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 Most of them have been replaced by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.
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August 13, 1971