European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 14, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes wednesday december 14,1988 Navy of to Reward pilots in Short Supply by Chuck v1nchwashington Bureau Washington the air Force and Navy will pay bonuses of up to $12,000 a year to some pilots in skills with critical shortages who extend their service obligations during the first nine months of 1989. But the tale or the bonuses beyond sept. 30, 1989,when the fiscal year ends is Likoff to be a thorny Issue in the coming months Tor lawmakers and military officials who disagree on the seriousness of he military Pilot  fiscal 1989 Bonus for the air Force and Navy generally offers the biggest bonuses o those who com Mit for the longest service obligations military officials said. Air Force pilots with at least eight years of service except navigators and helicopter pilots will get bonuses based on the length of their extra commitment up to 14 years of service. The amounts will Range from si2,000 per year for those with eight Yean of service to $ 5,500 per year for pilots with i years of service. Because of funding constraining air Force will not pay any of the Bonus Money in Lump sums. For the same reason the air Force also will prorate the bonuses whereby a Pilot authorized to receive a $12,000 Bonus will get s9.000 in fiscal 1989, or 75percent of the total since Only three quarters of the fiscal year will remain when the bonuses go into effect Jan. I. All Navy pilots who have finished their initial serv ice obligations and extend their Active duty commit ments through 14 years of service will be eligible for a onus except for the 7 percent in Force support slots. There Are no projected shortages in that  biggest Navy bonuses s12,000 per year will go to pilots Hying electronic counter measure and attack aircraft. Pilots in helicopter Antisubmarine warfare slots will receive 16,000 per  one third of Navy night officers in fighter airborne Early warning surveillance and  slots who have finished their initial obligations can also get bonuses of s4.000 per year i they extend through 14 years of service. Navy pilots who sign on for additional one or two year service obligations will receive 16,000 per year or Jess and naval flight officers will get 14,000 per year or less depending on the shortage situation in their specially. Navy pilots have the option of getting half of their total Bonus in a Lump sum with the rest paid in equal annual instalments. For example a Pilot in the elec tronic countermeasure Community who signs on for an additional four years could get jl4,000 up front Hal of his $48,000 Bonus total with he rest paid in three annual instalments of$s,000.the services were Given authority to pay the bonuses by the fiscal 1989 defense authorisation act on the condition that they give Congress reports on How the bonuses would be targeted and plans Tor improving Pilot retention beyond fiscal 1989, both reports have been forwarded. The second re port on the Long Range picture projects that by fiscal 1994, there will be shortages of 1,500 pilots in the Navy and 2,900 pilots in the air Force mainly because commercial airlines Are expected to continue pursuing military pilots. The Pentagon s legislative proposal in inc report says that eliminating those shortages May require bonuses of up to $20,000 a year in tame specialities a Well As the authority to pay the Money through in years of service rather than 14.  the conference report on the defense authorization act noted that one third of the air Force Pilot requirements Are for non flying jobs and questioned the Wisdom of giving bonuses to so Many pilots who Don Triy. But the Dod report contends that the Way the serv ices determine their Pilot needs is reasonable and that the billets Are being authorized  report looked closely at Oon dying billets and found that in most Case assignment of aviators to these billets fulfils valid objectives and provides greater professional breadth for the aviators who will eventually assume senior leadership positions in the serv. Ices Hamadi lawyers cite no prosecution pledge by de reams staff writer Frankfurt West Germany defense lawyers for confessed Hijacker Mohammed Ati Hamadi claimed tues Day that in 19bs the . Government promised not to prosecute the Hijacker Softa flight 847 if hostages were safely released. Hamadi s lawyers moved that All  ple involved in negotiations ending the 17-Day ordeal including syrian presi Dent Hafez Assad and lebanese shiite Leader Nabih Crri be summoned to testify. The chief judge in Hamadi s air piracy and murder trial Heiner Madcke Benjer said he would Rule on the 28-part motion later Hamadi faces a possible life sentence news update japanese scandal Tokyo a prime  on tuesday urged government officials to tighten discipline to restore the Public Inist lost in a Slock trading scandal involving dozens of political leaders and sex. Government officials. V Tak Shila. Speaking during  Cabinet meeting said it was regrettable that the people mistrust was aroused.". The officials were involved illegal but morally questionable trading of Stock offered by a real estate firm recruit Cosmos co. For his role in inc hijacking and murder of a . Navy diver Petty officer 2nd class Robert Dean Stethem. Hamadi has confessed to the air piracy but claims that an accomplice identified by authorities As Hassan Ezzedine killed St them. Been arrested. Elias said the interview was read and authorized by ipad be fore it went into print Why should we ruin Good relations with the West German government they know