European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 1, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Page a the stars and stripes thursday May 1. 19b6 interceptor Squadron in Iceland responsible for Bear Hunting world today h have in Tell. Staff writer. Sas Iceland Unpi. Chuck Coghlin my his fellow pilots Lull u lot in terms of Hacks Anil Vou get ii Luck Hurt you a i Best. You got a heave when Viiu Don to everybody mints Hacks. Coj Jilin flies the f Lac Iii Glt in one of the busiest squadrons in the air Fane. He works for the 57th fighter which has the Job of checking fied air traffic flying Toailo Sutija in stand. Iceland my Salon what navigators Call the Sircal Circle. Route the shortest route Between. Ron and America it s ii Busy air corridor used by Many nations and Many air planes. One of those nations is the soviet Union. Many of its military a lands use the Rouzic. Iad they Don t always make known their flight plans or otherwise let someone know they la be flying through Iceland s military air identification zone Amadiz. Using ground and airborne radar North Atlantic truly organisation members. Keep an Eye on Iceland s a 1 17. Which includes airspace extending about 200 mites off its coast. When radar identifies an unexpected traveler in hat airspace fighter pilots Frnia lie 57th girl either a. Hack or 3 ill Uve Tiu f-1i Crews sit on Alert around the clock. Within 10 minutes of being told icy arc airborne find on their Way to what they Hupci will be a Hack an unidentified War i w pad air plane. A heave is a false alarm. Just in Case there s a hostile Hack the jets arc a Rcd i i hair to air missiles co Lilin said the 57tk\ Nii Iii is to select identify photograph or shoot Down unknown aircraft in the mad1z, tie air Force considers the intercepts and he photographs to be vital intelligence data for the Pentagon. The 57th, nicknamed inc Black knights has the manlio if we did t gel them they did t but that s hot True All of the time Coghlin said. Now and then an air plane flying below radar coverage will get through Coghlin said that is rare. The unit intercepts Abua 140 air planes a year most of them being inc russian equivalent of the b-52, the Tu-95 Typo lev bomber the Bear by nato those bombers often arc on to Cuba. The Tu-95 can Fly utirefuclcu1 from Russia la Cuba using the route cough Lin said the of is is new to Iceland having replaced u Squadron or aging f-4s last year. Coghlin says inc f.i5 is faster More fuel efficient Lias better radar and is More reliable than inc phantom. And the f-15 s performance along Wilh s oho in Olli Oieni Cupl. Chuck c och in on the Lookout Tor unidentified aircraft special fuel tanks alb it Torisi in inc air longer than Ibe f-4. \. Coghlin said the 57lh intercepts Only unidentified air planes that enter the Cadiz. The Black knights never stray outside that Border no matter How close an aircraft comes to the Edge he said. Thai could be construed As harassment he said. We have no Akgul basis for Coghlin said All nations know about the map und its rules so there arc few reasons for anyone to Fly in the zone without permission. We be told the whole world that if anybody flies in this area thai they should expect to be intercepted and Ridenti Coghlin said that when inc intercept the bears they usually photograph inc air planes Ami escort Ihm of Tecc Decof the Cadiz. Chinese Pilot who defected greeted As hero in Taiwan to spilt. Taiwan Luj i a chinese air Foice Pilot who defected to South Korea two months ago arrived Here for resettlement with a Cash Reward of More than 12 Mil lion from the government. C Luton Kaif , 26, wis Given Biro s Welcome upon his arrival aboard a chinese jetliner wed Cilny afternoon. Tile Taiwan government offers and chinese Nir Force Pilot who defect in a Mig-19 Jet fighter to Taiwan directly or via another country n Aish Reward to ounces of Gold. Chen Dew los oath Korea feb. 21 in a Mifi-l1 and told authorities he wished to seek Asylum in Taiwan the soil la korean government is expected to return the plane it China As it done Willi other planes taken to South Korea in the Pust by other defecting pilots. Chen is the sixth chinese air Force Pilot to have defected in Taiwan via South Korea since september 19ft i. Athens won t re erect statue of Truman toppled by bomb Athens Greece a the Athens City Council has decided against re or acting n Farger size ill be of former Truman which was toppled in March in a bomb ult uck a City councilman has said. We decided not to replace it both for the Security of the neighbourhood and for reasons of National Independence iut the decision in no Way condones terrorism Eoa Cilman George Moustakus a theology professor and one of 20 supporters of the ruling panic tunic socialist movement Pasok on1hc4l-Meinbcrcouncil,. Pavarotti Marks 25th year of Success with performance Modwina Italy a Luciano a Varolli celebrated 25 years of Success with his booming Tenor voice during a Hometown performance of la Bohume the same role he Sung a Quarter Century ago As a Young Competition Winner. The crowd in Modena s Catro corny Uncle clapped for nearly 10 minutes at the end of the first act of inc Giacomo Puccini