European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 21, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                A new Breeze is  president Bush to Civ or jftninfc1the stars and stripes authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces vol. 47, no. 276 saturday january 21, 1989 25t daily and sunday d 8693 a George Bush is sworn in Friday by supreme court chief Justice William Rehnquist As president of the United states while the new president s wife Barbara looks on. Assumes Washington a George her Bert Walker Bush was inaugurated 41st president of the United states Friday de scribing the nation at the end of the Reagan Era As prosperous and at peace but prom Ising that a new Breeze is  Republican Bush told democratic congressional leaders that his would be the age of the offered  to the world he said the offered hand would be a reluctant fist which once made would be Strong and. Used with great  related Story Page 3. To the unabashed Delight of crowds along the inaugural Parade route Bush and his wife Barbara got out of their armoured limousine and walked parts of the route from the Capitol to the White House. Nervous Security agents watched Over the gesture of informality that re called 1976 when Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter walked the entire Parade. The noontime Transfer of Power had to be As satisfying to Ronald Reagan As to Bush. Not since Dwight d. Eisenhower in 1961 had a president finished a full two terms and it had been 60 years since a president bequeathed office to a Man of his own party. Democrat Michael Dukakis denied the White House by Bush s 40-state elec Tion Victory said in Boston he was disappointed not to be the Man becoming president. However Dukakis said i wish him Well and look Forward to working with  at 12 03 p.m., Bush recited the 35 word oath of office resting his left hand on two bibles held by his wife. One Edi Tion was a family Bible the other was used by George Washington at his swear ing in 200 years ago. Bush took the oath at the West front of the Capitol standing on a red carpeted stage behind a Clear bulletproof shield. A crowd estimated at 200,000 spilled across the Capitol Lawn to witness the ceremony under Cloudy skies and temperatures that hit 50 degrees. Immediately after Bush was sworn in by chief Justice William Rehnquist a 21-gun Salute boomed Over the Capitol and echoed off the Marble  the inaugural address the Bush is escorted the reagans to a waiting Heli copter. It carried the reagans to an Drews fab devouring briefly to Circle Low Over the White House. At Andrews see Bush on Back Page flight ban Hurt combat readiness Rees says by Deedee Arrington Doke Kaiserslautern Bureau Ramstein a West Germany More than 40 percent of Safe s air Crews lost their combat ready status after a three week halt to training flights Over West Germany in december the vice commander of . Air forces in Europe said Friday. We lost our proficiency in a lot of different things including Low level flying said it. Gen. Clifford h. Rees or. In an interview with the stars and stripes. We Are now in the process of trying to build that Back  the West German government requested the nato allies to cancel training flights until Jan. 2, after a . Air Force a-10 Thunderbolt ii aircraft crashed dec. 8 into a residential neighbourhood of the West German City of Remscheid killing the Pilot and five other peo ple on the ground. Related Story Page 2. After the end of the stand Down which also coincided with the end of a six month training Cycle Safe figures showed 244 out of 491 Crews failed to meet combat ready standards. Combat ready Means that a Pilot in a single seat aircraft or an air Crew in a two seat fighter Are capable of performing the wartime Mission whatever their specific Mission is. One thing that helps build Pilot proficiency is train ing that grows progressively More difficult from simulators to sorties depending on the level of crewmen Ber experience. Rees also discussed Low level flying in Europe and a recent proposal by West German defense minister Rupert Scholz to allow Low level flying Over All but highly populated areas of West Germany. Scholz s plan would eliminate the existing seven Low level flying areas in favor of spreading out the training missions Over a wider portion of the country. It would be wonderful Rees said of the proposal which is being discussed by the nato allies. Person ally i think it is a Way to go about diffusing the Burden that is placed upon some people. The dilemma he Scholz has is. Today you be got seven people very mad and his task is to decide whether having 49 peo ple a Little bit mad is better or worse. From an operational viewpoint Rees went on to say of determining Low level flying routes either Oneis satisfactory to  of Safe s Low level flying 34 percent is in West Germany Rees said even though there is a higher percentage of the command s personnel and equip ment located in West Germany. Maybe i m a Little too sensitive to it but i have yet to see an appreciation for the fact that the Allied air forces Are sincere in trying to reduce the Burden Rees said. I guess people think we Don t care and that snot