European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 22, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday september 22, 1985 the stars and stripes Page 9 f Man military exercises called Sucre by Joraina Poitier  Bureau  con Voys filled the autobahn of Northern Ger Many Friday As 60.000 Ives returned to Post from tall Maneu vers and the search continued for a German army najor presumed dead after his Hal icon crashed into the cinc River during exc pc True Rig Sachsen. The death of the major would 6vthcsecond fatality of the Maneu vers Van took place Between the Ruhr District tithe Elbe River. Maj. Carl von Slac gun. A German army spokesman for the Maneu vers said the helicopter crashed thursday. The three passengers survived inc crash and the major is presumed dead he said. A German army Driver was killed in crash earlier in the week he said. In addition to 51,000 German troops 9,000 soldiers from the United Stales Britain and the Netherlands took part inthe 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. True Zinc Sachsen roughly translated As defiant Saxon is a German Man Euver held Ever three years As a part of the nato autumn forge and cold fire series. This year marked the first time True Zinc Sachsen was held under ground rules that allowed commanders to react to changes in the tactical situation without following scripts von St Gen said. The exercises were termed successful by a variety of officials including German defense minister Manfred worn or. Dur ing a news conference thursday worn or 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 St Gen 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 sleep in said. He said 94 Man Euver related accidents a British harrier Jet prances landings and Takeoff a photo St German autobahn. Had been recorded i Tion to the two of Friday. In Addi Arent fatalities two a decision format when thei soldiers and two civilians were seriously in 1988 will be injured.  soldiers and 12 i  were if Rcd in exercise related accidents. Antique the open rules in covers arc held next the German army corps hosting the excise then von Styc Gen  Host this year a a. The German army s 1 corps he  in much Star. The associated to to reported that in another Man Cuvir Ria in North Central Germany author jews closed a stretch of High Speed  wednesday an thursday to of British military jets to use it As a Lawny. British military spokes Man Siryj a Williams said a three mile Stretcke autobahn Between the sen Clag or Apt Stuckenbrock exits was closed to Trapp from 8 . To 4 . To permit Frier aircraft to practice takeoffs and  the spokesman told inc 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.  f. Sorc ctr commander of the 2nd army div fwd credited Good weather 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 Street Craid. His brigade size armoured group was deployed West of the City of Roic Burg which lies in the Center of the Man Euver area. The 2nd army s major problem Wilhma ecu Var re Latch damage occurred when a 60-ton armoured bridging vehicle became mired on a Back country Road with a posted 5 a ton weight limit str Clur said. American troops were attached to the red army group under the command of maj. Gen. Harald Schulz of the German 3rd army div. The 2nd army brigade initially washed in Reserve but As the week progressed the Karlstedt based brigade attacked and defended against the Blue army von St Rector said. The Blue army was under the command of German maj. Gen. He Lac Hansen i Panzer div. Air support wan provided by tactical fighter wings of the 3rd and 17lh air Force As Well As the 4th tac fighter Wing from Seymour Johnson fab . They operated from Ramstein a. Nato s far Crest Affan fic exec be concludes by j. King Cruger . Bureau Northwood England of safari 85, the largest nato Mari pric exercise Ever staged in the All tic wound Down Friday Wilh inc Mai fity of ships taking pail heading for to Calls in euro and Liberty for i hair  Hundred sixty ships Lund rods of aircraft and 80.000 people to by part in the exercise which began au�28 when . Ships sailed from East Crest  in the oct safari series arc held every two ycars4o ensure Protection of the flow of merchant shipping through Atlantic Waters. Emcy take place mainly in the Eastern at Antic but this year the exercise Etc id from inc Eastern sea Board of  Stales through inc  United kingdom gaps and into by norwegian sea on to the Bay of Bis Jbv and portuguese Waters. Or in the i  of Attr Xeric is a . Striking Force of a dozen 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 environment it could be called upon to enter in Lime of War. A conflict in Europe cannot be won in inc norwegian sea but it could certainly be lost there . Navy vice . Henry c. Muslin the striking Fleet s commander Lold a news conference aboard the America incest fjord off Norway on Friday. Muslin explained according to a spokes Man in Northwood thai nato s strategy of deterrence and a Forward defense should de Terrence 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.atmmi1" nato has Learned from norwegian naval forces the value of making use of to Shadow of Mountain ranges to provide measure of Protection from cruise mis Siles he said in explaining the preserve of the Carrier Battle group in the fjord. Muslin also said he considered it important to carry out More such exercises in the future. He compared the nato exercise with the annual Soviel naval exercise. Summerer which earlier this year showed a new ability of the Soviel Navy to project its units Well into the Atlantic Ocean. Muslin said it was wrong to Call the nato exercise in the norwegian sea provocative As some critics have done when one of is Aims was to practice the de sense of Norway. Summerer was an exercise in prevent ing Norway from doing this defending Muslin said the America plus Navy s Cruiser Ticonderoga and other air defense ships in the striking Force in a cased the air defense of Norway by a Tor of five. Furring to 75 soviet submarines that n part in summerer the Admiral said in Lonc Carrier Tike he America Ami submarine capability Osnato fore in the norwegian sea almost As if Cuttin spoke the battleship Iowa the  world War ii vet eran re aimed out in lbs 1,300 Miles to the South in a display of Power. The 52,000 Lon Iowa. Mccomm Ismons his year and Tak ing part in its first nato ice disc let Loose its weapons 40 Miles South kist of land s end England in the was Lorn preaches to the English Channel. The Iowa let Loose a Broad us from nine of its 16-Inch guns in a Milit cd Dis of firepower that the Region gs4f years ago. Expert says rear Wall of air India Jet Tore open Cork Ireland up medical evidence indicated the Wall of the right rear Section of an air India jumbo Jet ripped open before it crashed in the Atlantic Ocean last june kill ing All 329 people aboard a British aviation pathologist said Friday. I Ian Roland Hill of the Accident investigation Branch of the Royal aircraft establishment however said the evidence available to him did not shed Light on whether a structural fault or a bomb was to blame. Hill testified in the fourth Day of a Coro Ner s inquest at Cork courthouse. The in quest which was Only expected to last three Days will resume monday. Hill who has been involved in aviation Accident investigations since 1975, said his preliminary conclusion was that there was a major breach in the Wall of the aircraft and that it occurred on the right hand Side of the Tail  the evidence was consistent Wilh a catastrophic event occurring at Altitude Lead ing to inc breakup of the plane while it was still in the air he said. The Boeing 747, on a flight from Toronto to Bombay India was cruising at 31,000 feet when it disappeared from radar screens june 23. Hill said he based his findings on autopsy reports of the 131 victims whose bodies have been recovered. He said the crash was a survivable in View of the circumstances of the plane s breaking up Over water. The pathologist said the plane s Pilot would have sent out an emergency signal if he could. No signal was sent and Hill said the Pilot was either incapable or he was  injuries to those sitting in the rear were the most severe and appeared to be the re sult of explosive decompression Hill said