The White Falcon


The White Falcon - 14.01.1961, Blaðsíða 2

The White Falcon - 14.01.1961, Blaðsíða 2
2 WHITE FALCON Saturday, January 14, 1961 Anyway, Sir: Pardon the Pronouncation Working late one night last week, I called the Det. 13, 9th Weather Group to get the name of the officer who will pass on Weather Officer school applications. That was my last resort, 1 had looked in the Officers Roster and could not find a name that sounded like the one I had been given. Someone picked up the phone and I said, “This is Sergeant Bizet of the WHITE FALCON, need to know the name and the correct spelling of this ‘Major Palla Pollee’, whichever way you pronounce it, you have over there.” Real business-like, the voice questioned, “Why do you want to know name?” It took me a second or so to gather my wits; and I learned it wasn’t his name I needed after all. But the Major is among those weather officers who see their ranks thinning out and are urging all eligibles to tryout. Officers, not over 37, who have a degree or at least 30 credit hours, may apply for the school. Airmen be- tween 18 and 27who have 30 hours and or those who have completed the weather courses may apply. If chosen they will be commissioned through the Officer Training School at Lackland and then enter the Weather career field. In a way, I think the weatherman’s job is as interest- ing as ours; especially, when he has to explain why the cold front didn’t push the warm front in as he had fore- casted. That’s about as much being one-the-spot as answer- ing, “Why do you want my name?” ★ ★ ★ Viking Set For Many Pastimes Two special tours to attend the Opera “Don Pasquale” by Doni- zetti, a USO show, a stage per- formance by base players and number of activities are scheduled by the Viking Service Club in the coming weeks. On January 18, a bus leaves the Viking at 6:30 p.m. for the first Opera tour of the season. Reservations may be made at the Viking. The tour will cost 110 kronur and Gisli Gudmundsson will^ meet the group in Reykjavik. After the final curtain call, a bus will be waiting to return the group back to the base. Three days later at 5 p.m., the second Opera tour will get und- erway from the same point. The 225 kronur cost for this one will include a dinner in the restaur- ant located in the cellar of the National Theater. Reservations for these tours are being taken. Because tickets are reserved, no refunds will be made after 11 a.m. on the day of the performance. A recreation pass and Class A uniform is the order of the day for attending the Opera. Next Tuesday, Rhythm Revels, a show full of the best in variety acts by a small group, will be in the Viking at 8 p.m. Time and Space Challenging MATS Hannibal’s seven-mile-per-day logistics is gone forever. “The Military Air Transport Service, said Brig. Gen. Lee W. Pulton, deputy chief of staff for Material, must seek the optimum air cargo carrier. In his speech to the Institute of Aeronautical Sciences in Tulsa, Okla., General Fulton said this year, as a result of various Exe- cutive and Congressional investigations, and the glaring airlift de- ficiencies spotlighted by Exercise Big Slam-Puerto Pine, the critical need for such modernization (the MATS fleet) was clearly seen. Fulton noted that Time and Space are dictating the terms of progress. While anyone can listen or be attentive to the dictates of the aerospace age, he’s bound to live within the limitation of his budget. Every last ounce of buying power must be squeezed out of the dollar. So, the “future, then, lies not in offering something that takes more dollars from the transportation purchasing agent or the mili- tary director of transportation—no matter how much it may save him in the long run—but rather in offering him truly competitive air cargo rates. With the double-barreled advantage of long range savings and immediate reasonable rates, I have no doubt that the air cargo breakthrough we have been talking about for so many years could become a reality rather than a hope,” said Gen. Fulton. Delegates heard the MATS officer note that cumbersome and ancient methods of cargo handling keep aircraft too long on the ground—or send it into the air with half of its capacity squandered on heavy and bulky packaging. Therefore, to fill the bill of the future of MATS, its crews and cargo handlers can expect to adjust themselves to aerospace needs. They can also expect to see the fruits of the aerospace industry, for which General Fulton says MATS has a healthy respect and great faith. MATS, therefore, is not competing with commercial airlines. General Fulton said an atmosphere of understanding of the dis- tinctive roles and missions MATS and the commercial carriers must be understood. He pointed out, “Misstatements to the effect that the two are in competition could bring us once again to the point of obsolescence and marginal capability, to the detriment of both. . ” ★ ★ ★ Dependent Children About Our Boss Secretary Zuckert Our Secretary of the Air Force under President-Elect John F. Kennedy is Eugene M. Zuckert. Although not widely-known to the general public, Mr. Zuckert has held posts and positions that have linked with him government- al affairs. , He was a member of the Atomic Energy Commission. His appointment as Secretary of