European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 6, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Inside stripes q men women to share missile duty Page 5 d Bush salutes Reagan during . Gala. Page 6 d bengals gain playoffs in pro football. Page 21 German nuke Plant accused of cover up Page 28 the stars and stripes unofficial Publ 1citiph Fob the . Retd forces Good morning vol. 47,no. 232 tuesday december a 19b835tdaflr.is.mir d 8693 a nato arms Cut stand defined unequal reductions formula Brussels Belgium a . Arms Contra negotiator Paul Nilze said monday the nato position for upcoming conventional Arm talks would require the Warsaw pact nations to make substantially Garcal or reductions in their forces than the West. It s realty quite a Forward looking position Nitzsc a special assistant to president Reagan in arms control issues told a Small group of reporters. It would carry out the principle. Of unequal reductions on the two sides in order to bring about an end Point he said. In order la achieve that this would require. Substantially greater reductions on the Warsaw pact . The exact figures of the tanks armoured personnel carriers bridging equipment and other forces. Still remain to be worked out As to what these equal end Points will be he said. . Secretary of slate George so Fultz and other for eign ministers of the North Atlantic treaty Organiza taking care of i pressing pc Chr Traas chore. Command sri. Muj James Hallran if 1st in s9 h at de sense any main West German 1, gets a few Santa clans suits ready for folks rental Glaus like himself who will be renting them out for Yule de parties Ltd wants. The main Center stage at Mcculley bar Racks has costumes for ii santas six elves and Une mrs. Claus. The cos tums arc available Jit a rental basis and the word is but that the Schaffen Burf entertainment support div also can help 111 revellers fashion needs for Holiday festivities. Lion were scheduled to meet thursday and Friday in Brussels to discuss their position in upcoming no gotta Lionson arms in Europe. A nato official who spoke on condition of anonymity said it Likely Schuliz and other ministers would Issue a statement at the end of the meeting that would set Forth the outlines of the common arms position. We Rejust about there he said. We will request a major pm of soviet tanks and see nato on Back Page 16th of chief Dies in crash report says from staff and hire reports Guadalajara Spain Spanish officials say Irith air Force commander maj. Gen . Harpe d led monday when the f 16 fighter Jet he piloting crashed about is Miles from Torr Jon a. According la the associated press. The plane crashed about 6 45 . While on a routine training Mission Safe officials at Ramstein a. West Germany told the Slars and stripes. While confirming that one person on Board the plane no name or condition of the Pilot available said Safe spokesman i col. Fid Neunherz. The associated press reported that col Juan Antonio Martinez Ortiz a Spanish defense ministry spokesman said Harpe piloting the plane and had been killed in the Accident. He said his body found near the site of the crash. "-.,. The plane from the to 1st tac fighter Wing at Harpe 51, took command of the 16th air Force in july 1987. Harpe s air Force career began in 1959 and he flew 100 combat missions in Vietnam before coming to Torr Jon. He had been air Force Deputy chief of staff for and the United slates last week finalized an eight year military cooperation agreement under which the 401st is slated to move to Crolona Italy pilots use of infantry goggles blamed in deaths Santa Ana. Calif. Al night vision goggles de signed of ground troops acid not for flight were to by 62 military pilots whose helicopters crashed in the lust decade killing ij4 servicemen a newspaper reported sunday. The goggles manufacturers and some pilots who used them contend thai military officials knew the eos Jalcs were unsafe for flight use the Orange county Register said. One instructor said be quit partly be cause of the goggles. Recent crashes blamed an alleged goggle inadequacies prompted Calls for a lion of night vision goggle safety y rep Frank Mcclosky a member of the House armed services Niolu vision goggles electronically amplify Moonlight and Starlight displaying images on two tiny video screens. Military records show that qualified air Force. Marine and army pilots blindly few into mountains. Power lines Trees and other aircraft whip using the �0gges, usually,.on High Speed Low level flights the newspaper reported -. The goggles Are heavy become overpowered by Sud Den Bright lights Don t warn pilots of loom ing Clouds Hinl Render inc useless and severely limit peripheral vision the newspaper said. Scotch tape the tube from an empty toilet paper Roll on each Eye and you la know what flying with goggles is like said George Small an instructor Pilot Lor the army at fort Campbell ky., who retired in november after 20 years of flying in the military. Pentagon officials defended use of the night vision goggles Lor helicopter telling the Register that combat night missions Are essential and that use of the devices is often the Only Way to gel the Job done. While they have give us More capabilities than we had without them said it. Gen. Charles h. Pitman the marines Deputy chief of staff for aviation. We believe we have to keep doing this so we can be ready when the Lime Pitman said were justified in blaming on Pilot error the night vision related crashes of 62 helicopters crashes that resulted in 134 deaths in the decade. If they pilots had followed procedures Wilh each ". See goggles on Back Page
