European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 22, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Daily Psi Agazim bombs away munitions maintenance workers at inc Lem a Turkey use Dummy bombs to practice loading munitions onto on f-111. By Daryl e. Green staff writer he f 111 came in Al an sri Nituda of 100 led and a Speed of 600 Knols Aboul 10 Miles a Mizulo. Under typically Clear so Esa in Cirlin a. Turkey. Aboul 23.000 acct com the Largel area. Itic heavily armed Al pulled up Al 30,000 feel the bomb separated irom the aircraft As the plane turned off. Bombs gone Check laser on said the Pilot methodically Roger lasers on answered inc weapons Suppon oleic or of. Check.11 the Pilot came Back again. Bomb perfect of.  shouted the weapons support officer. The laser guided bomb landed on a vehicle strategically placed in Iron of a simulated on my command Post at Konya Range. We Hil it with a 2.000 Pound bomb and moved it said i. Col. Don Lamon Lanc. Commander of the 492nd tsp fighter so Raf Lakenheath. England. We Don t get a Chance Lodo Hal  no in England. But because of inc Hying weather and the Access to Konya Range they go their Lair share done when they come to Turkey. In England we gel to drop a bomb like thai maybe once a year said 1 St it. Jack Hickey. F-111 weapons support oleic or. While in Turkey they did it three limes Over a three week period. The 492nd and Safe Kliors irom other bases make regular inns to in Ciurlik Ablo get in training that they can t do at their Home bases. We have no planes Here ourselves but other planes come Here id Fly. -. Because for the most Par inc weather Here is  said maj James n Heil commander of Del 19,3lsl weal Hor 5q, Al i Culik. Because of the Good weather the 492nd gels to Fly 20 sorties a Day Over is lying Days during their three week stay As opposed to the 12 sorties a Day they would gel Back in England. We come Down hero to get All of our weapons delivery requirements Lor a six month  Lamontagne said Tho weal Hor conditions Are a Pilot s dream in mos places we re talking Var conditions visual flight rules Heil said. Thai s where the Pilot can Soo where he s  and the weather is constant making practically any Day of the year a Good Day Tor flying. Three Hundred Days out of the year will be offt conditions Wilh better than 3,000 loot ceilings and bettor than i Roe Miles Al Silty said master sgt. Curl Mullins Chiel of weather Stalion operations so being we Alfored out in essence winds up being a rare occurrence you can l say that for Central Europe Heil Saij. When in comes to weather Turkey and Central Europe have jew things in common. Ankara and Istanbul will got some Snow bul not Down Here Heil said. We have had Snow on the Gio fld Lor a Short time two years ago Snow Here is a rare  the average annual temperature in the Southern part of Turkey is 66 degrees. The weather in Turkey might be we easily compared to the american Southwest than to Central Europe except Lor the humidity i would say the weather is has that in new Mexico or Arizona. Turkey is More  Heil said. For the pilots who come to Traci in heir tactics a belter comparison might to made to training heaven around Here you go out and every Day you know the weather s  said 1 Silt. Audi Osburn. F-111 Pilot you remember whal you did Yosl erday and you improve  aircraft irom All Over Europe Cost to incl tax to Ute to extent islet bombing Range. Friday january 22, 1988 the stars and stripes Page 13