European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 1, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes o Northeast shelters in record heat Page 5 d october named aids prevention month Page 9 d it s celtics is. Lakers in Aba finals sports Page 21 the St san jmmu.1rm f the author Ivcec unofficial publication for vol. 46, no. 45 monday Juris 1, 1987 2 soviet defense chiefs fired after German teen s flight Moscow a the ruling politburo sharply criticizing the soviet air defense has removed defense minister Sergei l. Sokolov and the chief of air de tenses became a Small foreign plane flew unimpeded to Moscow s red Square the official Tass news Agency said saturday that Sokoly 75, was relieved of his duties in connection Wilh his retirement and replaced by general of the army Dmitri Azov 64, also a world War ii Veteran. It said chief marshal Alexander Kordunov 63, the head of la air defense forces was accused of negligence and Lack of control Over his units and was fired. The politburo held a special meeting saturday de voted to the violation of soviet airspace by a Privat Weil German plane thai tended in the red Square beside the Kremlin Tass said. The Pilot. Matthias rust 19, of Hamburg was taken into police custody after he bu7icd the Square three times at Low Altitude and touched Down his Cessna near the Wall of the Kremlin the scat of soviet Power. In his flight from Helsinki Finland rust flew Over 420 Miles of soviet territory before Landing without interference. The German also crossed through what the defense department has called the world s most extensive Ai defense system. The politburo said saturday thai the soviet armed forces had known about the plane flight but did not Slop in. In a report issued by Tass the politburo said twas established that the plane belonging to a Hamburg defense minister Sergei a Sokoto flying club was detected by radars of the anti aircraft defences when it was approaching the state Border of the  soviet lighter planes twice flew around the West German plane it said but apparently did nothing. The soviet leadership said the air defense forces command had shown intolerable unconcern and in decision about cutting Short the flight of the violator plane without resorting to combat  that wording May have indicated a hesitancy among the soviet armed forces to order combat Means since one of their Jet lighters shot Down a South korean passenger jetliner Over Sakhalin Island in the soviet far East on sept. I 1983, killing All 269people aboard the Kremlin said at thai time that the korean Boe ing 747 was on a spy Mission but its destruction touched off an International juror. The to Tilburg said the military s inadequate response to rust s flight attests to serious shortcomings in organizing the Alert for the Protection of the air space of the country a Lack of due vigilance and discipline and major dereliction of duty in the guidance of forces by the . Defense  Sokolov who had been defense minister since de Cember 1984, was not named in the statement. His retirement and replacement were announced by Tass in a separate one paragraph dispatch. The politburo said Kordunov head of the air de sense forces since 1978, was fired for negligence and Lack of organization in cutting Short the plane s flight sea soviet on Page 28 teen us wanted to Meef russians paper says Hamburg German teen Ager who piloted a up from Scandinavia to Moscow s red Square told soviet police that he just wanted to make friends Wilh russians a Hamburg newspaper said saturday. The mass circulation Bild said Matthi As rust 19, handed Oul peace leaflets to red Square passers by and signed Auto graphs for two hours late thursday be fore soviet police hustled him away. The Story of rust s 420-Milefrom Scandinavia to built Cessna Aicra glued the Ger Man  Media. Newspapers featured rust explains on Page 1. Bild ran a of huge photograph of the Cessna plane red Square noting Only in m a Survey by asked 2.0ss germans of voting describe their initial reaction to the red Square Landing. Laughing respondent a App Ungto Wickert. R. To Page report Bild quoted act reporter Anthony Louis As say ing a soviet policeman used hand signals to guide rust to his Landing next to in Kremlin Wall. Bild said rust waved enthusiastically to astounded muscovites As he climbed Down from the Cessna. He signed Auto graphs distributed leaflets and Shook hands with Moscow children in said. Soviet authorities did no first because cd stunt Bild said. A cd Rusl finally was in a police was asked Why he had i Bild said. I just wanted to talk russians in quoted rust As replying. Bild whose Moscow sources Are considered Good said rust then was asked Why he flew to the soviet capital secretly and outside internationally approved flight corridors. If i had asked for a regular flight path i would t have had enough Gas to reach Moscow Bil quoted rust As Savin . He supposedly was going to Fly from Helsinki to Stockholm Sweden. In Bonn the foreign ministry said saturday that the government was Stilt trying to gel information from soviet officials on rust s Fate a Day and a half in was detained. S owned by the Hamburg Jug m g club to which rust belongs. Helmut , said saturday that rust in flown to Moscow on purpose. The isee teen on Page 28 overseas four extensions of offers new priority plan for assignments uck Vinchur i i Washington air Force new  Volunteer to extend their overseas ours part. _ ulary at Remote unaccompanied tour locations can gel higher consideration for their next assignment under a new program. The program is called the enhanced enlisted Over seas returnee match. Personnel who extend at least six months beyond their Normal return Date in a Short tour area and 12 months beyond it in a Long tour a Are Given a higher priority for their next i overseas or stateside Lour. The longer a person  higher that priority becomes an  official said. As an example be used three members resuming from a Long tour area in March 1988. The first person served 18 months beyond the Normal return Date. The second extended for 12 months. The third returned a scheduled. The new program the member serving 8 la on Inal return Date will receive priority Over  her assignment preferences the official said. The Type of tour being Sergei to goes to uaaccaiiymg0pvrir\v1iere families a Onipa Nied Tours of 15 months r icons where an accompanied tour is a oozed. Accompanied and unaccompanied Tours at Long tour areas Are then considered. Say for example that two people walled the Sam assignment and both had extended overseas for 12 months but one was on an unaccompanied Short Tourand the other was on an accompanied Long Lour the air Force official said. The first one would have priority for the  the program does not guarantee that services Etna ers will get the assignment of their Choice he said. The needs of  up s increase their chances Foget Lingl. Assignment they want he said. Members serving an in place consecutive Jjack t qualify since they received leave travel  Tours and Are required to serve uie full secs Nuttaii those who finish the consecutive overseas  on that Lour become eligible for the higher no Raj a Only enlisted personnel with a return i Ber 1987 or later will be considered for the prolife he said