The White Falcon


The White Falcon - 04.09.1958, Blaðsíða 1

The White Falcon - 04.09.1958, Blaðsíða 1
THE WHITE IDT Volume VIII, Number 17 Headquarters, Iceland Defense Force, Keflavik Airport, Iceland Friday, September 4, 1958 j 12 NATO Officials Visit Keflavik Airport Twelve top officials of the North Atlantic Treaty Or- ganziation viewed NATO operations at Keflavik Airport, Iceland on August 26th. The dignitaries were members of the NATO Standing Group chaired by Lieutenant General Jean Piatte of the Franch Army. Following a mid-after- noon arrival with full honors, Brigadier General Henry G. Thorne, Jr., briefed the visitors on Iceland Defense Force operations. The officials then toured the base, stopping at the 932nd Aircraft Control and Warn- ing Squadron, the 57th Fighter Interceptor Alert hangar and other points of interest. The dignitaries that night were guests at a banquet and recep- tion at the Officers’ Club. Ice- land’s NATO Commander, General Thorne and Mrs. Thorne hosted the event. Other Defense Force Officials assisted. The group departed early on August 27th for Oslo, Norway. The Standing Group is the exe- cutive agent for the NATO Mili- (Continued on Page /./ Lieutenant General Jean Paitte of France, Chairman of the NATO Standing Group, inspects the guard of honor at Keflavik Airport Iceland, on the occasion of the Group’s visit on August 26th. General Piatte is shown accompanied by Brigadier General Henry G. Thorne, Jr., USAF, Iceland Defense Force Commander, and First Lieutenant Thomas L. Mullan, USA honor guard commander. 5 7 th Loses F-89 In Practice Alert Due to heroic action, men of the 57th Fighter Inter- cepter Squadron were saved from a possible explosion last Wednesday night, August 20th. The Squadron was on a practice ^ scramble when a fuel line broke Three Master Sergeants and their families pose for a picture before leaving the Commanders office shortly after the Sergeants received their promotion to E-8 early this week. (L to R) Sgt. C. A. Bau- mannand family, Sgt. H. S. McKinney and family, and Sgt. L. W. Parks. Four Keflavik IVE/Sgt E-7’s Celebrate More Than LD Four Keflavik Master Sergeants had more than Labor Day to celebrate this week. They received their promotions from the grade of E-7 to E-8 in a special promotion ceremony held at 0900 hours, September 1, in the office of Colonel Richard W. Philbrick, ------------------—--------------------<•> in the aircraft of Lt. Frank Reamer. Raw fuel sprayed into the engines and onto the floor. An explosion ignited the fuel, set- ting the craft and the floor un- der it on fire. Flames came over the back of the wings. Another explosion sent flames over the front of the wings, said Radio Observer, Lt. Dick Gardner. Lt. Gardner leaped from the craft to help Lt. Reamer out. The two, along with the crews, started evacuating the hangar. Another pilot, Lt. William An- ders, heard the explosions and raced to a second aircraft, taxi- ing it clear of the hangar. Lt. Reamer hurriedly cleared a third aircraft. By this time fire department (Continued on Page 3.) Base Supply Gets New Crystal Ball Major Gail L. Bahr, Base Sup- ply Officer, has announced the receipt in Base Supply of the new and latest model crystal ball, type C-1T-4U. This new model is larger than the old model and will allow him to look farther into the fu- ture. Crystal balls are issued to all Base Supply officers for gaz- ing into the future to determine organizational supply require- ments for those organizations who do not submit issue slips. This equipment is also used to deter- mine correct stock numbers, quantities, delivery dates, and (Continued on Page 3.) 2nd BCT Parades For NCO’s; Two Receive Special Awards The 2nd Battalion Combat Team of Keflavik Airport recently passed in review to honor a group of men long considered the backbone of any military organization, the Non Commissioned Officer. The two highpoints of the parade were the presentation of a Bronze Star to Staff Ser-^ geant L. D. Smith of Hq. Hq. and Svc. Co. and the presentation of the Commander’s Guard Trophy to Alfa Company. Sgt. Smith, a Squad Leader in the Pioneer and Ammunition Sec- tion of Hq. Co., received the covet- ed medal for gallent actions dur- ing World War II. The Commander’s Guard Trophy is presented semi-annually to a unit of the BCT for outstanding showmanship in military courtesy, military bearing, and sportsman- ship. The Trophy was presented to M/Sgt Leroy P. Honsaker, first sergeant of Alfa Company by Major John Mohl, executive of- ficer of the BCT and Reviewing Officer for the parade. The reviewing staff consisted of the Battalion’s top ranking NCO’s with First Sergeant Wil- liam W. Kilgore, sergeant major of the BCT as Commander of Troops. Master Sergeants, Clifford (Continued on Page 3.) Broadway Comes To Service Club The world’s first space visitor lands on Earth bent on taking charge of the world. In this in- truder’s bag of tricks is the power to broadcast men’s minds so that their thoughts can be heard, he doesn’t need food, yet he lives forever. Will he succeed in his plot? It all makes for rolliking laugh- ter as the recent Broadway smash hit, “Visit to a Small Planet” comes to Keflavik Airport Sep- tember 6, 7, and 8. The play will be presented by your Keflavik Theater Guild at the Viking Ser- vice Club. This season, a slight admission fee of 25 cents will be charged to supplement the production cost granted by the Base Welfare Fund. Commander. These were probably the first E-8 promotions to be officially announced west of Europe. Only three of the four E-7’s being promoted were on hand for the ceremony, two of which had their families present to witness the event. Another E-7 was on leave, therefore he could not at- tend. Those promoted were: M/Sgt Harold S. McKinney, Base Ser- geant Major; M/Sgt Lynwood W. Parks, 57th FIS hangar chief; M/Sgt Clifford A. Baumann, 53rd ARS line chief; and M/Sgt Harley S. Yates, 57th FIS line chief. Sgt. McKinney and Sgt. Bau- mann had their families present for the event. Sgt. Yates was on leave. Other promoted to the rank of sergeant, but not present were: T/Sgt. Gilson E. Smith of the 57th FIS, to M/Sgt. To T/Sgt. were: Sgt. Steve Chuma, 933rd AC&W; Sgt. George E. Stillings, Headquarters IADF; and Sgt. Kenneth D. Swanson, 1400th In- stallation Squadron. A/1C Verlin L. Johnson and A/1C Harold D. Merriott, both of Hq. IADF were promoted to Staff. Jack, (entering clothing store) “I’d like to try on that suit in the window.” Salesman: “I’m sorry sir, but you’ll have to use the dressing room like everyone else.” NATO — UNIFIED POWER FOR PEACE

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