The White Falcon


The White Falcon - 14.05.1993, Síða 1

The White Falcon - 14.05.1993, Síða 1
Icelandic words of the week: Happy Birthday! kTU hamingju med afmselid I (Til hamingu meth avmylith) School Registration All A.T. Mahan High School and Elementary School student sponsors wishing to register their children for the 1993-1994 school year should be at the school officeduring thefollowing dates: May 24 - last names from A - L May 25 - last names from M - Z May 26 - make-up Times: 8 to 10 a.m. and 2 to 4 p.m. Sponsors registering kindergarten students must have: • a copy of orders showing dependent entry approval • a passport or birth certificate • an immunization record • a social security number • and be five years old on or before October 31, 1993. ^For more information call ext. 7412/ ■34. Post Office changes The Post Office will not open next Friday due to their physical readiness test. Also, starting in June, the Post Office will be closed the first Wed- nesday of each month for training. Icelandic Holiday Thursday is Ascension Day and is celebrated in Iceland like a Sunday. Most businesses will be closed for the occassion. Watch out for sheep! Icelandic law is tough on motor- ists who hit a farmer’s livestock. Motorists are not only responsible to pay for the value of the injured jiimal, but also the estimated value the potential offspring the injured Tiimal could have produced. For more details on liability, contact your local car insurance company. Serving the Iceland Defense Force Community Vol. 52 No. 19 May 14,1993 .White Falcon Members of the 56th RQS land their HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter at the Reykjavik Hospital and provide much needed assistance to an Icelandic fisherman who fell ill while at sea. 56th RQS makes another save, rescues Icelander at sea An aircrew from the 56th Rescue Squad- ron saved a very ill fisherman Sunday when they transported him from his ship 287 miles at sea to Reykjavik for treatment. “It went very smoothly from start to fin- ish,” said Capt. Thomas Couch, Pilot of the HH-60 Pave Hawk that performed the res- cue. “We had great crew coordination, good weather plus tanker and communications help from an HC-130 aircraft crew from the 71st Rescue Squadron, home based at Patrick AFB, Florida.” This was the first rescue at sea for both para rescuemen SrA. Charles Stiefken, and Navy flight surgeon LT Joseph Costa. Both men said it worked as advertized in training. “At first when being lowered down the swinging cable to the rolling ship, I couldn’t help but hope I didn’t get smashed against the bow,” Stiefken said. “But I was able to quickly focus on the job and run through a mental check list of how to treat the patient.” The Icelander, suffering from internal bleeding, was three levels below deck. “St- iefken did an outstanding job,” said the Navy Flight surgeon. “He stabilized the patient and got him topside with the help of the other fishermen and to the helicopter as quickly as possible.” As for the joint service medical evacu- ation, Costa said, “It was transparent. There was no difference between the Air Force and Navy. We all worked together to save a life. Everyone had a role to play.” First lieutenant Bernard Willi was the co- pilot; Sgt. Paul Balcom was the flight engi- neer and SSgt. Lee Shaffer was a second para rescueman. The 56th RQS has registered three saves for the year and a total of 257 saves in the past 22 years. Notable Quotable “Perfection consists not in doing extraordinary things, but in doing ordinary things extraordi- narily well.” Angilique Arnauld

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