European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 1, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes saturday March 1, 1986 Star fighter Era ends at Canadian base by Joseph Owen Stuttgart Bureau Lahr Germany Canadian forces Europe s 441 tac fighter so is deactivating today at Canadian forces base Baden Soellinger marking the end of Canada s use Ofcf-104starfightcrs. The Canadian government is in the midst of giving 44 of the. Phased out aircraft to Turkey in an agreement announced last november said it. Col. George Adam son Squadron commander. The Canadian forces have scheduled a Parade a 12 plan flyover and other activities for today at cab Baden soc Lingen to celebrate the planes last official Day in service. Hundreds of military officials and other visitors arc expected to attend including it. Gen. Paul Manson a former 441 tac fighter so commander who now serves As an assistant Deputy minister for personnel in Canada s department of National defense. The planes being de commissioned Are nearly a Quarter Century old according to Adamson. They were among the 238 Cf-104s that the Canadian forces bought As a package in 1961. Adamson said when Canada decided to replace the Cf-104s with Cf-18s two years ago and offered to turn the old planes Over to a nato ally Turkey was the Only country that expressed interest. Turkey has received 12 of the planes already he said. Turkish pilots do not need a comprehensive introduction to the plane because they Fly f-104s obtained from Germany Belgium and the Netherlands. But officials have been teaching the turks about the Cf-104 s special Canadian modifications Dur ing training sessions at cab Baden Soellinger and on delivery flights Adamson said. The Cf-104 inspection Cycle Calls for five weeks of maintenance and repairs after every 200 hours of flight. The canadians Are giving the turks 20 planes that have just been serviced and 24 planes that have used up vary ing amounts of the 200-hour quota Adamson said. The 441 tac fighter so is one of three Canadian fighter squadrons stationed in Europe and one of two that Canada has committed to nato. Adamson said the 439 tac fighter so which arrived in Germany last fall flying Cf-18s, will assume the de activated squad Ron s nato responsibilities. An additional Cf-18 Squadron is scheduled to arrive in june. The 441 Squadron is expected to return to service in june 1987 at cab cold Lake in Alberta flying Cf-18s. In the meantime most of the Squadron s 18 pilots will return to Canada As will some of its 32 maintenance workers. This w 111 resurface As the 441 so but not in Europe and we re pretty disappointed about that. The 441 has been in Europe for 34 years Adamson said. Dod from Page 1 will severely hamper our ability to retain Quality  Cox said the two proposals would Cut retirement pay by about 16 percent. While the changes would affect Only future recruits there is concern among the current Force that current benefits Are not Safe from erosion he said. This perception could result  in  the two proposals Are known As the Structure Only and combination plans. The Structure Only plan reduces the yearly multipliers used to compute retirement pay up to 20 years of service and then increases them slightly Between 20 and 30 years. The plan provides for full Cost of living adjust ments. The combination plan also changes the multipliers slightly and limits Cost of living allowances to the consumer Price Index minus one percentage Point. At the 40th anniversary of entry into Active duty a per son s retirement pay would be recalculated to what it would have been at that Point had it not been pegged at one percentage Point below the Chi. Subsequent retire ment pay would follow the Chi minus one Point formula. Cox was reluctant to endorse either option but when pressed by subcommittee members he said the combination option does the least  on other issues Cox lobbied for a 4 per cent pay raise for fiscal 1987. Military pay raises now lag 8.3 percent behind private sector pay raises As measured by the employment Cost Index he said. It is imperative that we not allow this Gap to Widen if we Are to continue to attract and retain the High Quality personnel we require to maintain Force  Cox said the defense department Esti mates that average pay in the civilian sector will Rise about 4 percent next fiscal year. Pcs from Page 1 during the summer and remain Here alone until their new departure Date he said. It will be possible for service members to use their amended orders reflecting their new departure Date to do  the third option Salvadore said is to apply for an exception to the Extension poli  of people who Are automatically exempt from the extensions include those on children have a potential assign ments. On assignment for retirement. Whose assignments have been cur tailed for cause. On humanitarian assignment. On assignment to the air Force Institute of technology. On prisoner status. Attending professional military Edu cation courses. Attending technical training in con Junction with pcs. On assignment to rehabilitation Cen ters. On permissive reassignments at no Cost to the government. Retraining with formal training in route to the new assignment. In an action of this size it is impossible to anticipate All the unforeseen circumstances which will apply to individual servicemen Bers Salvadore said. So i encourage anyone who thinks he or she could have an exception to the policy to Contact their local personnel offices As quickly As possible. We have forwarded detailed instructions to each base on How to handle the program and we will look at each request on its own merits he said. The command is very concerned about the possible disruptions to family life and other hardships this program could cause for our people and we want to make every Effort to minimize those  base personnel offices have been asked to Forward All requests for approval of Exten Sions and exceptions to Safe by March 15, he said. We in turn will Forward our requests to air Force military personnel Center by March 20, and they have promised us responses to All requests by april 