European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 03, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes tuesday october 19b9 Safe adjusting its Pilot training program to comply with new Low level flying rules by Deedee arr1ngton Doke Kaiserslautern Bureau Ramstein a West Germany cutbacks in Mili tary Low level flying Over West Germany won t Lead to transferring More . Training to other countries in the near future a Safe official says. There Are no plans to take the amount of training we will not do in Germany and put that some place else Brig. Gen. James l. Jamerson Deputy chief of staff for operations said in an interview with the stars and stripes. We re just going to Fly less Low level  however actual flying time will not be Cut Safe spokesman Cape. De Worley said monday. At this time we do not anticipate a loss of flying hours he said. In response to the Public s concern Over noise pollution caused by Low level flying. West German defense min ister Gerhard St Ollenburg thursday announced a series of sweeping changes to military flight training programs. Among other Points the changes impose a 482-Mph Speed limit on warplanes during the navigation phase of their missions. The eight Point plan ironed out in months of negotiations Between West Germany and its nato allies in creases from 25 to 61 the number of cities and heavily populated areas Over which Low level flights cannot be flown. It also cuts the average time spent at the lowest Levels from 28 to 15 minutes. While some sorties will include Low level flying for More than 15 minutes the amount of Low level flying throughout the year must average out at is minutes per Mission. Until Stolton Borg s announcement Safe officials had maintained that the command could not absorb fur ther restrictions on Low level training in West Germany and still maintain minimum combat readiness standards. On Friday. Jamerson said the command would have to work pretty hard under the new limitations to hang on to its current readiness level which he described As Boutas Low As you can  if you can t maintain that level. Then we truly begin to Trade combat readiness for the concerns of the Environ ment and other kinds of  in the face of growing controversy Over Low level flying however Jamerson acknowledged that the new restrictions were not unexpected. I think everyone knows the direction things have been going in. They know it s a politically sensitive business he said. Jamerson who assumed his position in september said the limitations will increase scheduling and monitoring details for pilots and squadrons. There will be some bookkeeping. That naturally comes along. We have to apply some mechanisms to make sure we re complying with the spirit of the changes and Well do that he said. But he also said. We want to be careful we Don t get into a paper War out there in an already Tough Environ ment for the pilots to Fly  for the squadrons the hard part. Is going to be getting the right Guy the right amount of training in the right time and not burst out of your average Jamerson said. It can Strain your flexibility when you Start setting Ais minute average. That becomes a fairly finite amount of flying you can  although the plan More than doubles the number of cities identified As Low level Don t Fly areas Jamerson said nato air forces will not learn until this week where the additional locations arc. We just Don t know How Tough it s going to make it he said. Officials Are reluctant to say the skies will become Les Safe for pilots flying to from and in West Germany s seven Low Fly areas where pilots can Fly As Low As 247 feet. But they note that the increase in restricted areas will require  to flight scheduling. Spain and Turkey already arc used As temporary duty training Sites for Safe fighters from West Germany and former Safe commander Gen. William Kirk had said the command was considering exporting some train ing to Morocco. But Jamerson said budget restrictions in part will pre vent transferring a bigger portion of Safe training out Side West Germany at least within the next year. Nato is looking at developing a fighter training Center As a Long term solution to readiness demands but such facility is expected to be years away. In the meantime Jamerson said in my View it s a mistake to Ever assume there s a place on. This Earth you can go Fly Jet aircraft and not create some kind of a Burden on whoever s there. Therefore you re no Able to go somewhere else and expand the level of your training. I we could we d have done that a Long time  Safe Flics 20 percent of All Low level sorties in West Germany. The German air Force Flics the most at 36 percent. Other air forces flying Low level sorties in West Germany arc the United kingdom Belgium Canada France and the Netherlands. Vice Admiral reportedly probing Iowa officers by the associated press vice adm. Joseph s. Donnell Iii the commander of the Atlantic Fleet s naval surface Force is in the Mediterranean con ducting a disciplinary inquiry for officers of the Iowa a Pentagon source said monday. The vice Admiral is conducting an Admiral s Mast a lion judicial inquiry to determine whether the Captain and Sev eral other officers should be punished for infractions in Navy procedure found after the april 19 explosion that killed 47 sailors said the source who spoke on condition of not being identified. In its lengthy study of the blast the Navy determined that the explosion in the battleship s no. 2 gun Turret mos Likely was caused by gunner s mate Clayton Hartwig. But the investigation conducted by rear adm. Richard d. Milligan also found numerous lax procedures aboard the Iowa including unauthorized experimentation with extra strength Gunpowder and