European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 27, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Monday january 27. 1986 the stars and stripes Page 9 an i--i6 takes off Over Mobile Furfar during Field deployment at , Netherlands. The radar is operated by the 636th Tuc t onion of Likel. Airmen find deployment differs at dutch base Story and photus re Mer Haven Bureau , Netherlands Field deployment or Mobile radar on lie Flat lands of Northern Europe More than once has mint Selling up Alop Irish dumps which help explain the enthusiasm among air Nice on deployment Al a dutch Ait base. Since november the 636lh tac control flight has provided ground control sup port for . And dutch jul fighter Irain ing exercises the support usually is provided by two fixed radar stations in Holland and Germany but the fixed Sites lire closed while receiving new equipment. Sleeping in tents Security patrols in combat fear wild weapons at the ready and the occasional deployment on lop of Landfill arc Whai the 636lh has Learned l expect when in the Field said master sol. Richard Goodwin the unit s first ser Geant. We re us close la the army As you can gel Goodwin said. But billeting on his deployment is in Hull rooms and the Sile is close enough for weekend cum mutes to he Home at Wanna Germany. Further Only Hilf of the flight s 60 people Are an duly Al leu Warden far periods ranging up l three weeks during the four month deployment Cape. Don Macsparran said. Acc Warden also is a far cry from duly in saudi Arabia where Mesparran said his unit originally was scheduled id deploy Over the. Thanksgiving and Cliris Siruis holi Days night flying bans during most week Days and free weekends also contrast with the round the clock item Lens normally associated with deployment of a tactical control unit in Llie Field Goodwin said. The ear Sha Licking sound of a lev. Lak ing in the Sty 2j Yards from the 63 ill Tae control flight s Mobile radar is a swi Icli for the group Luise Nirmal for Vard Sion keeps them in the fur Sis and away from the sir bases Annii the planes they control. The offers u rare Opportunity for face to fact discussions of fighter tactics Between ground controllers and capt. Marlin Maynard icel of the 606th tac control so and Sjol. Victor Ortiz of 63611 Tae control flight work inside fighter Pililis the training Silva lion also Mure closely approximates what i mild happen in War Urhin fixed radar Sites Likely wild he Knific cd Siul said dutch Kuyal air f orc , col. Wim Sneck Wing commander flying Al . Members a the of Tjadie tac control a Tillit Are con tilling ,jc1ice confrontations flown Over the Konh sea by pilots fran Ihrck Iuah uyal air lurch -l6 he said. Dutch Royal air Forte 1st , Peler Bosveld who normally works Al the of Haj radar site in Nieuwe Mill Gen Iid the american Field setup look mine gelling used to. It is a Mobile setup and you la always have handicaps he said of the Field air traffic control gear. The fixed radar Sites lie i used to have More sophisticated radar screen readout capabilities Liesveld said
