European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 20, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                P Ulf updates Ramstein crash fund Ramstein a West Germany a amps a americans and West germans contributed More than $6,650 in memory of the 13 people who died aug. 29 in the crash of a c-5a Galaxy near Ramstein a. The Money will be sent to the 433rd military Airlift Wing memorial fund at Kelly fab Texas. Nine air Force Reserve Crew members who died in the crash were assigned to the 433rd. A whatever they decide to do with the Money we have requested they remember the four victims of the crash from Germany a said Brig. Gen. James l. Hobson jr., 322nd Airlift div commander. The 322nd oversees military Airlift come operations in Europe. Major contributors to the fund were Ramstein commissary baggers the Ramstein officers wives club West Germany a 27th airborne brigade Ramstein Junior Roth the 7456th tac intelligence so and a group of Ramstein colonel  oked for mail Washington a amps a in an announcement last week defense department officials inadvertently left Qatar off a list of persian Gulf areas in which service members have been granted free mail privileges. The free mail provision covers service members deployed in support of operation desert shield m saudi Arabia the United Arab emirates Oman Bahrain Qatar and adjacent Waters. Under an agreement with the defense department the . Postal service is absorbing the costs until Congress finalizes legislation to pay for it out of appropriated funds. The free mail is limited to personal correspondence a in the form of letters postcards and audiotape messages a sent from deployed troops to any location in the United states its territories and possessions or any Apo or Fpo address worldwide. Spain Wiesbaden to be hit hardest by base closings by the stars and stripes the biggest Impact on the . Air Force in Europe from the Pentagon a closure list will be in Spain and at Wiesbaden West Germany. More than 3,000 military members and 6,500 family members will be leaving Wiesbaden with the announced closure of Lindsey air station and the Mot Balling of the air Force Hospital. The . Air Force is moving out of Spain but a new Headquarters for 16th air Force has yet to be found. The 16th air Force is headquartered at Torrejon a which was on the hit list released tuesday. The Headquarters oversees All air Force bases in Spain Italy Greece and Turkey. The Wiesbaden Hospital has become Well known As the Halfway Point for former Middle East hostages who Are brought there for treatment after their release and before their return to the United states. Aside from treating the occasional High profile hostage the Hospital cares for 1,000 outpatients and 150 inpatients daily a Hospital spokeswoman told the associated press. About 100 babies Are bom there each month. The Hospital has a staff of 750 military members 40 . Civilians and 160 local nationals. About 2,000 family members Are associated with the Hospital said Doug Moore a Safe spokesman. The Hospital is one of two major air Force medical facilities in Europe. The other is at Raf Lakenheath England. Moore said air Force members and their families would be treated a to the extent possible at other air Force medical facilities after Wiesbaden closes. A some specially care currently provided at the Wiesbaden Hospital May be accomplished in . Army hospitals a he said. About 2,350 service members Are stationed at Lindsey which is located a few blocks from the Hospital. Its closing also will affect 170 . Civilians and 250 local National workers plus about 4,500 family members. Lindsey is Home to the 7100th combat support Wing and Headquarters of the 65th air div. Also closing in West Germany will be Hess Isch Oldendorf air station located 30 Miles North of Hannover. It is Home to the 600th tac control so which supports the tactical air control system in Northern West Germany. Only 700 air Force members Are assigned to the base where 30 . Workers and 45 local National employees also work. Moore said the base has about 1,500 family members. Torrejon also is the Home base of the 401st tac fighter Wing which at the Spanish governments insistence already had been scheduled to move. Plans Call for it to be transferred by May 1992 to a base being built in Italy although Many members of Congress oppose construction of the base at Croton. Currently about 4,000 military Mem Bers Are stationed at Torr irm with200u.s.civilians, 7wlsklai? Al workers and 9,800 family members at Zaragoza a Spain the United states will continue to station a s2 group of serve remembers to maintain a cities for use in situations that Quot Wam i support from that  said 16th a Force spokesman senior master set George Wallace. E a _ Zaragoza is a Spanish military installs Tion that also is Home to the 406th Tao fighter training Wing. About 3,100 Mil employees and family members Are stationed there. The training Wing operates the Barde Nas Reales Range in