European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 2, 1969, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 the stars and stripes sunday february 2, 1969 air mobility show at Graf fast and loud by James Gunter staff writer Grafe Woehr Germany is a thunderous assault which was enough to sell any nonbelievers among a High ranking nato audience on the effectiveness of air mobility set Down an infantry battalion audits weapons in Only 10 minutes Here spectacular attack opened when aircraft raked two Hill with rockets and a napalm Holo Caust and two battalions of artillery softened the wide objective with a fearful wave of the future is what Gen. Tames h. Polk com Mander in chief u s a r e u a called it. Polk and Gen. Lyman Lemnitzer supreme Allied commander Europe heaped raise on the demonstration and on maj. Gen. George p. Seneff,52-year-old commanding Gener Al of the 3rd inf div and a major advocate of the air mobility concept who directed helicopter assault along two Hills on the Bank of a imaginary River in enemy hands came during a breath Erin the vast ground exercise Carbide of air Force f4 Phan Tom jets Laid a string of explosions across the Skyline Hen returned to Blanket the land scape with napalm flames. An ov10 air plane much use Din Vietnam because of its exceptionally Short Takeoff an Landing capability but Seldom seen in this area pounded the objective with rockets. Helicopters came in strafing firing More rockets and laying smoke. Then two battalions of Artil Lery bombarded the Hills drop Ping shells of White phosphorous smoke at the end of the barrage to signal the troops who were approaching in choppers at tree lop 10 minutes the Bat Talion had taken Over the Hilland set up its guns. Big Heli copter cranes lowered such heavy items As 12,000-Pound howitzers into flight of 12 German helicopters brought in one unit of in Fantry during the demonstration. A Huey chopper pretended Tobe hit and came to Earth at the right of the grandstand. Moments later injured men were lifted out an ambulance Heli copter picked up the injured men and a Crane rescued the disabled aircraft. The fast paced show ended when Seneff brought in what he called his secret weapon an the 3rd inf div band came marching out of the whirly Ironto the Battlefield playing a tune called the Volunteer sol Dier this was really a Token demonstration said Seneff in his commentary. We had Only a rapid reconnaissance i. Phantoms put eyes on fee Ramstein Germany Spe Cial unarmed rf4c phantom jets of the 38th tactical recon Naissance so Here Are the sky spies in Carbide ice with Vita intelligence information. With their multiple diversified cameras the rf4cs can Fly at supersonic Speed in Daylight or darkness to take photos of enemy troops and equipment. Even a Lone Rifle bearing Soldier has difficulty hiding from the highly sophisticated aircraft s Infra red camera can detect the most camouflage men or materials. Commanded by it. Col Bill , the 38th is the Only Force reconnaissance unit on Continental Europe. Its two sealed Phan Toms with Pilot and navigator can operate up to 700 Miles fro Home and that Range can be extended with the phantom inflight refuelling capability. The Squadron is totally committed to Carbide ice said maj. Lowell Lemay Squadron operations office. Personnel Are work ing around the clock in 12-Hourshifts and the air Crews a flying about 20 sorties a Day recon from Ramstein providing Vita information to Carbide ice commanders rf4cs of the 38th tactical reconnaissance so reworking around the clock in 12-hour shifts. A handful of new Type aircraft Anda Token number of forces. But i think you will have to admit the buildup was impress sat Between Man Lio Brozio Secretary general of nato and Franz Josef Strauss German finance min ister while watching the demonstration. They were sur rounded by scores of generals and other High ranking official from the 15 nato countries and a crowd of 2,000 spectators. A new Sheridan scout tank scooted across the demonstration area followed by droves of other tanks and armoured personnel carriers after the two Hills had been taken. Snow began Drifting Over the scene and at one Point Seneff s Public address system went on the blink. He beat the Micro phone with his gloved hands an commented we can Fly peo ple around the Moon but Pecan t develop a Good Pasys the artillery fire Seneff said that in Vietnam he had seen several times that amount of preparation Laid Down before an assault 3,500 to 5,000 general pointed to Europe style pop up tactics of helicopters which flew at tree top level and then quickly jumped up 700 feet to gain greater accuracy in firing Rock ets Cannonier Pic. Donald Morgan Btry a 1st in 35th arty of Carbide ice Orange forces on his howitzers a Wesley in support of army refer grand air Force crested Cap forces in the Grafe Woehr Maneu vers. Fast and efficient reaction by Squadron air and ground Crews Speed information to intelligence operations. The moment an rf4 c touches Down at Ramstein a three Man off Load Crew in a Small specially equipped Van isso ised and ready at the flight be. As the phantom taxis Dow the ramp hand signals from the Pilot Tell the ground Crew exactly which cameras to unload. Within seconds after the twinset engines shut Down the Cam eras Are unloaded and the films on its Way to1 the nearby photo processing and photo interpretation Puppi Section. In some cases the film processing be gins in the Van which is literally a Mobile photo lab As i speeds to the closely guarded Squadron area. Fast action within a few minutes the films processed to a finished negative in Puppi and is on lighted Glass tables being scanned by photo interpreters. If need be the interpreted film of the tar get area can be flown Back Tofield forces in Small Liaison air Craft leaving Ramstein within15 minutes after the phantom s cameras Are unloaded. While flying in the target area communications aboard the rf4c, enable the Pilot to relay visual sightings immediately to Friendly ground troops facing the enemy below. The reconnaissance camera stake a continuous series of exposures covering a wide Are of the terrain below. Several exposed frames show the same area in slightly different positions on the Frame allowing an movement or change to be quickly detected by the Sharp Eye of the photo interpreter. At Low Altitude the rf4c panoramic camera mounted under the fuselage can expose 180degrees lateral coverage of the terrain. The 38th s phantom scan also shoot obliquely right or left from their attacking direction. At High Altitude the Pano Ramic camera gives a 90 degree lateral coverage of the target area. Night operations during night operations t h e38th s phantoms fire photo Flash cartridges which illuminate Anarea with 260 million Candle Power. One of the highly effective aids to photo interpretation is the Adas auxiliary data an notation set in the phantoms. By activating the Adas t h aircraft s Altitude Speed exact geographical location time of Day and other important data Are printed on each Frame Asit is exposed. Muscular dystrophy under concentrated scientific attack editor s note this i another in a series of articles outlining the purposes and pro Grants of those associations 22 to ail which have combined this year in an America wide Appeal for Public support of the common welfare the combined Federal Campaign will be conducted overseas from feb. 15 to March 31. Muscular dystrophy associations of America in non technical language muscular dystrophy is a mysterious disease which attacks the Muscles of a human being very often Young children eventually destroying the victim s Abil Ity to move and ending in death. There is no known cure for the disease from which an estimated 200,000 americans suffer Butmore than 100 teams of medical scientists Are devoting their careers to research which it is confidently Felt will disclose the combination of factors causing the disease and achieve its elimination. Until 1950, the Field of muscular disorders had been almost entirely neglected. In that year however a group of parents sup ported by a number of physicians organized the muscular Dys trophy associations of America with the conviction that there is no incurable disease but Only diseases for which no cure has been found. Almost immediately chapters affiliated with the Parent organization sprang up throughout America and by we nearly 4wlocal associations were in exist ence providing year round serv ices to patients and and fostering a nationwide net work of clinics for study of the disease. In addition to its work at the Community level Paa was responsible for the creation of Anta or new research Center known As the Institute for muscle disease which is located in new is Here that a concentrated scientific attack on the disease and related disorders is proceeding with High Hopes of break through on some Bright tomorrow
