The White Falcon - 14.09.1963, Side 1

Volume II, Number 32_U.S. NAVAL STATION, KEFLAVIK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, ICELAND Saturday, September 14, 1963
COMMENDATION MEDAL—Lt. Col. William H. Truxal, Commander,
932 AC&W Sq., is shown here receiving the Air Force Commendation
Medal from Col. August E. Weil, Commander, Air Forces Iceland.
Colonel Truxal was awarded the medal for his outstanding service
while at Headquarters, Air Defense Command, at Ent AFB, Colorado.
The medal was awarded in Colonel Weil’s office last week. (Photo by
Monte Rankin, PH3.)
New Helicopters Bolster
Search, Rescue Abilities
Two new orange colored helicopters are being readied
for search and rescue duties at the Naval Station. These
two new “whirlybirds” are scheduled to replace the H-19
presently in use for the same mission.
Originally the SH-34J, more^
commonly known as the “Sea Bat,”
Household Effects
Weight Limitations
Slated To Increase
Weight limitations for shipment
of household goods are to be in-
creased 500 pounds for officers up
to 0-4 grade and all enlisted men
entitled to such shipment.
Officers in the 0-5 grade will
receive a 1,000-lb. increase bring-
ing them to the maximum per-
mitted by law, 11,000 lbs.
No definite date for the increase
was given, but Defense Depart-
ment officials said it was just a
matter of changing the existing
Joint Travel Regulations with re-
gards to weight limitations.
The change resulted from a
study instituted by the Assist-
ant Secretary of Defense (Man-
power) Norman S. Paul when
it was discovered that increasing
numbers of uniformed personnel
were finding themselves in debt
to the government for overweight
shipments.
With the change, E-4s with
over four years service will be
allowed 5000 lbs.; E-5s, 5500 lbs.
and each next higher grade an ad-
ditional 500 lbs. up to the E-9s
7500-lb. limitation. O-ls and W-ls
will have the same maximum as
E-9s; 0-2s and W-2s will be al-
lowed 8000 lbs.; 0-3s and W-3s,
9000 lbs.; 0-4s and W-4s, 10,000
lbs.; 0-5s, and above 11,000 lbs.
The 11,000-lb. limitation now in
effect for 0-6s and above is to
be the subject of another study
and possible legislative request
for an increase.
Military Queried
Concerning Costs
Of PCS Transfer
The Defense Department is
studying a proposed stateside tem-
porary lodging allowance.
This allowance is to defray the
added expenses of hotel or similar
transient lodging for personnel on
permanent change of station
orders.
This would be similar to the
type of allowance now authorized
in certain overseas areas.
The overseas allowances are
paid for up to 10 days to persons
departing who surrender their
quarters during that period and
up to 60 days for arrivals await-
ing quarters.
The Per Diem Committee of the
Department of Defense has sent
questionaires to thousands of
service personnel making PCS
moves in an effort to learn more
about the extra expenses involved
in such movements.
The Per Diem Committee is
also making a study of current
dislocation allowances to deter-
mine whether or not they are
adequate.
was designed for antisubmarine
work, but it is being reworked for
rescue missions. This aircraft has
instrument and night flying capa-
bilities and has a greater lifting
capacity, speed and range than
the H-19s. Also, the “Sea Bat”
can engage its rotors in consider-
ably higher winds.
With the aircraft’s increased
navigational aids and flight range
the Naval Station’s search and
rescue areas are broadened, par-
ticularly inshore in Iceland.
The aircraft crew will consist
of two pilots and a crewman and
can carry additional medical per-
sonnel necessary to perform rescue
missions.
As in the past, helicopters at
Fourteen Pass
E-3 Examination
Fourteen Naval Station E-2s
passed the examination for E-3
September 9 and will be advanced
September 16. Forty-nine took the
exam. A 2.511 score was required
for a passing grade.
Passing the exam were J. R.
Anderson, SA; R.V. Fant, FA;
M.N. Manangan, TA; C.C. Slisz,
CP;T.S. Murray,SAjW.J.Mischke,
RMSA; J.M. Musser, RMS A; J.L.
Freni, AA; F.C. Whelan, AA;
P.L. Diagnault, SKSA; K.C.
Welch, SKSA; F.E. McClay,
SKSA; V.E. Froggatt, SKSA;
and F.J. Sagun, TA.
Sagun received the highest
score of the 14 passing the test
with a 2.94.
the Naval Station will be utilized
to the fullest extent within their
capabilities on missions of mercy
both at sea and in Iceland.
Whitehats Can
Now Purchase
'Tailor-Mades
Tailor-made blues are now au-
thorized for Navy enlisted men
in grades E-6 and below. The rul-
ing is part of changes to Navy
Uniform Regulations recently ap-
proved.
According to Navy officials, the
present regulation blue melton
uniform will continue to be a
required “sea bag” item and the
wearing of tailor-mades will be
at the local command’s discretion.
The changed regulation will
permit the uniforms to be made
of materials similar to those
now worn by CPO’s and officers
and must be of dark blue ma-
terial of any appropriate weight.
