European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 01, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Germany edition vol. 49, no. 350 monday april 1,1991 b authorized unofficial publication   armed forces. 350 d 8693 a a a Ftp. A  Mik a photo at left spec. Hollie. Vallance kisses 7-week-old Cheyenne before leaving for the Gulf aug. 28, while husband Tony Kirk looks on. At right alter seven months Vallance is Back Home for a tearful reunion saturday at fort Henning go., with her much bigger baby and bearded husband. A _ u of baby mama s Back from Gulf fort Bennino a. A a widely published photograph of spec. Hollie Vallance kissing her 7-week-old daughter goodbye last August came to symbolize the role of women in the per Sian Gulf War. This weekend the army medic kissed her baby hello a now a wriggling crawling 8-month-old. A this feels great a Vallance said As she clutched Cheyenne Raine Vallance Kirk on saturday evening. To just glad to be  shortly after her plane landed at fort Benning the 22-year-old waited for her unit to be dismissed standing with tears rolling Down her checks and her eyes fixed on her husband Anthony Kirk about a dozen feet away. A a ten minutes later Cheyenne found herself scrunched in her parents embrace. A it was a moment Kirk 27, had waited for since his wife was deployed aug. 28 with the 197th support in. Kirk said he was not thrilled by his wife going to War and her service in the Gulf left him feeling inadequate. A it made me feel sort of like i Hadnot done my Parr i had never been in this Posi Tion he said. A it was like what can i do to let her know i wait Hyrc for her a Kirk had Moyed to his parents Home in Galien Mich in september so his family could help him care for the child. Two weeks ago Kirk returned to Columbus to prepare their Home for her return. Cheyenne was born july 4, since her mothers departure for saudi Arabia seven weeks later she has Cut Teeth Learned to crawl and is trying to walk and talk. A she says Lda Day All the Lime a Kirk said proudly. And mama. A she said that a couple of times but never front of a lot of people Quot he said. A a she la learn in time who her Mother is a Vallancey a is ear old sister Stacie says she also plans a career with the . Army like big Sis r even though it May mean she also could leave her children for War. A a it a possible a she said. A she wrote to me one time and asked me did i still want to go into the military. I said a yep i m stubborn about it just like you a Kirk said he tried several times to persuade his Wile to leave the army but she plans to re enlist a a she a committed a he said Quot shoot Down iraqi copters Mitchell says 7 from wire reports a v Senate democratic Leader George Mitchell of Maine suggested sunday that . Forces shoot Down iraqi helicopter gunships being used against rebels fighting to overthrow Saddam  a More Active role for the United states than president Bush has been willing to take Mitchell insisted such a move would not violate the Basic american policy of non intervention in iraqis civil disorder. A the Clear intent of american policy at the  was to prohibit the use of aircraft that might threaten american forces a a and that was both fixcd4wing and helicopters a from operating 1 lie see copters on pm the 10 Quot no ,. Mig incident exposes gaps in the nation s air defences Miami apr the undetected flight of a soviet built Mig from Cuba to key West exposed gaps in the nations Southern air defense that military officials say May be All but impossible to plug. L the March 20 incident has prompted an internal investigation by Norad,.the joint .-Canadian command charged with protecting North american air space says Agency spokesman maj. John Niemann. No interceptors were scrambled to meet the Mig-23, which was flown by a defecting cuban Pilot. Tower personnel in key West were unaware of the warplanes approach until it had circled the Island several limes while attempting to land. In 1969, another cuban defector flew a Mig All the Way to Homestead fab South of Miami it landed As air Force one sat on the runway waiting for then pres ident Nixon. No Rad blames the lapses in part on a policy that since the 1960s, has fixated on the soviet Union. A we Are aware of the gaps in our coverage a n in Mann said. A for years our emphasis was toward the a North pole and toward the coast. Then when inter can Are we wasting our Money for an air defense system that does no to work maybe we be Alt been living with a false. _ sense of security.1�? retired rear adm. Gene la Roque Tinct Al ballistic missiles came in even that air defense system was allowed to  radar and other detection systems along the Southern Border have been beefed up since 1989 a but to combat drug trafficking not cuban migs. \ a Norad s explanation does t sit Well with some military experts including retired rear adm. Gene la see Mig on Page 10