European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 25, 1962, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and stripes Fontainebleau France special the first nato Aerial tactical weapons Zaeh Edued place at St. Blazier air base if Rahce Between june 28 july. 6, according to an announcement Jade by British Royal air Force air clip few marshal the. Arl t i Bandon commander of Ignatov Allied forces Central Europe. Plans to introduce this Aerial tactical weapons meet were initially formulated by col h. A Walsh Usan chief of special revaluation and training at air cent. The meet has been planned to be held under simulated combat conditions and de signed to test the combat capability of the pilots and Crews assigned to air cent s two tactical air forces the 2nd and 4th Tafs. Flying sorties will test the proficiency in the use of the Low Altitude bombing sys tem to simulate the delivery of nuclear weapons skip bombing to test the deliver of conventional weapons at Low Altitude live air to ground rocketry firing and live air to ground strafing missions. Walsh stated that six nations which have air forces assigned to air cents two tac tical air forces will be represented in this tactical meet. The 2nd Nataf team will decomposed of units of the belgian air Marks Atson 75, officer in Chi arge of the Star and. Stripes in 1918, has received the Navy s distinguished Public service award from Secre tary of the Navy Fred Kurth. This is the highest award that the Nav can bestow upon a civilian. Watson who still fairly Gallop about the Pentagon and far away military posts in quest of news was urged by the Navy chief to spend his 75th birthday anniversary the occasion for the award reflecting achievements and setting your course for the future i adm George w. Anderson jr., of naval operations gave the reporter a set of Navy Culf links not so much in recognition of journalistic Endeavor As for your great example of native or Plattsburg a graduate of. Union College Schenectady , Watson enlisted in the army in 1917 and became a Majo r in the artillery. In Noyem be1918, he was placed in charge of the sick s and stripes which was being published for with giving valuable advice Bathe chief of naval information in matters of Public relations y among other honors won by Watson Are a pulitzer prize for International to t r e s p o n d e n c e awarded in 1945, and the u, medal for Freedom awarded in 1946. He. Has been military correspondent for the Baltimore Sun since -1941 and currently occupies desk in press room. Of promotions studied Washington special air men1 and officer promotions received topside attention at Myrtle Beach air Furco base . Whet top air Force personnel officials met there i to consider these and other matters of Over All career interest. Up up. The lamed. Blue an Feln Navy precision flight team Streak through the air with the greatest of ease. The team Calls Pensacola fla., naval air station forces told to get pesetas in by h. George Baker staff writer a. Heidelberg is i Mem Bers of the . Forces and their dependents planning to visit Spain have been urged to Purchase their local currency requirements at authorized . Government finance facilities in that country. All military finance officers Are authorized to convert dollars to pesetas and. Cash . Treasury checks As Well As travellers checks drawn on the following bunks the american express co., ban of America National Trust and savings association first nation Al Bank of Chicago and the Mellon National Bank of Pittsburgh. Also National City Bank of new York Republic National Bank of Dallas and Thomas Cook and sons Bankers Ltd. In addition personal checks for of to get command Washington special a pro posed Transfer of the Alaska communication system from the army to the air Force has been for warded to Congress by the presi Long Road for Tob Hope but Congress medal near Washington special Bob Hope will be the third outstand ing Hiim in the entertainment world to receive the concessional Gold medal an Honor Long anticipated but now made certain with tre Dent Kennedy s signing of the Resolution into show business personalities to receive the medal were George a Cohan and Irving Berlin. Congress makes the a Vord in recognition of notable sen Ion in the arts sciences and humanitarian activities.,the Resolution introduced by sen. Stuart Symington of Missouri cited s services to his country and to the cause of world peace and noted his contribution to the morale of the armed forces by a Tours of bases at Home and overseas. A similar Resolution honouring Danny Kaye is now pending in . Dollars can usually be cashed for amounts up to $50 or for the amount of purchases at most officer and no clubs air Force and Navy exchanges and commis Saries. and Check cashing facilities Are located at the Navy support detachment Barcelona the Alex in the american hous ing area Figueras the guzmanbidg., Irun the Generalissimo bldg., the Balboa hotel and the Headquarters of the joint . Mili tary up and military assistance advisory up on the third floor of the Ministerio Del Aire bldg., and the finance office of the Torreon air base All in Madrid. Also the Moron air base thealex in Palma Mallorca. The Dis Bursing office of the naval Sta Tion at Ron and the finance office of Zaragoza air base. Force the Royal Netherlands air Force and the British Royal air Force. Making up the 4th Nataf team Wilt be units front the West German air Force the United states air Force and the French ale the Canadian air Force will not participate this year but is expected to enter next year s meet using the Canadian bnotf104g. V there will be a total of 30 missions flown by each Allied tactical at Force during this meet. All Aerial sorties Wilt be flown under Simu lated combat conditions and will be As realistic As possible. Belgium the Netherlands and West German air units will Tyse f1 the Republic f84f fighter bomber. 1the North american Foo will w i the aircraft chosen by the French j and american air units while the j British Royal air Force unit will use the Canberra Light bomber a the meet is designed to test the combat capability of the Crews selected at random from combat \. Ready Crew rosters submitted by f the National air forces to the went on meet directing staff headed by air cent project officers it cot Lothar Lau Gay and squad Ron Leader David Sutcliffe Rae the Earl of Bandon will select four pilots from each National Alt Force from these rosters. Sutcuffe said Lau also pointed out that the results of the meet will be studied with a View towards further standardizing the training of air enforces. Guest of Honor Gen Paul . Stehlin French air Force chief of staff will be a guest of Honor in ceremonies Maizc ing the end of the meet at St.di2ier july 6. At this ceremony former Allied air Force s Central Europe com rocket fuel contract let to California firm. Washington special Petro chem sales company Newport Beach Calif., has received a $1.3 million contract for rocket fuel awarded by the defense Petroleum Supply Center contract is for 10,768,000 Gal Lons of liquid propellant which will be produced at Torrance Calif. Jend of the line the Tai to air Force of Fth Deel Ned to carry four Sybolt bal missiles in rolled from the Assembly line at Wichita Kan. The Boeing co s Mili tary aircraft systems div Plant at Wichita manufactured 467 of the planes. At Mander. Air chief marshal sir Harry Broadhurst re twill pre sent the sir Harry Broadhurst trophy to the winning \ the trophy was made available by the British aircraft Hawker Siddeley group. J honoured guests 1 among honoured guests at the ceremony will be the Earl of ban i Don Gen Hans Speiegel commander of Allied land forces Central Europe Raf air marshal sir John Grandy. Commander of 2nd f Nataf Gen Truman h. Landon i Usan commander 4th Nataf and a Many High ranking officers from Jother nations. At cent he has also made Avail Jable four trophies to be Given to i the individual Pilot attaining the i highest score in the four different categories of the Competition. J the winning team Captain will also be presented a special trophy and the pilots and Crew chiefs of the units of the winning Nataf team be presented special i awards. Navy ship claims world s record Norfolk a. Special the tactical command ship Northampton has set a communications rec Ord by sending a message around the world in 0,8 seconds. The message was sent by one atthe ship s teletype machines and received aboard eight tenths of second later by another teletype after being relayed by naval communications stations at port Lyautey Morocco Asmara Eritrea Luzon Philippines Guam Peart Harbor Hawaii and Washington Northampton sent a similar message around the world in is seconds two years ago. $3.1 million contract let Washington special the air Force has awarded a $3.1 Mil lion contract to Adler electronics inc., new Rochelle n.y., for Fabri cation of a combined communications cryptographic facility 1ft Mobile vans. The work will a performed in Pelehara
