The White Falcon


The White Falcon - 04.03.1961, Blaðsíða 3

The White Falcon - 04.03.1961, Blaðsíða 3
Saturday, March 4, 1961 WHITE FALCON 3 Fire Department Airman Named AOM For February A crew chief on the Keflavik Airport fire department crash and emergency truck won out over eight other qualified airmen to win the Airman of the Month award for February. Airman First Class Douglas D. Carlile, assigned to the Civil En- gineering Squadron was the win- ner. He is married to the former Wilma J. Hughes of St. Charles, Va. They have two daughters, Robin P., 9 and Cynthia G., 6. In making the award, 1st Lt. Danilo Medigovich, chairman of the selection board, said the task of choosing the winner was a difficult one due to the high cali- ber of the other contestants. Nominees who met the board and were designated Airman of the Month for their squadron were: A1C James S. Albright, AC&W; A1C Carl Hoffner, Hos- pital; A1C George W. Olmstead, Hq AFI; William A. Eogers, AA- CS; A2C Denson E. Hendricks, Consolidated Aircraft Mainten- ance; A2C Donald E. Tucker, Air Base Squadron, and A2C Anthony J. Turchirollo, Supply. Members of the selection board were Lt. Medigovich, SMSgt. Frederick Jones, SMSgt. Kenneth E. Owens, MSgt. Wilford E. Turner and SSgt. Morton M. Pasco. The men were judged for mili- tary bearing, efficiency, initiative, character, self improvement and knowledge of Air Force customs and policies. The winner receives a check for $25, and all nominees will be guests for dinner at a Eeykjavik restaurant. TWO RECEIVE COMMENDATIONS Major Donald F. Ford, received the Air Force Commendation Medal for the period he served at the Aeronautical Charting and Information Center, St. Louis, Mo., from September 1955 to June 1960. He received the award for setting up a Finance Office and instituting many mechanical and time saving devices that contributed to the efficiency of the organization. Major Ford is A&F Officer and is assigned to Headquarters, AFI and Col. Benjamin G. Willis, Commander IDF made the award. Tech Sgt. John A. Doddridge Jr., received the Air Force Commendation Medal award for the period of duty he performed at Eglin AFB, Fla., from June 1 1954 to Dec. 15 1960. He received the award for installing a Locator and UAL Eecords Control System. He also received outstanding ratings on IG, Auditors’ and DCS/M reports during this period. Doddridge is NCOIC Base Housing, assigned to 1400th Air Base Sq. and Col. Benjamin G. Willis, IDF commander, presented the award. Short Story Contest Details Announced Prizes of $30, $20 and $15 will be offered at Keflavik Airport for the best short stories submit- ted in the annual contest. Entries should be turned in at the Base Library not later than May 30. Authors of the winning short stories in the MATS 1961 Annual Short Story Contest will be award- ed cash prizes totaling $150 the MATS Chief of Personnel Ser- vices has announced. Short story contest officials at MATS headquarters will consider the top three entries from each MATS base and award $75 to the Olafur /. Hannesson skrifar um: Hitt eg ftetta Stefan Eunolfsson, er starfaSi hja birgSadeild flughersins fra Jrvi 1 oktober 1958, andaSist bann 13. februar s.l. Stefan var mjog hnyttinn l tilsvorum og sogumaS- ur goSur. Er hans saknad af samstarfsmonnum hans. ASstand- endum Stefans fserum vid dypstu samuS. Launautreikningadeildin a nu fyrir hondum se5i mikiS starf vegna leiSrettinga a greifislu fyrir veikindadaga og sumarleyfi. Til a5 flyta fyrir afrgeiSslu fcessara mala hefur starfsfolki deildarinn- ar veriS fjolgad. RaSin hafa veriS bau Maria H. Jonsdottir, Asa Sigurjonsdottir, Gunnar Jonsson og Sverrir GuSjonsson. Pa hafa og veriS raSin til starf a hja varn- arliSinu ]>uu Lovisa Bilddal, sima- stulka, og rafvirkjarnir Reimar Stefansson og SigurSur BreiS- fjorS. I fyrsta jjsetti minum i mai s.l. beindi eg beim tilmaelum til is- lenzkra starfsmanna varnarliSs- ins, aS j)eir letu mig Vita hvers konar frettir beir oskuSu aS fa. Her mun aS sjalfsgSu verSa fjall- aS um breytingar a kjarasamn- ingum, begar slikt a viS, og auk bess af og til bent a gildandi akvaeSi og reglur. Eg endurtek nu fyrri tilmali min og biS ykkur jafnframt aS hafa samband viS skrifstofu starfsmannahaldsins, simi 4282, ef bi5 hafiS einhverjar frettir, er her aettu heima. Stefan Runolfsson, employed by Base Supply since October 1958, died on Feb. 13. Stefan was a good story-teller. He is very much grieved by his fellow workers. We extend our most sincere con- dolences to his friends and rela- tives. The Civilian Payroll Section is now confronted with an immense task, which consists of computing corrections on sick leave and vaca- tions. Several new employees have been added to this setion in order to facilitate the work involved. The new employees are Maria H. Jonsdottir, Asa Sigurjonsdottir, Gunnar Jonsson and Sverrir Gud- jonsson. Other new employees of AF Iceland are Lovisa Bilddal, telephone operator and ReimaT Stefansson and Sigurdur Breid- fjord, both electricians. In my first article, which ap- peared last May, I requested Ice- landic employees to advise me as to what matters they preferred to have brought up here. My ar- ticles here will, of course, deal with changes and amendments in wage agreements, when appro- priate, and in addition will now and then invite your attention to provisions and regulations effec- tive at each time. I once again bring up my earl- ier request and at the same time I urge you to contact the Civilian Personnel Office, ext. 4282, if you have any news which might fit into this series of articles. winner, $50 to the runnerup and $25 to the third place entrant. For consideration in the MATS contest, entries must be forward- ed in six copies and must arrive by Aug. 15. Judging will begin on Aug. 16, and will be based on originality of subject matter, freshness of approach, literary style and technique. Manuscripts must be typewritten and double spaced on 8x10% inch paper. The top three stories from each major air command will he for- warded to USAF headquarters for judging in Air Force-wide competition. Top authors at Air Force level will get $350—first prize, $250— second, $150—third, $100—fourth and $50—fifth. In this year’s MATS contest, judges at base level will be al- lowed to forward a story, in ad- dition to winning entries, to MATS headquarters for competition in the MATS contest if they con- sider it worthy of further study by command judges. The addition- al story will be awarded an “hon- orabe mention” at base level. AF Sets Record Increased emphasis on flying safety, improved maintenance, greater pilot proficiency and step- ped up efforts in the fields of accident prevention ranked high on the list of reasons cited by Gen. Thomas D. White, AF Chief of Staff, for 1960 being the USAF’s shfest flying year in history. In approximately 7.3 million hours of flying, world-wide, under all conditions, the AF suffered only 425 major accidents vs. 672 in its previous best year, 1959. This represents an overall re- duction of 30 per cent. Western, 'Opry' Offered Saturday By Radio Station Saturday night is western night at the local Armed Forces Radio Service station, with “Gunsmoke,” “Have Gun—Will Travel,” and “Grand Ole Opry” appearing each week. On “Gunsmoke” this evening, at 8 p.m., some money-hungry Dodge City businessmen demand that Marshal Matt Dillon go easy on a roistering crowd of Texas trail hands. Dillon, as an employee