European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 22, 1966, Darmstadt, Hesse                                S goes on a sortie the planes Are handsome in heir Load it an ugly Shock to the the Mission is and drug parachutes help slow the speedy phantom jets for successful of Dak s4s staff writer the Weatherman was All too appear i bit Valley looked like a Trench jul with dirty we heard the voice of our fac air controller for the first b Baron in in this ill liver Bird turning of feet below we could Ulm tee the Nan who was the key oar the supersonic jets do d Moo this one in flying an unarmed it mane just above the Trees to Tell to inhere the bombs and rockets it theres bean considerable amounts of a Hurnt fire Here the past few Days will be some hutches up in there Are no friendlies m intoned the relaxed i dropping your it want going to be All that the would have to come in Ridge at almost Treetop Uto the fire and pull out a matter of spilt tar looking Over the one put spoke for voice came Over the radio pairs of this at the rockets would be fired As run As possible to reduce the number mis Over the target be four planes lined up and went into Ping left turn combined with a Rich 1966 Roberts was in the Lead and suddenly his plane sent out a Spray of fire that looked like a Hundred roman under the the ground exploded and flames shot into the air As the Sec Ond and third planes poured their rockets into the same youre taking ground the fac radioed is 3 had several tracers by my lets get that Stock Man said As he rolled in to Hump and the rockets were you dont get to see your own stuff hit very often because the Pilot is pulling my face my a Yard Long in the crushing Power of the the the pilots Call the automatic inflation of my suit made me feel like a stuffed How anyone can Fly a plane at the same Lime will forever be a mystery to that Good got a Nice fire started came the voice of the fac put the other rockets right in the same Roberts was already Rel Long in for his second pass and the other Phinus Wavro in As the second liar agr hit them was a muffled explosion from the hutches a Cloud of Gray smoke boiled you got a Nice secondary the fac the color of the smoke indicated it had been there was no More fire from the machine gun on the ground As the entire urea was ripped for the second next came the the planes swooped in to Cross the Ridge and dive into the  went the pistol As Stockman sprayed the target area and started another tight ahead of the plane the ground sparkled with Bright flashes us the shells Cut across the again the crushing weight of the is and drops of sweat fell Oft my forehead As i Laboured to breathe All right put them about 15 meters to uie left along the Ridge came the unemotional voice of the Roberts led his pilots on two runs into the think a standing on the Ridge with a could have shot Down All four one Pilot commented the fire was burning itself out As Stockman pulled up from his final you got five of the hutches and that you prot Ahly rot some but 1 cant be the fac while the phantoms Fli Mictl for Alti tude the Little Silver plane went poking on Down the Valley to see if i stir tip ground quickly the four jets pulled into formation at feel and headed for then plane 3 reported a drop in Oil pressure on one there was no Way to Tell if it was caused by the ground fire or just a mechanical but the base was alerted for a precaution Ary Landing and Leverett was to land the trouble but Leverett brought his sleek Jet Down perfectly and the drag Chute popped out to bring the plane to a Roberts landed next and barely made it off the main strip when his brakes a tug was summoned to Tow the plane into the storage Stockman greased in his Landing and the Mission was Over except for the de ills passenger Felt Liki a Well wrung out perhaps the most incredible thing is the realization that these old men of the Fly two missions in a single this makes it a Little easier to believe some of the stories circulated around the har late at you hear about our Pilot who shot the elephant with a recoilless Rifle strapped to its Back Vav not saying its but 1 heard one of our pilots made a Toucan do Lar Alirio at Yii Koi the feeling there just May be one or two White scarves tucked away under the flying jackets of the the stars and stripes u