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The White Falcon - 13.08.1971, Blaðsíða 4

The White Falcon - 13.08.1971, Blaðsíða 4
57th F-102 retires to new Air Force Museum The Air Force has opened its Air Force Museum at Wright-Patterson AFB, Dayton, Ohio, and one of its exhibits is an F-102 that was formerly flown by the 57th Fighter Interceptor Squadron here. Capt. Don Echelberger, 57th*s Information Offi- cer, confirmed that the aircraft can be seen at the Wright Field site of the museum. The aircraft had been decommissioned and flown to the museum from the Keflavik-based squadron. Six officers from VP—49 have added more stripes. They are: (from left) Lt. Larry Vice, Lt. Joe Harford, Lt. Cdr. David Stromberg, and Lt. Cdr. Peter Cressy. Cdr. Eugene Tansey, CO, VP-49, con- gratulates them. Not pictured were Lt. Bill Blackburn and Lt. Hank Martin. Welcome Aboard Coast There were about 1,000 F-102 "delta daggers" produced in the late 1950s for the Aerospace De- fense Command and other air defense squadrons a- round the world. Most of them have been replaced by newer fighters and reassigned to National Guard Units in the States. The 57th likes to think the Air Force selected one of its planes because it is the only remaining operational "deuce" squadron in the world. Guard cutter Southwind, makes 3-day stop in Iceland booklet available The first commercial edition of a "Welcome Aboard" booklet produced for the Iceland Defense Force is now being distributed to base commands. "Welcome to Iceland" is the first color publication produced by an Icelandic firm and made a- vailable at no cost to the govern- ment. The booklet was produced by the Frost-Fire Publishing Com- pany of Keflavik, Svavar Hanson, publisher. Material for the defense force section of the booklet was com- piled and written by personnel of the IDF Public Affairs Office. Photographs were supplied by IDF PAO, White Falcon photographers, commercial photographers and in- dividuals. Costs of printing and publication were borne entirely by the publishing company. The booklets are intended for use by personnel ordered to duty in Iceland. It is expected that personnel or administration of- fices of defense force commands will forward copies of the book- lets to the personnel on whom orders are received. Booklets made available to the defense force are stocked at the 0(See BOOKLET, Page 10) U.S. Coast Guard Icebreaker Southwind made a three-day stop at Reykjavik last week. A vessel uniquely designed for operations in earth's polar re- gions, Southwind recently com- pleted one month of operations on the West Coast of Greenland. She acted as the support vessel for a team of scientists studying sizes and movements of major ice-pro- ducing glaciers. This expedition was part of the Coast Guard's mission under the International Ice Patrol to study ice and cur- rent conditions resulting in ice- bergs in the North Atlantic. It is hoped that these studies will help the Coast Guard more accur- ately predictthe size, number and movement of icebergs that drift into the North Atlantic shipping lanes each spring. Since the commission of South- wind in 1944, she had served un- der three different flags and pennants of two nations. In 1945 Southwind was trans- ferred from the U.S. Coast Guard to the Soviet Union under the auspices of the Land-Lease Pro- gram. In 1950 the icebreaker was returned to the U.S. and commi- ssioned the USS Atka as a Naval vessel. Then in 1966 she was transferred to her original owner and once again as the Southwind. Last year Southwind made the first visit by an American naval vessel since World War II, to the Northern Russian Seaport at Mur- mansk. This was her home port while serving under the Soviet Union. The sister ship of the ice- breaker Westwind, (which recently visited Reykjavik), Southwind was here from August3 through 6. Dur- ing her stay she was open to the public. While here, she also disem- barked 17 Coast Guard Academy Ca- dets for return to the U.S. These cadets completed a month long training program, participating in the glacier survey. The crew of Southwind is com- prised of 200 officers and enlist- ed men and commanded by Capt. William S. Schwob. Her home port is Baltimore, Md. If it’s news... call 415'i 4 August 13, 1971

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