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Martin Diran Makinde is currently serving as a Senior Advisor in NEPAD Agency Industrialization, Science, Technology and Innovation Hub and based in Midrand Head office, South Africa. He is the immediate past Director, NEPAD Agency Planning and Coordinating Agency, African Biosafety Network of Expertise (ABNE) based in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (January 2010- April 2016).
He was formerly the Director of the NEPAD West African Biosciences Network in Dakar, Senegal (March 2007- December 2009). He earned the degrees of Doctor of Veterinary Medicine in 1976, a PhD in Veterinary Physiology from the University of Ibadan in 1986 and Diploma in Neurophysiology from Edinburgh University in 1981. Prior to joining NEPAD Agency, he was Professor of Animal Science at the University of Venda, South Africa where he also served a five-year term as Dean of the School of Agriculture, Rural Development and Forestry (1997-2001).
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Aiushtha, the Enchantress, is a ranged intelligence hero who punishes those that dare raise their blades against her and run from nature's justice. Her signature ability Impetus deals Pure type damage depending on how far the target is at the time of impact. This makes her a serious threat from long range, able to dish out resistance-ignoring damage at a fairly consistent rate.
Her most powerful passive ability Untouchable slows the attack speed of whoever is attacking her by a significant amount (as much as 170 attack speed at max level), making her excellent at going toe-to-toe with right-click physical DPS carries. Combined with her offensive active ability Enchant—which slows on the movement side—she can kite melee carries with no mobility skills for a long time while raining down upon them with Impetus. In addition, Enchant allows her to take control of enemy or neutral creeps, giving her the ability to push lanes and provide additional utility to her team.
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To round out her kit, Enchantress has Nature's Attendants, which heals her and any allied units in a small radius at a surprisingly fast rate. This keeps her healthy during teamfights, as well as gank attempts against her. Her design allows her to start out as a support hero, keeping her teammates healthy while irritating enemy heroes with her complementary skills. Then, she can transition into a core role, carrying items such as Hurricane Pike and Aghanim's Scepter in order to crank out some serious DPS.
However, she does have some glaring weaknesses that keep her from being an instant win condition. For one, she is extremely vulnerable to burst damage, particularly from spellcasters that can nuke her down in the blink of an eye. Such heroes don't care a single bit about Untouchable, after all, and can exploit her pitiful health pool accordingly. She is also easily countered by spell immunity mechanics, with Black King Bar rendering her useless for up to 10 seconds at a time.
But even with her shortcomings, her superb flexibility means that she can placed in just about any position, and will likely fit in several different strategies and hero compositions.
Enchantress Skill Build
The following skill build assumes that Enchantress will be taking the offlane role, and will have the appropriate farm priority as a result. As of Patch 7.19c (September 2018), solo offlane Enchantress is the generally accepted route in the metagame, thanks to her ability to play without a lane partner in a dual lane focused meta.
Your first order of business is to put one skill point in Nature's Attendants at the start of the game, in order to give yourself some healing in case aggressive enemy heroes decide to gank you before the creeps even spawn. The second skill point should go straight into Untouchable, which you will be maxing out first to help yourself against harassment in the offlane. Of course, this won't make a difference if your lane opponents happen to have spammable magic damage abilities, so against heroes like Skywrath Mage just make sure to play it safe and use Magic Stick if necessary.
Nature's Attendants will then be the second priority, so that you can heal your teammates during mid game teamfights while you slowly build up your core items. Don't be shy to use it early in a fight; it lasts a whopping 11 seconds and only costs 140 mana at max level. Enchant will be the final priority, unless there is a pressing need for a long-duration single target slow.
Of course, Impetus should be taken at every opportunity, to maximize its damage output as soon as possible. Enchantress is half the hero she would be otherwise without it, after all.
Our recommended skill build, therefore, is as follows:
- Nature's Attendants
- Untouchable
- Untouchable
- Nature's Attendants
- Untouchable
- Impetus
- Untouchable
- Nature's Attendants
- Nature's Attendants
- Level 10 Talent: +25 Movement Speed
- Enchant
- Impetus
- Enchant
- Enchant
- Level 15 Talent: +50 Damage
- Enchant
- Impetus
- Level 20 Talent: +100 Untouchable Slow
- Level 25 Talent: +8% Impetus Damage
Enchantress Item Build
As an offlaner, your item choices will primarily revolve around improving your Impetus damage—by way of increasing your effective attack range and improving the ability itself directly. Dragon Lance is the first mid game item you should aim for, as it gives you some valuable stats to pad your awful health pool with as well as additional attack range for a very reasonable cost.
This will later on be upgraded to a Hurricane Pike, which is one of the best items in the entire game for Enchantress. Not only does it give you even more stats, but it also gives you a way to almost instantly reposition yourself in a teamfight or gank attempt. If your team composition includes vision abilities such as Tusk's Frozen Sigil, Bounty Hunter's Track, or Bloodseeker's Thirst, you can abuse Hurricane Pike's unlimited range mechanic to deal absurd amounts of damage with Impetus.
Later on, you can double down on Impetus' power with Aghanim's Scepter, which increases the cast and attack acquisition range of the ability. This means that you can hit Impetus' upper damage limit much easier, without having to put yourself in much danger. Remember, though, that the damage is still capped at 24 percent (32 percent with the Level 25 talent), regardless of whether or not you have Aghanim's Scepter.
Situational pickups (support/utility/protective items) include Eul's Scepter of Divinity (gives you even more movement speed on top of Enchantress' already insane base value, plus a handy disable), Linken's Sphere, Black King Bar (you become an unstoppable turret of pure damage with this), or Pipe of Insight. For more damage and freedom of movement, consider purchasing a Scythe of Vyse or a Bloodthorn.
Enchantress Counter
The best way to deal with Enchantress is to pick heroes with high burst damage abilities. Doing so circumvents the protection that she gets from Untouchable, and goes straight for her biggest weakness: her tiny health pool. Lina, Crystal Maiden, Luna, Timbersaw, and Lion are excellent picks against her in this regard.
Some carries also have abilities that aren't affected that much by Untouchable. Ursa's Overpower, Troll Warlord's Fervor and Battle Trance, and Windranger's Focus Fire all cancel out the attack speed slow, allowing them to deal consistent physical damage to Enchantress. For those that aren't blessed with such abilities, Black King Bar nullifies Untouchable completely.
