The White Falcon - 01.08.1969, Page 5

Friday, August 1, 1969
THE WHITE FALCON
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AlC Benjamin Smith, left, and SSgt. Byron Cilbertson tune
and align the height finding radar system.
I’ve often heard it said that the food served at Rockville is
the best on the Island!
Preventive maintenance is the key to any
efficient organization. Sgt. Buzz Busbin,
foreground, and AlC James 0. Beane check
the interrogator set used in aircraft identi-
fication.
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Story and Photos by
JOSN Luther Conant
Tsgt. William K. Novak is a member of the two-man medical
staff at the Rockville site. Here he examines MSgt. Paul S.
Cain, First Sergeant for the 932nd.
records the object’s distance and passes the information on to the
plotter. This man, who is standing on a platform behind a large
illuminated glass board containing an outline of the North Atlan-
tic, plots the position of the approaching aircraft, thereby show-
ing everyone in the room that an IP has been recorded.
It is now the job of the identification technician sitting in
front of the plotting board to establish the idenity of this air-
craft by comparing its position with the positions of known friend-
ly aircraft in the area. If he cannot identify the plane within
two minutes, he notifies the senior director in the operations
room, who in turn scrambles the F-102’s of the 57th FIS for in-
terception and positive identification.
The men of the 932nd refer to themselves as a team of profes-
sionals both on duty and off. Their proficiency at work is exemp-
lified by their spirit in striving for a continuous record of zero de-
fects, while their spirit out of uniform is shown every week on the
softball diamond. Also, Special Services has provid-
ed the men with a well equipped service club con-
taining everything from pool tables to a barber shop.
It’s understandable why the morale is so high at
H-l site. When a group'of men think, work and relax
as a team, they become like professionals in ac-
complishing their mission of safeguarding the North
Atlantic.
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