European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 21, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 28 the stars and stripes wednesday october 3t, 1987 Torrejon Wing scores at gun smoke b r ave , i a. Ii Rill fighter pilots and tin in maintenance and weapons workers Kimii the my m tac Fishler Wing from Torr Jon a Spain arc heading Home Iii Wick with third place honors in inc 87 hot nut at idlis Ash in v., us i officials announced monday a-1ii Crews from the Sim tac fighter Wing Ai Raf Hont Walers. England scored highest of tin1 is a-10 units Emi red and placed ninth Overall in the biennial Rietl thai Brines together some of the Best air Force fight or units from All Over the world. The Torr Jon and Hent Waters teams were inc Only european based units entered in the contest Whitfi includes tactical bombing Sara Fig and navigation among Active duty and flying a-1 of. F 16s, f-4sanda-7s. In juni1 Torrejon won inc right to represent Safe and cum Pelc at Nellis in their first year of eligibility. The Overall Winner of lie meet was the ,188th tac fighter Wing an Flat Wing from Mill att Utah. Fall. Jordan from Torrejon took first place in the navigation mock category according to the Wing s Public affairs officer maj. Keith Gill Ell. Al 6 Pilot Jordan also took seventh place in the top gun or Hosl Overall Pilot category. A-10 Pilot Cap. Rodney Shrader placed highest among the pilots. Finishing in a three Way tie in inc strafing category said Etc Nwaters spokesman Apt. John Ilii Yle. Fellow Pilot c Al. John w. Sci Boner tied for third place in that category. The Ijen Waim maintenance and weapons Load ing teams finished third Overall in their categories. The Torrejon maintenance men and women finished 12th, while heir weapons loading teams finished ninth. Gill Ell said. Other individual winners in inc Pilot categories included from Torrejon gift. Fred Vanvalkenburg. Fourth place Tito degree dive Bomby Cape. Jim Moschgat. Fourth place tie20-Degrec, Low Angle Low drag bomb and second place in the 10 lie Grce High drag bomb capt. Jordan 2uo-foot level bomb fourth place lie capt. Randy Abraham Nav. Galion attack fourth place lie. Rigs from Page 1. Defense Secretary Caspar Vinci kit briefs reporters a the Altai a gain ii what he called military flames me up from the iranian All Rig. The blurred due Liru of one tvs Trojer is to Hilt in the Luck round. Act requiring him to withdraw troops from inc area within 60 Days unless Congress sanctions their pres ence. The reaction on Capitol Hill to the military1 action was generally positive but some lawmakers disagreed with the president Over his stand on the War Powers Mailer and Sard that the Law should be invoked. In addition they said the escalating conflict raises questions about inc Long Lerm goals of he administration s policy. The missile Kitaek on the sea Isle City which was attributed to an iranian silkworm missile fired from occupied territory in Iraq was the third major confrontation with the iranians since american forces began escorting inc ii kuwaiti tankers through the Gulf. The Tanker Bride con was damaged by a mine in july and earlier this month american helicopters opened fire on an iranian gunboat suspected of laying mines in a shipping Channel. The president considered a full Range of options according to his spokesman Marlin Fiu Waler the focal Point of the attack was two connected platforms in the Rashada Oil Field hat had been abandoned As an Oil producing installation according to american officials Weinberger said that the platforms had been used to mount Small boat attacks to conduct surveillance of Convoy movements and 10 fire on american helicopters. Before the shelling began the iranian installation was warned by radio that an attack was imminent. Receipt of inc message was acknowledged and Irani ans were seen leaving he platform in a Small boat. Crews Manning other rigs in inc Vicinity apparently picked up the radio warning and also led. Administration officials say the attack on the sea Isle City last Friday presented the president with a difficult decision retaliate and risk escalating the conflict or Lake no action and risk losing credibility in inc Region. But As they weighed the decision said one senior official the president and his advisers realized they had no Choice but to retaliate in some Way. I would emphasize the restrained nature of this attack Fitzwalter said. A senior administration offi Cial added in no Way do we want this to be inter Paciej As an escalation one big question was Why american forces have not batteries of silkworm missiles located on the Fao Peninsula an iranian occupied area of Iraq that continue to pose a grave threat to free navigation in the Gulf. Filz Walcer called this a political and lactic Cal judgment and Weinberger implied that the silk Worms would have been hard to find. This is a Mobile set of transporters Weinberger said and they move around from Lime to Lime and from place to filiater said that monday s action could also help clarify some confusion created by administration officials last week who implied thai the United states might Noi retaliate against Iran because the sea Isle. City was attacked near the kuwaiti coast not in inter National Waters. Monday s action defines our he said and Ini Ini that retaliation for an attack on any american vessel wherever n occurs cannot be ruled some administration officials acknowledged thai Iran Wai unlikely lobe intimidated by Munday in cats. A t i his Weihs for Many y Irv Ever Unver Ihn Cro a has been in
