European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 22, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes wednesday May 22, ground support is key to of s new plane design Washington is after three years of doing the Job with aircraft originally designed for other missions the air Force is now developing an air plane specifically for close sup port for ground  comes about As a result of the successes in Vietnam with the Al sky Raider and the f4 phantom both Carrier air Craft types the a37, a Modi fied Trainer and the f5 interceptor. It will also take care of the army s need for More support As a result of streamlining an lightening of units for faster employment and greater Mobil Ity. The air plane is now simply known As the a for attack experimental but like a hos of others now on the drawing Board a will revolutionize Airpower and performance in the 1970s and 1980s. Aircraft developments take time and Money and the a is no exception however this on should see lot earlier the Light of Day because it will be derived largely from off the shelf items 85 per cent of which Are already available. Entailing Only minimum de a would give capabilities interns of survivability Speed loiter time payloads Shortcake off and Landing characteristics and austere Basing capability air Force chief of staff Gen. John p. Mcconnell told 41 Senate committee recently. Specifically this Means a will probably be Able to us Forward airstrips of about 1,200 foot runways a loiter time Over the Battlefield of from two to five hours withstand some enemy ground fire and place the whole Gamut of aircraft Ord Nance Cannon fire bombs and rockets conventi Alon target. Europe Region top gee a honors Wiesbaden special the european gee a re Gion a major air Force organization located Here has been named the most proficient unit in the ground electronics engineering installation Agency. The distinction was Signi fied by presentation of atrophy to col. Jack Hunter Region commander by Brig. Gen. Franklin a. Nichols gee a commander at a re cent gee a world wide com Manders conference at grif Fiss fab . European gee a won the Honor on the basis of the unit s showing in the Agency s management perform Ance system which rates such areas As communications electronics engineering and installation completions safety Cost reduction and in formation. The impressive trophy is being displayed in the various directorates and staff offices of european gee a on a rotating basis. Every individual in this organization had a hand in winning this trophy Hunter said and i want each of of a craftsman but Oil. For the quiet life a elopement Theus improved i one Star Board i to meet i Heidelberg is Usa eur he has received word that a selection Board to recommend army pro motion list Al officer for temporary appointment to the Grade of brigadier general will meet in the states on june 3.to be considered Are a regular army per manent colonels Aplas of May 31, 1968.all temporary colonels Al with Date of rank of dec. 31, 1966, or earlier. All serving colonels Aplas of May 31, 1968,whose Basic Date for pro motion is on or before dec. 31, 1945 year group 1945 and earlier regard less of Date of rank. The primary zone of consideration will be year groups 1942 through 1945.the selection Board May also recommend not More than 10 per cent of their selections from year groups1946 and later and not More than 5 per cent from year groups 1941 and ear Lier. There is no age  being considered May submit communications in accordance with Section 3297 title 10of the . Code to the secretariat for a Selec Tion boards 5th floor tavern Square bldg., 421king st., Alexandria va., 22314. By Steve Gibson staff writer Ellingen Germany is spec. 4 Walter eanes his unit Sonly Green Beret has gone through in four years almost Smuch As Many soldiers experience in an entire  21-year-old 87th maintenance in i who joined the army when he was 17, has in Vietnam been temporarily Para lazed by a Poison Dart stuck with a Pun i stick and wounded by five bullets when parachuting into Viet Cong land. Backing the states he was on one Occa Sion admonished by Gen. Harold. Johnson army chief of staff. With All this behind him eanes finds himself now As signed As a 3rd support Brig Ade craftsman. Eanes made the Ocean hop Tomon Coonville in july 1965 when the 101st airborne div was sent to Vietnam. Shortly after arriving during a practice Mission he was struck by a Poison Dart that paralysed him for several Days. On the first major Victory forthe screaming eagles eanes received his second wound. He stepped on a Pun i stick during an operation at an Khe for which he was awarded the purple  the airborne qualified specialist who occasionally was used As a sniper because of his expert ability with automatic weapons was introduced to the Spe Cial forces when he made a Quick decision to Volunteer his radio operating skill. I was on a plane waiting Totake off to help refute a . Attack on a strategic Airfield guarded by a special forces team when my co called me off eanes explained. My co told me that a special Force steam was on a plane that was going to precede the main coun Ter attack Force and that the radio operator on the 14-Manteam had been killed. He asked me if i would Volunteer to Fly in with the Green  shortly after Enes said yes he found himself parachuting from 500 feet out of a Caribou a two engine prop plane. I could see the Viet con moving around on the ground and i thought i was doing a goo Job of dodging tracer bullets said eanes until i was 20 fee above the ground and five shells ripped into my  his own request eanes was then assigned to the Honor guar company at Arlington National cemetery. Following a Short period As a guard at the grave of the late president John f. Kennedy and As a practice guard at the Tomb of the unknowns he was assigned As an usher in the it. Meyer Post Cha Pel near the Arlington cemetery. The specialist 4 recalls with poignant embarrassment one visit by the army chief of staff. Usually general Johnson said very Little when he visited the Chapel but on this memorable Day As he entered the Chapel he commented on my medals then mentioned my combat infantryman s badge was upside Down eanes slowly explained. Nothing further was said after i quickly righted the badge. One of my buddies had turned the badge upside Down the night before and the general waste first to  them to enjoy this that we arc  in addition to Tho Headquarters at evidence Ibert regional i  european Geniau installing Quality Ommul cations electronics fad i throughout Europe North Africa and Tho Middle was include the 2874th gee a so. At Ramstein a Ger Many the 2879th gee a sol at Athens Greece and Deb 6 and 7 at Torrejon a Spain and Tehran Iran food award Chicago up pm. Sgt George Kaylor has been awarded the National restaurant association s Hennessy award for out standing food service under com Bat conditions. Kaylor represented the Phu Callair base in Vietnam. I the award was named in Honor iof the late John l. Hennessy prominent hotel food service executive who headed a special committee appointed during world War ii to advise administrators on military food service programs. 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