Your team should also consider buying Blade Mail against Enchantress. With it, you can turn Impetus' DPS against her, making her at least think twice of continuing her assault.
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It is with great sadness the family of Theresa Catherine Walzak (nee MacKinnon) announces her passing on February 1, 2019, surrounded by her loving family at The New Waterford Consolidated Hospital. Born in Dunakin (Glencoe) on April 25, 1932, she was the daughter of the late Willie and Cassie (MacQuarrie) MacKinnon.
Theresa was a loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and wife.
She is survived by her three sons, Michael 'Bucky' (Christine), New Waterford, Joe (Marilyn), Sydney, and Mark (Juanita), New Waterford; her eight grandchildren, Laura, Nancy, Tyler, Brandon, Kayla, Taya, Eric and Amy and her great-grandchild, Peyton. Theresa is also survived by brothers, Dan Willie and Michael 'Spikey'; sisters-in-law, Nancy, Lucille, Phemie and Virginia 'Babes' and numerous nieces and nephews all of which held special places in her heart.
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Theresa will always be remembered as a loving and benevolent soul. She was a long-time member of the CWL and devoted much of her time to the Carmel Centre where she developed lifelong friendships she held so dear. Nothing brought her more joy than being surrounded by her family and friends, laughter and her fiddle music. She had a wide circle of dear friends and cherished family, testament to the life of quality and substance that she lived. Theresa leaned heavily on her very strong Roman Catholic faith throughout her life. She was a devout Catholic, a lifelong member of the Parish of Saint Leonard (formerly Our Lady of Mount Carmel), and practiced her religion with great faith and reverence. She found much solace in the church's many rituals and sacraments that she held so dear. She faced her health issues with great courage, dignity and grace, never complaining and always offering up her suffering. She fought stoically and with great calm, comforting those around her with assurances that she was fine, as she enjoyed time surrounded by family and friends to the very last, including this past Christmas in her own home.
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Band: Chalk Circle
Venue: Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto ON ON
Date: March 8, 1988
Tour: Opening for Rush
Members Of The Band:
Chris Tait (Vocals and Guitar)
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Tad Winklarz (Keyboards)
Derrick Murphy (Drums)
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Comments: Exact set list not known. A Canadian band opening for probably THE Canadian band. Can't really remember to much about Chalk Circle except they weren't to hard on the ears.
Band: Rush
Venue: Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto ON
Date: March 8, 1988
Tour: Hold Your Fire
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Geddy Lee (Vocals, Bass and Keyboards)
Alex Lifeson (Guitar and Vocals)
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Comments: Rhonda, Henry and I attended this show. After Henry had re-introduced me to Rush during the bands Power Windows tour I was once again hooked on seeing them live. The videos below are from the bands A Show of Hands video release and is a very accurate, though abbreviated version of the concert we saw that evening.
I'll admit, right here and now, that the bands Hold Your Fire release didn't really resonate nearly as deeply with me, it was still a most excellent release. Especially songs like Time Stand Still with Aimee Mann from the Boston area band Till Tuesday providing a vocal counterpoint. Great song.
And still the old war horses were still in evidence. Just don't think I could handle a Rush concert without hearing The Spirit of Radio or something from 2112. And who could ever forget Tom Sawyer.
Rush have never failed to impress me live, from the first time I saw them in 1976 up until the last time I saw them live in 2007 on their Snakes and Arrows tour. They have always, always managed to impress. Long live Rush.
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|The old Sherwood house, Lake Villa Ill.
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|Robert Strang store (right hand side) built 1856
|John "Jake" Strang house built 1856-1857
BEGINNING JUNE 2, 2016, A SERIES WILL BEGIN ON THE AUNT OF STEPHEN SHERWOOD, SARAH SHERWOOD CRAMER, AND HER FAMILY. THIS BLOG WILL SHOW HER DESCENDANTS ARE BEING FOUND AFTER NEARLY FORTY YEARS.......... Previously this blog shared the life of Stephen Sherwood, my great great grandfather, and provided tips to help find your ancestors.
|The old Sherwood house, Lake Villa Ill.
|Robert Strang store (right hand side) built 1856
|John "Jake" Strang house built 1856-1857
Gives a whole new meaning to the concept of "Brick Wall Ancestors," now doesn't it! ;)ReplyDelete
How are Stephen Sherwood and the Strang brothers related to you? I'm guessing in the area of great-grandfather, or maybe 2 x great?
What catches my eye is $4.50 for $1,000 bricks. Today it would probably be at least a thousand times as much. These pictures are amazing -- I can make out, to some degree, the different colors and patterns of the bricks. The photo of Stephen Sherwood (?) shows a strong character.
Stephen is my great grandfather. I'm not related to the Strang brothers.ReplyDelete


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First of all I want to thank everybody for the terrific feedback on Friday's post. There are enough ideas to keep us going for a long time here at SHTFblog. I'll announce the winner of the drawing Wednesday morning, so make sure to check in then to find out who the lucky winner is.
Awhile back I posted a story about how I broke my leg in the 100 Mile Wilderness here in Maine five or six years ago. In the story I mention the splint, but in the interest of space I didn't elaborate on it. After reading some of your feedback I thought I'd write a quick post about it because it hits on a few different things: medical emergency, it was a real life situation, improvising on the spot, etc.
Let me first put you in the frame of mind I found myself in that day…
We'd hiked through rain and thunderstorms and crossed a river, so we couldn't have been any wetter if we'd tried. My rain pants had proven to be absolutely useless and I'd ditched them earlier that morning and was wearing a pair of shorts and my hiking boots and my rain coat on top with my pack over it.
We were hiking up Gulf Hagas mountain and I was planning on spending the night at the lean to, but it was still about five or six miles from where we were. I was hiking fast to stay warm when I suddenly tripped on a wet root and fell, breaking my ankle on the way down. There was absolutely no question in my mind about what had happened. I'd never broken a bone before, but I could feel it break and actually heard it snap like a dry branch breaking. Oh yeah, and it hurt. A lot.
