Operation Shy Shield Tests Our Air Defense Muscle By Mock War On October 14
i . . By TOM NOLAN maintenance men, will play sup-
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WASHINGTON (NEA) About Army National Guardsmen man
125.000 Americans will (eel the
; first pinch of a missileless mock
;"war on Saturday, Oct. 14. In a
I;maneuver that has been dubbed
'.''Operation Sky Shield 11," North
'.; America's air defenses will be
tested against a sham atomic at
tack by long-range bombers.
I All civilian aircraft will be
grounded for 12 hours during this
"exercise, beginning at 1 p.m.
!"iEDT. And the 125,000 airline:
.' passengers who would normally
fly that day will have to book
- flights earlier or later, according
to the Air Transport Association.
Only participating military air-.-
craft will be permitted to take off
'. until 1 a.m. (EDT, Sunday, Oct.
2 15.
:: Purpose of the exercise is to;
provide operational training for
'the entire North American Air;
L' Defense Svstem NOHAD.
Sky Shield will begin when a
' force of Strategic Air Command
; i SAC) B-47's and B-52's, supported
'.by a small number of British
'bombers, simulates an attack on
..'the United States.
". NORAD fighter squadrons of
U.S. and Royal Canadian Air
; Force F-102, F-106 and F-89 jets
.' will make an estimated 6,000 sor-
ties in defense. Neither side will
-.; use missiles or live ammunition
v- From headquarters in Colorado
Springs, Gen. Laurence S. Kuter,
NORAD commander, will coordi
V nate defensive activities.
Army air defense units under!
iht. Gen, Robert J. wood, com-
J mander of U.S. Army Air Defense
J Command, will also participate in
; the action.
Some 150,000 military personnel
; and civilians will have active parts
.' in the exercise. Another 100,000,
eluding air rescue teams and
ning 15 NIKE-A J AX missile bases
in the northeastern U.S. will be
on the alert, although missiles will
be fired in theory only.
can operation of all foreign air.
carriers.-
This conforms to the Air Force's
SCATER (Security Control of Air
Traffic) plan which, in an emer
gency attack, would force all civil
ian and nonessential military
Thirty Air National Guard inter-' Plan,es 10 'ana 8 nT?sl "e'
, , i u- ,.,u io clear ine air lor couiuai.
ern and southern perimeters oi
the country are part of the NOR
AD command.
Navy Airborne Early Warning
Squadrons of WV-2 Super Constel
lations and Navy picket ships,
which together form the outer
warning line in the Atlantic and
Pacific oceans, will be tested in
the alert.
WV-2's, longe-range radar planes
with large fuel reserves, patrol
the northern limit's of the oceans.
Further south,' the picket ships,
destroyer escorts carrying full ra
dar equipment, take over.
Other radar defense's involved
in the operation include Canadian
"Pine Tree" stations along the
U.S. border, the Mid - Canadian
line, and DEW Line (Distant Ear
ly Warning! units.
Civil Defense teams will not be
tested during the exercise.
All of the continent north of
Mexico and adjacent coastal wa
ters will be blanketed by t h e
grounding order handed down by
Federal Aviation Agency "to as
sure air. safety."
This arbitrary boundary does
not rule out simulated attacks
from the south, according to Air
Force officials. Aircraft Control
and Warning bases along the Gulf
coast are alerted to the maneuver.
All the U.S. scheduled domestic
and international air carrier fleet,
about 1,880 aircraft, will remain
ort the ground during the exercise,
in addition to more than 70,000
general aviation planes. Also
grounded will be the North Ameri-
FAA Administrator N. E. Hala-
by points out that the Sky Shield
grounding is necessary to give
complete freedom of movement,
at all altitudes, in both ascend
ing and descending patterns, to
NORAD and SAC planes.
Halaby also notes that Die at
tacking forces will attempt to jam
all NORAD radar, FAA air traf
fic control "radar, and other elec
tronic guidance equipment. Thus,
civilian planes would be without
necessary guidance and control
Other FAA officials add that
the possibility of a real enemy at
tack during the operation cannot
be ruled out. SAC forces in the
U.S. will be on the alert for any
unauthorized planes in the air dur
ing the 12-hour period. NORAD
defenders are aware of the loca
tion of the prescribed simulated
attack.
FAA points out that last year's
Sky Shield I received excep
tional public understanding and
was accomplished with a mini
mum of inconvenience.
