European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 5, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes Page 9 military sex contracting officer decorated by army Frankfurt Germany a Dean e. Mise Gades has been awarded the army a decoration for meritorious civilian service for his work As chief of the Frankfurt regional contracting office. Misegades who headed the office from july 1983, until his retirement in february received the award for his a phenomenal knowledge of procurement procedures according to a statement released by the army contracting come in Europe. The award the services second highest was presented by col. Joel s. Levanson commander of the contracting command. Social actions honors Sembach a Germany a for the third consecutive year the social actions office of the 66th electronic combat Wing has been named the Best class i social actions office in . Air forces in Europe. In addition to the Agency award tech. Sgt. Delores Whitehead was named the commands top equal Opportunity and training human resources no. She is the non commissioned officer in charge of that Section of the Agency. The social actions office and Whitehead now Advance to air Force level Competition. Mainz wins Energy award Heidelberg Germany a the Mainz military  won top honors in usar euros 1990 Energy awareness week Competition for the second consecutive year. The 7th army training come placed second and Darmstadt placed third. Heidelberg and bad Kreuz Nach were awarded honorable mention. The Usa eur Energy awareness week was established in 1987 to recognize noteworthy performance in promoting and publicizing Energy awareness activities. The theme for 1990�?Ts Energy awareness week conducted Between oct. 21 and 27, was conserve with Comfort and common  sergeant cited Frankfurt Germany a senior master sergeant with the 4th air support operations Center so has won the air Force s it. Gen. Leo Marquez communications electronics maintenance supervisory manager award for 1990. Senior master. Sgt. George t. Fitzgerald is the superintendent of maintenance for the Squadron which is located at the logistics support activity Redelheim. Fitzgerald was cited for translating requirements into production for nine locations in Germany and Italy motivating seven work centers and applying sound and innovative maintenance programs. Quot his Squadron is part of the 17th air Force which is headquartered at Sembach a. 2 soldiers. Kill&dy3 injured in car accident1 near Fulda Fulda Germany a two soldiers died and three others were injured Early sunday when their rental car left the Road and overturned near Fulda a military Community spokeswoman said thursday. _ a five soldiers were from troop a 1st so Lith army Cav regt in Fulda. A a killed were pfc. Johnathen r. Fujuan from Evansville ind., and spec. John r. Jenkins of Landover my. Both were 19. The three injured  treated at German hospitals in Gellhausen and Schluch teen and released spokeswoman Renate Stieber said. Stieber said the five soldiers were returning from an overnight trip to Frankfurt about 7 10 . Sunday when the rental car Jenkins was driving went out of control on autobahn 66. The car went into the right ditch flipped upside Down and skidded across the Road into the left ditch Stieber said. A five were thrown from the car she said. None was wearing a seat Belt. The spokeswoman said Fujuan was pronounced dead at the scene of the Accident. Jenkins died at a German clinic. Report blames Pilot error Al 11f crash in Gulf by Amy Geiszler Jones a .  a Raf m1ldenhaix, England a Pilot error apparently caused the Only f-111f crash during operation desert shield according to an air Force report. The Al 11, which had been assigned to Raf Lakin Heath crashed oct. 10 at Askar Range in saudi Arabia during a a routine night surface attack tactics Mission a the 3rd air Force report said. V. Capt. Frederick Reid the Pilot and capt. Thomas Caldwell the weapon systems officer were killed instantly when their plane slammed into the ground at More than 600 mph. The two deployed to an air base at taif in Western saudi Arabia on aug 25 with several other Al 11 aircraft and personnel from Lakin Heath a 48th tac fighter Wing for operation desert shield. The report which does not cite the specific cause of the crash was compiled by England based air Force investigators. It is designed for use in the event of Legal disciplinary of administrative action.? Hie two of Lulfs participating in the Mission left taif at 4 30 . To Fly a Mission that was to culminate in surface attack tactics utilizing air to ground Simu Latch weapons deliveries at the Range a the Remert said the sortie was one of a series of training missions to increase proficiency in using terrain following radar at night and to simulate bombing missions. Each Crew was to simulate two of the weapons deliveries. The Al 11 crashed at ,5 36 . During the second delivery. The automatic radar was not in control of the aircraft at the time of the crash the report said. The Crew apparently tried to pull up the nose of the aircraft but did not try to eject. A. A y a a the Accident to cured i incr Cicar skies with seven mile visibility the Range featured a characteristically Flat desert terrain a the report said. The