European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 20, 1958, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and stripes Usan rocketry meet under Way in Florida Tyndall air Force up the air Force will test practice versions of atomic rockets against supersonic drone aircraft in a worldwide rocketry meet scheduled to open Here Mon in 10 Days of simulated interceptor squadrons from throughout the air Force will compete in project William Tell flight b52g slated for 1st this week by Charles cords by up the most powerful air plane in the wot id a global bomber that car Ries two guided issues and Sev eral nuclear bombs makes its Maiden night this the air Force has disclosed thai the with vastly greater Range and punch than earlier will enter strategic air come squadrons Early next year after extensive testing at e g i i n air Force it is expected to be sacs main deterrent weapon for several years to holding the line while the nation perfects and deploys its intercontinental ballistic and futuristic supersonic Hoard dog Mulini built Here by Boeing air plane the eight engine bs2g will carry two hound dog missiles which can be launched hundreds Miles from heavily defended with a guidance system that enemy radio or radar cannot the supersonic missile is All but impossible to the air Force armed also with a selection of Miniear weapons in its giant bomb the 650mph b52g will be Able to destroy several targets literally thousands of Miles apart of single the service the o Mode is virtually a new aircraft rather than an advanced b52 the poised for its first flight is a 225ton monster with enough fuel in it 185foot Wing to drive it More than Miles this is 25 per cent farther than earlier bs2s could go and makes the g a truly intercontinental bomber with a single a night refuelling from a Jet it ran Fly Mote than a new design of the plane per mits the Wing itself to serve As fuel without installation of weigh adding rubberized fuel bags inside the the 40foot height of the old b57s vertical Tail has been Cut eight Fleet to reduce weight and air More efficient Pratt and Whitney Jet engines will pro Dace More thin pounds of thrust i to see which is the sharpest among competing units is a Safe team of 50 officers and airmen commanded by maj Wil Liam from the 526th fight a interceptor so at the Safe team has been training at Moody for the past eight weeks under direction of col James director of operations of the 86th fighter interceptor also at the tests Are called an important Check of the air forces ability to Stop enemy planes before they can reach the three groups of f102 Delta daggers and f89 will Fly against the drone planes which will Man Euver at feet at speeds of 600 Mph or Alt air in addition to the practice atomic the planes will test conventional z 75inch rockets and Falcon missiles in Airt air com for the first time in the history of air Force weapons there will be a ground controller who will sound the Alert and trigger his squadrons toward the enemy the Bank and climb under orders from the ground controller 150 Miles the drone planes who be equipped with electronics gear to Tell the scorers How close each shot was from the Gen Curtis air Force Vic chief of said project William Tell is the most realistic proving Short of actual that we can provide to evaluate Bonn Navy vessel named Greisen a after War ii ship Germany up the West German navys first feign to was christened the Gnei Kunau Here after Germany world War ii the formerly the British frigate was christened by inspector general of the West German army Gen Hans the ship will be used for Artil Lery and Antisubmarine combat it in the first of seven British frigates handed Over to West the next frigate to be put into Active service will be named the after another famed German Heads Grossen pm Germany special col John commodity Man Ager for subsistence at the pm Supply Center Nas been elected president of the Glessen chapter of the quartermaster umbrella for army 3d radar Antenna Sec Alfonso inspect the Poutie bag which server m protective housing for the Sensi Tive Antenna of revolutionary three dimensional radar system developed for the army signal corps at the new syst so detects airborne targets at extreme Range simultaneously the bearing sat Altitude of the object in flight m w x15 Airship seen starting Glide tests Over California desert in december i by Vern hat gland los Angeles new x15 space research Proba Bly will Start a series of glider flights Over Southern californian Mojave desert in if the Craft performs As its builders said it May make its first flight with rocket Power late in december or cautiously the test pilots will feel out the space probes Cap Abili making progressively higher and faster feet Many months the x15 May be loosed from a b52 Jet bomber Over or More feet above the glistening Salt in a full scale space probing its blasting out More than pounds of will hurl it steeply upward for 90 seconds of furious burning time that will flatten the Pilot tightly into his the x15 at rocket burnout will be streaking skyward at Mph or its fuel the Craft will coast on upward silently into the near vacuum 100 or More Miles above the minutes after launching from the Mother plane it is expected that the x15 will Glide in for a Landing on steel skids at de 17th of slashes vehicle mishap rate Libya special maj Gen 17th air Force has announced Squadron level leaders in the ground safety awards program and a lowering of injury and Acci Dent cumulative rates from 1 through As com pared to the same period in now at the Halfway Mark for this the records show the 842d aircraft control and warn ing 8q at Ben Guerr air and six units in Libya leading for a six month period without a reportable Accident eligibility for the award is measured on any period of six Accident free months Iron 1 certificates of to be signed by were being prepared for forwarding to the 7272d air base Wing commander for the 633d a 7272d Field food and Supply detachment 1 of the 7272d support he so Section of the 7272d operations and to the 316th air div commander for the 842d a w according to the report of the 17th of ground safety achievement awards Are deter mined from military and civilian private and government vehicle Accident rates As Well As Cost per command wide percentages based on the Calendar year Start ing 1 through 31 As compared with the same period in 1957 show the military injury rate reduced 63 per cent injuries by private 80 per cent government vehicle 38 per cent civilian 48 per cent Cost per 49 per with 17th of vehicles rolling More Tolian a million Miles month said 17ths ground safety t sgt Roy of Pine and the traffic of an estimated privately owned that record is currently believed to be the Best in air forces in wards air Force Al most 500 Miles West of the air Force said two b52s Are being modified to carry the one is being converted and the other at the b52s Are scheduled to carry the x15 to Altitude for no powered drop launch hangs Early next the air Force the air Force announcement indicated that the x15 particularly maj Arthur kit v corps cd cites 18 from 299th in for Lebanon duty Germany it Gen v corps presented awards at a review and held Here for members of the 299th engr in who distinguished themselves while on duty in the battalion provided combat Engineer support for army troops in commendation ribbons were awarded to capt Taylor co of the battalions co b two William battalion Engi Neer and equipment maintenance and two William Hur Leader of the Engineer equip ment an additional 15 officers and enlisted men received certificates of achievement issued by american Force specified Middle in recognition of efficient performance of Garmisch pay Parley hears finance chief Germany special maj Gen Paul army chief of headed a list of speakers at the three Day usar eur finance conference attended by almost 200 key enlisted and civilian finance the conference was called to prepare army units in Usa eur for the changeover to the voucher pay system scheduled to go into effect on project and american test Pilot Scott who will be the first the confident plane can be safely the x15 has a Gross launching of pounds than that of the big f100 sonic fighter yet its stub or wings have Little More the Span of the More taut million has been inv i the x15 program of three the b52s carrying the be launched from although drop their suit babies Over the Utah Start if there will be no a ground station facilities at Rig a North american spoken fat said a unit will be at the time of each x15 at Bonneville Salt Flats Huttt should the Pilot to make an emergency army puts on the air in Paris radio taxi Tern has been inaugurated Tat 1 by the Seine area come port Atlon putting asm sedans operating out of the of Des loges motor Pool in con Liaison with the dispatch the system is expected time and Money because the Way radios enable the dispatch pm flee to Send Drivers from stall Atlon to another Drivers having Camp Des this is by important in Tances Between instal Lati great and traffic is radios were installed in 28 cles by signal division who also set up Transl Camp Des loges and at tha Muni cations the on Rue ouse in each is powerful enough to reach in anywhere within mile a