I lay on the ground until I got the pain under control, then I had June start bringing me some sticks. I had everything else in my pack. Here's what I used:
- 2 Sticks about the thickness of my index finger
- Twine
- A small yellow camp towel
- Foam sleeping mat
- Two bungee cords
First, I wrapped the towel around my leg. Then I broke two sticks off so they reached from the bottom of my boot to my knee then I placed them on either side of my ankle and wrapped some twine around them to hold them in place. Finally, I had June cut my sleeping mat so that it would reach from just below my knee to down over my boot. The purpose of the splint was to keep the ankle in place as much as possible by holding my foot stable, which it did quite nicely.
I left the boot on as added protection, although later I had to loosen the laces up when my foot started to go numb because the swelling was cutting off the blood supply.
Later on an EMT checked it and said it was one of the best self-aid field splints he'd ever seen, so it was nice to get that kind of feedback about an emergency splint I cobbled together with what I had on hand.
Now, if I were in the field and didn't have anything with me and suffered this kind of injury I could have used the following to make my splint:
- Bark cut from a tree
- Moss or grass to pack around the fracture before putting the bark on it
- Shoe laces or some other cordage to hold the bark in place
As long as you had your knife with you it would be relatively easy to make this kind of splint.
What else could you think of use in a situation like that? Just imagine it… you're laying in the woods 40 miles from anywhere and you've got to splint a broken leg. What would you use?
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'The devil is in the detail' may be a useful cliché when it comes to dealing with human affairs such as contracts, political manifestos, bankers' pay deals and the like. However, when it comes to the natural world the opposite is true: 'the delight is in the detail' is a simple fact.
When writing about The Yukon it is easy to succumb to the temptation of dwelling on the spaciousness, the grandeur, the sheer scale of the land and the sky. And as I tend to do with any temptation worth its salt, I shall no doubt continue to succumb to that lure. However, there are many small things and fine details that make time in The Yukon special.
I sing the pika! The pika is not by any means unique to The Yukon, but these tiny members of the squirrel family thrive here, and they are the livewire bit-part actors who steal the scene if you watch them carefully. They love sloping bellies of scree and talus…skittering and wriggling through the rocks and stones, simple little pulses of kinetic energy. Camping near Keno on my last trip I spent a sunny evening watching a dozen of them combing the remains of a wide rockfall opposite my tent. It reminded me of the puzzles we used to have as kids, where you had to manoeuvre a blob of mercury through a maze…of course the mercury would fragment into lots of tiny drops and you'd end up with twenty mini-blobs zigging around the labyrinth in crazy symmetry. Like pika on tilted scree.
Of course, mercury games are not sold to kids anymore. If it gets out of the box it can cause brain damage. That must be why I succumb to temptation so readily, all that mercury when I was small – at last, a valid excuse!
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In Pick Up the Pieces, the book you will see one day, I recount how a pika sparked its wiry little way into my rucsac whilst I was meditating on the profundity of the forest below Keno Hill. A raven alerted me, very deliberately and consciously, and I was able to save some of my trail mix. I rewarded the raven with most of the remains.
The other delight in detail that struck me today occurred during a ramble around the small lakes and pools above Lewes Lake. The terrain is remarkable for a series of barely fixed dunes that have formed from the rich deposits of glacial silt. The silt gives the lochans a startling turquoise colour, most notably Emerald Lake a little further along the valley. The dunes are a magnolia white…wind-whipped into micro John Ford western backdrop shapes…riddled with ground squirrel burrows. And some of them, 80 miles from the nearest sea inlet, are studded with pearly white shells.
The shells are all spiral whelk shapes, no bigger than your fingernail. They have been there so long that they are not only hollow but also too fragile to touch. I tried to pick one out of the wall of a dune and it disintegrated like old parchment. I felt stupidly guilty for even trying and avoided brushing against any others. Some dune segments bristle with hundreds of them, most half-shattered by the sheer pressure of the silty sand that they will gradually augment without any trace of their independent existence.
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One of the features of sparsely populated areas is that people learn to fix things for themselves, become good enough at a range of practicalities to make do and mend. In the southern Yukon this is not such a prerequisite as Whitehorse is a fine service centre, but the level of self-sufficiency does have to be a little higher than in cities.
In The Yukon a parallel trend seems to operate for arts and culture. This is not based on painstaking research, but I would bet my next cranberry slice (yes, I am still saving my first cinnamon bun experience for that special bakery where they are as big as Jersey cowpats) that there is an unbeatably high proportion of painters, carvers, musicians, singers, dancers, theatre players, quilters, photographers et al amongst the population here.
More examples to come in future posts, but it is particularly good to see a flourishing scene amongst First Nations groups. In this general area there are 4 distinct groupings: the Kwanlin Dün; the Champagne and Aishihik; the Ta'an Kwech'an; and, covering the area of my house-sit, the Carcross / Tagish. All the Nations speak versions of the root Athapaskan language, but the Carcross / Tagish speak Tlingit. The Tlingit Nation is based further inland and was relatively successful in keeping its traditions, and at least some semblance of power, during the big European colonisation drives. Tlingit (pronounced 'clinkit') imagery and culture has thus become an important influence on various other groupings.
"Coyote was amazed to find, during his tour of all the towns and cities of Canada, and the USA, and all the European countries, that nearly all works of art were placed in special buildings and parks. The only connection that most people had with art was in occasional visits to those buildings and parks (where they often had to pay money just to get in) or if they could afford to buy a few pieces of art to decorate their homes." Quoted, with the permission of the author, from the forthcoming story 'Raven Has Fun With Conceptual Art', by Ted Eames.
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I haven't yet ventured very far upwards, despite the beckoning peaks and ridges. Canadian mountains tend to be defended by broad swathes of forest, and in May there is still enough snow in the higher woods to make it very laborious to get onto the firmer snow of the rocky tops. Such trails as there might be disappear and you can end up treading slush in deep wet snow. At least the woods are not as thick in The Yukon as the rainforests of the Coastal Ranges , and the trees are shorter and thinner, making the forest lighter and drier. The lichen is primrose yellow crinkly salad and the moss is soft golden broccoli.
I am looking forward to the mountains off the South Canol and off the Dempster for some good, solid-rock underfoot boulder hopping.
