European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 14, 1962, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and stripes 20th, 49th wings get of safety award Wiesbaden Germany Spe Cial Safe s 20th tactical fighter Wing at Wethersfield airbase England and the 49th tac tical fighter Wing at Spang Ahlemeir base Germany. Have been selected for the air Force annual flight safety award for their safety accomplishments during 196lduring the past year the 20lh tactical fighter Wing established Zero avoidable Accident rate flying its High performance f100 Jet aircraft the exemplary flying safety record was achieved while conducting tactical training of an exacting nature maintaining a com Bat ready status and executing the operational Mission. As pan of its Mission the unit participated in More than 20 tac tical exercises to test the Wing s wartime award winning 491 h tactical fighter Wing also hew through the past year without avoidable Acci dents using the fido super sabres its principal fighter. The unit converted to the k105 thunderchief late in 196l during the year the Wing flew 199 Day and night sorties in 10 exercises directed by higher head quarters. These missions involve Dall weather operation maximum Range navigation and optimum cruise control techniques. Army Gens reassign ,3j Washington special Secretary of the army Elvis j. Stahr or. Has announced the assignment of Brig Gen Alexander d. Surles or. To Allied forces Southern Europe from the . Army infantry school it. Benning a. Brig Gen Gerald a Kellerher formerly at Allied forces Southern Europe has been reassigned tothe . Military assistance come Vietnam. Maj Gen Thomas w. Dam former commandant at the army War College has been named for lieutenant general and has taken command of the Iii army corp sat it Hood Tex. Maj Gen John s. Upham or. Has been nominated for three Star rank and assigned As 2nd army cd att. Mead my. He replaces it Gen Ridgley Gaither who retires shortly it Gen Emerson l. Cummings tick problem under study Washington Nana the Marine corps has declared War on one of Mankind s most annoying pests the Wood tick. And research entomologists at amp Lejeune have already Dis covered that the female of the species is a More tenacious enemy than the suburbanites and dog Loving City dwellers know the tick is blood sucking insect with a Long snout called a hypo Slome. The tick works the hypo stome into the Vic Tim s skin until most of its head is embedded the tick can easily be pulled of i if you Don t try to get the readout. With the head and snout left in the skin the victim faces the possibility of intense itching and to the Navy the tick presents a substantial morale and medical problem to who May have to go for some time without an Opportunity to undress for a tick the entomologists quickly Dis covered that the snout of the female tick was considerably longer that that of the male an harder to remove. Even males with Long snouts however were easier to pull out than females with Short ones. the research ers decided the female is merely store tenacious or Griedier than the 31 chemicals were dabbed on to see if any could be used to help tick pulling. Two deodorized kerosene and Camp rated phenol i petrolatum were effective. In 25 per cent of the tests the two chemicals caused the ticks to Back out voluntarily. Scottish rite bodies to meet in Frankfurt Frankfurt Germany Spe Cial the american scottish rite bodies of Germany will hold two Spring reunions on May 12-13 and gain on june 9-10 at the scottish rite Temple in Frankfurt the 4thtfarough the 32nd degrees will be conferred. Classes will be limited to. 80 candidates and will be accepted on a first come first serve basis. All masons in recognized Blu lodges Are eligible if stationed in Germany. For applications write to Secretary. Scottish rite bodies 17 tote net Frankfurt request hould include permanent Legal Midence in the United state with Street number City and state. Slope masters these Garmisch recreation area Ottati certified instructors have been rated As among the Best in the world. Many Are Fanner european skiing champs. Arc Sboto Vanguard i still coming in clear9 by h. Korge Baker writer Darmstadt. Germany is the tiny Vanguard i satellite which was launched Inlo space four years ago is Silil in orbit and Send ing out in shares loud and overshadowed by Man s Conques of spare Vanguard i still continues to Circle the Earth almost unnoticed but not unheard from. After travelling More than545.672,660 Miles in More than 15,700 trips around the Earth the tin test sphere is still emitting radio signals and is still providing the world with valuable scientific data. The russians called Vanguard a Small useless Grapefruit but it was hailed