The White Falcon - 17.06.1961, Blaðsíða 1
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Voted Jftt
PaMing
The office of the Assistant Di-
rector for Limited Warfare Sys-
tems has been established by the
Director of Defense Research and
Engineering’, Dr. Harold Brown.
The new office combines the func-
tions of the former Assistant Di-
rectors for Naval Weapons and
Tactical Weapons.
Overall responsibilities of the
new office include activities in
the fields of sea combat, anti-
submarine warfare, fleet air de-
fense, amphibious and land com-
bat, mobility, logistics, guerrilla,
counter-guerrilla and tactical war-
fare systems, and related phases
of tactical warfare.
* * *
An Air Force C-130 Hercules
began airlifting a nuclear power
plant to a Wyoming mountain
top.
The USAF jet-prop plane took
the first of sixteen consignments
from the Martin plant at Balti-
more, Md., to Ellsworth AFB,
S. Dak., where it will be trans-
ported by truck to an Air De-
fense Command radar site atop
Warren' Peak, Wyo.
Once assembled the reactor will
provide seven million BTUs
(British Thermal Units) of heat
and one thousand kilowatts of
electric power hourly to the ADC
SAGE warning site.
* * *
The “sit up” calisthenics fad ap-
pears to be spreading. SSgt. Ric-
hard J. Ropac of the 798th AC-
&W Sq., Scott AFB, Ill., sat up
2,150 times in just under three
hours after reading an AFNS dis-
patch telling how A3C William
J. Veader, Chennault AFB, La.,
claimed a sit up record of 1,600
in 1 hour 25 minutes, MATS re-
ports.
While AFNS is sitting up and
taking notice, we regretfully re-
lay a United Press International
dispatch that a Denver, Colo., doc-
tor has claimed the world sit-up
record with 9,000 consecutive sit-
ups in slightly over eight hours.
* * *
Two Air Force missiles — a
Titan and Atlas — were success-
fully test fired in late May, the
Pentagon announced.
The Titan, launched May 24 at
Cape Canaveral, Fla., traveled
5,000 miles down the Atlantic Mis-
sile Range and landed in the pre-
dicted target area. Its data cap-
sule was recovered.
The Atlas was fired May 25
at Vandenberg AFB, Calif., by a
Strategic Air Command launch
crew as an operational training
and test exercise made to check
out modified procedures.
Review Ceremony Slated
To Mark Command Change
INTERESTING BIRD
A crowd of about 1,400 people gathered at Keflavik harbor on Icelandic
Seamen’s Day for a rescue helicopter demonstration. Piloted by Capt.
Robert R. Weber with TSgt. Donald B. Sanders as crew chief, the chopper
“rescued” 1st Lt. David A. Jarratt of the Keflavik Airport Rescue Branch
from a raft in the harbor using the horse collar .type sling. Later Capt.
Charles A. Paul, safety officer, dressed in an exposure suit and Mae West
was picked up from the choppy waters in a rescue basket. The 57th Fighter
Interceptor Squadron provided an F-89 crew in operational flying gear and
a display of rescue and survival equipment.
They Remember George
(This final edition would not be
complete without mentioning Ge-
orge and this little feature crop-
ped up at just the right time. It
was written by the sister of a
former employe here, Mrs. Mar-
jorie Hunt now of Sweden. Our
thanks to Mrs. Hunt and to her
sister for mailing us this inter-
esting little item. We aren’t
changing a single word—Editor.)
Nobody could remember how it
was that George first came there.
Some said he was included in the
negotiations that the United Stat-
es Government made for the Base.
He was part of the background:
as familiar as the barbed wire
and the long, low huts, and al-
most as squalied to look upon.
Yet his squalor was both accept-
able and congenial because it was
warm and alive.
Occasionally somebody noticed
that George stank, and he got a
bath, but this was not often be-
cause no one was really respons-
ible for him, even though he man-
aged to infiltrate his faintly dis-
gusting presence into all the ac-
tivities of the Base.
Being non-denominational he at-
tended each religious service in
turn, with a slight preference for
the Roman Catholic.
Every new arrival had the
pleasure or otherwise (according
to his outlook on life) of George’s
company for two days. The old
hands would nod wisely and say:
“George is vetting the new guy,”
but somehow they all knew that
he meant it kindly because he
liked them to feel at home.
For long and faithful service
he was made a Sergeant and
proudly headed many a parade.
