The White Falcon - 12.03.1993, Blaðsíða 1

Vol. 52 No. 10
HITE V
FALCON %
March 12,1993
Icelandic words January - Januar >f the week: (Yanur)
Febrary - Februar (Febuar)
March - Mars (Mars)
April - Apr61 (Appril)
May - Maf (Myi)
June - Jiin6 (Uhey)
Serving the Iceland Defense Force Community
Inspection team departs
Last Friday, after five days of extensive
observations, RADM Kevin F. Delaney, U.
S. Commander-in-Chief Atlantic Inspector
General (IG), and a 19-member inspection
team left Naval Air Station (NAS), Keflavfic
with a favorable report on their findings.
The purpose of the IG visit was to look at
the processes by which the Iceland Defense
Force (IDF) and base commands at NAS
Keflavfk operate. According to RADM
Delaney, “Of the 12 inspections I’ve done,
this one was the best.” He said he was im-
pressed with the professionalism and dedi-
cation of the people in Iceland.
RADM Michael D. Haskins, Com-
mander, Iceland Defense Force, added that
I “Many of the findings brought forth by the
IG team validated what we already found to
oe requiring attention.”
The IG team’s responsibility now is to
pass on the findings to gain support for
equipment and money needed to improve
the operating proceedures here.
Home sweet
home at last
After four weeks of
separation, 1st Lt.
Robert Bal is reunited
with his two sons,
John (foreground)
and Jacob. Sixty-six
members of the 57th
Fighter Squardon
spent the last month
performing air com-
bat training exercises
at Nellis Air Force
Base, Las Vegas,
Nevada. According
to Bal, Maintenence
OJficer-in-Charge of
the deployment, all
the crews did very
well. "Everybody
kept their spirits up
and pulled together to
accomplish the mis-
sion." (Photo by J02
Carlos Bongioanni)
NAS Keflavfk benefits as others turn off the lights
Story and photo by
J03 (SW) Andreas Walter
Various commands at Naval Air Station
(NAS), Keflavfk, have been benefitting re-
cently from materials and equipment sent
from bases in Europe that have closed down.
Equipment ranging from typewriters to
front-end loaders have been transferred re-
cently via the Defense Re-utilization Market-
ing Office (DRMO).
“Most of the pieces are in a used condition,
some heavily. But the emphasis here is on
receiving free materials, without reducing
commands ’ budgets,” said SKC (SW) Robert
^ Lamneck, Quality Control Officer, for
Keflavfk Supply Department,
date, more than $1.1 million worth of
supplies have been received and distributed.
“We are in constant contact with bases in
Europe. They send us lists of equipment, and
after a period of time, the equipment becomes
available to us,” he added.
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supp]
SKC (SW) Robert Lamneck unpacks one of the boxes received from mainland Europe. Items
such as calculators, hand-held radios and typewriters emerged from the DRMO container.