European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 9, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                To Tver  a saturday february 9j-1991in the Gulf the stars and stripes a a Page 5balancing act a forklift swings into action on thursday in Khaki saudi Rier at the Edge of the deserted Border town. Saudi and Arabia lifting a destroyed iraqi armoured personnel car . Forces drove iraqi invaders from Khaki last  War cripples european tourism by the Washington Post Paris a while losing the air War in the persian Gulf to the United states Iraq May be winning a different Battle of the skies Over Europe through the severe damage itis inflicting on the continents tourism and travel Industry. Baghdad a repeated vows to carry out terrorist attacks around the world have prompted Many airline passengers to stay Home or make alternative travel arrangements since the War started three weeks ago. Since the War be an Only one third of All seats on International flights in Europe have been occupied according to the association of european airlines. Operating losses Are accumulating so fast that some airlines May require government bailouts soon. Already saddled with higher fuel costs since Iraq invaded Kuwait last August european airlines Are making drastic cutbacks in flights personnel and spending because passengers Are avoiding or delaying trips. Like a stack of dominoes the Impact of civilian War fears is successively crippling other parts Polhe travel and entertainment business in Europe. These Are some of the fallout. A hotels in Spain reported a 30 percent drop in bookings in january compared with the same month last a year. A a a a a a a a. A a Britain announced that one out of every four foreign tourists has cancelled summer vacations. A in France the Folies Bergeret has furloughed its. 250 dancers waiters and musicians. Americans in particular Are staying Home in droves. The heavily travelled North Atlantic route to London has seen passenger traffic fall by 25 percent since the War began. British airways has dropped one of two daily concorde flights to new York and has suspended the thrice weekly run to Washington. Besides hotels that now go begging for foreign guests restaurants Are also reeling from the effects of the War. In Paris where a wave of terror bombings four years ago by pro iranian islamic revolutionaries injured people at sidewalk cafes department stores and restaurants empty tables abound at the most popular places. Reservist Pilot registers Warf hog s 1st Aerial kill Sands of Timela. Guardsmen who walked off called crybabies Killeen. Texas apr the commander of Louisiana National guard members who left port Hood complaining of mistreatment said .they.,were a a crybabies a who had been subjected to nothing More than typical combat training. A �?o1 am disappointed that these soldiers sought to solve their problems in this manner Quot said Brig.  Whipple. A a the training that we re doing is very intensive very difficult very demanding stressful training. But that s what combats  in All 67 guardsmen from the 4,3s7jmember 256th brigade left the Central Texas Post for Shreveport la. Wednesday army officials Saiu. Of those 40 were declared absent without leave and 27 were on 24-hour. Passes. At least 38 of the 67 returned to fort 1 Lood thursday. A a a a a a a v a a a. J army officials said they would not know until later How Many guardsmen remained a vol. Meanwhile Whipple said officials on thursday blocked an attempt by another group to leave the base. Asked if National attention on the exodus made the brigade look like Quot crybabies a Whipple replied Quot Only 67 of  r a a a c Many of the awol soldiers were from the brigades 1st in 156�?Tth army a 600-member unit activated nov 30 and moved to fort Hood on Jan. 21. Some of the awol soldiers said they wanted to bring attention to what they called poor conditions at fort Hood including unreasonable training Lack of food supplies and proper medical care and not enough time off. A a a a a a a we were just trying to let the Public know what was going on a sgt. Byron Lloyd a 20-Ycar-old tank Driver said thursday upon his return. Quot the to seems to always show the smiling faces the basics the cameras the people waving Fly a. But its More to it than that though. When we tried to voice our opinions about what was wrong we were being ignored a Lloyd said. Y Foi Hood has deployed 23,000 troops to the persian Gulf and is also training 10,000 National guard troops from the 256th and the 155th mechanized brigade of the Mississippi National guard. Fort Hood spokesman maj. Chet Nunley or. Said he did not know what action if any would be taken against the awol guardsmen. / a a penalties Range from an Oral reprimand to a court martial with possible imprisonment upon conviction he a said. A / a a other soldiers at fort Hood expressed Little sympathy for the awol guardsmen. One said Quot these Guys expect a free College education. And when they get called up they cry about not getting a  a. A. Quot a v a _ a an air base in Eastern saudi Arabia up ran air Force reservist piloting an a-10 warthog shot Down an iraqi helicopter achieving a first in the history of the slow moving strange looking ground support plane military officials said thursday. A a a air Force officials said it was the first Quot a kill in air to air combat by the. A-10, which became operational in 1976. Capt. Bob Swain said he had been called into Central Kuwait wednesday to mkt Jami some iraqi tanks at the request of capt. Jon Engle who flies an oa-10, the observation version of the a up. Both belong to the 354th tac . Quot As i was leaving the target a Swain said Quot i noticed two Black dots running across the desert that looked really differ ent from anything i had seen before. A they weren to putting up any dust and yet they were moving fast Over the desert. I called up and said to Jon a hey i think in be got a  a Swain said he made two passes at the chopper. A on the final pass i shot about 300 bullets at him. That a a pretty Good burst. On the first pass maybe 75 rounds. A the second pass i put enough bullets Down it looked like i hit him with bomb. We4ried to id  after we were done and it was just in a Bunch of Little pieces so we  Tell what Type it was a he said. A in civilian life Swain pilots Boeing 767s for  the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Feb. 9, 1951 a the army which has been in control of the nations railroads since August gave striking workers a two Day ultimatum to go Back to work or be fired. A a quot�30 years ago today. Feb. 9, 1961 a president Kennedy repeated his previous statement that he believes americans ability to maintain its position in the world will be severely tested in the next four years. �?�20 years ago today feb. 9,1971 a the United states said the South Vietta Nrec . Strike against communist bases in Laos will be limited in Quot time and area Quot and will protect american lives in the course of further troop withdrawals.7 0 years ago today. Feb. 9, 1981 a Cynthia Dwyer the free Lance american reporter arrested in Iran nine months ago on spy charges was found guilty by a revolutionary court sentenced to time served and ordered deported