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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 18, 1961)
0 mm m m msmm mmm mam . . . - ,; cr',,.v 2ZI3i5f3 ' yjg - - . VS. , X!v .. ... I . . I bMMU laaaV'ii'ilfl ts... t 'laHB DIAMOND FORMATION Four diamond formations of . FIOI-B "Voodoos" flew over Klamath Falls Monday as aircrews that have been deployed to McChord AFB,' Wash., for five months returned home to Kingsley Field. This fine aerial shot was made by an unidentified air crew member of the 322nd Fighter-Interceptor Squadron. It shows the precision flying that becomes a matter of routine with jet fighter pilots. The return flight from Mc Chord to Kingsley took about 30 minutes. TrTi TAXIING IN One of Kingsley Field's FIOI-B "Voodoos" taxies into the parking area after landing on a return flight from McChord AFB, Wash. Visible at right is the door at the rear of the aircraft from which a "drag chute" pops during landing to help slow the huge aircraft. Crews from the 322nd Fighter-Interceptor Squadron flew the planes home. Ground crews and maintenance specialists from the 408th Consoli dated Aircraft Maintenance Squadron also returned to Kingsley this week. ij igHi iiillL.- . ;; 5'i I FOLLOW F fZiAl!, '3 Ld I ME f FEMALE PILOTS? Three wives of 322nd Fighterrlnterceptor Squadron pilots give their impression of how their husbands look in flying clothes. The wives are, from left, Doris Holman, Estelle Paulson and Bev Peloquin and their husbands are, in the same order, captains John Holman,' Delbert Paulson and Dale Peloquin. The wives' signs direct the husbands to follow them to the Officers' Club. Voodoos Are Top Interceptors The F-101B "Voodoo" is a feet, Is 67 feet S inches long fighter-interceplor whose primary mission is idenlitication ol un known aircraft and destruction if they are found to be hostile. Powered by two Pratt and Whitney J57 turboiets each with a 10.000 pound thrust, the "Voo doo has a wing span of 40 COP LOSES RAINCOAT INDIANAPOLIS (UPI) While police inspector William Hague was in a police station Sun day someone stole his raincoat which was in his car parked in tional front of the station house. and 18 feet high. Possessed with a speed In ex cess of 1.200 miles per hour, the F101-B carries a pilot and radar Intercept officer and is: capable of carrying Falcon Mis siles and MB-1 "Genie" atomic rockets. The Voodoos replaced the ob-i solcte Sabre lets at Kingsley Field. They completed their first successful test flights in March, 1957, and have been considered one of the most perfect opera' planes in the American "Welcome Home!" That was the sentiment of the people of Klamath Falls this week as men and aircraft streamed back to Kingsley Field from McChord Air Force Base near Tacoma, Wash. Air and ground crews returned to the base along with other support units. Fliers of the 322nd Fighter- Interceptor Squadron returned Monday in their F101-B "Voodoos" in formations led by Col. Rupert C. Welch, base commander, and Lt. Col. Phillip A. Rand, 322nd commander. Wives and children were on .hand at the base to wel come the men, who had been gone for five months. There will be a party Satur day night at the Officers' Club. Downtown merchants. under sponsorship of the Klamath County Chamber of Commerce and the Klamath Merchants' Association, have posted "welcome home" signs and several restaurants are offering free coffee Friday and Saturday to Air Force personnel. Kingsley Field officers and airmen will be in uniform on those two days. Kingsley Field is one of the new est Air Defense Command bases in the Air Force, The fledgling local Air Force base 1$ just five and one-half years old, having been reactivat ed on April 8, 1956. But the site occupied by the base and some of its buildings are more than 20 years old. And another military service, the Navy, owned the base in its earlier days. The Navy constructed a few wooden frame buildings in World War II, laid a runway and used the base as a naval air station, primarily for training purposes. After the war, the base was de activated and the buildings were divided between the city of Klam ath Falls and the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. The city used the airstrip as a municipal airport with the tdvent of commercial air travel and the Bureau of Recla mation used the buildings for stbr. age and office space. Then, in 1954, the Air Force selected the old Navy base as the I aerial arsenal' today. pose of the establishment was to fill the defense gap between Port land in the north and San Fran cisco in the south. Construction began in May 1955 and the in stallation, tentatively named Klamath Falls Air Force Base, was reactivated in April 1956 with a nucleus of officers and enlisted men and no airplanes. More than $25 million has been spent to rehabilitate existing facil ities and construct new ones, and much of that money, has been spent locally. The base is one of the biggest businesses in the Klamath Basin with a population of 1,500 and an annual payroll in excess of six million dollars. Although 290 families live in the government housing area near the base. Falcon Heights, many more Air Force families are interwoven into the fabric of the community. Kingsley Field was named after 2nd Lt. David R. Kingsley ot Portland, who won the Congres sional Medal of Honor during World War II, at a public dedica tion on July 3. 1957. First aircraft assigned to the base were the F86 "Sabre Jets." Pilots from the 322nd Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, then assigned to Larson AFB, Moses Lake, Wash., were transferred to King sley. The "Sabres" were replaced in May 1959 by the 101 s, a two- seat fighter with greater speed and performance capabilities as well as a deadly radar-controlled armament system. The plane's second crew member, called the radar intercept officer, operates the airborne radar equipment. A rash of construction at the base, with contracts totaling more than $2,440,000 this year, punc tures the balloon of those who sav Kincslev Field is not nermn- nient. As long as missiles and air craft continuo to share the Job of air defense, Kingsley Field will site for a new Air Defense Com- be a vital part of the life of the mand jet interceptor base. Pur-lKlamath Basin. Wednesday, October 18, 1861 PAGE I B HERALD AND NEWS, Klamath Falls, Ore. SMALL BUT LOUD Rere Is one of the smallest bands seen in Klamath Falls history. Robin Rand, left, son of Col. Phillip A. Rand, commander of the 322nd Fighter Interceptor Squadron, blows a bugle fanfare, while Tim my MciEachen, son of CWO M. A. McEachen, grits his teeth and bangs a cymbal. The boys turned out Monday to welcome their daddies back home. THE BIG "BIRD" The FIOI-B "Voodoo," pictured above, is the primary aircraft stationed at Kingsley Field. Flown by pilots and radar intercept officers of tho 322nd Fighter-lnterceptor Squadron, it is a twin-jet, su personic all-weather interceptor. It is capable of carry, inq a mixed load of "Genie" atomic rockets and "Fal con" heat and radar-seeking missiles. The FIOI-B is built by McDonnell Aircraft Company, St. Louis, Moj CL0SE0UT! Specially priced as a Welcome-Home-Special for Airmen and for any other fam ily thot wants to save money! CROWN SANDRAN Covering 50 Vinyl Floor Covering Reg. 3.29 Yard 1 Yard 10 patterns to choose from "A Lifetime of Serving Happy, Satisfied Customers" W. Wayne MARTIN Linoleum & Tile 221 Moin - Bufii Furn. Bldg. 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