The White Falcon - 26.03.1965, Qupperneq 1
THE WHITE
U.S. NAVAL STATION, KEFLAVIK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, ICELAND
Volume IV, Number 12 Friday, March 26, 1965
Einarsson — Haveland
Einarsson
Graduates:
Is Lauded
Congratulations were extended
March 9, to Mr. Throdur Einars-
son, position classification techni-
cian, by Mr. 0. D. Haveland, in-
dustrial relations officer.
Presented to Mr. Einarsson was
a “Certificate of Training” certi-
fying his completion of the course,
“Position Classification and Wage
Administration,” given by the
Area Wage and Classification Of-
fice in New York, the Navy’s east-
ern training center for these sub-
jects.
Mr. Einarsson has been with the
Industrial Relations Department
since October 1964, and attached
to the Naval Station since July
1961, when the Navy took over
host responsibilities from the Air
Force. He was first employed by
the U.S. Government in March
1952 when he was assigned to the
Iceland Air Defense Force, MATS.
He resides in Hafnarf jordur
with his wife, Kristin Linnet, and
their three children, Einar, Rosa,
and Thordur.
In This Issue
Red Cross Drive . .. Pg. 3
The Grindavik Story Pgs. 4-5
Sports Pg. 6
NCO Wives Club .. Pg. 8
Capt. Turner Lands
Crippled Jet Plane
“In my 2,000 flying hours nothing like this had ever hap-
pened to me before,” said Capt. John Turner, the pilot who
brought down safely a T-33 jet aircraft on just two of its
three wheels.
Captain Turner’s narrow
injury came several days ago
ceptor Sq. pilot was returning to'
Keflavik from a training mission
in which he flew the “target”
plane for fellow F-102 pilots.
Captain Turner was making his
landing approach, going through
the necessary procedures to extend
his landing gears on the sleek
T-Bird, when a hydraulic failure
prevented the wheels from com-
ing down. He quickly implemented
emergency steps and equipment
and was successful in lowering his
two main landing gears, but got
his nose gear to drop only a bit
from its cradle, leaving it jam-
med at a dangerous angle.
The experienced pilot, who was
well versed in such emergencies
but had never encountered one,
said he had too little fuel for an-
other pass at the landing strip
to try and dislodge the nose gear
escape from possible serious
when the 57th Fighter Inter-
5,—
again, so he made a ground effort.
He set his aircraft down hard
on the runway in an attempt to
jar the gear loose enough to drop,
but his effort failed.
Although his landing was rough,
it was on the mark and Captain
Turner was able to lower the nose
slowly enough that only minor
damage was caused to the aircraft
when contact was made, and he
controlled it all the way to a
final stop.
Training and knowledge of
emergency procedures were the
keys to success that day for Cap-
tain Turner, he said later. It was
clearly a case of knowing what to
do and when to do it that pre-
vented major damage to an air-
craft and possible injury to its
pilot.
All Armed Forces Participate
In Operation Quick-Kick Drill
Approximately 10,000 U. S.^
Army, Navy, Air Force and Ma-
rine Corps personnel will take
part in Exercise Quick-Kick VII
in the Caribbean, March 22 to
April 10.
The amphibious-airborne exer-
cise is designed to test tactical
concepts in joint operations, with
an actual amphibious landing and
airborne assault conducted on
Vieques Island, off the coast of
Puerto Rico.
Quick-Kick VII will involve
approximately 2,500 soldiers, 3,000
sailors, 1,000 airmen and 3,500
Marines, under the command of
Adm H. P. Smith, Commander-in-
Chief, Atlantic Command.
D-Day begins April 9, with
PATROL DUTY—Three VP-56 SP-2H Neptunes flying in left echelon
follow a routine patrol. The other three planes in the VP-56 Detachment
are not shown.
strikes by Air Force and Marine
Corps aircraft and shore bombard-
ments to “soften” enemy positions.
Live ammunition will be used in
this phase, on the portion of the
island normally used as a target
range. Following the bombard-
ment, troop carrier aircraft of
the Tactical Air Command will
drop paratroopers of the 82nd
Airborne Division on the island.
