European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 01, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pages the stars and stripes Friday november 1, 1985 French in Crew Demon Bow a rack of to of Nch Jagu during air Crews from nato nations Fly through training in servicing jets re my Ltd Ufa Nurmi 10 f. By Mike Heronemus suit Miter of Ersfeld Germany flight line Crews fro five countries thursday wrapped up a week of training designed to give nato air forces More capability i servicing and arming each other s aircraft i c 20� people representing at least 16 units of theu.s., West German Canadian. British and French air forces met monday at the West German air base near bad Kreuz Nach to teach learn and practice servicing and munitions loading procedures. They brought with them 2 aircraft including the canadians new Cf-18, the British and West German Tornado and the French Mirage 5 and Jaguar other planes at the we Klong event were the West German air 11 a if i i if ?1f and Alpha jul Hamdian f-104 . R-111 and f-16. Ample gain meet 85/1 is the third annual meet held by the 4lh Allied tac air Force. Last year s meet at Pitburg a concentrated on planes with air to air de sense capabilities said col. Larry Foley. 4th Nataf Dep Uty chief of staff for support. This year s meet concentrated on planes used in air to ground combat roles. ". In 1 a have Lac sat a weapons systems and Wedon t All have the same aircraft so each 4th Nataf air base is responsible for having night line Crews trained to service and Load munitions on some other country planes Foley said. That gives a nato 4th Nataf Pilot in a plane dam aged Short of fuel or needing munitions several base where he can land for service Foley said. The ample gain meets Are not the Only times 4th Aiah Crews have to learn and use Cross servicing skills. The Canadian Crew from Badin Soellinger gets Al i is for servicing 10 to 12 times a year. Foley said 4th Nataf bases arc required to regularly Fly their planes into other oases to keep those Crews proficient in Cross servicing. The Crews trained during ample gain meet 85/1 will become teachers Foley said. One Crew from Sembach a got passing Marks on the Alpha Jet during the meet the training was Superb staff sgt. Jeffrey Howe said it Only took three hours to become qualified to Doall the servicing on the Alpha Jet. Howe and the rest of the Sembach Crew will Lake what they Learned Back to the 601st consolidated aircraft maintenance so. We needed the training because we Haven t had any hands on training yet staff sgt. Cynthia notting Ham said. Tech. Sgt. Larry Chatmon Crew chief said it has been some time since Sembach serviced an Alpha Jet but he expects Well see one once a month when we get besides the annual meets and smaller meets schedule occasionally each base also is evaluated by 4ih Nataf about once a year Foley said. Part of the tactical evaluation looks at Cross servicing operations. Although the French Are not Par of the nato Mili tary organization they always arc invited to take Nart in ample gain meets Foley said. This year the French Crews demonstrated How 0 service and Load munition Ion the Mirage 5 and Jaguar. Although some language barriers occurred a Canad an Crew member translated for the French during a training session and most everyone else spoke English Foley said that even where language was a hindrance the general knowledge about air plane systems helped everyone overcome most problems. Australian cattlemen have beef with reports Prince is vegetarian Brisbane Australia a australian cattlemen said they saw red following reports that Blue blooded Prince Charles had turned vegetarian. The United graziers association has called on Charlt who is visiting the country with his wife Princess Diana through nov. 8, to deny the reports. They feared his eating habits could set a trend. The Prince has avoided Public comment on the subject but a Union official said wednesday that the heir to the British throne would eat meat during his stay. I understand Prince Charles will eat some Good Aas Ralian red meat while he is Here said Lesley Wynne of the Union s new South Wales Branch. Charles has said he Cut Down on meat in Britain be cause it was expensive. Newspapers interpreted the re Mark As a statement Charles had turned vegetarian. Water floods nuclear reactor after boiler tube fractures London a Hundred a Gallons of steaming water flooded a nuclear reactor in  England after a boiler tube fractured authorities disclosed. The state run Central electricity generating Board said one of the two Gas cooled reactors at Hinkley Point nuclear Power Plant in Somerset had been shut Down thrice tie fault occurred. The other reactor continue to operate normally a spokesman said. The incident poses no radiological Hazard to member of the staff or Public said the spokesman who spoke on condition he not be identified. No one was injured by the leaking water and the dam aged reactor was shut Down by Plant operators shortly after the leak was detected the spokesman said. The reactor will resume operations shortly he said. This is the sort of thing that can happen at All types of Power stations even the non nuclear  the spokesman said. A similar fault recently occurred in an adjoining nuclear Plant he said. An inquiry will be held by the nuclear installations inspectorate a government funded licensing body. During the yearlong Coal miners strike that ended in March the Hockley Point Plant became the first nuclear Power station in Brilain to generate 10 billion units of electricity in a year. Pilot and family of 5 killed in Black Forest plane crash Freiburg Germany a a Small twin engine a family r ""s,1" thick f�8 killin8 " pil��8 5 " Mexico announces new Oil prices Mexico City a Medico the biggest single upper of Oil to the United Static  it is raising i reprice of Light crude by an average of 60 cents a barrel. The Price of heavy crude will fall an aver age of 40 cents. �.�? -f1?5 by the Lolale a role uni monopoly Lemex. Said the new prices were to Lake effect Friday and were approved by a special Cabinet level Petroleum foreign Trade committee. Lemex said Light Type isthmus Oil will go up from $26.25 to $26.75 a barrel for european Points from j25-,5,�,to,j26-90 for far ease Poi in. And from $26.75 to $27.50 for american Points. Heavy Type Maya Oil will drop from $22.50 to $22 10 for european Points from $23 to $22.60 for far Eastern Points and from $23.50 to j23.io for american Points the Lemex press release did not break Down eid Orts by isthmus and Lay types. Proportions in the Pas few isthmus a ports have varied monthly from 40 to 60 per cent depending on Markei conditions. Mexico is not a member of the organization of pc role urn exporting countries but followed the Cartel it guide incs until around june when it struck out on � own lowering prices because of open s disarray in Ihn iting production. A mrray in limit a ? " a 6" of thick f�8.ause was being investigated authorities mid. China reports most Active year for earthquakes since 1977 Fortl Arlha uak a in Oil has the a acts of one year or More a price., collectively with customer every cart.h1 " in