The White Falcon - 17.12.1965, Blaðsíða 1

AFWL’s Eighth Ranked Sea Service Newspaper - 1964
THE WHITE
U.S. NAVAL STATION, KEFLAVIK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, ICELAND
Volume IV. Number 47 Friday, December 17, 1965
Two Airmen Save
Runaway F-102 Plane
Two airmen, assigned to the 57th Fighter Interceptor
Squadron, who prevented serious damage to an F-102 Delta
Dagger when it spun around in heavy winds, were cited
recently by Lt. Col. Joe H. Joiner, commander of the 57th
FIS.
Receiving Certificates of Recognition for their action in
preventing the aircraft from sliding into nearby equipment
were A1C David D. Olesen, who^
returned to the U.S. this week,
and A2C Ramon Cordero. Both
are aircraft mechanics assigned to
the squadron.
Wind Loosens Wheel Chock
The two were refueling the
plane during high winds when the
right wheel chock slipped allow-
ing the aircraft to pivot and
loosen the other chock.
Airman Cordero, who was at the
aircraft, hurried into the cockpit
and applied the brakes. Olesen
raced from the fuel truck and
quickly replaced the chocks even
though the aircraft had not come
to a complete stop.
Save Serious Damage
In recounting the incident, the
airmen stated that the wind would
have certainly pushed the plane into
the truck and ground power equip-
ment if it had not stopped imme-
diately.
The certificates, signed by Col-
onel Joiner, lauded the two for
fast-thinking action and conclud-
ed, “... .prompt action prevented
possible serious damage to life and
property and is in the best tradi-
tion of the Air Force.”
WANT TO BUY A TREE, MIS-
TER?—Scout Paul Pietryka dis-
plays one of the Christmas trees
his troop is selling. (Photo by
Betz, PH3)
Buy A Prime Tree;
Scouts Have Them
The trees are here and the Boy
Scouts of the Keflavik troop are
selling them as long as they last.
Due to an overshipment of 300
trees, there will be enough so that
everyone can purchase one. The
hours of selling are 3 p. m. to
8 p. m., daily and 9 a. m. to 9
p. m., Saturday. So hurry on over
to Building T-727A, the old pack-
age store, across from the CPO
Mess Hall, and get yours.
The trees were cut and shipped
here by the boys of the Argentia,
Newfoundland, Boy Scout Troop.
Profits for the tree sales will be
divided between the two troops to
finance their activities for the
coming year.
This is not charity but the sale
of prime trees. They’ll be sold on
a first come, first served basis.
So don’t procrastinate; get yours
now.
DOD Planning
To Deactivate
16 U. S. Bases
These are the proposed 16 ac-
tions of military bases to be closed
or abandoned. They are subject
to a Congressional review, that
will be presented to the Armed
Services Committees of Congress
on Jan. 10, 1966.
These actions are to be reported
to the committees in accordance
with Section 611 of FY66 Military
Construction Authorization Act.
No closures of bases affected by
the actions will take place until 30
days after the Jan. 10 report. The
actions to affect these particular
bases and closing dates are as
follows:
Sandford, Fla.,—Naval Aviation
Training Mission, Naval Air Station
(NAS), Sanford, by July 1968.
NATM to be transferred to Turner
AFB, Ga.
Albany, Ga.,—822nd Air Divi-
sion, 484th Bomber Wing, 824th
Bombardment Squadron and sup-
porting units at Turner AFB
inactivated by July 1967.
Columbus, Ind.,—930th and 931st
Troop Carrier Groups (C-119),
Bakalar AFB, by October 1967.
Boston, Mass.,—Boston Army
Base between January 1967 to
end of 1969.
Kinross, Mich.,—438th Fighter
Interceptor Squadron, Kincheloe
AFB, relocated to Wurtsmith AFB
by July 1969; 449th Bombardment
Wing and supporting units will
inactivate by October 1970.
Portsmouth, N. H.,—Naval
Hospital, Seavey’s Island, by June
1973; Naval Disciplinary Com-
mand, Portsmouth, by January
1969.
Roswell, N. M.,—6th Strategic
Air Command (SAC) Bomb Wing,
Walker AFB, by July 1967.
Youngstown, Ohio,—C-119 Air
Reserve 910th Troop Carrier
Group, Youngstown Municipal
Airport, by October 1967.
SLEEVES SEEM HEAVIER—Capt Emile E. Pierre, Jr., commanding
officier of the Naval Station, compares sleeves with LCdr Fred E.
Shirley on the latter’s promotion conducted Dec. 10 in the Captain’s
office. Commander Shirley is the Air Terminal Division officer of the
Air Operations Department. (Photo by Betz, PH3)
Burns Flat, Okla.,—70th Bomb
Wing of SAC, Clinton-Sherman
AFB, by July 1970.
