Chapter 136 Ocala, Florida October - December 2018

President’s Message

Howard Burke

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VETERANS DAY CELEBRATIONS

Veterans Day at the Marion County Veterans Park was observed on November 9, a school day, with 55 buses of students attending. Over 3,000 people total saw a program with lots of music, a 21-gun salute, and warbird flyovers with a missing man formation.

At Lake Hernando in Citrus County, many veteran organizations were invited to the 2018 Dragon Boat Festival on November 10. Howard Burke, Ben Langer, and Arnoldo Rodriguez represented the chapter at a display table.

Long time chapter member Ed Kelly dropped by the chapter’s table to visit.

Steve Spires and two UF AFROTC cadets (Czesia Aletto and Jasmin Snodgrass) represented the chapter at the Veterans Park.

Edwin Barbosa also assisted at the chapter’s display.

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CYBERPATRIOT XI

CyberPatriot XI kicked off this year with over 7,000 teams entered in multiple divisions. There are four teams entered from the local area: two All-Service teams from Vanguard High School, one All-Service team from the Marion County Composite Squadron, and one Middle School team from the Marion County Composite Squadron. The following report comes from 1st Lt Dale Katz, CAP, Marion County Composite Squadron Information Technology Officer.

The results from CyberPatriot Round 2 are in and both of our teams did very well. Both teams will be competing in the State Round in January. Great job cadets!

Notable accomplishments:

Our middle school team perfect scored the Linux image, and is currently ranked second in the state of Florida.

One cadet on our high school team single-handedly covered two different Windows images, a Cisco Networking Packet Tracer challenge, and a Cisco exam.

Metrics:

Division Placement Total Teams % Placement

High School All Service - National 190 1152 84%

High School All Service - Florida 11 91 88%

High School CAP - National 55 315 83%

High School CAP - Florida 5 20 75%

Middle School - National 106 840 87%

Middle School - Florida 2 37 95%

Path to Nationals:

Our high school team is in the All Service Division and has advanced into the Platinum Tier.

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Cyber Security Question

Which password is best?

a. abcd12345 b. Beta11111 c. Cyb3rPass d. D0nny!23$

Answer on page 8.

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TEACHER OF THE YEAR (HIGH SCHOOL)

Chapter 136 selected a second Teacher of the Year in 2018 in the high school category and made a presentation on October 22. Mr. Mark Kahler received the award for the past year teaching physics and physical science at Crystal River High School. He is now the Dean of Students at Citrus High School.

Mr. Kahler spent 9 years in the U.S. Air Force as an avionics mechanic on the KC-135R. He is currently enrolled in a second master’s degree in Educational Leadership. He is also STEM Academy certified.

Chapter members Steve Spires, Edwin Barbosa, and Ben Langer attended the presentation at Citrus High School.

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Steve Spires presented the AFA TOY certificate to Mark Kahler.

Edwin Barbosa, Steve Spires, Mark Kahler, and Principal Laura Mason. (l-r)

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Red Tail Memorial

Chapter 136 Officers

PRESIDENT

Howard Burke 12550 SW 43rd St Road Ocala FL 34481 352-861-0886 Hstoneyb24@embarqmail.com

EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT

Ben Langer 4005 N Hatchet Cir Beverly Hills FL 34465 352-527-2729 BenALanger@aol.com

SECRETARY-TREASURER

Jerry Deese 6185 NE 25th Ave Ocala FL 34479 352-622-2961 jdeese04@gmail.com

Appointed Officers AEROSPACE EDUCATION Michael Hare 8681 SW 89th Lane Gainesville FL 32608 352-870-5867 michaelhare@cox.net COMMUNICATION Ben Langer 4005 N Hatchet Cir Beverly Hills FL 34465 352-527-2729 benalanger@aol.com CIVIL AIR PATROL Paul Blystone 4451 NW 130th Ave Ocala FL 34482 352-401-1825 pblystone@embarqmail.com MEMBERSHIP Howard Burke 12550 SW 43rd St Road Ocala FL 34481 352-861-0886 hstoneyb24@embarqmail.com VETERANS AFFAIRS Steve Spires 5800 SW 89th Pl Ocala FL 34476 352-873-6159 sspires1@cox.net GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS Anthony Arnold Webster FL 352-593-8512 usafvietnam@juno.com

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AFA State Officers

President: Sharon Branch 7927 Westminister Abbey Blvd Orlando, FL 32835-5957 jsbranch@cfl.rr.com H 407-432-8504

Executive VP: Mark D. Chapman 2490 Valley Rd

Navarre, FL 32566 mark@mdchapman.com webmaster@afaflorida.org H 850-936-4550 Secretary: Ben Langer

4005 N. Hatchet Cr Pine Ridge, FL 34465-3448 BenALanger@aol.com H 352-527-2729

Treasurer: Gary Lehmann 1451 Twin Leaf Ln Oviedo, FL 32765

glehmann5@hotmail.com C 407-312-6893

The Air Force Association Mission

1. Educate the public about the critical role of

aerospace power in the defense of our nation. 2. Advocate aerospace power and a strong national

defense. 3. Support the United States Air Force, the Air Force

family, and aerospace education.

It’s a Fact: Red Tail Memorial Chapter 136 draws members from eight counties: Citrus, Alachua, Marion, Sumter, Dixie, Levy and parts of Lake and Putnam. It is not necessary to be an Air Force veteran. Tell your friends to contact Howard Burke, 352-861-0886 for information about joining.

The Red Tail Report is a quarterly newsletter published by the Red Tail Memorial Chapter 136 of the Air Force Association, Howard L. Burke, 12550 SW 43rd St Road, Ocala FL 34481, 352-861-0886, president; Stephen Spires, 5800 SW 89th Pl. Ocala, FL 34476, 352-873-6159, editor. The Red Tail Report is distributed electronically and upon request on paper via USPS.

Power Points

• Next Membership Meeting. 7 p.m. Thursday, January 17; Ocala/Sheltair Airport Building conference room. Members are urged to attend. Guests are always welcome.

• Membership. As of November 30, the Red Tail Memorial Chapter 136 had 425 members. Howard Burke, 352-861-0886, is the chapter’s membership director.

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COMMUNITY PARTNERS Red Tail Memorial Chapter 136 salutes its Community Partners. The Air Force Association enjoys a warm relationship with the following businesses through the Community Partners program. Please support these local businesses.

Rob’s Hobby World

8602 SW Highway 200

Ocala FL 34481

352-854-2799

DeLuca Toyota

1719 SW College Rd

Ocala, FL 34471

352-732-0770

Chiropractic USA of Jasmine Square

Dr. Renny Edelson

7668 SW 60th Ave #500, Ocala, FL

352-346-2523

Ryan Harter (Allstate)

3131 SW College Road, Suite 405 Ocala, FL 34474 352-854-7166

Would you like to become an Air Force Association member or community partner? You will be supporting an association that supports airpower, the U.S. Air Force, its mission and personnel

worldwide. If you or your business would like to become a member of the AFA or community partner, contact

Howard Burke, 352-861-0886.

Dr. Anwar Khan

Alliance Medical Associates

Board Certified Internal Medicine 1800 SE 17th St, Bldg 800 10969 SE 175th Place

Ocala, FL Suite 200, Summerfield, FL

352 622-7268

Cyber Security Answer

d. D0nny!23$

The best password has at least one upper case letter, one lower case letter, one number, and one special character.

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Air Force Association

12550 SW 43rd St Road

Ocala, FL 34481

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