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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Sunday, April 21, 1985

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 21, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                April 1685 the stars and stripes paged an 81st tac fighter Wing team loads an a10 with 30mm Pamela of Raf Lakenheath prepares to Load an Al senior airman Henry of Raf Bent prepares a weapons pod on an Alconbury team captures top honors in loaded 85 Story and photos by Dave Diehl Bureau Raf England the weapons Load Crew from the 527th tac fighter aggressor so at Raf Alcon Bury took top honors Here saturday at the end of the Safe integrated combat turnaround it loaded the six Day Competition pitted fighter ground Crews from 11 european air Force bases against each other in weapons Load refuelling and launching the teams were judged on ability and four teams each were divided up into and reconnaissance and suppression cat the 527th was judged the Overall win Ner on Points and was also the Winner of the Airt air portion of the the 52nd tac fighter Wing Crew from Span Dahlem won the reconnaissance and suppression and the 20th tac fighter Wing from Raf upper Heyford was the Airt ground category the 86th tac fighter Wing team from Ramstein was awarded the special competitors trophy and the Ramstein team was voted the most competitive of the 12 this years involving every Type of combat aircraft in the Safe inventor was the first since the in the order in which they placed in the and their units aircraft were 527th teas Raf England 20th tvs Al Raf upper England 401st tac fighter Wing Torrejon a Spain 50th Tow Hahn Germany 32nd tvs Camp new Amster the Netherlands 52nd Tow Span Dahlem Germany 81st Tow Raf England 36th Tow Pitburg Germany 86th Tow Ramstein Germany 26th tac reconnaissance Wing we Bruecken Germany 48th Tow Al Raf England and 1st trs Raf eng two Raf Lakenheath weapons specialists move a bomb into position to be loaded onto a  
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