Heading for Misawa AFB Japan. Dick has been invited by the 35th Fighter Wing to do a show for the Panther Pack and the Fighting Samurai on 13 July. He has been working with the squadrons since early this year and our schedules finally came together so that he could perform for both squadrons.

Thanks to Capt. Balzhiser "Smack" for taking the helm as POC to make the event run smoothly.

It also looks like Dick will be interviewed by the AFN while at Misawa. He was interviewed by AFN in 1968. The  differences should be interesting.

More to follow when we return state side.

18 May 2012
Dick & The Cool Water Band performed for the River Rats Friday Night Hanger Party at Luke AFB. SWAT lets Dick have some cockpit time before the show.

A Fighter Pilot Looks at the World Upside Down

Books #1 & #2 are available through Erosonic.com, & Amazon. Dick has published his Philosphical Memoirs of 22 years as a fighter pilot and a citizen of the universe. The books cover his sense of the universe in which he has dwelt from 1972 to the present dealing with a multitude of topics from fighter tactics to God to Satan to Politics and education, birth, youth, age, death, love, romance, sex, and procreation, etc.

Books are available from erosonic.com [that's us], & amazon.com

ePub versions at Amazon Kindle, Apple iBook, Barnes & Noble Nook, Sony, etc.

Book #3 coming in Feb. 2012

For additional information go to www.erosonic.com website.

Acker Musical Showcase, Prescott AZ

The Cool Water Band - a local group Dick performs with - had a great time at The Prescott Trading Co. on Acker night [Dec 9th]. We were street level on Whiskey Row in Prescott and had great audiences. Dick continues to pursue venues for performance in the Prescott area. The Cool Water Band is gaining recognition as one of the better groups on the area for range of material and vocal talents. As Dick says: "One of these days we hope to get paid what we think we're worth."

The Acker Foundation was established by a local Prescott family to promote supporting the art in the Prescott area. It hosts two events a year to raise money for its efforts. The monies are used to encourage/support local high school goups and individuals in their pursuit of the various arts. Dick makes every effort to support their efforts by participating in their events whenever we can.

Band Members: Tom Calvert, Cameron Calvert, Carl Brehmer, Dick Jonas -- Acker Dec 9 2011

Prescott County Courthouse Square Holiday Lighting

2011 - Almost Gone

This year found us doing a lot of traveling. In April we headed northeast visiting friends a long the way. We stopped in Dayton, OH for the River Rats Reunion. They held most of the events at the National Museum of the Air Force at Wright Patterson. What a fantastic venue.              

Of course when we headed south we stopped at Macintire ANG to do a show for the Swamp Foxes. Dick has a tender spot for that group because they were his last active duty assignment. Check out "Swamp Fox" at the erosonic.com website if you want to hear more.

We returned home in June in time for Dick to accept the nomination to be President of the Northern Arizona Chapter of MOAA for 2012. He is looking forward to doing a good job for them for his term of 2 years.

In October we headed for San Antonio for the Head Hunters Reunion. The hospitality suite got really rowdy a couple of nights. "Twin Tailed Lightning" was a favorite of the crowd.

Tex Ritter sets the mood

The crowd joins in

Later that month we were back in San Antonio for the MOAA conference to learn about how to be an officer and to meet other officers from around Arizona.


November took us to Luke AFB for the 2nd Tactics Conference. The Friday Night party was in a hanger this year and Dos Gringos joined in the fun.

Dick stays active in the Prescott area with The Cool Water Band. Today the band will be at Morimer's Farms at 3 PM as part of their fall festival. We will be playing at the Prescott Trading Co., on Whiskey Row [142 Montezuma], the evening of Dec. 9th -- 5:30 - 8:30 +/- as part of the annual holiday Acker event. On Sat., Dec. 10th the band will provide music for the Holiday Lunch of the NAC of MOAA. So you see with all of this we do stay busy. If you are in the area for any of these upcoming events please stop by & say hello.