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And I am afraid I can't mention the word 'yellow' without a tip of the headband to Oxford United, who play at Wembley Stadium on Sunday in the play-off final to regain League status after 4 years of hurt. They play in Yellow (yes, with a capital) and dark-blue, you see. It is a little known fact that something has been amiss in the universe since they lost League status: international terrorism has worsened; wrong-headed wars have proliferated; capitalism has been exposed as an inhumane, bankrupt delusion (so it hasn't all been bad); and now the UK is to be governed by Dictatorship of the Pasty-Faced Private School Prefects. All this, and more, will be put to rights when the "U's" marmelise York City on Sunday…my son Jack carries my lung power along with 30,000 others!
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Spurious virtue signalling trumps economics and even sanity in UK politics it seems. Belief in the empty box that is man-made climate change will be a massive and futile financial burden to the public. Our leaders are so confused, or keen to confuse everyone else, that they even equate the vital trace gas carbon dioxide with pollution.
Greenhouse gas emissions in the UK will be cut to almost zero by 2050, under the terms of a new government plan to tackle climate change, reports BBC News.
Prime Minister Theresa May said reducing pollution would also benefit public health and cut NHS costs.
Britain is the first major nation to propose this target – and it has been widely praised by green groups.
But some say the phase-out is too late to protect the climate, and others fear that the task is impossible.
The UK already has a 2050 target – to reduce emissions by 80%. That was agreed by MPs under the Climate Change Act in 2008, but will now be amended to the new, much tougher, goal.
The actual terminology used by the government is "net zero" greenhouse gases by 2050.
That means emissions from homes, transport, farming and industry will have to be avoided completely or – in the most difficult examples – offset by planting trees or sucking CO2 out of the atmosphere.
The government's advisory Committee on Climate Change recommended the "net zero" target in May.
Its report said if other countries followed the UK, there was a 50-50 chance of staying below the recommended 1.5C temperature rise by 2100.
A 1.5C rise is considered the threshold for dangerous climate change.
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For the first time in history a NATO jet shot down a Russian Su-24 this morning over the Syrian border. At appropriately 4:06 AM EST news came over the wire of a Russian Su-24 fighter jet repeatedly violating Turkish airspace, as many as ten times according to Turkish officials. Two F-16 scrambled to the Russian SU-24 and after several warnings the Russian jet was shot down.
Amature video of the jet flaming out in a steep dive doesn't show the pilot eject, however Russian officials have confirmed the flight crew was able to eject safely. The condition of the crew is unknown and there are unconfirmed reports that the flight crew was captured by Turkish troops on the ground.
Update - This image apparently show the crew ejection. They were flying at 6,000 ft.
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Take some time to work out the space you actually need in the car for you and your party to travel comfortably. Compare the car classes against your car, friend's cars or even pop down to a car dealer to take a look at the model range.
Dropping down a car class can save you quite a lot – an example, moving down from an intermediate class car (Ford Mondeo automatic or similar) to a compact class car (Ford Focus automatic or similar) will save you a considerable amount.
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For example, the costs of bringing your child seat on the airline (checking it in) may be less than the daily fee for renting one with the car hire supplier and will alleviate any concerns you have about availability or condition of the rental equipment.
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Try to keep the rental shorter even if it does mean spending more time at the airport or train station before your journey home.
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Take a look at the refundable insurance offered through automatic car hire or consider driving the car with the excess amounts in place.
Insurance offered by car hire suppliers can be expensive. Also bear in mind that the excess amounts on automatic rental cars is normally much higher than their manual comparable cars due to higher maintenance and value.
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Automatic Car Rental Fuel Policy
If you are not doing a lot of driving take some time to note the car hire suppliers fuel policy (in the terms and conditions). Full to empty suppliers will leave you feeling cheated if you bring back the car with half a tank of fuel left with no chance of a refund for it. If you are not driving that much then go for a full to full fuel policy supplier.
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The only scenario where we at automatic car hire can see an unavoidable charge levied by a car rental company is an out of hours fee. Most flights are met without charge and most offices away from airports are open within normal office hours.
The rise of travel options and budget airlines and their unusual flight times (to keep their costs down) can result in you needing to pick up the car at times that are not served traditionally by the car hire company.
When this is the case then an out of hours fee could and will be levied. These are shown in the terms and conditions and you should look for these if you think your arrival is not within times you consider to be "office hours".
Fuel, a controversial full to empty policy that began in Spain in the late 90's has expanded to many suppliers across the world. This is where you must pay for a full tank of fuel and return as empty as possible. In some circumstances but by no means all, this could be at a higher price than you pay at the pumps so please check the terms and conditions for the fuel options available.
For shorter rentals full to empty suppliers do normally operate a full to full policy (three of less days) so bear this in mind but generally if your rental is short or you are not intending to drive much then a full to full policy supplier is best for you.
Additional equipment requested when booking or at the counter will of course be charged for and these fees again are present in the terms and conditions.
Car Hire Excess Insurance Information
If you have an accident or are a victim of crime with either scenario resulting in damage to the rental car, the supplier or owner of the vehicle can take an excess for the repairs directly from your credit card even if it is not your fault.
You can purchase additional insurances at the desk but this can be costly and may not remove the excess amount completely. They may also be exclusions in terms of cover for the underside of the vehicle or loss of the keys as common examples.
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The additional option we give is a refundable excess insurance that covers you and not the car. If you have any incident that results in a deduction of the excess amount from your credit card then you can reclaim this amount directly from the insurer at your leisure.
Just request a claims form, fill in the details and any paperwork given to you and they will process and refund you the excess amount directly to your credit card.
Terms & Conditions
Of course you can look in the terms and conditions of each supplier to see excess amounts and insurance options as you go through the booking process.
Many people are okay with driving with the excess amounts in place, all cars on our website are fully inclusive so you don't need to pay anything extra to dive the car away.
All we ask is consider the excess amounts, weigh up your options and take some time to look at the refundable excess product available.


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Collette Celebrates 100 Years in Businessby Cheryl Rosen /
It's not often that a travel company lasts 100 years. So, 2018 is going to be a very special year at Collette, as it celebrates its centennial anniversary of taking great clients on great guided tours of the world.
