The White Falcon - 13.02.1965, Síða 1

U.S. NAVAL STATION, KEFLAVIK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, ICELAND
Volume IV, Number 6 Saturday, February 13, 1965
PROUD PARENTS AND DOCTOR—The twins (in incubator from
left to right) Diane Lorraine and Suzanne Elaine are quite the attention
getters as (from left to right) Dr. Walker H. Campbell, Lt, MC,
USNR, and the twins parent’s Harry D. Smith, 27, MR1 and his wife,
Sandy, gaze at the infants. The two girls were the first set of twins
to be born by a Navy couple at the Station Hospital since the Navy
took over the base.
1st Navy Twins Born
At Station Hospital
The first set of twins born to a Navy couple since the
Navy took over the base July 1, 1963 took place at the
Stations Hospital, Wednesday, Feb. 3 at 12:55.
The two girls, Suzanne Elaine and Diane Lorraine, were
born at 12:55 and 1:13, respectively, to Mr. Harry D. Smith,
MRl, and his wife, Sandy. Suz-^
anne weighed 4 pounds, 14%
ounces while Diane weighed 4
pounds, 3% ounces.
For the parents, the twins are
their first-born children.
The fraternal twins were de-
livered by Dr. Walker H. Camp-
bell, Lt, MC, USNR.
Fraternal twins are not identi-
cal. For instance, Suzanne Elaine
has darker hair than her sister,
Diane Lorraine.
Twins are not new to Mrs.
Smith’s side of the family. Sandy’s
new daughters are the third set
of twins to be born on her fa-
mily’s side over the years. Al-
though Mrs. Smith has only a
sister in her family, Mr. Smith
has two brothers and four sisters.
Ramsey Gets New Post
VAdm Paul H. Ramsey, com-
mander of the Naval Air Forces
Atlantic, has been named by the
Secretary of the Navy to succeed
VAdm John S. Thach as deputy
chief of Naval Operation (Air).
Admiral Ramsey visited Ice-
land during the Naval Station’s
annual ComNavAirLant Admini-
strative Inspection held Aug.
4-12, 1964.
He made aviation history as
the first U.S. military jet pilot
when he flew the Bell YP59 in
1943 while assigned as a test
pilot.
Admiral Thach succeeds Adm
Charles D. Griffin as Commander
U.S. Naval Forces, Europe.
AFI To Take
Part In Air
Defense Film
Air Forces Iceland units and
other components of the 26th Air
Division will be the subject of a
30-minute color film to be pro-
duced by the Air Photographic
and Charting Service (MATS) in
conjunction with the Air Defense
Command.
Actual Filming of the units
here will come later, but a four-
man script team is scheduled to
arrive at Keflavik next week to
gather material for the film's nar-
rative and prepare and initial for-
mat.
The film is to be called “Eyes
of the North” and will feature
the Air Defense Command in the
Arctic regions, its mission, and
the ways and means it carries out
the mission.
In addition to the fighter unit
and radar squadron on Iceland,
the team will visit the Goose Air
Defense Sector in Labrador,
Thule and Sonderstrom Air Bases
in Greenland, the Flyingsdale-
Moore BMEWS system in Eng-
land, and several other radar sta-
tions scattered throughout the
north.
The team is expected to arrrive
Monday, talk with AFI Com-
mander Col. Alan G. Long, and
get acquainted with facilities here.
Work will begin Tuesday when
the four leave by aircraft for the
667th AC&W Sq. on the other
side of the island. After an all-
day visit, they will return to
Keflavik to prepare for Wednes-
day, when they will hear briefings
and obtain material from the 57th
FIS, 932d AC&W, and Air Forces
Iceland.
While gathering material, the
team will be shooting “still” pic-
tures for reference and program
format planning.
When completed, the film will
take its place in the Air Defense
Command’s inventory of latest
films depicting the command in
various missions throughout the
hemisphere.
