European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 21, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 the stars and St Lopes tuesday january 21, 1986 winds injure at least 10 in both Germany Frankfurt a winds of up to 112 Mph Tore roofs off buildings dotted Trees across main  and shattered display windows across West Germany and East Germany Over the weekend police said monday. At lean 10 people were injured in sunday night s Vio Lent  most  damage was in the bavarian Vil Lage of  where winds caved in he dome of the local Cathedral. No one was reported injured but damage was estimated at More than 180,000. The High winds accompanied by heavy rain in some areas affected primarily the slates of Bavaria Rheinland Pfalz Nof Droicin West Falcon Baden Lucr Lemberg and Hesson in West Germany in East Germany gusts reached 111 Mph in the Han mountains and forced a temporary suspension of ship loading work in the Baltic sea ports of Rostock Wismar and Stralsund fallen Trees blocked Railroad Racks in the Central part of the nation. In the Frankfurt area traffic was slowed by numerous Trees or branches tying in roadways. The winds ripped off roofs collapsed construction site fences and even hurled a bus Slop shelter across a City Street. In the bavarian Alps and Foothills damage was Esti mated in the millions of Marks. Power lines were uprooted in some localities causing temporary blackouts. Winds Brake numerous display windows in Munich uprooted traffic signs and blew 10 parked cars into the Middle of a main Street. In Nuernberg a construction Crane fell Over and Many cars were damaged by flying roof tiles. Police declared n Cala strophic live situation in the North Ern port City of Hamburg Early monday after winds blew scores of Trees onto roofs parked cars and Power tines. Temperatures remained at Balmy above freezing Levels during the  neighbouring Switzerland rain Snow and Herncane Force winds hit the North Side of the Swiss Alps sunday night causing More than $480.000 damage but no reported injuries. A fire sparked by a lightning Boll destroyed a Large farmhouse near Bern the Swiss capital police said. Winds reached 99 Mph in northeastern Switzerland and about 75 Mph in Basel and Zurich the two worst affected big cities. Weather is certain Sentinel s main enemy by Mike heronfjv1us staff writer Herzo base Germany sunny Lii Viii i is making certain Sentinel soggy and Sloppy. Warm win Thor continued to defeat Vlf corps plans to conduct two weeks of Field training in conjunction with the Isle re forger return of Force a to Germany exercise. The first phase of re form ended As . Iclet duty military from the states and Europe american reservists German soldiers find Clinti Dizin forces stationed in Germany prepared for certain Sentinel s Kickoff Battle monday. The Kickoff however did not involve tanks and armoured personnel carriers crossing the German Countryside. La Qun. Andrew p. Chambers Vii corps commander and exercise director downgraded the exercise to a command Field exercise using Only about one third of the forces vehicles and even fewer of the people mobilized to take Parl in the train ing. The warm wet weather has left the German Countryside saturated and Vulner Able to Man Euver damage. On monday unit commanders from com Pany level Ana higher conducted tactical a Nevers leaving most of the combat troops to do alternate training at bivouac Sites. Our troops Are doing Fine. Some Are a Little disappointed because they had trained a couple of years for this and were prepared for the exercise la. Col. David Zwic incl of the Wisconsin National guard s 32nd separate inf brigade from Milwaukee told the associated press. About 4.500 Wisconsin National guard troops came to Germany As part of re forger. Vii corps weather officials predicted temperatures above freezing in the West Ern half of the Man Euver area Over the next two Days and temperatures ranging from just below freezing up to 42 degrees in he Eastern half of the exercise urea where the initial tactical Maneu vers were planned. A helicopter flight which took news Media representatives North of Nuernberg monday showed very Little Snow on the ground. Farther North beyond Grafen Wocher Snow was still on the ground but it was rapidly disappearing. From the air soggy Fields appeared to be the heart of the Man Euver area. Water stood in puddles on Flat grasslands and filled the furrows in slowed ground. Some Smalt creeks had overflowed. Muddy rutted Rands could be seen everywhere even on he lops of Hills like he one where Btry a 2nd tin $9th air de sense arty had parked its Chaparral. That 1st army div unit had been in the same spot for four Days. Chaplain capt Thomas Naif who had come up to visit the soldiers monday utmost got his four wheel drive Ruck stuck on the Access Road so Yards from the bivouac site. Sgt. Maj. Michael Mcanly repaid nearly a foot of Snow Hud covered the ground saturday. A a matter of hours the rain had washed it All away Mclntyre and pilots from Page 1 airlines operating in a deregulated Environ ment. Those predictions have been borne out said a Pentagon official who asked not to be named. Both services took another hit in fiscal i9b5, although the dip for the air Force was larger than initially anticipated he said. When you remember How much it costs the taxpayer to rain these pilots it s a matter of serious  both the Navy and air Force say it takes roughly 18 months and More