The White Falcon - 12.03.1999, Síða 2

White Falcon
Commander, Iceland Defense Force
Commander, Fleet Air Keflavik
Rear Adm. David Architzel
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932d ACS Commander
Commander in the Spot Light
Providing air defense for Iceland starts with the
932d Air Control Squadron (ACS). Our mission is
to accurately track and identify all aircraft
approaching or entering the Iceland Military Air
Defense Identification Zone (MADIZ). If, for any
reason, our operators cannot identify an aircraft
electronically or by flight plan correlation, the
Senior Director will recommend “scrambling” the
alert fighters (F-15s or F-16s) for immediate take-
off. Once airborne, Weapons Directors will give
the fighters a course heading to intercept the
unknown aircraft and order them to get close
enough to identify the aircraft. As soon as the air-
craft “identification” is made, the Mission Crew
Commander reports the results to the Commander,
Air Forces Iceland (COMAFICE), normally Col.
Michael Henchey, who then determines what tacti-
cal action, if any, will be taken.
The above process used to be extremely man-
power-intensive and required a lot of coordination.
Today however, thanks to the new 450-million-dol-
lar North Atlantic Defense System (NADS)
upgrade, the 932d ACS’s air defense mission is eas-
ier, less time consuming and more efficient than
ever before. The NADS upgrade project was a 15-
year NATO-U.S. joint venture and involved com-
plete replacement of the four original radar sites,
one on each comer of the island. The project also
entailed the movement of the 932d ACS’s com-
mand and control (C2) function from the Rockville
radar site to NAS Keflavik to further reduce opera-
tion and maintenance costs. The new system,
known as the Iceland Air Defense System (IADS),
introduced state-of-the-art technology to further
enhance on-island warfighting capabilities and
communication interfaces, while reducing “blue
suit” maintenance by almost 80 percent. The IADS
C2 facility is the Control and Reporting Center
(CRC) and is the hub for collecting and dissemi-
nating critical air defense information to the Island
Commander Iceland (ICECOMICE); Commander,
Iceland Defense Force (COMICEDEFOR) and to
COMAFICE.
The IADS upgrade gave the 932d ACS the abil-
ity to keep pace with modem weapons technology
and will serve the air defense mission well into the
future. On a daily basis, we continually assimilate
information coming into the CRC from all four
long-range radars through a fiber-optic cable, trans-
late radar data from Norway and the United
Kingdom coming in through satellite feed and
monitor a large number of communication circuits
within the IADS system. In turn, we provide early
warning air defense data to the U.S. and Canada
through a satellite link and provide radar data to the
Iceland Civil Aviation Authority for air traffic con-
trol purposes.
The CRC is a true joint warfighting platform
with the capability to interface with air defense and
C2 platforms from all services. We can link with
Navy air and surface platforms like AEGIS cruis-
ers, E-2s, P-3s and Marine radar units. We can
enhance the ground air defense capability by hook-
ing up with Army Hawk and Patriot batteries. Of
course, we can operate with Air Force platforms
like E-3 AWACS, JOINT STARS and other deploy-
able units.
The 932d ACS has been performing the air
defense mission in Iceland since 1952, and as you
can see, is prepared to continue this service in the
21st century.
Ld^.U/
Lt.Col. Rex A. Marshall
Lyte Bytes
A Father is a Role Model
By Chaplain Henrey Hensley
Baseball’s pitching star Orel Hershiser
is often regarded as a role model for
young people today. But who was his pri-
mary role model? In his book “Out of the
Blue,” Hershiser describes his role model
as a man who was very competitive, yet
generous and a gentleman.
“In everything he does,” says
Hershiser, “he wants to win ... Sometimes
he would compete only with himself. I
saw that side of him even in how he
cleaned the garage. He took care of every
detail and put everything in its place.”
He always commended and rewarded
those who did a good job. A perfectionist,
he rewarded those who did a good job.
He often demanded that a job be done
repeatedly, but even so, he gave a pat on
the back in encouragement. He didn’t
mind pain and he didn’t mind work. And
he had a grand habit of asking “why?”
When others might say in the face of a
weather prediction of rain, “There goes
our golf date tomorrow,” he would say
instead, “Why? Does the weatherman
have to be right? We don’t know what
tomorrow will be like. The storm may
pass through. Let’s plan on playing and
see if it works out.” He was a stubborn
optimist, with a “never-give-up” attitude.
Who was this superlative role model?
His dad!
Fund Drives from page one
said. “All of the events will be done simultane-
ously between the Air Force and Navy,” said co-
coordinator 1st Lt. Giovanni Estrada. “Donations
from Sailors will go towards Navy/Marine Corps
Relief and donations from Airmen will go towards
Air Force Aid.”
In addition to today’s P-3 wash kicking off the
drive, residents will have the opportunity to par-
ticipate in many fund-raising events over the next
few weeks.
“We’re going to have a dunking booth, jail-and-
bail... lots of events,” Lampp said. “There’s also
going to be a tug-of-war, bowling tournament, car
wash, three-on-three basketball tournament and a
racquetball tournament.”
A popular feature of the fund drive, Mediathon,
begins April 5 and concludes April 9 with the prize
raffle, he added.
Prizes donated for this year’s raffle include a
television, digital camera, camcorder and a com-
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March 12,1999