The White Falcon - 11.11.1962, Blaðsíða 1
Volume II, Number 35_U.S. NAVAL STATION, KEFLAVIK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, ICELAND Sunday, Novmber 11, 1962
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CELEBRATING THEIR 187th BIRTHDAY—The history of the Marine
Corps is depicted by a series of six Marine Corps uniforms. Starting
at the top is the unform of the Continental Marine of 1775 and pro-
ceeding in a clockwise direction those of the years 1900, 1917, 1961,
1859, and 1836. Story and pictures are on page 7.
Veterans Day To Be
Celebrated Nov. 11
President John F. Kennedy has called upon all Americans
to observe Veterans Day in cooperation with the Veterans
Day National Committee and patriotic organizations in
their efforts to make clear
significance of this day.
Robert S. McNamara, Secre-
tary of Defense said in a message
to the people, “Veterans Day
gives all Americans an opportun-
ity to express their gratitude to
those who have defended our free-
dom and advanced the cause of
world peace. Our veterans, by
their courage, devotion and dedi-
cation to the ideals which have
made America great, have been
and continue to be an inspiration
to those who have followed them
and who now wear their nation’s
uniform.
In keeping with the Proclama-
tion of the President, I urge the
personnel of our Armed Forces
to participate in or attend ap-
propriate ceremonies on Veter-
ans Day.
I ask each of you to join with
me in expressing our sincere ap-
preciation to our veterans and to
reaffirm our determination to
carry forward the heritage for
which they have fought so gal-
lantly and so well.”
In other Veterans Day messag-
es, Chaplain Robert P. Taylor,
Maj. Gen., Chairman, Armed
Forces Chaplains Board had this
to say, “It is our privilege to cele-
brate, once again, Veterans Day
and pay tribute to those men and
to all our people the true
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women who have worn the uni-
form of our country. In each gen-
eration, these Americans have
been living embodiment of our
Armed Forces motto, ‘Power for
Peace.’
In today’s complicated inter-
national environment, members
of our Armed Forces are called
upon not only to protect the
security of our Nation, but to
assist in maintaining the free-
dom of other nations. This global
responsibility affords one of the
most challenging periods of our
history.
Even as our soldiers, sailors and
airmen of yesterday had their feet
firmly fixed on the present and
reached out to the future, so we
the members of the Armed Forces
of today are reaching out into a
new and boundless frontier. We
are America’s Minutemen ready
to respond to the cause of free-
dom. As President Kennedy said,
‘Our primary purpose is neither
propaganda nor provocation—but
preparation.’
In honoring our Veterans, we
remember their faith—faith in
their leaders; faith in their fam-
lies; faith in their training and
equipment; faith in their future;
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Crew One, VW-11, Repeats
As “Outstanding Crew”
Earthy Problem
Seen In Moon
Flight Plans
Gen. Bernard A. Schriever,
Chief of the Air Force Systems
Command, speaking to the Ameri-
can Society of Civil Engineers in
Detroit, Mich., inferred that fu-
ture space travel would be limited
by facilities established on the
ground.
As an example, the Air Force
is working on its RS-70, a plane
designed to travel three times the
speed of sound, or about 2,100
mph.
If this plane were used com-
mercially it would cross the con-
tinent in less than two hours.
However, the time saved on
such a flight would in most cases
be lost by the traveler getting to
and from the airport.
Gen Schriever thinks this makes
it obvious that we will not solve
all our transportation problems
merely by building faster air-
planes.
Landing fields and launching
stations must
be made easily
accessible to
the potential
space traveler,
for no matter
how fast it
travels, the
space vehicle
must be laun-
ched and land-
ed.
Gen. Schrie-
ver says, “This
will require the development of
facilities suited for such prob-
lems. There will undoubtedly be
unique construction problems in-
volved.”
At this point, Gen. Schriever
discussed the “spaceports” that
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Gen. Schriever
Squadron Retains Trophy
For Another Six Months
Crew ONE of Airborne Early Warning Squadron Eleven
remains the pride of the Barrier Force Atalantic’s two
AEW Squadrons. Since competition began in 1960, Crew
ONE has been the only Barrier Force unit to win the
coveted “Outstanding Crew”
Adding to a series of first’s'
they were the only crew to win
the award two times consecutively
and the only crew in Squadron
ELEVEN to ever win it.
During the six months of gruel-
ling competition, Crew ONE striv-
ed to surpass approximately 24
other crews. With the selection,
AEWRON ELEVEN retains the
“Outstanding Crew Trophy.”
In ceremonies held on October
30, Rear Admiral Robert B.
Moore, USN, Commander Bar-
rier Force Atlantic,, again pre-
sented the trophy to Commander
C. C. O’Hearn, Plane Commander
of Crew ONE.
Admiral Moore wired congrat-
Air Force Doubles
Dec. Stripe Quotas
Washington (AFPS) — The Air
Force will promote 10,623 airmen
to technical and master sergeant
on Dec. 1. This figure more than
doubles quotas of the two pre-
vious cycles.
Last June, for example, 5,185
were promoted to technical and
master, while a year ago on Dec.
1 the total was 5,250.
The larger promotion quota this
December for E-6 and E-7 could
be a factor in producing more
slots for lower grade airmen.
The Strategic Air Command
acquired the largest share of new
stripes with 3,141 allocations. The
Air Defense Command was next
with 1,311, followed by the Air
Training Command with 1,136
spaces.
award twice.
ulations to the winning crew on
Oct. 11, “Crew 1, AEWRON 11
for the second consecutive time
hereby awarded outstanding crew
trophy in recognition of superb
performance North Atlantic Bar-
rier Operations period 1 April -
30 September 1962. Heartiest con-
gratulations to all crew members
of Crew 1 who by hard work,-ent-
husiastic spirit and devotion to
duty have helped to maintain the
North Atlantic Barrier in highest
state of readiness. Your perform-
ance of duty has been in keeping
with the highest traditions of the
Naval Service.”
Competition for the trophy is
based on four performance factors
which are essential to accomplish-
ing the Atlantic Barrier Mission.
These factors are evaluated over
six-month periods of competition
toward accumulating a total per-
fect score of 100%. Barrier Radar
Effectiveness counts 40%; Bar-
rier Electronic Counter-Measures
Effectiveness, 10%; Barrier Com-
munications Effectiveness, 25%;
and Barrier Readiness Effectiven-
ess, 25%.
In order to surpass competing
crews, the winner necessarily
develops excellent teamwork as
well as expert individual perform-
ances. A single aircraft accident
or breach of communications sec-
urity automatically disqualifies a
crew and a minimum of 12 air-
borne early warning patrols must
be performed during the scoring
period to qualify for competition.
In addition to the trophy, COM-
BARFORLANT awarded individ-
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The 17 men who for the second consecutive time won the “Outstanding Crew Award” stand behind Cmdr.
C. C. O’Hearn, Plane Commander, left, and Rear Adm. R. B. Moore, Commander Barrier Force, Atlantic,
right. Adm. Moore gave his personal congratulations and presented each man with an “Outstanding Crew
Certificate.”