European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 13, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 a a a the stars and stripes wednesday february 13,1991 \ at a glance a scud Crater in Riyadh. Chemical land mines Iraq May have combined two of the most dreaded forms of weaponry to Lay a perilous Gauntlet for foot sol Diers readying for a ground attack a land mines armed with deadly chemical weapons. A Page 3 harrowing escape eight iraqi soldiers deserted tuesday after crawling through a minefield and ignoring an iraqi sentry a order to turn Back. _ a paged staying out of trouble court martial rates for . Forces in the persian Gulf Region Are Only a fraction of those for service members worldwide an army Legal official says. A a a a a a Page 4 support for troops banned employees at Disneyland Are being told not to display yellow ribbons lest the reminder of War spoil patrons fun. At the Mayo clinic a similar ban upset workers so much that the Hospital is allowing them to Wear special Lapel pins. A Page 5 Germany in bind a the German military has been scrambling to find a new Way to ship its missile equipment to Turkey after a soviet Pilot refused to Fly the huge an-124 cargo plane into a crisis area. A Page 6 kuwaitis psyched after four weeks of training volunteers in the kuwaiti army Are ready to Lead the Effort to liberate their Homeland. A Page 7 hearts in right place pfc. Lydell Brown put the War on hold for a Short time sunday to choose a Valentines Day card for his Fiancee in the United states. Browne a card wont be the Only one to arrive late from the Middle East. A Page 21 an Al 17a stealth fighter awaits maintenance work near its camouflaged shelter in saudi Arabia before leaving on another Mission. Air Force lifts stealth fighter s veil to tout flawless Gulf performance an air base in saudi Arabia up a after years of funding stealth technology by keeping it a dark secret the air Force is hoping a Little positive publicity in the persian Gulf will keep program coffers full. A the . Military which has been battling with Congress in recent years to build a new stealth b-2bomber, believes the inaugural showing of the $43 million Al 17a stealth fighter is proving its value. A a we be performed flawlessly a said air Force tech. Sgt. Bobby Shelton spokesman for the f-117a�?Ts operators the 37th tac fighter Wing of the Tonopah test Range Airfield in Nevada. A the aircraft has and the Wing has been fortunate enough to not sustain any aircraft Battle damage a Shelton said. A so therefore we a the aircraft and the stealth technology a have proven above and beyond what it was advertised he added a a it a not an expensive toy. Its proven itself Day in and Day defense Secretary Dick Cheney and Gen. Colin Powell chairman of the joint chiefs of staff highlighted the stealth fighter sunday by visiting its Only base in saudi Arabia As their last Stop on a three Day visit to the Region. Quot it s one of the great Success stones in the last several years a Cheney told a gathering of several Hundred airmen who maintain and Fly the Al i7a. The aircraft is classified As a fighter but used in the Gulf As a precision bomber. Cheney stud the wings Success against Iraq is proving that those who doubted stealth technology wrong. The technology involves a special body design and radar absorbent surface that significantly reduces or eliminates a planets radar image. A id love to go up there to Congress and talk to them and show them some of those film clips of missions that have been flown a he said. The defense Secretary a comments May have been slightly upstaged by a stealth Pilot whose bomb Cheney signed a for Saddam with maj. Lee Gustin said he named his f-117 a Christi new after a car in a Book by horror novelist Stephen King that murders people. Shelton would not say How Many of the 59 f-ll7as produced by Lockheed Are being used in the War or How Many of the More than 65,000 Allied air sorties have been flown by stealth pilots. He also shied away from fully explain ing How much Al 17a�?Ts radar eluding advantages compensate for drawbacks such As its, a which is just under the Speed of sound. A the advantages May not be As evident to the everyday person but being Able to go in undetected by the radar and not draw anti aircraft fire has been one Dis Tinct advantage of the stealth technology a Shelton said. With a Grin though Shelton told stories of iraqi jets being near stealth fighters without even knowing it. A one of their planes was underneath it a steal hand he just happened to Bank left about the time the bomb went where the air plane was said. A the Al 17 does draw any kind of Fife until its already in the area has already dropped its bomb and that has exploder on the ground a a he said. A and then they re iraqis deciding to shoot at something in the dark they can to even a Shelton said the stealth plane which usually carries 2, 300-Pound bombs began the War hitting iraqi anti aircraft batteries radar installations and communications facilities with Many of those targets destroyed he added stealth fighters have shifted their attention to disrupting iraqi Supply lines. A. Turkish firm shipping water to troops Ankara Turkey apr the defense department has signed a contract with a turkish shipping company to carry water to . Troops based in saudi Arabia a company official said tuesday. Erol Yucel spokesman for the Marti company said a ship loaded with 95,000 tons of turkish water had left for the persian Gulf monday. The Istanbul based shipping company Wijn an International tender organized by the Pentagon in january Yucel said. The company signed a three month contract with the . Military he added. The Pentagon has the option to extend the contract to 17 months Yucel said. A Marti earns $30,000 daily from the Deal. The Carrier is scheduled to arrive at a Gulf port in two weeks. Its exact destination was not disclosed for Security reasons. The Carrier will work under the command of the .. Military. Yucel said he had no information about arrangements for reloading the ship with More water. Huge Oil Slicks released into the Gulf recently threaten the desalination plants in the area. The plants provide Witter for an estimated 100,000 Allied troops. 1 he rest of the halt million troops drink bottled water. A turkish consortium of six companies has been negotiating with saudi Arabia to sell bottled water. Quot Yuksel Altuner the general director of Susa company which is included in the consortium said his company is Able to provide 360,000 1.5-liter bottles of water daily to saudi Arabia. He said the consortium offered a Price of $3 for a parcel of 12 bottles of water but transportation costs would add $2 per parcel. As a result the consortium is planning to ask for a government subsidy to cover transportation costs if to saudis Purchase water from the consortium Altuner said. %
