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Volume X, Number 38_____________Headquarters, Air Forces Iceland, Keflavik Airport, Iceland—A MATS Unit Saturday, October 29, 1960
^‘YOUNGEST DEE JAY’—Believed
Officer ER
to Change
A new AFM 36-10 becoming ef-
fective next Tuesday will bring
many changes in Officer Effect-
iveness Report procedures.
Among the most significant are
(1) field grade officer ERs will
be made on the new AF Form
707; (2) reporting officials are
now required to discuss the evalu-
ation with the officer being rated;
and the rated will be given an op-
portunity to see the completed
evaluation prior to its submission.
A third change is that the min-
imum period of supervision has
been equalized at 90 days rather
than the 60 to 120 previously re-
quired. Next the annual reports
have been deleted.
A fifth noteworthy change is
that only 30 or more consecutive
days leave, delay enroute, travel,
patient status and the like will be
deducted from the period of sup-
ervision. TDY is no longer deduct-
able.
A letter from Air Forces Ice-
land urged all reporting and in-
dorsing officials to review the new
manual thoroughly.
Squadron Civilians
Pick New Advisors
Squadron civilian employes have
elected six to the Civilian Advisory
Council.
The Headquarters Air Forces
Iceland Squadron will be represen-
ted by Donald C. Romig and 01-
afur Jonsson, Transportation
Squadron, Paul Smith and Jon
Bergsson; Supply Squadron, Clif-
ford Scobie and Birgir Olafsson;
Civil Engineer Squadron, George
Selby and Jon Thorkelsson and
Air Base Squadron, Benito Arietta
and Skuli Thorbergsson.
to be the youngest Dee Jay in the
Armed Forces Radio Service sys-
tem, Pamela (Pam) 11 year-old
daughter, of Capt. Warren J. Papin,
Information Service officer; is
putting on another record for her
show “Platter Party.” She will
emcee the show beginning Oct. 31.
The show is one of the most listen-
ed shows offered—it is planned
for listeners from 1 to 100, and is
aired at a new time, 4:30 to 5:30
p.m. Monday through Friday.
during this period must apply no
later than Nov. 15. The notice
says that about 50 per cent of the
personnel may be given leave.
Space on “185” (cargo aircraft)
will be allocated on “space-avail-
able” basis to those going on
Christmas leave.
The notice establishes three
priorities for travel during that
period—Priority I—personnel who
have been in Iceland for at least
six months; Priority II—person-
nel without their dependents who
have been on duty in Iceland less
than six months; and Priority III
—personnel accompanied by de-
pendents, who have been in Ice-
land less than six months.
Those wishing to ensure flights
out of Keflavik Airport to Mc-
Guire and the return trip may
want to use the commercial air-
lines.
Icelandic Air offers a one-way
ticket for $160 and a round trip
ticket for $246. It offers one class
of service-tourist flights. Icelandic
AF Opens
Additional
Tour Door
Applications for consecutive
overseas tours are now being ac-
cepted by the Special Actions
branch of Personnel through the
squadron first sergeants. Interim
Change No. 56 to AFM 35-11
opens the way for veteran and
first term airmen consecutive
tour assignments; however, once
accepted, the tour cannot be can-
celled.
Keflavik Airport members can
state two preferences of assign-
ment areas, both of which must
be out of Iceland.
The change authorizes indivi-
duals without dependent's to
serve a consecutive tour in an-
other area without restriction
and allows him to serve the
maximum 48 months in his new
assignment, if he so desires.
Airmen serving in areas where
dependents are not authorized
may ask for a consecutive tour
to an area where dependents are
authorized. But dependents will
not necessarily travel concurrent-
ly, if a consecutive tour is ap-
proved. Travel priority or govern-
ment quarters will not be com-
puted on the basis of the tour
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Air also has a family-fare plan.
A family using this plan can take
children from 12 to 25 and save
as much as $121.
Pan American offers the econ-
omy and first class flights. Econ-
omy costs $324.80 round-trip;
first class, $674. Special fares for
17-day excursions at a cost of
$212.80 and a special military plan
for a 45-day period at $227.40.
A pay-later plan is offered by
Pan American. Passengers must
pay 10 per cent down and the
remainder in the number of
months they desire, provided the
period is not longer than the
expected stay at Keflavik Air-
port.
Those anticipating a wait for
space-available and possibly pay-
ing their way back to Keflavik
could catch Pan American back
for about $199 or Icelandic Air
for $176.
The IDF notice forewarns that
spaces for return to Keflavik are
usually scarcer.
IDF Letter Announces
Christmas Leave Policy
The Christmas leave period, according to Iceland De-
fense Force Notice 1050 of Oct. 13, will begin at 5 p.m.,
Dec. 23 and end at 8 a.m. on Jan. 3. All those wanting leave
Mr. Douglas
Pays KA Visit
Deputy Secretary of Defense James H. Douglas Jr.
made an eight hour stopover at Keflavik Airport this week
‘to see how our Navy and Air Force units are doing, as
I have done in the past, and to*®"
see some of my Icelandic friends.”
Secretary Douglas was greeted
by Col. Benjamin G. Willis, com-
mander of the Iceland Defense
Force, and key members of his
staff.
The Honorable Mr. Douglas’
itinerary, after receiving honors
from Air Force and Navy Honor
Guards and a flight from each
service, took him on a tour of
the base.
During the tour, he made two
stops. He went into the field house
and into the Converter plant. He
showed particular interest in the
plant which receives electricity
from the Sog River plant because
he had been in on the initial nego-
tiations of the project.
A press interview with Iceland-
ic newsmen followed in the Ter-
minal. The Deputy Secretary said
he was returning from a European
visit. There he had gone to the
Seventh Army headquarters and
observed the border patrols along
the East and West German line.
He told the group that the Ameri-
cans manning watchtowers keep
a close watch on the border.
The Honorable Mr. Douglas
also visited the Navy forces in
Naples. He told newsmen that he
was in Iceland during World War
II, specifically in 1943. Mr. Doug-
las said he also was here in 1956
to negotiate governmental mat-
ters and that he had made many
friends whom he was hoping to
see while here.
The Deputy Secretary of De-
fense pointed out that Iceland's®
location makes it a strategic and
important adjunct to the NATO
organization. He predicted that
Air Force and Navy activities are
expected in Iceland for many
years to come. “Just what those
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KA Photos
Win Place
In Contest
Keflavik Airport camera hob-
bysts won a fourth and second
place in the MATS 1960 Photo-
graphy Contest.
SSgt. Frank C. Rogers, assign-
ed to the Office of Information,
Iceland Defense Force, won fourth
in the “Babies and Children”
category. A picture of two Ice-
landic children—Tryggvi and
Thorlaug—sitting on stair step
in Keflavik won for Sergeant
Rogers.
“Photographer at Work” by
A2C Donald L. Sharland, who
was here with the photomapping
unit, won second in the “Mili-
tary Life” category. His picture
was taken inside of a C-130 and
showed a photomapper taking a
picture of the Icelandic glacial
region.
Both entries are being forward-
ed to Bolling AFB for competition
in the USAF World-Wide contest.
DEPUTY SECRETARY VISITS—After shaking hands with members
of the greeting party, the Deputy Secretary of Defense James H.
Douglas Jr., in civilian clothes, is being briefed on his itinerary by
Col. Benjamin G. Willis, commander of the Iceland Defense Force.
Secretary Douglas made an eight-hour stopover at Keflavik Airport
this week to check on units of the NATO force and to visit Icelandic
friends. Left to right and recognizable are Capt. (USN) Albert H.
Bowker; his wife, and in the foreground Mrs. Willis.
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