European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 18, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 b the stars and stripes wednesday March 18, 1992 military airmen getting word on new Blu Patch by the stars and stripes airmen assigned to the . Air forces in Europe will consolidate the insignia on their Battle dress uniforms when the service switches to an aircrew style name Patch officials said. Plans Call for All airmen to Wear the patches by oct. 1, 1995, but local commanders could initiate the change earlier officials said. A feb. 27 letter to All air Force commands describes the Patch said capt. Tom la Rock an air Force spokesman in Washington. He said officials plan to distribute regulations referring to the patches in Early april in an interim change to air Force regulation 35-10. Enlisted personnel will not have to pay for the new patches when the changeover occurs but officers will la Rock said. A spokesman said last week that Safe personnel officials Are awaiting official word on the patches. The command has made no decision when its personnel will make the switch to the new patches. Air Force officials recommended the new patches As a less expensive replacement for the version sewed on jackets and Woodland and desert bus. Air Force members will Wear the air Crew style name patches entered above the left breast pocket. The 4-by-2-Inch patches Are made of Black leather. Names Are entered a in Silver embossed Block letters a on the first line and the airmen a rank and a us aft Are listed on the second line. First sergeants have an additional line denoting their duty position. Airmen can augment the Patch with one specially identification or functional badge such As pilots wings missile badges or jump wings. Currently the badges Are worn above or below the a us aft tag on bus. With the new aircrew Patch the badge can be worn above or to the right of the name block.21 St theater commander receives belgian award Kaiserslautern Germany the belgian government has presented its highest award for a foreigner to it. Gen. William s. Flynn commander of the 21 St theater army area come. Belgium a ambassador to Germany Georges Vanderespt presented the order of the Crown rank of grand officer to Flynn at the ambassadors Home in Bonn. Est praised Flynn for his work in strengthening military cooperation Between . And belgian  head at support unit Rhein main a Germany a col. Edward c. White turned Over command of the 435th combat support group to col. Donald a. Phil Pitt during a ceremony at Rhein main a. White assumed command of the 834th air base group at Hurlburt Field near Eglin fab Fla. Philpitt served As Deputy commander of the 443rd support group at Altus fab okla., before coming to  changes hands Katterbach Germany a col. Patrick j. Bennett assumed command of the 3rd inf dives combat aviation brigade succeeding col. Daniel j. Pitrosky. Bennett was most recently a member of the combat Man Euver training Center staff for the 7th army training Center at Hohenfels. Pitrosky who assumed duty at the 3rd inf div Headquarters As division chief of staff was brigade commander for 19  teachers needed Randolph fab Texas the air Force needs non commissioned officers to be professional military education instructors the air Force news service says. Staff sergeants through senior master sergeants Are needed at the senior no Academy at Maxwell fab Gunter Annex ala., and at other academies and airman leadership schools in the United states Hawaii Germany England Italy and Japan. Although vacancies Are classified by Grade cos still can apply if their particular Grade does not appear for a specific vacancy officials said. Cos from All career Fields can apply. Applications must comply with air Force regulation 39-11. A list of vacancies and More information is available at local personnel  forces to hold Ball Fayetteville . The special forces Branch will hold its fifth anniversary Ball april 10 in Fayetteville. All special forces soldiers retired and Active duty Are invited. The Ball will be held at the Howard Johnson Plaza hotel on interstate 95. The event is limited to 600 guests. Reservations will be taken on a first come first served basis. The Cost is $17 per person. Responses should be mailed before april 1 to  assistant commandant attn. Sgt. 1st class e. Zimmer fort Bragg . 28307-5000. The hotel is offering special rates of $46 per room for guests attending the Ball. For More information about the Ball Call sgt. 1st class Zimmer at 919 432-1717 or maj.  Nash at 919 432-9002.2 women from Rota honoured for combat air time in Gulf War Rota Spain a amps two women communications specialists with Rotas naval reconnaissance support activity who racked up nearly 300 hours of combat air time during last Winters operation desert storm were recognized at a ceremony this month at naval station Rota Petty officer 1st class Amber Welzenbach who is also nominated for the capt. Winifred Cook Navy league award had Crump Welzenbach a a we re in the forefront of where women will be 10 years from now in the armed forces a Welzenbach said of herself and Crump. A a there a no limit to where we can  Welzenbach a native of Sutherland ore., and a nine year Navy Veteran said her flight time gave her a a Nice feeling for me to experience the teamwork of the tactical Side of my  Crump also was Low key about joining the growing 167 air combat hours in ep-3e surveillance aircraft flying from Souda Bay on Crete. Her colleague Petty officer 1st class Laurie Crump accumulated 132 combat air hours. Ranks of combat experienced women in the military. A the first Mission seemed the scariest but Only because it was the first time id done my Job during War a she said. A my combat time does no to faze  and leadership Petty officer 1st class Michael k. Bleakley at his aircraft maintenance Bench has his work checked by senior chief Petty officer Edward e. Rybat at novy so Amon Mark s. Mooney won naval station Rota Spain. Rybat last year commander in chief of Navy Europe a leadership award for the top three enlisted  Wing to replace 2 at Sembach Sembach a Germany a the air Force has approved the activation of a new Wing at Sembach which will take the place of two wings at the base. The 601st tac control Wing and the 66th electronic combat Wing have been approved for inactivation according to capt. Ray Cornelius Sembach Public affairs officer. He said the 601st support Wing will be activated in their place. The change reflects the a one Wing one Bossy concept that is part of the air forces restructuring efforts according to a Sembach a news release. The change is scheduled to take place March 31. The 66th electronic combat Wing was activated in june 1985, and its role within . Air forces in Europe was to disrupt enemy air defense systems and provide tactical air and ground support. The Wing deployed to in Ciurlik a Turkey where the electronic jamming capabilities of the ec-130h Compass Call aircraft were used during operations desert shield and storm. The units assigned to the Wing logged More than 400 hours in combat and combat support roles according to the news release. The 66th flew 101 sorties into Northern Iraq