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Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association
Alamo Chapter
 

SCHEDULED EVENTS & BULLETIN BOARD
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Preserving our Legacy:  In the Alamo Chapter we meet routinely to enjoy the fellowship of our friends and fellow pilots.  The purpose of our monthly luncheons and meetings is to keep our friendships warm and active.  We strive to honor the memory and common experiences we share through this association.  All of us feel our experiences in Vietnam were significant and noteworthy.  We all would like for our legacy and the legacy of all Vietnam War fighters to be remembered.  To that end, in June 2020, Mike Law had established a program of voluntary support to strengthen the legacy and history of all Vietnam Helicopter pilots and crews.  The two organizations chosen are not local - but do promote the icon of the Vietnam War, the Bell UH-1 Iroquois "Huey", the histories of Vietnam pilots, and their VHPA chapters.  The first entity is the American Huey Museum in Peru, Indiana, and the second is the Vietnam Center for Archives and Museum at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas.  Our Alamo Chapter's records and documents are included in the Archives at Texas Tech, and our association is part of the VHPA history.

Many of us have other ways to support our history, and hopefully we will continue to do so.  As a way for our Alamo Chapter to have a constant collective impact, we list these two programs as a convenient way to ensure our legacies.  So, at our meetings or luncheons - if you desire to contribute and to promote the legacy of our Chapter and our histories - please see Chic Carter, the Chapter Treasurer.  He can accept your contributions, and periodically send your contributions to one or both of these organizations as you so designate.  Remember, none of us will do this every meeting or luncheon, but just when we feel we can and want to.  It all adds up significantly.

Thank you.  - - - -  Dale Stout, 2022 President, VHPA -  Alamo Chapter
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MEMBERSHIP STATUS:  As of January 2026, we have 58 Life Members; 5 Annual Active Members; 4 Inactive Members (no Annual Dues paid during the past 3 years); and 4 Potential Members for a total count of 71 Alamo Chapter Members posted on our Roster. 

Lest we forget - if you are not a Life Member, or have not mailed in 2026 Annual Alamo Chapter Due (good only from January - December) Please do so!  NOTE:  Annual Membership increased to $25.00 - effective January 2025.  Not sure of your status then checkout the Members - Current and Remembered Section on this web site.

For those who are unable to attend our Meetings, please mail in your Dues and Updates using the - Membership Application Form - and use the address shown on the Form.  For our Potential Members – here is hoping that you will be joining us as a new Annual Member or Life Member.  Our Chapter Roster is periodically adjusted as follows:  Inactive and Potential Members who have remained so for more than 3 years will be eliminated from the e-mail postings.

MEMBERSHIP CLARIFICATION:  Annual Alamo Chapter Membership becomes Inactive unless updated Annually.  Life Membership - is an option.  Our Alamo Chapter VHPA is one of many chapters that have been sanctioned under the guidelines of VHPA National.  Chapter Memberships are tracked and maintained separately from the VHPA National data base.  Active Membership can be with either or both organizations.  For reference – this web site (Policy for All Chapters); (Article of Incorporation); and (BYLAWS of the Alamo Chapter).  The National VHPA Directory can be found at https://www.vhpa.org.

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Upcoming Monthly Luncheons / Dinners / Events
Please update your calendars and mental plans for the following upcoming events:

 

Future VHPA Reunion Dates and Locations

 

2027:  July 7 - 12  Denver Sheraton, Colorado

 

2028:  July 5 - 8  Dallas Sheraton, Texas

 

2029:  Potential Future Sites - New Orleans, LA;  Reno, NV; 

San Antonio, TX; Kansas City, KS

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Posted:  Oct 19, 2026  Greetings fellow VHPA Alamo Chapter Members, Potential Members, and Better Halves.  This email contains a variety of subjects, so please make note of the upcoming events, and mark your calendars accordingly.

  1.  First - everyone who wished they had joined those of us who did make a trip down Memory Lane to Mineral Wells this past Oct 12th-15th - - - - You missed out on a very enjoyable 3 days that Bob Dillon had organized!  True - memories from the late 50s though early 70s related to those days of our initial Helicopter flight school at Fort Wolters are still there - but somehow Mineral Wells itself has all changed!  Much of the actual Training areas no longer exist, but with time - Mineral Wells is reviving itself and is becoming a place to explore along with making new memories.  The Helicopter Museum - still growing, very organized, and very interesting - is worth the trip itself.  Here's to you Bob Dillion - Thank you for all the effort and planning that you put into this trip; and Thank you for helping to revive those memories!



  3. Proposed agenda for the meeting include:
  • Review and approve the minutes of the last business meeting
  • Treasurer's Report to include current balance of funds, list of expenses, and deposits that occurred since our last business meeting,
  • Nomination and selection for our new 2027 Chapter Board Members.  Openings normally consist of Vice President and Jr. Member at Large.  Volunteers are always encouraged.
        
Please plan on attending this Business Meeting by responding with a single contact email (not a reply to ALL)  to "Oscar Castillo" at oscar.castillo0663@att.net or call (361) 455-3707. Again - take the time to make sure your email is addressed only to a single contact.

4. The annual VHPA Alamo Chapter Christmas Party is scheduled for December 4th.  Included will be a DJ for our listing and dancing pleasure.  The location will be the same location as last year - the "Army Residence Community" (ARC).  This location will allow us to bring our own alcohol and self-serve.  Still working on the menu    options.  More details will follow - hopefully during the November Business Meeting.  Note: think about local hotels if you need overnight accommodations.

5. I want to thank Bob Dillon, Oscar Castillo, and Rick Throckmorton who have volunteered to plan and host most of the monthly luncheons during this past year.  All of you have increased the ability for this chapter to socially give our members an opportunity to better know and enjoy each other's company.  I have been absent during those luncheons, and as a heads-up, I again hope that other members will continue volunteering to plan and host some of the 2027 monthly luncheons.  
Thank you.

               Jim Boykin
‘26 Mid-Term Member @ Large   
     and Dining Coordinator
blackcat221972@gmail.com
     Phone 210.401-6559
(This Ph. Is not Text Capable)

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For all your Alamo Chapter Shirt / Cap questions or needs:  Contact - Tim Worley rew4921@msn.com / Ph. 210.354-4822

For those who are interested in ordering Alamo Chapter Name Tags:  Contact - Mike Clark  clarkmb2@gmail.com Ph. 602.510-9431

Reminder - Bring your Alamo Chapter magnetic/plastic Name Tags when attending all of our Chapter functions
Monthly Luncheon Background:  The monthly luncheon idea started in 2016 with the VHPA Ladies of the Alamo Chapter organizing their own monthly luncheons - just so they could have more time to visit and better get to know each other.  After a few months - the Men learned how much the Ladies were enjoying themselves, and decided to try and do the same thing!

Thus the idea for separate monthly luncheons for most months, then for a change of pace we plan both a Spring and Fall Combined luncheon.  All of these monthly luncheons are scheduled completely separate from the General Membership Business Meeting/Dinners.  So far – all of our Combined Luncheons have been at more upscale restaurants - because it appeals to our lady folks.

Ladies who want to learn more about the VHPA Ladies of the Alamo Chapter - please contact  Janet-Anne Boykin
 at Ph. (210) 414-7464 / boykinjnja@gmail.com

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Those just wanting to follow events and plans for our Alamo Chapter of the VHPA - please monitor this web site.

 Application for Annual Membership or Life Membership is located in the section labeled -
Membership Application Page

Print PDF Membership Application Form; complete all applicable blanks; and mail it to -

Alamo Chapter of the VHPA
P.O. Box 10085
San Antonio, Texas 78210-0085

 
 

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