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THE WHITE FALCON
Saturday, August 7, 1959
Senior Naval Officer
Veteran naval aviator, Captain
Albert H. Wilson, USN, has as-
sumed duties as Senior Naval Of-
fier, Headquarters MATS.
Formerly Commanding Officer
of the Corpus Christi, Texas
Naval Air Station, he relieved
Captain Carl E. Giese, USN, as
top naval representative in the
Military Air Transport Service.
Outgoing and incoming Commanders review troops during Change of
-Command Ceremonies held at Keflavik Airport July 28.
Capt. Olson Rolls 290
As ABRON Takes Title
The 1400th Air Base Squadron Bowlers took home the
Tuesday Night Deague Commander’s Trophy last week
thanks to a hot 290 score posted by Captain V. B. Olson.
Captain Olson ended the Tues-
Tall and Tanned
Here’s a girl that everyone looks
up to ... at least most of us will
look up to Julie Newmar. She’s six
foot three with heels, but she
wouldn’t go out with heels any-
way. She’s a BARE six feet in
that bikini, and that’s a lot of
girl, anyway you look at it.
day Night Commander’s Bowling
League with a bang, as he rolled
12 straight strikes. Strangely en-
ough, this unusual feat still did
not place Capt. Olson in the
magic “300 Circle”, since he con-
verted a spare in the first frame
of his first game and then rolled
11 strikes in a row. The 12th
strike came in the first frame
of the second game.
It was a heartbreaking finish
for the Headquarters, IADF Five,
who finished in the runner-up
spot. After leading the pack
through most of the season, the
IADF Keglers ran into a red- hot
“A” Company team and dropped
three all-important points. This
loss enabled the ABRON Team to
win the League title by a scant
half game.
VAGABONDS WIN
It was the same story in the
Friday Night Independent League
as the Vagabonds compiled a
strong finish to top that league
for the second year in a row.
They were tagged right down
to the wire by AACS and the
Vikings. These three teams raced
neck and neck throughout the
final weeks of the season by
dropping no more than one point
during this period.
As ABRON and the Vagabonds
wrote finis to this season, plans
are already underway to organize
new leagues. Organizations wish-
ing to enter teams in the new
leagues should contact Bowling
League Officials as soon as possi-
ble.
Letters Lost, Late?
If your mail turns up miss-
ing or late for one reason or
another, it could be the fault
of the addressee and not the
postal system. A late survey
at postal concentration cen-
ters in New York and San
Francisco revealed that large
quantities of APO mail need-
ed directory service. Chief
causes: failure to use all ele-
ments of correct return ad-
dress on mail; use of unaut-
horized or unfamiliar abbrev-
iations in return addresses.
So......if your mail is de-
layed in arriving at its de-
stination ..IT COULD BE
YOU!
Other peoples troubles are never
as bad as ours but their children
are much worse.
Extend Tours,
O/Seas
Like your base overseas?
You do? Well, as far as the
Air Force is concerned you can
stay on for as long as 48
months.
In order to minimize PCS
actions, with a resultant out-
lay of government and per-
sonal cash, Headquarters is
encouraging Air Force mem-
bers to stretch their tours.
For those who decide to tack
an additional several months
on their tours, a word of
caution — check with local
authorities to make sure vol-
untary extension requests are
in the mill before the automa-
tic reporting machinery grinds
out a ZI assignment.
Once reported for a U. S.
assignment the likelihood of
reversing the order is almost
non-existent.
Base LinksmenTee Off
For Tryouts August 15
The annual Keflavik Base Golf Tournament is slated to
get under way August 15 and 16 at the Reykjavik Golf Club.
The tournament will be 36 holes medal play, with 18
holes being played on Saturday and the final 18 on Sunday.
It will be on a no handicap basis and U.S. Golf Association
rules will be in affect.
AIWMAW'S BOOKSHEir
amass» :
So comprehensive and basic a
book is “The Impact of Airpower,”
by Eugene M. Emme, that six
months from now the Air Force
professional who has not read a
sizeable portion of it will, in one
respect, be falling behind many
of his contemporaries.
