Pacific Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 16, 1959, Tokyo, Japan                                1 Lii i f Lih a sergeant fills out papers at Stuttgart housing area Check in Check out Point. Stuttgart landlord. Mm%mtm3&%%. Cont. Froni Page whom Are 11 elementary schools and a High school. Handling logistical support for the schools is capt willium j. Kaiser Osceola a. The schools do not Como under Kelly but the Subaru n docs suppl transportation and logistical support. Stu Dent population is about 6,500, with 250 teachers. Billeting and that Means housing for the families boys troop billets Etc. Is the province of maj j. S. Boldi Sar jr., Milwaukee wis the billeting officer. His office is the very heart of the land lordship of the sprawling Subarea and on the Walls in the office Are listed the Vari Ous housing projects. Also in the Subarea is a Hospital the 75th station Hospital at. Bad Cannstatt six Branch dispensaries and 11 dental clinics. Col Raymond Maret is co of the Stuttgart medical service area. While these do not come under Kelly his office is responsible for their logistical support. Chaplain it. Col Ralph m. Reed at lactic City . Directs 24 chapels in the Subarea at least As Many As there would be churches in a City with the Subarea s  addition there Are 13 Aya centers in the Subarea with 3,500 children participating in activities  a landlord for so Many thousands of families and others is a Job requiring patience tact and general know How. A tenant requires service and that he gets in abundance. It starts from the moment a family moves into quarters. Few move into an empty Flat. The place is furnished and As one tenant checks out another is there to Check  col Robert f. Coaler Boeman Mont is Supply officer. That is one of the burdensome jobs. Tho Engineer has the responsibility for maintain Ance and local facilities. The quartermaster has the responsibility for commissaries maintain ing furniture and checking the tenants in and out. Sometimes Kelly himself gets the Calls intended for certain departments. Occasionally tenants May complain there is not enough heat and then there Are com plaints that there is too much. The land lord has to have engineers electricians and general maintenance men available practically All of the time. There Are those who Don t like a certain Shade of furniture others who prefer a different coloured Rug some who want More floor lamps some who want fewer. The problems of a landlord Are multifold and a sense of humor comes in mighty Handy. It is no different than running a City except that the mayor of a City has less on his mind than the landlord of a sub area As Large As Stuttgart. The stateside mayor is not a landlord. His Job is to run the town. The Job of a Subarea command ing officer is not Only to run the District but to look after every Man woman and child in it. As if All of this were not enough he has 28 Heaters in his area 15 Bowling alleys As Well As 22 libraries and numerous Gaso line stations. Several officer and pm clubs fall under Subarea jurisdiction. Every City has a hotel so has the Stuttgart Subarea the Hilltop hotel. There is even a Golf course at Patton Ville the huge housing area near ludwigs Burg which comes under the Subarea. Col h. C. Hartwig 7030th commander. Maj Gen Gabriel p. Disosway Usan. It Gen Paul m. Stehlin French of. By Jack Walters staff writer Headquarters building of 4th Allied tactical air Force at Ramstein a new International Community. Where four nations work together class in the French school at Ramstein. Is photos a new International Community has sprung up in Germany it s the Headquarters of the 4th Allied tactical air Force at Ramstein. Formerly Headquarters for the . 12th air Force Ramstein air base now includes some 15,000 Allied personnel including French canadians germans and Ameri cans plus various labor service units com prised of refugee and displaced persons groups. Somewhat off the beaten path Ramstein was carved out of the dense forestland of the Rhine Pfalz and today is a bustling sprawling Community of colourful office buildings a housing area clubs and recreational facilities including a Golf course Heaters gymnasium with turkish Bath and a Large wooded picnic area. There s also a Hospital and dispensary. Adjacent flags of 4th Nataf $ nations Fly with the nato Banner. German worker installs new sink in apartment of one of col Kelly s  Canadian foreground German background american personnel in control Tower. Page 12 the stars and stripes. Monday february 16, 1959 to All this is an air base for the 86th fighter interceptor Wing. Separate schools Are maintained for Chil Dren of French Canadian and american dependents. A French commissary was recently established and supplementing the base s two service clubs two no and two officers clubs Are an italian and a chinese restaurant. Adding to the International atmosphere Are scores of people from other Nat countries temporarily stationed at ram Stein for briefings schooling and military and technical conferences. There s no problem of integration Here said one official. French canadians and americans live in the same apartment buildings. Before Long the dependents of German personnel will be moving in. Sev eral american children attend the French school although so far each nationality generally prefers its own educational sys tem and teachers. Our Day to Day working relationships at 4th Nataf Headquarters necessitates the closest cooperation among All four nationalities. As nato forces expand this kind of Community will probably become com  4th Nataf was activated in april 1952 As a new concept in air Power. As nato s largest International theater air Force encompassing More than 50,000 Allied personnel it is now preparing to integrate units of the new West German air Force with its charter members of French Ca Nadian and United states air Force ele ments. 4th Nataf is under the command i Gen Frank f. Everest Safe commander and is directly commanded by it Gen Paul m. Stehlin French air Force. During some of its frequent exercises the International air Arm employs tactical units from other nato countries such As Greece Italy and Turkey. 4th Nataf guards Central Europe from the Eifel to the Alps. In actual operation the organization s system works efficiently and smoothly due largely to the fact that each staff Section of the Ramstein head quarters is composed of personnel from each of its participating nations in the the stars and stripes ratio of 50 per cent . 30 per cent French and 20 per cent Canadian. The extent of future German contributions has not yet been determined. With More than 20 expanding bases throughout South Central Germany and Eastern France 4th Nataf uses the . Supersonic fido As its Basic Day fighter and fighter bomber. The f86d is its All weather fighter interceptor. For reconnaissance it has the rf84f and the rb66. Maj Gen Gabriel p. Disosway commands the american component whose Headquarters Safe Ramstein is also located on the base. Other units include three tactical mis Sile groups with.tm61 matadors. First Ca radian air division is equipped with Sabre Mark vis with the Orenda engine the Canadian version of the f86, and the cf100. France s Premier Capac is using the mystery in f84f, and the f86k. The 7030th support up which provides housekeeping for the big Ramstein base is commanded by col h. C. I Martwig. Mrs. Marion Sauerbrey now at the7030th he was the first German employee on the base in 1952. It s hard to believe that less than seven years ago Ramstein was Only a Small collection of prefab buildings and several Hundred people. There were no paved roads no facilities she said. To Day it s a Small City with Miles of paved streets and its own Power  dependents from the states Are Arna aed to find All the facilities of a modern Amer ican Community at Ramstein including an radio from nearby Kaiserslautern and even television from one of the two to stations in Germany operated by the air Force s 7122d support so afro to. In fact said one recent arrival ram Stein is More complete1 than the town i left Back Home. There Are several play grounds scattered around the housing area even a baby sitting service. And where else in Germany can you Dine on French food one night italian another chinese the next and German on still another All within walking distance of where you live and work 13