The White Falcon - 23.06.1978, Blaðsíða 3

June 23, 1978
White Falcon
Page 3
Concrete wall project explodes with beauty
AND THE WALL COMES A'TUMBLIN' DOWN with the help of Explosive Ordnance Dis-
posal Detachment and Public Works Department personnel in an effort to aid
in base beautification.
Chapel fellowship at Glacier Hut
The Protestant Chapel community is
having a fellowship July 2 at the
Glacier Hut.
A potluck dinner will begin at 4 p.m.
with hotdogs, hamburgers and condiments
furnished by the Chapel.
The evening will include a talent
show, informal worship service and
homemade ice cream provided by "The
Well".
Those interested in attending should
sign up at the Chapel by Sunday and
state what they will furnish: salad,
dessert or relishes.
Anyone with an ice cream freezer who
would lend it to the Chapel for this oc-
casion should bring it to the Chapel by
June 30.
For more information call the Chapel
at 4211/4111 or Clarence Davis at 7908
or 7771.
EFT
First payments to retirees
The Navy last month made its first
payments to Navy retirees using elec-
tronic funds transfer (EFT). A direct
deposit system that will eliminate theft
forgery and late receipt of checks while
improving efficiency by reducing the
cost of issuing and clearing checks.
The system permits transmission of
payments for direct deposit to financial
organizations by magnetic tape rather
than by mailing the checks. It will
eliminate check loss, ensure the avail-
ability of funds when away on payday and
save time spent in depositing or cashing
checks.
F-4C has impressive air defense
As the last two F-4Cs left Iceland,
the 57th Fighter Interceptor Squadron
alert force responded to the signal an-
nouncing "battle stations". Shortly
thereafter, two F-4E "Phantoms" scram-
bled and successfully intercepted two
Soviet TU-95 bombers. This F-4E mission
was similiar to hundreds of F-4C inter-
cepts accomplished since April 16, 1973.
The June 13 departure of aircraft
63-666 and 63-618 marked the completion
of F-4C operations in Iceland. The
newer and more sophisticated F-4E is now
accomplishing the air defense mission.
The F-4C established an impressive
accident free record because more than
14,500 hours were logged without a major
accident. The F-4C also successfully
completed more than 450 active air de-
fense intercepts, most of which resulted
in identifying Soviet TU-95 "Bear" bomb-
ers.
The F-4Cs were relocated with the
319th Fighter Interceptor Squadron at
Tyndall AFB, FL and the 191st Fighter
Interceptor Training .Group at Selfridge
ANGB, MI.
As a base beautification project, the
Explosive Ordnance Disposal Detachment
recently blasted down a reinforced con-
crete wall, 22 feet high, 30 feet wide
and 10 inches thick, behind the Navy Ex-
change Offices.
Public Works Department personnel
drilled one-inch holes a foot apart along
the entire base and support brace under-
side. Explosive charges were then placed
in four holes at a time, along the base
and then detonated electrically.
A blasting mat was placed over the
holes to suppress fragmentation from the
blast. This series was, continued until
the entire face had been blasted.
Using a cutting torch, Public Works
personnel severed the reinforcing rods
that remained undamaged.
Identical procedures were repeated on
the support brace, and, with the firing
of the last charge, the wall toppled
forward while still intact, leaving the
support brace in mid-air like a shark's
fin. The front-end loader's force laid
the support brace down.
ICELANDIC WORKMEN finish
constructing a fence in a
base housing area near the
Main Gate (left). WARMED
BY THE SUN, an Icelandic
worker pounds on shingles
on a Coral Sea housing
unit (above). (Falcon
staff photos)
ONE CF THE LAST TWO F4Cs is taxied down the ramp by its crew as the air-
craft departs Iceland.