by l a. Scientists As a very Long lived Moon that will go Down in history As one of the nation Smo to useful and cheapest space , Vanguard i is not much bigger than a Grapefruit. It is Only six inches in dosimeter and weighs Only 31 pounds. Yet in spite of its size it has provided scientists Withall of the information they Hod hoped for and then Means of the satellite scientists have made radio fixes which prove the Earth is not round Pear shaped. It also pro Vides daily information about the density of the atmosphere Gravity and radiation i s radio transmitter is powered by the Sun drawing Energy through sin Square window like frames on the skin of the satellite each containing Banks of solar batteries. Signals for 10 years scientists predict that Vanguard will be Stilt sending out signals and useful information for As Manyas id years from now. Although the voice of Vanguard is limited or John f. Hagen. Who directed the Vanguard project has predicted that the test sphere will slay in orbit for at least another 200 years it will probably Circle the Earth Over la Heads of your grandchildren and even their grandchildren he present four years after launching Vanguard i continues to Speed around the Earth which circles once every 133 minutes at More than 18,000 Miles per the basis of these figures in 200 years Vanguard i would have made More than 790.912 orbits around the Earth a distance of 31,577,402,684 represents almost 170 round trips to the Sun or More thangfi.130 round trips to the Moon. The Sun is 9.1.003,000 Miles from the Earth while the Moon s aver age distance is 238,587 Miles away. Getting Back to Earth. Vanguard i s travels Over a 200-year spa would amount to Over 5,244,735 round trips from new York Tolan Francisco. That s More than 143 trips from coast to coast 3,020 Miles in a single Day. Vanguard i travels More than 39.900 Miles in each orbit Aind circles the Earth More than 10 times each i was launched by the Navy on March 17, 1958, after two Mats strength up Scott fab Iii special Mil itary air transport service Mats command strength Fig show an increase since last september of 6,172 military an civilian personnel. T38 pilots cited for flying ability los Angeles Calif. Special the first class of student pilots trained in the air Force s new t38 Talon supersonic Jet trainers know More about instrument Fly ing and High performance aircraft than any group of students Ever graduated from . Air Force Fly ing schools says the commander of the Usan air training com Gen James e. Briggs said Here that the pilots who Are now completing t38 training and will graduate later this month have literally been prepared for Tomor Are ready to enter the most sophisticated aerospace vehicles we have in the inventory or those we will have he said. He pointed out that the t38 Stu Dent pilots have been flying at speeds of 850 Miles per hour forthe past six months and added that this is before they ered As pilots. Disappointing failures in the Earl Days of the space race. The Long lived satellite was launched Dur ing the first successful launching of the three stage Vanguard rocket. The launching hailed by the free world was described by or. Wern her von Braun As an unprecedented feat in he said that the development of a complicated rocket from scratch to successful testing within two years time was something never never done 5th army cd 31, it was also i maj Gen Theodore 82nd airborne do reassigned to the assistance group tha he will be replaced-1jobn l. Hroch formerly Secretary , had Dej army effective Gen Vernon pm div assistant division will become the new the general staff an nominated for his Sec Brig Gen Royal assistant cd 2nd inf i been reassigned to the Fantry school at it. Be Brig Gen Charles 8th army chief of staff 1 reassigned to the 2nd Benning Gen Hamilton a. Assistant cd. 1st Cav been reassigned to Theof the army office of staff. Group Toi missile los Angeles Calif. S in a dynamic first person aimed at strengthening 1c gement practices a Industrial task Force of and trouble shooters Sta Day round Robin air trip base at key stops on the missile circuit. First in a planned series gement trips the 3,500-n brought 24 top level Niue cuties face to free with spanning the spectrum Ofman icbms acquisition. The trip was set up by Thomas p. Gerrity Balli terns division commander Catlon of problem matched by on the spot where possible in a cont nth fort to improve . Heading the afe element of the management were Gerrity and Brig Uel c. Phillips minuteman program director. Know How or. Garlt May of bad Homburg a Omair Teer Trainer of the North at Niue Mfd be via a Muithi if in lung cup pea a lathe Tartac a Zfat Towb or. 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