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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 1, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Navratilova Evert sports Page 21 the Siml fms authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces i Mai  my a Fol Haff 25 doily and sunday \jvol.47, no.75 Friday july 1, 1988 f-j6 crashes trigger 2-Day Holt Safe suspends routine flights is photo by Steve Morrison military personnel tramp through a Field near Bodenheim looking for wreckage from two crashed f-16 fighters. Elzberg april 18 Forst March 31 is map map shows Sites of Safe f-16 crashes so far this year. By David Tarran arid Mark Walsh staff writers Safe called a two Day halt to All Rhu Ine flights thursday a Day after three Jet fighters crashed in West Germany. The three f-16 Falcons crashed in to incidents killing one Pilot in a collision tear Bodenheim about 6 Miles South of Mainz. The other plane crashed near Karlsruhe. Safe spokesman Doug Moore said the flying halt was a direct result of the safety to re  Safe declared Friday Aday throughout the command View All flying ground and weapons safety operations according to a statement released late thursday. The command said it planned to meet any Alert commitments or previously scheduled events including air shows. For practical purposes the Down Day extend through the weekend and the july 4 Holiday when routine flying normally does not take place. The crashes wednesday had prompted renewed demands by some groups to curtail f-16 flights in West Germany. Bernhard Vogel the Christian demo cratic minister president of the state of Rheinland Pfalz where the collision took place said earlier thursday he wanted a temporary ban on All f-16 flights. After the crash at Hermes Keil april18 and now after these three we be again asked those responsible namely the american military and the German de sense ministry not to practice with thef-16 until they have received the results of the investigations Vogel said thurs Day during a visit to Lee Barracks in Mainz. The two aircraft involved in the Colli Sion near Mainz were 48 minutes into a one hour air to air training Mission an both pilots were returning to Hahn a staff sgt. Paul Richard base spokesman said thursday. Killed in the 3 30 . Accident was see flights on Back Page Italy chamber votes to accept 72 . F-16s Rome a the lower House of Italy s Par-1 lament thursday overwhelming approved the govern nent s decision to accept 72 . F-16 fighter jets icing evicted from their base in Spain. The chamber of deputies in a secret ballot voted298-196, with 24 abstentions to Back the plan to move the jets to Croton in the Puglia Region of Southern Italy. In his Appeal to the legislature before the vote for eign minister Giulio Andreotti called acceptance of the fighter Wing a decision in tune with the politics of peace that our country has always  Italy s government on june 4 announced that it had approved a nato request to accept the jets now stationed at Torrejon a near Madrid. Following months of negotiations the United states in january bowed to Spanish demands that the 401st tac fighter Wing sets be removed within three years. A coalition of communists Italy s second largest party and smaller leftist groups had opposed accepting the jets. But Premier Cinco de Mita s five party coalition has a comfortable majority in parliament. The vote on whether to accept the jets came on the see Italy on Back Page it s Kickoff time for missile site inspection teams by David Tarran staff writer Frankfurt West Germany like a diligent football coach col. John Fer has taken his charges through months of training. Now he can Only Hope that practice makes perfect. For Fer chief of the new on site inspection Agency s european Field office at Rhein main a the clock started ticking Friday As a team of . Inspectors prepared to leave for the soviet Union. It s a 60-Day season and you can t afford to Fum ble the Ball Fer said in a recent interview. The United states thursday notified the soviet Union that a 10-member inspection team would arrive in Moscow late Friday. The team is headed by Brig. Gen. Roland Lajoie director of the . Inspection Agency. It was to travel to Moscow on an air Force c-141 from Rhein main. Friday Marks the beginning of a 60-Day period during which inspectors from the United states and see missile on Back Page  
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