European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 29, 1964, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday of Cleber 29, 19m the stars and stripes log 3 steel Pike planes use in Slang Airfield by Wallace ii Kne. Slurry Hia. Spam sets Kex Ica Linn Mil controlled in in ise steel Pike 1 was climaxed proach my us Pirl ins Lalko by an Eye popping and car split \ Ting demonstration of an in planes such As ac4 Carrier called my Khi crusaders flew 4.1 Sor sats Small Airfield for tac tical sep Hirt. Planes ranging from Superson lies from the strip in Supi Hirt of the massive amphibious of a lion at blurt a where Spanish in Jet fit filers to thundering c1.10 and american marines landed i transports shot landings and � largest peacetime exercise of Liik offs from the look time air us. Type Ever staged strip made up of portable Meinl Metal slabs Zou strip Section. Laid Down by the feel were Laid Down lifter on an uninhabited Beach be aliens used Bill Len ers to level on the Southwest rust of Spain. The Airstrip was Pat Down in the Airstrip and taxi areas. More than 1.500 inn worked Day and three i i in o m rail n " " i " a within we a expelled to " k 1 he -""s"1" i1l adm la k Mccain in Coin equip., unloaded Mander of the task Force of to ,. A " .1"T leaps into air Jato Jet assisted Takeoff volts can be Sera firing u c13i Unkei off from Mobile used for Amerl Cun an Spanish Maneu vers in Spain. Willil Olill a 111 my him ill nil. ,. Ship thai brought the 25,000 As a Miv a i in from Ault for from the . To take l1"".1"," bul part in the Spanish american exercise. Thin includes Rudar. Handy a portable Ope Alloa Tower above candies traffic. Bottom my Tanker refuel Jet fighters. Bottom it George d. Lawrence kneeling near Landing Hunt shows malting use to build Airfield. S4s photos Schurl Tler from Here. To Usu Hind cd three squadrons just one officer explained. The plane flew nonstop from Ai mho in South Carolina to the strip after it became operational. Among the More spectacular exhibitions Wax u 130 making jul Akrish d Ink Tiff on up proxy i inanely half of the strip and land inn within about inc no me Dis Lance timid n Huri Cloud of dust Cailini d by the reverse pitch pro pc scr to in used full nor Knuth. The final cars demonic traded Cir riot to a Landi Itka with so a a r re is inn tear in Mich utter to uru the suck jams Harrell or in under i Kmer and Uri Dinu in u Hull with i in less Hun 100 Yards a hit of deceleration that must Iasi my ii to in appreciated. The pilots must in in with ii War in Cane they Mimi Tho arresting pc air Jund Hutc to Mast i off Fine flier explained., some Hople i scr Ilic the whole bits Ines As a controlled crash included in the Aerial Demon stration waa the of Una mail fed at inc same by a Kim Tanker flying it feet. The car of plane c m he utilised an a Tanker by the installation of Liiri a tanks in the can " with the Airstrip and ils necessary accessories such an a Ortabe control Tower a sats installation includes Many other pit Tes of equipment. Fuel for example is stored in a series of huge rubber Funk Thul arc filled by a pipeline running from the Airstrip to a Tanker in the Harbor , air Scundi Llonch vans Are used to House everything from the Pilot ready room to the maintenance shops where the men repair Cheryl hindi from Nyuen masks to Jet dust Here has been very rough on a lot of our equipment two ii. K Tore explained. The maintenance is not a re move and replace Type of oper Alion where new parts arc Sim ply exchanged fur old. But Truo maintenance. The radar of these aircraft is not geared for swapping around so Maine Nance must be Dune on the com Lucent explained pfc i. K. Whitman of Richmond Vul. A member of the 2d Marin air Wing. The strip is made up to Taka far More Piu Ihmi it than its an castors. The Telal mat airstrips used during world War ii. The Sallis Are of u tilt us andal Minum Alloy and weigh 125 Pound cacti. They Are solid andean be hooked together in a mat Ter of seconds to form a smooth flight deck that can be used in marines landed and soon had everything in hand except fur one problem not covered by previous experience we Ohad a Devil of a time out Here in the desert with the maj h. U. Dean maintenance officer