"Collette is the oldest tour operator in North America and the first to have a centennial, and I'm going big because I won't be here for the next one," joked President and CEO Dan Sullivan at a dinner celebrating its travel professional partners in Providence last week.
On tap are 100 days of giveaways for travel agents, industry professionals and consumers, starting the week of Jan. 22, when Collette will be highlighted on television by its 20-year-old partner, Wheel of Fortune.
"Everything will revolve around the centennial in 2018, Executive Vice President Paula Twidale told TMR. "The centennial highlights our collective core competency, a lot of longevity that helps us understand what our guests need and put the right products together.
For agents, Collette will have contests and events during 2018's first quarter.
"And because you invite family to celebrate your birthday with you, and our guests are our family on every tour, we will be celebrating with them as well."
Collette also will continue its popular Book Your Own Bonus program, which has been "enormously successful; the agents love it, and it is escalating," Twidale said. "We focus on our agent partnerships, and we feel it's very important to reward the individual agent as well as their agency and consortium. The ability of the individual agent to understand and explain our product is paramount, and it's important for them to feel their success and escalate their ability to sell Collette products. So we want to incentivize them to know more and to learn more."
2018 additions for agents and consumers
The company will be adding to its educational Collette University training program, so agents can collect more points and win more fam trips. The training will focus on helping agents market themselves and Collette's products and maximizing sales, including more materials to share with customers.
Agents are eligible for a discount of 50 percent off any Collette tour, and 30 percent off a companion fare, and then earn $20 per ticket they sell that is applied to the fam trip price.
Also, as a way to support agents, Collette pricing has no non-commissionable fees, so agents earn full commissions, and a price protection program. Stephanie Mirando, marketing manager for the travel agency channel, told TMR that Collette also never sells through rebaters like Costco.
"That's one of our biggest differentiators in the agent market, that we don't deal with Costco and we don't allow discounting. Tauck does that as well, but as far as I know we are the only two," she said. "We feel it's so important nowadays; we understand the amount of business we walked away from, but the integrity and trust of our travel agent partners is so important to us. Dan wanted to really have the trust of the travel agent community, to make sure that the agents truly offer the best price in the market. That protects their time and that protects their commission."
In general, "we want to recognize both individual agents and their agencies, and of course our loyalty program for customers has not gone away," Twidale said. "We are happy to pay everyone because the lifetime value of a Collette customer is so important to us. If we can acquire a customer and then encourage him or her to travel again, that retention is a critical component to our history and preserves our brand."
Also launching for the centennial is a consumer website (Collette100.com) that talks about the history of the company but also offers stories about why we travel for agents to share with their own customers.
What's trending
The centennial comes at a great time in the business, Twidale noted. While declining to cite exact sales figures for 2017, she is just back from a meeting of the U.S. Tour Operators Association meeting, on whose executive board she sits, and Collette's business, like that of most of its peers, has been "phenomenal, up double digits in 2017 and 2018," she said. "The economy is being fueled, the dollar is up, the stock market is doing well. People with disposable income are traveling, and our dollar is strong so we are getting a lot for our money."
Mexico is still the number-one destination for FIT travelers in 2017, she said; hot emerging destinations include Cuba, Myanmar, South Africa, Japan and Iceland. Spain, Portugal, South Africa, Australia and the South Pacific are big sellers, and "Canada is on fire; the Canadian Rockies have been an enormous product for us."
"I find our numbers for 2018 reassuring. The economy bodes very well for travel, and people are more resilient than they have ever been," Twidale said. "They are not willing to give up that time to break away and take that trip. So, it's not a surprise to me that people continue to travel."
On tap for the year are some new tours and destinations, including an expanded Choice on Tour product that offers smaller groups and more experiential components. "It's all about the experience; even though we may travel together, we want to do different things. That's the way the world is going, that personalization and customization. It's not options to buy, it's the ability to choose what you would like to do, what path you want to go down."
Collette also will be offering new trips including Sri Lanka, Madrid and Barcelona with a high-speed train ride, a New England Charm tour with summer stock theater — and a throwback to the "If it's Tuesday this must be Brussels" era, a European grand tour that includes Prague, Vienna, Venice, Rome, Florence, Lucerne, Paris and Brussels.
Other trending tours for 2018 are the Iceland and Ireland adventure tours; the new Japan and Finland Northern Lights tours where guests sleep in an igloo; French Canada; and a Switzerland tour with "hidden trains and peaks." Collette also is looking at ways to improve its Exploration Product for small groups, of perhaps 18 rather than the current 24 guests, as it is seeing growing demand.


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The state of the UK employment market and economy – and the prospects for job applicants as a result - are rarely far from the headlines, especially with the Brexit negotiations ongoing. Facts, stats and reports on everything from employment rates to average pay increases circulate on a daily basis.
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In October Lydia® Voice Suite starts her second Germany tour this year: topsystem shows its voice-directed solutions live in practical application. Targeting the specific use of the market-leading technology in various application scenarios. Therefore three customers from different industrial sectors open their warehouses to demonstrate how Pick by Voice contributes to quality assurance and efficiency enhancement: Lekkerland Germany GmbH & Co. KG in Großbeeren at 10th October, Callius GmbH in Bergheim at 19th October and UVEX Sports GmbH & Co. KG in Fürth am 9th November. The attendance is free. Registration is requested.
An efficient and flexible workforce planning system is essential for airport ground handling. topsystem Systemhaus GmbH has, in close cooperation with AHS – Aviation Handling Services - developed a new workforce and shift planning tool to optimise the time-consuming organisation and disposition of employees. The rostering software APHIS (Aviation Personnel Handling and Information System) is tailored to the exact requirements of ground and cargo handlers. It uses all relevant information on flight times and service level agreements, and then combines it with the employee master data that has been stored. The result is a clear management and allocation of tasks as well as the possibility of flexibly responding to last-minute operational changes. APHIS was developed in close cooperation with partner firm AHS Aviation Handling Services, represented by its Munich branch where the software is already successfully implemented. At inter airport Europe, taking place from 10 to 13 October 2017 in Munich, topsystem will present the benefits of APHIS to industry professionals for the first time.
