European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 8, 1958, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 8 the stars and stripes september 1958 Safe rocket Mark shattered by 440th so Libya of the 440th fighter interceptor so shattered the Safe rocketry record with a total of 419 hits during 93 Range hours at the Safe weapons Center the record breaking performance by the based at was turned in during a months rotational proficiency in f86d Al weather the 440th so broke the Mark of 352 hits joint tribute to soldiers of another Era set earlier this year by the 357th fighter interceptor of nouns the 357th so had bettered a record of 254 hits set by the 440th in in regaining the the 440th qualified All aircraft and each Pilot flew a different aircraft each Twenty three aircrews scored 10 or More hits and 10 air Craft recorded 20 or More High scorers High scorers among the pilots were 1st its Steve Mallner and John each with 25 rockets were fired at targets towed by b57e aircraft in wheelus Range areas Over the Mediterranean Tow planes and Chase planes were provided by the 7325th support it col Charles Squadron commended the maintenance headed by maps James Gallagher and Frank and the radar Section for their contributions to the record another major Factor in the new Mark was the training program carried out by maj David operations the 440th a unit of the fighter interceptor is the Only tactical flying unit in Southern Germany decaf team captures nato gunnery meet France a team from the Royal Canadian air Force took first place in the first International Airt air firing com petition organized by Allied air forces Central Europe flight it Ronald Ca Nadian team was presented the Guynemer trophy by Gen Leon shape air teams taking part in the com petition included those from the French air defense and from Canadian and the Netherlands units of air cents 2d and 4th Allied tactical air the match was held the French air firing Range Bay of the Competition was divided into two one included gun Cam Era attacks at feet on a target aircraft taking evasive a the second consisted of 400 Mph machine gun attacks on a target towed at belgian and the nether lands teams flew Hunter i the French flew mystery ivs and the canadians flew Sabre 237th engr in birthday Germany Cial the 237th engr in celebrated organization Day Here with j capt John of Al sports contests and Soriani and Sec James of Punta Fla 64 top Drivers competing at Kaiserslautern Germany of the Best military Drivers in Europe Are competing in the finals of the us a eur Driver proficiency Here monday through it col Francis Western area Abmd transportation officer and Usa eur project officer for the announced Drivers representing 7th v Vii com Berlin Northern area South Ern area Southern european task and will demonstrate their skills in Man Euver ing vehicles ranging from the class five passenger army Sedan to the class 5ton truck tractor with a 12ton trailer through prob lems which confront military there will be Competition among the Drivers of the with trailer class As Well As without trailer class Drivers who finish and fourth will receive prizes along with a National defense transportation High ranking French and american dignitaries have been invited to attend the a general invitation has also been extended to members of the local German and american communities to witness the there will be covered bleachers for the427th army band is scheduled to participate in the final Days army marksmen dominate final Camp Perry match Camp Ohio Allamy Blue team won the in Fantry trophy match Here Satur Day with a score of the All army Gray team finished second with and the 1st army team was third with the infantry trophy match concluded the monthlong National Pis Tol and Rifle members of the winning army Blue team were capt James bran of sgt Ferdinand of sgt Kenneth of Sec Marvin of Colum French and american generals Salute the colors in ceremonies at in Celebration of the 40th anniversary of that cites liberation in world War i by american expeditionary forces under Gen John they Are from French Gen Charles Brig Gen Coburn maj Gen William Hefley and French Gen Jean photo by grand yanks freed French town twice in 40 years Mihiel Marks liberation by Don Walter staff writer franc this Small Meuse Valley Liber ated twice in the last 40 years by sunday observed the anniversary of its first liberation by the world War i forces of Gen John an Oak tree the Pershing Oak stands in one of the main the general came Here after world War i when the tree was planted to commemorate the forty years ago this week his forces freed the town which had undergone the longest occupation of any French from the beginning of the War until a month before its Mihiel was held by the the 1918 liberation was of particular significance to the Amer because this was their first major Campaign in the War with out participation of other Allied but Gen Coburn army attache it the embassy in spoke at the ceremony on behalf of ambassador Amory he stated that the campaigns at Mihiel in both world War i and ii Gen George plutons 3d army freed the town in the second War was a Sacri fice for both France and the also attending the 40th anniversary ceremonies were maj in William commander of air Materiel Force european area Gen Jean military Secre tar general for French president Rene Coty Louis French minister of one of the guests was Jean mayor of a Large Industrial Center on Frances at lactic during and following world War Nantes adopted offering moral and Finan Cial assistance to the stricken today Mihiel still Calls Nantes its airmen of safes Mihiel ammunition Supply station marched in review after a memorial mass at St Mihkels the centers band and the air Force band of France played for the 17th of wins prize for ground safety in 57 Libya special the 17th air headquartered has won the nations second highest ground safety the National safety councils award of for its safety record in maj Gen Edward Safe forwarded a letter of congratulations to 17th air Force maj Gen Henry three main categories were considered in making the award Mili tary injury civilian injury safety chief rules out flying by Chance in Jet age Paris barnstorm Riffi and flying by Chance went out when the Jet age came according to the air Force director of flight safety maj Jen Joseph Caldara is in Europe this month to sell safety to the air of several North Atlantic treaty organization coun he Heads a Pentagon level special staff unit charged with pre venting air Force accidents around the today Pilot has to be a professional Cal darn said Here on a visit to the supreme head quarters of the Allied Powers in High performance jets Are unforgiving fixing them is serious and nothing is left to he the nato countries have a commendable air safety he Caldara also is conducting a sur vey of Safe two teams Are observing safety measures in every phase of operations and maintenance at several install Calderas program stresses get Ting ahead of and sur Veys of units and bases Are made at the request of Caldara had Praise for safes flight safety and pointed out that this record has been achieved despite the fact that the Best lying weather in Europe is about the some As that in Pitts which is supposed to have the poorest flying weather in the he said that even with Transi Tion from slower to faster aircraft in a Factor that could Send the Accident Rale in Safe and other air Force com mands the Accident rate actually has been the downward trend in Accident has been apparent Ever since the end of world War he at wars there were 61 major accidents per flying the rate during the first half of 1958 Wran All time per hours in the Caldara pointed out that today there is a greater potential for civilian casualties resulting from air air bases once far removed from population centers now Are surrounded by Homes and Caldara said he believes the younger pilots now flying the most advanced types of jets Are serious and safety conscious As a result of their we say that Fly Iii safety has to be inherent with the he it does no Good to plan a flight without considering safety precautions Down to the most min Ute and air Force vehicle Acci Dent they were based mondays 1 million Man hours worked and each Miles in each category there was an appreciable reduction in accidents compared with there was an average improvement of 16 per cent safety officials Here said local commanders of the individual safety programs contributed considerably to winning the another important they was the successful command wide safety Campaign dubbed project conducted during the first six months of news stories and contests with Cash prizes totalling helped make both military and civilian personnel conscious of the need to be safety this a new contest which will award Cash prizes totalling More than will be in trophies and certificates will be awarded units with the lowest Accident reports at the end of june indicated that the command was improving on last years safety statistics showed an average Accident rate reduction of about 30 per cent Over the first six of
