European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 13, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday april 13, 1991. The stars and stripes b Page 7spang will see big plane reshuffle by Deedee Arrington Doke Kaiserslautern Bureau Ramstein a Germany a the air Force is planning a major realignment of aircraft for Span Dahlem a Germany in 1993, officials said Friday. The move will replace the 52nd tac fighter wings aging Fleet of 36 f-4g phantom ii aircraft with three different types of aircraft. The Wing will retire 18 f-4gs in late 1991 and the rest in Early 1993. Eighteen f-16 Jet fighters 18 a-10 Thunderbolt ii tank killers and six of to aircraft will join the 52nd�?Ts existing Fleet of about 36 f-16s, beginning in Early 1993. The of to is used to locate ground targets. A a a a. \ a a a a a a the move is one of several major changes involving . Air Force bases in Europe that were announced Friday. Other shifts include a the departure of 12 f-15 Eagle aircraft from bit Burg a Germany in mid-1992. A the Transfer of six of those f-15s to. Oesterberg a Netherlands. Spang Dahlem swing the Only wild weasel unit in Europe operates f-16s and f-4s paired into Hunter killer teams that Knock out enemy radars and surface to air missiles. It will retain its wild weasel Mission after the realignment but a Safe official could not say what roles the additional aircraft will play. The new mix of fighters at Span Dahlem could Mark the Start of a composite Wing under which different kinds of aircraft with various capabilities arc deployed at one location in peacetime and sent As a team in War. The air Force used a composite Wing to strike Northern Iraq from Turkey during the persian Gulf War. A a we re not announcing this As a composite Wing a a said Doug Moore a . Air forces in Europe spokesman. A we Are just saying that these Are the aircraft that will be assigned to the 52nd tac fighter Wing As the f . Troops expanding role in Aid missions for refugees from staff and wire reports Frankfurt Germany a the . Military on Friday said it was sending thousands of troops with ships and aircraft to boost efforts to Aid refugees fleeing Saddam Hussein a forces in Iraq. A these forces will continue the rapid expansion of the largest . Relief Effort mounted in modern military history a said a statement issued by the . European come in Stuttgart Germany. It said the additional deployments would add almost 3,500 people to the 4,800 already involved in the miss Sion named operation provide Comfort. Among the forces being sent to Turkey Are Reserve forces from the United states ships ased in the Mediterranean and More than 30 helicopters from . Units based in Germany and Italy. They include a 100 people from the 133th naval Mobile construe-., Tion in which is deployed to Rota Spain from its Home port of Gulfport  15 uh-60 Black Hawk helicopters from the army a v corps in Germany. A eight ch-47 Chinook helicopters from the Southern european task Force in Vicenza Italy. A 12 chinooks from the 21st theater army area come headquartered in Kaiserslautern Germany. Also in place in Turkey Are the army a 5th quartermaster det from Kaiserslautern and ch-53 super stallions from the Navy a helicopter combat support so 4, Nas Simonella Italy. A air Force planes in Turkey includes f-16 Jet fighters from the 86th tac fighter Wing Ramstein a Germany and a-10 Thunderbolt ii aircraft from the 81st tac fighter Wing Raf Ben Waters England. F-15 eagles f-4g phantom is ef-111 Ravens and ec-130 Compass Calls that deployed to Turkey earlier this week from air Force bases in Europe to help the Relief Effort went Home Friday said cmdr. John Wood House a spokesman for the . European come in Stuttgart Germany. Jordan would attend peace talks Geneva apr Jordan informed the United states on Friday it would attend a Mideast peace conference if it is based on the principle that Israel Trade land for peace. Foreign minister Taher Al Masri told reporters after meeting with Secretary of state James a. Baker Iii that peace talks must have a International  Jordan a conditional acceptance of peace talks sidestepped another Tough problem about who would represent palestinian arabs in the talks. Israel proposed on tuesday that palestinians who Are not members of the Palestine liberation organization be in a mixed delegation with Jordan. A it is acceptable to Jordan but it is not for Jordan to suggest a Al Masri said. That would leave it up to the palestinians themselves. A. A a. Still the foreign minister said he was a moderately optimistic about bakery a drive to set up negotiations. A Jordan will attend the conference a Al Masri said. A for Jordan peace is a strategy and not a tactic. However he then went on to attach conditions including the principle of land for place and International auspices. Baker and syrian foreign minister Farouk Al Sharaa talked with reporters in Damascus earlier Friday As the Secretary wrapped up a trip to the Middle East a we agree that there a a window of Opportunity Here to move the peace process Forward and that we should try not to miss that window of Opportunity a Baker said alter the meeting. Syria still wants the United nations to play a significant role in Middle East peace talks but stopped Short of rejecting an israeli plan that would bypass the world body the foreign minister said. Baker also met with International Relief officials who said the Secretary of state told them Iran has agreed to let . Humanitarian flights land on its territory. A the said that the americans have now got permission by the iranian government to transport humanitarian Aid a said Paer Stenbeck head of the 147-nation league of red Cross and red Crescent societies. Kurdish rebels in . 