European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 3, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pago 6 the stars and stripes saturday August 3, 1968 Dean takes Over As air South Marks birthday Naples special Allied air forces Southern Europe air South celebrates its 17thanniversary sunday under the command of it. Gen. Fred m. 68 loaded will Start on monday Lakenheath England special Safe s 1968 in Adeo pitting the Best weapons Load Crews from bases in Ger Many England Libya Spain and the Netherlands in tests of teamwork and dexterity i scheduled to get under Way Here aug. 3. Representative team from 11 tactical fighter wings and fighter interceptor squad Rons will be sending Crews to participate in the five Day event. First place trophies in Las year s loaded at Ramstein a Germany went to the 86th air div s 526th fighter interceptor so at Ramstein. The 48thtactical fighter Wing Here placed second Overall and posted first in the special weapons category. Units planning to compete Inthis year s event Are the 20th Tow Wethersfield england36th Tow Pitburg a Ger Many 48th Tow 50th Tow Hahn a Germany 81st Tow Ben Waters England 401sttfw, Torrejon a Spain 7272nd fighter training Wing wheelus a Libya 32nd fighter interceptor so Campney Amsterdam the nether lands 496th Fis Hahn ab525th Fis Pitburg a and the 526th Fis. Tactical fighter Wing weapons Load Crews will be loading f4c and f4d phantoms As Well asf100 super sabres from their respective units. Fighter interceptor squadrons will Load f102 Delta daggers. Each Crew is composed of four weapons specialists headed by a Crew chief and backed up by a alternate whose skills make him a Jack of All trades capable of filling in for any one of his four teammates. Dean who has just assume command from it. Gen. John s. Hardy now assigned to Washington. Air South is responsible for air operations Over a 1,700-mile arc that stretches from the italian Alps to the turkish rus Sian Border. It has the daily peacetime operational Mission of air defense of Italy Greece an Turkey including the Mediterranean sea and part of the Blacksea. As the air Arm of Allied Force Southern Europe a South air South has combat units personnel and facilities ear marked for or committed to the North Atlantic treaty organization nato by Greece Italy Turkey. Britain and the United  years ago when Gen. Dwight d. Eisenhower Sac eur directed maj. Gen. David m. Schlatter to form the command the air forces of Italy Greece and Turkey were in the propel today after 17 years of Forg ing nato Airpower in the South Ern Region air South with its Jet fighters Jet reconnaissance aircraft and surface to air mis Siles in its Arsenal for deter rence faces the Challenge fan Ever changing world with con  comes to air South from the strike come where hews the Deputy commander in chief and also Deputy commander in chief of All activities in the . Military Middle East Africa South of the Sahara and Southern Asia. German Admiral gets nato Post Bonn up the West Ger Man Navy named adm. Albert Ober Ranier to succeed danish adm. Aage Linde As command ing officer Allied naval Force sin the Baltic sea. Ober Ranier is scheduled to takeover the Post oct. 1. The Allied command with head quarters in Kiel Germany controls nato naval operations inthe Baltic sea. The Post rotates every three years Between German and Dan ish naval  served As chief of staff in the West German Mili tary High command in Bonn for the past two years. Gen. Wade to speak to Vic graduates by Steve Gibson staff writer Wiesbaden s4s  m. Wade Safe com Mander in chief will be the Prin Cipal speaker at University of Southern California s third an Nual overseas commencement in Rhein main Halle aug. 11. The 3 . Ceremony will Hon or 102 . Forces scholars who have completed us require ments for master s degrees in aerospace operations manage ment and in education at five bases and posts in  will also speak at a sep Arate commencement to be held at Hostel de animal Spain on aug. 8 for 24 students from Torrejon air Lut or. Carl m. Frank ? device president for f fairs will Confer the both ceremonies. The master s decree Rami dates Are m cant l education bit buro Vida a. Marm foams teens Donald u. Aluman Jack q. Andrew Jamea j. Cahill Linwood l. Carr John r. Elan Henry w. Easter Long or. Orla b. Oral Ink Ray c. Green Richard k. Hamada Dean a. Han in Horace h. Hill Gordon Hinnant Char let t. V. Jonea Dale a. Kea at Gerald key or. George m. Mann or. Nicholas a. Manocchio or. Warden h. Noble g Rover c. Norwood John c. Shurtleff Albert Sullivan John c. Thomai Marion m. Turner Rhein main Richard m. Albert Alden f. Barber Alfred j. Bayerl Robert l. Berry Albert l. Of Latch Linda m. Bojan Ivey j. Bow i mldred c. Bowen Wall la m. By David w. Broom Jullian m. Cup William k. Oak Yeii Job k. Corral Martha b. Dearmand Hufi incl l. 0 Ber to Row. A Boer Carolyn it orom Edward b. Mealy 111 Robert a. Jordan Lambert l. Krone Georgia d. Lekhter Michael d. Luiey Frank r. May Ida h. Norrell Oliver l. Norrell or. Paul e. Papineau Wallace a. Schrontz Ralph d. Simp on Lowell h. Smith Eugene e. Wank Charle h. Wolfgang William b. Worthington Wiesbaden Paul r. Badger Jack j. Banter Ronald h. Belcher Garald l. Bottorff Agnea m. Brown Dale g. Cundall Joann Ouk Clow David a Fraser Runell d. Greiner Steve a. Marcinko