European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 17, 1969, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday january 17, 1969 the stars and Stripe operation cart  in. Elk. A. A & to Start Jait 2tt�t2i a Sis 31army of units move to Climax in test of dual base concept. .-,.,.=. In . M by de Freak let. " staff writer crested Cap and Rof Orger rebuilding rapidly to a Climax which will find army and air Force units working together in operation Carbide ice in Grafen Woehr beginning Jan. 29. Before Carbide tee ends feb.4 some 3,500 airmen engaged in crested Cap and about 12,000reforger soldiers will have re turned to Europe in a test of the dual based nato concept. Wednesday the Lead elements of the 4�th tactical fighter Wing began arriving at Spang Ahlemeir base on the heels of 23 f4 phantoms of the 417th tactical fighter so which came in tues Day.  -.-96 phantoms ninety is phantoms Are scheduled. To arrive before the end of crested  49th began arriving when aircraft of the 7th tactical fighter so landed at Spang Dahlem shortly before noon it. Col. Miguel Encinias 7th Squadron commander touche Down in the Lead phantom at 11 46 . He was greeted witha kiss and a cup of wine from the Mosel wine Queen of the local area Elisabeth k. Steffes of  greeting Encinias after his seven and one half hour flight from Seymour Johnson fab . Were maj. Gen. Rollen , commander 17th air Force Brig. Gen. David i. Lieb Man director of command and control Headquarters Neucom col. R. R. Melton commander 49th tactical fighter Wing  c. Green Span Dahlem base commander and  Weart t director of operations 17th air Force. Groups of four the Squadron s 23 fighters made the flight from the . East coast in groups of four planes. The last one touched Down at 2 10  7th left its second Home Holloman fab . Monday morning stopping at Seymour Johnson for the night. The 49th s two other fighter squadrons .8th and the 9th were scheduled to arrive at Span Dahlem thurs Day and Friday. Meanwhile at Rhein main airbase the 5,000th reformer Soldier a and had Surprise visitor waiting to Greet  visitor maj. Gen. Benja min f. Taylor chief of staff Foru Sarteur and seventh army greeted the 18th Man to Debar the aircraft spec. 4 Stephen 3. Manzella of he co 1st in 34thinf, and congratulated him for being number 5,000.manzella was also introduced canopy Cutie it. Col. Miguel Encinias,7th tactical fighter so commander receives a Welcome kiss from Elisabeth k. Steffes Mosul wine Queen at a ceremony honouring the return of the first fighter aircraft of the49th tactical fighter Wing to Span Dahlem air base. The flight was from Seymour John son fab . Air Force photo to Brig. Gen Hugh e. Wild com Mander of the 435th military air lift support Wing and it.  d. Antrobus commander of the aircraft that brought Heyoung Soldier to Germany. Nearly 200 army trucks an jeeps were on the Road thursday morning in route to Grafen Woehr. The motor convoys left Kaiserslautern Karlsruhe and Rhein main before Dawn. They were expected at Grafe Woehr by night  80 per cent equipment issued at Mannheim and at Karlsruhe and Kaiserslautern neared the 80 per Cen Mark for gear earmarked for re forger units com z he  and trains have delivered More than 1,600 vehicles to the Grafe Woehr training Cen  major buildup of troops will begin Jan. 20 when c141 jets will land at Nuernberg Airport at the rate of one every 30  army expects All the troops to be on the ground with bag Gage within 50 hours from the time the first aircraft takes of from Forbes fab Kan. Alces on Job some 230 air Force Raa Inte i Nance and Supply specialists from air bases throughout the world have been assigned to Rhein main on temporary duty i connection with reformer and crested  Rhein main Airlift control element Alce is one of five air Force units formed to get re forger and crested Cap aircraft unloaded checked Over and Back into the air As fast As  Are Alce units at Hahn a Span Dahlem a the Nat air base at Ferstenfeld Brueck and at the Nuernberg civilian Airport. The Rhein main Alce got it Start on Christmas eve when col. Donald l. Clarke at the Athen Sair base in Greece was notified that he would begin commanding the unit nine Days later. Airmen were chosen from bases in tur key Alaska Guam Hawaii i Japan Europe and stateside. 49th at Span Dahlem Wing Marks its 28th year Span Dahlem Germany special the 28th anniversary of the 49ih tactical fighter Wing is being observed this year during the Halfway Markof its crested Cap redeployment to Germany. Today the Wing is dispersed Over a 5,000-mile area from hol Loman fab in new Mexico  with some of its fighters in route from Seymour Johnson fab in North Carolina. Only once in its history in1942, was the Wing Able to Cele brate a birthday in the Continental United states. Phantoms arrive hero the 28th birthday Wasto to marked thursday by the arrival of the 8th tactical fighter so s f4c and f4d phantom  cake cutting ceremony was scheduled thursday evening at7-30 . In the Ball room of the Hilltop service club. . Richard n. Ellis a former 49th commander and currently vice commander of 17th air Force was to head the list of dignitaries on hand. Activated on Jan. 16, 1941, at Selfridge Field in Michigan the49th fighter group As it was then designated celebrated it first birthday in the United states but a year later was of to War in the Pacific. After providing air support Indefenso of Australia the 49th spent its second birthday on new Guinea locked in combat with the  the end of world War ii the 49th had moved to uie Philippines and Okinawa. Though still a Mere infant age 4, the group Hud claimed credit for the destruction of 678 enemy Raf flight to far East is Complete such com London is the flight of a Squadron of strike planes from Britain to Singapore in 18hours has been called a com plete Success by an Raf spokesman. The 10 lightning fighters completed the run from Leuchars Scotland to Singapore with the help of a detachment of Victor tankers which handled refuelling for the Short Range lightnings. More than any other group in the Pacific planes Fighte theater. When the group was redesign Jated a Wing in August 1948, it was still in Japan As part of the occupation forces. It re-1 Maine there until 1950, when it moved on to Korea. The 49th was the first Jet fighter unit to operate in the korean War and supported United nations troops in every major Campaign of that  to franc the Wing s Early teen year were spent in Japan. But by 1948, when it turned 17, the 49th had moved to Etain Louvres in France where it remained formless than two years. Its 19th birthday and every birthday since have been celebrated at  the 49th was redeployed last july to Holloman fab pel1sonnel were speculating that the next birthday party would to the first since 1843 to take place in the United states crested Cap i the unit s nato commitment exercise brought the 49th Back to Europe just in time for a 28th birthday party. Satisfying stretch cats. Robert Pace right and Georgeu Gle 417th tactical fighter so climb out of their i phantom after a Noo Stop flight from the . To Spau Dahlem a Ger Many us part 01 exercise crested Cap i. Air Force photo