European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 7, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse February the stars and stripes Page 3 Willis Taylor Ruben Aquino and Eugene keen of Btry 6th 52nd air defense arty Crew of improved Hawk hurry to a missile in a Southern Germany Drill Kenneth Arman stands guard Adrian Balom and Phyllis Collins break for 7 rims 4 Winfer Alexander climbs to aircraft detection its the noblest Hawk of All text and photos by Bob staff photographer there Are Black Broa winged Pigeon Hawks and Chicken Hawks but none is so Noble As the improved this surface air updated version of the Basic Hawk missile is the army answer to Lowland medium Range defense against High Speed enemy As fierce and precise As the Hawk All the solid state Digi Tal technology and advanced hardware would be useless with out the minds and hearts of soldiers at the soldiers with the 32nd army air defense come whose Job specialities encompass nearly every occupation in the army often miss the comforts enjoyed in other folding cots for standing room Only at tiny mess Little or no recreational possibilities and the constant shift work Are the order of the Day at their tactical and its not just a mans Job More than women stand formations at these tac repair radar and run Crew words like ready Box and ores Are As familiar to them As to any everything comes together for everyone at the site when Crew Drill is As soon As the Battery control Central Van gives the troops burst from the bunkers like the Start of a within minutes the Hawks Are checked and readied for then its getaway time As the Button is pushed and theres soon nothing left but the a Stream of smoke and a dark speck of Metal in search of a improved Hawk some of them in original and some of launchers and on silently await any Call to Clear the skies of enemy
