European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 17, 1969, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Poge 6 the stars and stripes Fred of january 17, 1969 �1.5 million training a rules t38 talented Talon the  t38 twi Trainer leaves Edwards fab Calif a fifth Radoll Tafb san Antonio Tex., to take its place in student training i Hawthorne Calif. Special the 1,000th t38 Talon supersonic Trainer built for the . Air Force has Bee delivered to the air training come in ceremonies . Gen. Sam Maddux jr., at com Mander in officially accepting the1,000th aircraft from maj. Gen. Daniel e. Riley commander air Force contract management division called the production of the t38 a great achievement by an american Industry military  he s a i d the Trainer has established a splendid record in at Over the past seven years where it has been flown nearly two million hours in training More than 11,000 student pilots. Riley commended Northrop s work Manship on the one thousand t38s it has produced and said that the Lon production run for the t38 is an undeniable tribute to its excellence of de sign and efficiency of its  r. Nolan senior vice presi Dent manufacturing and administration officially presented the 1,000th t38to the air Force. The aircraft was flown to Randolph feb san Antonio Tex., where Wel coming ceremonies were  t38 is known for its proven re liability and the Best safety record of any supersonic air plane in the air Force inventory. Maddux noted that the plane presently being flown More than 40,000 hours a month has made about s$4 million landings in flying More than 1% million training sorties during us seven years of service.t38s Are in use at All nine under graduate Pilot training bases and will go in service at Columbus fab Columbus miss., when that base con verts to training operations this sum Mer. The plane also is used by the National aeronautics and space administration for maintaining flight readiness training of astronauts. Forty three of the trainers Are in use by Ger Man air Force student pilots at Shep Pard fab Tex. Of testing file system computer Scott fab 111. Special a new data processing system currently undergoing evaluation tests by the air Force at Lang Ley fab va., is expected to Lessen the workload of thousands of air Force  Burroughs 3500 data processing system is designed to modernize the air Force s records keeping program. Fol lowing evaluation and solution of any problems that May arise it is scheduled to be installed at 145 bases in the . And overseas Over a 20 month period. With the exception of base Supply every manage ment Type system at base Levewell use the same computer. Air Force communication service units will be responsible for All circuitry to and fro Remote stations to the computer. The manufacturer will install the computers and will maintain them at All 145  computer has Micro min nature circuitry and Multi programming capability meaning it can execute two or More pro Grams at the same time. It is capable of providing inputs an outputs to multiple High and Low Speed  Speed remotes Are Cap Light Armor battalion goes through its paces in Field 300 lines per800 Punche Dable of printing minute Reading cards per minute and punching300 cards per minute. Low Speed remotes Are Basic ally teletypewriter printers and key boards that provide individual offices direct Access to the computer. Inquiries will be made in English instead of the complicated character systems. It. Belvoir a. Special during two months of Field test ing in the United states the army has been evaluating the new concept of a Light armo battalion a rugged fast mov ing organization that can carry heavy firepower into a wide Vari Ety of combat situations. The new battalion designed bythe . Army combat develop ments come cd at it. Belvoir va., is organized with the m551 general Sheridan armore reconnaissance and airborne As Sault  tests at it. Riley kan., and it. Stewart ga., cd research ers have been seeking the sol Dier s View on the Sheridan vehicle and the doctrine and or army starts 2-month per Hing mingle test Aberdeen proving ground my. Special two months of tests of initial production models of the army s Persh ing la missile system have be gun Here. The updated surface to sur face missile system is being evaluated under a variety of simulated conditions by a test team of artillerymen from , of la., and civilian technicians from White Sands missile Range . A animation of the new  Light Armor battalion concept is based on the interdependence of the Sheridan and the battalion s doctrine and Organiza Tion. It is expected to be a system fully exploiting the relatively lightweight 16.5-ton Sheridan s water crossing firepower As Sault and air transportable capabilities. Final blueprint when the final blueprint forthe battalion is approved the new organization is expected Todd significantly to the strategic Power of airborne and airmobile units. To get data that would help shape the final specifications forthe battalion cd turned to the men in the Field. In Day and night platoon exercises on a 6,000-Yard course at fort Riley Sheridan Crews have compiled information on factors such As time needed to adjust fire loading sensing rounds and maintaining the m551. The platoon exercises include firing at stationary and moving targets with conventional ammunition As Well As the shillelagh guided missile from the Sheri Dan s 153 my tube. Shillelagh is a fully guided antitank missile system mounted As Standard equipment on the m551. The first Light Armor battalion with the m551 is the 1st on light63rd Armor attached tothe 24th inf div. It is the test unit for the cd evaluation pro Gram. A company of the test battalion was recently airlifted from it. Riley to it. Stewart with All it equipment including the Sheri Dan to demonstrate the versatility of the m551. The cd troop Testa also Are gathering information on the Sheridan s various night vision devices the relatively new combustible Cartridge that eliminate empty Shell casings and a bore scavenging system Fiat uses compressed air blast to flush residue from the firing tube. Old name tapes valid until july 1 is Washington Bureau Washington is the time limit for the changeover to the subdued name and .army uniform tapes has been extended six months to july 1, the army has reported. The Extension results fro worldwide Supply and printing difficulties the army said. In the meanwhile commanders every where Are enraged to change to the new tapes As soon As prac  in Vietnam have had the new tapes for some time. 8th ant sub symposium scheduled Norfolk a. Special adm. Ephraim p. Holmes nato s supreme Allied com Mander Atlantic Here will be the keynote speaker for the North Atlantic treaty Organiza Tion s eighth symposium on anti submarine warfare ask scheduled for Jan. 21 to 23 at the Atlantic Fleet compound. New development about 180 military men and scientists from eight Natona tons and various nato com mands experts in the Field of Antisubmarine warfare will hold a three Day review of new developments in ask techniques. Among the delegates will be Foremost naval and scientific experts from the United states the United kingdom the Federil Republic of Germany the nether lands Greece Canada Italy and  2 years nato Antisubmarine warfare symposiums such As this Are hew every two years. The last symposium was held on the is land of Malta in 1967, the symposium is being organized for the nato naval Headquarters by vice adm. Pau Masterson . Navy nato s commander of the Ocean Atlantic subordinate area command. During the symposium presentations will be made on the ask technology. Two named for Star ran Washington is presi Dent Johnson has nominate army medical corps cols. Wil Iam h. Moncrief or. And Thomasf. Whelan or. For temporary pro motion to brigadier general