European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 14, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday. December 14, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 9 computers tracking radar repairs by Jean Albrigh Tilburg Bureau Pitburg a Germany a Proto Type computer system designed to Stop repeated repair and recycling of faulty aircraft radar components is being tested by the 36th tac fighter Wing. Radar equipment often goes through several cycles of repair and reuse before a trend is noticed and the bad Compo nent identified according to a study done by Hughes aircraft co. And the aeronautical systems division at right Patterson fab Ohio. As a result of the study. Performance oriented tracking of equipment repair Porter May soon replace ledgers and forms used to track repair of radar and fire a Onrot components. The first phase of a seven month test ends this month. The Wing has used Porter since june to record repairs to f-15 radar system components and identify components that act up repeatedly. The system has been further tailored to record the repair of components involved with aircraft weapon firing. It was anticipated that local hackers would build on the  said Kevin Wright project officer with support sys tems associates inc. Working with the system at Pitburg. The More people who understand and use the system the More Cost effective it will be he said. Members of the Wing already had experimented with personal computer tracking of equipment movement to and from repair shops. The base was chosen As the test Wing so that those initiatives could be shared. Before Porter a component could make several trips through repair and Back into use before the trend was spotted said tech. Sgt. Les Cable a fire control systems technician with the 36th aircraft generation so. Often the history of a piece was Analysed Only after a repeatedly repaired fault developed into a serious problem. By that time the faulty component had circulated through the maintenance system several times wast ing spare parts labor and lest equipment Lime. Constructing repair histories in the old fashioned Way look Days. Cable said. Records of trips to repair have been kept on several forms and in five ledgers he said. Some of the entries Are Handwritten. You have to bring it All to Gether and work backward from the Day the question comes up. With the new system a printout takes three to four  the system also lets pilots request printed histories of the aircraft they Fly. One reason recurring faults have been overlooked is that new radar repairs can not be fully tested on the ground. Built in tests during flight also Are limited  using the repair histories pilots know what to look for in recently repaired components. New outfits for German military the German armed forces Are gelling new uniforms featuring the Mast modern fabrics. Left Soldier blends into the landscape with the new camouflage Batik uniform. Right German defense minister Manfred Ocmer watches a Soldier Model one of the new uniforms at the defense ministry in Bonn. Dec must repay us for lost sales Trade official says Brussels Belgium a . Trade representative Clayton Yeutter old the european economic Community Friday that the United Stales seeks Ade quate compensation for having lost Export markets for Corn and sorghum after Spain and Portugal joined the dec this year. The dec and the United Stales Are engaged in a Dis Pute involving reduced exports of . Feed grains result ing from Spain and Portugal joining the dec this year. We have a very difficult negotiation ahead of us be cause our positions Are still very far apart be Utler said of the dispute. He and Willy de Clarcq the dec s external Trade commissioner were to meet Here on saturday. Yeutter was in Brussels Friday As part of a High level . Delegation led by  of stale George  that met met with dec officials. The . Delegation Aiso included agriculture Secretary Richard Lyng Commerce Secretary Malcolm Baldrige and Treasury Secretary James Baker. Referring to . Threats of retaliation he added the european Community is Well aware of what is at slake in these discussions Between now and the end of the year. This is an Issue of major concern to the United states because our estimate is thai the accession of Spain and Portugal will reduce our feed grains exports by something in the Vicinity of 400 million to 500 million dollars a  he said american Farmers especially in the mid West Are already in dire financial Straits and Are certainly not in the position to accept that kind of Trade damage from any incident. Without receiving appropriate compensation for  hrs fing chaplain helps ease Usa eur shortage by Mike Heronemus Wuerzburg Bureau Wuerzburg Germany being on a sabbatical from Seton Hall univer sity has l really meant a rest for Chap lain col James c. Sharp. He volunteered to join the Active army. Temporarily. Twice i Lold chaplain it. Col Phillip Rapp at the National guard Bureau would go any where anytime. Sharp a roman Catholic pest is senior chaplain for the new Jersey nation Al guard when he s in the states. Right now he s in Wuerzburg helping 3rd in div chaplains handle the Christmas sea son Load of religious services. It s his Sec Ond trip to Germany this year. From late june to mid August he ministered to the Neu Ulm military Community serving three weeks As the Only chaplain in town. Sharp and a National guard chaplain in Frankfurt Are in Usa eur As part of the key personnel update program said chaplain col Otto Reinbacher. Personnel officer for the Usa eur Chap Tain. A third is expected to arrive dec. 16. About 75 National guard chaplains Are used each year to ease shortages of Active duty chaplains in Usa eur Reinbacher said. This is an especially Good time for me to gel Here Sharp said. Dec. 8 was a Catholic holy Day As is Jan. I and Christmas is coming up of course. So they la be getting duly out of me on those  his trips to Germany have not been All work for the University librarian from South Orange . Being assigned to what has been called the Center of catholicism in Germany has meant something special to Sharp. I m Reading the history of the Christian Church my coming to this part of Germany especially has Awak ened my interest in that part of Church history where there was a great division Between roman catholics and protes Tants besides Church history. Sharp has immersed himself in 3rd inf div history books. I grew up going to the movies and seeing Audie Murphy. 1 was t aware until the other Day and a trip to the Marne division museum that Audi Murphy was a member of this  at to fest in Munich can save some callers 25% Washington is the test of at to Usa direct phone service in the Munich area can save Call ers about 25 percent on collect and at to  card Vii Job a Lull Fly in s dec. 5. Said Usa direct Calls Are i because they Are not routed through Merna ii0rkf a so ill charged overseas rates bul they pay  oversee Ras Noflie rates of the foreign country they re calling from said Catherine Lowney an at to International marketing  average . Overseas rates Are about 25 percent leu than the overseas rates of foreign Telephone Compa Nies such As the Deutsche Bunde Spost in Germany Lowney  residents can get direct Telephone lines to Lul Eside operators for collect and at to credit card Calls by dealing a special Access code 013