the Air Force was no surprise to political observers. For one, he had been con- sidered for the Deputy Secretary of Defense. And there was an ironic twist in President-Elect’s choice. The other leading contender for the post was Harold Stuart of Tulsa, Okla., with whom Mr. Zuckert is as- sociated in the practice of law with the firm of Lear & Scoutt. A New Yorker by birth, Mr. Zuckert graduated from Yale. Later he was a faculty member of the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration. Mr. Zuckert, a long time friend of Senator Stuart Symington, served as Assistant Secretary of the Air Force under Senator Symington, when he held the post. The two men also worked together as members of the Surplus Property Administration after World War II. The Secretary of the Air Force to-be served on the Atomic Energy Commission from 1952 to 1954. THE WHITE FALCON Col. Benjamin G. Willis, USAF Commander, Air Forces Iceland The WHITE FALCON is an official Class II Armed Forces newspaper published weekly at Keflavik Airport, Iceland by Air Forces Iceland of the Military Air Transport Service tor all contingents stationed at Keflavik Airport. The WHITE FALCON receives AFPS and AFNS materials. Views and opinions expressed herein are not necessarily those of the Department of Defense. Information Officer.................Capt. Warren J. Papin, USAF Editor ........................... SSgt. Clarence J. Bizet, USAF IsafoldarprentsmIOJa h.f. Aerospace Power for Figure RHIP In This Unit Some Air Force Reserve Unit Advisor has his work cut out in administering to the 9999th Air Reserve Squadron which will con- duct its training sessions on “The Hill” in Washington, D.C. Not only unique in its numeri- cal designation, the unit will be commanded by Sen. Barry M. Goldwater (R-Ariz.), who served in the Air Force during 1941-45 and is a brigadier general in USAFR. And for a third, the 9999th will be composed entirely of Sen- ators, Representatives and their aides, who are Air Force reserv- ists. About 75 are eligible to join. Among those expected to join the unit are: Senators Howard W. Cannon (D. Nev.), Margaret Chase Smith (R. Me.), Clair Engle (D. Calif.), Frank E. Moss (D. Utah), Hiram F. Fong (R. Hawaii), and Sen- ator-elect Jack Miller (R. Iowa). Also, Representatives Robert W. Hemphill (D. S.C.), Joe M. Kilgore (D. Tex.), T. Ashten Thompson (D. La.), James C. Wright (D. Tex.), and Clement J. Zablecki (D. Wise.). The unit will hold its first meeting this coming Tuesday in the new Senate Office Building auditorium. Offered Scholarships AFNS—The Air Force will grant 20 merit scholarships annually plus an undetermined number of scholastic loans, to dependent children of active duty members in a new Air Force scholarship program education plan using Central Welfare funds. The value of the scholarships will range from $250 to $1,500 depending on the need of the recipient and the school chosen by the student. The amount of the expected 200 interest-free student loans has not yet been fixed. Air Force planners expect an average of $500. “Since we have no experience in this sort of thing we will have to ‘play it by ear’ for a while, but maximum loans may be much higher than the $500 spoken of,” one architect of the plan said in a Pentagon briefing Dec. 19. Professional guidance in the scholarship program, will be sup- plied by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC), an non-profit organization established by grants from the Ford Foundation and Carnegie Corporation of New York. Overhead will be paid by the founding grant, permitting all Air Force funds to be used for scholarships. The first 20 scholarships will probably be awarded in May or June for the 1961-62 school year. Those not named to scholar- ships, but qualified by established rules, may apply to Hq. USAF, Attn: AFPMP-12 for loans to help them in the upcoming school year. Competing students take the National Merit Scholarship Quali- fying Test in their junior year. Tests are made available to any high school, including Air Force operated schools overseas, at a cost of $1 per student. In September of the senior year, semi-finalists are named. They take a second test and then file certain required data with the NMSC. From this group the scholarship winners are selected. They may be male or female dependents of officers or airmen on active duty. Scholarship winners may select their college and pursue the course of studies they desire. But they must make normal progress in college, and avoid disciplinary action such as. probation, sus- pension, or dismissal. All students who have a reasonable expectation of completing college, based on test scores, and who are not awarded scholarships, are eligible for consideration for a loan. In this program, as opposed to AF Merit Scholarships, aca- demic potential is not the sole criterion. The student must have the potential of getting through college, but demonstrated motiva- tion and need will be heavily weighed. Detailed instructions will become available in a numbered letter early in 1961. Repayment of the loans will be deferred until one year after the borrower completes school, with payments spread out over a 10-year period. Peace Through Deterrence

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