European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 2, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes a visit to Freiburg stripes Magazine d checkups ordered for Boeing jets Page 3 d Randy Barnett s car Corner Page 13 d White is candidate for no Job Page 17 tace stars and stripes authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces vol. 47,no. 288 thursday february 2, 1989 254 daily and sunday d 8693 a Neucom b d ref by David Tarrant staff writer the 1989 return of forces to Ger Many exercise originally scheduled for september will be merged with next year s reformer and held in january 1990, the . European come said wednesday. In addition the nato Field exercise held in conjunction with reformer will have about 50,000 fewer soldiers than in 1988. The new plan which the Neucom statement called a major enhance ment will Combine new computer simulation technology with command Post exercises and Field training exercises. Command Field exercises will focus More on the training of commanders and their staffs than on the evaluation of technical and tactical skills of the individual Soldier in the Field the statement said. R a Pentagon source told the associated press that the change also is designed to defuse growing West German complaints about Low level military flight training and plans to modernize nuclear missiles. They can Call this an enhancement if they want but we re also trying to lower the heat of political debate in Germany the official said. We can t afford to lose Public Opin see Neucom on Back Page Kc-135 avoided houses witness says a tit to Etc it / a r \ i l. R Abilene Texas a a military refuelling Jet that crashed on Takeoff killing All 19 aboard appeared to veer away from a. Cluster of houses before tipping onto the ground and exploding in a mushroom shape fireball a witness said. It could t have been More than 50 or 60 feet off the ground said skeet Jackson who saw tuesday s crash of the Hawaii bound Kc-135a from his Back Yard. That left Wing hit the ground and crashed just like these pictures of atomic bombs you be  officials at Dyess fab outside Abilene and at . Sawyer fab near Marquette mich., where the flight originated said the passengers included spouses of military members retired military members and one child. Members of the air Force s Accident investigation Board were expected to arrive at Dyess wednesday. However their investigation could be hampered by the fact that no flight data recorder was aboard the modified Boeing 707, said 1st it. John Ames Deputy chief of Public affairs at Dyess. Ames said he did t know Ifa cockpit voice recorder was aboard. The plane s maintenance files were aboard the crashed plane which also could Hurt the investigation officials said. Some were duplicated but not All said capt. Paul bicking Sawyer s chief of Public relations. The Tanker was scheduled to refuel f-16s in the air As part of a training Mission before flying non Stop to Hawaii the spokesman said. The plane then would have gone to Andersen fab in Guam for a training exercise. Ames said it was unclear How much fuel the plane was carrying but added it was enough to Complete the Mission and make the eight hour flight to Hawaii. The flight Manifest showed that 17 of the passengers were from Sawyer and the two others boarded at Dyess said master sgt. Al Doster another Dyess spokesman. In addition to seven Crew members four passengers were on Active duty in the military four were retired military and among the four dependent was one child Ames said. Names were withheld pending notification of rela see Kc-135 on Back Page smoke Rolls up from the big air Force Tanker plane that crashed on Takeoff at Dyess fab killing All 19 aboard noisy packages toy with nerves of postal workers Stuttgart West Germany is military explosives experts feared the worst when postal work ers discovered a noisy package. But it was just a Dino Saur coming to life. Post offices and surrounding facilities at Patch bar Racks have been evacuated twice in the past six weeks after Battery powered toys activated inside their pack Ages and began shaking and making noises. The first incident occurred in late december when a package being unloaded at the Post s main mail facility started rattling. Officials evacuated about 100 people from the Post office and the adjoining Bank finance office and Tours and travel office Stuttgart military Community spokeswoman capt. Renee Mongo said wednesday. People re entered the building about an hour later after explosives experts unwrapped the package and found a toy Dinosaur inside loaded with batteries. The scene was repeated at the european come mail room this month Mongo said when a package began shaking and making noises As workers were unloading mail vehicle. About 100 people were asked to leave the building for More than an hour until an explosives team opened the package with a Remote control device to reveal a 10-Inch, Battery operated toy car inside performing mechanical somersaults. Postal officials now Are urging customers to wrap potentially noisy goods so they will be silent and immobile during postal shipment