European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 22, 1962, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and stripes Friday june 22, i activated Bonder be f John a Lyell ii Lea Aach concerned special aspect of combat do. A iome Hubi and 35 Field agencies. The Mandalu employ over6,000 military and i Vilan personnel at a Joyi installations throughout the United state. Its annual Bud get to in luding military pay he maintenance will be $24 million a met developments com Briand is concerned with answering three Broad questions Howa hould the army be organized of Shoutd the army be equipped to and How should the to these questions are_., re ipod unlit through extensive study pro Gramb and refined to � operations i research Warp Rome notion and a i 1 j second Leyel groups include by i i service support group the of advanced stud College the of. For Sprtel weapons f Tacor inflict of and the combat development Espiri mentation /.center,. Snaps canadians string at four straight Leeuwarden the Netherlands special the British Royal air Force broke the Royal canadian""1 air Force s four year string of Vic tories in the annual nato air to air firing come Peuten at this f Netherlands air ported a total of l583 Points in the gift of annual Competition t Edge the heavily favored Kraf by"4l5 Points and take1 Home the Guynemer trophy named after the French air Ace of world War i. The new air to air gunnery champions who maintained a remarkably consistent average through the two week meet found them selves with their totals already posted on the Board and the Craf team still up in the air shooting at their final to score 128 a total o 128 Points was necessary for ther Caf to Register its fifth Victory in is Many tries but the canadians managed to come in with Only 87. Third place behind the Craf s 1,522, went to the Royal belgian air foce with 1,182. The Royal Netherlands air Force was forthwith 977.5, while the German air Force had 870 and the Royal norwegian air Force com piled a total of 650. The . Air Force did i compete this year. Individual honors in the live firing went to Craf flying officer Charles Garden who totalled 454.5 Points. He was Foi Lowed by flight it Peter High Tow of Thoraf with 427.5 and flight it Anthony a Ridge also of the Raf with 425, Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands scheduled to present awards to the t Here Friday. Squadron Leader Brian commander of the winning Raf team accept the Guynemer trophy from bernhwrdt6 air Force Back Pacic allows movement in Spac ". M Buck kogkk8? to it is the air other suit and space helmet Artmont part of the pack but room to restly be Joe tedi tix pm to Andrews air Force base my. A the air Force started tests last week on a new Back pack designed to enable an astronaut to leave his vehicle move around and work . The pack is intended for use by of Crews in assembling and servicing spacecraft in orbit or in deep air Force systems come. Said Here tests would be conducted out of w r i g h t Patterson air Force base Ohio with a kc136 Jet plan capable of simulating Zero Gravity or weightlessness for two minutes at a time. The pack called sum for self Man Euver unit will be use to practice movement about the planes Interior during Zero compact 160-Pound pack virtually converts a pressure suited crewman a one Man space vehicle the air Force said. It was developed for the air Force flight accessories Laboratory by the Chance Vought corp., Dallas under a $63,500 contract. The pack is designed to permit the astronaut to Transfer from one spaceship to another or to move Large sections of a spacecraft Dur ing Assembly work. The pack includes a Complete life support system so that the wearer can perform a four hour Mission completely Independent of his Mother spacecraft. Contoured to the astronaut s Back the pack is 32 inches High 18 inches wide and eight inches deep. About a third of it is devoted to life support equipment which in tests of afro i prove it Superior to wheeled tracked models. U it re. A. Or .-.i.i= j1-1 a h. -. 1l. On mud swamps Snoie travel Overdeep mind heavy Snow and wat iary so a Plaj d4benydeveloped for combines the wheel Fri i y to a.1 ,. Ets. Of free rolling Low pressure pneumatic tire to mounted on an endless Chain rotated i about two sprockets Fanjul Kaohe -.idling, when fl6atlngrn water the vehicle uses the tires a a q fashion similar of an -. Of Chain i Tutles the tows tie top to the of1 the vehicle and places1 " tire he Odelberg special theman by Rhinot be of Many a speech coir Mand Stater Teitt an message is returning this month 1&" the tvs for retirement after Eurly or years with the . Army lie is edit Ion p. Hanifan special assignments writer with the us a burrs Public l affairs division. Returning wit him will be his wife. Irene and daughter Marylee. In. Make its Home in Tex. Hari Ifan arrived in Europe two Days i before Christmas 1946, an Public information ii chief j duty has been writing Anda acc Caslon. Tit usar Neucom com menders with a e n a Fri a it fair v.". .1 to v half inv has also Bee Ift very ofe to Fagi a Tow in a to fies american in Europe to receive Theof the them on the ground for the vehicle to Joli Over Chejn. The effect is the in offing heavy object by placing a series of rollers under a. A a a hard Iti Tracei he wheels rotate the Aioli Ujj any wheeled vehicle. The a Roll system is designed so that the wheels move t twice the is eed of the Chain that carries them around and a lop Speed of 30 Mph has been achieved by the test a Concrete Road. Terrain the wheels \ automatically become Sta to nary with uie pneumatic 11 res serving As cleats or grippers in the manner of track vehicles. To rvs a. "i1-"to t of of 1f to Yaj a 19,000-Pound test platform has undergone severe testing at Thea Niy song Leer Waterways Experiment station Vicksburg miss.,which officially reported that the system can travel on the soft muck and wet Fine grained soils negotiable by to known military vehicle of equal the report also noted that Thea Iroll system can achieve greater travel efficiency on most soil conditions than conventional wheeled or tracked in additional Snow tests con ducted by the army at Camp Hale colo.,. The test veh Ide operate without difficulty in Snow aver aging 40 inches in depth. The i i re f. To for & & i is a of i
