European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 14, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Military the stars and stripes Page it the air Force s new uniform style is modelled in this undated photo from left by air. Force chief of staff Genii. Merrill a. Mcpeak capt. Cathy Mcginn air Force clothing Branch chief maj. Martha will of the army and air Force Exchange service and Gary Pfingston chief master sergeant of the air Force. A air Force decides to dress up its personnel in new thursday january 14, 1993 a ,. A % a r �?�25th anniversary marked for nato s naval Force from staff reports Norfolk a. A the worlds first multinational naval Squadron turned 25 years old wednesday. Although no ceremony marked the occasion Natow a standing naval Force Atlantic continued operating with up to 10 ships on duty. Canada Germany the Netherlands Britain and the United states regularly contribute ships to the Force. Belgium Denmark Norway Portugal and Spain occasionally contribute vessels. The Force was activated in 1968 in Portland England. Since then 115,000 sailors arid officers have served aboard nearly 525 ships As part of the a a. Embassy assignments open fort Meade my. The defense attach system is recruiting noncommissioned officers seeking joint service staff assignments at . Embassies. Selected noncommissioned officers will be Given diplomatic assignments within Europe the. Americas Africa the far East and the Middle East. Among other requirements noncommissioned officers considering attache duty must be Able to obtain intelligence clearance and have special language skills. All family members must be . Citizens and meet medical standards for the country of assignment. For information Call . Civilian 404 6772134/7361, ext. 2633 or fax 410 677-5352.bases in England honoured Raf Ben Waters Woodbridge England a the twin bases of Raf Ben Waters and Raf Woodbridge have won several . Air forces in Europe awards for 1992. The 81st tac fighter Wing received the Gen. Thomas d. White environmental Quality award for the Best environmental programs in the command. Programs cited As exemplary included water pollution control noise abatement environmental enhancement waste management resource recovery and environmental training. Other Safe award winners include capt. Thomas major of the 81st comptroller so named accounting and finance officer of the year master sgt. Michael Creenan of the 81st comptroller so named accounting and finance airman of the year and capt. Brian Grassi of the 81st tac fighter wings clinic named base level resource adviser of the help at in Ciurlik Vicenza Italy a Southern european task Force transition assistance specialists plan to visit operation provide comforts tent City at in Ciurlik a Turkey next week. _ members of Vicenza s army career and alumni program will visit in Ciurlik from tuesday until Jan. 25 to help those from All military branches assigned to the provide Comfort combined task Force who Are planning to leave the service. The team will offer advice on resum6 writing Job searches and interviewing skills. The visit also will give people leaving the service Access to a data base with the names of 6,000 employers. The team will be located next to the morale welfare and recreation tent from 9 . To 6 . Daily. For information Contact task Force Headquarters at Dan 676-3871,Torrejon gets Busy Torrejon a Spain a activity at Torrejon a has expanded from a 16 hours a Day and five Days a week to 24 hours a Day and seven Days a week. The heavier workload began last month when the installation near Madrid became a key refuelling location for transport aircraft flying Relief missions in support of operation restore Hope said la col. Ken Williams operations director for Torrejon a 625th Airlift support so. As of monday 186 . Planes involved in the somalian operation had been refuelled at Torrejon. The surge in activity a has energized us a Williams said. Most . Aircraft supporting operation restore Hope Are refuelled at Lajes Field azores or at Moron a Spain. However bad flying weather sometimes forces pilots to divert aircraft to Torrejon. By Susanne m. Schafer the associated press Washington air Force officers and enlisted personnel will be wearing a new streamlined dress uniform by 1996, air Force chief of staff Gen. Merrill a. Mcpeak said tuesday. The single breasted jacket has a three Button front and a single breast pocket. The final Choice was announced in a statement at the Pentagon with far less hoopla than when the change was first put Forward More than a year ago. Then top air Force officials a including Mcpeak a modelled various uniform Tyle options for reporters. The new look is so pared Down that some air Force personnel have complained they resemble commercial airline pilots. One major change for officers is that rank insignia will no longer be worn on shoulder Epa lets but in a braided style on the Mcpeak who pushed the uniform renovation said the final Choice a is a clean streamlined the service has stripped from the new uniform the bad Kreuz Nach Germany a amp so history repeated itself Friday when three support battalions reclaimed Rimes they held 50 years ago As members of the 1st army div. The units had been assigned to the 8th inf div and the 3rd army div until they became part of the 1st army div last january during a reshuffling of the military in Europe. A re flagging ceremony was held last week at the Parade Field at Anderson Barracks in Dex Heim Germany. A a the units involved a the 54th support in fwd which was renamed Hahn a Germany a amps a the air Force has closed its Airfield and control Tower at Hahn As part of the draw Down a spokesman said tuesday the facility officially ceased operations at 3 . Thursday said senior airman James Roth. The last Mission was a c-130 Hercules flight at 10 02 . On dec. 15 bound for Ramstein a Germany. Hahn is scheduled to be returned to the germans on oct. 1 As part of a plan to Cut . Troop strength in name tags Epa lets Metal rank insignias and Collar insignias that had been worn on the older style. Rank insignia for enlisted personnel will be larger and bolder and a Star will be added to All chevrons. Both officers and enlisted men and women will Wear the same Quality uniform a a a polyester Wool fabric blend in a Serge weave. Another new step is that service members will be Able to Purchase the coat trousers and skirt As separate items rather than As a uniform set to make sizing easier and to save on alterations. The service s specialized Blue ceremonial and White a ceremonial uniforms have been eliminated since the new uniform has been designed to be worn at a number of functions. More than 700 service members participated in a Wear test of prototypes of the uniform including eight in Europe. The uniform will be offered As an optional garment in 1994. It will begin to be issued to new service members in late 1995 and will be mandatory by late 1999, an air Force statement said. The 501st support in fwd. The unit originally was activated Jan. 1,1942, As part of the 1st army div. A the 208th support in fwd which became the 47th support in fwd. The unit originally was activated feb. 1, 1939, and was known As the 47th medical in a the 708th support in Mai which was renamed the 123rd support in main. It originally was activated in january 1942. Alt three units saw action in world War 11 in North Africa. Europe. The last of Hahn s 70 f-16 fighting Falcons left the base in August 1991. At its Peak the 50th tac fighter Wing s three squadrons flew about 150 sorties a Day. Since then Hahn a Active duty population has dropped from a High of about 5,500 to fewer than 1,000. At the time of the bases closure there were just 18 people assigned to the Airfield. By next month there will be four people left As caretakers. Support units reclaim old names draw Down closes operations at Hahn a
