The White Falcon - 04.04.1980, Blaðsíða 5

April A, 1980
The White Falcon
Page 5
%
makes the
hen the
scrambles
have never seen so much teamwork and
hustle," he stated.
As a result of their quick turn
to another aircraft, Capt. Snelgrove
and his Weapon Systems Officer,
Capt. Jim Davenport were able to in-
tercept a Soviet "Bear" bomber air-
craft in Icelandic airspace east of
Hofn. "If we had been delayed a few
minutes more on the ground, we could
have ended up in a tall chase on the
Bear and he might have gotten away."
‘The maintenance alert force res-
ponsible for Sloe Gin 02's re-launch
was made up by MSgt. Doug Hueber,
SSgt. Lawrence Aiello, SrA George
Martinez, SrA Luc Bedard, and SrA
Richard Wilson.
"I was really impressed," com-
mented Lt. Col. Barry Swarts, Squad-
ron Operations Officer, "We had
written 02 off and thought 01 -would
have to go single ship. It might be
possible to abort a Phantom and get
airborne faster than 02 did, but
I've never heard of it."
SCRAMBLE—(counter clockwise from opposite page) Capt. Don Snelgrove
(foreground) and Capt. Jim Davenport relax in the S7th's Alert facility.
The scramble is on and the two men prepare by donning their flying suits.
The men responsible for the quick re-launch of the 02 are (from left to
right) MSgt. Doug Hueber, SrA. Luc Bedard, SrA. Richard Wilson, SSgt.
Lawrence Aiello and SrA. George Martinez. Final preperations are made on
the aircraft by crew members before the pilots are strapped in and clear-
ed to take off.