The White Falcon - 30.08.1985, Blaðsíða 2

RESCUE from 1
lie affairs officer, Capt. Scott
Sines, this crew only had "a
couple of hours sleep" that night
before receiving the second call
to rescue an Icelandic fisherman.
This third rescue was the most
difficult and dramatic. It re-
quired the rescuers to hover, in
the dark with no horizon as a re-
ference point, above a pitching
trawler.
kidney stones
The call for help through the
OPCON desk came at 45 minutes
past midnight. It requested the
airlift of a seaman with internal
injuries from a fishing boat 80
miles west of Iceland. Both a
"Jolly Green Giant" helicopter
and an HC-130 "Hercules" were
launched immediately.
The boat was located and two
PJs were put on deck. As they
prepared the patient for pick-up
the cable from the helo became
entangled and snapped. The crew
had to return to Keflavik to
change helicopters leaving the
patient and the PJs temporarily
on the trawler.
Shortly, they returned and
hoisted the patient on board.
However, the hoist malfunctioned
and, although the patient was on
board the PJs could not be pick-
ed up and had to return to Rey-
kjavik on the fishing boat.
Members of the crew for this
It requested
the airlift of a seaman
with internal injuries.
third mission were the same with
the exception of Kelly who was
replaced by MSgt.Donald Aldridge,
the unit's prospective Noncommis-
sioned Officer in Charge.
Personal perspective--------------------------------------------------------------
AFRTS programming is limited overseas; they tion Photo Lab and asked: How does the limited
are not able to obtain everyone's favorite show. programming affect you.
This week the WHITE FALCON went to the Naval Sta-
PH1 Sammy Pierce - TV
viewing is very limited
here. I use a VCR to
watch a lot of movies.
I like to watch the
sports on TV, but I wish
they were taped for prime
time viewing.
PH2 Jane Hogbin - I feel
the viewing here is ad-
aquate. I enjoy the old-
er movies so I don't feel
limited in my viewing.
We get good service con-
sidering where we are.
PHAN David Travis - I
never have watched a lot
of TV so the limited
viewing doesn't bother
me too much. When there's
nothing on TV that I want
to watch, I put something
in the VCR.
PH3 Ric Davis - I am a
TV-a-holic. , and I watch
a lot of movies on a VCR
because of the limited
viewing.
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COMICEDEFOR...................Commodore E. K. Anderson
Public Affairs Officer........CDR Dorothy J. Schmidt
Assistant PAO.....................Fridtnor Kr. Eydal
Editorial Staff
Advisor...........................JOC John Petersen
Editor............................JOl Howard Watters
Reporter..........................J02 Chiquita Land
Layout/Reporter.......................J03 Tim Abbott
Photographer..................PHAN Patricia Foraker
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August 30, 1985 The White Falcon