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Over the Bordeaux-Merignac aerodrome in southwestern France, pilots find it wise to buzz the field once before trying to land. Buzzing disperses the sheep that graze contentedly between the runways. At one end of the field the 126th Bombardment Wing of the U.S. Air Force makes its headquarters...
Plenty of Navigators. In theory, Merignac is an important U.S. tactical air installation-the first of a series hopefully designed to protect a vital new supply route for U.S. and NATO forces in Europe. But there are no barracks, only tents. The wing's hospital is a jerry-built wooden structure whose ceiling drips water. The wing itself-the only U.S. tactical air outfit anywhere in France-is just as unready. The 126th is an Illinois Air National Guard outfit, originally an observation squadron which served in the Panama Canal Zone in World War II, later a fighter wing...
...foul-up at Merignac is an international affair. The wing itself, under the command of Brigadier General Allen, has hardly begun to whip itself into shape. The European Air Force command at Wiesbaden fell down on the job of getting Merignac ready for the 126th. And then there are the French...
Fancy Prices for Latrines. Under terms of a formal Franco-American agreement signed last November, the U.S. got the right to establish the Merignac base and other air, ground, ordnance and supply bases in France as part of the new NATO supply line. The French got legal title to all buildings and installations and the right to farm out all construction and repair work to French contractors and laborers. The U.S. had to channel payments through French bureaucracy...
Meanwhile, the symbol of U.S. air power in France sits hub-deep in the mud, while the sheep baa contentedly along the runways of Merignac field...