European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 27, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday april 27, 1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 17 limited Cf-18 Jet flights resuming by Joseph Owen n Priori for inv ,., it i o a to. The stars and stripes by Joseph Owen Stuttgart Bureau Canada plans to resume limited flying of Cf-18 fighter jets in Europe Friday morning ending a suspension ordered sunday in the Wake of four Cf-18 crashes in three weeks. Air Force Brig. Gen. Jean Boyle commander of 1st Canadian air div has authorized a administrative flights so that pilots can practice takeoffs and landings and familiarize themselves with instruments. A the ban on air to air combat training and All other operational flying activities remains a said army maj. John Paul Macdonald a spokesman at the Canadian european Headquarters in Lahr West Germany. But Macdonald said More announcements Are expected Friday about Cf-18 operations in Europe. They Nave been a subject of heated Public debate since two jets collided and crashed in flames april 17 Over Karlsruhe West Germany killing one Pilot and injuring the other Pilot and two people on the ground. After another Cf-18 crashed in the Pacific Ocean off British columbian a Vancouver Island Canadian defense minister Bill Mcknight announced a two Day forces wide ban on Cf-18 flights to give commanders time to assess the air forces problems with the plane. On wednesday Mcknight told his fellow members of Canadas House of commons that the air Force still does no to know what caused the recent crashes but routine Cf-18 operations would resume in Canada next week. A the air commander has modified training Materi als and procedures exercise scenarios flight envelopes Altitude limitations air speeds and other restrictions to reinforce the safety aspects of the safely realism equation Mcknight told the House. A based on these changes i have accepted the recommendations of my military commanders that a return to routine tasking and operations commence As the air Crews Are briefed on these new measures. These briefings will conclude this week and i expect routine tasking will begin next  the sunday crash occurred in deep water and As of thursday searchers had not found the body or the Pilot air Force Cape. Hollis Tucker 32. The Toronto native had been assigned to the 441st tac fighter so at Canadian forces base cold Lake in  would limit duty abroad to Short term Tours by Laurie Scott Pacific stars and stripes Washington a rep. Pat sch Roeder wants most service members permanently stationed in the United states and overseas assignments to be limited to Short term unaccompanied Tours. The Colorado Democrat said her dual Basing Bill would bring military personnel Back Home while ensuring that worldwide Security commitments and responsibilities were met. The concept would a give us Forward presence without Forward Basing a she said. Schroeder who is chairwoman of the House armed services committee subcommittee on military installations and facilities added a dual Basing Means that unless there is some operational requirement for stationing a unit abroad All army air Force Ana Marine corps units should be stationed in the United states. A these units would then be sent out on Short term assignments of perhaps As Little As a week or As Long As six months for exercises training meeting . Obligations to other countries and for carrying out worldwide Security responsibilities. Meanwhile All the overhead operations and dependents would remain in the United  the legislation Calls for the Secretary of defense to submit a report by March 15. Pentagon officials would not com ment on the legislation. Major advantages of the dual a Shiv concept Schroeder said Are its  and lower Cost. A she also said it would allow Quot us to escape from the foreign base morass into which we have gotten  she said that countries around the world have forced the United states to link foreign Aid to base rights escalating the rent payment with each new agreement on a base. Massive prayers thousands of moslem Kneel in prayer at Dawn thursday outside Cairo Egypt to Start eid Al fit a three Day feast that Marks the end of the holy month Ramadan. Moslem fast from Sunrise to Sunset during Ramadan the ninth month of the Muslim year then Start the eid feast by praying outdoors. Suspects in of Jet damage say base Security was lax by Amy Geiszler Jones . Bureau Banbury England a a Man arrested for bashing a . Air Force Al 11 fighter plane with a Hammer claims he and a companion penetrated military Security with ease spending 30 minutes on the base dressed m Mickey mouse ears and White sheets. A if two incompetents like us dressed like Mickey mouse can get into a cockpit then Security is in a dire state a Ste Ehen Hancock 24, said in an interview before his court appearance thursday. His claims could not be immediately confirmed by officials. Both . And British air Force spokesmen said they could not discuss details of the incident. Hancock and Michael Hutchinson 35, Are charged with causing More than $500,000 Worth of damage to the tactical fighter at Raf upper Heyford. Three magistrates in North Oxfordshire magistrates court in Banbury ordered Hancock and Hutchinson to appear again june 5 for a committal hearing. They Are expected to have their Case tried before a higher court the Crown court in Oxford. The magistrates will make a final decision on the Transfer at the june hearing. Hancock and Hutchinson Are accused of causing criminal damage of 347,413 pounds about $562,000 to the fighter bomber Early March 21. The two agreed in their third court appearance to the conditions of their Token bail to sleep and reside in their London Homes and to not go within a mile of upper Heyford. The magistrates agreed to drop a previous condition that required the two to report weekly to the London police. The defendants had not been complying with that condition. Hancock and Hutchinson who Call themselves full time activists Are members of the peace group swords into ploughshares. Before their court appearance Hancock said they had found it quite easy to Cut through the perimeter Fence. Hancock said he and Hutchinson had feared they would be spotted by air Force Security patrols at the base where three squadrons off a 1 in and one Squadron of ef-111 aircraft arc stationed. But he said they spent about a half hour on the base in a costume of Mickey mouse ears and White sheets which bore the words a Mickey mouse peace club  Hancock said he hammered several instruments in the cockpit and poured some of his own blood Over parts of the cockpit and a Pylon under the right Wing which also was hammered. Hutchinson said he left in the cockpit his nieces Teddy Bear and bits of the Berlin Wall As symbols of life and freedom.. And Greece to resume talks on military bases Athens Greece up a Greece and the United tates will resume discussions next month on . Military bases functioning on greek soil a government spokesman said thursday. Discussions have been suspended for a year after the to sides held 17 rounds of talks Between november 987 and May 1989, when former socialist prime minister Andreas Papandreou suspended discussions ending general elections in Greece. Government spokesman Byron polydoras said discussions would resume May 7 on a new defense and economic cooperation agreement Between Greece and in United states. The future of two major bases on Crete and More Ian a dozen minor installations elsewhere in Greece depends on a new agreement. An earlier five year Deal under which four major bases and the minor installations operated in Greece expired in december 1988, and the United states had until May this year to dismantle them unless a new agreement was signed. In january the United states decided unilaterally to dismantle hell Nikon a near Athens and the Nea Makri naval communications station 26 Miles Northeast of Athens As part of a plan to Cut military spending. The future of the two Large bases in Crete a Irak lion air station and the naval support activity at Souda Bay a remains in the balance pending a new agreement. However Souda Bay is one of 34 installations that the Navy is considering closing . Officials said this week. Conservative prime minister Christos i Tsitakis who presented his governments program to the parliament on tuesday said he intended to renew the agreement on the bases As Early As possible. I Tsitakis commands 151 seats in the 300-Mcmber parliament with his new democracy party supported by the Small democratic Alliance party and was expected to win a vote of Confidence by Early Friday. Discussions on the bases were held up because Greece had to go through three general elections since june last year before one party emerged Early this month with a workable majority. In january the All party government of prime minister Xenophon Zolotas extended the deadline for dismantling the bases to november to give the government that emerged from the april elections enough time to negotiate a new agreement