European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 10, 1967, Darmstadt, Hesse                              Sunday september 10, 1967 the stars and stripes Page 7.�. Hedge high9  in my a it t c hot new of n split Viet is to i to i i i to t by Jim Strouhm Auffort Worth Tex. A two new types of  Fighter aircraft including the controversial swing Wing fill warplane will make their debut Over Vietnam battlegrounds late this year or Early in 1968. Able to Fly supersonic at Low altitudes below 1,000 feet fills could add a new dimension to the Vietnam conflict. They Are designed to Speed undetected beneath radars destroy enemy planes before they can get off the ground and scoot away before a enemy can strike Back. Seven versions of the revolutionary aircraft Are under construction or in various phases of development at the fort Worth division of general dynamics corp. At a nearby defense Plant in Dallas another Type aircraft the a7 Corsair is also being built for use in Viet . Spokesmen for the prime con tractor the Vought aeronautics Divi Sion of Ltd aerospace corp., said the firm plans to deliver 199 of the High firepower Light attach a7 bombers to the Navy by the end of this year. Slightly bigger Corsair is to be in use by the air Force in 1969. Built with Holdup wings to be stored and deployed from aircraft carriers the first Squadron of single engine a7corsairs will operate from the aircraft Carrier Ranger stationed in the Pacific Navy officials said. The plane will be Able to Fly at speeds of nearly 600miles an hour and operate at Low altitudes below the effective capability of radar screens and enemy ground to air missiles. They Are being designed to carry multiple combinations of weapons and operate for a Long time with out refuelling. The a7s endurance should outlast enemy supersonic air Craft in defensive dogfights at Low Alti tude officials said. The fill better known As the tfx probably will appear in Vietnam Early next year defense department source said. Each twin engine fill will Fly faster farther and carry a greater payload nuclear or conventional with an unexcelled capability to penetrate sophisticated enemy defences said Harold Brown Secretary of the air Force. In the context of the current Vietnam conflict this Means that the fill would have several times the Range payload capability of an f4 or aircraft now in use in Vietnam and eliminate the  for Tanker  the plane is Best known for it moveable Wing. Each Wing is extended like outward arms for subsonic an Landing Maneu vers then folded Back against the aircraft body for High Alti tude flight up to about 1,665 . Once conceived As a single All Pur pose aircraft that would satisfy combined needs of the air Force and Navy the fill now is being produced or de signed in seven different versions. It has been ordered by the air Force As a tactical fighter f111a a strategic bomber fb111 strike reconnaissance f111d, and reconnaissance aircraft,rf111a. It has been ordered by the Navy As an air superiority fighter,f111b by the Royal australian air Force As a strike aircraft f111c, Andy the British Royal air Force As a strike reconnaissance aircraft f111k. In 1962, Pentagon planners predicted each combined air Force Navy fill aircraft would Cost about $2.8 million dollars. Present estimates show each f111a air Force tactical fighter will Cost $5 million while each Navy f111b costs $8 million. Red Cross recruiting retirees Washington special retired military personnel and those soon to retire May find re warding careers As Field directors for the american red  at National Headquarters Here Are convinced that for Mer servicemen make some of the Best Field directors and Are actively recruiting them. Because of the current build up in Vietnam and a correspond ing increase in red Cross serv ices the  for new directors is increasing. Following training and some on the Job experience in the ., most newcomers tothe ranks can expect a one year tour of duty in Southeast Asia. One of the chief responsibilities of a Field director is counsel ing and helping servicemen i times of personal or family crisis. A background in the so Cial sciences therefore is help Ful. Also a Large part of the arc worker s time is spent in help ing servicemen by provid ing emergency communications service to obtain reports regard ing the health and welfare of their families to alleviate apprehension and concern. Some 19,000 messages now pass betwee Vietnam and the states every month. A new employee starts As a assistant Field director. The Sal Ary ranges from $6,0�7 to $8,720.there Are additional allowances when serving in Many overseas locations and the fringe benefits include annual leave and leave life and Hospital insurance a retirement plan an credit Union. Applicants May Contact Redcross National Headquarters personnel department in Washington or the personnel offices in any of the four area  Are Eastern area 615 North St. Asaph St., Alexandria a. Midwestern area 4050 Lin Dell blvd., St. Louis to. South Eastern area 1955 Monroe dr., n.e., Atlanta a. Or Western area 1550 Sutler St., san fran Cisco. Defense department officials attrib Ute the higher Cost to program changes reduced quantities changes in deploy ment concepts added firepower capability not originally planned and