European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 27, 1965, Darmstadt, Hesse                                August 1mi Page 8 the stars and stripes Jetaun chef troops open new Era in airborne history mum cruise to paced of Over 450 a new chapter in the history can carry More than 100 of airborne operations was i completely equipped combat launched As the first Static ready compari lint jump from a Jet powered i sons with older aircraft show a Treal advantage in every re the honorary jump master for the jump was Joseph comma link army John Kennedy Cen Ler for special warfare air Ryneski Swan i brass Sicily drop the the huge Lockheed geor Gia is the ultimate machine now in operation for trans porting men and the first Man to exit the new plane was Joseph president of the ironies and special warfare an organization Insl Rui mental in the development of the the in Junction with the air was responsible for testing the Airdrop and air delivery phases of the following the Douglas i Deputy director for Lockheed Georgia acting As a representative of the firms vice Charles presented Ryneska and Morris the chief rest and Jialin Tennuce no for the miniature models of the plane with a Small statue of an airborne Soldier also on the Ped the models were inscribed naming Ryneska As the first officer to jump from the plane and Swan As the first enlisted among Thi jumpers on the historic flight were Joe commanding 82nd airborne xviii air borne corps rear and and members of the air electronics and special warfare a total of 81 men jumped from the plane Dur ing its five passes Over the Sandy Sicily drop the one of the worlds largest is the first Basic ally military orientated plane designed to meet the same Struc Tural criteria required by civil air regulations and i licensed by the Federal aviation Agency or commercial the primary Mission of the Star lifter is to shorten the Clos ing time Between objectives and to deliver More men and equip ment than has Ever before been the with us Maul tool two cited France Stephen team chief of the Safe management Engi Neering team at this with tactical reconnaissance Wing base re celled the air Force commendation first paratroop ers drop from the new ci41 Star Lufler right marking the first time a Jel Nas been used in troop the lamp took place Ever Braggs Sicily drop at Joe former Usa eur Deputy chief of stuff for personnel and and now 82nd airborne div Cheeks hit gear prior to Laurle was one of the first troopers to exit the c141 Over the Sicily drop capt elects officers to guide districts Heidelberg s p e c i a William Bastendorf of assistant superintendent of the dependents schools euro Pean areas District ii in France has been appointed president of the european Congress of Amer ican parents and teachers he fills the vacancy left by the departure of Burch Rivers of who has returned to the Rivers was elected to Eca pts of Post last Bastendorf has been the organizations first Vic president since other officers appointed by the capt executive committee at us August meeting in Sci Baden were Thomas Safe first vice president Kenneth principal of the Drux american elementary and Junior High Vic president of Region it in and Irene principal of Iho Devreux american chairman of the International relations capt last Spring reorganized into seven paralleling the organizational Struc Ture of the us Desea 17thaf band gets swinging sounds9 Germany new musical sound is Uhl Lily to play Modem american being presented to audiences by the 17th air Force Cate and exacting music of to symphonic wind ensemble As it Zart and other classical compos begins a three week concert the Swinn phonic by two Bob which gives the ensemble the compositions As Well As the doll a former cml try of the Jimmy Dorsey and Abc had lot network will conduct the ensembles concerts in Khz yet and Lloyd Hopwood morn Tommy burp Cut ret Royal Navy the main brace9 by Bob London British Tommy named Pete has scuttled the Royal thais the word out of where Pete a private in the 1st Duke of Edl Burghs Royal poured 57 half pints of Pale ale Down the Natch in 5 65 the Marathon achievement lock place in tonys seafront and it wined out by 11 bottles and 5 minutes a Royal Navy record let in 1147 by two Petty since Claytonia 18 Navy efforts to re capture the record have wound up on the s4s London Berean the Navy has not Given who was described As Stone sober by the bartender who served said he had Good reason to engage in Bis record suiting after two years in i was fed up seeing the picture of two smug sailors who claimed to be the British Beer i decided to put the Navy in its a British army spokesman in London said there is no regulation against soldiers engaging in Bee drinking contests As Long As they do not become drunk or incapacitated for Llo Pwood gets Post at air Soutsi Naples Lloyd has assumed the duties As chief of Allied air forces South Ern a native of Hawaii and graduate of Oberlin Hopwood is a Veteran military prior to his arrival in Naples he served As commander of the air training Cornel technical train ing Center at after graduation from flight training in Hopwood held a number of training positions in his including command of the Chanute technical train ing Center and As director of personnel procurement and train a key figure in he initial plan Ning phases for the establish ment of the air Force he was commandant of the us ass air come and staff College from for his outstand ing work in the Field of military and civilian he was awarded the honorary degree of doctor of by Josephs units named for loaded Germany munitions Crews from the Fol lowing fighter interceptor squad Rons will represent the Mth air div at the Safe loaded munitions loading Competition Here 29 through sept 2 at Halm Blob urge and 526th at Braunschweig the ensemble will play five concerts during annual sports and music continuing through Mona bunion has been selected by slate officials of lower ony to conduct the six partld3 paling bands in mass in a special arrangement of Lerner and t Lowros my fair 3 a two hour concert is ulna to be presented by the ensemble 4 in the Wiesbaden i Kur Park prior to its departure a for the ensemble play three concerts in the divided City including n performance in the one of the s worlds largest five engagements have scheduled for the Duessel Dorff Heyd Cologno area the highlight of these Ai ances is a special concert ensemble in the Cologne Ca House for German students returning from the United Stales where they studied m Der the Fullbright scholarship