European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 30, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse And tripes unofficial publication Forth . Ahmed Force vol. 47, no. 255 Friday december 30. 1988 images of 88 by stars & stripes photographers Magazine plus. Classified ads Brit i n. I ii ild a. Daniel Daniel named. Comm under of 16tfiaf ramste1n a. Wail Germany sets brie. Cjon Gerald a. A Ancl has been rated 16m air Force com Marker replacing maj. Gen. Winfield s. Harm.1, whip was killed three weeks ago in an Al 6 fighter Jet Accident Safe officials said wednesday i. Daniel 49, now commands the 65lh air div which has its Headquarters at Lindsey air Sta lion in Wiesbaden veil Germany. He has 142 hours in in 16. The primary aircraft used by the 16th air Force. A. --,.-. Harp was , 5 during Mission when he plane he piloted crashed into a Mountain near Torr Jon a. Spain the 16th air Force s Headquarters. Named to replace Daniel Al the 65lh air div was col. Glenn a profit ii of commander of the 23rd tac fighter Wing England fab la. Profit has been nominated for promo con 10 brigadier general. In another leadership change. Brig. Gen Bruce j. Lol Birc 47, will succeed maj. Gen John a Carder As Safe s Deputy chief of staff Lor operations. Lotzbire is assistant Deputy chief of staff for operations. Corder recently was. See Daniel on Back Page caused crash investigators confirm Lockerbie. Scotland Al a bomb made of plastic explosives blew pan am High 103 out of the sky Over Scotland on dec. 21, kill ing its 2 59 passengers and Crew investigators said wednesday. With suspicions focusing on Middle East and Irani an terrorists Scotland Yard and the Fri joined forces in a criminal inquiry of International dimensions said John Boyd the Lockerbie area s chief Constable. In a dramatic announcement in Lockerbie he Vil Lage hat bore the Brunel of the jumbo Jet s falling wreckage investigators reported conclusive evidence of a detonating High explosive on the flight. The announcement prompted immediate . Pledge to track Down inc perpetrators. We Are deter mined to cd to the Bottom of this and find out who did it slate department spokeswoman Phyllis Oak Ley said in Washington. The . Government offered a Reward of up to $500,000 last week for information Lead ing to Ilie prosecution of anyone who caused the crash. The evidence was found in two parts of a Luggage pallet inc Metal rack in which baggage is stored said Michael Charles head of Llie government s air accidents investigation Branch. The explosive s residues recovered from the debris have been positively identified and Are consistent with the use of a High performance plastic explosive Charles said in a statement. Flight 103 took off from Ondon s Heathrow air port bound for new York and a preliminary conclusion was the explosion occurred soon after the Jel crossed the scottish Border Al ,11.000 feet. The statement contained no Euc As to who plan cd the bomb in which Section of the plane it went off or How and where it was smuggled aboard Charles said items of wreckage would undergo lengthy chemical and metallurgical forensic Examina investigative work remains to he done to establish the nature of the explosive device what it was contained in its location in the aircraft and the sequence of events immediately following its Deto nation Charles said. Paul Wilkinson a researcher on terrorism Al Aber Deen University in Scotland said in an interview that the bomb was most Likely planted in the Forward hold blowing away inc nose Section. David Lear mount of the respected aviation journal sea bomb on Back crash in Ticala r Mick Charles left announces Tidence found of a plastic a Plu Siye a John Boyd listens. Door soared in Turkey to financial writer there s something about the Dollar increasing in value by 80 percent in less than 12 months that can make living a foreign country exciting. Ask air Force capt. Tom Desantis a Public affairs staffer with inc . Logistics group in Ankara tur key. A dismal turkish Economy and the devalued turkish lira have turned hat nation into us land of $15 full course dinners for two and 180 men s suits. An mining out a great Deal and buying clothing More often in Ankara a shop Ping District Disantis said we be got an area Here us Lulf a look Back at i the. Latest european styles " " Disantis and other Macri can Scricc members stationed in Turkey have seen the Dollar Rise in value of mirt9ss 0w ofl.018.05 lira in Jan Luciy to i8u in mid december. The currency s High Point was near 1,900 in october. It s been steadily going lip since 1 arrived in 1987," Kesanlis said. Characteristically that s the Way i goes. The lira is lowest when you arrive Here and High est Vihon you if Only other american no Lelary personnel and i hair " on Page 3
