European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 06, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 a a a the stars and stripes sunday january 6, 1991 r a amps Joseph Owen airmen attic base in Central saudi Arabia wait in line to turn Over laundry to a contractor. Tents behind them House a Barbershop Post office and other base rivals quickest of Boom towns by Joseph Owen Middle East Bureau Central saudi Arabia seven weeks ago this paved Airstrip was surrounded by nothing but a vast Plain of shit Ting Sand stretching to the horizon. Now explosive growth has made the air base the . Central Comdr a largest in the Gulf. It is a Home Lor the 4th tac fighter Wing provisional a Home More than one fifth the size of Rhode Island. A a the Wing became Complete when the last of its five a tactical fighter squadrons an air National guard unit arrived from Syracuse n.y., on thursday. Construction continues but the end is in sight. The temporary air base is so new it does no to have a name said col. Walter Schauffele the Wing combat support group commander. A Camel lot is one entry in a current contest to fill that void but despite the Lack of a Moniker it has lots of everything else. The More than 600 tents erected by air Force civil engineers provide space for billets administrative of i ices dining Halls an air transportable Hospital a bar Quot be shop a Post office Security police a nightclub a laundry a Library a movie theater a gymnasium a weightlifting room and More. Carpenters turned off their electric saws in the new Chapel just an hour before Midnight ser ices began on Christmas. The Wing moved Here in december after four months at a site further South and twice As far from some potential enemy targets. A a we Learned from our previous location what we needed to do so i think we went at this location with just a Little bit More thought a Schauffele said his remarks accompanied by the Distant constant whine of 750-kilowatt generators that provide Power for the entire base. A this is the most austere base in the area of operation but i think As you go around today you la find that the people Here through Diligence and hard work have made the most of it a said the Wing com Mandr col Hal Hornburg. A the Morales High which makes my morale High. And we re ready to building this base was not simply a matter of erecting tents and hauling in equipment. Because the Sand layer is so deep 25,000 dump truck loads of Clay were brought in from a nearby natural Deposit to provide a foundation for the whole base. Engineers began erecting More than 120 Fence paving More than 25 Miles of roads and laying More than 30 Miles of electrical wire. The base uses 74,800 Gallons of non potable water a Day and another 12,000 Gallons of drinking water in the dining Halls. Maj. Richard Norris the civil engr so operations chief estimated that $10 million to,$20 million has been spent. Aside from the tents and generators which had been pre positioned elsewhere in the theater the saudis supplied most of the materials Norris said. Despite the sudden availability of services some airmen regard the base a Bare Bones Home in the Middle of nowhere. A the most interesting thing in be done is walk to the latrine a said airman 1st class John Gagnon 21. Of Tyngsboro mass., a maintenance Crew chief assigned to the 36th tac fighter Wing from Pitburg Germany. A a. The base club he said is a a near no club with near Beer and everybody a so tired they nearly get a. A a a a a a a a a a. Others Are impressed. _ _ a compared to what the Guys up front have this has got to be palatial a said maj. Richard m. Naumann 38, an assistant flight commander with the 157th tac tighter sep an air National guard unit from Columbia . A i think the food and the facilities Are better than. What we expected. In a enjoying the Sunshine too a said master sgt. Carl Dale 39, of Spruce Pine . I he 36th tac fighter Wing maintenance support Section supervisor had endured the Snow and rain of Pitburg before coming to saudi Arabia. Sgt to Carrington 27, a medic assigned to the �463id Lac Airlift Wing said he is satisfied with the base and expects it to get better. But his deployment two weeks ago from Dyess fab in Abilene Texas was a disappointment to Connie Carrington his wife of three weeks. A . Temperatures Hilo. Albany a y a. 31 11 Albuquerque c _ 47 35 a .32 a 27 -. A a Anchorage t. 15. 