European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 16, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday August 16, .1990. The stars and stripes a Page 3 Cliff Atchley Iii standing on his family s Star spangled Balcony at rams Cin a shows off the Banner he made when troops were deployed to saudi Arabia. Ass Lyyii Davidson is by Dee Dee a Arrington Doke Kaiserslautern Bureau Ramstein a West Germany a when the United states moved troops to saudi Arabia last week Cliff Atchly Iii knew he had to act. A i wanted people to think. And take time out of their Day to remember the Guys Are Over there fighting for us and the United states of America Quot the 18-Ycar-old said. So he Hung a 3-foot Quot god bless our Guys Banner from the Balcony of his family a Georgia Street apartment on Ramstein a. The neatly lettered Banner hangs just below clusters of purple potted Flowers and three Small american flags. They Guys on were left Over from Atchley a Junior Reserve officers training corps trip to France. The sign is the latest evidence of the teen Ager s intense patriotism. A i think we need to be Over there a said Atchly who graduated from Ramstein High school last Spring. A we need to support our government. And people mess around with us too much. We need to show we mean business and that we re still a world  Atchly is the son of chief warrant officer 3 Cliff Atchley or. And his wife Paula. The elder Atchly is assigned to he Btry 108th air defense arty brigade at Kueber Cavern in Kaiserslautern. When the United states invaded pan Ama last year Atchly commemorated the occasion by making a Bracelet of camouflage material. He noted the invasion Date on the Green Brown and Black strip and wore the Bracelet until Quot the Guys Quot As he Calls them came Home. Quot everyone at school would ask a Why Are you wearing something like that a and id have to explain it to them. Atchley said. Quot a lot of people will criticise. They say a of we  be there a or a just push the Button and nuke them a Quot his adult neighbors know the re haired Young Man As a very honest grown up. And fantastic with Little  he is always willing to engage in a Ugi play such As camping out behind his apartment building with the area youngsters Mihwa Olender said Atchley dreams of becoming an air Force fighter Pilot. His room is filled with aeronautical icons ii posters and 65 models of Navy and air Force fighters. He plans to begin his College career at the University of Maryland at Ramstein and Transfer to the University of Texas at  now. Though he a got other red White and Blue ideas on his mind. With neighbourhood friends he plans to buy Small . Flags to decorate an above the Road Walkway near Ramstein Junior High school. Quot none of he Guys want to be forgotten Quot Atchly said. Quot and i m watching. 1  saudi fighter jocks willing to a fight to the death saudi Arabia apr saudi fighter pilots boasted wednesday that they could defeat iraqis air Force if it comes to a fight and said they Are finding it easy to work with British and american pilots flying patrol missions with them along the kuwaiti saudi Border. And they said they have no qualms about fighting fellow arabs if iraqi president Saddam Hussein sends his forces against the saudi kingdom. Quot nobody likes War but if he wants to fight we will fight to the death Quot one saudi Pilot said prior to a Quot scramble Quot staged for a visiting Pool of . Journalists. The saudi pilots All speak English and have been trained in the United states on .-made equipment. Now with a multinational defense Force forming in the kingdom a saudi Squadron commander said that saudi american and British pilots Are flying As a single Force under a single command. Quot from the first Day they arrived Here that plan had to be implemented before we left the ground a said the commander who remained Anonymous in accordance with ground rules. He said iraqi planes have been spotted along the Kulm to saudi Border but that none has crossed dearly into saudi territory. Quot i done to think it Wise for them to Cross that Border Quot he said. A we will react to that. Pm confident that we could inflict heavy  the Squadron commander who said he got his first training in Selma ala., and studied at other . Military installations added that he expected the Mideast standoff to be resolved Only through combat. Quot i am Here As an instrument of the hand of the politician to use if they need me a he said. Should it come to War he said Quot pm not afraid but i am  a half dozen pilots expressed Little doubt in interviews that they could defeat the iraqi air Force and also do significant harm to iraqi tanks and other ground forces. And none said a potential War Pilling Arab against Arab would make them Reluct am to fight. Quot we have to put a Leash on them a the saudi commander said when asked How eager ids men Weie to i done to think it Wise for them to Cross that Border. In a confident Thal we could inflict heavy  unnamed saudi Pilot to put a Leash on  he to of a fake on the iraqis. Quot we hav added with a laugh. The saudi pilots said it has been easy for them join forces with the . And British pilots because their training in the West. Quot what Are friends for a one Pilot said when asked How he Felt about the influx of outside air forces. Quot we arc quite comfortable with the Royal air Force and the . Air  in addition to f-15s. The saudi air Force also has american made f-5s, Azacs and pm 30s, and but ish made a Laws High linings and tornadoes one Pilot who said he was mined at an air Force base in san Antonio said the iraqi air Force was a quite Strong Quot Bui that the saudis with the help of the americans and British pilots could easily defeat them in an air fight. 1 still he said a i think we need More planes from the United states maybe f-16s or  of Saddam the Pilot said Quot he san unpredictable Man we can to Trust  another said Quot it wont be a War of Arab versus Arab because he Saddam is not moslem  asked about the possibility of fighting against fellow arabs another Pilot said Quot its not that its a matter of Pride. We Are a nation that is not willing to stari a fight but we will fight to protect the sovereignty of our country and we wilfwin.�?�. Said another Pilot Quot pm a Soldier. When j go to fight an enemy is an  added that the saudis frequently Tram for air to ground attacks on tanks a vital skill needed to counter iraqi tanks. Although the pilots agreed they were ready to fight Iraq Many said they were still in a state of disbelief Over the iraqi Conquest of Kuwait. Quot if you had asked me if i was ready to fight Iraq three weeks ago i would have thought it was a dream Quot one fighter Pilot said. At a maintenance facility at one saudi air base several saudi technicians said they believed the iraqis must be forced out of Kuwait. Quot it was a mistake a a warrant officer said of the kuwaiti invasion. Quot so the mistake should be corrected by a Mission of the United nations or whatever