The White Falcon - 06.05.1961, Blaðsíða 3

Saturday, May 6, 1961
WHITE FALCON
3
Korean Orphans
Are Sponsored
By Protestants
The An Yang Bo Yook Won
Orphange, located twenty-five
miles south of Seoul, Korea, is
providing an outlet for the hum-
anitarian interests and impulses
of the Keflavik Airport Protest-
ant congregation.
Chaplain (Lt. Col.) Mark W.
Gress, Staff Chaplain, Headquar-
ters Air Forces Iceland and Ice-
land Defense Force — NATO, on
his arrival at Keflavik, July 1960,
presented the cause and need of
the 300 children and youth in
this Korean Orphanage which is
supervised and sponsored by
Christian Children’s Fund, Inc.,
Richmond, Va.
During 1954-55 Chaplain Gress
was stationed in Korea with his
unit being located about one-
quarter of a mile from the An
Yang Bo Yook Won Orphanage.
The Chaplain visited the Orphan-
age weekly and became well ac-
quainted with the children and
the Home Staff which is headed
by Mr. Sa Tai Hyun.
Through quarterly offerings
and individual donations the Pro-
testant Congregation is now pro-
viding a full year’s support for
six orphans. Mother’s Day will be
made more significant when an-
other opportunity will be given
the congregation to bring offer-
ings for additional orphan sup-
port. Complete care, including
food, clothing, medical attention,
and education is given each child
in this Orphanage for just $120
a year.
PRAISED
SMSgt. Albert W. Froeschle
667th Aircraft Control and
FOR SAGE WORK
is congratulated by Maj. Paul E.
Coke,
Warning Squadron commander, on re-
ceiving the Air Force Commendation Medal. The award was for the
period April 18, 1956, to Dec. 30, 1960, for Sergeant Froeschle’s service
as an aircraft control and warning superintendent with the 4621st Air
Defense Wing (SAGE) and the New York Air Defense Sector. The
presentation was made at the 667th ACWRON Operating Location
No. 1, Hofn Air Force Station, Iceland.
Airman Promotion Distribution
List For June Cycle Announced
The Airman Promotion Distribution List for June 1
promotion period was announced by Hq. USAF, with a
reminder to major command and base officials that “special
consideration should be given to promoting qualified career
A2C and individuals selected for®*
career status.”
The announcement said “special
emphasis is being directed tow-
ard achieving 55/45 first-term re-
enlistment goals,” but noted that
“no airman will be denied pro-
motion opportunity solely because
he fails to accept career status or
Olafur I. Hannesson skrifar um:
Hitt eg Jietta
Uppstigningardagur er 11. mai
n.k., og er hann helgidagur fyrir
alia islenzka starfsmenn nema
matreidslumenn, framreiSslu-
stulkur og Jjjonustustulkur.
Hvitasunnudagur, 21. mai, er
almennur helgidagur, en annar i
hvitasunnu er fridagur fyrir alia
nema matreiSslumenn, fram-
reihslustulkur og fcjonustustulkur.
Vallarvegabref, sem orSin eru
arsgomul e&a eldri, Jmrfa a3 end-
urnyjast. Peim, sem ekki hafa
endurnyjaS vegabref sin, skal
bent a aS snua ser nu jjegar til
logreglustoSvarinnar l Grsenasi.
Jon f>. SigurSsson, er veri& hef-
ur eldhusstarfsmaSur i motuneyti
liSsforingja undanfarin fimm ar,
andaSist l sjukrahusinu i Kefla-
vik hann 21. april s.l. Jon heitinn
var starfsmaSur goSur og vel lat-
inn af samstarfsfolki. Vid fserum
aSstandendum hans okkar dypstu
samuS.
Ragnar Halldorsson, yfirverk-
frsedingur i verkfrseSingadeild
varnarli5sins, hefur aS minnsta
kosti um tima tekiS vid starfi
flugvallarverkfrseSings, en Jon
Gunnar Tomasson gegnir storfum
yfirverkfrseSings a sama tima.
Ivar H. FriSjjjofsson hefur ver-
id radinn til skriftvelavidgerda
hja CAMRON og Johann Gud-
jonsson, rafvirki, til vidgerda a
isskapum hja verkfrsedingadeild-
inni.
Haukur Ssevaldsson, velaverk-
fraedingur, hefur hsett storfum hja
varnarlidinu, svo og Asdis Sigurd-
ardottir, skrifstofustulka a skrif-
stofu starfsmannahaldsins.
May 11, Ascension Thursday, is
a holiday for all Icelandic employ-
ees except cooks, waitresses and
maids. Whitesunday, May 21, is
a legal holiday, but Whitmonday
constitutes a holiday for all with
the exception of cooks, waitresses
and maids.
Base badges issued a year ago
or prior to that time must be re-
newed. Those who have neglected
to renew their badges are remind-
ed to pay a visit to the Police
Station at Graenas immediately.
Jon Th. Sigurdsson, who has
been employed in the Officers’
Field Ration Dining Hall for the
past 5 years, died in the Keflavik
Hospital on April 21. The deceas-
ed was a fine employee and pop-
ular among his fellow workers.
We extend our most sincere con-
dolences to his friends and rela-
tives.
Ragnar Halldorsson, chief en-
gineer of the Civil Engineering
Sq, has received a temporary pro-
motion to installation engineer,
while Jon G. Tomasson holds the
position of chief engineer in the
interim.
