European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 21, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday february 21, 1959 the stars and stripes Page 9 Delta Dagger called Pilot s air plane � new baby sends bit Borg by Robert m. Fleming staff write Roitburg Germany is they be got a new Bird at Pitburg. And it s the hottest thing at Thi Seifel Mountain base since the air Force plugged in a television Chan Nel out this Way a couple year Sago. Pitburg s new baby is the super sonic con Vair f102a Delta Dagger a $2.2 million All weather Jet interceptor that just joined the 86th Wing s 525th fighter interceptors Here. It s a Sweet air plane says maj Bernard h. Barton the 525th s operations officer. He s been flying the f102 for .1% years and has logged More than 135 first thrill in flying was soloing Barton says. But i get the same feeling every time i Fly this 525th, commanded by it col Raymond s. Brown formerly was equipped with f86ds. In addition to the sabres Barton of St. Johns,mich., has flown a lot of hours in f80s and p47s. He finds the f102 a remarkable s no comparison he says. It s a Pilot s air plane. It s the easiest to Fly and the Barton s size up of the Delta Dag Ger is echoed by cats Raymon Marzullo James Macdougald Gary Tresemer and James Burch. The an f102a Delta Dagger roars steeply skyward it s the world s first supersonic All weather interceptor. Only unit in Europe to Havethe planes so far is the 525th fighter interceptor so at Pitburg air base Germany. Soon they will also be at Hahn a Germany. Soldiers join drive to save life of Aschaffenbur girl Aschaffenbur Germany special american soldiers Here have joined German residents in fund raising Campaign to save the life of a German girl who needs Aheart operation that can be per formed Only in the . Doctors estimate that Elisabeth Mossauer 21, has at the most three years to live unless a sur Geon can close a Hole the size of a dime in an Interior heart Mayo clinic in Rochester minn., has the equipment and the surgeon for the operation. The local German american advisory Council with the Sanction of the lower franconian govern ment has opened a drive to raise funds to help Send the girl anther father to the . The costs of transportation and the operation Are expected to come to approximately $5,000.collection boxes collection boxes have been setup in various american military installations. A transportation com Pany has already Given $40. Although the drive will last until March 15, its sponsors Hope to have the girl and her father leave by air for the . During the last week in father Joseph Mossauer is a Mason currently out. Of work because of a Winter slump in build-ing.,he has sold the family Home at nearby bus Chabrunn to help pay for the trip to the .the Mayo clinic has a heart lung machine which takes Over the function of the patient s own organs during the operation. Or John w. Kirklin the surgeon who will perform the operation has Dis cussed the Case in a letter to a Philipp Fleischmann maypi1 o Aschaffenbur who Heads the Funt drive. New cub master elected Ramstein Germany special capt Charles Rose has been elected the hew cub master of pack 158here. 102 is new in Europe but it s Anid Friend to them. Each has More Han a Hundred hours in the Dag or. Four other pilots in the 525thad flown the f102 before it a ived in Europe last f102 is big As fighters go. T s about the same size As air bold War ii medium bomber. Alien the f102 Rolls Over in flights Triangle shaped Delta Wing gives it the appearance of a giant Manta Ray. The Delta Wing term Erives its name from the letter of he old greek Delta Dagger also looks Good to an aviation Veteran whores the f102 through the eyes of loth Pilot and manufacturer. He Sil Arence a. Shoop a vice president f the Hughes aircraft co., manufacturer of the f102 s Falcon air of air weapons is a real Bird the Cadillac of them All says Shoop an Ai Torce Reserve major general who commands the air National guard California. I grew up with it. Be been flying them Ever since he first Calls the f102 the world s first supersonic All weather interceptor. Hughes system its Mission is to seek out intercept and destroy enemy bombers according to b. F. Coggan vice president of the general dynamics Longair division. This is where the Hughes sys tem comes in. Hughes says there s no miss in the Falcon missile they Call it a hittite instead. The radar armament system will find enemy bombers in any kind of weather Day or night Fly the interceptor to the target and fire the Falcons at exactly the right time a Hughes spokesman Delta Dagger is armed with both Falcon missiles and 2.75-Inch folding Fin rockets. The Range of the Falcon is classified but it s measured in Miles not Yards a spokesman said. Pilot has Choice the Pilot has the Choice of two types of Falcon missiles a heat seeking infrared detection weapon in Good weather and a radar guided missile in bad get ready for the arrival of this deadly hew Bird in Safe the 525th so kept Pitburg s f102 simulator going 18 hours a cockpit lockup helps teach pilots How. To take off and Fly thef102 before they set Down in one. Pilots who pass the simulator exam graduate to the tf102, a Side by Side two seater. Then they tackle the real Bird. Delta Dart interceptors to see service soon Washington up the air Force disclosed that its new f106interceptors, which can Fly twice the Speed of sound will be in serv ice by late