European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 12, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Paga 2 the stars and stripes monday december 12,1988 Jet crash expected to erode German backing of defences Bonn wot Germany a a. To West German military official says the fiery crash Ofa . Air Forte Jet that killed sin people will further deteriorate popular support for National defense Pilot two elderly women and three construction workers were killed when an a to Jet crashed into an Multi family dwelling in rms acid Thunderbolt ii lore a Swath of destruction through a working class neigh boyhood in thecly of 130,000located is Miles East of for the Pilot Cape Michael Foster of the 81st tac fighter Wing willbe at 10 . Wednesday in the Raf Woodbridge Chapel in an interview with the Well am sonntag newspaper the inspector Gener Al of West Germany s military said the crash is certain to have a serious impaction already shrinking Public support for defense Are in a very difficult psychological situation Dieter Well Orshoff was quoted As saying. Woj Hersholt was referring to recent polls indicating dwindling Public support for defense spending and increasing Dis satisfaction Over disruptive and often deadly military training maneuvers."1 am alarmed that Many West Ger mans have lost sight of the hard facts of defense realities in their Hopes Tor Goa tinted peace which hinge on Wester Many s and nato s Security prepared Ness he Germany a staunch nato ally Borders halt Germany and Czechoslovakia thus putting it on the front lines of the East West str be. West Germany s Slit Are crowded wit hundreds of jets and helicopters each Day. A series of deadly accidents has fuel growing Calls for a halt to or tons in Low level training flights. Following the Remscheid crash temporary suspensions of Low level training missions were ordered. But a new Public opinion poll release saturday indicated that the majority of West germans favor drastic Long term reductions in the flights. According to the poll conducted bythe Wickert Institute in tubing in 61 percent of the respondents said they be Lieve that Low level flights can be drastically Cut without seriously threatening National Security Twenty seven percent said they support Complete elimination flee flights. The Institute said that 88 percent of the 2,13d people polled believe that their nation should have More say on the number of training flights concluded by other nato partners. The Wickert Institute poll follows an other Survey conducted for the West German defense ministry which showed Public support for defense spending at its lowest ebb in 26 defense ministry poll which was released last week also indicated that Many West germans no longer consider the Warsaw pact to be a serious military threat political fallout Over the Remscheid crash continues with renewed Calls for government action in reducing the flights. Hans Jochen Vogel head of the opposition social democrats called on further airspace restrictions for military German Public is increasingly feeling More threatened by these Maneu vers than from outside Vogel said. There is just no longer any reason to train As if we stood on the Brink of the West German Parlia Rencs de sense committee has scheduled a in trial meeting dec 22 to hear a report on the Accident. We expect a full report of the event surrounding the Accident and the cooperation Between americans and West her Roans the committee s chairman Al Fred Biehle was quoted in the mass circulation newspaper Bild am sonntag assaying. Newfie updates rally for Freedom Prague i Czechoslovakia up boil 4 000 people braving a cold Fritzle Ana police lines saturday hailed Tor More Freedom in communist Czechoslovakia during whet first Independent rally authorized a officials to 20yean. F rally cot Mem Universal dec right h we the one-1 rated he 40th signing of the a Lamion of hum organized by it groups including organization dial Independent human right violence in Seoul Seoul South Korea a protesters demanding us Over throw of president Roh tie woo battled riot police with firebomb and rocks of people ran for cover As hundreds of riot police and protesters battled in the main shopping District police had no figure on arrests or protesters also demanded the arrest of former president Hun Doo Hwan Tor human rights bases and protest was smaller than three major violent protests i Seoul last month to demand Chun s arrest moroccan rebels to return american crewmen s bodies Rabat Morocco a the Polisa Rio rebel movement said sunday it was retrieving the bodies of five american skilled when its desert fighters shot Down a Locust spraying do tin the belief twas a moroccan military plane. A statement issued by the marxist led group said thursday s attack Over the no Man s land Between morocco1 defensive