European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 2, 1969, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday february 2, 1969 the stars and stripes Page 7 up target 5 fire Bee ii an advanced supersonic Aerial Jet target is3 launched for the first time with an external fuel tank at 5 cached. Tests at the naval missile Center Point Mug calif., Are expected to be completed in late february after s which the fire Bee will be turned Over to the naval air sys-5 terns come for Fleet deployment evaluation. project referral being developed to Aid retirees Washington special strengthened program to assist the More than 51,000 enlisted Mil itary personnel and approximately 13,000 officers who retire fro Active duty each year was recently announced by the depart ment of defense Dod. The average age of military personnel who retire is 45. The new plan called project referral was developed in re cognition of the fact that increasing numbers of military person Nel will be retiring in the year immediately ahead. For some years the depart ment of defense in cooperation with other government agencies notably the department of labor has been conducting a program to counsel retiring military personnel on potential employment opportunities. With the Aid of computers the department of defense now in tends to strengthen the various individual programs conducted by the services to assure that maximum assistance is provided to each individual who completes a career of military serv ice. The program will be con ducted on a voluntary basis. Under project referral a centralized Dod skill data refer ral service will be established i existing facilities at Dayton activity will consist of an automated skill data Bank which will systematically inventory the skills of retirees identify areas where such skills could be used to the Benefit of both the nation and the individual Retiree and also refer registrants to prospective employers in. Both the Public and private planning and develop ment of automated procedures to support the referral service be Gan this month. A Pilot program will be conducted starting in september with full Imp Lemella Tion of the program scheduled to begin in the Spring of next year. Army plans major changes in chopper s airmobile role by Marc hurts a Washington Bureau chief Washington is the concept of Vietnam proven Heli copter air mobility for ground troops is still Only in the Early stages of its development according to defense department major improvements in air mobility Are in store in the coming years according to the defense department s latest projected 5-year review of . Mil itary posture. One of these which is Only months off will result from the introduction of the new ah56acheyenne compound fire sup port helicopter. The two place gunship unlike Ordinary helicopters combines the Ordinary lift characteristics of a chopper with the higher Speed of a conventional air plane so that it can lift off vertically and then go into level flight in the 250 Miles per hour class. This is roughly double the Speed of the oh6a Cayuse and almost three times the top Speed of the Well known uh-1 Huey. This will naturally result i changes for Many army support units since the cheyennes willbe Able to replace a variety of artillery tank antitank and other older types of aviation units on an equal Cost Trade off basis Pentagon experts say. The forces being replaced Costas much Over a 10-year period As the new ah56 units that Are coming in. The army estimates that the new units will add More combat Power than will be lost in the replacement process. This year the army will receive 15 cheyennes and Over the next three years another 360 apart of a total package contract. The second important change will see the army Start on the design for a new Type of Utility and troop carrying helicopter to some Day replace the uh-1, the stateside service i artillery experts work i i on a new Type howitzer \ Washington is artillerymen who always considered their 105mm howitzer the bes weapon any red log Ever had May be in for a Surprise Whent. Sill test eve aviators finish wringing out a new version with a Peculiar twist. It fires out of experts at Rock is land Arsenal 111., who took on study of the howitzer some years ago decided something should should be done about its Power Ful recoil. Reduces weight if a Way could be found to de crease the 1,600 pounds of recoil Force As for example in the lightweight m102 airborne Howit Zer theft artillerymen could expert substantially less Wear Ai tear on themselves and their addition much of the dead weight of trails and scoops could be eliminated to make the Howit Zer result of their studies was a technique which spreads out the recoil effect and reduces it to less than a third its original. Force. This is called firing out of Bat Tery. The tube is latched at the Bottom of its recoil Cycle. When the lanyard is pulled the tube is released slides Forward quickly and fires at some Point in mid Cycle. The Forward momentum of the tube prior to firing absorbs most of the rearward re observer said the Howit Zer pushing against itself give the appearance of shuddering in the system of cams and gears balances firing momentum the tube is returned to its Latch scientists will deliver the pre prototype Model in full tactical dress to it. Sill okla. Next summer for three or four years of hard testing. If the army likes it a Rock Island spokes Man said artillerymen will Haveit in the Field by the mid-1970s. Among its Virtues the re searchers list one third recoil Force improved stability 10-15percent weight reduction More compact muzzle is extended from gun Crew and rate of fire is faster. Workhorse of the fighting me since 1965. The Huey was originally de signed for a medical evacuation role but now roughly one half fail the helicopters in the army Are Huey and they Are use for a variety of missions. The new design involves Crea Tion of what the army Calls a Utility tactical transport aircraft system or Tuttas to carry double the number of troops no airlifted in Huey plus a Crew of three. Right now the project is on Yin the formulation stage. Army officials say the Tuttas could evolve into something like the compound Cheyenne or a conventional hut improved helicopter. No one knows. Although Huey have formed the Backbone of combat Airlift in Vietnam for Many years the army has found them less than Ideal for their of carrying their de signed Load of 11 troops and Crew of two additional protect 1 Tive Armor and the need for two Side door gunners reduced the chopper s payload to Between six and eight army feels that the 10 year Cost of the Tuttas equipped Force would be a Little More than half of the Cost of running Auh-1 Force with an equivalent lift capability Over the Sam period of time. The defense department re port also said the army intends to buy 1,000 aircraft of All types in the coming fiscal year to take care of combat losses accidents and modernization of aviation units. Sac picks top airman Omaha neb. Special s. Get. Malcolm g. Aldridge 851stconsolidated aircraft maintenance so Whiteman fab to has been selected As the Sac outstanding airman of the will represent Sac at the 1969 convention of the air Force association to be held in Houston Tex March 18-31. Model Terrt Jur Tui displays a scale Model space escape Cap sule which would be attached to the main spacecraft during Earth Orbital missions. Upon emergency release to free Wen Ului or with out pressurized suits could return in the capsule which would also become a boat for Ocean recovery. It was developed by the Lockheed missiles and space co. Cor Nasa missile motor for Sam a is test fired Redstone Arsenal Ala special the solid propel Lant motor design for use wit the army s new Sam a sur face to air missile development system has successfully passed its first firing dual purpose firing was de signed to test both the propellant system modified slotted tube Urain configuration and the sheer spun managing steel motor Case. Sophisticated radar now is advanced development the Sam a air defense missile system is intended for Battlefield and Continental defense against High performance aircraft an Short Range missiles. It will use a sophisticated phased array radar to simultaneously detect and track multiple targets an track and Issue guidance com mands to the missiles in capability the highly Mobile system Willi e mounted on tracked or wheeled vehicles. Missiles Cap Able of delivering either conventional or nuclear warheads willbe carried in multiples on launcher vehicles and launched directly from their individual closed motor was developed and tested by tit Zokol chemical corp.,contractor to the Martin mar Ietta corp., for the High Energy propulsion system. Raythelon company is the prime contractor for the Sam a system