To be able to produce VW Caddy and Co. efficiently VW Nutzfahrzeuge maintains a total of 30,000 m² of warehouse facilities in its plants in Poznan, Poland. Whether it is engines, gears or car windows – from here VW supplies its production lines in Poland with components of all kinds. To optimize the picking process the automobile manufacturer relies on Lydia® Voice Suite by topsystem. The pick-by-voice system was able to be launched after a project time of only four months and has since been providing for reliable compilation of parts for automotive production - always taking into account just-in-time and just-in-sequence deliveries. Volkswagen Poznan can reap the benefits from warehouse productivity that has increased by up to 30 percent.
Special flashlights for hunters, commercial batteries and drive systems for e-bikes: in its logistics center Assamstadt ANSMANN stocks some 8,000 different products.
To be able to ship quickly and cost-efficiently several thousand packages per month to an international customer base the expert for energetic solutions has decided to replace the former paper-based picking by an up-to-date paperless picking system.
GAH Alberts supplies their customers from commerce, trade and industry with all components that have to do with fence technology, as well as DIY. Maximum flexibility in logistics is specifically required for seasonal business. Due to the expanding gardening segment the family-owned company built a new logistics center last year with a size of 7,200 m². 800 different products are stored there which are in particular demand in the spring season.
At the same time GAH Alberts made the decision for the picking technology Pick by Voice: so now the pickers are guided through the warehouse via voice dialog with Lydia® Voice Suite. The Pick by Voice system is directly connected to the higher-level ERP system via Lydia® Connector for SAP. The logic of the voice dialog is completely linked with the SAP system which controls the allocation of orders.
For NORD DRIVESYSTEM Group paperless picking with Pick by Voice is an essential component in the industrial framework 4.0. To prepare its own production for digitalized and networked processes the market leader in drive technology for mechanical and electronical solutions has installed an industrial 4.0 test environment.
All systems involved in the drive production – which includes unmanned transport vehicles and augmented reality products – are tested there for efficiency and safety before going live. This includes Lydia® Voice Suite by topsystem for picking drive components.
We congratulate IATA International Ground Handling Conference on its 30th anniversary. More than 800 delegates from all over the world will meet in Bangkok, Thailand from May 21th until May 24th for the most important annual event of the ground handling industry.
Naturally, topsystem will also be exhibiting at the IGHC and will present its innovative GHS (Ground Handling System) solution. The powerful system is tailor-made to best suit the current requirements of the international ground handling business. Thanks to the flexible, modular structure, the solution can be configured individually in order to optimally meet the performance and budget requirements of our customers.
SEIKO Optical's lenses and frames for glasses meet the highest quality standards. Opticians who sell the company's products don't just expect faultless goods – they also expect efficient delivery processes. Every product is made individually, and incorrect or delayed deliveries can lead to hassle with customers. To guarantee high delivery quality at all times and substantially increase reliability across all logistical processes, SEIKO opted for the Lydia® Plug & Play voice solution for its UK operations as a first step.
All processes from the UK were recently adopted at the company's new logistics centre in Gelnhausen, Germany, as well. The move provides the company with a reliable complete system, while at the same time enabling it to benefit from topsystem's specialist expertise. Productivity increased by over 40 percent and the error rate fell significantly, with SEIKO staff now carrying out over 3,500 picks per hour.
The Lydia® Service Suite is the speech-based solution for the efficient checking and maintenance processes. On the maintenance 2017 in Stuttgart, topsystem will present how voice technology accelerates checking processes and at the same time relieves employees. The system replaces the manual processing of checklists by a simple voice input.
This ensures reliable and high-quality processes in all areas of industrial maintenance. The basis for the technology is the leading speech-based software Lydia® Voice. The advantage for users is obvious: All data is recorded and digitized in real-time. This allows the results to be comprehensively analyzed after the checking process. Visitors at maintenance will be able to see the Lydia® Service Suite in action.
At air cargo europe, an event hosted during the transport logistic trade fair in Munich from 9 to 12 May 2017, topsystem will present its new Electronic Cargo Handling & Operations System (ECHOS), a web-based system with a modular design that is always process-oriented. The IT solution reliably and efficiently covers all document-based and physical working procedures in the field of air cargo customs clearance – and it does so in a fully automated manner. Paper-based processes are thus a thing of the past.
In addition to fulfilling all important tasks related to imports and exports, ECHOS also comes with a host of additional modules and apps, for example dedicated to cargo movement and warehouse management. Trade fair visitors are able to test the solution themselves at exhibition booth 440 in hall B1, where there will also be a live demonstration of the mobile version for smart devices, mECHOS.
The PickManager from topsystem is the key to the simple integration of a pick by voice solution into an existing warehouse environment. As an interface between voice client and warehouse management or ERP system, the technology manages the entire picking process.
Thanks to the standardized and modular design, the PickManager can be adapted and extended to the requirements of the warehouse at any time. topsystem provides a future-oriented solution for speech based processes in warehousing and production.
When it comes to order picking in their new logistics center HAZET-WERK Hermann Zerver GmbH & Co. KG, a major manufacturer of trade tools and workshop equipment, rely on Lydia® Voice Suite by topsystem. A key benefit of the Pick by Voice technology is that with the Lydia® Connector for SAP the Lydia® Voice Suite can be directly connected to the new SAP warehouse management system without any middleware. This way, HAZET has access to their stocks in real time and the order picking is clearly more efficient.
Brazilian electronics retailer Multilaser is the first overseas company to deploy leading voice software Lydia® on smartphones. The company's Android devices receive picking orders directly from the warehouse management system via topsystem's PickManager.
Multilaser made a conscious decision to avoid purchasing industrial hardware, while at the same time profiting from the proven benefits of voice-controlled picking. Higher efficiency in the warehouse processes and the easy introduction of new pickers ensure maximum flexibility in order picking.
Smart, mobile and ready for networked logistics: With its Lydia® Release 8 topsystem presents its latest Voice Suite at LogiMAT, taking another step towards digitalization and networking.
As of now, the speaker-independent software runs on the Android operating system. No matter whether it's robust industry hardware or an industrial-suited smartphone – depending on the requirement, users may select which devices they use.
Tradefair visitors will be able to get information about this and all other new features – including the web-enabled Module ControlCenter and User and Device Manager (UDM) - in Hall 7, Stand 7B75. There the company will be presenting the entire Lydia® Voice Suite in a live demonstration.
