The White Falcon - 14.01.1961, Blaðsíða 2
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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?”
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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. . ”
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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