we buy weapons there ipad said in the  also testified on the historic in testimony tuesday Adel Elias Middle East correspondent for a Ham Burg based weekly Spiegel Magazine said he had been told by a Radical shiite moslem Leader that the liquid explosive were not meant for attacks in West Ger Many. He said the interview with Abu ipad spokesman for inc Hezbollah or party of god was conducted after Hamadi had Elias a Christian lebanese said the Hezbollah was founded As a reaction to the increasing fanaticism of right win Christian groups in the country. These groups Are not parties in the Western sense. They Are secret organizations. The enemy should not know who the leaders Are and the Best Way Loen sure that was to limit the number a members who actually knew Elias said. Elias said the Hezbollah split from the amal militia because it found its Leader Bern too moderate. The Hezbollah wants a theocracy Onishe order of Iran and the Devil is the . Because it supports Israel he , Cress examined by Hamadi agreed that anti United slates slogans Are preached from every mosque in the country. He also agreed that religious leaders Tell their followers to use any method available to Hurt the enemy the United slate and Israel. Elias told the court that he  was killed after the hijackers perceived that Israel was moving slow Yin negotiating the release of 700 moslem prisoners. Since the trial began july 5, passenger have testified that they thought Stet Bedwas killed to Force Airport authorities to refuel the plane. " no 3ulu 1j1c Lulu v1cyv wj1ii us a flu u 3u1u owl. Stu la let Lull li1c i Juihua us Navy Leslie cd ulal us us Jugal Ai Cukis member Elia Refue. Army units in w. Germany eng acc Italy gathering items for quake we films by the stars and stripes the supplies were due to leave eng arc the most immediate needs  go killed in 1 car crash Kaiserslautern West Germany is an american Soldier was killed monday night after being thrown from his car in a one vehicle Accident in Kai Sers Pauleni a military Community spokesman said tuesday the 8 40 . Accident occurred when the Soldier s car left Hohenecker Strasse a Road on be City s outskirts and landed in a ditch senior airman Rich Romero said. Athe Soldier died at 9 30 . At kit scr Lautem s University Hospital. The Soldier whose name has not been released was assigned to Kleber Cas Ernin  Romero said. Army units to West Germany Italy and England Are gathering clothing food medical supplies and other sundry items for Rescue workers and the victims of last week s earthquake in soviet Armenia. -. V the army s sch area support grouping Vic Omta Italy on tuesday assembled 1,000 hard hats 1,000 dust masks 1,000pain of gloves 3,000 Wool blankets and 24 3,000%alon water tanks requested bythe stale department a spokeswoman said. The supplies were expected to leave Early wednesday. Dorothy Spanulo said the unit sent500 cols saturday from its disaster Relief stocks. .,.-.". Answering a request from 20 Londo firefighters the army s 47th area sup port group from Raf Burtonwood eng land sent a two week Supply of clothing combat rations and survival gear group spokesman said tuesday. Because it s so cold in Armenia they be come to the army knowing that we have the Arctic clothing and food sup plies the spokesman said. The firemen who left for the ravaged area monday night Are equipped with six imaging cameras and will be trying to find victims in the rubble left by the quake. The spokesman said the stale department approved the request monday. Uhland on tuesday. The . Array medical Materiel Cen Ter Europe in Pirr Nasons West Germany on tuesday began gathering More than$800,000 Worth of medical equipment including antibiotics and intravenous fluids said Dave Stewart 7lh medical come spokesman. The supplies include casting equip ment for broken Bones a Ray units operating room tables and lamps and com plete water purification equipment. Stewart said the antibiotics and in fluids Winner of top medal retiring after 32 years Washington a army  . Donlon the first service member to win a medal of Honor for valor during the Vietnam War is retiring this week after 32 years of military serv ice the Pentagon announced monday Donlon was awarded the medal of Honor by president Johnson during a while House ceremony  5, i 964, i recognition of his bravery in repulsing a Vici Cong attack at Nam Dong on july 6,1964. A Donlon is the alternate president of the army s physical evaluation Board atthe Presidio of san Francisco. A about 450 people were participating in loading the equipment on pallets. However a spokesman for the .office of foreign disaster assistance in Washington said late tuesday that their Mansens shipment was being put on hold because stockpiles of medical sup plies were building at the Airport in Yere Van .s.r. It might be sent later to other locations said Dennis King noting that injured people were being evacuated toothed parts of the soviet Union where the supplies might be needed. The recommendation to hold the equipment was made by a . Medical officer on the scene King said. A Deci Sion on what to do with the equipment was expected to be made wednesday. He said White the United slates assent in trauma specialists and medical technicians the soviet Union is no tasking for physicians. People who want to donate to Relief efforts can Send a Check or Money order to their local red Cross chapter or to the american red Cross International disaster Relief . Box 37243. Washing ton , 20013. Checks should be made out to the american red Cross the for Section on the Check should Indi Cate soviet Armenia