The White Falcon - 09.04.1965, Blaðsíða 8

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WHITE FALCON
Friday, April 9, 1965
FLIP THE SWITCH—Col. Alan G. Long, AFI commander, gives the
signal to turn on the power to Hofn’s newly installed height finder
radar system, as Rear Adm. Ralph Weymouth, IDF commander, watches
the giant arms start to move.
RAdm Weymouth, Col. Long
See Height Finder In Action
With a flick of the wrist and the push of a button, Arctic
Watch #10 at Hofn’s 667th Aircraft Control and Warning
Sq. began operation of its newly installed height finder
late last month.
Rear Adm. Ralph Weymouth, commander of the Iceland
Defense Force, watched a simple dedication ceremony con-
ducted by Col. Alan G. Long, Air
Forces Iceland commander, as the
huge radar arms began sweeping
the skies for aircraft.
The visit to the site was the
first for Admiral Weymouth, who
took over command of the Ice-
land Defense Force a few months
back. He was accompanied by
several staff officers, including
Capt Robert R. Sparks, Naval
Station commanding officer.
The height finder, an FPS-6A
system, has a number of special
devices which determine the height
and range of an aircraft in flight.
It joins another operational radar
“bubble” one which gives informa-
tion on the range and azimuth
of aircraft in the area. Together
they form a “3-D” picture of any
flying objects within their range.
The tower was completed in
mid-December at a cost of more
than $453,000.
The Radio Log
by Mick Spillane, YN3
PAUL COMPTON SHOW
Paul Compton hails from the
West Coast area stateside. Riding
the radio waves every week-day
from 4:05—5:00 p.m., he brings
forth some of the finest listening
in the field of jazz and pops. This
week he will venture forth with
such artists as Oscar Petterson,
Nancy Wilson, Dean Martin &
Latin American great—Joao Gil-
berto.
His theme is Nightside by
Henry Mancini which is a great
way to end your working day. The
main thing to remember about
Paul Compton is he wants you to
sit back, relax and enjoy music
from the artists who love it, live
it and for those who make a liv-
ing of it.
The entire week at 10:05 p.m.
AFRS (1484 on your radio dial)
brings mystery, western and su-
spence filling thrillers at it’s best.
Don’t miss the episodes of dyna-
mic actions on “Adventure Thea-
ter”.
Base Housing ....
(Continued from page 1.)
flow of gold out of the United
States.
By buiding such units in the
United States the Government’s
gold output is reduced by 25 per
cen.
by Frank Fisher, JOSN
The Seven O’clock News Round-
up has been extended 15 minutes
to bring you all the latest News,
Sports, and Weather while the
normal final addition News at
eleven still brings you the last
minute report.
Science In Action.—Ted Mack Show
This will be the last week for
Science in Action, and Sky King
which are being replaced by
Science All-Stars and Ted Mack
Show. Also you can look forward
to an evening with Carol Burnett
who will take Jimmy Dean’s
Show’s place on Thursday at 8:30,
this week only.
Millionaire playboy Joshua
Gideon has five ex-wives, Eva
Gabor, Julie Newmar, Shirl Con-
way, Gloria De Havan, and Zohra
Lam pert and intentions of leaving
them all tidy sums in his will
when he turns up murdered in
“Gideon’s Follies” on the De-
fenders.
Radio Hofn ....
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show from the base motor pool,
and featured the Hofn Stompers,
an H-3 trio that sings and plays
everything from popular ballads
to folk music and country-western
songs.
With Wyatt’s Kentucky humor
and the Stompers’ fine musical
renditions, the show as a hit, as
where previous programs that
featured the Trash Run Quartet:
four men who were assigned to
trash detail, and liked to sing
along.
The station is not all fun and
games though, because the volun-
teer announcers have a serious
dedication to their jobs with the
Air Force and an obligation to
their listeners to provide them
with programs and songs they
want to hear.
Job Training
At present there are 17 quali-
fied announcers at the site keeping
the station going day after day.
They are trained on the job, being
checked out by another qualified
announcer for voice and familiar-
ization with equipment. When they
have learned their lessons, they
go on the air, still monitored but
on their own.
Their dedication to the radio
station does not go unrewarded.
When a volunteer reaches 200
hours on the air he is given a
trophy; if and when he reaches
500 hours, he receives a mono-
grammed jacket with appropriate
designations.
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Single Room
The station is located in a single
room which was once the tiny
station exchange. It has a pro-
fessional console with two turn-
tables and a three-wall record
library. The AFRS program mat-
erials come in weekly, or when
flying conditions permit aircraft
from Keflavik to land.
Maintenance is done by men
assigned to the site, assuring list-
eners of little loss of air time.
Just as the site’s radar opera-
tion is important to the Air Force,
its little radio station is import-
ant to the morale of the men.
A WARM WELCOME—Officers of the French flying detachment re-
ceive a warm welcome in Keflavik. (from left) Lt Gaveriaux, Capi
taine de Corvette Masquelier, Commander Gerald F. Thummel, officer-
in-charge of VP-56, and Capitainc Granger-Veyron.
French Fliers Support IDF;
VP-56 Welcomes Squadron
On March 21, 1965, U.S. Naval Station, Keflavik had
another VP detachment join in support of the Icelandic
Defense Force. The French detachment arrived with Lt
Gaveriaux as officer-in-charge and with a complement of
7 officers and 40 enlisted men. Like VP-56, the French
are utilizing the SP-2H aircraft commonly known as the
“Neptune”.
Different from U. S. detach-**
ments, the French flyers have as-
signed three aircraft from three
different squadrons. These squad-
rons are, however, under the same
command, being the “23-F”, the
“24-F”, and the “25-F” squadrons.
All three are currently under
the command of G. A. N. — 7
(Group Aeronautical Naval), com-
manded by Capitaine de Corvette
Masquelier.
The history of the SP-2H Nep-
tune at GAN-7 dates back to 1957
when it relieved the “Lancaster”
from active duty. The last “Lan-
caster” was sent from the com-
mand, stationed near Lorient in
Britany, France, to the Pacific
for further use.
On Tuesday, March 30, Capi-
taine Masquelier and Capitaine
Granger-Veyron were greeted by
Commander Gerald F. Thummel,
Officer-in-Charge of VP-56, De-
tachment 13. Last Friday the
French guests had a party for
the personnel of VP-56.
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