Whether it be basil, shadow-hidden grass or tulips, Bruno Nebelung GmbH relies on the Lydia® Voice-Suite from topsystem to meet the high demand for flower bulbs and seeds in a fast and economical fashion with the same number of employees. At its main site in Everswinkel, up to 40 employees pick around 85,000 orders per week during peak times.
Using a combination of the Lydia® Voice and the mobile voice computer Voxter®, the seed producer benefits from optimised processes and a significant increase in quality.
First participation, first place: We are glad to have been awarded for our voice solutions Lydia® SmartWatch and Lydia® VoiceWear® at this year's handling Award.
On 11 October 2016, the trophy was presented to us during a ceremony at Motek in Stuttgart. Lydia® has won the first prize in the category storage, order picking, handling and transportation. And we celebrated this event with the winners of the other categories.
The first topsystem Air Cargo IT Innovation Forum took place on September 29th 2016 at the IAW (Institute for Applied Warehouse Logistics) in Boppard-Buchholz. The exciting presentations of the day introduced various aspects of the use of advanced technologies and practices in the airfreight business. With the keyword "innovation" as a theme of the event, the participants were given a valuable insight into the future of the industry.
With the Lydia® Service Suite, topsystem is presenting a speech based software solution that helps to efficiently conduct checks and inspections. The combination of a headset and tablet device makes the data capturing process much easier, for example during quality checks and in the various areas of servicing and maintenance. It is also fit for use across a range of industries. Lydia® Voice, the leading speech based software, forms the technological basis of the Voice-Suite. The major benefit of this smart solution is in its ability to digitise all registered data in real-time and subsequently serve as a basis for comprehensive analyses.
The Lydia® Voice Suite is embarking on a major trade-fair tour this September, with appearances at the IMHX in Birmingham, CeMAT Russia in Moscow and FachPack in Nuremberg. In the space of just under three weeks, we'll be travelling over 5,700 kilometres to showcase our voice solutions to an international audience of industry experts.
IT services provider Bechtle uses smart glasses for the order picking of small components at the logistics centre at its headquarters in Neckarsulm. Installed on the data glasses is the SAP AR Warehouse Picker mobile app, which Bechtle has become the first company worldwide to successfully use. The augmented-reality (AR) technology has now been enhanced with the addition of topsystem's Lydia® Voice. With this innovative order-picking solution, Bechtle is able to profit from fast and faultless hands-free picking.
The worldwide leading innovator in the field of voice picking, topsystem, is extending its product portfolio for the global market.
As part of its current international growth strategy, the second largest voice supplier is putting its business and enterprise solutions into focus at this year's CeMAT.
With the Lydia Business solution based on Android hardware, topsystem offers an efficient basic package for voice application.
The current expansion of the Dubai World Central (DWC) airport is combined with ambitious objectives: Until 2025, 160 million passengers are estimated to be welcomed per year and twelve million tons of air cargo are to be handled.
topsystem uses these perspectives to market its ground und cargo handling systems and opens a new subsidiary in Dubai.
The logistics provider Callius, in Bergheim, Germany, as the first customer, is relying on Lydia Smart Watch from topsystem in order to distinguish the many article variants – school backpacks in different colors, sizes and shapes from FOND OF BAGS – clearly from each other.
Besides improved work ergonomics, users also benefit from a substantially reduced error rate in order picking due to the additional visual display of the article on the watch. The result: more reliable picking due to the combination of voice and visual picking.
A close network of science, practical application and advanced training: that is the goal of Demonstrationsfabrik Aachen (Demofabrik) on the campus of RWTH Aachen. There Demofabrik manufactures pre-series and prototypes for various business enterprises.
Together with partners from the industrial sector, the topsystem employees adapt procedures or production technologies during operation processes.
As of January 1st, 2016, the Ehrhardt + Partner Group (E+P) holds the majority share of topsystem Systemhaus GmbH.
The merger offers great potential for both companies, as international expansion is to be further intensified with a focus on tapping into new markets.
Following the share acquisition, topsystem is continuing to do business as an independent company.
Two awards: topsystem System GmbH received the Logistics Business IT Award in London for its Pick by Voice solution LYDIA®Plug&Play – not in one but in two categories.
In the category "Wearable Devices & Voice Technology in Logistics" the panel of experts honoured the solution for its application at Seico Optical UK. In the category "Logistics IT in the Retail & Wholesale sector" the voice application at the customer Skoolkit excelled.
For the sixth time CeMAT RUSSIA opened its doors to trade visitors of the logistics industry. topsystem presented the latest LYDIA Voice Suite in Moscow from 22 to 25 September.
Cost pressure and process quality – these are the most important topics determining the Russian Logistics market at the moment. To meet these demands many enterprises are considering introducing voucherless systems in their intralogistics, such as Pick by Voice.
It is not unusual that new optimization potentials become apparent during the implementation of software solutions for our customers which have not been in the original scope of requirements. In such cases it shows how fruitful a constant and open dialogue with the customer can be. Often such situations result in the development of additional tools for exhausting all potential benefits. At best, these customized solutions can even be added to the standard product.
topsystem's aviation branch has successfully launched a completely new software solution for air freight handlers. The CARGO HANDLING SYSTEM (CHS) is completely web-based, allowing all branches from back office to warehouse and apron to work online with consistent tools and data.
walther design GmbH & Co. KG based in Nettetal am Niederrhein is one of the leading providers of photo albums and picture frames in Germany as well as the rest of Europe.
walther has opted for the pick-by-voice solution Lydia® by topsystem to ensure that ordered goods are delivered correctly and on time.
Recently, Apple's iPod touch has been employed as voice client.
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Rhein Main Air Base
7310th TAW
7310th Tactical Airlift Wing
322d Tactical Airlift Wing
** Anyone having information on the 7310 & 322 TAW's
is welcome to contribute information to this page.
Although originally envisioned as a bomber base by USAFE, as a result of the Berlin Airlift, Rhein-Main became a principal European air transport terminal. With the end of the blockade, the 513th TCG was inactivated on 16 October 1949. The 61st TCG returned to routine transport operations until the outbreak of the Korean War. The 61st was reassigned to McChord Air Force Base, Washington on 21 July 1950.
