European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 6, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday february 6, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 9 exercise was a birthday a Rescue by Mike Heronemus Wiitra Burg Bureau Laibach Germany Winter Warrior meant different things to sol Diers taking part in 3rd inf div s big Gest exercise in two years for master set. Robert Huntley  he co 3rd brigade it was a Spe Cial birthday dinner saturday. When  s mayor Ottomar Wiz Learned Hunt by was hav ing his 50th birthday he decided ii Wai too significant a Milestone to reach without a proper Celebration. So he hosted a special dinner and his wife baked a birthday y cake for he american Soldier. For Sec. Richard d. Wisnoski and pfc. Bryan s. Davis of Btry a 3rd in. 67th air defense arty Winter War rior was being rescued by a German who had been a prisoner of War. The soldiers jeep broke Down before noon saturday. When the . Army did not come to heir Aid by Nightfall they pushed he jeep off the Road and into the driveway of a charter bus com Pany. About 7 . Alfred Frosch and his wife stopped to Sec who was in the driveway of incur business. The sol Diers explained and asked if they could set up cots in the bus garage. Frosch a pow in North Africa during world War ii would not hear of it. It would be Loo cold he told them so he opened up his office and his wife brought them a supper of Rolls cold cuts sausage and of face. In the morning neighbors brought him More Cost cd. For spec. 4 Katie Sullivan the we Klong exercise thai involved12,000 troops was a Short jog on a cold morning. She was augmenting Hoto by Mik her Ottmus s of sgt Leonard calf by of co a 10th eng in non a cold weather mask in a Effort to keep harm daring Winter Warrior near Elc Zelsdorf Germany. 3rd div s civil affairs staff while on temporary duty with her new York Reserve unit the 401st civil affairs co. The 26-Ycamld student from Roch Ester n.y., said she has been jogging since High school. War games and win Ter weather would not deter her from her routine As she donned Bright re sweat clothes fora Jaunt around town. She was Back in about 15  15 Only about six blocks Long and four blocks wide. I could t find anyplace to run she said. For pfc. Ron Posey of co a 1st support in fwd in was goggles full of Rotor whipped Snow. As the Hookup Man for a Black Hawk Sling Load operation he squatted Arm s length under hovering helicopters unlit the right moment to Hook up nets full of meals ready to eat i was just thinking about hooking in up and getting out Tram under Here he said Afler wiping the Snow out of his goggles. For staff sgt. Roger Forbes 24, of Miami in was a series of obstacles. This is my first real Winter in Ger Many he said it s very cold. My track Ain t got no Heater. My real Driver broke his leg jump ing off the track the first Day of win Ter Warrior the m2 Bradley com Mander from 2nd in 30th inf said. So we got a new Driver. It s his first time driving in the Winter. He jus came from fort penning  during the exercise that ended thursday several soldiers experienced Winter driving with tracked equipment far the first time it s like a 13-ton  pfc. Bruce a. Terry 24, of co a 10th engr in said of the Mill armore personnel Carrier. Air Force admits error in Rushing to build by is Washington up the air Force wednesday acknowledged the b in bomber is not completely capable of performing its Mission and said it will nol make the same mistake again by Rushing into production with a major Complex weapon. Gen. Lawrence a Skantze head of the air Force systems come largely dropped the defensive posture adopted by the service to protect the $2b.5-billion bib program from Public criticism. The air Force has ordered 100 of the $280 million planes delivered by june 1988. The first 15 bibs joined the strategic air come at Dyess fab Texas sept. 30. Kamze said Only one plane is on operational Alert As pan of the .deterrent against nuclear attack. Problems plaguing the bib include breakdowns in the highly Complex and sophisticated defensive radar system made up of 1jb Black Boes which May Lake two years to fix a faulty Ter rain following radar system and fuel leaks. Lacking the radar guided electronic countermeasures or eco that give a plane its defensive capability the bomber would be vulnerable to air or missile attack on the Way to its target. There is no question that we have been disappointed in our eco development Progress to Date,1 Skantze told a National press club luncheon audience mostly air Force officers and aerospace Industry . Are we delivering a lbs today that Are As capable As we had planned he asked rhetorically. Frankly no. The b in is nol yet As capable As we had planned. However we Are absolutely confident that As the aircraft matures it will  Skantze said the difficulties with the plane Stem from trying to do Loo much soviets unleash major assault on rebel bases in Afghanistan too fast attempting to Rush Forward with research and development on the bomber while putting it into production to meet the goal set by Congress and the administration for gelling the plane on the flight line Bustps. 30,19s6. The problems that we Are seeing in the bib today Are products of the risks we accepted when we decided to develop and produce the aircraft concurrently he said. Asked if the air Force would run Simi Lar risks in the future with another weapon he said i Don t think we would run another concurrent program in the future unless there was an emergency. Islamabad Pakistan a thousands of elite soviet commandos and paratroopers backed by Waves of jets and helicopter gunships on wednesday attacked moslem guerrilla bases in Afghanistan close to the pakistani Border sources said. The offensive came despite a cease fire called last month by the communist government of Afghanistan which is backed by an estimated 115.000 soviet troops. Guerrilla leaders rejected the cease fire and Western sources tuesday said it had collapsed guerrilla officials and other sources said a Force of about i 2,000 soviet and afghan troops attacked guerrilla positions around Shawar in Paglia province some 20 Miles from the pakistani Border soviet forces also attacked guerrilla bases in the gag area of Akita province and a Large soviet Force reportedly was massing in adjoining Ning Rahar province. Officials from several guerrilla groups said there was heavy fighting around Nawar on wednesday. Soviet Jet fighter bombers blasted guerrilla bases and Heli copter gunships mounted close Range missile attacks. Sustained artillery bombardment was fired at Zha War and a string of nearby guerrilla bases As ground forces with tanks and armoured personnel carriers closed in said the guerrilla officials who spoke on condition of anonymity. Guerrilla fighters had planted thousands of anti personnel mines to hold Oft attacking troops. At least six afghan soldiers were killed in mine explosions the guerrilla officials said. About 2,000 guerrillas faced the a Hack in and around Shawar and several Hundred More fought in the Rafii area the officials said. Guerrilla reinforce ments were trying to gel through they said. The guerrilla officials said their forces suffered losses but in arc were few detail on casualties. One official said three guerrillas were killed and eight were wounded in artillery attacks in one area wednesday. The afghan information Center which monitors events in Afghanistan from the pakistani Border City of Peshawar confirmed the guerrilla reports. The fighting is very severe. The guerrillas Are com ing under heavy attack. The situation is serious  director saved Majroh. Sharks surf planned for new Disney Park Lake Buena Vista Fra. A the Walt Disney co. Has announced plans for a 50 acre water Park Here Complete with machine made Waves and live Sharks. Typhoon Lagoon will open in mid-1988, Michael d. Eisner chairman and chief executive officer at Disney announced wednesday. He said the Park will boast a 95-foot Man made Mountain with nine water slides and Roar ing streams up to 400 feet Long. It also will have the Best surf cast of Hawaii thanks to the world s largest wave making machine he said and a Saltwater snorkel Ingool where divers can swim with exotic fish. The Sharks Wilt be physically separated from the snorkel cars by a thick pane of unbreakable Glass More is Dale visitors May travel Spalaz Ysidor a meandering 2,233-fool Stream thai will float guests on rafts and inner lubes through a rain Forest and a hidden Grotto. The company As is its practice refused to reveal the Cost of the new attraction