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WHITE FALCON
Saturday, February 18, 1961
LEMAY VISITS AFA—Gen. Curtis E. LeMay, Air Force Vice Chief
of Staff, talks with AF Academy cadet Ronald A. Fullerton, during
a recent visit. Fullerton, 21, is a cadet lieutenant colonel and member
of the Class of 1961. His home is at Ann Arbor, Mich.
27 Men Mow Assigned to MATS
Become ‘Official9 Missilemen
1961 will see 27 MATSmen become official “missile-
men”, Headquarters MATS Personnel announced this week.
Twenty six airmen and officers assigned to the 1381st
Geodetic Survey Squadron (Mis-'5
sile) at Orlando AFB, Fla., were
given the green light by MATS
headquarters to wear the USAF
Guided Missile insignia.
On the same set of orders a
SMSgt from the 1957th Airways
and Air Communications Service
Group (MATS) was also author-
ized to wear the identifying badge
for duty with the 1st Tactical
Rescue Mission
Taken By MATS
The Air Force announced this
week that its air rescue missions
and resources in the United States
will be consolidated under one
agency, MATS’ Air Rescue Ser-
vice (ARS).
The move resulted from the Air
Force’s effort to provide more
efficient utilization of the rescue
forces available throughout the
country. In addition, responsibil-
ity for base local helicopter res-
cue programs is slated to be as-
signed to ARS within the next
several months.
The major portion of the trans-
fer, effective on Feb. 1, was Air
Rescue’s reassuming responsibility
for national search and rescue
(SAR) activities from the Con-
tinental Air Command (CONAC).
CONAC took over the duties in
1957 from ARS leaving ARS with
control of all other rescue work
for the Air Force in the CONUS
and offshore.
Headquartered at Orlando AFB,
Fla., and commanded by Brig.
Gen. Joseph A. Cunningham, ARS
will now control the operation of
the five rescue coordination cen-
ters which are presently located
at Mitchel AFB, New York; Rob-
ins AFB, Georgia; Selfridge AFB
Michigan; Hamilton AFB, Cali-
fornia, and Dallas Naval Air
Station, Texas.
Missile Squadron (USAFE). This
brings the MATS missileer total
to 30. Three others received the
badge last year.
Only those officers and airmen
who have a direct and important
role in development, maintenance,
or operation of glided missiles
are authorized to wear the badge.
Worn on the left breast pocket
flap of a uniform blouse, jacket,
or shirt, the distinctive insignia
consists of a silver colored mis-
sile replica against an oxidized
silver background with two stars
displayed on each side of the mis-
sile.
MATSmeh authorized to wear
the badges perform specialized
weather and communcations jobs
and missile path computations
necessary for the success of the
nation’s missile program.
Won Bet, Too
Maj. Jack L. Abbott, of Mc-
Chord AFB, Wash., owes his pre-
sent grade to that common ex-
planation of a promotion passover,
“Bet they’ve lost my card.”
Checking out why he had been
left off the 1960 captain-to-major
promotion list, Maj. Abbott found
that he had bet right, that he
had been recommended at every
turn.
Further investigation turned
up his promotion card, that is,
shreds of it chewed up by the
electronic computer.
All’s well that ends well. He
got his promotion and has no
complaint.
As chief of the 25th Air Divis-
ion Computer Branch, Maj. Ab-
bott has the responsibility to see
that his machines never chew up
and discard promotion data being
sent to USAF for promotion list
compilation.
Benefit Association
Offers Insurance Plan
A new and important in;
military personnel has been
Governors of Uniformed Se
a non-profit, tax-exempt associa-*5
tion.
Under the new ruling, separa-
tion from service no longer can-
cels out the coverage.
Without additional cost, mem-
bers under the U.S.B.A. program
are now able to keep their insur-
ance in effect after separation or
retirement from active duty, thru
the age of 65. However, to be eli-
gible for the extended coverage,
the insured must become a mem-
ber while on active duty.
A member does not have to
make up his mind immediately.
He (or she) may convert to per-
manent insurance at any time
after separation from service.
An non-commercial newcomer
to the association group life in-
surance field, U.S.B.A. was org-
anized in 1959 when a group of
military officers on active duty
urged the creation of coverage
for qualified uninformed services
personnel and their dependents
that cauld be at least compar-
able to civilian group insurance
plans in private industry. The
coverage, according to spokesmen,
is more favorable than most pri-
vate plans.
The Association’s Board of
Governors and Advisor group are
composed largely of officers on
active duty and control its poli-
cies. Lt. Col. Robert H. Gray,
USMC (Ret.) was appointed to
fill the unexpired term of Brig.
Gen. Charles O. Thrasher, USA,
(Ret.). Other members of the
Board are Maj. Gen. John D.
Stevenson, USAF; Maj. Gen.
Derrill M. Daniel, USA; Capt.
R. Waldo Holt, USNR (Ret.);
Maj. Gen. Charles D. W. Can-
ham, USA; Med. Dir. Lewis H.
Hoyle, USPHS; and Herbert M.
Swai'thout, the executive secre-
tary. Newly appointed to the Ad-
visor group were Brig. Gen. Wm.
A Cunningham, III, USA; Sgt.
Major Louis S. Beasley, USA;
MSgt. Dorsey C. Bohannon, USA;
TSgt. Charles M. Howard, USAF,
and TSgt. Hilton W. VPanciera,
USAF. Other Advisors are Rear
Adm. Leroy V. Honsinger, USN;
Brig. Gen. R. W. Hayward, US-
MC, (Ret.); Col. Jones E. Bolt,
USAF; Col. Edward Chalgren,
Jr., USA; Capt. Francis R.
Drake, USN; Lt. Col. James Har-
vey Short, USA, and RDCS. Lew-
is R. Christopher, USCG.
