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Volume XI, Number 11
Headquarters, Air Forces Iceland, Keflavik Airport, Iceland—A MATS Unit
Saturday, March 18, 1961
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If you plan to go to Paris on
one of the 1-9 flights, keep this
in mind; Paris will be jam-packed
during the last of May and the
first week of June, with the In-
ternational Air Salon opening
May 26 and closing June 4.
The French capital also will be
crowded with the usual hordes of
tourists. A vacant room will be
as hard to find as a glass of
water at a Paris restaurant. US-
AF members planning official or
unofficial trips to Paris are ask-
ed to restrict unnecessary travel
to Paris during the period.
* * *
This should interst many of you.
All G. I. Insurance dividend
refund checks will be in the mail
by Mar. 19.
Making the report, Administra-
tor of Veterans Affairs John S.
Gleason Jr. said that by the mid
March deadline more than 5,000-
000 policy holders will have re-
ceived insurance dividend refunds
amounting to about 258.5 million
dollars.
Normally the refunds are
spread throughout the year, Mr.
Gleason said, but payments are
being accelerated by order of the
President as a stimulus to the
national economy.
* * *
Huge MATS Globemasters will
airdrop about 6,000 paratroops of
the 101st Airborne Division over
Ft. Campbell, Ky., during March.
Crews and aircraft from the
63d Troop Carrier Wing, Don-
aldson AFB, S. C., and 62d Troop
Carrier Wing, McChord AFB,
Wash., will airdrop 3,800 para-
troops from March 6-10, the most
intensive period of the exercise.
Approximately 1,100 flying
hours are expended each month
by MATS in support of Army
training. During March, in addi-
tion to airlifting the 101st, MATS
will provide C-133 Cargomasters
and C-124 Globemasters for static
loading and unloading training
for Army men at Ft. Bragg, N.
C.; Ft. Meade, Md.; Ft. Carson,
Colo.; and Langley AFB, Va.
* * *
The USS Idaho Association in
Norfolk, Va., is seeking contacts
with all former officers and men
who served on the battleship be-
tween 1919-1947.
The association is compiling a
new roster of all current names
and addresses. Annual reunions
are held in Norfolk, and the
fourth will be held July 21-23,
1961.
Even though individuals do not
attend the reunion, the associa-
tion requests they send in their
names and address to the USS
Idaho Assn., P. O. Box 8048, Nor-
folk 3, Va.
ENLISTED MEN HONORED
SN John S. Dulaney, center, VP-10, Det. 13, and A1C Douglas D.
Carlile, Transportation Sq., were named Airman and Sailor of the
Month for February at Keflavik. Here the two men are congratulated
by Col. Benjamin G. Willis, IDF Commander.
Airman To Cadet
The Office of Information
this week distributed a pamp-
hlet titled “Airman to Cadet,”
to commanders of each squad-
ron.
This pamphlet outlines the
requirements necessary to ap-
ply for admission to the Aca-
demy, and the process to take.
It follows an airman through
all the procedures of becoming
a Cadet.
There is a related feature on
Page Two of this week’s White
Falcon.
Airmen who are interested in
applying for admission to the
Academy should see their com-
mander.
on board and 25 minutes later
they were landing at Reykjavik
where an ambulance was stand-
ing by to rush the child to a
hospital.
Keflavik Helicopter Crew Completes
Mercy Mission For Icelandic Child
An Air Force helicopter crew flew a mercy mission
last Sunday to evacuate a seriously ill, three-year-old boy
from Borgarnes to a hospital in Reykjavik. The mission
started when Mrs. Crainard,^
mother of the child and the widow
of an American serviceman, cal-
led Base Operations at Keflavik.
Staff Sgt. J. P. Cieslewicz was
on duty when the call came from
Mrs. Crainard who explained that
her child was seriously ill and
that the local physician had re-
commended immediate evacuation
to a hospital.
Cieslewicz alerted the Rescue
Control Center and it made im-
mediate arrangements to pick up
Mrs. Crainard and her child at
the d6ck in Borgarnes.
Within an hour after the initial
call, Capt. Ronald E. Davison and
Lt. Charles Trapp, pilots of the
helicopter and A1C E. L. Wooters,
a medical technician, were land-
ing at Borgarnes. Mrs. Crainard
and her son were quickly loaded
Overseas Expenditure
Reduction Program
To Go In Action Here
America’s Overseas Expenditure Reduction Program,
introduced recently by President Kennedy, went into action
here this week as IDF officials released a notice outlining
the local project.
