European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 4, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes wednesday october 4,1989 Safe adjusting Pilot training Opp ram to neet new German Flinck restrictions by deed eel Langton Doke Ramstein a. West ctr my cutbacks i military Low level flying Over Wens Ermany won t Lead to transferring More . Training other coun tries in the near future a Safe official say there arc no plans to take the amount of of flew will not do in Germany and put that some i 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 la vol  however actual flying Lime will not be Cut Safe spokesman capt. De Worley said monday. At this time we do not anticipate a loss of flying hours said. In response to the Public s concern Over Noisa Kullu Tion caused by Low level flying West  minister Gerhard Stolton Borg thursday a flounced a series of sweeping changes to military night training programs. Among other Points the Bangs impose a 482-Mph Speed limit on warplane Turing the navigation phase of their missions. The eight Point plan Irig Opul in months of negotiations Between West Odt Fanny and its nato allies increases from 25 to 6/fnc number of cities and heavily populated arca Sriver which Low la vol flights arc banned. It also aur the average time spent at the Low est Levels from i to 15 minutes. Sorties will include Low lever flying forbore Man 15 minutes the amount of Low la vol flying throughout the year must average out at 15 minutes per Mission. Until Stoltenberg s announcement Safe officials had maintained that the command could further restrictions on Low level training in pest Ger Many and still maintain minimum Coj it readiness standards. On Friday Jamerson said to Jammand would have to work pretty hard undo Fohne new limitations Tohang on to its  level which he de scribed As about Osl As you can  if you can Yuji a stain that level. Then we truly " to Trade combat readiness for the concerns of then Fri by Elrand other kinds of  in Switi of growing controversy Over Low la vol Jamerson acknowledged that the new frictions we it unexpected. I think everyone knows the  have been going in. They know it s a politically scan wac business he said. Jamerson who  in september said the limitations will  and monitoring details for pilots and Squadron. There will be some bookkeeping. 7v lbt naturally comes along. We have to apply some Mech Al isms to make sure we re complying with the spirit changes and Well do that he said. But he also said we want to be careful we Don t gel 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 begetting the right Guy the right amount of training in the right time and not burst out of your average Jamer son said. It can Strain your flexibility when you Start setting 15-minute average. That becomes a fairly finite amount of lying you can  although the plan More than doubles the number of cities identified As Low level Don t Fly areas Jamar son 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 arc reluctant to say the skies will become less Safe for pilots flying to from and in West Ger Many s seven Low Fly areas where pilots can Fly As Low As 247 feel. But they note that the increase in restricted areas will require Grealer attention to flight scheduling. Spain and Turkey already arc used As temporary duly training Sites for Safe fighters from West Ger Many and former Safe commander Gen. William Kirk had said the command was considering exporting some training to Morocco. But Jamerson said budget restrictions in part will prevent transferring a bigger portion of Safe train ing outside West Germany at least within the next year. Nato is looking at developing a fighter training enter As a Long term solution to readiness demands but such a facility is expected to be years away. In the meantime Jamerson said in my View it s Ake to Ever assume there s a place on. This Earth you cry Only Jet aircraft and not create some kind of Burden Oliph Byver s there. Therefore you re not Able to go some when Lac and expand the level of your training. If we Couran a have Donc anal a Lone  Safe Flics 20 percent or mow la vol sorties incest Germany. The German air forgoes 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. Disciplinary inquiry of Iowa officers under Way by the associated vice adm. Joseph s. Donnel commander of the Atlantic Fleet s Nava surface Force is in the Mediterranean con ducting a disciplinary inquiry for officers of the Iowa a Pentagon source said. The vice Admiral is conducting an Admiral s Mast a non judicial determine whether a pfc Al Cral old Croffit  punished for infractions in Navy procedure found after the april 19 explosion that killed 47" said the source. In in Miuji Iii of  determined sep no tract "mo51_ by gunner s mate 2nd iss Clayton Halwig. But the investigation conducted by rear adm. Richard d. Milligan also found numerous lax procedures the Iowa  Wuh Wruten Elk Blimp in Funn w u own Uny. Ind Kin Cuxton min Lbw