No maneuver was ever carried
out without his company in an
advisory capacity, reconnaissance
being his particular talent.
Perhaps his most endearing
quality was a complete lack of
class-consciousness. He hobnobbed
equally with the Base Commander
and the rawest G.I. Even when
he suffered the ignominy of los-
ing his stripes after being found
asleep in the Confessional Box at
the Base R.C. Chapel, he remained
unperturbed and continued to
patronise the Sergeant’s Mess
whenever the inclination took him
there.
The day came when the Army
had to leave to return to the Un-
ited States and the Navy were to
take over the Base. Trucks lined
up along the concrete roadway
(See George, Page 7.)
RAdm. Moore Succeeds
Colonel Willis At Helm
A wing Review and change-over ceremony is scheduled
to be held at Keflavik Airport July 1, in which the USAF
will step out of the picture as command element, and turn
turn the reins of command over to USN. Colonel Benjamin
G. Willis. Air Force commander® '
since July 24, 1959, will turn over
the Iceland Defense Force to Rear
Admiral Robert B. Moore.
Captain William R. Meyer will
command the Naval Air Station.
Colonel Willis is scheduled to
leave shortly after the ceremony
for Stewart Air Force Base in
Bird Bows Out
This will be the last issue
of the White Falcon.
By coincidence the last White
Falcon, named for the national
bird of Iceland, appears on the
country’s Independence Day.
With the Navy taking over
host-service responsibility for
this NATO base on July 1, pre-
sent plans are for the Navy
to begin publication of a base
paper here in the near future.
The final issue of the White
Falcon contains eight pages to
provide a picture spread of re-
cent activities at Keflavik Air-
port and feature articles.
The staff of the White Fal-
con is returning to the States
this month. TSgt. Wylie Mason,
editor, is being assigned to
Headquarters ADC, Ent AFB,
Colo., and SSgt. John W. Horky,
assistant, to Bunker Hill AFB,
Ind.
New York where he will take
command of the 1st Air Reserve
Region.
Admiral Moore was born in
Charlotte, N. C., Oct. 21, 1909,
the son of Dr. Baxter S. Moore
(now deceased) and Caro (Bre-
vard) Moore. Upon completion of
his education in the public schools
of Charlotte and at the Severn
School, Severna Park, Md., he was
granted an appointment to the
United States Naval Academy,
Annapolis, Md.
Commissioned Ensign, United
States Navy upon his graduation
from the Naval Academy on June
2, 1932 he attained the rank of
Rear Admiral when assigned the
duties of Commander Barrier
Forces, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, Sept.
30, 1960.
Admiral Moore’s first service
before attending flight training
was in ships of both the Atlantic
and Pacific Fleets. In April 1936,
he completed flight training and
was designated a Naval Aviator.
Since that time, his carrer has
been almost exclusively identified
with Naval Aviation.
His service has included exten-
sive administrative duty as a
member of both Navy and joint
commands and command of sever-
al ships. One of these—the USS
Siboney—was a part of a mercy
mission that was dispatched to
Tampico, Mexico in the autumn
of 1955 for relief of the civilian
population after a series of hur-
ricanes struck the area.
Helicopters from the Siboney
flew hundreds of missions carry-
ing medical supplies and food
stuffs to the disaster area. The
helicopters also rescued countless
numbers of people who had taken
refuge in tree tops and on the
roofs of buildings from the high
(See Changeover, Page 7.)
Summer Program
For Youngsters
Set At Keflavik
The special two-week summer
recreation program at the Youth
Center will get underway Monday
and will include junior and senior
life saving classes, games, sports,
tours, picnics and crafts.
As part of the summer pro-
gram, a bicycle rodeo and special-
ly decorated wheel patrol was held
at Taxiway F on June 10. Skilled
bicycle riding exercises were one
of the features of the rodeo.
Winners at the rodeo were:
first place, Kathy Zartman; sec-
ond place, Greg Thompson; and
third place, Diana Whittington.
The summer activities at the
Center are under the direction of
Mrs. Alice Roth and Mrs. Monroe
Zartman. During the summer
months, the hours of operation at
the Youth Center will be 9 a.m.
to 6 p.m., Monday through Friday
and 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Mondays,
Wednesdays and Fridays, and
Saturdays, 7:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.
★ ★ ★ U.S. AIR FORCE — AEROSPACE POWER FOR PEACE ★ ★ *