aircraft a maintenance records indicated that nothing was wrong. Reid 33, and Caldwell 32, had been assigned to the 48th tac fighter Wing since 1987 and had flown As a Crew for the previous six weeks. Reid from Harrisburg pa., had 1,706 hours of flying time including 675 hours in the Al 1 if Model which costs $18.5 million. Caldwell of Columbus Ohio had logged 1,334 hours with 627 hours in the f-1ijf. Following the crash the air Force suspended training missions for a Day to emphasize safety. The Al it crash was the fifth air Force plane lost. A 7 no f l 1 i is crashed or were shot Down during operation desert storm. Ing nor i i l Casteau Belgium a amps a an army warrant officer has been sentenced to nine months in prison for destroying mail and filing false claims against the government. A May. A  a a a a a chief warrant officer 2 James r. Macdonald 34, was found guilty of conspiracy to submit a false claim and two charges of filing false claims against the government As Well As charges of wrongful destruction of mail. A. A. A a a a a.,  Macdonald a telecommunications technician with the 39th signal in at shape Headquarters was tried by a general court martial at shape on March 22. Macdonald and his wife were divorced in january 1990 and As part of a separation agreement Macdonald said he would Send monthly support payments to his wife. When he failed to make the payments his wife sent a certified letter to Macdonald s commander according to court documents. Since part of Macdonald Warsaw Poland up a a polish general said the soviet Union has decided unilaterally to begin withdrawing its troops from Poland next week and to Complete it by the end of 1993, ignoring a polish demand for withdrawal by the end of this year. Brigade Gen. Zdzislaw Ostrowski in charge of stationing the estimated 50,000 soviet troops in Poland said thursday that soviet authorities announced the pullout will begin monday with the evacuation of a rocket unit and its 1,200-Man Crew. The unit which can  missiles with either nuclear or conventional warheads is located in Northwestern Poland. A Ostrowski said the pullout will begin without any formal agreement despite five rounds of polish soviet negotiations. A Job included opening the commanders mail he read the letter sometime Between june and july 1990, arid shredded it the documents said. Macdonald filed the fraudulent claims following a permanent change of station move to Belgium in May 1990. The claims were for lost television sets Vars evening dresses Coats and jewelry totalling $22,384.60. Some of the items were never part of the shipment while others were claimed at highly inflated values according to court documents. Macdonald a claims total cd $10,470,95 More than the items were Worth the court documents said a a. As part of a pretrial agreement Macdonald will also forfeit $600 a month for nine months and be dismissed from the military. He will be confined at fort Leavenworth Kan. The warrant officer has been in the army More than 16 years. Pullout plan a it is a unilateral decision without any agreement signed Quot he said. A the soviet Side unilaterally informed us that the pullout will end by the end of 1993.�?� the eneral said the soviets informed him that they plan to withdraw some 10,000 troops by the end of this year. A a / y 7 a y. Y y. Y a a Quot a he estimated the current soviet manpower at 50,000 to 52,000 soldiers with families the number is up to 95,000 people. _ Ostrowski said he can to completely believe soviet negotiators who say there Are no chemical or nuclear weapons on polish territory. A i believe them when they say there Are no chemical and nuclear weapons a he said. A but if 1 were asked to Cut off my hand As a guarantee i would not do  in bad Hersfeldt Germany a amps a the wife of a . Soldier has been arrested As a suspect in the drowning death of her 14-year-old daughter a military Community spokeswoman said thursday. The dead girl identified As Mira Chang was found in the Bathtub of their . Military apartment March 27, her hands bound together with medical tape a German prosecutor said. The girls 44-year-old South korean born Mother is being held by German authorities who Are handling the Case according to Renate Stieber a spokeswoman for the Fulda military Community. The mothers name is being withheld a routine procedure under German Law. The girls Stepfather was identified As sgt. Marcus a Moon of he troop 3rd so Lith army Cav regt. He was on military Maneu vers at the local training area when the girl is believed to have died Stieber said. Moon met and married his wife while stationed in South Korea Stieber said. A the German prosecutors office in Fulda said the Mother told police she returned from the basement laundry room on the afternoon of March 27 and discovered her daughters body in the Bathtub. The Mother notified authorities Stiebers fid. Frank of Gara a spokesman for the overseas school systems Germany Region said the girl was a ninth grader at Fuld i High school but withdrew from school nov. 26, 1990. She had enrolled the previous May of Gara said enrolments and withdrawals during the school Yeai tire not unusual in a military environment. There i Rio mandatory attendance Law for military de Pendes overseas he said