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Volume XI, Number 2 Headquarters, Air Forces Iceland, Keflavik Airport, Iceland—A MATS Unit Saturday, January 14, 1961
Additive Prevents
Fuel System Icing
The men who fly Keflavik Airport’s jet planes and
the maintenance men this week welcomed the news that
the Air Force has approved the use of a new chemical
additive to prevent ice from form-1®"
ing in aircraft jet fuel systems.
According to an Associated
Press report, it is approved for
immediate use by the Strategic
Air command and possibly by
other commands at a later date.
The additive, developed hy Phil-
lips Petroleum Co., Bartlesville,
Okla., is called FA 55MB. It may
also be used in those guided mis-
siles that burn jet fuels.
An air Force study in 1958, fol-
lowing the mysterious crash of
a $5.5 million B52 jet bomber in
South Dakota, estimated that al-
most 40 jet planes had been lost
because of fuel icing.
Currently, military and com-
mercial jets seek to prevent fuel
icing by the use of heaters.
Phillips said the use of the ad-
ditive eliminates the initial cost,
weight, maintenance and in flight
operation expense of fuel, heaters,
and at the same time provides
easy draining of tanks.
The Air Force approved use of
-the additive on the basis of a
series of flight tests including
365 hours of testing in a B52G
in which no adverse effects were
found. Also, the elimination of en-
gine flameouts and engine loss of
power was repeatedly demonstrat-
ed.
The chemical content of the anti-
icing compound was not disclosed.
A company spokesman said the
amount to be mixed with fuel
would be in a proportion of about
one-tenth of 1 per cent.
Whittington
Munich Bound
For Tax Class
Maj. Curtis A. Whittington
leaves Jan. 27 for Munich, Ger-
many, where he will attend a
USAFE-USAREUR jointly spon-
sored Income Tax Conference and
School. Upon completion of the
school, Major Whittington will re-
turn to set up a school here for
an officer or senior non-com from
each squadron.
He will teach the squadron
representatives how to prepare
the simple tax returns; those
persons having complicated
forms, involving capital gains,
dividends from stocks, etc., will
be referred to Major Whitting-
ton.
Major Whittington said that no
forms had been received on base.
He said his office had sent a
priority wire to assure delivery of
the forms. When the forms arrive,
announcements will be made
through the various media on
base.
Ribbons Wear
Will Become
Must March 1
CMS James Mundell Jr, Air
Forces Iceland (AFI) says that
the directive making it manda-
tory that ribbons be worn effec-
tive Mar. 1, 1961, has not arrived
at AFI Headquarters. Neverthe-
less, he is expecting it through
distribution channels in the near
future.
The “dress up” order went to
the field in a Jan. 3 letter signed
by Maj. Gen. A. P. Clark, Direct-
or of Military Personnel .
All active duty and retired
members, including members of
the reserve components, will wear
all authorized ribbons when wear-
ing the folowing uniforms:
* Winter and summer coat and
trouser combinations.
* Cotton summer service jack-
et and trouser combinations.
* Winter and summer standard
battle jacket and trouser combina-
tion.
* Dress white uniform.
* Semi-formal dress (winter
and summer service uniform with
black bow tie and white shirt.
Ribbons will not be worn on the
outer-garment shirt, overcoat, top-
coat, or raincoat.
Effective June 1,1961, the wear-
ing of miniature medals will be
mandatory with formal evening
and mess dress uniforms.
“A dream come true
Something for Miss Hansen to remember from Capt. Ehrlich.
Keflavik Has Florida Weather
Keflavik International Airport
has Florida weather on the
ground; don’t believe it? Ask Cap-
tains Steven Chester and Robert
Shildt of the 57th Fighter-Inter-
ceptor Squadron.
They found that out last Friday
around 11 a.m. when they lost
their F-89 canopy at 32,000 feet
and were exposed to minus 52
degrees Centigrade weather; and
125 miles out of Keflavik.
Captain Chester, the pilot; and
Captain Shildt, radar observer;
were on an Air Defense practice
scramble at the time.
As Captain Chester turned on
a firing run, the pair felt a tre-
mendous blast of cold air.
Said Captain Shildt, “I knew
right away we had lost our can-
opy. I called ‘Steve’ to see if he
had ejected; I didn’t eject be-
cause I knew we had enough
altitude to come out of it.
“In the meantime, Steve chop-
ped back on the throttle and went
into a dive to get to warmer tem-
perature at a lower altitude and
slow down from the .77 mach
speed we were maintaining.
“Steve told me to keep moving
around as much as possible to
avoid frost bite.”
After slowing the plane, Pilot
Chester called Rockville for a
vector (direction back to Kefla-
vik). Inasmuch as Rockville h"d
the plane on its radar scopes,
the aircraft’s position and dis-
tance from Keflavik were quick-
ly determined.
Captain Chester says he flew
back below 15,000 feet at 200
knots. “That made it a lots warm-
er and there wasn’t so much air
hitting us. It was easier to read
the gauges, too,” Chester said.
The Flyers said, “It took us
about 30 minutes to get back.
When we landed the waiting am-
bulance took us to the hospital.
It was an hour and a half, two
hours before we really thawed
out.”
Captain Shildt noted, “Even
then my body temperature was
96.4. We recovered with no after
effects, nor frost bite; but when
we landed we couldn’t help but
note that Keflavik was havin"
Florida weather.” (Ed’s note: P
was 21 degrees F. on the ground.)
Icelandic Girl
Gets Wish
to fly Jet
Take one T-33 jet aircraft. Mix
with equal portions of one experi-
enced jet instructor pilot and one
lovely Icelandic woman pilot. Take
to twelve thousand feet, add a dash
of Hekla, a sprinkling of West-
mann Islands qnd produce—“The
most wonderful experience I’ve
ever had! I do not have words to
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