projectile loads. Milligan also found that the officers had failed to qualify enough sailors for their specific duties m the gun Turret and that Many safety procedures had been circumvented. The rear Admiral s investigation deter mined however that neither the experiments nor the procedural lapses had caused the explosion. Instead Milligan said Hartwig probably sparked the fire Ball by inserting a Type of Detonator be tween two Power bags. In his Section of the report Milligan also recommended that the Captain Fred Moosally and four other High ranking men aboard the ship be relieved of their duties and that appropriate disciplinary action be taken against them. Million s recommendation however was softened by his superiors. They recommended that the men receive the non judicial punishment meted out through the Mast procedure. The vice Admiral could for example sus Pend the officers from duty for not More than 30 Days in addition to issuing a reprimand. Embassy from Page 1 have made their Way inside the com Pound in Prague refugees reported. About 100 new refugees were at the embassy in Warsaw Poland. Czechoslovak police patrolled the Are with dogs during the night and some refugees said police had resorted to Vio Lence to Stem the flow of East germans. One woman said that police had dragged and kicked members of her  Diplomat from the Mission hurried out to Rescue one Man who Clung to the embassy Fence As police tried to drag him away. The Diplomat put his Arm around the East German and police allowed him to Lead the Man inside. Police the freed another refugee who had been handcuffed to a Park Bench  Germany agreed to the refugee Transfer saturday and thousands of East germans from Prague and Warsaw de parted sunday. As they left however hundreds of other East germans hoping to get to the West converged on the embassies. East Germany had harsh words for those who emigrated to the West during the weekend. With their behaviour they have Tram pled on moral values and excluded them selves from our society. No one should cry any tears for them said a govern ment statement issued late sunday bythe official adn news Agency. In Washington White House spokes Man Marlin Fitzwater said we Are pleased that these refugees arc being Al Lowed Access to the West. H looks like the officials there arc taking a responsible approach in trying to help these peo ple get to the  mid september East Germany s communist leaders registered fierce pro tests when Hungary s Liberal leaders opened their Border to the West an thousands of East germans fled. The exodus through Hungary continued sunday night. Border authorities in Bavaria West Germany reported 1, new arrivals by Early monday. In All about 2,000 refugees fled through Hun Gary and then Austria during the week end officials said. Refugees from Page 1 make a More accurate assessment of needs. Since sept. 10, More than 20,000 East germans have used the opening of the Border Between Hungary and Austria Asa roundabout path to West Germany where they receive automatic citizenship. Another 7,000 joined them this week after Bonn negotiated their Safe passage from the West German embassies in Prague Czechoslovakia and War saw Poland. While the red Cross is handling immediate needs of recent arrivals some local officials Are requesting help in solv ing local shortages. Grass roots groups of americans Are collecting donations across West Ger Many. High school students in Nurnberg on monday began a clothing and canned food drive. In West Berlin monday the Field station and medical activities units and their families donated two truckloads of toys and clothing to a Refu gee Center in the City s Neil Kiln District. More than 300 East German and pol ish refugees Are housed at the Center which is one of several in the District according to Hans Dieter Mey the District Counselor for social  is the partnership District of the two units. The two week clothing and toy driveway a unit level humanitarian gesture said Russ Anderson Field station spokesman. We just wanted to help so we asked the District mayor what was needed most Anderson said. Any further Aid by the units depends on the need. Behave the mechanism in place and people arc still willing to dig into their closets. At least 1,500 East German refugees arc spread through several centers in Cuk Falln my said. An additional 700to 800 refugees arc expected to arrive in Berlin this week and approximately is oof them will be housed in ecu Kolln. He said. Neu Kolln District s mayor Frank Biel a said the centers arc intended to be transition Points where refugees Sta until they find permanent private hous ing in the City. The time they stay in the centers i becoming longer and longer Bilka said noting that the average stay in some enters is a year because of the City s tight housing situation. As for the red Cross Cataldo  agreed that the Best Way for americans to donate to any disaster or cause is to Send Money Cataldo said financial contributions must go directly to whatever project the donor requests. Overseas Field stations have been unable to launch a fund drive for Hurricane Hugo disaster Aid Cataldo said because of an american red Cross agreement not to solicit contributions during the combined Federal Campaign an annual unbiased Charity program for Federal work ers and members of the military. Those who wish to contribute to hug victims can Contact a local american red Cross office. Americans who want to give to the East German refugees can Contact a German red Cross office i their area or put the Money into the Ger Man red Cross Bank account number414141 at any German Bank or Post of fice. Cont bling Loim report halt writer he Bathen in Forth wast Germany and Kan Wauson in Watt Berlin