“The Impact of Airpower” is,
in utility, a 921-page one-volume
library, containing selected ex-
cerpts from books, articles, re-
ports and speeches by the world’s
leading aerospace power thinkers.
Dr. Emme is a project director
in the Operations Research Of-
fice of the Office of Civil and
Defense Mobilization at Battle
Creek, Michigan. He formerly
was director of the graduate study
group and research advisor on
the faculty of the Air War Col-
lege.
In three parts, its 12 chapters
and 118 selections treat “The Na-
ture of Airpower”; “The Revolu-
tion of Warfare”; and “Air Pol-
icy in National Security and
World Politics”.
It treats Soviet air policy at 1
length with excerpts from arti-
cles by leading Russian and Am-
erican specialists.
The airpower lessons of World
War II are presented from the
Army, Navy, Air Force, Allied
and enemy point of view. Included
in these are observations from
Generals Bradley and Eisenhower
as well as German Field Marshall
Erwin Rommel.
The development of aerospace
power, both its military and civil-
ian aspects, and the principles of
its employment — plus it poten-
tial — are discussed by recognized
authorities in defense, science, in-
dustry, international affairs, gov-
ernment and education.
Many Officers and airmen who
think often and deeply about the
role of aerospace power in today’s
world and in the future will want
to own it for frequent use as their
basic reference. In the years ahead
it will surely be listed among the
Great Books of aerospace power.
SNAFU
‘Ves sir ...we FINALLY got him/*
This play will also serve as the
qualification tourney to assist the
Selection Committee in determin-
ing the low six golfers in the Open
Division and the low three link-
sters in the Senior Division, to
represent Keflavik in the MATS
tournament slated for September
14—18 at Scott AFB, Ill.
Factors considered in this sel-
ection will be based upon scores
recorded in the 36-hole medal play
and upon the individual’s X'revious
tournament experience.
Entries may be called in to
Personnel Services, phone 4254
or 3193 no later than 2 p.m.
August 5, in order that pairings
can be made.
Starting times will be posted
in Special Services Supply, build-
ing T-2, phone 5225, no later
than 12 noon, August 12.
Bus transportation and green
fees will be furnished by Person-
nel Services. The bus will depart
building T-2 at 8 a. m. on August
15 and 16 for the Reykjavik Golf
Club.
All contestants will be furnis-
hed a copy of the rules of play on
the first tee prior to starting time.
Contestants will be required to
report to the starter five minutes
prior to their scheduled Tee-off
starting time at the number one
hole.
Golf clubs may be checked out
• at Special Services Supply, but
contestants will furnish their own
balls for the tourney.
AF Constructs
100 Dwellings
Every 24 Hrs.
Air Force homes are being built
at a record pace of 100 a day and
AF housing officials estimate
24,000 dwellings will be completed
by the end of the year.
An additional 24,000 units are
on the schedule for calendar years
1960 and 1961. Most of the proj-
ects are single or duplex family
dwellings under construction on
95 bases in the U. S. and two over-
seas.
With an eye toward individu-
ality, each home will incorporate
many of the best features found
in civilian housing projects. Open
and modern interior design is an
example of the up-to-date plann-
ing each home receives.
The full complement of kitchen
appliances is included in each
dwelling. Off-street parking, in
the form of carports and garages,
also will be provided.
Despite the strides being made,
officials say the shortage problem
is by no means licked. They do
point with pride, however, to the
1950—60 period which has seen
housing inventory climb from 30,-
000 to about 160,000.
And there was the guy in the
dilaphidated old car with the
gears stripped, the fenders tied
on with baling wire and the tires
worn threadbare. Driving up to
the Toll Collector at the Holland
Tunnel, the collector said, “Fifty
cents, please.”
The guy said, “Okay, I’ll take
Generals salute as Army shows its might during Change of Command Ceremonies July 28.