Aviano Reunion Association Officers

President, Jaime Vazquez
Vice President,   Fred Brown
Secretary,  Kathy Swacina
Treasurer,   Nancy Beckwith 
Editor, Leslie Walbridge; Assistant Editor,   Kathy Swacina, 
Webmaster, Lynn Catalina
Board Assistant,  Doris Burnett

Aviano Reunion Association Members
Alphabetical by service member's last name, (spouse), ​Years in Aviano​​

• Allen, Anita
• Aniol,   Dennis & Janet
• Altieri, Vito (Shirley Ann) 62-66
• Arnold, Ed 68-75
• Atkinson,  Larry  (Roberta)
• Barnett, Brian & Tina
• Beckwith, George (Nancy) 71-74
• Bell, David (Bobbie)
• Belt, Bruce
• Bishop, Marshall
• Brown, Anna
• Brown, Fred (MariAnna)
• Burnett, Doris 72-75
• Casillo, Donald (Rita) 69,
• Catalina,  Lynn  71-75
• Catalina, Jeff (Erin) 73-75
• Chiarotti, Larry (Luisa) 58-Present
• Christenson, Daria 60-62
• Clay, Jim &  Cheryl
• Clayton, Mark (Maggie) 78-80
• Clemensen,   Kathleen
• Clements, Bob (Tina)
• Colvin,   Kaki & Rob
• Combs, Susan (Kevan)
• Coote, Bill (Ellie) 60-63
• Davis, Dolores (Dee), 61-64
• Deloach, Joyce
• DiCiero Jr, Joseph ( Kaye) 71-77
• Dohr, Jill
• Donaldson, Rebecca. 72-74
• Durbin, Patricia (Pat)   & Larry (70-75)
• Eaves, Sally Ann
• Fells, John (Marianna) 58-62
• Freeman, Leslie  70-74
• Fryman, Ken (Kaye)
• Futrell, Tom (Carol)
• Gaskell, Jim (Barbara)
• Gibson, Olimpia 56-60
• Gippert, Ann  55-58
• Gissing, Pete (Pat) 73-74
• Glaza, Paul (Cheryl)
• Godino, Louis (Lou)
• Gouin, Richard (Holly) 62-65
• Gracey, Rodger  64-67
• Hahle, Brian & Elizabeth (Suzy), 74-77
• Hall, Nelda (Jim)
• Hambury, Robert 72-74
• Hansen, Mike (Linda K) 72-74
• Hardesty, Scott & Carol, 60-64
• Harnit, Joanne 64-67
• Hefner, George 68-73
• Hely, John P. (Mary Pat)
• Hoit, Zane (Margaret)74-77
• Horton, Elaine 73-77
• Hudgins, LeNeille 72-74
• Ippoliti, Victor  81-85
• Ives, Victoria
• Ives, Gay 60-63
• Jenkins, Judy
• Jensen,   Ken (Ruth) 77-80
• Johnston, Bubby (Janet)
• Kilgore, Don (Rita) 56-59
• Kovaleski, Stephen (Elizabetta)
• Kunz, Jean 
• Lasher,  Norma  71-74
• Laurnen, Ed (Judy) 59-62
• Leone, Margaret,    60-63
• Long, Linda (Lin) & Everett D M (Tim)
• Massie, Betsy
• Maust, Jay (Jane) 63-66
• Maust, Joel 66 
• Maust, Jon (Mona) 
• Maust,  Jay R. II 64-66 
• Mayfield, Judy, 88-91
• McCauley, Benjamin (Celia) 63-66
• McGuth, Bill
• Mendheim, Penny Fry (Dudley)
• Musselman, John,   66-69
• Novikoff, Martha, 61-64
• Palmer John (Bernie)61-64
• Palmer,  Kenneth (Sue) 61-64
• Palmer, David (Annie) 60-64
• Pasierb, Gary (Rita)
• Paulissen, David (Cherie)
• Poindexter, Bill (Maria) 55-59, 66-68
• Porter, Barry (Sue) 60-64
• Rainwater, David (Cathy)
• Rampmeyer,  Robin (Kim)
• Ringler, Lisa (Gordon)
• Rutter, Joe (Franca) 59-62
• Rutter, Mark (Christina)
• Ryan Jr, Frederick (Genny) 64-67
• Scannell, Tom (Carolyn) 63
• Scherer, David (Maryellen) 72-76
• Shelton, Bill 69-72
• Sloan, William 60-63
• Smith, Carol
• Smith, David, 89-92
• Sojourner,  David & Gayle
• Spencer, Debra
• Stack, Ed & Joy
• Stathis,  Drew & Julienne
• Strong, Ivana
• Summe, Sherri
• Swacina, Dan (Kathy) 84-87
• Tate-Nadeau, Alicia
• Terry, Susan
• Titus, George
• Trent, Doug (Ann)
• Vazquez, Jaime (Belinda) 73-75
• Vazquez, Jose
• Wakerley, Norm    71-75
• Walbridge, Raymond  (Sandra), 70-74
• Watters, Carolyn 58-61
• Willsey, Dean (Dana)
• Witt, Randy (Peggy) 73-75
• Yost, Thomas L. "Yosty"

