European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 16, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Baker arrives in Moscow for talks a Back Page the Seel a of gripes authorized unofficial publication forthe . Armed forces Good morning vol. 49, no. 32 wednesday May 16, 1990 a a 2se daily and sunday d 8693 Apanel Calls for military strikes Covert acts against air terrorists Washington apr the United states should consider military strikes against air terrorists and conduct Covert operations if direct action is not possible a presidential commission investigating the bombing of pan am flight 103 recommended tuesday. The seven member commission also called for notification of passengers when there is a credible bomb threat. And it recommended major changes in the Federal aviation administrations Security operations. A the . Civil aviation Security system is seriously flawed and has failed to provide the proper level of Protection for the travelling Public a the report said. A this system needs major the report also called for a halt to the Faass order for widespread installation of sophisticated plastic explosive detection devices saying the machines Likely would not have detected the bomb that blew up flight 103. The commission called the Faa an Agency that simply reacts to disasters and does no to do enough to prevent them. The seven member panel headed by former labor Secretary Ann Mclaughlin spent nine months investigating the dec. 21, 1988, bombing which kilted All 259 people aboard the jetliner and 11 people on the ground in Lockerbie Scotland. The panels budget was $ 1 million. Despite the commissions Sharp criticism of govern see panel on Back Page a former labor Secretary Ann Mclaughlin presents president Bush with her panel s report on aviation Security. Philippines gives formal notice bases Accord ends sept. 1991 Manila Philippines apr the Philippines formally told the United states on tuesday that the lease for . Military bases expires in september 1991. . And filipino officials said the move does not prevent a new Accord from being reached. The a notice of termination was presented by foreign Secretary Raul Mang Lapus during the second Day of talks on the future of the installations including Clark a the Subic Bay naval base and four smaller installations. Police arrested about 50 people tuesday after they staged a motorcade to demand the bases be closed. Forty two people were arrested during anti bases protests when the talks began monday. Communist guerrillas opposed to the bases shot and killed two . Airmen near Clark a on sunday and claimed responsibility for the slayings in a statement tuesday. Although largely symbolic the serving of the a notice of termination highlighted differences Between . And philippine officials Over when the lease on the six see Philippines on Back Page annual statements Given gis show military benefits add up by Janet Howells Tierney Washington Bureau Washington a spec. Lance Windham thought he As earning about $21,000 a year As a scout with the 2nd red Cav regt in Amberg West Germany. But Hes ally pulling Down $29,955.95, according to the tement on military compensation he got last month. The annual accounting of what the military Calls indirect compensation shows Windham earning an additional $8,548.64 in such things As medical Bene fits life insurance and tax advantages. A personally 1 wish they would just add it into my paycheck a he said. Windham might have found he a earning even More if head taken the time to fill out the work Sheet on commissary Exchange and other savings that accompanied the statement. Like a majority of service Mem ers though Windham did no to bother. A soldiers think its a propaganda thing a said Ron see benefits on Back Page phantom ii Crew ejects before crash we Brucken a West Germany a amps a an air Force Pilot and navigator ejected safely from an Rf-4c phantom ii aircraft before it crashed tuesday during a training Mission. The 11 50 . Accident happened As the plane was Landing at Zweig Riecken a. Said Cape. Paula Kouglas a Safe spokeswoman. The Mcdonnell Douglas aircraft Hurst into flames on Impact and skidded about 1,500 Leel to the right of the runway before coming to rest on its Back. No weapons were aboard the $11 million plane a Long Range aircraft capable of All weather Day and night reconnaissance. The air Crew announced an inflight emergency and tried to make an emergency Landing before the two service members ejected about 75 feet above the ground said tech. Sgt. Rick Shick. A base spokesman. Shick did not know the cause of the emergency. The Pilot Apt. Scott d. Irons and the navigator capt. Jeffrey a. Moore arc assigned to the 38th tac recon so at Zweig Riecken. They received minor injuries and were taken to the base clinic. a runway reopened at 4 10 . Shick said. There was no damage to structures on the ground Kouglas said. A Board of officers will investigate the Accident
