The White Falcon - 27.01.1971, Page 1

Col. B. H. Butcher
f assumes duties of
AFI Commander
Col. Budd H. Butcher assumed
duties of Commander Air Forces
Iceland on January 19. He reliev-
ed Col. Robert L. Sowers,who held
that position for the past 18
months.
Col. Butcher, who has been In
the Air Force since October 1943,
reported to AFI from ADC Head-
quarters at Ent Air Force Base In
Colorado. Accompanying Col.
Butcher cure his wife, Inger and
his two sons: Budd, four years
old and Erik, almost two.
Col. Sowers will be attending
(various helicopter training and
(jungle training schools until
June. He will then be transfered
to the Republic of Vietnam to
serve as advisor to the Viet-
namese Air Force. Col. Sowers'
wife and children will live in
Tuscon Arizona during his tour in
Vietnam.
As AFI Commander, Col. Butcher
is primarily responsible for the
air defense of Iceland. AFI per-
forms an assigned mission for -the
First Air Force under control of
the Commander in Chief, Atlantic.
THE WHITE FALCON
Vol. XIV, No. 6 U.S. Naval Station, Keflavik, Iceland Jan. 27, 1971
Cuts to be cut by CNO;
decreased turmoil needed
r.ially became the naval station's Senior Enlisted Advisor last
^Thursday in a short ceremony in the station conference room. Pre-
senting the plaque that signifies the position is retiring CSCM
George F. Norton. Looking on is Capt. Lloyd H. Thomas, NavSta CO.
The Chief of Naval Operations
announced tentative plans last
weekend to reduce the enlisted
early release program from three
to two months beginning in July.
Adm. Elmo Zumwalt said persons
with EAOS dates in July, August
and September probably would be
separated two months early. The
program is expected to continue
at least through December 1971.
Hospital corpsmen,dental tech-
nicians and strikers will not be
authorized early release, the CNO
said, " to ensure an increased
level of medical service for our
personnel and their dependents."
The tentative two-month early
outs are expected to be finalized
in February, when the next phase
of the early release program is
issued.
The three-month plan has been
in effect since October 1969.
Adm. Zumwalt said the tentative
changes are being made to allevi-
ate "an increased level of tur-
moil throughout the Navy and a
loss of many skilled personnel."