European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 16, 1964, Darmstadt, Hesse Wednesday september 16, 1964 the stars and stripes Page 9 Izmir no builds jeep Pilot at hah ii claims air Force record a x Cuury Izmir. Turkey special my s sgt Arthur Huening has t perfect solution to a Short is your of. Maintenance Coic at the a qom that supports land i Southeast nato he Here. 1uenlng has done just that. I thanks to the ingenuity of his iad and nato civilian employees id Izmir Auto specialists Hue in proud owner of a gasoline so far Kenneth has driven Only the Alley near his Home and 1th the careful guidance of Hiither. 11 weeks of work it took about 10 weeks of our pare time plus 1500 and some Ork by commercial shops in in to build the Junior size be Tele said Huening. The heart of the vehicle is horsepower i Cylinder engine or chased from an american lend. The gear Box was scrounged from an Industrial Ower Transfer. The Little Plant will wind up to300 revolutions per minute gov no a top Speed of 4 Miles amour. Still a Little fast for Ken. The gear ratio of 28 to 1tiould make it useful for plow no Snow off the sidewalks where get Back to the states the Ergeant nato civilians who Elped after duty hours Are sup by specialist Mehmet say lir and maintenance shop Foreman i Tokaya. Body Workman of the Fine details of the Andy work was done by Izmir to body repairman Selik Karur while the welding was us no polished by professional All was also profession Lily supervised by Auto Painte Callist Tahsin hakka nor. Huening s wife Rose seemed perturbed about her son s drive Ai at the tender age of 3.for i few years at least Ken Leth will probably have a lot in Ommon with other kids whose athers give them electric trains or Christmas. Let s face it the elaborate miniature is More fas unating to Huening himself. a Rye is Kyj Tiff pm pm a Junior jeep 8 St Arlhur Huening maintenance chief of . Army element supporting Landshut Fieast Liq at Izmir Turkey built ibis Junior size keep for his son Kenneth with the hip of Civ Lulu employees and local Auto specialists. Army photo Engineer instructor training program 8th inf i Mainz Germany special selected members of units of the 8lh inf div were the first Europe based servicemen to receive a special 40-hour instruction program on engineering equipment which was Given Byfield representatives of the european mobility service office of7th army s engineering Section. The training periods were con ducted under a new trial concept to teach these men to be instructors at unit Levels on engineering equipment Wlllie Wallace the instructor of 18 men in the Mainz area operational proce dures of All Field generators used by the army today the men were trained in techniques of instruction which would enable them to conduct operational training courses within their own new concept of instructor la instructor training will enable units to have qualified Generator operators on hand at All times Arnild Iiah itt. 01 Ihwi-1 Sho him in to com pm Stumm pan Mcnolly Smo a 1100 n4wt a i Orr is mom not Minn Coo Loo Mac in m Muht of Ham Stcin to i Corll to a Mem is re . .1 55"i. S so std i Stoi Jurij if i. Us kmc1 c"14 pm in. San Odahlia to l. In cs23.f tool a Bronco who to arvo a ask am to to silk Ivl sss8 Gate Arl Llo 1" trim to of of Check Ipoalo on i Oluff Malor in ii Cal Onat Catt in holds i whereas the older method required regional refresher and in reduction training by the 7thirmy specialists periodically to rain men for replacements a operators. By qualifying selected Mem Bers of smaller units to give instructions in the use and opera Ion of the Engineer equipment t is hoped that three major areas of preventive maintenance May reduce to a minimum Generator and other Engineer equip ment failures. These include the operation by qualified and experienced per sons proper lubrication Andi Roper care storage and main nun cd of equipment which caused major failures in the past. The special program was de signed to include training in every aspect of safety bundling maintenance responsibilities and operation of generators from the.5 kilowatt to the five kilowatt and other Power the lest group classes at Mannheim. Bali Holder an Mainz men studied the internal combustion engines lubrication Basic electricity oversights in maintenance precise Power generation Battery care and fuel and Cooling who completed the courses were Given 7lh army instructors certificates and be came specialists in operation and maintenance to organizational level. Pru Iii s firemen train volunteers Prem Germany special raging Brush fires have no re Spect for private or air Force property. Firemen Volunteer and professional from 111 German and belgian villages have taken part in a fire fighting training program provided by the radar site fire department the need for Mutual fire Protection agreements wit the German and Belgium communities near this Sta it Colfred c. Faupel jr., Del 0100 com Mander started a training pro Gram and invited the firemen of neighbouring towns to result of this " Ireman to fireman training is increase fire Protection for All the people in this