European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 5, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Inside stripes d Model . Changes students perceptions Page 2 d of orders recall of 64 fighter jets Page 5 d indians claim Phil Niekro from Yankees sports Page 21 the authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces vol. 44, no. 351 saturday april 5, 1986 is Ond Sundog d 8693 a vice president George Bush shakes hands in the crowd at Rhein main a. At right Kathy Martin 8, undergoes a Security Check at the Entrance to the hangar we Erebus was emm6" Bush visits Rhein main in route to Mideast by Wendy Bourland and de Metzler staff writers Rhein main a Germany vice president George Bush stopping off on his Way to the Middle East told about 500 people gathered in a Chilly hangar Friday afternoon that he s proud of the strength and Confidence that you help give to Bush stopped at the base he called the world s Gateway to Freedom before beginning a 10-Day visit to the Middle East to Shore up relations amid rising terrorist threats. Bush said he has been to the military Airlift come base so Many times he s thinking of joining the 435th" tac Airlift Wing. He recalled his last visit to the base to Greet 17 Ameri cans who had been held hostage on a Twa flight hijacked Between Athens Greece and Rome in june. It was a Happy moment As Well As a sad one Bush told the crowd in the hangar because we had lost one of our own to the terrorists just As we lost two More when a terrorist bomb went off Here a few months two americans were killed and 20 people were injured aug. 8 when a car bomb exploded outside Wing Headquarters on Rhein main. After the blast a photo a passenger took this photograph of the Cabin of the Twa searching for a lebanese woman suspected of planting the 727 jetliner shortly after a bomb exploded aboard the plane explosive device that blasted a Hole in the Side of the plane Over Southern Greece killing four americans. Police Are Story on Page 28. Bush is going to the Middle East to meet with leaders of saudi Arabia Bahrain Oman and North Yemen. Those meetings Are part of the work that goes on every Day year in and year put to keep the peace he told the crowd. So in a Way it is the same Basic Job that you during 2vi Days in saudi Arabia Bush will meet with saudi officials at the Royal conference Palace attend a desert luncheon hosted by King fahd inspect the Arab country s .-supplied f-15 warplanes talk with Ameri can business leaders and meet with ministers of the six see Bush on Page 28 Dod to toughen inspection system for charter flights by Clint Swift Washington Bureau Washington More inspectors More inspections and closer ties to the Federal aviation administration were announced Friday As key parts of a Pentagon plan to avoid future charter airline crashes like the one last de Cember that killed 248 members of the 101st airborne div. The number of air Force inspectors two pilots and two maintenance specialists who perform initial certification of charter airlines for the defense department will be doubled and supplemented by Faa experts said James Wade assistant Secretary of defense for acquisition an logistics. The inspections now performed when an airline first seeks charter contracts and thereafter As needed will be performed every two years and supplemented with performance evaluations every six months Wade said. Wade was reporting the findings of a military civilian group that has sifted through Dod policy on charter air lines since the crash of an Arrow air dc-8 last dec. 12 at Gander Newfoundland. The plane was carrying troops Home who had served with the United nations peacekeeping Force in the Sinai desert in North Africa. The roles and responsibilities of the agencies and organizations charged with passenger aviation matters do see charter on Page 28