Portland, Ore.,—460th FIS,
Portland International Airport,
by April 1966.
Smyrna, Tenn.,—Sewart AFB by
July 1970; its TAC Commands re-
located to other AFBs.
El Paso, Tex.,—95th Bomb
Wing of SAC, Biggs AFB, by
July 1966.
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Genoa, Tex.,—924th and 925th
Troop Carrier Air Reserve Groups,
Ellington AFB, by October 1967.
Waco, Tex.,—12th Air Force
Headquarters relocated to Berg-
strom AFB, Austin; leased facili-
ties by July 1968.
San Juan, Puerto Rico,—Army
Antilles Command, Puerto Rico,
and Ft. Buchanan, San Juan, by
■ December 1966. (AFNB)
HONORS FOR SEC DEF—Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara
walks through an Air Force honor guard at Anderson AFB, Guam,
on the final leg of a tour that took him to London, Paris and South-
east Asia. During his stop at the base, the Secretary talked with B-52
crews andviewed a display of weapons being used against the Viet Cong
in the Republic of Vietnam. (AFNB)
149 Activities Affected by DOD;
SAC Bases To Be Hit Hardest
Additional details on the 149 actions to consolidate, re-
duce or discontinue Department of Defense (DOD) activi-
ties in the United States and overseas have been announced
by Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara.
Military activities in 39 states and the District of Col-
umbia are affected by 126 actions. The remaining 23 affect
overseas activities, including one<*>]7
in Puerto Rico.
Secretary McNamara said the
majority of the actions result
from basic force level and wea-
pons systems changes which re-
quire the realignment of military
forces and which permit the future
consolidation, reducting or discon-
tinuance of military facilities.
Remainder of actions continue
to emphasize consolidation of rel-
ated and joint use of facilities
among the military departments,
he said.
Principal Actions
Principal actions announced by
the secretary include:
The basic bomber to force and
the basic structure of the Strate-
gic Air Command are to be adjust-
ed while maintaining the required
strategic nuclear capability. This
will be accomplished by phasing
out of the inventory older models
of the B-52 bombers and all B-58
bombers.
Six major base actions involved,
along with realignment of bomber
force, will result in annual savings
of $127.5 million. Certain other
bases, from which B-52 operations
are being removed, are being re-
tained for a new mission which will
be disclosed later.
A comprehensive study of the
Continental Air Defense and
Early Warning System has been
completed which will permit a re-
duction in activities at Air Force
Air Defense Bases.
In addition, the reduced Soviet
bomber threat and the technologi-
cal advances in early warning de-
tection systems, will permit the dis-
continuation of the Navy’s sea-
ward airborne extension of the
DEW LINE, frequently called
Barrier Forces.
Discontinuing Part Of NIKE Sites
The reduced bomber threat also
permits discontinuance of a nunr
ber of NIKE-Hercules anti-air-
craft batteries. These actions will
produce total savings of $150.7
million annually.
The Air Force will reduce eight
Air Force Reserve and three Air
Guard airlift squadrons in nine
locations in the United States.
This will save $28.2 million annu-
ally.
Department of the Army ac-
tions in Puerto Rico will bring
annual savings of $11.4 million.
Savings Amount To 410 Million
When all actions are completed
there will be annual savings of
$410 million and reduction of 53,010
personnel, without decreasing mili-
tary effectiveness or limiting cur-
rent and future activities in South-
east Asia. Some 93,691 acres of
land will also be released for
non-Defense use.
Secretary McNamara said the
22 overseas actions, including
Puerto Rico, will not be announc-
ed until a later date, after gov-
ernments of the countries con-
cerned have been consulted.
These actions are in Europe,
the northern Pacific and the
Western Hemishere, and will pro-
duce annual savings of $81 mil-
lion. No movement of combat mili-
tary forces is involved.
In order to minimize the impact
on employees and communities, the
secretary said actions announced
will be phased over a period of
several years. (AFNB)
NavCommSta Officers
Bid Keflavik Farewell
Two officers from the Naval
Communication Station, Ice-
land, were “Blessed” at a
party held at the Viking Vista.
Cdr F. N. Colvin, executive
officer of NavCommSta, will
leave on Jan. 6 to assume du-
ties as Executive Officer, Dis-
ciplinary Command, Ports-
mouth, N.H.
Lt T. A. Galyon, NavComm-
Sta admin and personnel offi-
cer, will leave Dec. 16 and will
report to DCA Southeastern
Asia Mainland, Republic of
Vietnam for duty.
In This Issue
Christmas Services .... pg.
Christmas Pageant .... pg.
Aunt Maizy’s Recipe .. pg.
Sports ............... pg.
Cheerleaders ......... pg.
Entertainment ........ pg.