European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 4, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 a a a the stars and stripes Friday january 4, 1991rttilitaiy roundup2 receive airman s medal for Rescue in fiery crash two air Force service members have been awarded the airman a medal for a life saving Rescue. Maj. Gregory Smith formerly assigned to Sembach a Germany and senior master sgt. Richard h. Luc stationed at Sembach were returning to the base after a Volunteer Relief Mission in Romania on May 13 when they came upon an Accident on the Vienna Salzburg autobahn. Smith ran to one of the Lour cars involved in the Accident  the door and rescued a victim from her burning vehicle. Me then assisted a passenger in a second vehicle to safety before that car began to Burn. Laic went to the last car in the Accident which was smoking and leaking fuel. Me assisted one dazed woman to the Side of the Road and returned to assist the second woman and two dogs that also were in the car. After. Austrian police arrived with fire extinguishers Smith and Luc continued their journey. Smith is currently a student with the air command and staff College at Maxwell afr Ala. Luc is assigned to the 17th air Force communications computer sys terns Branch at  Parachute team taking applications for tryouts new York a the . Army Parachute team is accepting requests for Golden knights tryouts. A the team s first sergeant Jerry Fletcher said applications must be received no later than july i. To obtain an application,.active-duty soldiers can write to the commander . Army Parachute team attn tryout no . Box 70126, fort Bragg n.c., 2s307.20th comptroller so wins top awards from Safe Raf upper a Eylo Ord England the 20th comptroller so and three of its members recently won six awards from Safe. The Squadron won Best comptroller organization Best Cost office and accounting and finance outstanding Overall performance award. It. Col. Kenneth r. Boerum was selected As comptroller of the year. Capt. Alan Molt who manages the largest accounting and finance office within the 3rd air a a a Force was recognized As the Best accounting and to Nance officer of the year. The Squadron s chief of Quali. To Assurance Sheryl Martin won the Best accounting and finance civilian of the year award. 81 St Supply so named Best in fuels operations. Raf Ben Waters England a the fuels management Branch of the 81st Supply so was named the Winner of Usan e s 199q Golden drum award. Quot _ the award recognizes the Best fuels operations in the command. The Branch will compete for the award throughout the air Force. 20th tac fighter Wing gets Safe Daedal an award _ Raf upper Keyford England the 20th tac fighter wings maintenance Complex has been named the Winner of the Safe Daedal an award for the Best Large unit aircraft maintenance organization. A the wings maintenance Complex is made  four squadrons and live divisions with More than 1,900  pie assigned to it. They  squadrons of f. 111e fighter bombers and one Squadron of ef-111a aircraft. Among the complexes achievements were the highest Mission capable rate for the f-111e in 11 years and the Low est ef-111a abort rate in six years. They will now compete for the air Force wide award. The award is named for the order of the Daeda lians an organization founded by world War i pilots. Apache battalion to arrive at Gie Belstadt in March Wurzburg Germany a amps a a . Attack helicopter battalion will be stationed at Gie Belstadt army Airfield in March eight months earlier than planned a Community spokesman said. A the am-64 apaches were scheduled to be assigned to the 3rd inf dives 4th brigade at Gie Belstadt in november 1991, Jim Mcfarlane said. The unit will arrive earlier because a a they re available and we re ready to accept them a said maj. Steve Shively a division spokesman. There is no known plan to Send the unit to the persian Gulf after it arrives and its Early arrival is not related to operation desert shield Shively said. Stationing of the apaches at Gie Belstadt is part of the Long planned modernization of the army a attack helicopter units Mcfarlane said. The apaches will take the place of a battalion of aging am-1 cobra attack helicopters that left the Airfield in november when the 2nd in 3rd aviation regt stood Down Shively said. Another cobra battalion stationed at Gie Belstadt is expected to begin inactivation in May. A a. A a a. A  a a a a. A a a a a a a a a members of 