4s arc  Moore said officials had not determined where the additional aircraft would come from. Adding the aircraft at Span Dahlem will mean an increase of 189 military and six civilian authorized slots. In the other Chi inges Pitburg will lose 358 military three . Civilian and 10 German local National slots when the air Force withdraws the 12 f-15s from the 36th tac fighter Wing in mid-1992. Six of the 12 will go to stateside air bases. The six others will move to Oesterberg a partly offsetting the Sale last year of 12 of the 32nd tac. Fighter groups f-15 Fleet to saudi Arabia. Twelve of bit Burgos f-15s also were sold last year to saudi Arabia. The Transfer Means that the 32nd tac fighter group will lose 181 military positions and two . Civilian slots instead of the 367 military authorizations that had been slated for withdrawal after the  plans to retire in few months by the Washington Post Washington a Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf commander of . Forces in the persian Gulf War whose Public popularity has brought him multimillion Dollar Book offers said he will retire within the next few months. Schwarzkopf 56, told reporters in Kuwait City on thursday that he plans to go fishing play with his dog Ana a enjoy being a father to his three children a a something i Haven to done for about eight  Schwarzkopf has received lucrative offers from publishers for his memoirs according to a . Central come official. In addition Schwarzkopf could earn Large sums on the lecture circuit officials said. Time Warner inc. Has offered Schwarzkopf a a a multimedia Deal which could include a Book and movie according to publishing sources. The offer reportedly totals several million dollars. Other publishing companies also Are seeking Schwarzkopf personal memoirs. Since the War ended there has been widespread speculation in military circles that Schwarzkopf would become the next army chief of staff when Gen Carl e. Vuono retires this summer. Senior army officials said that while the Job Woi fid have been Given to Schwarzkopf if he had asked he was not officially offered the position. Many Pentagon officials say they Are relieved that Schwarzkopf did not pursue the Job. While he was a successful Field commander officials said his Short temper rudeness and frequent verbal attacks on staffers would have been a serious problem in the politically oriented chief of staff Job. Some associates in saudi Arabia said Schwarzkopf cur Ness toward staffers has become even Tiore pronounced since the end of the War. His belligerence emerged again thursday when he told reporters a i Nave a great feeling of a great Victory. Anyone who dares even imply that we did not achieve a great Victory obviously does no to know what the hell he stalking  zone by the associated press iraqi troops have attacked kurdish rebels inside a .-protected zone in Northern Iraq and refugees in an american occupied Section of the South threatened Friday to sit in front of tanks to prevent . Troops from leaving. The attack thursday came hours before a formal . Cease fire in the persian Gulf War took effect. The first of 1,440 ._ peacekeeping troops arrived in the Middle East. A plane carrying a contingent of the troops landed in Amman Jordan on Friday for refuelling. Civil aviation officials in Jordan said it was awaiting permission by Kuwait to land in the emirate where the Force will begin replacing Allied soldiers in policing Kuwait a 120-mile Border with Iraq. The officials earlier had said the plane had already taken off for Kuwait. The 32-nation Force will maintain a demilitarized zone six Miles into Iraq and nearly four Miles into Kuwait but Many iraqi refugees in the South fear for their Well being when . Forces depart. In a turkish refugee Camp near the iraqi Border meanwhile 32 More kurdish refugees from Iraq a 23 of them children a died turkish Media reported Friday. Thousands of kurd Are believed to have died from exposure and illness since their uprising against Saddam Hussein failed. Four refugees including two children were killed Friday when Aid bundles dropped by Western planes crushed them near the turkish Border. Secretary of state James a. Baker Iii on Friday blamed Iraq for the refugees problems which he called Quot a tragedy that is almost beyond  he spoke in Geneva after a we Klong trip to the Middle East. But Iran president Hashemi Raf Sanja in Friday blamed the United states. A you Are Happy Over the plight of the refugees because you think that if a pop ular government comes into Power your interests will be in danger a a Sfanjani said in Tehran apparently referring to Western leaders tears that a Victory by the disparate rebel groups could Lead to the breakup of Iraq. In Southern Iraq the imminent departure of american troops has made residents of .-occupied Southern Iraq uneasy. Scores of iraqis claiming to be soldiers rushed to surrender to . Troops thursday in the last hours of the War fearing Savage reprisals from Saddam a troops. Others have threatened to sit in front of american tanks to Stop them from leaving a refugee Leader said