European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 19, 1966, Darmstadt, Hesse                                March 1966 but no flight pay Thi Sims and stunts rain or there in the air Hill Ltd i a hit ibb bucketful air no make repairs Rai one or the Iloth  tens they re in the air about two hours a by Bob Hoyer staff writer March 18 Sis the daily script is always the same in fair weather and foul for the men who climb up and Down the air Force communications Anten come rain or come Shine they Are out there test Only a blizzard or a sleet storm can ground and even they May be compelled to some of these maintenance specialists spend As much time in the air As pilots and flight Crews a fact which suggests a whole series of questions what manner of men Are they what do they do How much time do they spend at Thor Freshner occupation Patrick a staff sergeant from Niagara has the answers to most of these As chief of the five linemen assigned to the 2130th communications so towers at Barford St John and Mcvey literally has spent thousands of hours in the he has been climbing poles for the past to years 11 in the air Force and nine years As an electrical lineman in his native Scot land before he entered the serv Ive had a fair amount of time in the air and i didst get flight pay for any of Mcvey said with a Mcvey is assisted in his Job by four linemen airmen John Dwight Ohio Hobert gaining Altitude Patrick cheer lineman u the 1134th communications climbs Antenna to make in be checks for faulty or rusted wires and broken in Nln n Force Polo and Christopher Hanley new they maintain the squadrons 75 antennas which Are mounted on wooden and steel vary ing in height from so to 250 on an average Day we each climb about four antennas and spend about two hours in the Mcvey this adds up to 10 hours a 520 hours a antennas Are checked for faults broken All antennas Are inspected at least once a and if Trou ble As often As Neces while working on line men Wear hard fabric helmets and safety when they climb a Tower they carry several pounds of tools a screw Drivers and linemen go through a three month training school before they Are assigned to a communication maintenance Spang Wing declares Odwar Germany March 18 special a lurking enemy  Dere Hief out of commission on Short notice without firing a shot is the target for a highly hostile Force of officers and airmen of the 48th tactical fighter this week the Battle against Fod foreign object damage Sot into full swing on the Spang Dahlem flight line Asse purity commanders and even janitors went on a red Alert Tor foreign heavy Byrdea the biggest Burden of the War fans on the of the Many mechanics who service and repair Wing officials be Lieve that by singling out the Serl out effects of foreign on engine and gear of base and educating the flight Una personnel to the costly dam age that a single nut or Bolt can they can win the the effects of an Fod object was pointed out in the example of one u cent Boll that recently 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special the Glesson support Center has recorded a Cost reduction program Sav Ings of for the second Quarter of the current fiscal year according to Walter submarine stressed by French by James Gunter Sun writer March 18 Sas like the United is emphasizing submarines in its p tons for nuclear delivery Capa says a Young officer Here to study the French Navy on a Fulbright Ensign Thomas Blake hum Mph rays of one of four 1965 naval Academy graduates who won Fulbright scholar ships to carry out Scholastic re projects said i prance plans to have a nuclear submarine in operation by i several nuclear subs Are being he Carrieri fading on the other the trend in France is away from aircraft car Humphreys mid the French have three carriers now and one will be phased out by the 26yearoid Ensign came Here last to to study the role of the modern French Nam at the University of he has been doing much research it the Bibliog Cheque do Monistere Des armies Marine and will write a paper which he May use for a thesis in getting a masters de the Library has everything on the French and the librarian has been very said he said he Olio has met authorities on the French Navy through the research conducted Ensign Robert another 1965 Annapolis is con ducting a research project in Paris on a he Humphreys has studied the French language for More than eight years during his schooling at Kent school in Williams College in Williams and the naval acad be said the experience of Liv ing in Paris has sharpened us use of the language and has Given my first close band look at the French i did on the continuity an change in the French Navy while i was at the acad he i lived in a French literary world for a Long but one ride on the metro in Paris is Worth a lot of Litera Ture in getting to know the next july he will report to for bight train ski Center Joyful Berch test dec March u three Days of steady fall Brig he Joy to Hoad reds of Solen to the Beretes Gaden recreation with assurances that the full learn to ski week be ginning March Woom it be washed out by unseasonable even the lower slopes used by the ski school were reported la excellent the school will Coaline to take applications for the five Days of expert instruction offered by the recce Atwa application can be made by Triep Brae to Berchtesgaden Hlf itary in or