European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 26, 1969, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes sunday january 26, 1969 i r Carbide Lee phantoms to by fid Freakley staff writer Hahn a Germany is the96 4 phantoms which arrived in Ger Many in crested Cap i will Fly almost400 sorties in support of army units during exercise Carbide ice in Grafen  pilots and Crews of the 417th tactical fighter so Here and the 49thtactical fighter Wing at Span Dahlem air base 31 Miles to the West Are operating around the clock in preparation for the exercise an air Force spokesman  Jet fighters Worth $150 million in All will Fly missions from Hahn  to Grafe Woehr and Back during the week Long Field training exercise which will run of Tom Jan 29-feb. 4. The 417th will team up with the 10thtactical fighter so permanently based Here for a firepower demonstration with the army feb. 1. The 10th and 417th Are part of the50th tactical fighter Wing. However the 417th rotated to the . Last sum Mer As part of a redeployment of american forces from  Squadron is now operating under the new dual base concept. They Are normally stationed at Mountain Home fab Idaho but remain committed to  the firepower demonstration the army will soften up the enemy position with an artillery barrage. Following this 16 phantom fighter bombers of the 10th and 417th will swoop in on the  of the planes will drop napalm and four others will strafe the area with 20mm Cannon fire from the High Speed Catling  the planes pull out the army will stage a Hel borne  49th  will Fly air support for the ground troops during the actual War games. Since the final phantom arrived jan.18 the planes have flown training mis Sions almost every Day. According to one Pilot the training missions accused to familiarize pilots with flight patterns radar arid radio Contact procedures and weather conditions in Ger Many. The phantoms Are also conducting missions involving refuelling because during the exercise they will have to link up with the kc135 tankers after simulated attacks at the training area. If Load Crews of the 417th tac fighter so under f4 Wing work on napalm bombs. Planes Are scheduled to drop these during Graf demonstration. Vulcan Catling gun is being mounted on f4 phantom at Hahn a. Is photos by Cole afraid to go Home poles guard Graf Gates Grafe Woehr Germany a when . Soldiers move in and out of the  area in Eastern Ger Many they Are saluted smartly by polish nationals in american uniforms. The Gate guards at the Grafen Woehr and Vilseck . Barrack areas Are a legacy from world War ii men swept up by War and then deposited far fro Home and afraid to go Back. One of the polish guards Tolda newsman there were 90 poles Here who guard the Gates of the89 Square mile nato training area which is less than an hour drive from the czech Border. The military reservation is training site for the 12,000 troops flown Over from the unite states in the reformer i Airlift  guard said he and his Fel lows have worked for the .army since the end of the War. It is a sad tale that Wojciech Bajala 55, told As he stood in his guard hut with the rain fall ing on the Snow outside. He de scribed his own Case this Way he was captured by invading germans in world War ii and escaped in 1941 and went  1943, the German is elite guard rediscovered him an they shipped him to Germany to work then the americans came and Bajala went to work for them following the . 7th army first to France and then Back to Ger Many. He said he was unmarried an most of his fellow countrymen Here did not have their families with them. Where were they Home. Poland maybe France he shrugged. I do  he said personally he was afraid to go Home to Poland. I probably could he declared and maybe nothing would happen to me. But i have worked for the americans Long i do not  he shrugged again. Ziaja Lastoke in halting German Ite said he spoke very Little eng Lish. He was very Friendly very open and talked with Humo about his life at Grafe Woehr where he lives in a regular til housing area. But he added Many of us the polish guards Are already old men. One is 85. Another is72. He was a major in our army you know in Poland before the germans came and the communists took