European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 5, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Campaign caper is blown away a Page 28 the St Sand amp tripes authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces Good morning vol. 48, no. 322 monday March 5, 1990 a a 25c Dally and sunday d 8693 Atlantis touches Down safely Edwards fab Calif. Apr space shuttle Atlantis landed smoothly on a California desert runway sunday completing a secret military Mission that included the launch of a $500 million spy satellite. A congratulations on a great flight Guys and Welcome Back a Mission control communicator Steve Oswald said. Atlantis carrying a five member military Crew plunged through the Earth a atmosphere in a Long fiery dive flashed Over the California coastline North of los Angeles and touched Down at Edwards fab at 10 08 . Local time. With the missions commander Navy capt. John o. Creighton at the controls Atlantis touched Down easily on a dry Lake bed runway and rolled to a Stop a minute and 15 seconds later on the Center line ending a 4 a Day Mission. Fifty one minutes after the Landing the astronauts stepped out of the shuttle into the Brilliant Mojave desert Sunshine Shook hands with Nasa officials and posed for Nasa photographers. A flight surgeon had examined them briefly before they disembarked. Atlantis returned to Earth As a weather front packing High winds moved toward Edwards. The front threatened to bring unacceptable conditions for a touchdown. But by Landing time the wind had dropped to an acceptable level of 21 Mph with gusts to 25. The temperature was 62 degrees. The next shuttle flight is scheduled for april 12, when discovery is to begin a five Day Mission to deploy the $1.55 billion Hubble space Telescope. A Pentagon imposed blackout blocked Public announcement of the missions activities and because of the missions secret nature the Landing was closed to the Public. However a few Hundred invited guests watched As the shuttle landed. Atlantis was launched wednesday from Kennedy space Center in Florida after five delays four caused by weather and one when the shuttle commander became sick. Nasa sources who spoke on condition of anonymity said the Atlantis astronauts deployed the spy satellite thursday. The satellite sources said is capable of taking High Resolution photographs and listening m on worldwide electronic communications. Atlantis was launched on a path that carries it Over Points on Earth farther North and South than any previous shuttle. This enabled the astronauts to place the satellite in an orbit that will cover far Flung parts of the soviet Union. Atlantis flight was the 34th shuttle Mission and the sixth dedicated solely to the military. _1mi Ign in its to a. It Ltd r t flit  bestow i w a amps Ken George a fight for Freedom a a rap song above about reformer �?T90, stars five soldiers from the 3rd corps support come motor Pool. Four of the rappers Are specs. Joe Colero from left Dean Gower David Crouch and Edwin Velez. Luis Iturriaga is not shown. Reformer with a new j990 has arrived and the cold came with it co com is in the Field being pushed to the limit Jack Frost is biting a cause the cold Don t yield return of forces to Germany Centurion shield by Crystal Laureano staff writer Wiesbaden West Germany a so fio the first lines of a rap song that made local celebrities out of five Guys ,1� a motor Pool. A a ,t8ht for Freedom tells about the j0d, the Mission and the food. But the clearest message in the rap number by be men from the 3rd corps support omd Headquarters vehicle maintenance Section is that exercises such As Ket Orger and Centurion shield keep orces ready to defend Freedom. Specs. Edwin Velez David Crouch Joe Colero Dean Gower and Luis Iturriaga became stars during the exercise after a Kentucky National guard Public affairs detachment produced a video version of their song. Although the video was aired on american forces network their Fame flourished through showings of the video at conferences and briefings. The Catchy rap tune swept through the command that had been deployed from Wiesbaden a to Landshut West Germany for Centurion shield 90. A there were people walking around people that we did no to even know walking around going a we re in the Field at Centurion shield a a said Lead rapper Velez referring to the songs chorus. A it made everybody feel Good a Gower said. A not that everybody Felt bad but this was like a  we re training at a High velocity my m-16 and my ta-50 pack on my Back i be got to keep my tact t subzero temperatures but you be got to adapt a it was our first Winter training exercise a Velez said. A it was an experience with All of the cold weather gear on. You know. It was  a working like that makes you More together a Gower said. A when there is a demand to do More especially having to adjust to being outside when the weather is not what everybody would want it to be it pulls you together because you know you re All out there doing it  hard All Day guard duty at night we re not in it All alone it s a fact that i know cause it s Usa eur working with nato a when we were writing it was on our minds that they re going to Cut re forger Quot Velez said. A a lot of troop cuts and budget cuts Are going to happen. And even though All of the political reforms in Eastern Europe happened we know there s got to be  thousands of troops have deployed from the states to the european theater to demonstrate their combat skills and readiness. They re coming All together for just one cause a cause the fight for Freedom just can to pause a in an indirect manner we really mean that we be got to keep troops in see reformer on Back Page