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October 15, 1976
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57th FIS crewmen busy preparing
iFor William Tell 76 competition
Participating maintenance personnel
of the 57th Fighter Interceptor Squadron
have been placed on a seven-day workweek
schedule in preparation for the William
Tell '76 competition. William Tell is
an aircrew missile firing/maintenance
competition held once every two years at
Chapel sets ‘Spiritual
Discovery’ observance
Spiritual Discovery Weekend will be-
gin on base Oct. 22, starting with a pot
luck dinner at the Glacier Hut.
The Spiritual Discovery Weekend em-
phasis will be a planned and coordinated
effort to help the Chapel community put
"sharing and discipline back into Chris-
Aan life through small group meet-
ings," Jan Avery, publicity director,
stated.
Fellowship will include meals as well
as group meetings. Meals will consist
of the above dinner and two luncheons as
follows: pot luck dinner, Glacier Hut
at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 22; women's luncheon
at Top of the Rock Club at 12:30 p.m. on
Oct. 23; and, a men's luncheon also at
Top of the Rock Oct. 23 at 12:30.
Reservations should be made by call-
ing the Chapel at 4111 or Darlinda
Bauemschmidt at 7853.
Nursery service will be available
during these functions.
"It is the spirit of small group
activity in Christian living that in-
spired Spiritual Discovery Weekend,"
explained Mrs. Avery.
NATO Base personnel are invited to
attend the weekend activities.
Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla.
Led by Chief Master Sergeant Franklin
L. Briggs and Senior Master Sergeant
Jerry D. Loyd, the maintenance personnel
have been busy ensuring that operations
personnel are provided with the most re-
liable, accurate and safe competition
aircraft.
Avionics personnel have been busy
calibrating the avionics packages to en-
sure the best radar and weapons control
systems. Maintenance specialists from
both the Field Maintenance Branch and
the Munitions Maintenance Branch have
been busy rechecking aircraft subsystems
and reviewing procedures to ensure the
best support when the competition be-
gins. Flightline personnel have been
broken down into pairs and teamed with
specific competition aircraft to in-
crease familiarity with each airframe
and its particularly unique problems.
These crew chiefs also have had to
launch and recover aircraft on weekends
in order to assist operations personnel
in becoming more familiar with the tac-
tics that will be used at the William
Tell competition.
In addition to working on the air-
craft, the participants have been busy
readying support equipment for use in
the competition.
Master Sergeant John Roberts has been
the focal point in the effort to identi-
fy and prepare equipment for shipment
and ensuring accountability and control
of the support equipment and needed sup-
plies.
Five 57th FIS F-4 "Phantoms" are
scheduled to fly to the Gulf Coast off
Florida Oct. 27 as the Aerospace De-
fense Command representative in the com-
petition .
Formal ceremony opens Navy Day fete
NATO Base personnel celebrated the
vy's 201st birthday Wednesday with an
temoon of relaxation, cake, refresh-
ments and a rock concert provided by
Dark Star at the Midnight Sun Club.
Navy Day activities officially began
at 11 a.m. when Captain Jack T. Weir,
commander Naval Forces Iceland and com-
manding officer, U.S. Naval Station, of-
ficiated at a formal ceremony honoring
five navymen. At right, Capt. Weir re-
enlists Mess Management Specialist First
Class Antonio Dizon of Supply and Equip-
ment Operator First Class James Smith of
Public Works. Ocean Systems Technician
First Class Michael Christy (below
left) was reenllsted later by Com-
mander Harry Benter, Naval Facility com-
manding officer.
Earlier in the same ceremony, Chief
Warrant Officer James Bampfield, AIMD
Avionics division officer, was frocked
in the grade of lieutenant junior grade.
Yeoman Second Class Fred Challender
(middle photo) was honored as Naval Sta-
tion Petty Officer of the Quarter. Be-
low right, MSI Dizon signs his reenlist-
ment contract in Capt. Weir's office.
One step closer
During an outdoor church service at Hofn led by Air Force Chaplain (Captain)
Richard Higgins, the overwhelming roar of the falling water reminded worshippers
of God's power and presence. One couldn't help but imagine, while standing on the
ledge behind the spilling waterfall, how God used His finger to scrape away the
rock to create a unique place of worship. (Photo by ILt. Elroy Wegener)
A.T. Mahan senior named in merit program
William J. Young, an A.T. Mahan sen-
ior, has been selected as a commended
student in the Merit Program by the Na-
tional Merit Scholarship Corporation
(NMSC), according to Mr. Loyd G. Morrow,
A.T. Mahan High School principal.
For his achievement, William was pre-
sented a letter of commendation.
William is among 35,000 commended
students nationwide who are. being recog-
nized for their outstanding performance
on the 1975 Preliminary Scholastic Apti-
tude Test/National Merit Scholarship
Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT). Commend-
ed students represent less than two per
cent of the nation's secondary school
senior class.
Although commended students scored
below the level required for the 15,000
semi-finalists who will continue in the
Merit Scholarship competition, their
test performance indicated exceptional
academic promise.
Edward C. Smith, president of NMSC,
said: "The high standing of commended
students in the Merit Program shows
their great promise, and their attain-
ment in this nationwide competition de-
serves public recognition. Commended
students should be encouraged to con-
tinue their education; our nation, as
well as the students, will benefit from
their further educational and personal
development."
To increase their opportunities for
college, NMSC makes it possible for re-
gionally accredited U.S. colleges to ob-
tain, on a cost basis, the home address-
es of Commended students.
photos by J01 Jim Miller
and J03 Bob Lutton