3rd in 9th aviation regt Are training on the apaches at fort Hood Texas. The will be Rcd Esig naked As the 2nd in 3rd aviation regt and will take Over facilities and equipment  by the cobra unit Shively said. Quot a _ about 271 soldiers will be assigned to the new unit Mcfarlane said. The unit will have 18 Apache helicopters 13 oh-58c Kiowa scout helicopters and three uh-60 Black Hawk Utility helicopters. A the number of soldiers will remain approximately the same As will the number of helicopters a Mcfarlane said. A Only the Type of helicopter will  Gie Belstadt mayor Volker Klein fold said there have been no protests about the  we Hope the apaches make less noise than the cobras and the apaches Are not so Many maybe three or four less a he said. A we Hope therefore that flights Over Gie Belstadt Are not so Many a while there Are a Small number of town residents who Are upset about the new units arrival Kleinfeld said citizens see no difference Between one unit and another. Kleinfeld said he believes Airfield personnel do their Best to be Good neighbors by limiting flyovers and helicopter noise. A Gie Belstadt pilots face Many flight restrictions to reduce their effect on the Community said Cynthia Core an Airfield spokeswoman. Crews Are not allowed to Fly after Midnight and flights during German holidays must be approved by the Airfield commander she said. Likewise no training flights Are scheduled on German holidays. A Ugi Belstadt is not generally flown Over a Core said. Pilots Are instructed to avoid not Only Gie Belstadt but All of the areas towns and villages she said. A amp map Germany May hike gasoline tax to pay for new roads railways Bonn Germany a amps a Germany a leading politicians Are considering an increase in gasoline taxes to finance new railways and roads mostly in Eastern Germany. A a a a. A a a a a  a a. A .����.�. A a a a. The tax proposal is being studied after a plan to impose a fee on using the country a highways was run Over by protests. Both proposals have emerged As part of coalition talks being conducted by three parties  Christian democrats the Christian socialists and the free democrats a that Are seeking to form a new government. The Road fee idea apparently has been dropped German newspapers have reported. One reason behind the decision was that foreign travellers would have to be included in the fee payment. A it would be a unimaginable a to Burden German citizens with such Road use payments while allowing for Eigners free use a Volker Rishe general Secretary of the Christian democratic Union said last month. Officials also questioned whether the fee conflicts with european Community regulations. The increase in gasoline prices also must be in Accord with dec tax allowances. Michael Glos financial spokesman for the Christian democratic Union and Christian social Union said that at present Germany a tax on leaded and unleaded gasoline Falls below the dec limits. This Means Germany can raise taxes 3 pfennig a liter about 8 cents a gallon to a total of 70 pfennig on leaded gasoline and two pfennig a liter about 5.3 cents per gallon fora total of 62 pfennig on unleaded. At present the German government will not be Able to raise taxes on diesel fuel though. The country a tax is the maximum allowed by the dec Glos said. Former go turns Down millions London apr a former . Soldier who married a briton and settled in her Homeland turned Down a $5.7. Million offer for a rare Saxon artefact because he does not want the treasure to leave his a beloved  ,. Bernard Yarosz 71, discovered a nearly 1,200-year-old manuscript Pointer belonging to Alfred the great under a Rock while beachcombing near a Weymouth about 120 Miles Southwest of London. Last month the government ruled that Yarosz could keep the Pointer. Since then he has  by offers including one for $5.7 million from a foreign Antiques collector. T Yarosz has offered the piece to the British museum which is having it appraised before making an offer. A Yarosz and his 66-year-qld wife Peggy have combined . And British pensions of $133 a week and live in government subsidized housing. Quot the Money does not matter. What would i do w Ith it at this time of my life a Yarosz said. A i would much rather accept a smaller amount knowing that i would stay in my beloved England.�?�. Quot a Allied a King of the West saxons who ruled from 871-899, battled danish invaders and is it edited with a forming Britain s first Navy. 0 Yarosz