European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 16, 1965, Darmstadt, Hesse                                January 1965 the Stam and Striks cos idea cuts costs at Sembach Germany special by tapering the opening of a re a technical sergeant from the Totth tactical missile Wing was Able to taper More than in Cost redaction for the air Force at this realizing that an excessive number of umbilical and engine test were being damaged during the Latt six of t sgt William Wittenauer decided to investigate the reasons for the break it was costing the govern ment More than in material and Man hours to repair the mgm13a Mace in addition to the High the missiles had to be taken to the maintenance Industrial receptacles re placed and then member of the maintenance standardization training determined h detailed that breakaway connectors attached to the receptacles Weie 01 a much harder there the Sharp Corners of the connector Keyway were cutting the softer Metal of the by tapering the opening of the connector at an Angle of 30 de to the he reasoned the Sharp Corners would not cd the Metal and would not affect the alignment properties of the the new opening would lend to Lead the key into the making installation through d the Brea after submitting this Sugges the idea waa tried and found Warne Robin air Materiel area approved the and plans Are now in Progress for the adoption o the unique technique to hot mgm13a and a grub missiles besides the savings be year in material and Man hours additional savings should be re Allied through the elimination o transporting damaged missile from the launch for repairs and then transferring the mis Wing mural the fms tactical Figuer Whf at air Whak Cele its mtg Aalt Essaiy bpm graphic neral desk tue Iii Mollart history Tom Werm War to to preset Poilu of As a member of the nato shield la Mishop it chaplains attend rally Frankfurt Han h protestant army and air Force chaplains assigned Here in have attended the regu a monthly protestant Day of recollection at the Frankfurt Post guest speaker was Fried Rich Bishop of the German Central conference of the methodist Church since prior to Wund Ruchs talk a Fellowship meeting was held in the chapels reception followed by a luncheon at the Terrace in his remarks the Bishop told of some of his personal experiences with members of the clergy in the armed forces following world War when former president Dwight Eisenhower was then commanding general of european with head in the Farben he related How on one Occa Sion when he visited the Farben building to ask permission from the military to allow him and Bis then presiding Bishop to rebuild their destroyed theological sem he Learned that the Fate of the Seminary was in the hands of a a Clergyman in Dilian after standing in line for a couple of outside the enclosed Farben the Bishop i finally did get into the Ard mating the purpose of my was sent to the office of this the speaker went on to say that when he entered the room to see the he expected to remain standing to state his Busi and did not look Forward to be asked to sit in one of the chairs that lined the Wall of the this was then the torn of the because no fraternization Between members of the american military and the people of Germany was per As i entered the the major immediately arose from his where he had been jilting behind a and greeted me by shaking my hand and inviting me to sit the speaker the Bishop then told his re and the major gave him the necessary permission to re build the have found that a clergy Man in the military tint a minister of the then a military the Bishop during his talk Bishop Wund or tech quoted from a rather old and worn one that he said he  Trade for a later end More modern the reason Given was that it was Given to him in by an american the Orris oru Vynor who now is a pastor in ordained As a minister in the methodist Faith in and educated at technical the University of Leip where he graduated with a doctors and the Garrelt biblical institution of North Western Bishop Wunderlich also taught at methodist theological Germany from 1mi to and delivered Tropple lectures at Drew University in 49th Wing celebrates anniversary Ger Many special Twenty four Yean ago today the 41th tac tical fighter Wing was activated at Selfridge it Given the designation or the 41th fighter up and today the unit known throughout the command As the forty men and is based part of counter with the arrival of the the 41th claimed ninth Dif Ferent Type fighter aircraft la previous were the pm and col William ring said in a pedal message to Wing personnel on your i4lh the of the Are Well recorded in air Safe develops economical Small arms indoor Range by James staff writer saturday Amail can Romas not work la ktfea1 Lor adv pro room Central to Mil Germany s4s even in this age of modern air Force personnel must still acquire skill in the use of Small arms for self pro one of the newer ways to help personnel Quality in Small arms training is the use of indoor tar get ranges using Pellet As the a Force Small arms marksmanship training program it was evident that cheaper and faster methods of providing training and advanced proficiency were continued efforts to develop More economical train ing techniques and equipment resulted in the perfection of the indoor Pellet gun training con in addition to the Standard tar the Range equipped with an Tom movie projector which the Hooter to practice firing at moving tar behind and actual combat situations with the ene my firing the projector equipped with a sound actuated switch that stops the film when the shooter enabling him to Check for with the present emphasis on an important consider Atlon is that Lead pellets am Carbon dioxide Gas average Hal a cent a shot compared to Fly cents a round for am during the period the rang was being Lested at Safe my it was discovered that the cos of the training kits could be reduced More than 1400 re Hulting in a savings of More than for the kits to be Dos Rob used throughout designed As a supplementary indoor Pellet gun train no is not intended As a Susti Ute for qualification firing on the orce during world War u it achieved an unparalleled combat record in the Southwest three Yean of combat in the South Pacific gave the 4mb a total of 43 aces and 178 japanese planes destroyed in air Tolar a american a Richard flew with the 4llh in much of the fighting in the Al though Bong served in six Dlf Ersnt Hunter units during world War 21 of his 41 victories were won while he was a Mem Ber of the 7th and Ith Sis of the it col Gerald who made 14 also a member of the 7th and Ith chalking up 11 of his victories As a 4tth Pilot the pioneering efforts of the in the korean War helped make history in the Early 1150s As the first Jet fighter Organiza Tion to operate actively in com the unit was Able to extend the effective striking Range of the in in excess of to Over previous from bases in although the korean War did not produce any a the 41th because of its assigned which the forty Taen baaedij7 ene my aircraft on their first in combat pilots of the unit destroyed my 10 14 too Deadeye t sol checks oae the 8 keeps Hipe the desk if amm Movle pre Lector it thei shooting at moving targets of Caine Alval combat Iasi can be Lynchn soaked with Ike Safe Small urns t Fosas net the Lanesr in seat Ului