The White Falcon - 08.02.1964, Page 1

Volume III, Number 5
U.S. NAVAL STATION, KEFLAVIK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, ICELAND Saturday, February 8, 1964
Dental Demolishes
23% Fewer Image
A hearty “Thank You” to
the Naval Station Dental De-
partment. Dental became the
first local department to log'
a 100 percent contribution
to the National Health Agen-
cies. Let’s all pitch in and
contribute 100% during NHA’s
1964 campaign!
foiavSta CO Urges
Thrifty Measures
Naval Station Commanding Of-
ficer, Capt. Stanley E. Ellison,
in a personal appeal to all mem-
bers of the command (military,
civilian, and dependents) has re-
quested the fullest cooperation in
“Project Thrift” by suggesting
and recommending ways and
means of effecting economies in
Station services and operations.
Captain Ellison has suggested
several areas in which such sav-
ings may be realized:
* Reduction of transportation
requirements.
* Elimination of unneccessary
services.
* Elimination of unnecessary
reports.
* Reduction in office supplies
and equipment.
* Utilities conservation (heat,
light, water).
* More effective use of avail-
able equipment.
* Savings in labor costs (better
utilization).
* Forms elimination.
* Reduction of equipment and
supplies.
PROJECT MAGNET — Cdr. R. L. Moore, Naval Station Administrative
Officer (right) and Cdr. W. S. Bauer (ret.) of Project Magnet meet
Thursday night.
Project Magnet Takes
Survey In Iceland
In November of 1963, 'an oceanographic team consisting
of four scientists and 12 navy men conducted an airborne
gyromagnetic survey over the southwest waters of Iceland.
This venture, headed by Lt. Cdr. Samuel J. Abel, was
part of a world-wide survey, of all accessible ocean areas,
known as Project Magnet. ^
The team completed their sur-
vey of the accessible ocean areas
of Iceland in November of 1963
and returned to their home base
of operation Patuxent River, Md.
On January 30 of this year,
the team returned to Iceland on
an assignment in conjunction with
Project Magnet, the surveying of
the volcanic eruption at the West-
man Islands.
Project Magnet began in 1959
at the discretion of the Oceano-
graphical Council of the United
States.
This research project is con-
ducted for the purpose of obtain-
ing more detailed information for
revision of maritime, magnetic
field, and aeronautical charts
Govern-
published by the U.S.
ment every ten years.
Geophysicists have for some
time realized the need for in-
creasing knowledge about the
magnetic field of the earth. Much
of the information presently used
in the preparation of magnetic
field charts is based on measur-
ments taken some 30 years ago.
Due to unforseeable changes in
the magnetic field of the earth,
this information is unsatisfactory
and obsolete.
The basic Project Magnet is
60% complete. When the project
is completed, the U. S. Navy
Hydrographic Office will conduct
continuing surveys to assure the
currency of the data.

Photo by Conway, PH3
GRINDAVIK BLAZE — Aerial photograph of the fire that partial-
ly destroyed a fishery in Grindavik, February 4. At lower right is
the pumper truck called out for assistance from the Naval Station
Fire Department. The blaze was contained after approximately two
hours by combined fire teams from Keflavik and the Naval Station.
Station Smoko-Eaters
Help Overcome Blaze
A Naval Station fire fighting
team was instrumental in putting
out a fishery blaze in the nearby
town of Grindavik, February 4.
The better part of the building
was saved from total destruction
through quick action on the part
of station and Icelandic fire teams.
The Station Fire Department
received a call from Icelandic po-
lice shortly after 1 p.m., and a
pumper fire truck was dispatched
to the scene of conflagration im-
mediately.
Trouble crews from the Station
and Keflavik’s Fire Department
found the fishery nearly half de-
stroyed and burning furiously.
Some difficulty was encountered
with frozen fittings, but hoses
were activated quickly and the
blaze was brought under control
and extinguished by 3 p.m.
Fire Chief Sveinn Eiriksson was
in charge of the four-man Naval
Station crew.
Annual Pay Raise In
FY6S Budget Talks
An annual pay increase for the Armed Forces is the
goal of the Department of Defense.