The memorandum explains the
means for accomplishing the ob-
jective of the Department of De-
fense to reduce overseas spending
by individuals and effect a sav-
ings of from $75 to $110 million
in the outflow of U.S. gold dur-
ing the remainder of 1961.
Defense Department has out-
lined two main points of action
to reduce the outflow. The first
is from military and civilian em-
ployes overseas to reduce the
amount of goods they purchase
from foreign sources, and second,
a stepped-up campaign to encour-
age all members to purchase more
U.S. Savings Bonds.
Both programs will be accom-
plished primarily through volun-
tary action on the part of the
individual.
Iceland Defense Force officials
pointed out that an intensive edu-
cation program will be instituted
to show the position of the United
States in the International Bal-
ance of Payments, and action the
individual may make to contri-
Airman Proficiency Testing
Undergoes Important Change
A big step toward reappraising Airman Proficiency
Testing, was taken this week. Two important changes
were announced that promise to allow greater flexibility
higher
for
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in qualifying
levels.
The first change was delegation
by USAF to major air command-
ers of the authority to set the
criteria for qualification on the
APT at the 5 and 7 level.
The second change was altering
the present standard scores to an
easier-to-understand percentile
system with rankings made on
an AF-wide basis.
Previously, USAF set both the
criteria and the qualifying stand-
ard scores, outlined in AFM 35-8,
paragraph 88, as 90 and above
for five level APT and 100 and
above for seven level APT.
The two changes go hand-in-
hand, USAF officials said. First
they allow the commander to set
qualifying scores and second give
him a meaningful scale on which
to base his decisions.
“Existing scoring procedures
and the established mandatory
qualifying APT scores, which are
prerequisite to skill upgrade ac-
tions, seem to create insurmount-
able problems within certain car-
eer fields in some commands,”
said the USAF message that an-
nounced the changes.
This action could translate into
better APT qualifying opportuni-
ties in certain critical skill areas.
But officials cautioned that the
two announced changes in testing
procedures will not herald a spree
(See Test Change Page 3.)
bute to a solution to the problem.
Commanders are to receive in-
formation and educational mater-
ial to present their troops as soon
as it is available, however, each
commander has been called upon
to devise his own program until
the material arrives.
The aim of the conservation
program is for each military and
Foreign automobiles purchas-
ed after March 6, 1961, will
not be shipped at the expense
of the government.
In a letter published by the
Reykjavik Army Port, there are
three requirements servicemen
must meet in order to ship a
foreign made car back to the
U.S. at government expense.
They are, (1) must possess a
certified true copy of bill of
sale, (2) Certified true copy
of approved request to pur-
chase a foreign made motor
vehicle in compliance with
Para. 6, Hq IDF Instructions,
4050.1A, dated Aug. 25, 1959,
and (3) Certificate (for offi-
cers) or sworn affidavit (for
enlisted personnel) listing a
description of the vehicle to
include make, year, body style,
color, motor number and lic-
ense number, plus the date of
order or date of purchase and
the name and address of the
dealer from whom the vehicle
was purchased.
civilian individual and dependent
to limit his expenditures for for-
eign goods to items which:
(1) Are purchased in an ex-
change outlet or other approved
(See Expenditure Page 3.)
Greater Variety Of Programs
Slated For Keflavik Viewers
Televiewing at Keflavik Air-
port is slated for an even greater
variety of top programming ac-
cording to recent reports received
from Armed Forces Television
Service at Los Angeles.
This announcement follows on
the heels of a major shuffle in
programming designed to give
local viewers a better daily bal-
ance of television shows and
changed some programs to view-
ing hours similar to those state-
side.
New programs announced by
the Los Angeles department in-
clude drama, sports, and informa-
tional shows which will be phas-
ed into Keflavik telecasts on a
regular basis within the next six
weeks.
This week the first of several
new special shows made an ap-
pearance on Channel 8 and these
type programs are expected to be
received more frequently in the
future. This category include
CALIFORNIA RODEO which
will be seen today at 4:30 p.m.
and the MISS AMERICA PAR-
ADE which was telecast last
evening at 5:30 and makes a final
appearance in the coming week.
(See Greater Variety Page 3.)
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