in creased Cost of the Airframe and engine. Maj. Gen. John l. Zoeckler air Force systems come s Deputy for fill development said higher unit costs have not dimmed military planners admiration for the plane s wartime potential. Equipped with Phoenix air to air missiles the Navy s version will protect  Fleets by destroying enemy aircraft at great distances h e said. The air Force fighter version willbe Able to Fly in All weather conditions take off and land on Short run ways Sod Fields if needed and Fly on automatic Pilot at Low Altitude Soa Pilot can spend time seeking his tar get Zoeckler said. Each fill probably will be Able to replace several other Type aircraft now in use he said and will fill  Mili tary needs for at least 15 to 20 years before another style aircraft is required. Of Aims for the Best in its weapons system by Jack k. Graeme Alamogordo . Up an f4d phantom fighter streaks Low Over the ground canno chattering. Below several pairs of eyes follow the Brown and Green Jet with intense interest. But there Are no explosions no screams no one is killed. This is not Southeast Asia but South Ern new Mexico and the men on the ground Are not Viet con Manning antiaircraft guns but skilled technicians Manning High Speed cameras and telescopes. This is Holloman air Force base sprawling Over 50,000 acres near Alamogordo adjust adjacent to the White Sands missile Range. Here Small group of men who make up the flight test engineering ranch of the aircraft and mis Sile test directorate is testing and retesting the air Force s newest weapons systems tomake sure they do what the manufacturer has  weapons Don t have War Heads explained maj. Jaryis Jen sen head of the engineering Branch. We re interested in How the system fits into the f4, and the delivery and guidance whether the weapon will hit the target. What it does after thatis a Job for the armament peo  during each test flight 12optic stations six tracing Tele Scopes and two radar stations track the plane providing a time history of every 100th Ofa second for study and analysis. Of the 17 men assigned to the engineering Branch three offi cers including Jensen have master s degrees two Are qualified test pilots. The other office shave Bachelor s degrees in Sci ence and the enlisted men Areall highly trained scientific technicians. An Engineer who does t Fly can come up with some pretty wild ideas said maj. Fran Belinne who holds a master s degree in mathematics. The in Falcon fury maj. Donald Lobart left and maj. Fran Belinne air Force test pilots at Alamogordo ., look Over the latest Falcon missile the aim4d, which will provide nesting for the f4 phantom fighter. Up photo Ginee is can have a great idea but if it won t work in the plane it s no  most recently the engineering Branch has been testing the Vari Ous armaments used with the new f4d,  As 20mm. Cannon bombs rockets and missiles. Thef4d, an advanced Model of the f4c now being used in Southe Astasia carries up to 16,000 pounds of armament twice that of the four engine b17 bomber of world War ii. The f4d Basic test program was created to determine the operational performance of the air Craft and its compatibility with All its subsystems Jensen  the subsystems tested were a new automatic weapon computer a new gunfight for use with the new Suu-16 Gat Ling gun which computes the Lead distance in front of a enemy aircraft so he flies into the Cannon fire the Shrike mis Sile delivery system and the heat seeking aim-4d airborne interceptor missile. A total of l69 flights we remade to evaluate new systems and the compatibility of thef4d and the Shrike an air to ground missile now in use i Vietnam As a Sam Buster homing in on radar at the rus Sian supplied North Vietnam Ese Sa-2 Sam ground to air missile Sites. A second program of 151 flight was conducted to test the aim 4d with the f4d launch sys tems. More than a score of Jet target drones have been blasted from the sky with the aim-4d in tests. The f4 will carry four of the missiles when they be come operational. 3 hospitals set to Aid vietnamese Washington special . Army will build and staff three hospitals in Vietnam witha total of 1,100 Beds for Viet namese civilians who have suffered War related injuries. In addition within the next three months 300 Hospital Beds in existing  Military facilities in Vietnam will be made Avail Able for the care of vietnamese civilians. These Beds currently Are excess to  Military requirements. Ready in december hospitals at Danang and Chulai with a total of 700 Beds Are expected to be completed and ready for occupancy by this december. A 400-bed Hospital inthe me Kong Delta area prob ably at can Tho is schedule for completion by april 15, 1968. Army medical personnel willbe supplied by deployment of medical units from the unite states. These units Are made up of selected skills within the army and Are located at various installations around the  civilians with War related injuries have been treated on a space available basis in  Military hospitals through out Vietnam. Battleship skipper Washington is  g. Alexander of Charles ton s.c., a Veteran gunnery offi cer and one time commander of the destroyer escort Hartley an the guided missile destroyer Semmes will be the commander of the battleship new Jersey. Stateside service