The White Falcon - 12.03.1971, Page 6

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THE WHITE FALCON
March 12, 1971
AG1 Joseph F. Branca records information from sat-
ellite on electrical signal.
ET2 Joseph S. Szitta and Thomas C. Nelson work with
Robert Amason to repair Fleet Weather's equipment.
AN Cash Centers takes a surface observation from
GMd 14 as part of hourly weather observations.
Fleet Weather Facility
Satellites, snowballs and sundry crossed fi^B
gers — weather guessers have solved are major prob-
lem...what the weather is going to do. The trick
is figuring out "when."
And, if Fleet Weather comes reasonably close,
they're happy.
The Fleet Weather Facility at Keflavik is known
to members of the defense force only through the
evening forecast or other usually somber messages
aired over AFRTS.
The weather facility is a separate command under
Cdr. David J. Spowart in conjunction with the Ice-
landic Meteorological Office. There are about 45
officers and men assigned to this command. Their
duty not only covers forecasting local weather, but
includes other responsibilities such as briefing
pilots of all military flights and providing a cen-
Lt. Gary L. Grueling plots weather charts from
information just received.
AG3 Hugh C. Galloway puts weather on weather vision
for VP-24, 57th FIS, control tower and OpCon.