European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 2, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 a a a the stars and stripes wednesday May 2,1990 military Roundup upper Heyford wins 2nd personnel award Randolph fab Texas a Raf upper Heyford England recently won its second consecutive Gorrit d. Foster jr., outstanding consolidated base personnel offices achievement award. Also among the 13 winners was the office of Raf Alconbury England. The award is presented annually to the top air Force consolidated base personnel  air Force cos honoured As top police Kirtland fab . A four air Force non commissioned officers stationed in Europe were winners in the 1989 Security police worldwide awards program. The senior non commissioned officer of the year was senior master sgt. Randall Byars assigned to Raf High Wycombe England. The information Security manager of the year was tech. Sgt. Wayne a. Haywood assigned to Nas Kcf Lavik Iceland. The information Security specialist of the year was Stal sgt. Eddie h. Green assigned to Hahn a West Germany. The combat arms training and maintenance manager of the year was master sgt. Rita m. Duprat assigned to Ramstein a West  Fa-1 8 logs l Millionth flight hour on Board the Dwight d. Eisenhower a on a history making cruise celebrating the Centennial of the aircraft carriers birth a Pilot and plane from one of its squadrons made a footnote of their own in naval aviation history books. La. Cmdr Randy Quot claw Causey a Pilot from the strike fighter so 136 nighthawks set a naval aviation Milestone on april 10, when the plane he was flying logged the a Millionth flight hour for the Fa-18 Hornet. Causey 33, also logged his own one thousandth hour in the Hornet Causey and the plane set their records As the Ike cruised in the Mediterranean sea As part of the . 6th Fleet. The a i8 is the newest addition to Ike a air Wing replacing the aging a-7e Corsair ii in the role of Light attack plane. There arc More than 900 Fa-18s arc flown by the Navy Marine corps National aeronautics and space administration and the armed forces of Canada Australia and  fest meeting being held on sunday Hanau West Germany a a meeting to organize activities for asian Pacific american festival will be held in the Chapel at Hess in Hom Burg Cavern at 5 . Sunday. Asian Pacific american activities will be May 18, 19 and 20. Interested persons should Contact maj. Sac Tuia at 07452-76290, 071 1-348-8810 or ets 421-6810 or Filo Unutoa at 06155601337 or 06151-311104.info managers conference starts june 26 in Willinger Willinger West Germany a the 1990 information managers conference will be held june 26-29 in Willinger. The conference sponsored by Usa eur Deputy chief of staff information management will cover such issues As army publishing in the 1990s, computer Security data networks and army information strategy. There also will be Industry exhibits of the latest communication technology. For additional information Call ets 3837384. Conference reservations May be made by calling ets 383-8265. The deadline for reservations is May 18. Gunship difficulty recalled in Panama Airport seizure London apr communications problems with a circling . Air Force gunship May have hampered efforts by american commandos to seize a civilian Airport at the Start of the Panama invasion Janes defense weekly reports. A. Four Navy Seal commandos were killed and eight wounded in the first stages of the december invasion As they tried to secure the civil Airfield at Pattilla on the Southeast coast of Panama City. Jane a reported that the sea air and land commandos could not communicate with the ac-130 gunship a which could have provided valuable intelligence and fire support.�?�. Excerpts of the article came in a Magazine release monday ahead of the issues publication saturday. It said the aircraft a sensors and night vision equipment might have been Able to spot panamanian defense forces troops and Alert the seals. It said the seals could also have called upon the gunship for highly accurate targeted firepower to suppress the panamanian troops. Jane a said in a report from Washington that a Force of 48 seals was ordered to secure the Airport where Panama a then Leader Gen. Manuel Antonio Noriega kept his private plane. American officials feared that Noriega who was wanted on drug charges in the United states would flee in the plane. The Magazine said the seals encountered snipers almost As soon As they landed at the Airport. It said they achieved a gunfire superiority within five minutes and disabled Noriega a aircraft by firing anti tank rounds into it but still lost men. Quot the Seal leadership is examining How the fatalities and casualties happened a the Magazine said. It quoted an unidentified senior Navy official close to operation just cause As saying the organization a looked at whether the seals were adequately armed and whether the Mission was appropriate for the relatively Small number of seals  the Magazine said the air Force has told the Navy it was Able to communicate with All other units except the seals a suggesting that the seals were the reason for the Lack of  it said the seals maintain that they tried unsuccessfully to Call the ac-130 on every possible frequency and that the aircraft did not respond. Jane a said that the next Day the seals were Able to communicate easily with other ac-130s brought in to Fly air cover. It quoted the naval official As saying it was not known Why communications with the gunship failed. He was quoted As saying it was unclear whether there would have been fewer casualties had the seals been Able to talk to the planets Crew. Jane a said the . Navy and . Special operations come have not provided Public details of the gunfire Exchange Between the seals and the panamanian units. Noriega surrendered to . Troops and was taken to Florida where he is in jail awaiting trial on drug charges. Civilian Guillermo Endara who was winning an election in May 1988 when Noriega stopped the counting of ballots now is president. Arnold Loshkina s wife Loren is with the american defector in this photo that was taken in August 1986. Defector says he a Busy defending communist ideals a to russians Moscow apr an american defector who traded Texas for Moscow says that he and his family have been warmly welcomed but that he a been surprised to find himself defending communist ideals from criticism by soviet reformers. Arnold Lokshina a comments carried in mondays editions of pravda offered a rare glimpse into the life of one of the few West to East defectors. Since leaving the United states 3 /2 years ago Lokshin has declined to speak to american reporters and has dropped from the sight of the foreign Community. Pravda said he runs a government cancer research Laboratory and lives with his wife and three children in a three room apartment on  Street in Southern Moscow. His wife Lauren keeps House and looks after the children Jeffrey in the ninth Grade Michael in the second Grade and Jennifer a student in the Mikhail Lomonsow chemical Institute the communist party daily said. The article did not say How the Lokshina were coping with the hardships and consumer shortages of life in the soviet Union. In the pravda interview Lokshin voiced political views that appeared conservative in the context of the Reform movement sweeping the country. He stood up at a political meeting in Moscow last week and said a we Are often asked a what did you find in the soviet Union that you least expected a a the report said. A we never expected that an american family in the soviet Union would be defending the october revolution socialism and the teachings of Lenin a pravda quoted him As saying. Vladimir i. Lenin led the october revolution that forged the soviet state in 1917. A we Arentt tourists Here. We came a Long time ago and we Are getting our feet on the ground. Therefore we feel like part of your society and not sideline observers a Lokshin said. A at the same time we realize perfectly Well that we do not have the right to interfere in your internal affairs. After All we Are still citizens of the United  then 47, fled with his family to the soviet Union in october 1986, saying he had been a communist party organizer and had been fired As head of is. Joseph hospitals cancer research Institute in Houston because of his political views. His former employers said he was fired because of Job performance. A when we came to the soviet Union we had no illusions a Lokshin said. A your departure from the .a. Was necessary an extreme step. And we did not expect to find such a Heartfelt warm Welcome in the soviet Union. A we now have quite a few friends among the soviet people with whom we can openly discuss the most varied problems a agreeing with some disagreeing with  Lokshin said he regrets that some people with whom it is impossible to discuss politics a unfortunately still hold positions of responsibility. Unfortunately the bureaucratic mentality is still