LAST ANNUAL CRUSADER BALL (LACB) HISTORY

1st  NAS Miramar, April 1982 - DAVE BEAM

2nd  NAS Oceana, May 19, 1984 - CHUCK TINKER

3rd  NAS Patuxent, May 18, 1985 - MIKE WELCH

4th  NAS Point Mugu, May 17, 1986 - MOON VANCE

5th  NAS Miramar, May 16, 1987 - CHUCK LOWRY

6th  NAS Miramar, May 21, 1988 - RED BEST

7th  NAS Miramar, August 11, 1989 - CAL SWANSON

8th  NAS Miramar, October 26, 1990 - HOSS PEARSON

9th  NAS Miramar, October 19, 1991 - ED BROWN

10th Washington, D.C., October, 1992 - HOT DOG BROWN

11th Dallas, November 6, 1993 - DENIS DUFFY

12th Phoenix, September 2, 1994 - BILL HAUPRICH

13th San Diego, October 7, 1995, MO WRIGHT

14th Pensacola, October 24-27, 1996 CHUCK TINKER

15th Reno (w/Tailhook), September 4-7, 1997 - BILL RUSSELL

16th Pensacola, May 20, 1999

          1999 December 1-3. Although not an LACB many went to France for the official retirement of the F-8.

17th San Diego, October 5, 2000 - BRUCE BOLAND

18th NAS Oceana, September 20, 2001 - DAVE WINIKER

19th FRENCH CRUSADER BALL, Hyeres, October 3-6, 2002 - ANTOINE GUILLOT

20th San Diego, October 16, 2003 - BOB PEARL

21st Pensacola, October 5-8, 2005 - CHUCK TINKER / CHUCK KLUSMANN.

           The first one scheduled for Oct 2004 was cancelled due to Hurricane Ivan that destroyed a lot

           of Pensacola. Hurricane Katrina hit just before this one but did not cause it to be cancelled.

22nd San Diego, May 12, 2007 - BOB PEARL

23rd San Francisco, May 01, 2008 - RICH KEEFER

24th Dallas, October 7, 2009 - DENIS DUFFY

25th Pensacola, May 05, 2011 - CHUCK KLUSMANN

26th Reno, w/Tailhook September 6-8, 2012 - JOHN HOLM

27th San Diego / Coronado, May 21, 2014 - BOB PEARL

28th San Diego, October 02, 2015 - RICH REDDITT

29th San Diego, May 3 – 6, 2017 - DAVE COWLES

30th San Diego / La Jolla, September 26-29, 2018 - MIKE WALDRON

31st San Diego, October 17-20, 2021

32nd Reno (w/Tailhook), August 24-27, 2023

33rd San Diego, September 27, 2024

34th Reno (w/Tailhook), August 21-23, 2025

35th San Diego, September 24, 2026 – DICK EVERT / MIKE WALDRON