European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 06, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse Londay 6, 1961 the stars and stripes Page 9 Force Exchange Pilot enjoying Navy tour the special Carriere did t Ixo the difference Between now Wornon yellow shirt and a Green fart when he started but naval action terminology is now old to air Force maj. Charles the Exchange Pilot hag made lore than 100 landings on air Craft does he think of the experience there s no carnival ride that will give you the thrill of a night arrestment the 34-year-old Wilson vouched with a big smile. He was talking about the catch Stop required in land ing on a got into the Navy air Force Exchange program when he was due for rotation from Langley fab a. They asked me if wanted to Volunteer for it he said and i did. But they must have had my orders already writ ten was transferred from the 48th fighter intercept so a Langley to the Navy s vf101 at Oceana va., in january 1967. A Oceana he went through ground school then was sent to Keywest fla., to get checked out in an f4 phantom the first twin engine plane he had Ever was still with vf101 when he took his Carrier qualification tests on the Forrestal and was 10 million Ignal site inn built Collano Italy special Aone Lane roman Road leads to a wide Asphalt Entrance of a 10million computerized Auto Din system in this quiet pastoral set Ting. The site surrounded on three sides by the Low Pisa Hills and open to the Mediterranean on the fourth Side when completed will be one of the most advanced enters under signal group Mediterranean. It is built close to the spoon which Guglielmo Marconi italian inventor and radio Pio Neer built his wireless transmit Ter in 1911.available Power to Power the huge station enough electrical Power to run a Small City must be available. The addition of the Autori system demands that More generators also be installed. Forty four by 80-foot Bill Board antennas and parabolic i antennas with 30-foot diameter Send signals throughout Europe and Over the world. Army technicians Are shuttle to the site in three shifts to per form the 24-hour-a-Day Manning operation. The latest addition to the Sites not a remarkable piece of elec tronic equipment but is a Fleecy am named 2nd it. Troop. He is the culmination of a waving relationship Between an italian Shepherd Salvatore Furio who grazes his flock outside the Gate and the soldiers who Man the Multi million Dollar communications site. Turkish Drivers honoured Gigli a Turkey special ten turkish soldiers who drove As much As 85,000 Kilometres without a traffic Accident in two years of service with land Southeast and 6th Nataf were honoured at the Skrinyer Garrison motor Pool Here. Military an civilian Drivers and natos out standing mechanics of the Quarter were also recognized. 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To elect traction from clerk delegates to state of the circuit court county of residence. Convention Mem Bers of state committees and members of boards of election for additional information consult your voting officer. Who Are you twin confusion in 24th Sig bit Augsburg Germany Spe a fused he thought there was Only Cial Are you the lineman one of us me Black or the Mechanic Black Over the past year and a half 1st sgt. Luke Wilkinson of co cof the Victory division s 24th signal by has asked this ques Tion hesitatingly in front of formations. It s understandable. The Broth ers Are identical twins. Terry and Jerry Black look so much alike that most people have trouble distinguishing one from the other. They were together in the same Basic training company at it. Bliss tex., and then took their Ait together at another Post. Many funny incidents occurred throughout the eight weeks of Basic training. The funniest says Terry was the fact that our platoon sergeant got con impressed with the precision a Carrier Landing thing that impressed me he said was the system of safety checks made right up to the time of the catapult shot in the air Force you Are Tak ing off from a strip and therein no one close enough to Check and see if there is anything wrong. But on an aircraft Carrier there Are men working under Neath your plane until seconds before you leave the ship and if something s wrong they can see it and get in Transfer Wilson transferred to vf33, another phantom Squadron inlay of last year and began the shipboard life that has shown him the differences and the parallels in the service Pilot s Day to Day ways of doing things. Pilots pretty much talk about the same things he said and added that they Are always look ing at the Green on the other Side of the service Fence an wondering if it might be better. He said that the noises that Are constant aboard ship bothered him for a time but that Overall conditions were better than i postage stamp the size of the America the Navy s newest aircraft Carrier also impresses Wilson but instill looks like a postage stamp when you firs look Down an think of Landing on Nancy Lee Wilson thinks he husband has an interesting Job but naturally she does t care for the separation that is involved. The major and his wife live a Virginia Beach va., with their three daughters. Nancy 19, Joanne 7, and Brenda Lee 4. The family is due for More separations because Wilson s tour with vf33 won t be Over until the end of the year. By then he May have doubled the 100 land Ings he made recently during i training exercises with the 2ndknew Terry was standing in for Fleet in the Caribbean. To 1 m r togetherness Terry left or is it right. Well anyway us Jerry Rigil or led. The Black twins Are assigned to co a 24th signal a and share the same rank room looks and Eveni or daily stars and stripes army photo Hama Muskas usually when there was an inspection in the company i waste one who was inspected even Hough Jerry stood right next Jerry continued. I always waited to be inspected but they would pass right by me. One Day i said hey you forgot me twas the first and last time i was Ever inspected graduation from Basic the twins were sent to Wood mo., for Ait the Brothers were As signed to Usa eur. Terry arrived first and was sent to the24th inf div 35 Days later Jerry afterwards he placed a phone Call to his brother. Terry went to his company commander then capt. John Bergen who Hadan opening for the lineman and requested Jerry be assigned to his the past year and a half they have shared the same room and frequently Are seen off duty together. When asked if the were always close they replied we disliked each other while growing up. In fact we used Tobe friends with another set of twins we grew up with and each one disliked his brother in the other their lives the Brothers have pulled Many tricks capitalizing on their very close resemblance. The last two howl ers came at Jerry s wedding just before they went into the serv phoned Terry on the night of the wedding rehearsal and informed him he had car trouble on the freeway and would t to Able to make rehearsal went on As scheduled and Only the Bride Jerry. The other caper occurred at and he will probably sound alot More convincing when he the wedding reception. The Bride talks about a yellow shirt be and Groom were receiving guests ing a traffic director on a flight in the reception line when Jerry. Deck and a Blue shirt being a was called outside. Pinch hitting plane Pusher than Many sailors Terry took his place and few i Home on leave when they Start people knew they were shaking saying. There was this air the Best Man s hand instead of i Force Pilot we had on Board the Groom s. I see " to Jettison canopies hard to Tell air Force maj Charles a. Wilson an Exchange Pilot flying with the Navy looks no different than any other car Rier Pilot As he poses near to his f4. Phantom