Ivar H. Fridthjofsson has been
hired as office machine repair-
men with CAMRON and Johann
Gudjonsson, refrigeration mech-
anic, has entered the service of
the Civil Engineering Sq.
Haukur Saevaldsson, mechanic-
al engineer, has resigned from
his position with the Defense
Force, as has Asdis Sigurdardott-
ir, clerk typist in the Civilian
Personnel Office.
because he is not yet eligible for
reenlistment.”
This promotion distribution list
is the first made under the new
AF wide promotion program for
enlisted personnel.
“These changes will make it
possible for promotions to be ef-
fected in every career field sub-
division each promotion period,”
USAF told all major commands
in late March, as it rescinded the
major command vacancy require-
ment for promotion to all enlist-
ed grades.
“Airman promotions are con-
sidered to be one of the best moti-
vating factors available in the
Air Force,” USAF told commands,
adding that “accordingly, the pro-
motion program is constantly kept
under close scrutiny with a view
to improvement whenever pos-
sible.”
The Promotion Distribution List
for June is now being sent to all
commands and should be avail-
able shortly to local personnel of-
ficials. It lists AF wide vacan-
cies from A1C to MSgt by career
field subdivisions and is expres-
sed by a percentage system. Thus,
the percentage of promotion vac-
ancies differs according to each
career field subdivision and to the
grades of airman rank.
In a nutshell, these promotion
percentages are actually permis-
sive figures. They indicate only
the maximum percentage of air-
men that may be promoted to the
next higher grade. They do not
set the actual number of promo-
tions.
AF Research Develops
Radiation-Proof Paint
A special paint that gives air-
craft and air-to-surface missiles
protection from thermal radiation
has been developed by the Air
Research and Development Com-
mand.
Technically termed a “poly-
urethane coating,” the paint will
be sprayed on planes and missiles
to protect them from heat gen-
erated by nuclear blasts during
the firing of air-to-surface mis-
siles.
MilitarysTravel Table
Is Modified by DOD
Washington (AFPS) — Military personnel traveling
under orders authorizing the use of privately owned vehicles
will now need to keep a sharper eye on the number of
miles covered each day. The Department of Defense Military
Pay and Allowances Committee®*
has ruled that April 15, 1961,
travel time will still be based on
250 miles per day, but that frac-
tions under 125 miles will not be
computed as another day.
Previously, a person perform-
ing such travel over 100 miles,
but less than 250 miles, was al-
lowed a full day travel time. For
example, a man traveling between
stations located 350 miles apart
would have been allowed two full
days travel time. Under the new
daily mileage table the travel
time would be cut to one day.
Travel by privately owned ve-
Awards...
(Continued from Page 1.)
an outstanding achievement.. ”
Regarding the presentation of
the MATS Outstanding Unit
Award to AFI, General Kelly
said, “The savings in material and
human resources that this record
represents, far exceed the recogni-
tion that is possible through any
award. Every officer and airman
can take just pride in his personal
contribution to this record.
“The critical role filled by Air
Forces Iceland on one of the de-
fense perimeters of the free world
is one of the most exacting ever
placed on an Air Force installa-
tion in peacetime.
“Rapid rotation of personnel,
flight operations with limited or
no alternates, long periods of
darkness, extreme cold with at-
tendant ice and snow and limited
metereological and support facili-
ties make accident-free operation
a significant accomplishment.
“Only through dedication on the
part of all aircrew and support
personnel could such a record be
achieved. Please pass to your per-
sonnel my appreciation and con-
gratulations for a truly outstand-
ing achievement.. ”
hide in connection with tempor-
ary duty will be timed by a com-
mon carrier table unless orders
directing the temporary duty spe-
cifically state that travel by POV
is “more advantageous” to the
government. If the orders so state,
travel time will be figured on the
250 miles per day with the 125
mile fractional minimum.
The committee action approved
by the Comptroller General of the
United States, ruled that trans-
fers between stations located in
the same metropolitan area
wouldn’t involve any travel time,
except in instances where extenu-
ating circumstances delay the
travel.
The table for travel by com-
mon carrier (where no air trans-
portation is directed) is based on
a rate of 720 miles per day and
allows an extra day for any frac-
tion of 720 miles. This table lists
mileage as: 0 to 720 miles, one
day; 721 to 1,440, two days; etc.
up to 2,881 miles and over where
five days are allowed.
Air transportation is figured at
one day within the United States
and foreign travel is based on
actual scheduled time for most di-
rect route.
Soft Soap Pays
Soft soap and those who use it
are seldom liked except at Lock-
bourne AFB, Ohio, where the re-
verse is true.
The soft soap artists at Lock-
bourne are highly enterprising
food service personnel who found
that by making ordinary soap for
washing floors, pots and pans,
into a liquid before use saved the
government 75 per cent in its
soap bill.
Estimated savings range about
$3,000 yearly, and that’s no soft
soap with liquid soap makers
costing only about $10 to build.
ICELANDIC OFFICIALS VISIT
Two high ranking officials in Iceland’s Civil Aviation Agency and
Weather Bureau inspect new equipment installed on Keflavik Airport
by Detachment 13, 9th Weather Group. Mr. Bjorn Jonsson, chief of
Air Traffic Control, Icelandic CAA and Mrs. Theresa Gudmundsson,
director of the Weather Bureau, were shown the new weather devices
by Lt. Col. Lamar C. Peterson, commander of Detachment 13.