European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 25, 1969, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday january 25, 1969 the stars and stripes tog 7 Vilseck Germany special the 349th Avn co if Tywan Farmy airmobile units Irain Irig near Here with task Force Pega sons under the Parent command of the 15th combat Avn group. Pegasus a one Day tactical airmobile demonstration scheduled feb. 1 will be part of car bide ice the Field training phase of reformer  the Mission of the 349th is to provide general sup port to Vii corps coordinating missions with the 4th army divan 3rd inf div. The airmobile Light company commanded by maj. Carroll m. Fyffe is As signed to the Vii corps 16thavn in at Ansbach Germany. For Pegasus the 719th signal co and 653rd trans co will be As signed to the 349th and the unit special Mission will be to coordinate with the 1st and 2nd Ansof the 3rd inf div to Airlift and drop infantrymen on designate Points in the demonstration area they will be using 18 ch34chinook helicopters three of which were sent from the state for the exercise. Each helicopter can carry a maximum Load of18 Rifle troops or can Sling Load 5,000 pounds of  the infantry and helicopter support is the 14thavn co air traffic control which is commanded by  a. Smith. The 14th, which coordinate Sand controls army air traffic in Usa eur and seventh army sat present pinpointing with precision the approximately 90 Heli copters which take off twice daily during the training  participating in the exer Cise will be the 4th Avn co withch37 Mohave helicopters which Are capable of airlifting Small vehicles with mounted weapons and their Crews and the 351stavn co. The entire task Force Pega sus airmobile exercise was initiated in the states with the bringing to Europe of selected helicopters flying cranes chinooks cobras and Lohs and selected  Germany it began with the Advance phases of Pilot training in the different army aviation units stationed throughout Ger Many. Maj. Gen. George p. Seneff commanding general of the 3rd inf div and col. Kenneth , co of the 15th combat aviation group have met several times to work out the More difficult aspects of their unit s participation in the airmobile demonstration. Yetf i ii j Riv f v to " a  Szto $04f in Sarf Kite we. A f it or Erzsi Fly Ftp vie wow of get a 3 my it.  Ai 44# a $,f$jt�4 p m $i1- 4&%?�j#ton Tiu of a a f la t%?s&7cl to % & .,.,flying Crane the army s ch54 helicopter hovers above the training area while. 4 i i. The Chinook or ch47b prepares to Sling Load a 105mm howitzer with Ain Nui package and. Globe master flies into air history Rhein main a Germany special an illustrious 13-year Airlift Era has come to a close with the departure of the last Douglas c124 Globe Masteroff the 52nd military Airlift so Mac from Rhein main. The last c124 departed Jan. 19for Dover fab. Del., with it. Col. Robert f. Spaduzzi serving As aircraft commander. The co Pilot was capt. William d. Tracy capt. Freddie a Robinson was the navigator m. Sets Dallas  and Emery d. Haydal served As flight engineers s. Sgt. John p. Argus was the Load Mas Ter to sgt. Johnny Hoch was the Crew chief and airman . Larry Swartz rounded out the his tory making Crew. They Are fro the 17th military Airlift so Charleston fab . In addition i. Col Edwin w. Gramkow 52nd commander was aboard. The Crew of the last c1m was Given a plane Side Send off by Gen. Howell m. Estes jr., Mac commander maj. Gen. Courtneyl. Faught Deputy for operations at Mac Brig. Gen. Hugh , commander 435th military Airlift support Wing at Hig Wycombe England col. Roger j. Sterr commander 830th Mili tary Airlift support so Rhein main and col. Richard , commander 7310th Tacti Cal Airlift Wing Rhein main. Globe masters from Donaldson fab . Began arriving herein 1956 and were assigned to the 15th provisional so one of the forerunners of the 52nd. In 1958 the 15th was renamed the 53rdtroop Carrier so pcs and in 1962 the 52nd pcs with Hunter fab ga., supplying the c124s. The 52nd pcs came undercover s 436th military Airlift Wing in 1966, and in 1967 the Unitas predesignated the 52nd Mas. A Huff cobra helicopter Wimship is put through its paces. Co lauds 24th div s 1 St brigade Vilseck Germany special col. Kenneth r. Bull command ing officer 1st brigade 24th in div spoke with Pride in his voice As he addressed members of thei press thursday. He outlined the Mission of the 24th inf div Dur ing reformer i and indicated that the brigade he commands will overcome any Challenge. Bull said the 1st brigad2,24th inf div is pleased to return to Germany to participate in exercise reformer i. Achievement of this Mission involving the movement of More than 10,000 combat ready troops and thou Sands of tons of equipment has demanded the Effort of a Vas number of personnel to plan and execute. They have met this Chal Lenge admirably. Now the Challenge is ours. Behave undergone months of in Tensive and demanding prepare lion and training for our Mission. During the next Days and weeks we shall put this preparation and training to the test. The men of the first an Foremost brigade will meet this Challenge and overcome it a they have overcome challenges past with Pride and  Bull assumed command of the brigade in 1967. Prior to that he served in Usa eur As chief i programs division office of the Deputy chief of staff for logistics. German rail system helps reformer move Vilseck. Germany special transportation of the main body of troops from Nuernberg an the pre positioned armoured vehicles from storage areas to Gra Fen Woehr has been accomplished by the German rail  main body troops airlifted from the . To Nuernberg Inre forger 1, has been transported Here smoothly and efficiently aboard 16 passenger trains. Tracked vehicles and their operating personnel have been i brought to Grafe Woehr aboard 26 trains from storage Points at j Neureul Cserne in Karlsruhe and Kleber Cavern in kaisers  of personnel assisted the troops loading the tracked vehicles checked tie Down cables for safety measured the exact overhang and clearance of vehicles to assure Safe passage on rails and corrected any mis loading of  than 900 tracked vehicles have been moved by rail to the training Center in Grafe Woehr along with their accompany in personnel. Housing shortage critical at it. Hood Heidelberg special Usa eur he has been officially informed that there is a Eri tidal shortage of on Post and off Post housing within a 30-mile radius of it. Hood Tex. The shortage is sex pet Ted to  june 1969. 1 military members w i t h families who Are on orders to proceed to it. Hood therefore Are advised that they should not bring dependents into the Are until family housing can be obtained