European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 18, 1965, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday april 18, 1965 1st Cov div airmobile to be formed at it. Benny no go. The stars and stripes Page 7 army plans airmobile division composed of infantry by Paul c. It Apps a Washington Bureau Washington is the army May soon transform one of 1u infantry divisions into a new airmobile division according to indications  on recent news stories Public statements and informed sources. It appears that a new unit will be formed att. Benning ga., made up of troops now assigned to the 2ndinf div and the Ullh air assault div. The new unit would renamed the 1st Cav div airmobile the existing 1st Cav dlv., now located on the demilitarized nne in Korea would Transfer its name and colors .  2nd inf div now at it Benning would shift in name Robert s. Mcnamara. Indlca-1 is simple. Yon Mast move faster and colors to Korea to replace that stripped from the 1st Cav div. The Lith air assault div test stationed at it. Benning will be  and equipment for the new air Mobile division would come from resources of the defunct 2nd and Lith  Dale for these changes would probably be la May or Early Jane before the Ilia air assault div b phased out Jane 38. This proposal submitted bythe army to the joint chiefs of staff in january is reported Mohave received the mixed bless Ings of the joint chief and no rests with defense Secretary sons Are that the proposal willbe approved by the defense chief and announced  so. It Marks the end of a Long March by the army to Rad Lauy increase Battlefield Mobil Ity for in infantry  1st Cav div airmobile would be a highly transportable infantry unit organized along the lines of the present Road Divi Sion with three brigades of in Fantry and Standard supporting units. In addition it would con Tain an aviation group of More than 450 aircraft mostly Helicon  airmobile concept Springs from the need Tor Battlefield to Billly which has a Host of As War itself. The req than your  roman legions were tied niches first appeared in the Bat the zone. But the big difference non t evident until the Start of of 2m Miles an hour the av-1 Ler s mechanized by crag limit of Man s endurance Verran Poland in 19 crag for prolonged moves. Opposing forces had the same mobility limitations until they shifted to horseback and  animal mobility followed and thus increased the average Battlefield Speed to about 7 . Mounted armies such a those of Genghis Khan and his horsemen Hannibal and his elephants and the arabs with their camels held a two to one Mobil Ity Edge Over those still on foot there was virtually no in crease in Battlefield mobility until world War i when motor be army testing its Ping Pong recon missile Washington Nana anew missile the Ping Pong which can zoom Over enemy positions take pictures and then turn around and return to the site from which it was tired has been developed by the army s electronics come. Ills believed to be the world first round trip missile. In Cost is Low since it can be recovered and reused Over and Over. All the Soldier does is aim an launch the missile and wait for it to come  attached to each end provide propulsion. The whole operation is conducted in com plete  Are under Way to attach various information gathering apparatus to the Ping Pong. The research project i being conducted for the army by the Lockheed aircraft corp. Contract for armoured can year contract totalling 1114.Washington a four-1114.5 Mil lion was awarded by the army to the Cadillac motor car division of general motors corp. For an unspecified number of armore vehicles. Artillery Branch tops for West Point seniors West Point. . Special the artillery claimed the largest number of graduating cadets atthe . Military Academy Fol lowing selection of Branch assignments. Of the Sll first clansmen seniors who Are to be commissioned in the army upon graduation this june 173 selected Art Illery. A close second was in Fantry with 111. Sixty three cadets chose Engi neers is Armor 48 signal and 10 selected technical or administrative services. This year marked the firs time i recent years that first clansmen were permitted to select one of the technical or administrative services army mobility Battlefield mobility is tested at Orlando fla., using a penning Mulle and ach47 Chinook helicopter. The missile was disassembled loaded aboard the helicopter for movement to new ground location and reassembled for firing. Army photo Tell Glence and Security Kadlu ant general quartermaster Fiance medical service Chemi Cal ordnance transportation and military police corps. Cad is selecting one of these serv Ces must also choose one of the combat arms ant serve in it for to years before serving in the Rhosen branches. Of the Iii Cadet who will re Eive army commissions 454 were granted their first Choice Ive received their second Choice Pilot May pick own Landing site Washington Nana air planes will soon be Able to make heir own Landing Fields in almost any sort of terrain. This appears possible accor big to an air Force report i Hrovich development by Engi neers it the Aero propulsion Laboratory of a Mcmil Lould Plas tic resin material which can be dropped or sprayed from the air Craft Over the spot where the Pilot wants to land. It hardens into a smooth Flat surface Al most immediately. Landing be comes Safe about 15 minutes lat fir. Tesu now Are underway Moffett Field Calif., for full evaluation of the material. Temperatures As High As 1500 de Gress fahrenheit or by the Impact of the plane on the smooth pad. To a Battlefield foot mobility the second world War when hit Blitz forces Days. Theolus As Well As the British Rench and americans were ill tied mostly to horse Mobil y of 7 Miles an hour. Hitler Sehl Cular mobility averaging 20 i.p.h., gave him the necessary Vantage. Then followed one of the great St production feats in history when the United states rushed to mechanization to erase the Early three to one mobility advantage held by the germans. 