Wall and the mauritanian Border was neither premeditated nor intentional and expressed its deep \ the statement Tel exed from Polisar Headquarters in Algiers to the associated press in new York said the plane Anda second dc-7, which was nit by a mis Sile but managed to land safety were mistaken for moroccan military c 130s. It said Polinario members would re turn the five bodies to their families without delay but made no mention of compensation. Ii ascribed the Downing near the out Post of cart Ethermer 15 Miles outside the defensive Wall to the spirit of Polisa Rio s desert patrols who it said Are at tacked daily by moroccan sources in Algiers said two stages were planned for the return of the bodies. In the first stage they said the bodies will be taken to the Polinario fighters base Camp in Lindouf Algeria the they will probably be flown to Algiers to be handed Over to . sources said the International red i Cross would probably be involved in the process but they did not know How Long it would take for the desert journey an the formalities to be completed. Tho two planes chartered by the .agency or International development were shot at in one of the most desolate parts of the Sahara desert. ". Rebel Belt area where plane was downed Irish 5 americans aboard is map a real soviet army Wilease set and Udo by Chuck Vij Ncwashington Bureau Washington Are they . Army hummers or soviet armoured vehicles v Only inc training and doctrine com knows tonsure. Since real soviet weaponry is hard to come by the command is fitting 16 hmm we vehicles with fibreglass Snell Sand modifying them to look and act like soviet Armor and artillery. . Trpo swill practice against the prototypes to prepare themselves belter Tor what the May face someday on the Battlefield the first prototype was received by the command on dec. 5, said Hank men fee chief of the programs office for the army test and experimentation come at fort Hood Texas a subordinate Dement of the. Training and doctrine come v the army plans to acquire four copies each of four different soviet vehicles men fee said. The roster will include t-62 main Battle tanks Zu-23 automatic anti aircraft guns 152mm self propelled gun How curs and amp infantry fighting. Vehicles ,.yr a. " the fibreglass indies a being manufactured to the army by Kaman sciences corp., Menefe said. Some of the mock vehicles wig Likely be sent to the National training Center at fort Irwin Calif and the joint Readi twi training Center at fort Chaffet Ark. Others May of to Large bases thai. Host armoured training men fee said. But the test and experimentation omd first must Check the vehicles to see if they pass Muster. It s not enough for them simply to look like the real thing to the naked Eye Menefee said. We have to see How they react when they re Mobile he said. Do they move like the real thing or is it obvious thai of contract awarded Long Brach Calif. " up i my Donne Douglas a i Craa company has been awarded a $3o%rrjillion contract cooperate three spare for the air Force s k.c-10 advanced cargo Tanker aircraft he company has announced. They re fake we also have 10 see How the vehicles show up in the different kinds of sights that we use for target acquisition such As Thermal and laser sight military vehicles have signatures that identify them in the sights of . Tanks and other vehicles. The signatures Are used by on Board computerized fir it ing systems to lock onto identify and destroy the enemy targets. For example a t-62 has hoi spots near the tracks the engine and the gun tube thai show up on Thermal lights Menett said. Do these hummers show the same characteristics the test and experimentation come plans 10 to four weeks evaluating the Vyeji Imlej before deciding whether to nah Rightm to the Field for training Menefee sad a May be that wet ave to go Back tothe manufacturer and have some More modifications done before we Send them out he Aid. The project vitally in in. Early development v.i�. He said Here Are no Plant at the moment to Send any of the mock up a overseas training centers such As Haven Fels or Grafen shr West Germany. Army identifies 2 Accident victims Vicenza Italy the Armyon sunday released the dimes of two of the thro Tolkien lulled Fri Day night when their pm went off a Bridge and landed upside Down Ina shallow River killed were pfc Michael a Sale,19, a Waier Ireat men specialist from Canton lit. And pfc. Donalde Wilson 21 an Ajr defense Anil Peryman Fromm name of the third Soldier is being withheld until Bis mily has been initial reports indicated that uie three soldiers drowned Southern european talk Force spokesman said autopsies were to be per formed monday a fourth Soldier in the Accident. Spec. Jose Martinez of Houston escaped uninjured. All four soldiers were assigned to combat support co 3rd ,325th in Frost
