European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 12, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse , i the Star and stripes Page 9 Gen. Wild awaits 15 Well be Able to move a division by Bob hoybr8&s . Bur cajun a Whf editor s Nobl twi Toai Lher in a series of later saw with major 2 the army nary and air Force in Europe High Wycombe in glands a for the past 27 years & e. Wild has never Bee More than an Arm s length from toe Telephone never More thana stride from his suitcase and time and experience Haven changed matter. Wild a still on the go. Indeed As commander of the military Airlift omd s j22nd air div the distinguished rating brigadier general is on the move As much As Ever. Two Days out of three he a Way from his office at High Wycombe out on the Road visiting bases and customers in the 322nd � vast area of responsibility which stretches from is photo by Muenter Schuettler the azores to Calcutta India and embraces Europe the mid dle East and Africa. In a year s time i must travel thousands of Miles to acquaint myself with the scope of this assignment the general an age of super Birds. Said in his articulate Middle Western voice. Airlift in the age of the Supe Birds is the general s business a concept that has change drastically since he first entered the army air corps As an Avia Tion Cadet in december 1940. And now wild is preparing to participate in the most revolutionary change of All the arrival of the huge c5a cargo plane in the air Force inventory. The first test flight of the bigbird the world s largest air plane was made june 29 an pronounced highly the general expects the firstc5a in the european theater in about a year and he spoke enthusiastically about the plane s potential. It will carry a maximum of220,000 pounds 110 tons More than three times the 70,000-Poundcapacity of the c141 Star lifter presently the air Force s biggest plane. The c5 will be capable of hauling the army s biggest piece of equipment it will carry twom60 tanks. If we get enough of these planes 58 Are schedule for Deb very to the air Force by 1971 strategic mobility will be come a Way of life in the . With the use of this plan Ewe will be Able to move an army division in a matter of Days instead of months. I m keenly awaiting arrival of thec5 and i Hope to see it completely operational in this Are before i Complete my assign ment with the division wild said. This plane will save lots of missions on military exercises in Europe it will enable us to move personnel around countries we can t Fly general pointed to the a. Well ahead of the russians nerve ability of the big Bird which can land on grass Fields and can take off empty after de livering its cargo Load in a Mere 4,000 in the Cha s 24 wheels can be inflated from inside the aircraft. It s the wheels fitted into four separate bogies that permit the big plane to land on Sod Fields. With the Advent of this plane i would say we re Well ahead of the russians in air lift wild said. He termed the c5 a better anymore sophisticated aircraft than the russian an22, but he warned one week exercise Lith Cav jains German inf by Richard e. Rodgers Fulda Germany special working under the operational control of the 53rd German mechanical infantry in troopers of troop a 1st so huh Cav Nave joined in Maneu vers in Northern Hesse near Kassel. Leaving Fulda troop a moved out on a 107-mile drive with 88 wheeled and tracked vehicle Sand All the Field equipment Nec Essary for the one week Field sex i Ercse. ,0 troopers moved in and Esu their base Camp. Spend Watne first night reconnoitre Long a a and preparing the Are for the 53rd s entry. Teamwork needed Eai work Between the units their vehicles and secured in addition securing their position. The Maneu vers both Linn cd the Wes we trucks in an of Alai not a mock Soldier of Quarter enemy the lust German mechanized infantry in. Prior to the vehicles moving out the infantry crossed the River and infiltrated enemy lines pushing them Back and securing a Landing area for the amphibious and armoured across the armoured be hides attacked and supported by the infantry pushed the enemy ack. Purpose of the exercise according to 2nd it. John Correa. J was to see whether Small units i could coordinate with larger nato forces and at the same time to see if by working to Gether we could overcome the j language Barrier and effect Ai definite plan of shop talk and it. John Correa explains tactics to German Soldier army photo against under rating the general called russian aviation and the technology Sinback of it extremely presently carrying the work Oad in the 322nd area Are c141s, c124s and c130s. Wild Sang the praises of thec130, which he called the work horse of the tactical Airlift i Vietnam. Prior to assuming command of he 322nd in january the Gen eral spent a year with the 834thair div in Vietnam 10 months As vice commander and two months As commander. The 834th was responsible forthe total Airlift operation. We dropped vietnamese and .army and special forces troops. We flew up to 1,180 sorties Day and carried an average of 110,000 tons of cargo month. It was a growing operation the year i was there Anft has continued to grow he said. Except for his one year i Southeast Asia. Wild has served on military Airlift assignment since 1955. A native of Len Vood wis., he graduated from the University of Owa in 1940 with a Bachelor science degree. During world War ii wild served in combat in the China Burma India and Asiatic Pacific Heaters. After returning to the unite states he volunteered for his Sec Ond wartime overseas tour which included the invasion and recapture of the philippine is lands in 1944. Beginning in 1948, he spent four years in strategic air come where he commanded a squad Ron of b29s and b36s. Wild s son Edward b. Wild is a first Classman at the . Naval Academy Annapolis my. He plans to join the Marine corps upon graduation injure 1969. The general and mrs. Wild the former Marian Beckmann Dyersville have three children Edward Pauleva and Claudia