of the U. S. Government, agrees to confine his activities to the country outside Dodge City, but one wild wide-open night of car- ousing proves more than enough for the town leaders who plead with him to recapture control. Following at 8:30 is “Have Gun—Will Travel.” In tonight’s episode, Paladin takes a few days off to visit old friends following a business trip. He finds his friends have sold their ranch and moved into town and that one friend had been jailed for driving a spring wagon recklessly through town. Before Paladin leaves town, the friend gets himself involved in something far more serious and pleads with his old friend to help him out. Winding up the western night, at 9, is “Grand Ole Opry” with 25 minutes of country and west- ern music. This week’s guest star is Cowboy Copas. Music tonight includes: “Down in Nashville, Tennessee,” “Oh, Lonesome Me,” “Wanting You,” “Don’t Shake Hands With the Devil,” “Hind- ustan,” “Ragging the Keys,” and “Alabam.” Welcome Aboard AACS Wins Trophy Again The Airways and Air Communi- cations Service (AACS) has been awarded the Military Air Trans- port Service (MATS) Ground Safety Commander’s Trophy, for the second straight year. AACS earned the trophy for its outstanding safety record dur- ing 1960. Only 12 men met acci- dental deaths in the entire 30,000- man organization. During 1959 when AACS first won the trophy the command reported 19 acci- dental deaths. One contributing factor in the outstanding safety record is a unique contest being run between AACS and Middletown, Ohio, to reduce accidents. The 1933rd AACS Squadron lo- cated at Harmon AFB, Newfound- land, also copped a MATS safety award. For its impressive record the Squadron was awarded a pla- que and a check for $300.00 to be used in the unit’s welfare fund. Recent arrivals at Keflavik Air- port with previous duty stations and AFSC are: MASTER SERGEANT Guy D. Barnes, 29170, McChord AFB, Wash. TECHNICAL SERGEANT Irving Scholnick, 29170, Travis AFB, Calif. STAFF SERGEANTS William J. Alexander, 27270, Cha- nute AFB, Ill. Frederic L. Billow, 29151, Clays- burg AFB, Pa. Samuel Blackburn, 76150G, Lack- land AFB, Tex. Jeff C. Faulkner, 60351, Orlando AFB, Fla. Clifford T. Shelby, 64370, Eng- land AFB, La. AIRMEN FIRST CLASS Billy E. Coalter, 36150, Eglin AFB, Fla. Edward W. Fowler, 29150, Mc- Chord AFB, Wash. William H. Scruggs, 62250, Lack- land AFB, Tex. Michael Zupko, 29130, Scott AFB, Ill. AIRMEN SECOND CLASS Martin M. Burr, 30453, Ernest Harmon AFB, Nfld. Barton D. Hanks, 30451, Edwards AFB, Calif. Harry S. Jacobsen Jr., 36251, Eg- lin AFB, Fla. Steven L. Lackey, 74130, Eells- worth AFB, S.D. Herman L. Roberts, 47132, Cha- nute AFB, Ill. John W. Roberts, 47132, Chanute AFB, Ill. AIRMEN THIRD CLASS Everett R. Brand, 64730, Amar- illo AFB, Tex. Ernesto Christiansen, 29130, Low- ry AFB, Colo. Melvyn A. Doerhoff, 42333, Cha- nute AFB, Ill. George T. Green, 64730, Amarillo AFB, Tex. Samuel Ireton, 36010, Lackland AFB, Tex. Earl J. Mueller, 64730, Amarillo AFB, Tex. Frederic M. Plankenhorn, 29130, Sheppard AFB, Tex. William E. Seifert, 29130, Shep- pard AFB, Tex. Dennis L. Sinn, 90230, Gunter AFB, Ala. Peter Urban, 56730, Sheppard AFB, Tex. James R. Weis, 36231, Sheppard AFB, Tex. Command Post Airborne Strategic Air Command KC-135 jets, packed with advanced radio equipment, are flying the skies at all times as part of SAC’s air- borne alert system. Gen. Thomas S. Power made the announcement recently saying that the airborne command post aircraft enables the general officer flying the al- ert to keep in touch with all SAC aircraft, bases and USAF Hq. AEROSPACE EVENT Jan. 25, 1949 — USAF adopt’ ed blue uniforms.

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