The Uniform Board warns,
however, that abuses of the tail-
or-made permission (ornamen-
tation and extreme bell bottoms)
“would not help to keep the
regulation on the books.”
Another change will allow en-
listed men in a travel status to
wear blue uniforms of appropri-
ate weight regardless of the sea-
son and the areas through which
they are traveling. This will re-
lieve the problem of maintain-
ing a neat, clean appearance
which has plagued men traveling
in whites.
Good Will Visit
Vice President Johnson
Arrives Here Monday
Lyndon B. Johnson, Vice President of the United States,
is scheduled to arrive at Keflavik Monday morning for his
next-to-last stop on his “good will” tour of Scandinavian
Countries. He will be accompanied by his wife, Lady Bird,
and their daughter, Linda.
Upon his arrival here, it is ex-
pected that the Vice President will
be greeted by His Excellency Gud-
mundur I. Gudmundsson, the For-
eign Minister of Iceland, U. S.
Ambassador James K. Penfield,
and Rear Adm. Paul D. Buie, Ice-
land Defense Force Commander.
Following the brief formal
greeting, the Vice President will
depart for Bessastadir, the of-
ficial residence of Iceland Presi-
dent, Asgeir Asgeirsson. Upon
conclusion of his call upon the
president, he will go to the Gov-
Pan American Offers
Reduced Fares For
Christmas Travelers
Pan American is again offering
military personnel and their de-
pendents special Christmas leave
fares between December 1 and
January 31.
Groups of 25 or more service-
men and their dependents will be
offered a reduced round trip fare
of $196 for special holiday flights
departing Keflavik December 4,
11 and 18. Also offered as an ad-
ditional feature is a fly now, pay
later plan. A minimum payment
of 10% of the total fare must be
made upon purchase of tickets
with the remaining 90% being
paid off in easy installments
spread over the individual’s re-
maining time in Iceland.
Persons wishing to take advan-
tage of the reduced rate fares are
encouraged to contact Pan Am at
extension 5170 and get their name
on the list now, as reservations
for each of the three holiday
flights will be on a first come,
first serve basis.
For those taking leave to the
States in the future, but not dur-
ing the holidays, Pan Am has a
special individual round trip fare
of $236.80. Tickets bought at this
special rate are valid for 21 days
after purchase. This program will
continue until March 31, 1964.
The fly now, pay later plan is
also applicable to this program.
Pan Am also wishes to remind
base personnel that starting Oct-
ober 2 and continuing every Wed-
nesday thereafter it will have
DC-8s jets on its routes from
Keflavik to New York, Glasgow
and London. Eastbound flights
will depart Iceland at 8:30 a.m.
each Wednesday and arrive Glas-
gow at 11:30 a.m. and London at
1:20 p.m. Westbound flights will
leave Keflavik on Wednesdays at
7:40 p.m. and arrive New York’s
Idlewild International Airport at
9:35 p.m.
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ernment House for a visit with
Foreign Minister Gudmundsson.
A luncheon in his honor at the
Saga Hotel will be followed by a
visit to Thingvellir where it is ex-
pected that he will make a brief
statement.
Late in the afternoon of his
first day in Iceland, the Vice
President will attend a ground-
breaking ceremony at the Uni-
versity of Iceland in Reykjavik,
and then present an address in
the university auditorium. The
first day’s activities will be con-
cluded with a dinner at the Hotel
Borg as the guest of the Prime
Minister of Iceland.
The Vice President and his
family will tender their official
farewells in Reykjavik early Tues-
day morning before returning
here for their return to the Unit-
ed States. It is expected that Mr.
Johnson will arrive here at
around 9:30 a.m. where he will
address U.S. Armed Forces mem-
bers and base civilian employees
in Hangar 831. In addition to this
address, the Vice President may
greet a contingent of service per-
sonnel from Texas, his home state.
All hands not occupied with speci-
fic duties are invited to attend
the ceremony but should arrive
the Hangar prior to 9 a.m.
Present plans calls for the Vice
President, his family and party
to depart Keflavik at approxima-
tely 10:00 a.m. for Greenland, the
final stop on the “good will” visit.
49 AFI Airmen
To Be Promoted
Forty-nine Air Forces Iceland
airmen will be promoted during
the October promotion cycle, ac-
cording to 1st Lt. Dale R. Mc-
Kemey, president of the AFI pro-
motion board. Of the 49 new
stripes to be awai’ded 13 will be
to airman second class, 31 to air-
man first and 5 to staff sergeant.
Lieutenant McKemey stated
that the number of promotions
this cycle represents a 22 per cent
increase over the June cycle.
Thirty-eight were promoted in
June to the three grades. The big-
gest increase will be the promo-
tions to airman first. Last cycle
21 were promoted to first with
31 slated to be promoted this
cycle. Five airman firsts will be
promoted to staff compared to the
four promoted in June. Promo-
tions to airman second will re-
main the same as the last cycle
when 13 were promoted.
Names of the airmen being pro-
moted will be published in the
White Falcon as soon as they are
released by Air Forces Iceland
personnel.