than $1 Mil lion to train a single Pilot. According to the future aviation professionals of America a Trade group based in Atlanta the major airlines hired 4,544 pilots in 1985, up dramatically compared to ihel.3fi8niredinl984. The Trade group s figures Are based on Calendar 1984 and 1985, from Jan i through dec. 31 of each year compared to the Mili tary s figures which Are kept on a fiscal year basis from oct. I through sept. 30. The commercial carriers have Long targeted the military As a ready made source of trained Pilot. Although precise figures Are not available a Survey by the Trade group in 19b4 found that roughly half of the pilots hired had previous military aviation experience. The latest Pilot retention figures were com piled by the Navy and air Force aver the past month and released in response to a reporter s query. The two services compile their rates in different manners but both indexes snowed a decline in the i 985 fiscal year. The air Force said its Pilot retention rate dipped to 39 percent during the 1535 fiscal year the worst showing since 1981, when a 54 percent rate was reported. The air Force expresses its retention Rale in terms of the number of pilots who have completed heir initial obligation of six years and who Are now expected to remain with the service for at least 11 years. The air Force retention Rale improved significantly Between the i9so fiscal year when la totalled 42 percent and 1983, when it hit a High of 78 percent. The rate fell to 72 percent in 1984, however and then dropped lust year to the new rate of 59 percent. The Navy meantime reported its rate had dipped from 56 percent in the 1984 fiscal year to 53 percent wait year. By com Parison it had climbed from 42 percent in 1981 to 49 percent in 982 and up to 5$ percent in 1983. The Navy instead of looking ahead and predicting an 11-year service Point tabulates its rate by assessing the percentage of pilots who Are still in the service two years after they first became eligible to leave at the six year Point. Both services say they use their retention calculations primarily to gauge trends among the key category of Pilolli who have become eligible for the first time to leave the military. Looking at the Overall universe of Mili tary pilots the air Force said it lost a total of roughly 1,200 pilots in the 1985 fiscal year including about 700 who separated before becoming eligible for retirement and about 500 who retired. The Navy was unable to say immediately How Many of iut Palau had retired but it added that 550 had separated from the service in the 1985 fiscal year. Both air Force and Navy counted Only about 300 separations in 1984. The Navy had 12,143 pilots As of sept. 30, while the air Force had Between 23,900 and 24,000 pilots in releasing its retention figures the air Force said it expected the rate to Bottom out during the Early part of the current fiscal year and then to show some improvement. Spokesmen for both the Navy and air Force said they would continue to place a High emphasis on the recruitment of new pilots. Last september Navy officials confirmed recruiters had been told they should attempt to sign up 1,093 Pilot candidates in the 1986 fiscal year which began sept. 30. That s three times higher than the Goat set in 1984. Channel from Page 1 five o a Little Over three hours provided the British undertake to build the Nec Essary tracks. There has been Environ mental opposition to that project in Brit Ain. The winning consortium on the British Side ctr includes construction companies Balfour Beany co slain u.k., Tarmac construction Taylor Woodrow construction and George Wimpey International and the National Westminster and Midland Banks. In. France members Are Bougues duty cd society Auxilia ire d enl reprise so cite generals d enter prise and spit a Vignolles in construction and the barque in Domucz Banquo nationals de Paris and credit Lyonnais Banks. Belgium s largest financial Industrial groups society generate and society a Tinaje d  and Banca com Merciall Italiana Are members. Salomon Brothers in the United Stales and Nomura securities in Japan Are pre pared to raise funds in their markets. After the press conference Mitterrand and Thatcher unveiled a plaque in the packed entry Ball of Lille t City Hall commemorating their announcement. Noll Suid. With the ground so wet and soft a never damage could be costly if military forces were allowed to traverse open ground. The Cost of certain fury con ducted by Vii corps in september 1984, has a Carlil a about �7 million 3 spokesman for the . Army claims service Europe said. Not All the claims for that exercise have been settled said capt. Maxwell Hughy operations officer for the Man Euver dam age control Center. He said it takes two to three years to Settle All claims. Of the 13.000 claims for that  3,700 were reported during the training and i9,300 were reported afterwards hug hey said. Claims for Man Euver damage Are paid by the . Army claims service Europe and a percentage by the German govern ment it the exercise includes Allied forces other than the United Stales. The exact percentage is based on a Complex formula. Temperatures l h 34 45 14 m w 15 ii � 44 si44 m 41 45 4i St 3 to u 44 Jim a 55 a a it is 31 34 31 47 34 7434 a 31 37 34 36-is i i a 34 40 44 a � 73 ii list h 77 Uia it n to Albany Albou Trout Anchorage Allaura Allan la   born Baton eur  . 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