Spring or Early sum first three squadrons of the Delta darts will be based at Mcguire air Force base n.j., Geiger fab wash., and Andrews fab f106 flies More than 1,300 Mph is armed with Falcon guided missiles and can carry the Genie rocket with an atomic warhead. Pentagon aide begins 10-Day Europe visit Heidelberg Germany Spe Cial John m. Sprague Deputy assistant Secretary of defense comp troller met Here Friday with Gen. H. I modes Usa eur com Soldier revue starts tour of Naco posts Frankfurt special yes indeed the new 7th army Soldier show is starting a tour of North Ern area come Naco special services show staffed by 16 soldiers and four Young lasses from eng land Scotland and the ., is a musical revue composed of 90 min utes of dance comedy and music. Comedy skits include satires . To quiz shows children s programs and a famous Range from a Jazzy scene in an Oriental harem to an interpretation of Frankie and its feb. 21 opening at the Usa club in Friedberg the show will visit Terrace club Han a feb. 23 Leisure lounge Geln Hausen feb. 24 Butzbach feb. 25 Mike Nair Mcnair Cavern feb. 28 Drake Edwards service club March 1. Also Muenster March 2 sky lighter Aschaffenbur March 3 canno neers Corner Obenhausen March 4 Hornet s nest Darmstadt March 5 combo club Darmstadt March 7 Wolfgang club Hanau March 8. Mander in chief to begin a 10-Day tour of . Military installations in Germany and Italy. Sprague is being accompanied by w. Carl Blaisdell defense department budget director. Following conferences Here Sprague and Blaisdell departed for Berlin for a three Day visit. They will return to West Ger Many tuesday to visit 7th army and Vii corps Headquarters Anda rebuild Plant. The following Day they will take to the Field to visit the 2d Arm Cav regt and the tank training Center at Vilseck. Safe visit the two visitors will be at Safe Headquarters at Wiesbaden feb. 26 and the next Day will de part for Italy where they will spend the remainder of the wee visiting setae units in the Verona Vicenza area. Sprague and Blaisdell visited Sarteur com z installations in the Orleans France area thurs Day. They were accompanied to com z Headquarters by it col Joseph h. Koontz office of the army comptroller and it col . Haymaker he Usa eur budget division. The party was greeted on their arrival by col Arthur j. Fallen com 2 comptroller and briefed noncom z activities by maj Gen Edward j. O Neill commander Gen eral of com a and staff party then toured installations in the Orleans area. Newcomers to Izmir aided by Turk at . Hospital Izmir turkeys a building Friendship seems to come naturally to Ahmet Ozta san a Young Man with an architectural is medical equipment maintenance chief for the . Air Force Hospital his free time he has helped Many american newcomers get settled by explaining local customs and acting As translator when they go shopping or House like to do this very much Ozta san explained. Americans were very Friendly to me when i visited the ., so i like the Opportunity to repay their studied in . Ozta san spent seven months in1953 at the general welding school at Chanute air Force base 111.,where he graduated with honors. That is where he mastered English. Vicenza singers Star Vicenza Italy special the Vicenza military Post s Rock n Roll singing group the four scarves and their musical accompaniment the Star lighters played consecutive saturday engagements at pad ova when they appeared at the Padova press Assn. Ball and University of pad a dance. War vet s ashes returning to Bataan Chicago Cap a Soldier who once was carried away from the Bataan Peninsula wounded but alive is going to be borne Back in Soldier Emmett f. Gibson was a lieutenant in the 192dtank in. He was one of Many men in the unit who came fro Maywood. A Chicago suburb. His outfit played a valiant part in the heavy fighting on Bataan in the Early months of 1942,. Gibson was wounded an brought out on one of the last Hospital ships to leave before the defenders were overwhelmed by the japanese. Gibson died last july. He left a will containing a request that his ashes be scattered Over Bataan. A wartime buddy George Dravo of Maywood said Heddin t know precisely Why. But he suggested some of the Fellows he grew up with Are buried there. They were killed in the fighting or died during the death the widow Margie has writ ten a letter authorizing the philippine government to carry out Gibson s Abrera philippine Consul general in Chicago told a newsman he plans to Send the ashes to the Philippines by com Mercial also qaid he will ask presi Dent Carlos p. Garcia to direct the philippine army to arrange the final ceremony. My country Abrera said is very grateful for what he a native of Sarona Yugoslavia Ozta san was one of seven Brothers who come Here with their widowed Mother when he was very Young. Before joining the Hospital staff August 1956, he was employed As a mechanical Engineer for an american Oil company and de signed a service station near the posing Ataturk Square in Izmir. Spent 10 yours in Afroz Tasman also spent 10 years with the turkish air Force six of them As a civilian. During his time with the turkish of he attended manufacturing technical school Ahmet Ozta san. Gives helping hand and earned a building and drafting wants to return to the . And study to become an architect but until he does he keep Busy building Good relations with the americans and building ills own Home on the outskirts of the City
