European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 22, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday november 22, 1985 the stars and stripes Page 9 Mobile avionics shop keeps f-16s ready by Mike Heronemus stuff writer Ramstein a Germany when the 86th tac Hon scr Wing officially converts to use of the f-i6c and d fighting Falcons next month the Wing s avionics repairers will be ready with special new equipment to do their Job. One of three avionics intermediate shops in the . Air Force specially designed to support avionics repair of the new planes arrived at Ramstein last month. Other shops arc at Luke fab ariz., and Shaw fab. . Similar shops arc set up at Hahn a Germany and Torr Jon a Spain but they can handle Only the a and b models of the Falcon. Ramstein s shop can also handle All four models and like Torr Jon s. It is transportable. That Means the whole system involving 12 Mobile facilities which can be linked together like double wide trailers without wheels the computers for  ing avionics components and calibration equipment can be moved and set up quickly according to senior master sol. Dan Cramer. He is noncommissioned officer in charge of the 86lh components repair so which oper ates the  said the facility can be moved in three c-i41 Star lifters iwo c-5 galaxies or a combination of them. We could be operational within a week after set Down he said. Before the shop can be used it must be comple cd Cramer said. That Means hooking the 12 boxes to Gether connecting the system to Power source and running tests of the computer equipment inside. Ramstein s shop is not yet ready to be used. Before the shop becomes operational. Cramer s unit will spend 30 to 45 Days verifying that the shop s diag Nostic computers arc working right. To do thai they will Check software programs test the equipment and Check machine interfaces with avionics components of the f 16.Cramer said a duplicate system is expected to arrive in the late Spring or Early summer. When the two shops Are operational. Cramer said his unit could support a Normal three Squadron Wing of f-16s. James Wesley Over toil missing teen stiff object of search Heidelberg is Ger Man and military police Are still searching for a 17-year-old Ameri can youth who has been missing for More than four weeks. James Wesley Jim Overton son of capt. William w. And Janet Overton was last seen when he left for school at 7 30 . Oct. 24. Janet Overton said that because her son has a Job after school the family did not realize he was missing until about 12 hours later. She said her son was wearing a Blue plaid shirt Blue jeans a Blue Denim jacket and Blue Nike sport shoes. He was carrying a Blue Nylon Backpack. None of the youth s clothes appear to be missing she said. Overton has dark Brown hair Brown eyes is 6 feet 4 inches tall and weighs 150 pounds. Hii Mother said her son carried his passport and an american sex Preu Bank Teller card and May have made two $300 withdrawals on the Day he disappeared. She said authorities in the United states have been alerted that Over ton May have flown to the states and american embassy officials Are co operating with police Here. Anyone who May have seen the youth or have any information Are asked to Call Heidelberg military police at 2121 7107/6507 or 0221 57-7107/6507. Ets prefix is 370. No has nearly 2 decades experience when if comes of fixing vib ack boxes Ramstein a Germany is repairing the Black boxes on air Force planes is nothing new for senior master sgt. Dan Cramer noncommissioned officer in charge of the 86th components repair so. He s been doing it for 19 years. The Black boxes Are avionics components such As radio radar navigation fire control and cockpit display equipment. At first they were All part cd Black so that was the easiest Way to identify a piece of avionics equipment Cramer said. Now they re All painted  Cramer s Squadron will be responsible for intermediate repair of the improved avionics equipment aboard new f-16 fighting Falcons being assigned to the 86th tac fighter Wing at Ramstein. To do that the Squadron will use a new computerized avionics intermediate shop delivered to the base last month. Although the shop is new to Ramstein it s not new to Cramer. I be been with f 16s nearly since the beginning about 1980," he said. He represented the 56th tac fighter Wing. Mcdill fab fla., Dur ing preliminary and critical design reviews of the avionics maintenance system for the c and d models of the Falcon. From 1982 to 1985, Cramer and 29 pilots and maintenance people were assigned to Edwards fab. Calif., to evaluate the new shop. Cramer joined the Ramstein unit last month. About two thirds of the avionics repairers in Cramer s unit were qualified to work in the new shop before coming to Ramstein. He said. Ten other volunteers from ram Sicin have retrained from f-4 systems to the new f-16 avionics shop. Each Volunteer had to spend about four months at Lowry fab colo., for training. The most difficult adjustment for tech. Sgt. Patrick Dingus a former f-4 avionics repairman was not using conventional test equipment he said. Dingus was used to using equipment like oscilloscopes Multi eters signal generators and frequency generators to Troubl school malfunctioning Black  with the new shop Dingus can let the computers in the shop do that. He said the tests run faster arc More accurate and More reliable with the new shop. 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For More information Call Torrejon military 88-723-7637 or civilian 00341 205-7637 Rota military 88-727-2091 or civilian 003456-862780, Cut. 2091/2489 Zaragoza military 88-724-2166 or civilian 003476-214600, Cut. 2166/2331. Turkey Ankara and in Ciurlik offices will announce the Date and time of their retail sales when suitable property becomes available. For More information Call Ankara Mil itary 88-672-6114 or civilian 255100 3284/2187 in Ciurlik military 88-676-6037 or civilian 19062/12285, Cut. 3155. Military doctors hear latest on aids Heidelberg is two of the army s top aids researchers told military health care providers thursday the disease is transmitted sexually or by blood transfusion not by casual Contact Riding in the same tank or living in the same household with an infected person. Although aids first erupted in the United states in 1981 As a disease of homosexual men the two researchers said the evidence shows it being transmitted Between men and women through intimate sexual Contact. It. Col. Or Don Burke chief of the department of virus at the Walter Reed army Institute of research and maj. Or Robert Redfield a department investigator stopped in Germany on their Way to an International conference in Brussels Belgium on acquired immune deficiency syndrome. Doctors and nurses from throughout the 7th medical come some from As far away As Vincnza Italy and shape Bel Gium came to hear the latest scientific information on the disease that is almost invariably fatal. When the body s natural immune system fails patients Are vulnerable toothed diseases that Lead to death. There Are 14,000 known cases in the United states it also has been reported in other parts of the world. Burke and Redfield said health care pro viders should be concerned about the pres ence of Htlv-111 virus in up to 1.2 million americans. Aids is the most virulent stage of infection with a Tiv Iii. Although most of those people infected with a Tiv Iii appear to be healthy the disease might develop into aids or they might infect others the experts said