European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 29, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 8 the stars and stripes Friday september 29, 1978 sky tracks by Dick Larsen Rhein main a Germany is air Force planners can plot nato s air Bridge Over the Atlantic with a one track mind thanks to Eucare that s the air Force s european Central Altitude reservation facility Here. During reformer 77, an air traffic control slowdown by English controllers threatened to affect military traffic As Wellas civilian since air Force c-130s and c 141s were using civilian routes Over the at lactic said air Force it. Col. Tom Yates chief of the facility. Yates and his operations officer w. Johnson studied maps showing Atlantic air space. They pencilled in four fixed civilian routes Over the Ocean and spotted an answer More than 100 Miles of empty air space Between the northernmost civilian track and icelandic air space. We got out our pencils and plotted tentative track Johnson said. There was plenty of room even when we cranked in the required 120-mile clearance Between tracks. So then we put a possible reformer track smack in the Middle of the empty three Days of intensive coordination be tween military and civilian agencies Fol Lowed. Then reformer traffic began to flow on track and on time. The solution was Good enough to prompt planners to adopt it for reformer 78. Mili tary Airlift come Crews followed a single air Force unit takes reservations for air space Over the Atlantic during reformer 78 Man Euver track from Goose Bay Labrador to Europe that was Well North of civilian routes. Since the track was reserved for reformer the crossing could be used to test reporting procedures and flight following techniques while simulating combat conditions. We provide air space for military operations that can t normally be handled by civilian air traffic control facilities Suchias air to air refuelling operations Large scale aircraft deployment to Europe and so Forth Yates said. In 1977, the office processed More than1,200 requests for air space reservations involving More than 4,000 aircraft fro four . Air Force commands the Navy and other agencies said . Tom Chet Kovich operations no. Yates said the office May Deal with 59flight information regions 27 nations and three oceanic air traffic control office takes a route request from a military Agency coordinates it with the nations and air traffic control agencies involved and feeds the approved path Back to the Agency. The facility is one of four worldwide Alti tude reservation facilities responding to defense department special requests. Two civilian agencies cover the . And Canada while a counterpart to Euca recovers skies Over the Pacific Ocean from Clark a in the Philippines. A plane can Fly from the East coast of the . To California with Only one set of Europe and the Middle East air traffic control rules to worry about we really suffer from a Lark ,., � Yate said but imagine what it would Beer knowledge Totth Etoline if each state owned its own air space in the area of eur Ronann Nir Enol 1� ?. Through which that plane had to Fly. That s Yates said air operations basically what it s like when american air Craft operate across the Atlantic and in cd while husbands Are in the Field it. Col. Tom Yates left and capt. Terry Johnson Confer. Photo by Joe Davila duty wives keeping the Home fires burning by Clint Swift wife apr Pivoc the Toofil new � 11 a Clin swi staff writer Babenhausen Germany is add a new duty to the roster duty wife " the 2nd in 5th Field arty needed All its men when it headed for the Field to take part in fall Maneu vers so it. Col. Joseph Lucas the battalion commander left women to care for the women and Chil Dren. He created the Post of the duty wife who opens a second floor office with lounge chairs Coffee pot and Telephone from 3 to 5 . Monday through Friday. The phone Isth key. Each weekday at about 4 ., the duty wife receives the reformer Gram a Cal from the Field telling the women where the unit is and what it s up to. Then the women pass along news from the Domestic front. The wife of one private first class from he Btry had two messages for her husband one tuesday Happy birthday and i one Wall in the office boasts a detailed two foot Square army map of the area where the unit is. The perimeter in which the 2/5th moves has been outlined with dark Blue Felt tip pen. Sticking Oul of a 3fesi the Economy she u c ome in Leboard Are coloured pins with flags denoting can reach out and sky " he a a c and service batteries. It gives us daily Contact said Julie emergencies to the duty no. But Youe a zits res Stissi wife Virginia Norman goes to the map to locate her husband who is on Maneu vers As duty wives watch. Is photo by Jim Cole when the pregnant wife of a unit Cook realized it was time to head for the Hospital the duty wife drove her to Frankfurt. The the same woman shuttled family Back and Forth to visit and finally brought motherland child Home. Our husbands Are in the army we Renot Crawford said. But we feel a part of the 2/5th and even a Little like we re help ing with their pair gives marriage a whirl overalls Niagara Falls Ontario a a27-year-old Man and his Bride exchanged marriage vows while flying in a helicopter hovering 1,500 feet above the Canadian Side of Horseshoe Falls. John Castellan a machine operator at general motors of Canada Ltd. Plant in St Catharines Ontario and Sharon Martin,24, owner of a hairdressing Salon held most of their ceremony in a Church. Then the couple hopped into a helicopter and flew Over the Falls where they ended the ceremony by answering i do and signing a Register. Bill Baird Stepfather of the Bride and the helicopter s Pilot suggested the loft setting. J the bridegroom said about 250 wedding guests received invitations with a note that vows would take place Over the Falls. Mrs. Castellan said she first thought twas a crazy idea but the More i thought about it it appealed to