The Mutual Benefit Life In-
surance Company of Newark,
New Jersey, established in 1845,
is the underwriting company.
U.S.B.A.’s group insurance, at
rates frequently less than those
available in civilian industry, is
available to Officers, N.C.O.’s
and Specialists, pay grade E-4
and up, in all of the Uniformed
Services and Cadets in U.S. Mili-
tary Academy, U.S. Coast Guard
Academy, U.S. Air Force Aca-
demy and Midshipmen in U.S.
Naval Academy.
Examples of rates, exclusive of
premium refunds from dividends,
are: Cadets and Midshipmen—
AEROSPACE EVENT
Feb. 28, 1958—The USAF suc-
cessfully launched the Discoverer
I satellite into a polar orbit from
Vandenberg AFB, Calif.
;urance benefit for qualified
announced by the Board of
t'vices Benefit Association—
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$10,000 for only $2.50 per month.
All others .under age 31, $15,000
at $4.50 per month; age 31
through 35, $13,500 at $5.00 per
month. These examples reflect
non-flying status rates; however,
those on flight status may have
equal protection at a flat rate of
$10.00 per month.
Dependents also are included in
the service-personnel-only pro-
gram. It includes the wife or hus-
band and all children below age
19. Regardless of the number of
dependents, the monthly premium
remains at $1.75 per month. The
spouse is covered in the amount
of $2,000, children, $1,000 each,
per schedule.
According to an Association
MATS Set
For ANG
Squadron
Hq MATS, (MNS)—Nine more
Air National Guard squadrons
are slated to join D-Day forces of
the Military Air Transport Ser-
vice this year, swelling the ranks
of MATS Reserve Forces to 174
units.
Five ANG Air Transport
Squadrons, equipped with C-97
“Strato-freighters” and four AN-
G Aeromedical Transport Squad-
rons, with specially modified C-119
“Flying Boxcars” will be assign-
ed to MATS on April 1, as part
of the Command’s D-Day Reserve
Forces. The units will undergo
extensive training to prepare
them for immediate duty in any
future national emergency.
Members of the C-97 units will
begin training in KC-97F’s at
SAC crew school at Randolph
AFB, Tex., this week.
According to the MATS Chief
of Reserve Forces, more than
100 KC-97’s convertible to cargo,
passenger, or patient carriers
and more than 25 C-119s will be
part of the newly asigned units’
inventories.
Under the revised concept for
supervision of training and an-
nual inspection of Reserve Force
units, WESTAF will be respons-
ibe for five additional squadrons.
ESTAF meanwhile will guide the
training and conduct yearly in-
spections of the remaining four
squadrons.
The newly assigned transport
squadrons are headquarted at Van
Nuys, Calif.; Salt Lake City
Municipal Aprt, Utah; Minnea-
polis-St. Paul International Aprt,
Minn.; Grenier Field, New Hamp-
shire; Schenectday Municipal
Aprt, N. Y.; Dobbins AFB, Mari-
etta, Ga.; Berry Field, Nashville
and Memphis Municipal Aprt.,
Tenn.; Will Rogers Field, Okla-
homa City and Tulsa Municipal
Aprt., Okla.
The four Aeromedical Trans-
port Squadrons will be based at
Douglas Field, Charlotte, N. C.;
Martinsburg Municipal Aprt., W.
Va., Cheyenne Municipal Aprt.,
Wyoming, and White (Plains, N.Y.
spokesman, U.S.B.A. has again
shown a growth picture in excess
of expectations during the past
year. With the new retention fea-
ture, membership is expected to
“increase materially.”
Anticipating volume member-
ship, the Association has avail-
able a revised free booklet,
“What the Uniformed Services
Benefit Association Means to
You,” which includes information
on the new retention benefits.
A copy or copies (multiple un-
its packed in a small display box
are available) can be obtained by
writing Uniformed Services Bene-
fit Association, 10th Floor, 101
West 11th Street, Kansas City
5, Missouri.
Reserve Duties
Going to MATS
From CONAC
Hq MATS, (MNS)—Inspection
activities for more than 165 Air
Force Reserve and Air National
Guard units were completely
transferred to the Military Air
Transport Service Jan. 1, 1961, a
Headquarters MATS DCS/Plans
spokesman announced this week.
The training and inspection of
reserve forces began with the
transfer of the first of 100 Air
National Guard units from CON-
AC to MATS on July 1, and 65
Air Force Reserve units on Sept-
ember 1.
ANG units assigned to MATS
include: four communications
groups composed of five radio re-
lay squadrons, 12 communications
squadrons and two Airways and
Air Communications Service
squadrons under AACS control;
an aeromedical transport group
with five squadrons, two air
transport wings with five groups
and 17 squadrons assigned to
WESTAF and 30 weather flights
assigned to Air Weather Service.
Air Force Reserve units include
three AACS squadrons with 20
detachments, five air terminal
squadrons, four medical air eva-
cuation groups made up of 11
squadrons and three detachments
and one casualty staging unit, all
assigned to WESTAF; seven air
terminal squadrons and one casu-
alty staging unit under ESTAF’s
training jurisdiction, and five
squadrons assigned to Air Rescue
Service.
Under this revised management
plan for reserve forces, the units
will function under MATS control
in any future D-day operation.
The command will supervise train-
ing and conduct inspections, cal-
culated to ensure MATS capability
to respond immediately in time of
national emergency.
Time to Yield
Whenever a stop sign has been
posted, drivers leaving from a
side road must unconditionally
yield the right of way to traffic
moving on the road which they
enter or cross, irrespective of the
fact whether or not this happens
to be a main road. The driver
must in due time slow down and,
if necessary, come to a full stop.
The driver will stop when he does
not command full view of the
road.