area. I1aiin. Germany special to col John j. Kropnick. Us a slum commander for operations of the 50th tactical fight or win Here has completed whats Burlic cd to be an unprecedented Mark in the entire air a comply a in Ono flying hours in 33 different Type air Craft. Broken Down to specific facts he has logged More than 700 hours in support Type aircraft and the rest in propeller driven the 22-year Veteran figures he round trips to the Moon or half Way to the Sun. Flying not Only is my Voca Tion it s my avocation Kropenick said and now i restarted on my second 10,000 for the record. Kropnick bus flown the p39, Pio. P38. P63.rp63, p47, p51, p80, t33. F82. F84 All modelsf86, f100. F101.f101b, f102, f104 models a. B. Cf105. Plus ruining planes an three support Type aircraft the c47, b25. And b26 which Hud St classes the practicality of the new concept us pointed out by wat lace will to studied Over time As it takes effect within the units of the 8th div. Ramstein sets voters Day Ramstein a Cruny Spe Cial activities highlighting the armed forces voters Day Here sept. 25, have been announced by maj John ii. Phil lips base voting Monitor. Slated to be held m the family services personal affairs offices in building 538. Voters Day will feature free Coffee and do nuts a concert by the 17th air Force band and a commissioned officer to certify Absentee ballot applications. The Day will Climax u vigorous Oier All voting information Effort dating from More than a Yea Ruko to create an awareness of not Only the procedures through which eligible voters overseas Muy Vole hut their in helping to choose America s leaders. Members of both boy und girl scouts und cub scouts Havo joined in the a Clivle by distributing publicity posters at Points of Assembly throughout the base. Phillips said the bund conc Cris programmed to Start at 4 in front of building 538. This Isu tight schedule for the bund he said since they will be playing concert the evening of the 24th in Spain and Are schedule to arrive Here the morning o the 25th."he pointed out that any trans Nortaon difficulties experience by in band could delay or ounce the voting officers have been Busy throughout the Yea getting Absentee ballots in the hands of All personnel both Mil Lury and civilian. Last week col Frank x. Krebs base commander initiated a pro Gram whereby every or attached to the 7030th combat support win would be personally to determine his voting residence and to be issued Nerc sur forms to apply for an absent voting ballot. Lien converted from bomber to Liaison i Cruft. Which Type aircraft did the col Onel enjoy flying the most All of them was his imme Diutch re i always wanted to be a Mil Lary Pilot he suld. In fact. I was Contin piling going to can Ada to join the Royal Canadian air Force before world War u. To gel into Pilot training in thes Lutcs hut Ufler the War started. Est. Retire i have no intention the colonel said he s Only 42 years old now. This lying Mark is just u Milestone Here Are a lot of new aircraft production now. And i Hope o get in the cockpit of All Kropenick has More than 200combat missions to his credit and he was hit Only once. That was during the korean War when he was flying u support Mission. Both Wing tanks were hit by ground fire and caught fire. De spite being practically frightened death. I jettisoned the tanks ind look off for he also has a German fwi09 kill to his credit. But i did shoot him Down he said. "1 spun him while flying u p47 during strafing Mission in the a Day air cover he used up All his ammunition and then spotted the nazi aircraft. To protect myself 1 got on his tall Kropenick said. Of course he did t know i was out of ammo and he kept trying to get on my tall. He did t make stand besides being a fighter Pilot the colonel has served As a test Pilot for the Century series air Craft and also served with toe 20th tactical fighter Wing which pioneered the delivery of nuclear weapons by fighter air Craft. He wears the distinguished flying Cross with four Oak Leaf clusters and the air medal with31 Oak Leaf clusters among his other decorations. My. V. Enrols 512 students Munich Sis the Tang of full permeated the Alpine air As students from fur off place lolled across the Cobblestone was the setting As the University of Maryland s munic Campus opened its doors for the 1984-65 school term with u rec Ord enrolment of 512 students. The figure represented a 13 percent increase Over last year and presented u striking contrast tothe inaugural of the voyeur school on the same Mcgrew Cavern Campus 15 autumns ago when 44 students checked in for classes. A 30-Mcmber faculty 20 hold overs and 10 new teachers Are on were told by resident Dean or. John Parr that the emphasis it the Munich Campus will be on academic achievement an not on student activities. But hundreds of students who have completed the two year program and returned to the United states to Complete their degrees know that it does have other compensations. It is ideally located in a cosmopolitan Cit Yand offers close cultural contacts for language and arts course in a history is being added to the curriculum this year
