European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 15, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday september 15,1977 the stars and stripes Page 9 by Jim Coles Iii staff writer Ramstein Germany is it marked the end of an Era in Usa eur aviation when the last three Piston pow ered air planes were disassembled and shipped to the . Recently. According to two Lawrence e. Star Buck maintenance technician for the 70th trans in aviation intermediate maintenance All aircraft in the Usa eur Tacti Cal and vip fleets Are now Turbine driven. The significance of the final changeover is that there will be a noticeable saving in maintenance and support costs he said. The aircraft involved Are u8, twin engine executive Type planes which according to Starbuck go Back to the late 50s or Early 60s. He said it was one of the finest aircraft of its Type in its Day. They have been replaced with newer u21 and c12 turboprops. The  were prepared for shipment by personnel of the 70th s aircraft processing det Here who had to remove the outboard end of the wings and part of the rudder in order to fit them into the c5a Galaxy transport. Since the old Beec crafts will be reas signed when they arrive in the ., the engines received a special preservative treatment that took two Days to apply. Starbuck said the detachment is responsible for preparing and if necessary re constructing every aircraft that enters or leaves the Usa eur Fleet. He declined to say exactly How Many planes that was but admitted it s a  of the , he said they were Good in their own Way but no one really enjoyed flying them. They vibrated which is inherent to the Piston engine and with a full fuel Load they could Only carry one or two people which made them fairly expensive to operate. The new ones Are much More Comfort Able Fly better can carry a much larger go s work brushes up against legs by Rick Maze staff writer Baum older Germany is Headquarters last month he never imag ined what would become of his artwork. Hailey 23, of Barstow calif., was no when spec. 4 Myron Hailey began painting awarded for the brightly coloured unit a mural on the outside of his unit s new Emblem and figures he painted nor was he 5th signal come go named tops by air traffic controllers Worms Germany a 5th signal come Soldier personally credited with three air Craft saves in 1976, has been chosen inter National air traffic controller at for 1977. Spec. 5 Clarence w. Murphy senior at of the 14th aviation det at Kitzinger Germany won the Usa eur 5th signal come Competition As Well As the army wide award on his Way to the finals. Soldiers from every major command in Usa eur competed for the prize which Murphy won june 6. The Winner of that Competition was chosen by a review Board selected by the chief aviation div officer of the Deputy chief of staff operations Usa eur. From there Murphy s qualifications were sent to the army communications come at it. Hua Chuca ariz., to be com pared with candidates from other com mands. An army at activity Board selected Murphy As the 1977 army at of the year. In the final Competition Murphy competed against armed forces personnel and a representative of the Federal aviation administration. The air traffic control Agency sponsor of the award is a professional organization of air traffic control lers. Criteria for selecting winners is the same at All Levels of Competition and is based on the candidate s knowledge skill performance of duties and demonstrated contribution to the at Field. During 1976, Murphy handled three air Craft saves. Perhaps the most spectacular save was that of a fixed Wing aircraft Low on fuel and lost near the East German Border. The plane was 10 Miles from the East German Border and heading for communist territory when Murphy guided it to a Safe Landing with less than five minutes of fuel left. Murphy will travel to the states to col Lect his awards. Commissioned to do murals elsewhere. He and other members of the 144th Ord det were told by Community officials to get that painting off the Wall sgt. . Jack e. Shaffer detachment commander said. Shaffer of Warren Ohio said when Hailey started painting the mural they thought everyone would be pleased. As Hailey was completing it a military police unit pulled up in front of the building and asked to talk with Shaffer. They told him the mural had to go. The regulation apparently states that the outside Walls of buildings will be painted one color. If the mural were mounted on the Wall rather than painted on i believe everything would be Okay he said. Shaffer said he thought about building a fake wooden Frame around the mural to give it the appearance of a sign but too Many people already knew it was a mural. Shaffer said he appealed the decision but lost. Through the local facilities Engi neers he has ordered the necessary Green paint to blot out Hailey s mural. Old greek City uncovered Kavalla Greece a anti Sarra a 3,000-year-old Mediterranean commercial Center was accidentally discovered during construction excavations near this northeastern greek City the local archaeological service announced. Beechraft is tight fit aboard c5a one of three Beechraft u8 vip planes being taken out of Usa eur service is loaded aboard a c5a Galaxy at ram Stein Germany air base. The three planes were prepared for the flight Back to the states by members of the 70th trans in s aircraft processing detachment who had to remove part of their wings and rudder in order to fit them into the giant Galaxy. The  Are being replaced with u21 and c12 Turbo props. Photo for is by Frank Gray payload and have Many accessories that the u8 did  he said maintaining a Fleet of More than 20 vip aircraft is  the people who use this Fleet mostly general officers and key staff officers need to be Able to get to their commands or sections quickly. Industry does t keep its top executives waiting at the Airport or stuck on the Highway. Those people s time is too expensive. It s the same thing  Starbuck added that area commanders Are responsible for seeing that the vip Fleet is used for official business Only an that improprieties in the past have been sternly dealt with. Is Whitted spec. 4 Myron Hailey. Outside mural forbidden