4ot Only was the mobility Dlf Orentlal erased but the . It mechanized the germans by reducing More tanks truck and keeps for. American forces Andor the allies than those owned y the Axis  mobility has in roved Little since world War  tracked and wheeled Chicles Are engineered for enor Mous speeds they Are still urn Ted by rough ground Rivers amps or Man made mine leads. The army Calls it the tyranny of  even a 00 . Ground vehicle would line an average Battlefield mobility of about 20 .one he Loric exception to this tyranny of terrain  the War in Korea when Ercums lanes forced the new fill available aircraft to move he better part of an infantry Gomeal across the Ball remd Block a breakthrough by Chi Nese forces. With this background. Mcna Mara Early in 1912 directed that he army take a bold Newhook at tactical mobility with out regard to conventional Means at to alter training for navigators Randolph fab Tex. Spe Cial a More effective an economical navigator training Iro Grum will begin in air train no come in August. At that time undergraduate navigator training will be Cut rom 37 to 32 weeks with More emphasis on essentials. For example Fly inc training hours willbe increased fron. 177 to 254. Then by May 1h6, the entire navigator training program wll be consolidated at Mather of Calif. Currently undergraduate training is conducted at Jame Connally fab Tex., and advanced training at  80 per cent of the graduates of the undergraduate program enter the advanced pro Arnm to be trained As navigator Bombardier or Electron warfare officers. Navigator Bombardier training will be cd from 27 to 24  warfare training will stay at 25 weeks but will be changed to include Al born bomber defense and  training in the modified t29d aircraft the preponderance of graduates of not courses Are assigned directly the strategic air come. Currently 1,000 navigator graduate from under graduate training each year. Beginning fiscal year my this number i drop to boo and remain there forthe foreseeable future. Of in number about 900 will enter advanced training and the res will become Crew members Tanker and transport aircraft Over the world. Of transport in april 1912, a Board of 200 army officers set to work under Gen Hamilton h. Howze to find a solution. In september the Howze Board submitted its recommendation. The result was or Matton of the Lith air assault div at it. Hemline in feb Haryot 19113 to test the Board concepts. Wet lome Naces were author used for 15.ms men to conduct tests of the revolutionary Divi Sion As Well As an a transport Fri Erie. Aircraft came from sex Len resources. The test was in he completed prior to june 31,1965. Conclusions reached after two years of be Long have never been made nubile. But experience of talked from the tests were then is of Prono it which Are now Peml lne with  and when these proposals arc Ann roved and announced bythe defense Secretary the army will still hold to its Force of i combat ready division. Aside from the 1st Cav div airmobile there will be two airborne divisions the 82nd and101st. There will be four armoured divisions the 1ft, 2nd, 3rd and4lh and nine infantry i Vulors including the 1st, 2nd. 3rd. 4th,5th, 7th, 8th, 24th and 25lh. Air Foree to get first Star lifter Washington secs the air Force is scheduled to receive in first operational Chi Star lifter Jet transport april 23 after a Cross country flight from the Lockheed Plant in Mari Etta ga., to trave air Force base Calif.,where it will be turned Over to the military air transport service. The 4-Englne, Turbofan Jet capable of cruising at speeds in excess of 500 Miles per hour is designed to transport 123 combat equipped troops or haul 70,000 pounds of cargo. Meanwhile the army is making plans to begin evaluation of the transport at it. Bragg . In May. Evaluation will be conducted by the airborne electronic and special warfare Board of the army s teat and evaluation come. The army s objectives Are to determine troop suitability of the aircraft and establish proce dures for Parachute drop of men and  army plans for Early training of airborne troops for ready adoption of the aircraft As troop Carrier. Army tests and training will last four to five  joint evaluation phase Calls for some 2,300 individual Parachute jumps As Well As practice delivery of varied combat loads. The c141 will carry in sex was of m per Cen More cargo and nearly twice the number of paratroopers than Ore now carried in the stand Ard c1jo Hercules transport. The air Force has ordered 127 of the c141aircraft under a Lockheed contract totalling 1500 million