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Headquarters, Iceland Defense Force, Kelluvik Airport, Iceland
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Ill Officer Has
Luck In Threes
Major Joseph F. Mika, 932d
ACWRON Communications Elec-
tronics Officer, has been in Ice-
land approximately nine months.
Assigned at the 932d during this
time, “lady lr.ck” has constantly
been at his side.
One month after coming to Ice-
land he received his Regular Air
Force commission. Three months
later he was promoted to Major.
As his third three-month cycle
rolled around in August, Major
Mika was awarded the Air Force
pilot’s highest aeronautical rating,
Command Pilot Wings and Rating.
The Major has flown over 4,000
hours in fifteen years. Command
Pilot rating demands 3,000 hours.
Major Mika’s luck stays with
him. When he leaves Iceland in
January ’59 he will head home
to Champaign, Illinois. He will be
assigned to the Midwestern Air-
ways Communications Service at
Chanute AFB in Champaign.
U. of Maryland
Enrolling Today
Students of History, Language
and Business Administration will
find the forthcoming University
of Maryland semester most ap-
pealing, according to the Base
Education Office.
For those interested in a langu-
age course, Icelandic II will be
available as well as the begining
courses of German I and Italian I.
A two credit course in Organiza-
tion and Control titled Business
Administration II will also be
available this semester. No pre-
requisits aside from a high school
diploma are needed to take part
in this course.
History students will like to
know that History 129, The His-
tory of U.S. and World Affairs
as well as U.S. Foreign Policy
since 1917, is being offered this
term. A begining course in Recent
Political Theory from the 19th to
the 20th century is also scheduled
for this semester. The course is
titled, G and P 142.
The fee for each course is $10
per credit, with the government
paying 75 percent of the cost. An
additional $10 matriculation fee
will be charged to those who are
not registered with the U. of M.
program.
Formal registration will begin
October 17, but the U. of M. re-
presentative, Dr. John Manahan,
is available at the Education Of-
fice, Bldg. T-309 for further in-
formation.
He Likes Pancakes
Augsburg, Germany (AFPS)
— Hobbies? Collections? Meet
PFC Jim Schafer of the 11th
ABN. Civ. who has for a few
years been collecting — of all
things — pancakes! So far he
has over 40, representing eight
states and three foreign coun-
tries, all filed neatly in cell-
ophane folders. His latest ad-
dition: a mess hall special
which he classifies as a “Shock
Absorber”.
BCT Expands
NighS Classes
The night Group Study courses
being conducted by the 2d Batta-
lion Combat Team’s Education
Office have been expanded in an
effort to offer more variety in
subjects.
Open to all personnel of Kefla-
vik Airport, the next cycle will
run from November 3 to December
15 with each class meeting twice
a week. Classes are free, and en-
rollments are being accepted now
for the next cycle.
Classes in English (Reading
Comprehension and Grammar)
and Mathematics will be offered
on Tuesday and Thursday nights
for men requiring a 10-12th grade
review in preparation for High
School GED Test. In addition, the
following courses will be scheduled
during November and December,
providing that at least 20 men are
interested. The tentative courses
are Fundamentals of Electricity,
Public Relations (college- 3 se-
mester hours); Physics, 1st year
(high school) ; Auto-Mechanics;
Algebra, 1st Year (high school)
and Fundamentals of Psychology
(college- 2 semester hours).
All military personnel interested
in enrolling in any of the above
courses should call the 2d BCT
Education Office at ext. 5220 dur-
ing duty hours.
Time Change
If you want to be exact,
you’ll have to get up at 2 a.m.
Oct. 26. That’s the moment
set for the change to Iceland
Winter Time.
At 2 a.m. Oct. 26, get up and
set your clock back to 1 a.m.
Actually, you’ll gain sleeping
time, because you’ll sleep the
hour of 1 to 2 a.m. over again.
The trouble is, the change
signifies the arrival of winter.
Two Receive AF Commendation Medals;
Civilian Suggestors Collect $350, $10
Mr. Petursson, Maj. Brown, Sgt. Brannen
suggestion, outstanding performance.
honors received for
AFRS To Air
College Football
This weekend the Armed Forces
Radio Service will again air two
collegiate football games if radio
reception from the states is of
sufficiently good quality. On Sat-
urday at 7:15 p.m. the game bet-
ween Cornell and Yale will be
rebroadcast, and on Sunday at
8:30 p.m. the game between the
Naval Academy and Tulane is
scheduled for rebroadcast.
Local AFRS coverage of these
games is made possible by moni-
toring transmitters on the east
coast — WRUL at Scituate, Mass.,
WDSI at Brentwood, Long Island,
and WBOU at Bound Brook, New
Jersey. The games are tape re-
corded and edited through the
short wave facilities.
VP-10 Pilots Check Out
New Turbo-Prop Transport
A commercial verison of the
prop-jet Electra transport landed
at Keflavik Aii-port October 9 as
part of its world Premier flight.
The plane is a product of Lock-
head Aircraft Corporation of Cali-
fornia.
