European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 27, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday january 27, 1991 the stars and stripes a a a Page 5. War in the Gulf Milors fear Leash i mystery air Force by the stars and stripes aboard the guided missile Cruiser Valley forge has Saddam Hussein withheld his air Force in the wars first 10 Days in order to launch a massive bombing attack against the allies its a worry Tor the commander of a ship whose Mission is to detect and destroy air attackers. To a t v r Media Pool walking armory a Soldier from the army a 4lh brigade 1st army div walks across the saudi desert with a variety of weapons Slung Over his shoulders. Its not uncommon for one Soldier to carry the weapons of  i think we can expect something dramatic a said capt Ernest f. Tedschi  of the guided missile Cruiser Valley forge. A maybe some last ditch Effort that he might try a a despite More than 17,500 Allied sorties into enemy territory pilots have downed Only 19 enemy planes. Pilots Tell of watching iraqi pilots turn and run. Among the scenarios that Tedschi ponders nightly is a massed attack by iraqis surviving fighters and bombers a perhaps As Many As 700 planes a against the . Fleet now Cramm ing the persian Gulf a we Are very much concerned about it a said Tedschi a native of new Britain Conn. A we Are dealing with a Snake in the woodpile Here and he could strike at any  is not the Only one with such weighty worries aboard the Aegis class Cruiser. A a a. V. Quot.  a it is sort of eerie a said it. Wes Brown 30, of Dallas a what Are they doing i can to sit Here and believe that he is giving to i believe that he a thinking of something a the Navy says these Aegis cruisers Are designed to be the Best anti aircraft ships in the world. The Valley forgets huge radar system can scan an area 463 times a second detecting movements As Small As 8 feet. That provides almost instant information on an air planet a or missiles True Speed and direction. So far however the Valley forgets radar which can cover the entire Middle East has detected scant evidence that Iraq even has an air Force said another Sailor Ray Fleming 26, of Glendora Calif. A i do worry about it because he Saddam is crazy a Fleming said. A but we have enough Aegis cruisers out Here to take care of pretty much his a Floe air Force. A few might go  the Crew is confident. A the Aegis mentality is that we Are the Best that is floating period a Brown said. A so we Are ready to prove that we really Are the  information for this article was gathered by Pentagon Pool reporters on the scene in the persian Gulf reroutes flights Aswan dam Cairo Egypt apr Egypt is ordering changes in commercial aviation flight patterns to keep planes entering Egypt from the South away from the strategic High  Aswan a civil aviation official said saturday. The official said the change was decreed thursday in a package of Security  by the Gulf wars outbreak More than a week ago. He spoke on condition of Anonym it. The dam and its hydroelectric station built with soviet Aid and inaugurated in 1970, supplies almost half of Egypt a electrical Power and regulates irrigation for 6 million acres of Ruhle land. Until last thursday Cairo bound commercial aircraft from Sudan and other Southern Points followed a route that took them about 50 Miles West of the dam located just South of Aswan and 620 Miles South of the capital. Under the new order the official said the route was shifted about 60 Miles far ther West taking aircraft Over new  province in Egypt a Western desert and then to Cairo. _ Egypt tightened Security nationwide immediately after the Gulf crisis began when Iraq invaded Kuwait on aug. 2. Cairo strongly opposed to the takeover suspected its interests might be targeted by iraqi sponsored terrorists. After the War started Jan. 17, a maximum military and police Alert was ordered in strategic locations. Officials said these included the High dam and the Suez canal. The governments Middle East news Agency reported that pro iraqi demonstrations in Khartoum Sudan a capital several weeks ago called for iraqi attacks on the Aswan dam to punish Egypt for its opposition to Iraq in the Gulf conflict. Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak last week repeated a previous threat to take military action if Sudan allowed Iraq to deploy weapons on its soil to threaten Egypt. No horsing around allowed a amps l. Emmett Len or at Frankfurt International Airport the biggest in Germany mounted police off cers Norbert Schardt left and Peter Prief patrol the airports perimeter which is near the autobahn. Mounted police have Sands of time been increasingly visible in recent weeks in different parts of Germany As part or the nations drive to counter terrorism. A radio navigation building stands in the  the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Jan. 27, 1951 a Britain and India called of the United nations to continue negotiations with the chinese communists Over the korean Issue. . Forces swept 10 Miles Forward along the 60rnife front in Western Korea while the . Air Force announced that firebombs from 30 Jet fighters had burned to death More than 7,000 North koreans. / a. .30 years ago . 27, 1961 a the soviet Union released two . Crew members whose weather reconnaissance plane a converted rb-47 bomber was shot Down Over the Barents sea six months before. President Kennedy announced plans to Greet the fliers personally when they arrive at Andrews fab my. 20 years ago today. Jan. 27, 1971 a the army announced plans to form a new Type of division at fort Hood Texas combining tanks and missile equipped Helicon pics to counter soviet Armor in Europe. A a a a �10 years ago . 27, 1981 a the islamic Summit in saudi Arabia began its third Day by offering to appoint a mediator to try to end the Iraq Iran War but Iran said it was impossible to discuss the matter or Een attend the Summit As Long As a warmongering aggressor Saddam  was there