The White Falcon - 11.06.1999, Side 2

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Commander in the Spot Light
CFK Chief of Staff
During the past several weeks Fleet Air Keflavfk
(CFK) and the deployed squadron, VP-45, have
been doing their part demonstrating the multi-mis-
sion role of the mighty P-3 Orion maritime patrol
aircraft. VP-45 crews have been employed flying a
multitude of missions from Keflavfk and other
northern European military airfields.
Two weeks ago, in conjunction with helicopters
from the 56th Rescue Squadron and an Icelandic
Coast Guard cutter, a crew from VP-45 assisted in
a simulated search-and-rescue mission. They were
tasked to conduct a surface search and locate a life
raft simulating crash survivors. After locating the
raft west of Iceland, the crew radioed the raft’s
position to the joint command post on base and to
the Icelandic cutter. The cutter closed the area and
recovered the simulated victims. Helicopters from
the 56th Rescue Squadron arrived and hoisted sim-
ulated victims from the deck of the cutter and trans-
ported them to the hospital. Throughout the rescue
operation, the P-3 remained on station providing a
communication link to the base.
Earlier that same week two VP-45 P-3s, along
with a British Nimrod from Kinloss, Scotland, con-
ducted a simulated war-at-sea strike against a tran-
siting U.S. Navy Surface Action Group (SAG).
Following early morning briefs, two Keflavik-
based P-3s rendezvoused with the British west of
Ireland. They proceeded inbound to the predeter-
mined search area to locate the SAG. After locat-
ing the SAG, the three-plane package simulated
launching air-to-surface missiles prior to returning
to home base.
Several days later VP-45 was tasked by CFK to
locate two surface ships of interest. After locating
the ships, the crew gathered photo intelligence.
The CFK photo lab processed and developed the
negatives, forwarding the pictures to the Office of
Naval Intelligence for further evaluation.
Not forgetting anti-submarine warfare, three
crews were given an opportunity to hone their
skills against a transiting nuclear submarine. The
crews deployed their briefed search patterns,
gained contact and tracked the target of interest (a
submarine). This three-plane evolution resulted in
a total of seven hours of submarine contact and
invaluable training for the tactical support center
personnel and the aircrews.
Wrapping up a week of training and operations,
a VP-45 crew conducted a single-plane bombing
exercise, while another crew and airplane flew mis-
sions out of Valkenberg, The Netherlands in sup-
port of Exercise Marvika. The crew in Valkenberg
concluded its participation in Marvika and returned
to NAS Keflavik last weekend.
This week a crew from Iceland returned to
Valkenberg for a two-week NATO exercise, BAL-
TOPS. In addition, another crew relocated to
Kinloss, Scotland for 10 days to fly in support of
the British Fleet Exercise, JMC 99-2. When Hying
or operating from other bases the Keflavfk crews
are supported by a detachment of CFK personnel
who provide the briefs and debriefs for the flight
crew as well as the necessary liaison with the host
military to ensure a smooth-running operation.
This is just a quick snapshot of how CFK and the
deployed squadron, VP-45, have employed the
multi-mission P-3 Orion during the past two
weeks.
Have a great Navy day!
Capt. Ken Murrell
Lyte Bytes
Discouragement
By Chaplain Henry Hensley
What to expect during
Northern Viking
• Road closures or delays - tune into
Power 104.1 FM for announcements.
• An increase in aircraft activity on
base.
• An increase in personnel on base -
approximately 700 additional military
personnel will be on and off base for
the exercise.
• Some Soldiers and Marines will be
carrying weapons and using blanks.
Pyrotechnics will also be used during
the exercise. No live ammunition will
be used.
One of the things we chaplains often
come face to face with in our counseling is
discouragement. Airmen, Marines, Sailors
and Soldiers, as well as family members all
too often get discouraged. On this scourge
of discouragement author Ted Engstrom
insightfully writes:
“Cripple him, and you have a Sir Walter
Scott. Lock him in a prison cell, and you
have a John Bunyan. Bury him in the snows
of Valley Forge, and you have a George
Washington. Raise him in abject poverty
and you have an Abraham Lincoln. Strike
him down with infantile paralysis, and he
becomes Franklin Roosevelt. Burn him so
severely that doctors say he’ll never walk
again, and you have a Glenn Cunningham -
who set the world’s one mile record in 1934.
Deafen him and you have a Ludwig Van
Beethoven. Have him or her born black in
a society filled with racial discrimination,
and you have a Booker T. Washington, a
Martin Luther King Jr., or a George
Washington Carver. Call him a slow learn-
er, “retarded,” and write him off as unedu-
cable, and you have an Albert Einstein.”
As one man summed it up: Life is about
20 percent in what happens to us and 80
percent in the way we respond to the events.
The key is to respond to the adversity of dis-
couragement. How do we respond?
Respond in every way you can! Use all the
gifts that God has given - your body, mind
and spirit. Most importantly, ask God to
help you as you respond.
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