European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 23, 1964, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Up. No i r ,. A Juip or a Rwm i. ,.-. .-i v f Ryf a lip. A Dhoti it main Gal at Zaragoza air by in spoon. Vail Iapani of empty incr a Gumti Why from co Lrol Tawter who Tegl Raymond i. Iffert psf i duty. Fri dior Wye who Luptar Lwi it Paivi four Hldi  it fat Hile the Iso million base in North Spain May be sleeping ii is far lad. We re prepared to go Back ration within 7z hours if an nay arises explained  col. Persons commander of the or base so. Some 400 men now use the Facil at once served 5.000. But there derelict buildings with broken and shutters Banning in the he Barracks Hal housed hundreds May lie Dusty and Emp y. But t not surrounded by weeds. Paint air projects Are scheduled Rogu a a stranger making his fir tight find it difficult to believe e is a military ghost town. Theire. Green the Golf course is in in and the Hustle of activity Ille indication the huge liase was a standby basis six months  the flight line tells the Story Nerc the sleek Jel bombers once for the signal thai would Send Gunderia a into the sky. Not one seen. The Airstrip that echoed r of fin2 fielders is a vast Pla Concrete without a single1 Shadow be Burn ii Spanish Sun. I the Tower. T sol Raymond iof the 19h9-4 communications one of the men who main e lonely Vigil. We Man the Tow to 8 till 5 even though planes must if 23, 1964 is photo by red Grandy have special permission to land  explained. We still get a Little traffic from planes flying Oul surplus equip ment but business is pretty slow most of the time. The key question at  Howdy you net men to work hard at main Lai icing a huge installation unit will Winall probability never be used again As an Active air base Arago a has always Licen a lop base and the men Are determined to keep everything As Nice As possible per wac said Many i them work on their own Lime to help maintain the  to find Oul just How near the read Mark Zaru Ioza is the filth a Mages a visit Evi by i often in mime sunny Day soon the strip will once again rumble Wilh the sound of powerful Jet in Iii Sas a a Liht us Klim Anker Iimi-.i Ritar inc in for scr Viciie and  exercises Deli Rmina just How Smiell sup Mirt the base would be Kablein provide ill an Emer Jenc a. "tin1 l i e Hue is still being i maintained 10 Rev both our planes and tin this it the Spanish air Turco a Latium d across the  persons  the Small number of men. The liase offers a surer Iskiw number of facilities. The fire department is Iran died around the clock and the Hospital i staffed by two doctors and a nurse. All of the curl Simiry Akka Fai ibises Are available alone with most of the recreational services. We took a Survey among the men to determine which recreational facilities they wanted  persons  lot Many units this Sie have their own Jrolf  227 indents a Lemlin Sci ill in car Iio a have no Chinu list room in thelare.11 Mui Lern a Nildine i instructed just a few years Ayo. Seven of the  grades have by ii . Bat vol the la 4h Schuol All four students of  Nyrhe. Supervisor for ibi1 i huh is huot stil Drnas. Explained the Lake correspondence courses from the t Niver Sily of Kansas. The tests Are Iven Lue und a  what do the  think Ali Utthi Irr Ini i Nisi in buries i a sons. 14. Lie Sun t f the Emu Mander. Says la is inure difficult Iha regular school. A e would do the sume amount of work in h if the Iliae Mautern Mirrial conditins." in Aill tin t i i Tii l Imie from  so silents in o i it a c  Ali ifimi1 of  ruin d Fici is ii tie Basea Ductor advises on scientific experiments and  the base is still a inv maintained throw Ghoul to at least some de Gree there has been a consolidation. All the stars and stripes of the married personnel now live in on base housing and the former Dix a has then inherited by the airmen. The air men Are also living it up in the former officer s club once ainu the finest i Spain that has been Cin cried into a dining Hall. Surprisingly Mosi of the men now at iraco7i have been moved in since the base was put on standby. All of swear Alx iut a half do n hats und we did t know anything Alk iut the base at Fum. Hut Birius have worked Oul quite Well so  one officer explained.tlut1 have been a few mishaps like the Lime one of the men made off witha loaded  Allan gasoline truck apparently ass mint it would t be missed in the confuse Iii. Ills court inertial is scheduled  Loni will the costs of the ll7 nil be Able to maintain the base inti l i the with time unit the element so  has been set up under in a Semi tin that we will he Here in  persons Smil. I think Moscuf Tiv i Ien ire Ery Happy with their a s  it in Iii so i a h is obtain Adan rues the a it and reit Lill racked up what they beliem1 in he an air Force first a cult Tum Mil tier cent Particia nun in the seat Belt safely program. So they  also have tile distinction of Belli .1 the Only ghosts equipped with seat Bells. Page 13