"Sky Shield I," however, took
place in the early hours of a Sun
day morning and lasted only six
hours. This year the exercise lasts
twice as long and hits airlines in
prime Saturday afternoon and eve.
ning time.
. To avoid a loss of revenue est!
mated at $40 million requires a
fast double-shuffle by commercial
airlines. Most airlines are packing
their schedules to get as many
planes as possible into the air lm
mediately bqjore and after zero
hour. ,
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NAVY AIRBORNE RADAR PLANE Here is one of the Navy airborne early warn,
ing radar planes that form the outerline of defense along the Atlantic and Pacific
coasts.
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F-102 INTERCEPTORS These planes are the F-102 Interceptors that will fly some
of the 600 defense sorties in the exercise.
HERALD AM) NEWS, Klamath Falls, Ore.
Thursday, October 12, lstil
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B-52's OF SAC Any simulated attack will be carried out by planes such as the B-52
of the Strategic Air Command.
Semi-Automatic Rifles
Stockpiled For Border
GRANGE NEWS
MIDLAND GRANGE
Booster Night was held at Mid
land Grange- Hall Wednesday,
Sept. 20. A 6:30 no-host dinner
started the evening. There were
a large number of grangers, vis
itors and children present; tables
and the hall were beautifully
decorated with an assortment of
fall flowers.
Serving on the decorating com
mittee were Carolyn Kelly, Kath
ryn Smith, Alice Hoover and
Nelle Motschenbacher.
The Thanksgiving Grace song
was sung by all before dinner,
Kathryn Smith accompanied on
the piano. After dinner, Master'
Alex Cammoek called the meet
ing to order and asked officers!
to retire and prepare for for
mal entry. '
The Bible was dpened and the
flag presented by Ruth Andrleu,
Ceres, Verda Urbach, Lady As
sistant Steward, and Butch
Schneyder, Assistant Stew
ard. Opening prayer was said by
Chaplain Opal Waresback. While
the flag was being presented, the
group sang "God Bless Amer
ica." Steward Lee Waresback in
troduced Roscoe Roberts, state
speaker of Medfoid; Klamath
County Deputy Mildred Largent;
Pomona Master Francis Flowers
and Shasta 'View Master Jack
ReTtmeier. They were escorted to
the masters' station.
Deputy Largent gave a report
on what the grange stands tor
and how it started, she also
gave a brief resume of Midland
Grange. Lecturer Mayme Cam
mock then opened her section
with a song, "When the Grange
is Called to Order. - I'll Be
There."
Charter and 25-year members
present were Mildred and Hip
Largent, A. V, Ess,. Wren Frain,
Leon and Marie Andrieu and
James Flowers.
All Midland Grange members
for 1960-61 were honored and
tribute was given them by the
master.
An American flag was pre
sented lo Midland Grange by
Dora Lohrey, widow of the late
Orville Lohrey. She is a sister
of Opal Waresback. Dedication of
the flag followed. Readings were
given by James Flowers, Leon
Andrieu, Verda Urbach, Minnie
Andrieu, the dedication closed by
singing patriotic songs.
Roberts, state speaker and
president of the Grange Mutual
Insurance Co. of Medford, gave
a talk on what the grange rep
resents and policies, then he
gave an instructional report on
grange insurance.
Francis Flowers read the Na
tional Master's Message followed
by entertainment.
BERLIN (UPD - TheUnitcd
States today stockpiled semi
automatic Ml rifles for West Ber
lin border guards despite Commu
nist protests against strengthen-
ening this isolated city s mil
itary defenses. -
U.S. officials .said shipments at
the weapons to Berlin have been
sent for several weeks. The move
was taken following heavy pres
sure from both the West Berlin
press and police officials here for
better armed border guards.
West Berlin's 12,500 policemen
nave been carrying only pistols
on patrol of the divided city's I
borders. Communist patrols are
equipped with sub-machineguns J
and other automatic weapons.
Informed sources said the "U.S.
government would prefer to have
West Berlin police patrol the bor
ders and felt they would be able
to handle any incidents if they
were properly equipped for the
job.
One source said the main mis
sion U.S. forces have here is lo
counter any Soviet or other Com
munist military threats and not
worry about handling water fights
and tear-gas grenade attacks by
Communist police.
The East German Communist
regime Tuesday protested to the
Allies against the planned trans
fer here of West German traffic
police.
"The (East German! govern
ment points out that the plan to
transfer West German police
troops to West Berlin is an act
of aggression.
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