opera in which Pavan Ali Sang the role of Rodulfo. in tin recent interview the ichor remembered Back 25 years to when he was n 2s-year-oltl Competition Winner. I can t pretend i no that same Young bid As before of course but this is realty inc Only Way one Coati commemorate a 251s anniversary going Back As i no now bringing with me these wonderfully talented Young people whose anniversaries Are j it to come he said. B Bhende bios tar Slaff writer bouncing a 22-Ccnt Check for a stamp at a military Post office could Cost service members $20 or More officials said. ". We re concerned about our customers said eid Perez chief of the investigations Branch. . Army postal group Europe. We Don t want to Sec anyone get into Trou ble Over a Check written for such a Small there is no minimum or maximum limit on checks at the Post offices but hey can not be written for More than the Purchase Price. Checks arc accepted for All services except Par chasing Money orders. Thai Means a person could came in and buy a 22-Ccnt stamp and pay for it with n Check Perez said but if thai Check bounces it will Cost the per sign a $10 Usi s . Postal service fee plus the sip or More the bunk will assess on the returned in addition to he returned Check fees service members could be punished under the uniform code of military Justice and be placed on the Apo bad Check Tisl for six months if the Check is not made Good in ii timely manner. Individuals that Don t make their bad Check Good while in inc command will have the collections taken Al the next unit Perez Sard. Uses Kilikci Legal action against civilians and soldiers who leave the service without making their checks Good. Air Force policies regarding a bad Cheek Tec and placing a person s name on a hid. Check Raster arc the same As the a mys. Since the program began in August 1985, patrons have written Over 60,000 per Sonal checks valued at Over is million at air Force postal no Tivoli throughout inc command said staff sgt. Joel a. Bor Cit 7025th air postal so program Monitor. We be processed 159 Baa checks so far. We have not had too Many problems collecting on those bad checks. However the military postal service Agency Lias re state department oks private gift of copter to contras Washington not the state department has Given approval Tor a private anti communist organization to Send a Hucy helicopter to help nicaraguan rebels evac uate injured and Jick from the War tones Reagan admin Isle Avion officials said tuesday. Faced with an inability to secure funds from Congress quickly for helicopters and other military equipment the administration last week decided to Grant a License so that the rebels ice non As contras will have the use of a Large helicopter for the first Lime officials said. The License Vas issued by the slate department last Friday to the us. Council for world Freedom headed by retired maj Gen John k. Singlaub. The Council was granted tax exempt status on the basis of a request submitted four Days earlier the officials said. Marts Winter ing speaking for the group which is situated in Phoenix confirmed trial it had received permission and said inc helicopter was on its Way to Honduras. The rebels have been seeking helicopters for some time to transport troops and to evacuate casualties. The Cia provided them with two Small helicopters about two years ago an administration official said but one was recently shot Down. Singkuo s organization has been actively soliciting funds for some Lime for medical supplies and other none thai material for the contras. Last year after receiving a 565,000 donation from one Benefactor the group announced plans to Purchase the Vietnam Era Hucy which was built by Bell helicopters for medical evacuation the helicopter named lady Ellen after the contributor Ellen Garwood of Austin Texas is the most dramatic example of the ability of private american groups to help the contras even while Congress continues to delay action on the administration s latest request for 1100 million in new Aid for the a costs of which s70 million would be i military support. The administration plans to Supply Mili tary helicopters from thai Aid package. If it is Ever approved by Congress. The lady Ellen Cost about �100,000, Singlaub said last summer and an. Additional 135,000 was spent on reparation. The state department s office of munition controls had to approve the License because the Huey is a military helicopter even though the stated purpose of the Mission is for medical evacuation. Bad checks at military Post offices can be costly gently changed their bad Check policy 1.1 and collection efforts will now extend be Ujj Pond a member s Squadron commander As High up inc Chain of command As necessary to make Only 500 of inc 56,000 checks written ill army Post offices since december were re turned for Isuf Iceni funds Perez said. The Check cashing program is an Overall Success in that we have a less than i percent return Rale on bad checks he said. Of that i percent we have a 09 percent collection rate i just Don l think people arc aware of the trouble they can get into even for 25 or ill 30 cents Perez said. We Don t want pc if Pic getting messed up for a
