European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 28, 1964, Darmstadt, Hesse Your target will be tanks by Bill Williams on a overlooking a wet and Iii Ildy u belgian scans with a pair of Hon ecu he fan see French infantry cautiously acres ii the me hears sporadic echoes of machine gun and Small arms ire in the in hark of Canadian and German Cluster to round a 4lon army communications an air Force in the Middle of the fatigue Clad is speaking Cut an Riidu your Turret will tanks at the Edge of the Wood line approximately t Miles past a Concrete Road which will intercept Mir line of flight in approximately three 200 400 do i read the officer lifts s hand fun the transmission Hullon and wails fur Thi reply of a Fisher Pilot flying an aircraft capable of supersonic Roeer target will be tanks at the Edge of the Wood after several More minutes of direction by the Forward air four Black spots appear in the overcast then the air is filled with Earth shaking Thunder As four fido super one after the shoot across the open Field directly at their the scene could have been a Battle i Field in which n a ill f s fight Iii against aggression it Wax a nato Man Euver near Semlitch Ler the officers were students and observers attending the lsafi1 Forward Only fac to Birse Nul Side the United and perhaps ii tilt course in air controller fac course the the world which instincts Nat in How to direct Allied aircraft the of ground forces taught lit the Tisak air air i of Crali uns school at air the course pm ides Forward air controllers for the and nato a critical Khoii Ilax f rollers chs u Hie Ivou training the wifi i inn i he Lufusi i gently or a i dirt attack or tack my to attend the must also have m lilith in the european u col Fryer no of the Safe school i with organizing und getting air controller course approved who has spent 10 years instructing at the Ali around minis school in the United slates and Ai the Safe ago said the Lack of Forward i air support Hei a me apparent m various nato him 7lh army inc revamped Kac which scarcely six con is lift of 43 subjects bailed Down to 47 instruction hours sit Days of classroom and Field instructors for Ilita course include not Only Papiri crud air i incr offices but army officers who have had extensive intent in in air Kalinin ii operations us off hits selected for Forward air tin inight Ira Mim no Una Attell the hit Al sit the Aid in meal Specia i cniirm1 Truini Chi of a Pilot learns his Rule in hum suit Junit h in Nfn or an army t of air Kurce i Fri in a i full Tiv or Tutu i that at uni Hiril of in ire inti cars Frimi ulant Nat Riun trips and thai hath air and Fortes ire Well on their filth Day of silk limits take a Field clip in army 3d Arnul inv Hoyt at Kapaun near Many and Lonato Man Euver area to Prmt ire what Thoy have been at Kapaun they learn How to operate various radios and Are Given orientation briefings and rides in newly armoured personnel at the Man Euver students request air support and direct the planes to aircraft Are provided by the 417th Tao Lical fighter based at the fac student learns that request ing tactical aircraft is a Little Mure Complex than ordering a military be once the army ground commander re quests air his request is sent to battalion operations where it is monitored and channelled through various echelons to Hie 417th tactical fighter operations with the army ground Liaison he briefs these elected pilots on their weather and Lefore is Able to control the aircraft jets an guided in his by air Force radar observers in since the first in More than officers from halt he Spain the filid Canada and the have graduated from its since the Forward air Contr Oiin course Lias come into its own within ado Currie Bun More than 10 Canadian and French pilots Complete the course each Forward air o Foi Molion of floor in 1964 the stars and stapes 11
