European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 8, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page so the stabs and stripes wednesday january 8, 198s special forces hampered officials say from Page some recent missions. However to refused to elaborate because of the highly classified nature of special forces activities. One result of the shortages of equipment is that few special farces have been stationed at bases overseas where they would be closer to trouble spot advocates say on sit least one occasion military and congressional sources said after palestini inns commandeered a Twa jul in june the army s secret Delta Force was mustered at ii base at fort Bragg  but it was unable to reach the Meriter Nonean in time for a possible Rescue Koch and others have recently pushed Tor the stationing or some special forces in Europe. Air Force officers involved with special forces acknowledged the problems but they said they have recently begun pouring Money into the elite cadres to ease the shortages of aircraft and other equipment to increase maintenance and to buy More spare parts Randi Ness has been thoroughly addressed in the air Force said an air Force colonel who agreed loan interview on the condition he not be identified. A lot of those problems have been  the officer predicted that the military would strongly resist moves to unify the special cadres under a separate Agency in part nut of q fear that such Art arrangement would make too easy for civilian Leaden to Send the commandos into action. Many officers he Alt believe that under the present arrangement the cautious nature of the military serves As a Brale on precipitate use of special forces. The army declined to discuss its special forces some of which like the elite Delta Force Are so secret that the military does not officially acknowledge their existence special operations Faros Are units trained in foreign languages and guerrilla fighting lactic. They Are intended for Small conflicts like the intervention in Grenada or to disrupt enemy operations behind the lines in a conventional War. Some of the cadres Are trained far hos Tage Rescue and counterfeit Oriel activities. They have also been used As military train ing teams in Central America and else where. ,.concern about the combat readiness of special forces has grown in the administration and Congress since on ally Mph m in Flo to Rescue american hostages in Iran failed because the helicopters broke Down. Mare recently incidents of terrorism have drawn renewed attention to Trie need for cadres the t can move Oul Ekly and  the Reagan administration Spe Cial forces have grown to 13,000 Meroni 10 000, with a goal of More than 20,000 by the end of the decade. The budget this year is j1.2 billion up from Al billion the year before with much of it earmarked for new helicopters and transport planes. But advocates of special forces say the unconventional cadres have not had the at Tention they deserve largely because they do not fit comfortably into the regimented world of the regular military. Because the units Are Small and highly specialized they often get lower priority when equipment is passed out. Pentagon officials said it took 17 years for the army to deliver new Field radios for its special operations units because regular units had higher priority. Collide from pegs 1 the crash site were evacuated until after 6 10 . A German police spokesman from Pir Masens said Trust Pirrmann was killed when he we blown into the barn by the Impact of the crash in the we Bruecken suburb. Pirrmann s body was found under the roof of the destroyed barn. But about 10 feel away from the Tail Section and surrounded by bits of twisted charred Metal in the Garden three hutches of Black rabbits stood untouched a German woman was treated for minor injuries and released. The 43-year-old Pilot of the Jel isl crashed in the Garden parachuted to safely and was being treated for minor injuries officials mid he was identified As cot. Rudolph a Zuberbuhler director of operations for Safe i 17lb air Force at sem Bach a. Explosive ordnance disposal teams from we Bruecken a searched the area for ammunition tuesday evening. Bach air Craft Wai armed with 900 rounds of 20mm target practice ammunition officials said. Some of the ammunition exploded in the fire following the crash. The fires in Imschweiler were battled by German and american firefighters. Police Laid they would keep the crush silts cordoned off except to local residents for several Days. Herbert Gilcher 39, a German who lives about 650 Yards from the crash site in i Nunweiler had just bought cigarettes and was walking to his Home when he heard the. Aircraft overhead. I looked tip and saw three Al 5s making an air defense exercise mid Gilcher a Hobby Pilot and vice director of the Wei Bruecken ill Elm elementary Acho Taidt the third aircraft climbed up and the older two collided. There was a fireball from Lac first air Craft and in spiralled Down toward me into a Imschweiler. There was nothing missing from he air plane. The second air plane was burning and in pieces. The rear and the right Side of it were on fire first it came toward me then changed direction toward disterhof. The first one crashed in a Imscweiler and the other one in  although Gilcher said thru planes were in the sky. Air Force officials said Only two were involved. The owner of it nearby guest House Rita Doueihi also saw the crash. The sky was All full of dirt i was sorted she said. "1 ran id the nearest House and called the  col. Caillard Peck jr., we Bruecken Wing commander said pieces of at teas one aircraft were found on the base. Peck said the two Jet were the Only ones training in the area at the time of the crash. Col. George Muellner interim Accident investigation Board president from Tilburg a said the last midair collision from Bil Burg occurred about four years ago. A Board of officers will investigate the crash Safe said. Pitburg is authorized 72 Al 5 jets but base officials could not release the enact number of aircraft assigned to the base. Lovedy is survived by hit wife Karla k. Lovelady daughter Lei say 5 or Jason 3 and parents John d. And Shirley a. Lovelady of a tyndale. Safe officials Laid tuesday was Jason s third  Wal Tori Jan Allum and Mir he a con a build la nil Rewert. The air Force recently tried to turn Over its responsibility for special forces helicopter missions to the army even Bough the army does not have any of the Long Range helicopters with the night vision  needed to deliver commandos deep into enemy territory. The two services billed the move at a logical reorganisation the army is nor Mally the service in charge of helicopters. But Koch said the proposal would have left the army units with no transportation to a crisis. The air Force colonel said there it some truth to the idea that the air Force wants to hand Over the Job because helicopters do not fit the thoroughbred image of the Pilot service. The proposal has been temporarily blocked by Congress and Pentagon civil ians. Advocates of the special forces also com Plain thai soldiers a Uncle to unconventional combat Are passed Over for promotion because the regular military believes they make poor stuff officers. This gives the Spe Cial cadres link clout in planning and Bud get making. Libya from Page 1 Beansea. But the Reagan administration said it had discarded at least temporarily a military option against Libya in favor of economic Lanc trans designed o cripple the khad Afy regime which in blames for the terrorist attacks thai killed 19 persons and wounded another 120 it Rome and Vienna airports dec 27, Western diplomats in Tripoli were sceptical la Gabso Lutcy unrealistic to think it s possible said one. Many european countries cannot sup port in temperatures denied from Page 1 chairman us Astin estimated sunday the Gramm Rudman balanced budget measure could cause military spending cuts of at much As ss3 billion in the next two fiscal Yean putting a serious crimp in president reagan1 defense buildup. Bui Speaks said the Aspin study As Sumes the wont Case scenario. It assumes that con Gran trill do nothing to reduce Ide  the part of the administration we will do our part Speakes said. We will meet the Gram to Rodman targets in our  but Speakes also reiterated the Adriab tiatia i pledge to continue a military buildup in the fiscal 1987 budget currently being prepared by the administration for release in february. In Advance of the 1987 budget Pennor s office is drawing up the estimates of tie Bud get cull that will have to be made this year. The administration s office of management and budget also is formulating an outline. Both will have to be Wber two to the Gen eral accounting office an. 15 for review. Five Days later the estimates go to Reagan who will then Issue spending Cut order for every Agency. Following he instructions in the Law we Nave to divvy those cuts up in the relevant categories half of Tow $11,7 billion to defense and the other half to non defense pro Grams Penner said. Smoke from Page 1 directive has been held up for six weeks because it s so politically sensitive. 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