European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 21, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday september 21, 1985 the stars and stripes Page 9 German military exercises called Success by  Bureau Lut Mersen. Germany con Voys filled the autobahn of Northern Ger Many Friday As 60,000 troops returned to Post from fall Maneu vers and the search continued for a German army major presumed dead after his helicopter crashed into the Lerinc River during exercise True Zinc Sachsen. The death of the major would be the second fatality of the Maneu vers which took place Between the Ruhr District and the Elbe River. Maj. Carl von Sec Gen a German army spokesman for the Maneu vers said the helicopter crashed thursday. The three passengers survived the crash and the major is presumed dead he said. A German army Driver was killed in a crash earlier in the week he said. In addition to 51,000 German troops. 9,000 soldiers from the United states. Bri Ain and the Netherlands look part in the exercises which began sept. 16. About 3.300 tracked vehicles and 250 helicopters were concentrated in the a never area according to statistics provided by the German army. Truly inc Sachsen roughly translated As defiant Saxon is a German Man Euver held every three years As a part of the nato autumn forge and cold Are series. This year marked the first time Trul Zinc Sachsen was held under ground rules that allowed commanders to react to changes in the tactical situation without following scripts von Teegen said. The exercises were termed successful by a variety of officials including German defense minister Manfred Woerner. Dur ing a news conference thursday Worner praised the leadership and cooperation be tween the forces taking part in the exer Cise. Damages from the Maneu vers were Well within what had been planned for von. Stec gun said although the extent of the damage claims will not be known for Sev eral weeks. The West German government has allocated about $1.9 million to pay the claims von Teegen said. He said 94 Man Euver related accidents corps headquartered a British harrier Jet practices landings and takeoffs on a West Jerman autobahn. Had been recorded As of Friday. In Addi Tion to the two apparent fatalities two soldiers and two civilians were seriously injured. Twenty Throe soldiers and 12 civilians were injured in exercise related accidents a decision to continue the open rules format when the Maneu vers Are held next in i Khz will be up to the German army corp. Hosting the exercise then von Slee gun Aid. The Host this year was the German army s i much Star. The associated press reported that in another Man Euver area in North Central Germany authorities closed a stretch of High Speed autobahn wednesday and thursday to allow British military jets to use it As a runway. British military spokes Man Simon Williams said a Ihrck Milc stretch of autobahn Between the scan Flag or and Stucken Brick exits was closed to traffic from 8 . To 4 . To Permil harrier aircraft to practice Takeoff and  the spokesman told the a Only five or six takeoffs were practice wednesday be cause of fog in the area. A total of 60 such Maneu vers were originally scheduled for both Days he said . Brig. Gen. William i7. Streclec commander of the 2nd army div fwd credited Good Wear her As contributing to a successful Field exercise for his troops the largest participating american contingent. We really got to do All of the major missions that we expected to stricter said. His brigade Sie armoured group was deployed West of the City of Rotenburg which lies in the Center of the Man Euver area. The 2nd a Rind s major problem with a Neuvar related damage occurred when a 60 ton armoured bridging vehicle became mired on a Back country Road with a posted s i ton i eight limit. Strutter said. American troops were attached to the red army group under the command of maj. Gen. Hand Schul of the German 3rd army Oil. The 2nd amid brigade initially was held in Reserve but As the week progressed the Gart slept based brigade attacked and defended against the Blue army von sir Peter said. The Blue army was under the command of err Nan maj. Gen. He Lac Hansen i pan or div. Air support was provided by tactical fighter wings of the 3rd and 7h air Force As Well As the 4th tac fighter Wing hmm Seymour Johnson fab . They operated from Ramstein a. Nato s largest Atlantic exercise concludes by j. King Cruger . Bureau Northwood England Ocean safari k5, the largest nato maritime exercise Ever staged in the Atlantic wound Down Friday with the majority of