The White Falcon - 04.03.1961, Blaðsíða 3
Saturday, March 4, 1961
WHITE FALCON
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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.