Membership Application

Members of the association convene every year.  We enjoy being together!  Reunion proposals are submitted and voted upon by the membership at least two years in advance.  The site of each reunion is determined by the volunteering host, who selects the date and makes all necessary arrangements within the guidelines of the bylaws.  

We usually meet somewhere in the United States, but every three or four years return to Italy--the country and Air Force assignment that brought us together in the first place.

Reunion attendance is not limited to Aviano AB personnel, but has grown to include family and friends who join us once and keep returning when seeing how much fun we have!

Reunion   Hosts  
 
1987 - Biloxi, MS - Art & Rusty Voisard
1989 - Tampa, FL - Jack & Meg Johnson
1991 - Aviano, Italy - Lidia Corelli
1993 - Colorado Springs - Gene & Jean Ives
1994 - Villa Giustinian, Italy - Lidia Corelli
1995 - Sun Valley, ID - Ted & Leila Angle
1996 - Shreveport/Bossier City, LA -
                             Willie & Dorothy Russell
1997 - Cheyenne, WY - Joanne Harnit
1998 - Villa Giustinian, Italy - Lidia Corelli
1999 - Caribbean Cruise - Ben & Lynn Catalina
2000 - Seattle, WA - Faye & Kip Ives
2001 – Greene County, OH – Gary & Tama Tillman
2002 – Siena, Italy – Lash & Norma Lasher*
2003 – Fayetteville, NC – Gerald & Lynda Smith
2004 – San Antonio, TX – Ben & Lynn Catalina
2005 – Chianciano Terme, Italy – Gary & Tama Tillman*
2006 – Hawaiian Cruise – Ben & Lynn Catalina
2007 – Williamsburg, VA – Gene & Martha Novikoff
2008 – Lake Como & Aviano, Italy – Gary & Tama Tillman*
2009 – San Diego, CA – Mike Hansen & Linda Kazarian
2010 – Nashville, TN – Joe & Franca Rutter
2011 – Southern Italy – Ben & Lynn Catalina*
2012 – Savannah, GA – Tom & Elaine Horton
2013 - Las Vegas, NV - Doris Burnett & Nancy Beckwith
2014 – Modena, Italy – Zane & Margaret Hoit;
                             Ben & Lynn Catalina*
2015 – Branson, MO – Jaime & Belinda Vazquez
2016 – Louisville, KY – Kay & Ken Fryman;
​                              Carol & Tom Futrell
2017 – Lucca & Siena, Italy – Ben & Lynn Catalina*
2018 - Washington, DC -  Dick & LeNeille Hudgins and 
                             Lash & Norma Lasher
2019 -   Golden Princess to Ketchikan, AK - Doris Burnett &                                Marshall Bishop
2020 - Delayed due to Covid-19 pandemic
2021 -  Aviano & Friuli - Joe & Franca Rutter; Randy &     
​   P eggy Witt*
2022 -  Colorado Springs - George Hefner & Jill Dohr
2023 -  Sardinia - Dan & Kathy Swacina*
​2024 -  Chicago - Alicia Tate-Nadeau




*     Locally arranged by Roberto Bechi/Tours by Roberto