Smith and his wife, Sandy,
both from Cochran, Ga., were
married in September 1963.
Smith, a machinery repairman
first class at Public Works, is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur R.
Smith, R.D. 3, Cochran, Ga. Mrs
Smith, the former Miss Sandy
Jones, is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. S. D. Jones also of Cochran.
The first set of twins born to
a military family at the Station
Hospital since the Navy’s occupa-
tion were two boys, Sean David
and Eric Omar, born to Capt and
Mrs. Willis M. Sherman, USAF,
Nov. 8, 1963 .
In This Issue
Chief Mclvor ........... pg. 4
Sergeant Ruehl ......... Pg- 5
Sports ................. Pg. 6
Movie Schedule ......... pg. 7
LOOK-SEE—Mr. Henning-Thomsen, newly appointed West German
Ambassador to Iceland, takes a look into the cockpit of an F-102 Delta
Dagger jet from the 57th Fighter Interceptor Squadron. The ambassa-
dor made his first visit to this military installation Tuesday. He toured
the base and its facilities after lunching with RAdm Ralph Weymouth,
Commander, Iceland Defense Force. (USAF Photo by A1C W.R. Keener)
mtm
OUTSTANDING WORK—Mr. Thorgrimur J. Halldorsson gets a certi-
ficate and a hearty handshake from Captain Thornhill after success-
fully completing a seven-week electronics course. The ceremony took
place Feb. 1 at the captain’s office. (Photo by Lang, PHAN.)
THor Gets Certificate
For Outstanding Duty
Mr. Thorgrimur J. Halldorsson received a certificate “for
outstanding performance of academic duties” from Capt
Henry E. Thornhill, Jr., commanding officer of the Naval
Communication Station, Iceland, at ceremonies Feb. 1, at
the captain’s office.
The certificate was awarded by the Air Force Training
^Command, Keesler Air Force
YIP To Visit
Keflavik Base
Brig. Gen. Thomas H. Beeson,
commander of the Goose Air De-
fense Sector, will visit Hq. Air
Forces Iceland and the 57th
Fighter Interceptor Sq. next week
on his way back to his headquar-
ters in Labrador.
General Beeson and his wife,
Kathleen, have been visiting in
Greenland and Denmark at the
invitation of Prince Knud, Prince
of Denmark.
The general is expected to ar-
rive here sometime Sunday night,
and inspect the Air Force units
here and the 932d AC&W Sq. at
Rockville on Monday and Tuesday.
He and his wife are scheduled
to depart the base on Wednesday.
Air Force units on Iceland fall
under operational control of the
Goose Air Defense Sector, com-
manded by General Beeson.
His visit here will be the first
for General Beeson since he was
promoted in mid-December 1964.
A reception for General and
Mrs. Beeson will be held at the
Officers Club Tuesday evening .
Observatory Launched
A second Orbiting Solar Ob-
servation (OSO), launched Feb.
2, is to make a comprehensive
study of the sun and its effects
on conditions on earth. The satel-
lite, weighing 545 pounds, will
back up the solar investigations
begun by the sucessful OSO I
launched in March 1962.
Base, Miss., for the completion of
a seven-week electronics course.
Mr. Halldorsson, known by the
Communication Station personnel
as Thor, has been with the sta-
tion since March 1962. “He has
proven not only to be professional-
ly able in all respects in his posi-
tion af electronics resident engi-
neer, but has been most helpful
on many occasions when assistance
and advice was needed concerning
anything ranging from Icelandic
Government regulations to in-
formation on Iceland’s history,
customs and areas of interest,”
say CommSta personnel.
Prior to transfer to the Naval
Communation Station, Mr. Hall-
dorsson was assistant air com-
munication resident engineer with
the Air Force at Keflavik.
Thor married Thuridur Thor-
arinsdottir in July 1956 and they
have two children, Ingi Thor and
Sigrun Bjorg, ages seven and four.
The Halldorssons reside in Hafn-
arfjordur.
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