European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 20, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Friday. May 20. 3938 the stars and stripes Page 9 i a. Restricts non Ali Nilli nato allies re gearing up for four Wei a i if exert a 1. An of Lei it fighter ahqu1 h in Pihir Ciucht i kith tac Huwiler win. Aircraft in Den Mark for i he Tiar games. The exit cows Nul Only primhiu1military . But nato Friendship its Cal. F. S. Wintek Iriner Jilli Crim Mwata Al a Enlil in Thiim Bell presents a Box of cheese til Skrydstrup base command to col. Of Jan san. My Mathile air Nalii inn Kuan Iii a hrs from the 167th tap Airlift group from Marin Wiiri. . Anther their War after uni Long a is photos by Ken George reservists Given rousing Welcome by nato b Rosemary Sawyer staff writer Skov Oskui air base. Denmark turmoil Over Denmark s role in nato that led to the Resig nation of the prime minister a to week did t Dampen the reception far . Reservists arriving for exercises in the scandinavian country. F-16 fighter jews and ground support personnel from the 419th tac fighter Wing Ai Hill fab. Utah began arriving saturday at air base to participate in four weeks of . The nato problem is among politicians not the danish people Skrydstrup base commander Cal. Ave w. Jensen told 260 reservists in an introductory Brief ing. Three out of five Danes in the Survey support nato one is undecided and one is against the West Ern Alliance he said. It s vital that you re Jensen said ruling that Denmark lies less than Iuo Miles from Warsaw i act territory. Skrydstrup and 69 airfields like it Are railed Rollo Cal cd operating bases and would support . Air Force aircraft deploying to Europe during Wanier. The bases All arc operational nato installations. In the event of War collocated operating bases should receive More than half of inc reinforce Nivani Ai Craft from the states As . Bases in Europe could not acco module then. The bases would enable Lite air Force to bed Down Morim Lian 1,500tactical aircraft. From this Side of the Atlantic the to tools Custal support Wing at Lindsay As Wiesbaden. West Ger Many sponsors 2i of the bases in four Allied countries. The Wing provided reception teams for the reservists Al Skrydstrup. As Well Ai for air National guard elements at Kok slide Belgium and Hohn West Germany his week and last. The Lindsey As personnel at Kok Side As Well As Skrydstrup praised their Allied counterparts for assist Ance rendered in part on local holidays. The belgians worked overtime to assist in Down loading of vehicles said master sgt. Jarvis James reception team chief at Kok Side air base Nen we had billeting problems they solved them. They did a lot of things for us even before we in addition base personnel in Denmark an Belgium set up sightseeing Tours and transportation for the deployed units. Everything the belgians promised is Here said la. Col Paul Webb. Webb led an Advance team of guard members from the Holh and 167th Tuc Airlift groups of Charlotte . And Martinsburg . Respectively. The Dedans did " heir exercise com Mander col. Bill Lackey said. It shows their interest in making it a for example even before Lackey and the Kok Sieds base commander met the belgian commander knew All about Lackey and his cattle ranch. By working to establish relationships has a purpose beyond making exercises user Friendly if we Ever had to come Here in a wartime Simiu Atilin. It would be Nice to look out the window and kept a i you know Lackey said. The guard elements at Kok Side will participate in exercises Flint lock fast team and Highland manicuring their 1 i Day deployment. At Skrystrup i scr its will Fly in Broad horizon Dane Crown Falcon and cd neral Enterprise. Although few of the exercises involve training with Oiler nations Jensen noted their importance Laving Denmark is a hoi area in Case of War and the coun try has too few pilots. While the aircraft arrival Marks he Start for the deployed units it signals the end of initial responsibilities for 7100th combat support win members. Their work picks up again during redeploy ment when they la return to Load up support vehicles and supplies fur return to . Bases. The dip lived Unis generally arc self sufi Cint i capt for Rufu cling. Only the reception team chief remains throughout the exercise to handle difficulties that can t be resolved locally such As securing aircraft parts or special medi Cal care. Such hands on training will be limited this year however As military budget cuts have reduced by half the number of Colo Calvd operating based erases. Three of the year s four exercises Are going on now and the last one will be held in september said it. Co Daniel Pater Lindsay s Deputy commander for operations
