European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 30, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Toe stars and stripes saturday january 30,19bb0q6 r Tiv Tif inc. Ainna thu a Nir a a a ii 1 St Apache unit in Europe activated fliers defend problem plagued copter. ,. To Elj. A 1te a Nir air it tip 49111.b Tony Naurot ii Hillesheim. Germany Usa eur s first ah-64apache attack Sci copier battalion was activated Fri Day and pilots and officers of the unit defended Ihei new flying machine. Chief warrant officer Fred l. Kirkland called the Apache a helicopter that thinks it s a Jet about 265 soldiers assigned to inc 2nd in 6lh Ca regt. Ill aviation brigade Are now in place at Lorck Barracks 2i Miles West of a Turnberg. They Wilbe joined by two of her battalions to Complete the regi ment in inc future but officials declined to specify inc Apache has been fraught Wilh problems since is introduction in 1985. Two years ago the Fleet was grounded when cracks were found in the main Rotor Blades of More than a dozen of inc helicopters. In june the grounded he incl again when engine Elc clerical harnesses caused two mishaps a fort Rucker in August a mechanical failure in the Lail Rotor aug ably was blamed for inc death of one Soldier in crash at fort Turk or. Finally last september luring the debut of i headache at the nato exercise certain strike in North Ern Germany a helicopter ran into Power lines an crashed injuring two fort Hood Texas soldiers. But Apache fliers Friday dismissed concerns Over the aircraft s recurring problems As natural for any new weapons . Col. Wayne t. Nelson 2nd in commander said the Apache is going through growing pains like another new system. It meets its specs specification she . Kenneth e. Kimes 11 la aviation brigade com Mander agreed and compared it to the Fielding of theold stand by uh-1h troop carrying Huey helicopters fielded a Quarter of a Century feel very comfortable with it the Huey now Kimes said but it had problems just like an new system docs chief warrant officer Andy Dallas a Pilot said heis convinced that if any other helicopter had been in the certain strike crash inc soldiers would nol have walked away from it. He praised the Mcdonnell Doug Las Frame design As a Pilot Saver and said he feels Safe in it because he can hit a target from a farther distance than in the s cobra Hal copier. It s a Nice aircraft he said. Dallas was planning on getting out of the array until he found out he could Fly an Apache. I m not afraid of it he said. It has Beuer night flying capability than anything else and weapons system that nothing can compare the Apache is a twin engine two seat attack hell copier designed to replace the Vietnam Nora cobra at tack helicopter. The Apache can move Al 227 Miles hour. It carries 1,200 30mm Chain gun rounds 76 70mm Aerial rockets and 16 hot firc missiles which give it its biggest firepower advantage Over the cobra. Kirkland said he can drop a rocket into a space Hal the size of the super bowl Field in san Diego from 3w mites away. The entire regiment Wils move into Storck was made available when elements of the 1st div moved to Vilseck Germany South of Gra few Flor. That move is not yet Complete. The sew Apache unit i assigned to Usa eur Vii corps headquartered in Stuttgart. Corps com Mander it. Gen. Ronald l. Walls presided Over Fri Day s ceremony in the Lorck Barracks gymnasium. Temperatures january in Hilo Mimney. A of Kotil to m m Irvn mkt 65 33 Siw Rock Hilo 67 2tf, 4b 8s 37 i ugh by Boston Bung unit. . 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I win Munich up the bavarian and minis alive court Friday declared void inc building plan for the controversial nuclear reprocessing Plant in hackers Dorf saying in did nol Lake into account possible radiation risks fire slightly damages american hotel Wiesbaden ads fire official suspect arson in an Early morning fire thai caused minor damage thursday to the american hotel basement a Ger Man fire department spokesman said Fri Day. No one was injured in the fire Hal broke out at about 12 30 a.m., spokesman Werner Stichl said. Firefighter extinguished in fire in less than 20 minute. The building was not evacuated wies Baden spokeswoman Karen Cordovan raid about 10x100 Marks $6,024 in damage was done to carpeting is Penang files. The hotel s laundry Caff Iii and weight room Are in the cellar. The decision taken after an Appeal filed by a local Farmer who said he feared the radiation from the Plant would dam age the produce and Fortis on his land does nol mean construction already under Way at the Muslim Luton Dollar Plant would West German government re acted cautiously to the decision but member of the Green party called it a Gitzl defeat for wot Germany s nuclear Industry. The court ruled that the building plan up proved by the District Council in sch Wandorf did not Lake into account inc possible Radia , election advisory Washington voting assistance officials have released additional Pri Mary information for puerto Rico. Voters in puerto Rico will be Able Covolt for nominees for president along with selecting candidate for resident commissioner in a primary election to be bddonmarch20. Lion risks posed by reprocessing the ruling will have no effect on inc building work already taking place under binding building permits and Legal experts said it would now be up to local authorities to consider we Cher the Deci Sion Means Hal new applications for mits can be accepted Barbarossa travel firm files for bankruptcy Kaiserslautern is Bart Roisa Rise Scricc a Mph filed for bankruptcy in a Kaiserslautern court thurs Day a company Ai Lorincy said. The travel service which lost a con miracl late year to provide travel service at 47 Usa eur locations closed Tome 2soff-Post office tarty last week. Announcement of the filing Tju nude by Barbarosa attorney Robert Fiori. He said a referee in bankruptcy with who claims can be filed has nol Jet been a on How to obtain Absentee ballots. To miser Slatlem office of Barossa Reisen hich it we com Pany Are still operating ton said