The 61st was replaced by the 60th Troop Carrier Wing, which transferred from Wiesbaden Air Base, West Germany on 2 June 1950. The 60th was equipped with the heavier C-82 Packet cargo aircraft. In 1953, the C-119 Flying Boxcar arrived, bringing an increased cargo capability to the wing. The 60th TCW consisted of the following squadrons:
- 10th Troop Carrier Squadron
- 11th Troop Carrier Squadron
- 12th Troop Carrier Squadron
In 1955, with the opening of USAFE bases in France, most heavy transport flights were shifted there and Rhein-Main became a passenger and tactical cargo hub. The 60th Troop Carrier Wing relocated to Dreux-Louvillier Air Base, France on 15 October 1955. The 1614th Support Squadron of the 1602nd Air Transport Wing (MATS) headquartered at Chatereaux, France provided aircraft maintenance, passenger services, air cargo handling, hotel operations and airlift operational support during the 1950s and 1960s on behalf of the Military Air Transport Service. Rhein-Main was placed under the 7310th Air Base Wing, and for over a decade provided ground service as well as cargo and passenger loading and unloading for USAFE and MATS transports.
During the Cold War, the dependents of military and government personnel living on base or in the surrounding communities attended the following schools: Gail S. Halvorsen Elementary School, Rhein-Main Elementary School, William H. Tunner Middle School, Rhein-Main Junior High School, Frankfurt American High School.[1]
USAFE turned over the northern part of the base to the German government for use as Flughafen Frankfurt am Main, the chief commercial airport for the greater Frankfurt area, in April 1959, with the remainder of the base remaining in the hands of USAFE as the principal aerial port for U.S. Forces in Germany.
435th Tactical Airlift Wing[edit]
C-5As flown from Rhein-Main AB being offloaded in the Middle East during Operation Desert Shield.
U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster IIIs and C-141 Starlifters are parked on the ramp at Rhein-Main Air Base, Germany, on 26 December 1995. The aircraft are being used to deploy troops and equipment for the NATO Implementation Force (IFOR) in Bosnia and Herzegovina and neighboring countries in support of Operation Joint Endeavor.
The 1966 closure of USAFE bases in France increased cargo traffic at Rhein-Main extensively. On 1 July 1969, MAC transferred the 435th Tactical Airlift Wing from RAF High Wycombe, England, to Rhein-Main as host unit and upgraded its facilities. Squadrons assigned to Rhein-Main along with the 435th TAW were:
- 37th Tactical Airlift (assigned 1 October 1977) (C-130 Hercules)
- 55th Aeromedical Airlift (assigned 31 March 1975) (C-9A Nightingale)
The 435th TAW operated the Rhein-Main air terminal and providing aircraft maintenance for transitory C-17 Globemaster III, C-141 Starlifter and C-5 Galaxy aircraft supporting aerial ports in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.
The 37th TAS took part in airlift operations during Operations Desert Shield/Storm in Southwest Asia (the Middle East), from 14 August 1990 – 29 March 1991. It also air-dropped humanitarian supplies in Operation Provide Comfort for the relief of fleeing Kurdish refugees in northern Iraq in April–May 1991. The 37th AS conducted airlift and airdrop missions to Bosnia and Herzegovina for Operation Provide Promise, starting July 1992.
The 55th AAS flew aeromedical missions throughout Europe, Africa and the Middle East.
On 1 July 1975, the USAF and Military Airlift Command entered into an agreement with the Federal Republic of Germany that only transport aircraft be stationed at Rhein-Main Air Base.
Events of note at Rhein-Main Air Base:
- On December 10, 1978, the first group of military dependents evacuated from Iran on C-141s landed in Rhein-Main after leaving Tehran late the day before. They had spent the first night in Athens, their second leg of the trip was to Rhein-Main and then they were transported to McGuire Air Force Base. Each plane held approximately 150 women and children.
- On January 20, 1981, the American hostages held during the Iran hostage crisis were flown to Rhein-Main in a C-9 Nightingale aeromedical aircraft.
- On 23 October 1983, the bombing of the Marine barracks in Beirut, Lebanon occurred. Rhein Main AB was instrumental in the processing of the casualties from that bombing in the days and weeks to follow. 241 military personnel perished in the blast.
- On August 8, 1985, The Red Army Faction terrorist group sneaked a car laden with explosives onto the base and parked it behind the headquarters building. At approximately 7:15 AM the car exploded, killing Airman First Class Frank Scarton of Michigan and Becky Jo Bristol of San Antonio, Texas, and wounding 20 others.
- In 1990, Rhein-Main Air Base was a major staging base for supplies and equipment heading to the Gulf War.
The unit was activated as the 322d Tactical Airlift Wing on 1 January 1970 at Rhein-Main Air Base West Germany, replacing the 7310th Tactical Airlift Wing.[2]
The 322d Wing used rotational Lockheed C-130 Hercules squadrons for tactical airlift in Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East. In addition, the wing used C-118s and C-131s for aeromedical airlift until late 1972, then shifted to C-9As for this work, continuing aeromedical airlift operations through March 1975.[2]
The wing utilized KC-135 (VIP equipped) to provide transportation for CINCUSAFE until early 1973, followed by KC-135B until early 1974 and by C-135C thereafter. Used VT-29 aircraft to support Air Force North, a North Atlantic Treaty Organization component.[2]
In March 1973, the wing gained the 7th Special Operations Squadron, equipped with C-47, UH-1H, and C-130E aircraft, which was reassigned from the 26th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing at Ramstein Air Base when the 26th moved to Zweibrücken AB. All but the C-130s were transferred a few months later, to conduct unconventional warfare operations in Europe.[2]
The wing was inactivated in June 1975 when it was replaced by the 435th Tactical Airlift Wing.[2]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhein-Main_Air_Basehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/322d_Tactical_Airlift_Wing
** We would like to invite any former members of these Units to please join our Rhein Main Reunion Group and hopefully you will attend our reunions. Hopefully, you will be able to reconnect with many of your former friends.
** Looking for a volunteer to be the POC for the 7310th TAW.
** See the Rhein Main Units Tab.
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