The White Falcon - 01.05.1987, Blaðsíða 11

Ne us Briefs
nem Rotator
According to Ens. Susan
Dale, Air Operations Officer, Rich
International Airlines is no
longer flying any aircraft for the
military, after losing their
contract last week.
Though she didn't yet know who
the new carrieh will be, Ens. Dale
said it will be a 727, which has
approximate-ly 60 seats less than
the old rotator. To alleviate the
space problem, there will be
more planes coming In each
month. There are five scheduled
for May, with the possibility of a
sixth plane if necessary. The
same amount of aircraft are
scheduled for June, and six are
scheduled for July, with the
possibility of two more if needed.
Ens. Dale stressed that people
who are scheduled for transfer in
those months and haven't turned
in a request for a rotation date
need to contact their personnel
office as soon as possible.
Det. 14 Ileius
Last Saturday Det. 14 was
credited with another save after
picking up an injured Soviet
seaman from the Soviet fishing
trawler Kandova.
According to 2nd Lt. Lee
Harvis, Det. 14 Public Affairs
Officer and co-pilot of the
helicopter that performed the
rescue, the ship was about 160
miles southwest of Iceland. The
weather was bad, visibility was
poor and seas were rough.
The victim was a 24-year-old
Soviet seaman who had fractured
his pelvis. He was hoisted from
the Kandova to the helicopter at
about 12:45 p.m. and taken to the
hospital in Reykjavik.
Det. 14 was notified by the
Icelandic Lifesaving Association
about the rescue at 7:45 Saturday
morning, but didn't launch until
10:03 a.m. because it was
unclear whether the situation
was an emergency.
The HH-3 helicopter used for
the rescue was accompanied by an
HC-130 crewed by reservists
from different parts of the United
States who were in Iceland to
complete their annual two weeks
of active duty training.
With this rescue, Det. 14 has
222 rescues since coming to
Iceland in 1971.
Congratulations to Det. 14 on
receiving an ■Excellent" rating on
their recent Operational
Readiness Inspection.
Changes to Earlg
Return Policg
The Air Force has changed two
rules affecting family members
who return early from an
overseas assignment.
The changes resulted from the
new Department of Defense
Directive concerning military
personnel assignments, accord-
ing to assignment officials at
Randolph AFB, Texas.
Officials said the new directive
prevents families who have
returned early from being
transported back overseas at
government expense until their
sponsor is reassigned or has an
approved in-place consecutive
overseas tour at the same
location.
Previously, family members
were allowed to return at
government expense if the
sponsor had at least 12 months
remaining on a tour after
command sponsorship was
reinstated.
Officials added, that the only
time a family who returned early
will be allowed to return
overseas at government expense
is when they left because their
safety could no longer be assured
due to adverse public feeling in
the area.
Families who returned early
and later went back overseas at
their own expense may again be
command sponsored. However,
the sponsor must have at least 24
months remaining on the tour
after approval of command
sponsorship, officials said.
Additionally, under the new
directive installation com-
manders no longer can delegate
approval authority to the director
of personnel for early return of
family members. Instead, ap-
proval must be done at the level
of the installation commader by
at least a colonel.
For additional information,
contact the consolidated base
personnel office.
Security men of the
gear
Congratulations to Tech Sgt.
Mark Timbrook of the 4557th
Security Police Squadron who was
presented with the "Best Security
Police NCO for the Tactical Air
Command" award and to Air 1st
Class Willie Winstead for being
awarded the "Best Security Police
Airman for Air Forces Iceland
1986."
nem Hours
Starting May 1st videorama
will be commencing summer
hours through August 29, 1987.
The hours of operation will be
Sunday through Thursday 11:00
a.m. to 8:00 p.m., Friday and
Saturday 11:00 a.m. to 10:00
p.m.
SMOKING.............
A
It's nothing to
smile about!!!
May 1, 1987
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