European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 18, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday september 18, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 3 in a simulated defection exercise the Pilot taxis to a Safe Are is Cotton by we Ritj Ilert the Hycle. It Raf Mildenhall. Salty notion exercise tests ability of bases to handle possible defectors the Pilot is watched by air Force Security police u he leave aircraft. Text and plutus by Emmett Lewis or. Staff Wilur Raf Mildenhall England As inc defector s aircraft taxis into a nest of flashing Blue lights and pointed guns a Security policeman wearing a Gas mask holds up signs written in five languages. The signs instruct inc Pilot to follow on escort Security vehicle to a parking area shut off the engines and get out of the aircraft. The possible Detector is treated with extreme caution until his intentions can be confirmed by later interrogations. The very tense East German Pilot climbs Down from his Mig-27 flow Jgr and is Hust cd to a waiting Security truck. Where he is spread Eagle searched handcuffed blindfolded and driven off to be interrogated. The Sirn ulried defection in reality a belgian Pilot and his Mirage 5 was one of several scenarios acted out in a Sally nation exercise last week at Raf Mildenhall and Raf Lakenheath England. The exercise Tes s the bases War Readi Ness and survivability and helps hem prepare for command operational Readi Ness inspections later in the year said master sgt. Sherry Lawrence superintendent of the readiness division Ai Raf Mildenhall. Lawrence is one of four people in charge of developing writing and Over seeing the base s exercises usually with the participation of the British air Force. Wearing the chemical warfare protective suits makes the cur risk More real and More uncomfortable the people who work on inc Fligh line have the most difficult Lime Law rence said. The suits arc very hot. They keep you dripping with sweat. It s pretty cumbersome with the mask booties and gloves. You fan hardly dial a phone some people can t stand the hot re Spiric tic environment of the suits and they panic even to the Point of rip Ping their Gas masks off. She said. These people would die in a real  in fact a number of casualties Are expected in Jusi this Way she said. Air Force Security police Bustle the defector away from his aircraft la an Ana where senior airman Carey a Riding spread in Etta and Suerhe the Pilot