support of tactical fighter wings throughout Safe. A closing will be Decimo Mannu a in Sardinia Italy. The process of relocating 16 the air Force Headquarters and units at Zaragoza would begin with Safe Headquarters. It would involve negotiations Between the state department and the country where the United states would like to move them Moore said. Safe is unable to Complete an analysis of the costs of closing the bases and the Long term savings because a a number of decisions relating to the disposition of personnel and unit assets Are still pending a Moore said. Previously announced air Force closures in Europe include hell Nikon a Greece Wei Brincken a West Germany and Comiso air station Italy. Of transports helping move Relief Aid Washington a amps a the Pentagon is using three air Force transports to ferry Relief Aid to refugees stranded in Jordan because of the iraqi invasion of Kuwait. A c-5 left Andrews fab md., on sunday for Islamabad Pakistan where it dropped off humanitarian Relief supplies destined for Afghanistan. On its return leg the aircraft dropped off 1,500 tents and 750 blankets in Amman Jordan on tuesday. Another c-5 left Dover fab del., tuesday to transport excess defense department cots and 5,000 blankets donated by Relief agencies. It was scheduled to arrive in Amman thursday. From Jordan the aircraft will continue to Islamabad and pick up More blankets and 1,500 tents to be dropped off on its return trip to Amman. A c-141 was scheduled to leave Mcguire fab n.j., wednesday with excess defense department cots bound for Amman. It will Stop in Denmark on the Way to pick up about 20 tons of tents plastic garbage bags and blankets donated by Relief organizations. After unloading its cargo in Jordan the c-141 will Fly three missions transporting about 140 refugees on each Mission to their Homes in sri Lanka Bangladesh and the Philippines. The defense departments humanitarian assistance office is arranging the Relief  worries leave schools up in the a a amps John Millar building on Ascham Lenburg a new school will continue despite impending closure of the base. By Jimi Jones education writer one military Community on the Pentagon shit list in West Germany has a new school that opened Only last month at a Cost of $2.3 million. Hess Isch Oldendorf elementary school principal Marlene Knudson though elated about the new facility said she a surprised the Community survived this Long. A they have tried to close this base for the past three years and very much so the past two a Knudson said. A a in a surprised we re Here  at one Point the new school project was cancelled. A a it a just incredible. I feel bad this Beautiful facility is being turned Over to the germans but in be been preparing myself for closure for some time a the 24-year Dodds Veteran said. Another Community in West Germany slated for closure has an $8.5 million school project under construction. In Aschaffenbur which is on the Pentagon a list to be closed after fiscal year 1991, a new elementary and Junior High school Complex is about 25 percent Complete. About $2 million already has been put v a. Which is scheduled for completion july 1, 1991. Construction started in october 1989. Community spokesman Bob Karr said wednesday that until the Community knows More about its future construction will continue. Knudson said the situation should be a interesting a and that she does no to have a clue As to what the future holds for her or her teachers. A i done to think anybody knows a she said but a the system has to Start making some major decisions real  until that happens educators like most americans in Europe play the waiting game. In the meantime Knudson said she will keep smiling and a laugh out loud As often As i  As she Waits so do officials with the department of defense dependents schools Germany Region. A spokesman said wednesday that the Pentagon a list of installations to be shut Down is not detailed enough to make decisions about closing or changing schools. A there Are two important pieces of data that we still need As a school system to assist us in determining our future needs a spokesman Frank of Gara said before the unit list was released. A first would be a listing of specific units that May be leaving and secondly the time frames for the withdrawals of any dependent children from those locations. Only then could we make any necessary changes in the configuration of our  John Stremple the director of the overseas military school system said in an interview earlier this week that a Washington based task Force is looking at several areas within the system that will be affected by the draw Down but until they had specific numbers everything was speculative. He stressed that whatever happened Good schooling would be the priority. A we want to continue to focus on academic instruction through All of this a Stremple said. A that is the primary purpose of schooling. So we Are going to continue on As if we re going to be Here for a thousand