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By Maureen Geraets-Head
ØRLAND, Norway - Everybody who has been to Forward Operating Location Ørland knows him: Capt. Dag Arne Joergensen, the face and voice of the operations room since 1989.
In February of 1986, as a second lieutenant in the Norwegian air force, Joergensen joined the E-3A Component for a three-year tour and was assigned to Squadron One – the Component’s first and only squadron in those days - as a surveillance controller.
In 1989, he returned to Norway as a captain where he took up duties at the FOL as ops toom officer, the same job he has today.
History began to repeat itself within the Joergensen family and also within the Component in August 2012. Twenty-six years after he was assigned here, Joergensen’s son, Capt. Rune Kirkbak-Joergensen, arrived at the Component as a surveillance controller and, you’re guessing it right, he also gets assigned to Squadron One, just like his dad.
“Since I was 8 year old little boy, I’ve been saying that I want to take over my father’s job,” Kirbak-Joergensen said. “The chances within the Norwegian air force are very slim for something like this to happen.”
He explained that, “Out of 220 applicants only 12 made it and, luckily, I was one of them! I attended the Krieg Skole [War Academy], the fighter controller’s school in Trondheim for two years, followed by two years of practical training at Norway’s radar stations located south of Oslo, called Red Pipe, and in northern Norway, named Viper.”
Kirkbak-Joergensen added with a smile, “I love my job and my wish is that one day I’ll be able to take over my father’s job, again, but then as operations officer at FOL Ørland.”
| Date Taken: | 08.27.2014 |
| Date Posted: | 08.27.2014 04:38 |
| Story ID: | 140475 |
| Location: | ORLAND, NO |
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