The White Falcon - 08.04.1961, Blaðsíða 1

Let’s White y Red Cross
Clean Up yfii \y Drive Ends
The Base April is
Volume XI, Number 13 Headquarters, Air Forces Iceland, Keflavik Airport, Iceland—A MATS Unit Saturday, April 8, 1961
TAC Tankers Visit Keflavik
TAC TANKERS
Four Tactical Air Command KB-50J and K air refueling planes from Langley AFB, Va., were visitors
tt Keflavik Airport this week. The big jet-assisted tankers are capable of air refueling three century
series jets simultaneously. TAC has detachments of the tankers at MATS’ Kindley AFB, Bermuda, and
Lajes Field in the Azores. (U. S. Air Force Photo by A1C Billy N. Thurman.)
K.A. Aircraft Fly 4l\lercy Mission’
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The deadline for cleaning
up the base is getting mighty
close, in fact there are only
eight days left. Each organi-
zation has been assigned specific
areas of responsibility and al-
though there has been a definite
improvement in the looks of the
base, there are still areas re-
maining in which further im-
provement can be made.
* * *
Air Forces Iceland officials an-
nounced this week that the morale
flights to Europe (1-9) would
continue despite the fact that the
C-54 aircraft assigned to AFI
would be transferred in the near
future.
These flights will continue on
the dates previously indicated on
published schedules, through June
29. After this time, it is antici-
pated that such flights will be
continued under Navy sponsor-
ship.
Aircraft for these flights will
be furnished by other MATS
units.
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“New..The Atlantic Quitet..”
reads an attractive poster in the
NCO Club lobby. What’s this
“quitet” jazz, we wonder. Iceland-
ic for “stop the music,” perhaps?
Of course we can talk because
the White Falcon never has any
“typos.”
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The sons of Mr. and Mrs. J. L.
Morgan of Charleston, Ark., are
posting what might well be an
Air Force record. When their
youngest son graduates from bas-
ic training at Lackland, they will
have a son in every Airman grade
from A3C to MSgt.
MSgt. Kenneth R. Morgan is a
shop chief at Loring AFB, Me.
TSgt. Haskel F. Morgan is serv-
ing at Keesler AFB, Miss. SSgt.
Carrol D. Morgan is at Nellis
AFB, Nev. A1C James W. Morg-
an is assigned to Wurtsmith AFB,
Mich. A2C Clifford W. Morgan
is on duty at Bergstrom AFB,
Tex. and George H. Morgan is
now finishing basic training at
Lackland AFB, Tex., and should
be A3C any day.
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T-38 TALON trainers, the first
faster-than-sound training plane,
have been delivered to Randolph
AFB, Tex.
The TALON is a two place
advance trainer that can exceed
Mach 1.2 and soar to altitudes
over 55,000 feet. It is replacing
T-33 sub-sonic jet trainers.
Two Defense Force planes par-
ticipated in an international mercy
mission last week involving a
Danish resident of Greenland and
American aircrewmen and medi-
cal personnel.
When word was received that
Mrs. Anne Marie Nielsen of
Mestervig, Greenland, was in crit-
ical condition and required im-
mediate hospitalization a C-47
was dispatched promptly.
Piloted by Maj. Austin W. Sim-
DOD Lists 73
installations
For Reduction
Department of Defense plans
to discontinue or modify opera-
tions at 73 installations and act-
ivities in the U. S. and overseas
include three Air Force bases—
Kirtland, in New Mexico, and
Laughlin and Harlingen, in Texas.
The list, which does not specify
which installations are to be dis-
continued and which modified,
also includes Air Force represent-
atives at several industrial plants.
A number of Naval installa-
tions also appear in the listing.
In conjunction with the Com-
mander’s Call program, the com-
plete list of installations involved
is being reproduced and distribut-
ed to all units at Keflavik Air-
port for posting on bulletin
boards.
Affected installations overseas
will be listed after the govern-
ments of the countries concerned
are notified.
mons with Capt. Thomas R. Len-
hart as copilot and Capt. M. Van-
dervale navigating, the C-47
brought Mrs. Nielsen to Keflavik
Airport. She was attended en
route by A1C E. L. Wooters and
A2C C. J. Smiley of the 1400th
USAF Hospital.
At Keflavik Airport the patient
was transferred to an H-19 rescue
helicopter and flown to the Reyk-
javik airport where a waiting
ambulance rushed her to the hos-
oital.
Captains R. R. Weber and H.
R. Zehnder were pilot and copilot
of the helicopter. Dr. (Capt.)
David Stewart of the base hos-
pital accompanied Mrs. Nielsen
on the flight to Reykjavik.
Other crewmembers on the
flight of about 700 miles from
Mestervig on the east coast of
Greenland to Keflavik Airport
were A2C J. M. Forry, radio
operator, and SSgt. F. E. Short-
encarrier and A1C J. D. Perkin,
flight engineers.
Planes Are Key
To CASF Moves;
MATS is Partner
By SSgt. John W. Horky
Four strange, big birds
landed at Keflavik Airport
this week and nested here
for several days.
The high fins of the four-engine
craft with the two jet pods bore
a shield with a winged flaming
sword—and a large red thunder-
bolt in the background—the em-
blem of Tactical Air Command.
A long way from home, the
KB-50J and K aerial tankers of
, the 427th and 429th Air Refuel-
ing Squadrons, Langley AFB, Va.,
were on an undisclosed mission in
support of the Air Force’s world-
wide operations.
The TAC jet-assisted flying gas
stations are the backbone of the
famed Composite Air Strike
Force developed largely at Lang-
ley AFB, which is also the home
of the two squadrons and their
parent organization, the 4505th
Air Refueling Wing.
These are believed to be the
first TAC tankers to operate
from Keflavik Airport since the
early days of the development of
the CASF in 1956.
The CASF concept was vividly
demonstrated for the first time
in a real international crisis in
July, 1958, in the deployment to
Turkey because of the troubled
situation in Lebanon.
(See TAC, Page 3.)
Majors Promoted
Two AFI officers were among
157 majors in MATS recently se-
lected for promotion to lieutenant
colonel.
They are Majors Ross P. Han-
na, chief of the weapons division,
and Lawrence J. Hodgins Jr., de-
puty commander of the 1400th
Civil Engineering Sq.
Effective dates of their promo-
tions will be announced later.
Music for Dining Mow In
Meeks 2; Meeks 4 Mext
Music for dining is now featur-
ed in Meeks No. 2 dining hall
which was recently rehabilitated
and redecorated.
The selections were chosen by
the members of the 1400th Air
Base Squadron and the hi-fi
equipment was paid for by the
central base fund.
Background music will also be
provided soon in Meeks No. 4 and
rehabilitation of that dining hall
is to be started in the near future,
according to food service officials.
MERCY MISSION
Mrs. Anne Marie Nielsen is removed from C-47 for transfer to
helicopter for flight to Reykjavik. The C-47 brought her from Mester-
vig, Greenlaind, to Keflavik Airport. Holding the stretcher, at left,
are SSgt. F. E. Shortelncarrier and A1C Karl Aldridge. In the plane
are Dr. (Capt.) David Stewart; Mr. Nielsen, the patient’s husband;
A2C C. J. Smiley and A1C E. L. Wooters. (U.S. Air Force Photo by
A2C W. R. Pate.)
U.S. AIR FORCE — AEROSPACE POWER FOR PEACE * * *