European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 25, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday. July 25, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 9 fighter unit prepares for Competition by Jean Albrighti Burr bump Pitburg a Germany a new unit in he 36lh tac fighter Wing will represent Safe at William Tell "s6, the air Force s biannual Competition for air to air combat aircraft. The team will compete in october at Tyndall fab Fla. Against 10 learn from tac air come. Pacific air forces the air National guard and he Canad an air Force Pitburg s 65-Mcmbcr team renovated a building where pilots maintenance workers and air traffic controllers work every Day to prepare for the contest. Each of the pilots in the unit will be competing in William tilt for the first time said the team s commander Mai. Skip Bennett. Experience Levels Are at both ends of the sole Bennett said. Maj. Mark Jefferson and maj. . Cline Are experienced Lead pilots Cape. Richard Gibbs capt. Larry Jones and 1st it. Ron Dom Are Wing Meri whose assignments to Tilburg Are their first in the Al 5 Eagle. The men were chosen based on performance in Wing top gun competitions and peer ratings. All have been assigned to Pitburg since the base last represented Safe in 1982, when the team took second place. But Bennett said Well designed practices More important than Pilot experience. Competition changes every year he said. The worst anyone could do is Goback looking Tor the last time to repeat  the team went in june to the Aerial gunnery Range at Decimo Mannu Sardi Nia for two weeks of practice in a Flor Ida like climate. They la return for a dress rehearsal in Early August the team must practice All of the Basic combinations of flight tactics since they won t know which events the Competition will involve until 60 Days before the a. . Mike door Long of Tilburg abuses Spray cleaner on an Al 5 Eagle. Meet. We Fly profile until they re second nature Bennett said. The mass attacks involving several types of aircraft Are the hardest to practice. There Are so Many dimensions. Interface Between the ground controllers and the aircraft makes for he Best Battle  they Are flying five Basic combinations with the participation of controllers whose facilities Are temporarily set up on Tilburg a. Our Job is to Tell them what the others Are doing and Tell them where other unrelated traffic is said control Ler 1st it. James s. Clark of the 606th tac control a at Bremerhaven. Air space for practice is limited by Ger Many s other Light traffic. When they get in close Contact with other fighter aircraft we Are extra Eye for them he said. And when they exit the fight to gain airspeed they can i see the other Guys while we still  temporary facilities of the 612th tac control so come from Prumm As an hour North of Pitburg. The controllers chosen by the 601st tac control Wing at Sembach a Germany have come from All Over Safe for the training oppor  the team practices for William Tell controllers talk to pilots throughout Anair to air engagement and then meet with them after the  controllers and three technicians will go to Tyndall As a part of the  maintenance members of the team the months of preparation arc More de manding than the Days at Tyndall said maintenance chief capt. Steve  we re working hard on the planes once we re there All is already  he said. Now is when we have to be work ing to set it  to people often put in 12-hour Days solving any problems in the sin f-15s and learning to step into each other s  at Tyndall air Crews will use live radar guided and heat seeking air to air missiles against f-l00 super sabres thai have been converted to of-100 drones to provide full scale highly Man Euvera ble  will use the aircraft s guns against Lowed Aerial targets and gun plus simulated missiles against b-52 Stras fortress  will be using electronic countermeasures to confuse the air Crew Sand the ground based controller. Meals by mom lure airmen to housing patrol Post by Jean Albrigh Tilburg Bureau Trier Germany a Small neigh boyhood of military family housing units 40 minutes from Span Dahlem a was once an unpopular patrol Posi Tor Security policemen. Airman Joe Molella 20, was new in Germany when around the clock patrols began in the housing area in april. Whence was sent out to patrol around the housing he carried meals ready to eat Field rations and made do with them under the Snow covered Trees. The nearest Chow Hall was half an hour away and was closed when 1 got Oil duty " Molella said the Little by and commissary out Here have Only limited hours and pop tarts Only go so far now volunteers for the Post Aren t so hard to find and they look forward.,10their meals under the Trees. Thais be cause three or four times every Day car Olyn Long who lives in the housing area prepares and brings out Complete meals and soft drinks for the police protecting her neighbourhood. When i worked in a restaurant near a school 1 used to feed 200 kids in hour s Lime she said. I have always cooked too much i just love to see a Hearty  of the airmen on foot Pairol Are Young and single they live in dormitories and eat meals in the dining Hall. Simc luvs Irv to work late out Here so it Dontmix her dinner Molella said. They might end up eating in the truck on the Way Back to base and hand ing off the empty plate 10 a truck on its Way  has come to know Many or the airmen and has the honorary title of "mom.". At first they were surprised when i kept showing up Long said. But now they sort of drop hints about pizzas or italian dishes that they d like to see  planning and preparing the extra meals has become put of the Long family s lifestyle. Ai first she d just Lake leftovers outto the policemen said her husband Jeff a technical sergeant and an aircraft Mechanic with the 52nd tac fighter Wing. Now she Cooks for the cops and we get  when 24-hour Protection began for the six housing units residents had a loosely formed plan to Lake Coffee hoi chocolate and snacks to the policemen walking in the Snow. There had been no patrols before this Spring s increased Security and residents were appreciative. As Security has relaxed a bit scheduling for most posts has returned to nor Mal but the new housing patrol has continued. As the Novelty wore off Long decided that she would t let the show of appreciation fade. She plans to continue to Cook for the police until she and her family Are reassigned. Questions about the Cost of the project catch her off guard."1 Don t know. I be never thought about it she said. When i shop for groceries i buy just a Little extra of some things like egg Sand syrup so it All goes  she and her husband would probably refuse reimbursement she says. One policeman who enjoyed a breakfast during the first Days of twelve hour shifts insisted on contributing  Hopes it won t happen again. I tried to return it and my husband tried to return it. That s not what it s about. We finally agreed to Call it a Dona Tion and put it toward the  the reputation of Long s Kitchen has spread among Span Dahlem s 300-plus policemen. Ass a ctn by join alb Gnu airman to Molella watches As Carolyn mom Long arranges one of her feasts. Who heard about Long when he notice volunteers lining up for the Trier duty. I Haven t pulled patrol in a longtime the chief said but next Lime she s making Steak 1 might think about