VP 10 and FASRON 107 acted
as escorts for the group of 35
traveling in the 72 passenger
turbo-prop aircraft. A group of
Defense Force members were
given a 45 minute demonstration
ride while VP 10 patrol plane
commanders took turns at the con-
trols, demonstrating the capabili-
ties of the aircraft under emer-
gency combat conditions.
The U. S. Navy has extended
a $10,000,000 contract for pro-
duction of a military version, the
P3V-1, anti-submarine warfare
patrol plane, to the Lockheed Cali-
fornia Division.
The aircraft has cruising speeds
nearly 100 percent faster than the
P2V-7 Neptune — “world stand-
ard” sub-hunter, used by Kefla-
vik’s VP 10. The P3V-1 will be
fitted with four turbine engines
developing a total of 18,000 h.p. at
takeoff.
Use of prop-jet power will en-
able the P3V-1 to carry out every
type of sub-hunting mission —
from low-and-slow flights at
white-cap levels to speed runs at
altitudes above 30,000 feet. With
a speed of 460 miles per hour it
can drop down to less than 170
m.p.h. for low-speed reconnaiss-
ance.
Combining high available pow-
er with relatively low weight, the
new plane will be able to operate
from small advanced bases and
range to mid-ocean areas on sub
searches.
Its fuselage accommodates the
world’s most modern electronic de-
tection equipment, with room for
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Another Coincidence?
Keflavik is beginning to take on
some of the aspects of Broadway
and 42nd Street, where if you
stand long enough you’ll meet all
your friends. Take the case of
the two boys from Paragould,
Arkansas, who grew up together,
attended the same grade school,
high school, and college and then
both joined the Air Force.
Then the long arm of coinci-
dence began to take a hand, in
their lives. First they turned up
stationed together with the. 9th
Air Force at Pope Air Force. Base,
North Carolina. They got ne\v as-
signments and then fates in the
Pentagon started operating again
and they wound up stationed to-
gether at George Air Force Base,
California.
Then Keflavik gets into the
story — not only are they both
stationed here — one is assigned
to quarters 617-E the other to
617-E. They are Col. Paul P.
Douglas, Jr., Commander of the
1400th Operations Group, and
Major Avon L. Fletcher, Man-
power and Organization Officer
in Headquarters IADF.
Five Selected For
Permanent Captain
Five officers at Keflavik Air-
port have been selected as per-
manent captains. Two others, who
have recently departed this sta-
tion, are also included on the list.
Selections still require Senate ap-
proval.
To become -permanent captains
upon the completion of seven
years’ service are Richard J. Bak-
er, 1400th Operations Group; Har-
old E. George, IADF Headquar-
ters; Franklin A. Ross, 57th FIS;
Thomas R. Singleton, 57th FIS;
Bruce R. Williams, 57th FIS.
Those who have DEROSed are
Capt. Francis W. Bernier and 1st
Lt. Arthur E. Greenwalt, both
formerly of IADF Headquarters.
Two people from the 1400th In-
stallation Squadron received Air
Force Commendation Medals last
Friday. Colonel Richard W. Phil-
brick, Base Commander, made the
presentations. Col. Philbrick also
presented a $350 award for a
civilian suggestion concerning the
installations shop.
Major Leslie L. Brown, Jr.,
earned commendation for his
“judgement, skillful planning,
vigorous supervision and leader-
ship” in reorganizing supervision
and preventive maintenance as In-
stallations Engineer at Bossier
AFB, La.
Master Sergeant Joseph J.
Brannen won the Commendation
medal as NCOIC of the Property
Disposal Section of the 27th Air
Base Group, Bergstrom AFB, Tex.
The citation said Sgt. Brannen
“developed the Disposal Section
from an unsatisfactory operation
to the most efficient and well or-
ganized in Tactical Air Com-
mand.”
A suggestion won Einar Peturs-
son, Installations, 5,691 kronur
($350). Mr. Petursson suggested
moving electrical wiring fr m
beneath the floor to an overhead
position in the installations shop.
The wiring’s previous positon
caused deterioration, danger of
explosion and heating failure.
Since the wiring has been moved
no explosions, failures or diffic 1-
ties have occured.
Another civilian suggestion
brought Mrs. Shirley Stone, Civi-
lian Personnel, ten dolla-s Her
suggestion of a form letter for
non-adoption of suggestions by the
Incentives Awards Committee re-
sulted in a savings of 45 houi-s
per year, and monetary savin ~s
of close to $100.
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Base Library To
Re-open Monday
The Base Library will have its
grand re-opening, Monday, Oct.
20, at 1 p.m., announced Miss Kay
Howard, Base Librarian. The li-
brary will be located in the newly
remodelled building, T-102, and
hours of operation will be 1-10
p.m. seven days a week.
Just inside the library now will
be a new blonde-finished circula-
tion desk. Other new things in the
library include tile floors, new
lighting, and an office and work
shop for the new staff of four.
The staff includes Miss Howard,
Miss Sonny Jonsdottir, and two
airmen not yet assigned.
The library now covers a lar-
ger area than before. Included in
this new -area are a children’s
reading area; a study for per-
sonal research for University of
Maryland students, USAFI, etc.;
and an expanded reading lounge.
Plans are being made for a
Childrens Story Hour and an
Adult Discussion Group, when
sufficent staff is available.
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