Bernard d. O Hare Doyle m. Pace Robert c. Popovych Michael j. Relyea William r. Roger Burton p. Silver Stein Harry j. 8lmpon Shell Mait l. Smith Carol a. Stanley Albert l. Tarvin George l. Trimble or. Robert Tufts Maynard w. Unger Melvln lout Wllliam Well Lam e. William Torrejon John m. Beer William f. Delaney William j. Dempsey Margaret w. Emory am w. Gall Jamea r. Hohl Row. Howard june. Ireland Paul o. Logedon or. Ann b. Martin Jamea s. Martin Anne w. Robbin Richard e. Robbins Jack i. Sander Roeco p. Thorpe Lewi Thorn Tobat or. Nel on Vera Paul h. Wragg aerospace Pitburg John h. Barnhart Ruel a. Brigg Frank d. King Stuttgart Gerald s. Cox Ramstein Donald m. Cahoon l an a. Hansen Charlei a Henick Raymond j. Oll verion William e. Pollock Clifford Saunders Needhart b. Smith William r. Smith Charle. L. Watkins Rhein main Raymond e. Butler Charle. E. Kearny Joel m. Seller Richard d. Scamehorn Wiesbaden Cliff m. Collin. Robert e. Edge Robert d. Home Hugh r. Strain Torrejon Timothy r. Albritton Abraham Borul Einwiller p. Odle William a. Roger. Or. Cleveland Simpso Karl j. Toth Navy Era ending with if Flattop aboard Toffi aircraft Carrier John f. Kennedy up the Navy will close out an Era when it commission this huge aircraft Carrier sept. 7. The John f. Kennedy currently being pushed through i spaces off the Virginia capes in builders trials is the last conventionally powered Flattop authorized by the Navy. From now on they will be powered by nuclear plants. But the Lack of an atomic re actor does t slow the ship or make it less sophisticated. Midway in the first sea trials the sprawling Carrier performed Aneth flawlessly As technician civilian engineers pushed propulsion and electronic terns to their limits. The 18 boilers were kicked unto their capacity Early during the Day turning out More than200,000-horsepower and churning the huge vessel along at a Speed of better than 35 Miles per hour. The Forward Speed was Kep for nearly three hours. Then suddenly the motors were slammed into full reverse. The grins on the faces of the Menat the engines showed the Power Ful system worked Well. Cruising about 75 Miles off the capes the 1,051-foot-Long Carrier which displaces 81,450 tons ran through a Tough top Speed Zig the aircraft Carrier John f. Kennedy a captured on Canvas. Zag pattern under Bright skies. Some of the 11 computer aboard were examined As they tracked aircraft that dashed Over the ship without touching Down. The sophistication of the vessel and its Complex equipment is reflected in capt. Earl p. Yates who is scheduled to command the Kennedy. Yates 44, is a native of win Ston Salem n.c., who breezed through his formal education an graduated from the naval acad Emy at 19. He later took a Post graduate degree in aeronautical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of technology. Reworked As a nuclear weapons specialist before being assigned to Vietnam As a Liaison officer with the 7th Fleet the Post beheld before his current assign ment. Good shape Yates was pleased with a examination of the ship during its first Day out of Newport news where it was built. Those areas i thought would be most critical seem to be in pretty Good shape he  single computer is on the line and  r. S. Plummer coordinator forthe three Day sea trial said ship Yard experts from the Newport news shipbuilding & dry Dock co. Had completed a cruising Economy test and a radio inter Ference test with Good  the Kennedy christened an launched May 27, 1967, will be ready for duty by mid december. New chief Scie tial named for air Force Washington is  c. Fisher 48, manager of programs and systems for the general electric research development Center has Bee named chief scientist of the air Force according to an announce ment by air Force chief of staff Gen. John p. Mcconnell. Fisher will provide the air Force chief of staff with technical and scientific advice on plans programs and requirements. He succeeds or. Robert , jr., who will return to Stanford University As professor of aeronautics and astronautics. Viet gis keep smiling Washington is in spite of the discomforts and dangers of Vietnam combat the Ameri can fighting Man is not lost his sense of humor Marine . Louis  said at a re Union of the 3rd Marine div association at Gatlinburg. Tenn. Metzger cited some of the signs on bunkers and positions lie re called seeing this Way in the dust dirt and danger of Dong ill a Small Navy unit operating Large amphibious Craft has a sign that reads would you believe it the .  a dispensary another reads every Little be a seems to whisper  a bulletin Board outside a mess tent at Cam  was the proverbial Playboy Centrefold pin up. Underneath was written men cannot live on bread  someone had written be Low this he needs Peanut butter  front of the Marine Bunker at Khe Sanh the marines had sign in tribute to my fair lady which said the rain inlays Falls mainly in the House. I talked to a lieutenant who had been wounded in the foot while standing on the seat of jus tank Metzger added. "1 asked him what his reaction was and his Only comment was i m glad that i was t sit tins Down. Wiley see reckless driving never Delor Mim a who Sright Only who s left. Usa eur fatal accidents Dince july i army motor vehicles non army Mot vehicle weapon i and asphyxiation drowning. Other totals