One hour later, Leathernecks
from the 4th Marine Expedition-
ary Brigade will storm Vieques
beaches in both amphibious and
helicopter-borne vertical envelop-
ment assaults.
The operation will be the first
Quick-Kick exercise conducted
outside the continental United
States. Previous exercises have
been held at the Camp Lejeune-
Onslow Beach area of North Ca-
rolina. —• (AFPS)
Benny Suggs Sez:
Here’s a recipe for
turning out a quality
suggestion —
Take one problem
and add:
2 cups of facts
. 1 cup of thought
2 tablespoons of
imagination
1 pinch of zest
STIR VIGOROUSLY
Place on beneficial suggestion
blank and drop it in a sug-
gestion box.
Result — One worthwhile sug-
gestion.
SECRETARY OF TREASURY ARRIVES—Arriving for the celebration
of the 25th anniversary of the Icelandic-American Society held March
21 in Reykjavik at the Hotel Saga are Mr. Valdimar Bjornsson, secre-
tary of the treasury of the state of Minnesota (in dark glasses) and
his wife. Among the dignitaries who welcomed the couple were Mr.
Konrad Axelsson, treasurer of the Society (left with briefcase) and
Dr. Benjamin Eiriksson (right), chairman of the Iceland-American
Society. (Photo by Travelstead, PH3)
Secretary Bjornsson
Attends Anniversary
Mr. Valdimar Bjornsson, secretary of the treasury of
the state of Minnesota and his wife arrived at Keflavik
International Airport Saturday at 9 a.m. and were greeted
at the airport by Dr. Benjamin Eiriksson, chairman of the
Icelandic-American Society and Mr. Konrad Axelsson, trea-
surer of the Society.
The secretary and his wife are here at the invitation of
the Society which celebrates its1*’
25th anniversary this month. Mr.
Bjornsson was the honored guest
and main speaker at the Icelandic-
American Society’s Dinner-Ball
held at the Hotel Saga in Reykja-
vik Sunday evening.
In addition to speaking at the
Icelandic-American Society Din-
ner-Ball Sunday night, Mr.
Bjornsson spoke before a Society
meeting held in Akureyri on
Tuesday. He is scheduled to re-
turn to the States tomorrow.
Other Guests
Other dignitaries present at the
gala event were the President of
Iceland Mr. Asgeir Asgeirsson,
who was a member of the first
Central Board of the Society and
Ambassador of the United States,
Mr. James K. Penfield.
Known as “Mr. Iceland” in his
native state of Minnesota, Mr.
Bjornsson speaks fluent Icelandic.
Besides being prominent in politics
in his state, he is also active in
Scandinavian affairs.
Mr. Bjornsson’s grandparents
were settlers in Minnesota. His
father, Gunnar Bjornsson, became
editor of a newspaper in Minne-
ota, the city where Valdimar
was born. The Secretary is one
of four brothers; all have been
in the newspaper business and
one brother currently works in
public relations for a private cor-
poration.
Runs Against Humphrey
In 1952 Mr. Bjornsson ran un-
successfully for the Senate on
the Republican ticket against now
Vice President Hubert Humphrey.
This is Mr. Bjomsson’s fourth
trip to Iceland since WW II.
Mrs. Bjornsson is a native of
Iceland and was born at Isa-
f jordur.
New NORAD
Chief Named
Gen. Dean C. Strother has been
named as the successor of re-
tiring Gen. John K. Gerhart to
head the joint Canadian-United
States North American Air De-
fense Command.
General Strother, a native of
Winfield, Kan., will assume com-
mand April 1 of the 200,000 man
command charged with the aero-
space defense of the North Ameri-
can continent.
General Strother comes to
NORAD from a tour of duty as
the U.S. representative on the
Military Committee and Standing
Group of the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization.
The announcement, made from
the White House after consulta-
tion with the Canadian govern-
ment, also stated Air Marshall
C.R. Dunlap will remain as the
Deputy NORAD Commander.
IT’S TOM JONES NIGHT
SATURDAY 27 MARCH
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