European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 18, 1967, Darmstadt, Hesse                              Page 8 cites its advantages the stars and stripes wednesday october 18, 1967 general dynamics answers critics on fill Washington up general dynamics corporation manufacturers of the world s most controversial aircraft the fill replied to critics of the revolutionary  is twice As accurate As any bomber in the air Force today and flies further and faster than any other fighter bomber in the world a company spokesman  of the fill has mounted recently in Britain which has ordered 50 of them modified for service wit the Royal air Force. The Only Way to appreciate the enor Mous advantages made in this aircraft is to compare it with the aircraft it was designed to replace the air Force sf105b and the Navy s phantom or f4b," the spokesman  f105b has until recently been the Workhorse fighter bomber of  with the f105b, the e spokes Man said the fill leads with these advantages it flies 20 per cent faster and higher and five times As far with the Sam payload on ferrying flight it can Fly Halfast far again without refuelling and has no need of refuelling in a combat environment not Only is it faster but is More powerful with 40 per cent greater thrust. With a navigational accuracy greater by a Factor of 8.7, it operates with full efficiency at night and in All weath ers. The Pilot can eject safely at an Speed and Altitude. Compared with the phantom the Navy f111b. Has 150 per cent greater combat radius and can remain on station 80 per cent longer has a 22 knots slower Landing Speedon carriers. Can detect enemy aircraft at three times the Range of the phantom and fires missiles with a similarly greater Range. A unique advantage of the f111b visits ability to keep track of 24 targets simultaneously whereas the phantom can Only track one the spokesman said. The f111a had exceeded expectation sin its operation capability As in actual tests it was flying 20 hours a Mont More than anticipated according to general dynamics. Recreation workshop set to open thursday by James Gunther staff writer Berchtesgaden g e a Many is about 150 Ameri can and european members of the european recreation society ers Are expected to Assem ble at the Berchtesgaden or Hof hotel Here thursday through saturday for the eighth annual meeting of the . Gen. Edward l. Rowny Deputy chief of staff for Logis tics at he Usa eur will address the conference on recreation As a commander sees . James j. Raciti assistant director of the Mediterranean and Middle East european division University of Maryland will deliver the keynote address a South conference convenes Naples special military officials from Turkey Greece and Italy will Convene in Ankara Turkey on wednesday in the Sec Ond annual Southern Region con Ference Between nato com Manders and National authorities adm. Charles d. Griffin . Navy commander in chief Allied forces Southern Europe a South  for the two Day Confer ence will be Gen. Cemal Tural chief of the turkish general staff. Griffin who has called the conference will be conference chairman. Exchange views the conference Griffin said is called to provide turkish greek and italian authorities and nato commanders an Opportunity to discuss and Exchange views regarding defense problems inthe Southern Region. In particular we will discuss operational plans procedures defense pos Tures and readiness of forces indy nato command  Griffin said that the first such conference held in Rome in 1966, proved to be a great Success an that he expects to continue the policy of holding such an annual conference on a rotational basis in each of the nato Southern Region countries. Athens would be the site of the 1968 conference. On Challenge of Leisure time or terror of  founded by americans in Europe in 1959 As a chapter of the then american recreation society ers provides an Exchange of ideas for persons interest Din recreation programming. The importance of sports i scheduled for discussion at the meeting by maj. James , Usa eur International sports officer and 1964 olympic modern Pentathlon Silver medal Winner at Tokyo . Air Force capt. David a. Kirkwood 1964 olympic team member and 1stlt. Willie Rieke commandant of the bund Estehr sports  speakers on the work shop Agenda include col. Jerry. Clark chief of Psychol pm service . Army general hos Pital Lan Stuhl maj. J. M. Ronden Royal dutch air Force maj. Franklin Drucker chief psychiatrist . Air Force Hospital at Wiesbaden Edmund j. Mccaffrey principal of the Junior High school at Lan Stuhl. Also col. H. H. Peeters director of personnel services Royal dutch air Force  d. Montondo chief of the . Army special service Agency Europe and it. Col. A. C. L. Sperling British army of the Rhine. Subjects for discussion include the military Man of today sociological and psychological factors International Mili tary recreation internal fest9 Marks Progress at new Neucom Tion altion volunteers overseas in Redrea recreation agencies and youth activities  Celebration Gen. David a. Burchinal congratulates William Schweitzer Job Foreman at the site of the new command and control facility being constructed at Patch Barracks. The Occa Sion marked the traditional German Observance celebrating the roofing in of a construction project. Neucom photo ears Teeth weight a of Stuttgart Germany Spe Cial . Military officials of eur com he and workers of Stuttgart construction firm joined in the festivities of a Richt fest Here Over the week end to celebrate the roofing in of the new $1.8 million Patch Barracks command an control facility. A Richt fest is the traditional German Observance for the roofing in of buildings under construction. The traditional Celebration was attended by Gen. David a. Burchinal Neucom Deputy commander in chief Albert Haas project architect fran Wachter the builder his Crew of workmen and Many of the Headquarters military staff. Scheduled for completion March 1 1968, the air conditioned three Story steel an Concrete Structure will have 54,000 Square feet of floor space. It will House the Euco communications Center War room and other internal facilities associated with the exer Cise of United states commandant control responsibilities in Europe and will be one of the most modern facilities of its kind in the world . Official said. Burchinal praised the crafts Manship of the w o r k m e a telling them they could be proud of the Job they Are doing As construction is ahead of schedule. The project was begun inlay shortly after the relocation of the Headquarters to Patch Barracks from Camp Des loges in France. A nil it arranges Soldier Zero defects award Pitburg Germany is airman . Clarence w. Snyder jr., 22nd tactical fighter ,36th tactical fighter Wing has been named Zero defects Man of the month. He was awarded a three Day pass. By Larry Crisman Kaiserslautern. Ger Many special before spec. 4 James o. West or. Came into the army he was All ears. Now the 20-year-old tuba player for the 32nd army air de sense come band looks like any body else thanks to the army medical corps. West s almost unheard of Story really began at birth. He was born with out of joint Earsin Short they stuck out but the  How the defect was corrected began last year. Here s How it happened Solend an ear West was in a dentist s office at Lan Stuhl army medical Cen Ter when an Eye ear nose an Throat doctor noticed his pro truding ears. The doctor said West let me fix your  West who was t sure the Doc Tor was sincere agreed. A few spec. 4 James West weeks later the trooper had anew set of ears. The operation took about fou hours West said. They worked 2j/� hours on my Righter and an hour on my  West explained that the Doc tors made a incision behind each ear and removed a cartilage which was causing his ears to stick out. Immediately after the sur Gery West s ears were judged 75 per cent Normal. West whose Hometown is Baltimore md., has had other medi Cal work while in the army. When he came in he had asunder bite that caused his lower plate of Teeth to stick out slightly from his upper plate. Army dentists fixed that witha partial plate. West has also lost almost 55pounds since he s been in the army. In Basic training he tipped the Scales at 245. Now he weighs around 190."the army has done a Good Job on me. And i appreciate it West said. I could never have afforded the medical expense Sas a  closed mess studied by army worldwide it. Mcclellan Ala. Spe Cial a year Long test to deter mine the feasibility of army wide adoption of a closed mess plan for Bachelor officers an warrant officers is being con ducted Here As part of a depart ment of defense housing study. The army closed mess consists of a mess recreation Center and quarters. Maid and janitorial service for the quarters is provided from appropriated funds