ships taking part heading for port Calls in Europe and Liberty for their Crews. One Hundred sixty ships hundreds of aircraft and 80,000 people look part in the exercise which began aug. 2k when . Ships sailed from East coast ports. Exercises in the Ocean safari series arc held every two years to ensure Protection of the flow of merchant shipping through Atlantic Waters. They take place mainly in the Eastern Atlantic but this year the exercise extended from the a astern sea Board of the United states through the Greenland Iceland United kingdom gaps and into the norwegian sea on to the Bay of Biscay and portuguese Waters. In the culmination of the Ocean safari exercise a . Striking Force of a do in ships led by the Carrier America and accompanied by a British anti submarine warfare Force including the British Carrier illustrious spent a week exercising in the norwegian sea. The Force sailed deep into the sea to practice working in an Environ ment it could be called upon to enter in time of War. A conflict in Europe cannot be won in the norwegian sea but it could certainly be lost  . Navy vice . Henry c. Muslin the striking Fleet s com Mander told a news conference aboard the America in Best fjord off Norw a on Friday. Muslin explained according to a spokesman in Northwood that nato s strategy of deterrence and a Forward de sense should deterrence fail was unchanged. He said the situation at sea now is different from the one that faced nato in the 1970s and nato is obliged to look at new tactics to Deal with the new threat. Nato has Learned from norwegian naval forces the value of making use of the Shadow of Mountain ranges to provide a measure of Protection from cruise mis Siles he said in exp Ning the presence of the Carrier Battle group in the fjord Muslin also Slid he considered it important to carry out More such exercises in the future. Lie compared the nato exercise with the annual soviet naval exercise Summa Rex which earlier this year showed a new ability of the soviet Nav to project its units Well Inlo the  .  said it w  wrong to Call the nato exer Cise in the norwegian sea provocative As some critics have done when one of its Aims was to practice the defense of nor Way. Summerer was an exercise in prevent ing Norway from doing this defending itself he said. Muslin said the America plus the . Navy s Cruiser Ticonderoga and other air defense ships in the striking Force in creased the air defense of Norway by a Factor of five. Referring to 75 soviet submarines that  taken part in summerer the Admiral  that one Carrier like the America doubled the anti submarine capability of nato forces in the norwegian sea. Almost As Mustin spoke the battleship Iowa the  world War ii Veteran boomed out its guns i,.100 Miles to the South in a display of firepower. The 5 2.000-ton Iowa recommissioned this year and taking part in its first nato exercise Lei Loose its weapons 40 Miles Southwest of land s , England in the Western approaches to the English Chan Nel. The Iowa let Loose a broadside from nine of its 16-Inch guns in a military Dis play of firepower that the Region had not experienced since the Normandy landings 41 years ago. Iowa arrives in English Channel with a bang by Larry Thorson associated press aboard the battleship Iowa the battleship Iowa heralded its arrival in european Waters thursday with an immense Salvo from its 16-Inch Amis at the end of a trans Atlantic Mission simulating the resupply of Europe in War time. Ten of nato s 13 members participated in the Boston to the English Chan Nel exercise. The exercise started off the . Atlan tic coast three weeks ago. The -45-year-old Iowa which carries the biggest guns afloat helped escort convoys across the Atlantic and North Frum the iberian Peninsula. Two . Aircraft carriers also were part of exercise Ocean safari which was called the biggest peace time naval exercise in the Atlantic since world War ii. It was the first appearance of a . Battleship in North european Waters in More than 20 years and displayed the kind of Power the United Stales could bring to Bear if tensions with the soviets were to Rise toward the danger level. The Iowa was to continue through the Channel after Ocean safari ended Friday and make a port Call in be Havre France before heading on to give the soviets a closer look at its immense firepower. The 58,000-ton battleship is to steam Inlo the Baltic sea which washes on soviet shores and put on a firepower demonstration oct. 17, said the Iowa s skipper capt. Jerry Gneckow As his ship Cut through drizzle and fog in the English Channel