03 z a 46 38 57. .46 Atlantic City a. 38 15 . .40 38 Quot a 40 21 Billings so. It 06 Birmingham. 46 43 a 04 -09. Boiser a. 11 -10 . 34 26 49 47 Bulato s a 79 24 Burlington its. 29 16 a a Casper a. 35 05 Charleston a 56 48 a .1 37 26. Charlotte no c 48 40 38. 24 24 19 34 22 Quot 29 18 Columbia. c 54 44 Columbus Ohio -31 21 Concord a h s 32 "07. Dallas it 39 37 Dayton a 32 23 28 19 Des Moines c 19 17 Quot 29 18 Duluth a 15 01 i paso c 51 36 Evansville 34 23. -18 -25 Quot 05 00. 37 33 january 4 grand rapids a great Greensboro. a Hartford. a Honolulu _ a a .1 Jacksonville a a. A Kansas Quot Quot la vegas Quot. Little Rock los Angeles a _. Lubbock _ Memphis Miaow mils St Nashville a new new York City r Notin Oklahoma cd. Omaha c Philadelphia c Pittsburgh r a Quot a Rai Eion Dumas c rapid City c Quot Quot Quot Richmond r Hilo Hilo a a a Hilo �?�24 17 51 34 . 15 a 14 11. -03 is Louis a 28 26 Syracuse a. 31. 16 47 29 a Sal take city7c. 26 16. Tampa St 78. 63 35 .15. San Antomo a 42 40 topeka.�?�27 21 10 �?�07 san Diego,1 62 57 a 66 51. 79 65 san Francisco a. 59 41 33 29 .50 49 san r.,c 83 72 Washington c a 42 27 .31 24 Santa 41 m. Wichita.1 28 22 45 34 is Ste 15 03 Wilkes Barre a a 31 17. 61 57. . 40.27. _ / 37 _ 19. 27 11 49 38 1-Lair a Cloudy a rain "28 20 Sioux Falls f 14 05 to Snow a missing -46 30 61 36 31 39 79 36 22 09 36 53 35 44 20 a 32 43 28 52 28. 1 27 33 70 33 15 01 35 43 27 36 14 27 -16 13 a 78 64 37 59 31 "30 39 35 49 14 42 44 23 53 18 14 21 16 29 02 16 26 european weather forecast Lor sunday mostly Cloudy wih scattered rain showers and and isolated thunderstorms. Winds will be Strong and Gusty throughout the Day. High temperatures 38-13. Lows 32 36 Fiu set sunday 4 39, Sunrise monday 8 24 Outlook Jor monday continued mostly Cloudy with scattered ram showers and Snowshoe tors becoming Cloudy with widespread rain in the Benelux spreading eastward throughout the Day highs 43-17 North. Quot 1 elsewhere temperatures recorded saturday. A 4am Tun 4am-4pm Adana. I _ 41-59 Copenhagen c a 39 39 Amsterdam c. 39 46 Fia Iimura c 41 43 linens. T a a 41 57 London p 43 45 Aviano c 43 45 Madrid p. 28 48 Beilin p _39 4 Munich p. 36 43 iut . R 41 41 pans r a. 38 46 Brussels c 39 45 Rome c 46 54 provided by 0 it 13 2nd weather Wing Lumen other won wide temperatures to go i new ugh Low Capo. C Quot 6-i 53 Manaa. _ a c a 68 50 Montreal s 75 19 to it in c. 41 36 Moscow c 14 14 Belem i. S 35 30 Oslo c 39 33 a. 1 55 43 Toronto c i. A 34 18 a .fc.iry. C. _. In 4i Vancouver c _. 34 27 a sumo re 3, a. A cite tej Piess c t it Ridy a pay a io.,i1y 1 Tair. 1 rams Snow Washington a the past year was the safest on record for the army and Navy military officials said. Private vehicle accidents remained the biggest killer of soldiers and sailors. Accidents a including those off base and off duty a claimed the lives of 353 soldiers during the budget year that ended sept. 30, the army said. During this period the first Rush of troops went to the persian Gulf. More than two turds of the deaths were t Ron private automobile accidents. In the comparable period a year earlier the army had 369 accidental deaths. A there were 732,000 army personnel on Active duty at the end of accounting period. A a a local army accidents were Down by 1,348 from the previous year toi8.647, and deaths from aviation accidents fell from 35 to 33. Raho Deputy director of army safety attributed the safety improvement to of factors including increased Effort by the army to design safety features into new. Equipment rather than adding the features after production. The Navy which had 579,000 personnel on Active duty at the end of the budget year said it recorded 255 deaths from accidents including 206 no related to Navy operations. That was Down from 339 total Navy deaths the year before Quot of which 47 occurred in the april 19, 1989, explosion aboard the battleship Iowa. Two thirds of the Navy a total accidental deaths were from private vehicle wrecks. The Navy had 39 deaths from aviation accidents including those involving Marine corps aircraft the Navy total of 30 deaths from aviation was the lowest on record As was the Marine corps total of nine. A a the marines do not publish lists of accidents from ground activities and the air Force said it was not yet prepared to release its. Statistics on fiscal 1990 accidents and deaths. R 1 .1
