European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 14, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Monday november 14, 19b3 the stars and stripes Page 3 is photos by l. Emmett Lewis or. One of hit blasts Al Stu a try Tutu c d 11 a cyst Ruf Cunt rim chunks some of which Tore holes in � truck us they my once he thu it is a Lucil airman 1st Cluss cd Mali a French top Lull Neil in Ste the result. Staff ski Richard e. A Titus Tolu we holds u Lomm shul found Durlynn the blasting of bunkers. Demo team b Bureau we Brocken a West Germany it should come Iii no Surprise that the German built bunkers on this base have survived the patting of years since world War clearly. I foot Liick Concrete roofs 5-Fbpi-Lhick exterior Walls and 3-foot-Lhick inner Walls with five Lay ers of Liaf Inch reinforcing Rod mesh arc built to last couple of wars at least. And last hey did 11 bunkers and 10 grass covered i Cloas to be exact. Years Ugo the for Neh tried to gel rid of ,.wilh mine a sculls now it is the turn of the. S 19lh red Horzsa. ,. The red horse team 19 members. From. Raf we Shenfield England and one member from Spang Dahiem a West Germany arc tackling the explosive Job of demolishing the Vingut bunkers to Clear land for rear Caliph purposes at Owci Bruckn we keep finding More bunkers said capt. Scott Johnson of inc red horse an outfit considered to the. Air Force s Cru Ivalee of he Navy s seances. I found a Concrete lined Rabbit Hole and 1 figured thai was Ali Tlle unrealistic so j figured it was another Bunker ii was and disposing of. The buildings or As Johnson said Turnine big rocks into Little rocks in t kid stuff. The project which involves explosions Over 12 different Days it 55 pounds of plastic explosive blast incr shot requires a cordon a standing As far As 1,250 feel around each blast site Selling up thai safely one forces a nearby autobahn and the base gales to be closed for roughly an hour. Also such buildings As Owci Brincken High school and u child development Center have o be evacuated. The team observes the explosions from 7do feet away a distance occasionally too close for the Mem Bers safely. Unfres Kimaling the softness of the ground at one explosion site led to Windshield and other damage on n red horse Ruck wednesday. Team members and others watching he explosion narrowly escaped injury when a sudden Hail of rocks pounded their viewing area. One of those things a demolish or said Ging off the damage. The explosions Are occurring Between 1 30 . And3 30 . Wednesdays. Saturdays and sundays through nov. 26. Anil while the igloos usually Tumble into oblivion with one biasbunkers1 sometimes require As Many As eight shots to properly disintegrate said tech Hester of the red horse. We came out of that one like a football team. It kicked our Butts Hester said of one particularly stub born Bunker. 0nre explosives have destroyed Moil of p building the team s heavy equipment operators move in and staff set. Richard k. A Heads Huldt a u urls War ii Shell found during he red Tlona team operations Lake out what remains. The Owci Brincken demolition Derby is the largest project of its Type handled by the red horse team. Mostly we do . Not Deal fiction Johnson said. But they would t mind a few More jobs like this one if we do Geoid Here we re in business said staff sol. Kirk Bailie. Well have a resume los How of our operations
