European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 2, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday Maya 1987 the stars and stripes Page 9 Hillesheim to get 3 copter battalions a a finance company a so arriving by Joseph Owen Stuttgart Bureau Stuttgart the army plans Laplace three helicopter attack battalions and an aviation intermediate maintenance company in the bavarian town of Illesh Cim by late j991, v l corps officials confirmed this week. The units will replace Armor and in Fantry battalions that Are moving from Illesh Cim to Vilsick. Army Mufti vials expect the a Liesheim area military Popula Tion to decline initially. The maintenance company part of he 394th Maint in is expected to arrive ibis summer according to corps spokes Man la. Col. William Mulcy. The three attack battalions will use ah-64 Apache attack helicopters and arc expected to arrive from the United slates in late i987,in 1988 and in 1991. Mulcy said the 10th attack helicopter in now stationed at it Shim will deactivate so the army can replace the battalion s ah-1 cobra helicopters Wilh apaches tells him currently has 37 helicopters but by the time the third attack battalion arrives it will have 104. A u5areur message said the army picked Hillesheim for the new attack battalions because its Airfield provides an warning by Neucom led to dramatic drop in satellite dish sales by Wendy Bourlan stuff writer satellite dish distributors in Germany said sales have dropped by 80 percent since the military began advising service members to beware when buying a satellite television system. Stephen Allen and Ric Donaca said dish sales have dropped from Loop or month to 20 since Early april when the stars an stripes reported on a . European come message warning  "10 be aware of several Pitfalls associated with i meter satellite dishes they aimed thai message directly at us Donaca said. Allen is owner of avast a go Lihau sen firm specializing in audio and video equipment. Donaca is employed by Kustik i i in Mainz. They said they sell most of the dishes bought by service members in Germany. The Neucom message warned that some salespeople were telling service Mcm bars they could pick up an with meter dishes once the network begins satellite transmission. Neucom officials say the dishes will not pick up the signal without a decoder which is not legally available overseas. The message also said thai while English language programming is available in Europe most of those channels will scramble soon making the dishes use  they re trying to put the i meter dish in As bad a Light As possible Allen said adding thai he and Donaca never told customers they could get an with  he said the message was a direct response loan october Maini Kassel and insert in the stars and stripes featuring satellite dishes Allen Sells dishes at the Mainz Kastel audio video store. The message was issued nov. 5,10 Days after the  come spokesman maj. Dennis Gauci denier the message was aimed at satellite dish dealers or was result of the advertising insert featuring the �905 i meter dish. He said the Mes Sage was drafted after a twice yearly meeting in october of the armed forces radio and television service advisory Board in Stuttgart. An arts representative at the meeting said he had been told by a satellite dish Salesman lha dishes would pick up an once it was transmitted by satellite. We re standing by our message Gauci said Pur Young airmen and sol Diers who Are in a Market for these thing should be aware of the Pitfalls. In no Way have we told people to Stop buying these  Allen believes the military wants an to be the service member s sole source of English language programming in Ger Many. I think an is threatened by satellite distributors he said. It. Col. Sonny Craven commander Offan Frankfurt disagreed an is not in Competition with private dish Ven Dors in this theater he said English language alternatives to an Are  eight unscrambled English language networks arc available to a Mcter dish owners. Allen said six of those plan to scramble in the future but a decoder to unscramble five of them is available for1400 to s500. Dish owners also would have to pay a monthly fee to the net  satellite program Ming will More than double next april when Luxembourg launches Astra a 16-Channel television satellite. There will be eight or nine English speaking channels on Astra Allen said. One meter dish owners can pick up All the  appropriate tactical location. It also said the decision makes optimum use of available airfields minimizes the need for additional construction and avoids disrupting the local Economy the message acknowledged he Impact of additional helicopter noise and note plans for revised air traffic patterns and direct takeoffs to minimize the noise. The army already has built a new Heli copter training simulator at Illus him. Other construction plans Call for the installation of underground fuel tanks an the paving of a helicopter parking area. The army expects no change in its land requirements in Hillesheim or in the ii umber of local people it employs there the message said. Michael g. Hanpeter . Forces Lini son officer for Bavaria said he has Noti fied German leaders of the impending change. It s in our own Best interests id make sure local officials know what we re doing because without their support we could not maintain operations Himell or said. Units leaving Illesh Cim for Vilseck Over the next five years All part of he1st army div include 1st in. 13111 Armor. 1st brigade he 1st support in and Lac 1st in 6lh inf. Slick Way to have fun Sas photo by Oak of Diu youngsters from the child development Center in Dotti Tistadt Ger Many put their hearts and feel into a slide ride at Lincoln Village. Army looking at proposal to use enlisted pilots Fly William j. Bartma Washington Bureau Washington budget constraints have prompted the army to reluctantly consider permitting enlisted personnel to Fly helicopters and other aircraft officials  Are studying the desirability and feasibility of using enlisted pilots should there be a shortage of pilots an army spokesman at the Pentagon said. The reason for this is budget constraints. An always difficult area a spokesman for maj. Gen. Ellis d. Parker commander of the . Army aviation Center at fort Rucker ala.,said the general found the concept Only marginally  i would not be desirable the Penta gon spokesman said adding that there has been no decision to go ahead Wilh the concept at this time. The problem is not because of any feeling on the pan of army leaders that enlisted members could not handle the helicopters he said. There s no question about whether enlisted soldiers would have he experience. The problem is an administrative one the possibility of undercutting the warrant officer  letting trained officers be joined by enlisted fliers could undercut the offi cers morale he  the proposal enlisted person Nel at the rank of sergeant uld be Eligi ble for Light training. After training the would be promoted to staff sergeant and within two cars would become a chief warrant officer 1, the enlisted Pilot would have a five year service Obliga Tion. The tentative plan was established under the orders of Gen. John Wickham jr., the chief of staff out of concern that budget constraints and congressionally mandated officer cuts would Ivad to a Pilot shortage in he warrant officer corps. The proposal Calls for converting about 1,500 warrant officer Pilot positions Loc listed jobs. Wickham will make the final decision on whither enlisted pilots will be i he Way of the future for the army a spokesman said