Time to get together! So many changes, but one constant: we are very fortunate to have
attended USAFA. Especially when you think about WHEN we attended. Great memories and
wonderful friendships formed. You should be receiving this around Labor Day. For a few of us
that means Parent’s Weekend. Kathy (Gotch) Staiger marched back from Jack’s Valley.
Here is Kathy with her son, Aaron, after marching back
Jeff Lofgren checked in. Since retiring, he has been acting as a Senior Mentor for the AF
(Temporary AF Civilian) at exercises around the world and education events focused on
operational level command and control. It allows him to stay connected with our AF.
Nick Matchefts is a hospice chaplain. He works for a small hospice agency that serves people in
long term care settings. Having a vast career, he was an engineer in the AF for seven years
(1984-1991), a small church pastor for ten years (1995-2005), a seminary registrar for ten years
(2005-2015), a seminary field education director for about 5 years (2015-2019), and has been a
hospice chaplain since 2019. He brings together all those vocational threads in a meaningful and
important way.His daughter is in college now, finishing her first year. He and Lori live in the
Twin Cities.
Nick stays in touch with a few classmates: John Kenney, Stephen Hoogasian, and Doug Fogle.
Joe Wiley has been working for the Air Force Special Operations Command as a civilian for
almost 4 years. He works out of an office in Crystal City, VA. He was down in Sarasota in
March, with his wife, Susan, had dinner with fellow Cobra 14 member Mike Brennan and his
wife Petey. Mike And Petey live in Tampa, and Mike is working as an analyst for a firm
providing services to USSOCOM.
Joe Wiley, Susan Wiley, Mike Brennan, Petey Brennan
Joe was at Hurlburt Field for a TDY and had the honor to attend a pre-retirement send-off for
one of our longest serving classmates, Lt. Gen Brad Webb. Brad had his fini-flight and then a
casual gathering at Hurlburt Field’s Tiki Bar. Brad officially retired at the end of July. Brad
retired as the commander of Air Education and Training Command (AETC) after previously
having served as the commander of the Air Force Special Operations Command.
John Weigand left Colorado after 24 years - moved to NJ (yes NJ) in a new role with United. He
is running Operations at EWR airport. A huge job change....but one he says is very interesting.
There was a method to the change, with son, Jack, senior at West Point, daughter, Sidney, a
junior at West Point, he gets to watch them both play lacrosse. Jack enjoyed a great senior season
as the captain of Army men's team, finishing 12-4, unfortunately losing in the Patriot League
Championship which kept them out of NCAA's. Sidney, also the captain of the women's Army
lax team, finished 12-6 and upset Navy for the first time in program history. He and Kathy also
get to South Bend to watch kid #3, Gracie, play lax for Notre Dame. She had a great year and
ND made it to the NCAAs.
Bill "Bruno" Millonig and his wife Susan celebrated their 38th Anniversary on June 1, and
exactly 1 month later celebrated their Granddaughter Ava's 1st birthday! Ava is the daughter of
Andrea, who married Brian Pitchford just over 4 years ago on the Chesapeake. Bruno & Susan
have been settled in Arlington, VA now for 15 years, and are fortunate not only to live near the
growing Pitchford family, but their son Matt as well. Bruno has retired twice, most recently
from the intelligence community, and currently works at the National Academy of Sciences in
Washington, DC.
Here is Ava celebrating her first birthday and getting the motion down for the upcoming season
