European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 05, 1967, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday october 5, 1967 the stars and stripes log 9 keeping jets flying is shocking9 Oft by James romansh Wiesbaden special a aircraft is no better than any one of the intricate component which let it Fly. One of the most essential of these is the modern Day sophisticated electrical sys tem the nerve Center of the air Craft. From the initial flick of the starting switch to final touch Down some electrical system comes into play informing the Crew of exact aircraft conditions. In today s congested skies a aircraft cannot Fly without a smoothly functioning electrical system. Without its warning directing guiding and control de vices the aircraft would be a definite danger to itself another planes. Reliance on electrical system Sis necessary because the Pilot cannot visually Check Ever component. Today s aircraft is literally a electrical monster. Examine the wiring and tubes in a c135 to prove the Point. There Are 700 electronic tube sin the electronic systems of the c135, approximately the number needed to build 50 television sets. Each of them require electrical Power to activate the systems. The heat generated Fly these tubes would comfortably warm an average five room Range in size from sub miniatures an Inch in length and one Quarter Inch in diameter to others nearly a foot Long witha five Inch diameter. The same aircraft generate enough electrical Power to sup ply All the needs for 35 . Homes. In addition there Are 5,000 wires in the circuits Otaling 14 Miles in length. The electrical maintenance Viall Wiesbaden air base aircraft is the Mission of the 7101st Fiel maintenance Branch electric shop. The seven military and six civilian electrical technicians Are responsible for maintenance of seven different types of air Craft permanently based Wiesbaden c118, c121, c131, t29 t39, t33, and dc975.in addition to caring for these permanent charges Atta All transient aircraft Landing Here the aerospace systems Section also maintains a c135 based at Rhine main and air attache aircraft located in Brussels Stockholm Helsinki and Kabul Afghanistan i was amazed at the versatility of. The technicians sadism. Sgt. John t. Trumbull who recently took Over the aerospace systems Branch. They perform maintenance on reciprocating aircraft As Well As jets without any major prob lems. This shows up in our shop reparable record where we Havet Een Able to put Back in com Mission approximately 95 per ent of the components brought in for Trumbull let it be known that this came about not by Chance but through the combined Effort Sand professional skill of All the technicians. He especially singled out t. Sgt. Warren Ander son shop Coic and civilian technician Herbert Steiber shop Foreman under whose direction the actual aircraft maintenance is performed. General Freund Vii corps c of s is Vietnam vet Stuttgart Germany Spe Cial Brig. Gen. John f. Freund reassigned from Viet Nam will take Over As Vii corps chief of staff Friday. Trouble shooting Herbert Steiber i Vili Ait shop Foreman helps airman . Thomas trouble locate a wiring defect with a Multi meter. 76th army band to play own March sunday Worms Germany special the 76th army band now has its own March the German american Friendship March an original composition with Atri National flavor. It will be performed publicly for the first time sunday at the German National Garden show final adjustment Emil Belz civilian electrician makes final adjustment on a test panel he designed and built for testing of voltage regulators. -a1 photos Rogers Karlsruhe heard the army band for the first in Karlsruhe. Thus an american army band will play a March composed and arranged by Agerman who was formerly a regimental bandmaster in the French foreign legion before an International audience. The composer w. A. Popp of 76th time when they performed at the Den show there in june. So impressed was he by the band s musicianship and versatility audits contributions to International Friendship and understanding that he decided on the spot to compose a March and Dedi Cate it to the 76th. On september 6 Popp presented the composition to the band s commanding officer two Sam Uel f. Brown jr., during one of the band s appearances in the area. He sent us the arrange ments for the different instruments of the band by mail shortly afterwards. We began edit ing and rehearsing. Now we re ready to go with it for the first 10 Barracks okd Washington is Workis now under Way on the construction of permanent Barrack for 3,260 soldiers at it. Gordon ga., under a $10.6 million con tract awarded by the army. The project which will take about two years to Complete Calls for the construction of 10enlisted complexes to include classrooms and dining facilities. Time in Public and the ban members and i think it s a really great military March brow said. During a recent recording ses Sion for a radio show. Brown and the 76th Cut a special tape re cording of the March which he plans to present to Popp during the sunday s concert at Karls Ruhe As a souvenir of the join Effort. He succeeds Brig. Gen. Glen. Long who departed Vii corps tuesday for the 3rd army Dispost As assistant division com Nander for support. The new chief of staff received he purple heart earlier this year or a wound suffered in an at empt to Rescue infantrymen of the 199th Light infantry brigade of which he was commanding general. He was wounded near Saigon when co a 4th in 12th of of his brigade and the vietnamese army s 30th Ranger in were engaged in a bitter firefight with a Viet Cong Force. Prior to service in Vietnam Freund was assigned to the of fice of the joint chiefs of staff after filling other positions in the Pentagon. Earlier he had commanded the 36th arty group in Ger Many an assignment that Fol Lowed service As the chief of the civil affairs division usar eur Between August and october 1958. Before that Freund was chief of the plans and operations Branch g3, All at Usa eur. Military schooling includes the army artillery and missile school s guided missile depart ment command and general staff College and the National War College. He had been serving in the Oriental Battle Arena since septem Ber 1965, with duties As Assis Tant director joint . Public affairs office Field service of Mac followed by two separate posts As a special assistant Token. William c. Westmoreland the . Commander in Vietnam and then the commander of the 199th inf brigade in March of this year. Pitburg Germany is a. Sgt. Donald b. Wolford. System trouble shooting an analysis chief 36th Arma ment and electronics sphere has been named the Squadron s Zero defects Manof the month. Clark visits Gigli Izmir area Gigli a Turkey special chaplain Brig. Gen William l. Clark Deputy chief of air Force chaplains recently visited the Gigli Izmir area while on Atour of Safe and Tus log installations. 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