7." local commanders will have authority to disapprove requests he said. Final approval will come from the personnel Center. Aquino orders All political prisoners freed Manila Philippines a presi Dent Corazon Aquino ordered the military Friday to release All of deposed strongman Ferdinand Marcos political prisoners without  presidential spokesman Rene Saguisag announced Aquino s new directive at a news conference a Day after the government began a slow release of some of the More than 500 political prisoners still in military prisons throughout the country. Saguisag a human rights lawyer who is a member of the prisoner release study com Mittee acknowledged thursday that there was very Strong resistance to the release of certain individuals. This was widely interpreted As meaning that senior military officials were Adamant that at least some of the suspected communist insurgency figures should not be freed. But defense minister Juan Ponce Enrile said Friday we Are bound by the order of the president. If she issues that order we will carry it  you Are hereby directed to release from detention or any form of restraint on Freedom of actions All persons or political prisoners who Are presently under custody or restraint Pur Suant to orders issued by Marcos Aquino said in a memorandum to Enrile. Enrile had been Marcos defense min ister but Aquino retained him in her cab inet after he and Gen. Fidel v. Ramos since made military chief of staff broke away from Marcos and led a military rebel lion that helped sweep Aquino to Power. Replying to questions Saguisag said Aquino issued the order in the Wake of Crit army identifies Soldier killed at training area Ansbach Germany the army has identified the Soldier who died tuesday at the Grafe Woehr training area As sgt. Meki s. A Sang. A Sang was struck by a Bullet from an m-16 Rifle in a tent near Range 263. A Sang was medically evacuated by Heli copter to the . Army Hospital in Nuernberg where he was pronounced dead said maj. John head 1st army div spokesman. Head said no charges have been filed and that army criminal investigation div officials Are looking into the circumstances sur rounding the shooting. A Sang had been assigned to service Btry 1st in 22nd Field arty based in Birndorf near Nuernberg. A Sang is survived by his wife Siuai and three children in Lawton okla., head said. Scism that she was magnanimous in Victory to the Marc oses but stricter to the Politi Cal  of 39 prisoners initially slated to have been released thursday Only 16 had actually been freed by Friday bringing criticism from human rights groups and an association of relatives of political prisoners. Marcos meanwhile spent thursday cloistered under heavy guard at an air Force base considering his next move on . Soil while officials tried to coordinate Protection for the deposed philippine presi Dent and his 90-member entourage. Members of the Marcos party reportedly wanted to leave the officers quarters at Hickam fab where they have been secluded since their arrival from Guam on wednesday but were told the secret serv ice cannot ensure their Protection without police assistance. Marcos wanted to stay in Hawaii but his wife Imelda wanted to continue on to new York an unidentified official close to the party told a member of the United filipino Council of Hawaii according to Council president Francisco  a news briefing in Washington presidential spokesman Larry Speakes said Rea Gan had authorized secret service body guards for Marcos for a limited time after he leaves Hickam. The More you fall behind the harder it is to catch up he said. What we want next year is just to keep  Cox also asked the subcommittee to re peal the ceiling on european troop strength currently set at 326,414. He said while the ceiling has sensitized our nato allies to the Burden sharing concerns of Congress it has become  for example As ground launched cruise missile Sites Are activated in Europe conventional Force troop Levels must be reduced to provide personnel to Man the missile Sites he said. The ceiling tells our friends and enemies alike that we have a political Cap on our commitment to nato that is not responsive to any increase in the threat he said. It s also not the Best Way to encourage increased Allied  Nasa from Page 1 delay the fateful launch of challenger Jan. 28 because of unusually cold weather either were not forwarded to top project officials or were misunderstood. In the three Days of hearings the 13-member commission took testimony from nearly two dozen officials from Nasa Rockwell International the maker of challenger and Morton Thi Okol inc., builder of the ship s Booster rockets. Temperatures february 27 l 13 24 12 16 13 12 32 31 13 65 32 20 h 25 38 32 30 23 24 56 55 21 81 62 34 Albany atlant Atlantic City Bosto Chicago Clevelan Dallas Denver Detroit Honolulu Houston Kansas City l 55 59 46 16 29 39 56 18 12 32 55 22 h 86 85 76 25 50 64 57 32 23 50 70 36 Las vegas Las vegas Miami Minneapolis new Orleans Orlando Phoenix Philadelphia Pittsburgh Salt Lake City san Francisco Washington european weather forecast for saturday loudly skies with isolated Lohf snows Nowers for southwestern areas. Northeastern areas will be partly Cloudy with morning fog an afternoon Haze. High temperatures will Range from old 20s to mid-30s lows from Low teens to Mld-20s. Sunset saturday 6 05, Sunrise sunday 7 09. Outlook for sunday Little change for the Southwest. The Northwest will have increasing cloudiness. Temperatures will be slightly warmer. Temperatures recorded Friday Adana p Amsterdam Gathens m Valano a Oberlin f Bremerhaven Brussels f 4am 4pm52 59 21 32 43 43 25 36 23 27 21 21 30 36 provided by det 13, Trarbach. 4am 4pmcopenhagen, f 18 28 Frankfurt f 19 34london, cd 32 34 Madrid m. 41 61munich, cd 10 21 Paris Fig 27 32rome, Fig 41 53 7th weather so Graben other worldwide temperatures is. High Low High Low s a Montreal s 12 1dublin, cd 39 32 Moscow cd 19 10 Helsinki cd 28 3 Oslo f 36 10jerusalem, cd 59 41 Toronto f 18 5 Lisbon cd 61 50 Vancouver cd 64 36 _ supplied by the associated  Cloudy a mostly Cloudy cd Cloudy of far s Snow Fig fog