The White Falcon - 02.10.1970, Blaðsíða 1

APOLLO 13 CREWMEN ARRIVE
THE WHITE FALCON
Vol. XIII, No. 40
U.S. Naval Station, Keflavik, Iceland
October 2, 1970
Air Force rescue plane on scene
to aid survivors of Icelandair crash
An Air Force search and rescue team from Keflavik received first
word of the crash of an Icelandair F-27 twin-engine plane enroute to
Iceland from Norway. The plane crashed shortly before 11 a.m. Satur-
day, September 26. __________________________________
The request for help came from
Oceanic Air Control at Halifax,
Nova Scotia, at 11:44 a.m. Nine-
ty minutes later, an Air Force
HC—130 aircraft of the 57th Aero-
space Rescue and Recovery Squad-
ron was on its way to the crash
sight loaded with medical sup-
plies.
The Icelandair plane crashed
into a 1,600-foot mountain while
making a landing approach in dense
fog on the Island of Vagor in the
Faeroe group southeastof Iceland.
First reports of the crash
came from survivors who freed
themselves from the wreckage and
made an hour long hike to the
village of Mygennes to summon
help by phone.
Of the 30 passengers and four
crewmembers aboard, eight were
illed. No Americans were on the
ght, and the pilot, who was
ng those killed, was the only
telander.
The HC-130, piloted by Maj.
(See RESCUE, Page 6)
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RAdm. John Beling
to be new ComIDF
Rear Admiral John K. Beling
is scheduled to relieve Rear Adm.
Mayo A. Hadden, Jr., as commander
of the Iceland Defense Force in
two weeks.
Reporting here from the office
of the Chief of Naval Operations,
Rear Adm. Beling last served as
the director of the Air, Surface
and Electronic Warfare Division.
Rear Admiral Hadden, who has
headed this NATO command for the
past two years, will assume du-
ties as Commander Fleet Air Wings
of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet.
All members of the defense
force and their dependents are
invited to attend the change of
command ceremonies, scheduled to
begin at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Octo-
ber 14, at the U.S. Naval Station
Keflavik hangar (No. 831).
Tri-weekly Falcon
to have more
news, more often
More news more often is in
store for White Falcon readers in
the coming weeks.
Last Monday, a four-page run-
down of college and pro football
games was published in the first
issue of the Falcon SCOREBOARD.
Similar coverage of not only na-
tion-wide weekend gridiron action,
but also the World Series and
other sports will appear in Mon-
day SCOREBOARDS from now on.
Beginning next week, the White
Falcon will become a tri-weekly
publication, with the SCOREBOARD
coming out Mondays, a four-page
Falcon on Wednesdays and a six-
pager on Fridays.
By publishing three times a
week, we will be able to keep
more up to date with current news
and sports than in the weekly
edition.
Movie and TV schedules, classi-
fied ads, Alan Markow's Tale
Feathers column and feature sto-
ries will appear in the Friday
paper with no change in the week-
ly deadlines.
All Falcon publications will
be ready for distribution on
Monday, Wednesday and Friday af-
ternoons before 3. Family quar-
ters residents will have the Fri-
day Falcons delivered to their
homes.
Since the Recreation Department
(See FALCON, Page 9)