European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 01, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and Stripe Friday february 1,1991 War in the Gulf at a glance a it a i a t a a saudi Crew fires on iraqis. Another piece of Home the kuwaiti Flag and an explosion induced Cloud of smoke signalled the return of the tiny Island of umm Al Mara dim to its rightful owner. Quot is Quot a Page 3 a return to Normal refugees fleeing from Iraq said thursday that life in Baghdad had regained some normalcy Quot As Allied bombing tapered off. A Page 4 please no patients the 310th . Air Force contingency Hospital has everything now except patients and Hopes to keep it that Way. A a page5 spam s beef with the saudis if an army truly travels on its stomach . Troops in saudi Arabia Are travelling Light. At the request of the saudi government americans Are going to War without spam a Staple of the military diet since world War ii a a pages not just a comic Book War seemingly the stuff of . Joe comics Israel has ready several septs to show How its military experts might put an end to the scuds More efficiently than  allies. A Page 7 trouble at the front delivery of military supplies to the front has been hampered by civilian truck Drivers who refuse to enter Likely danger zones. A Page 8 kurd say a we told you As the War in the Gulf rages on Iraq s rebellious kurdish population Are feeling vindicated after their Long years of struggle. A pages 14-15 Battle seasoned . Flag returned to vice president by Amy Geiszler Jones . Bureau Raf la Ken Heath England the american Flag that waved Over the White House last year hew with the 48th tac fighter Wing in the first Fml combat Mission Tiver Iraq this month. Vice president Dan Quayle had presented the Flag to the deployed Wing in a new year s Day visit to saudi Arabia v col. Lee Blank acting Wing vice commander returned the Flag to Quayle on thursday after Reading a message rom the Wing commander col. Tom Lennon who carried the Flag aboard his fighter bomber during the Mission. Lennon wrote that the Flag that had flown Over the White House in peace had flown Over i raq to preserve peace. Quayle and his wife Marilyn stopped by Raf Lakenheath Ort thursday to visit with airmen and the families of deployed service members. Flanked by a British Tornado and an . Air Force f-111 in a flight line hangar Quayle gave a 20-minute speech to about 5 h  he called Saddam Hussein a a. Terrible threat who is a incompatible with  Quayle received a round of loud applause when he mentioned the april 1986 bombing of Libya which was carried out by . Aircraft from Lakenheath. A they taught libyans colonel foam mar Qadhafi a lessor he will Long i cd member and now they Are a teaching a More severe lesson to an even More dangerous Middle Eastern tyrant a he said. Quot and this is a lesson too that wont be forgotten for a Long Long  the Quayle had lunch at the officers club with about 320 family members of deployed British and american airmen from Lakenheath Raf Maiden Hall and two nearby British air bases. Gladys Mann who attended both the speech and the luncheon said she thought the visit was important a because in shows our to clips that they government. Officials pre really thinking of  Josh Johnson 11, skipped school for the Chance to meet the vice president and a he Wasny to disappointed. Quayle stopped to joke a bit with Josh and his younger brother,-Wes,.-while moving through the Buffet  the Vasej Amily support Center the vice president Dan Quayle enjoys lunch with two Young companions Shalimar Distler 6, and brother Elisha 3, during a visit to Raf Lakenheath England on thursday. The children s father. Staff sgt. John Kistler is serving with the . Air Force s 48th tac fighter Wing in the persian Gulf. Quayle presented certificates marking 5,000 hours of Volunteer work to two British women and an american woman. The British volunteers were Joan Jeffery and it a staff who donated their time making items for Newborn american babies f 1a third British woman Marjorie Evans was recognized for her 18 years of Volunteer work also in the operation Stork program p Henry Evans accepted the award on behalf of his wife who was re covering. From a heart attack in a Loca Hospital. Quayle telephoned mrs. Evans to congratulate her. The american Bonnie Kilcoyne a also presented with a Safe a family serv ices Volunteer coordinator award. A it was an experience ill never  an award from the vice presi Dent a said Kilcoyne who donated Abou 250 hours of service monthly while she was the coordinator. London a the United states is to base a a limited number of a pm timbers in Britain for operations against Iraq British defense see retail Tom King said thursday. 7 the . Embassy refused to say whether the United states has received permission for the bombers to overfly a other european countries on the eight hour flight to Iraq. But diplomatic sources said that negotiations Are still going on and they Sug Quot tested to tilt France is holding out. Quot / in 1986, Fiance refused overflight permission to . Al 11 planes that bombed the libyan capital Tripoli from their base in Eastern England. A a King said the United states had asked to base the b-52s temporarily at Raf Fairford. 7 1 Miles Northwest of London Quot to undertake missions with conventional munitions against iraqi military or struts Gic  a a a tote government haste Adolv agreed a a King said in a statement to the House of commons. He gave no indication when the Monib ers would arrive but said that another country a which he refused to name a would also be accepting b-51s for bombing missions against Iraq. . Diplomatic sources speaking on condition of anonymity hinted Quot that Kings announcement Vias timed to put pressure on France to permit overflights. The French defense minister Jean Pierre Cheve nement a member of the Franco Iraq Friendship soviet a resigned this week in protest at Frances increasing a  in the War. L  has nurtured relations with the Middle East and also has a sizable Muslim immigrant i Uki Tion. _ _ it. Col. Sam Giammo director of i lie affairs for 3rd air Force said Frlj time to the Gulf Region would be Abi eight hours. Asked whether the bomb would be making 16-hour nonstop Fligl he said that was an a a operational mat that he could not discuss. Giammo said he had no in format i about which countries had Given per Sion for overflights by the bombers. Overflights had been a sensitive mat when the United states used Briti based aircraft to strike against Libya a France refused to permit them to Fly of us territory. A Fairford was inactivated aug. 7 in budget cutting measure by defense St rotary Dick Cheney and Lias been in a i retault status since then