Defense officials announced during Fiscal Year 1965 bud-
get briefings that the Pentagon wants “a pay increase for
the military every year to keep military compensation in
step with compensation in the private economy and with
that of civilian employees of the^"
government.”
3% And 2.4% Raises
The annual increase requests
would be about the same as this
year’s requests for a 3 percent
raise for officers and a 2.4 per-
cent increase for enlisted per-
sonnel.
This formula takes into con-
sideration that pay increases bring
higher retirement costs and is ad-
justed to take care of the fact
that retirement costs are unfun-
ded and non-contributory.
Retirement Plans
DOD Says military retirement
plans are more generous than
comparable plans in private in-
dustry or Civil Service.
“Where the military has really
lost out,” a spokesman said, “is
in the slowness with which they
have received their pay increases,
once every four or five years
instead of every couple of years
as the Civil Service has.
$14,000 Loss
“Even if you grant that the
starting point was right and the
end point was right after the
enactment of last year’s pay in-
crease, we estimate that the aver-
age officer lost $14,000 over this
46 Local Airmen
Get New Stripes
Forty-six airmen assigned to
Air Forces Iceland are now wear-
ing new stripes as a result of
recent promotion orders. The fol-
lowing named airmen were pro-
moted to the grade of staff ser-
geant: Carroll E. Baker, 932nd
ACW Sq.; L. G. Leno; James N.
Matthews; and Doyle A. Stan-
ford, all members of the 57th
Fighter Interceptor Squadron.
Promoted to airman first class
in the 57th were: Augustine W.
Badiali, Thomas E. Bailey, Juan
G. Delgado, Ben W. Dupue, Jer-
rold Goldman, James E. Hanger,
Samuel B. Issacson, Ernest S.
Jones, Donald K. McCormick, Ross
H. McPherson, Howard A. Mebin-
ger, William L. Perry, Juan H.
Sanchez-Rosas, Dickie L. Soren-
son, Remi W. Thibodeau, Clifford
L. Underwood, Thomas G. Wells,
Harvey D. Wise, Jack W. Fannin,
and Ronnie Blacketer.
Terrence L. Ermert received a
promotion to airman second class.
Advanced to airman first class
period just because he got his
increases at such long intervals.”
Average Officer
Defense planners say the “aver-
age officer” used to obtain
the $14,000 figure is a captain or
Navy lieutenant just promoted in
1949 with six years service at
time of promotion. The time span
of the study is from 1941 to the
present.
DOD is “very anxious” that
this should not happen in the fu-
ture. Of the $200 billion proposed
for the FY65 military payroll,
$143 million will go for the DOD
requested military pay increase.
The pay increase is proposed to
be effective October 1964.
Preventive Signals
To No Avail
In T-39 Incident
Washington (AFPS) — U. S. Air
Force officials have announced the
T-39 jet trainer shot down by
Soviet fighters in East Germany
was on a local training flight and
authorized to fly in West Ger-
many, well away from the Com-
munist zone.
The Jan. 28 incident took the
lives of three USAF pilots. Air
Force officials in Wiesbaden,
Germany, who were monitoring
the flight by radar control, gave
this report:
“The aircraft was flying close
to the East German area. At-
tempts by the radar crew to con-
tact the aircraft were unsuccess-
ful, indicating the aircraft was
having radio or electronic naviga-
tion difficulties.
“The aircraft was observed
crossing into the East German
zone, and after being tracked for
11 minutes, it disappeared from
the radar scope. Two other blips
were observed on the radar scope.”
In the event overflight into an-
other territory occurs, a standard
warning procedure is used. “All
pilots flying in West Germany
know these instructions,” the Air
Force said.
The procedure for intercepting
aircraft is to wave its wings three
times, indicating, “You are a vio-
later,” to intruding aircraft. The
intercepted aircraft is to wave its
wings in acknowledgement and
in the 667th ACW Sq. were: Don- | follow the interceptor to the near-
nell Godfrey, Raymond R. Kelsch, est airfield.
Clarence B. Lassiter Jr., Floyd E. Soviet pilots are also obliged to
Maddocks, and Fernando Velas-
quez.
Moving up to second class for
667th was Eugene W. Sheppard.
(Continued on Pace 3.)
follow this procedure.
The Air Force said a complete
report is being prepared on this
most recent border-crossing inci-
dent.