European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 16, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 a the stars and stripes tuesday april 16, 1991closings from Page 1. Whether to approve or Amend the Pentagon list before forwarding it to president Bush and Congress. California would be the biggest potential loser seeing 26,869 military and civilian jobs disappear if the Pentagon list is accepted. Florida would lose 18,850 jobs and Pennsylvania 12,943, including 7,733 at Philadelphia naval shipyard. As the list was made Public Friday and communities nationwide got the bad news it was also Clear by the rhetoric who the winners and losers were. A i done to know what those people Are thinking about but it almost looks like the democratic strongholds have been hit the worst Quot said rep. Joe Moakley a mass. Cheney strongly denied that partisan motivations entered into the list which contained bases in More than a dozen Republican held House districts. Texas potential net Job gain through realignments was greeted by Republican sen. Phil Gramm. He offered Little sympathy to lawmakers who opposed military spending and now Are suffering through base closures. A i get a Little tired of congressmen who voted to slash defense spending and then w Hen they re Cut they whine a he said. Despite the Overall Prospect of More jobs Texas would lose three major installations under Cheney a plan Carswell fab Chase Field Nava air station in Beeville and Bergstrom fab in Austin. All Are in democratic districts. Hardest hit is fort Worth which has suffered through Cheney a decision to cancel the a-12 attack plane reduce of 16 Jet fighter production and terminate the v-22 Osprey tilt Rotor aircraft. Gen Cral dynamics corp. Has Laid off 6,000 employees during the past year. A your Community has suffered worse than any Community in the country with defense layoffs a said rep. Pete Geren. Additional proposed . Military facility closings and realignments Secretary of defense Dick Cheney proposed on Friday that 71 . Facilities be closed or scaled Down Here is a list of the 12 minor facilities that would be closed and 28 installations that would be realigned. Cheney a list which also includes 31 major facilities that would be closed is being sent to the base closure and realignment commission for review. Afterwards the commission will Forward its recommendations to president Bush who in turn will Send a recommendation to  facilities to be closed construction battalion Center Davisville . Integrated combat systems test facility san Diego naval electronic systems engineering Center san Diego naval electronic systems engineering Center Vallejo Calif. Naval electronic systems engineering Center St. In goes my. Naval electronic systems engineering Center Charleston . Naval electronic systems Security engineering Center Washington  Nava mine warfare engineering activity Yor Down a. Naval Ocean systems Center det Kaneohe Hawaii naval space systems activity los Angeles naval weapons evaluation facility Albuquerque  to be realigned David Taylor research Center det Annapolis my Midway Island naval air facility Midway naval air development Center Warminster a. Naval air engineering Center Lakehurst . Naval air propulsion Center Trenton . Naval avionics Center Indianapolis ind. A naval coastal systems Center Panama City Fla naval ordnance station Louisville by. Naval ordnance station Indian head my. Naval sea combat systems engineering station Norfolk a. Naval surface warfare Center det White Oak my. Naval undersea warfare engineering station Keyport Wash. Naval underwater systems Center det new London Conn. Naval weapons Center China Lake Calif. Total number of major and minor facilities affected by Cheney proposal naval weapons support Center Crane ind. Pacific missile test Center Point Mug Calif. / a Trident command and control systems maintenance activity Newport .army facilities to be closed a Harry Diamond Laboratory research facility Woodbridge a facilities to be realigned army research Institute Alexandria a. A aviation systems come troop support come St. Louis to. Fort Detrick Frederick my. Fort Belvoir Fairfax a. Fort Monmouth. Redbank . Fort Polk Leesville la. Harry Diamond Laboratory Adelphi my. A letter Kenny army depot Chambersburg  Island Arsenal Rock Island i. White Sands missile Range Las Cruces no. Air Force Macdill fab Tampa Fla a amps Susan Harris Turkey from Page 1 Cial iraqi news Agency could not be verified independently. Associated press correspondent Alex Lily reported from Northern Iraq on sunday that the kurdish rebels had repulsed repeated efforts to take a Mountain stronghold near Sulaim Aniya. Iran a official radio meanwhile reported the red Crescent Relief society was running out of supplies for kurdish refugees. Quot red Crescent forces have mobilized in five Border provinces and there is currently nothing in our warehouses a the radio quoted red Crescent head a iced dast Jurdi As saying. Turkish officials said that up to 30,000 refugees initially would be moved out of Isik Veren a process that would take several Days. Officials said More refugees might be Able to leave the harsh Frontier once other suitable locations arc found. A turkish army major organizing the Transfer of the refugees in Isik Veren said 2,500 were to be moved monday to the town of silo i 35 Miles inside Turkey where they would stay in tents and shelters at a site normally used for pilgrims headed for Mecca. Most 1st inf div troops out of Iraq for Home Riyadh saudi Arabia apr thousands of Joyful . Troops in armoured columns rolled across the desert monday homeward bound in a Swift pullout from Southern Iraq the United states dismantled its Vii corps Headquarters in Iraq the last remaining command of that size. The . Central come said nearly half of the 540,000 american troops in the persian Gulf War Haye left the . . Officers said most of the 17,000 troops of the 1st inf div and its More than 7,000 vehicles were moving southward from the euphrates River into Assembly areas in saudi Arabia for Transfer Home to fort Riley Kan. The officers said a contingent of the division would Likely remain for the Short term in the newly established demilitarized zone Between Iraq and Kuwait until replaced by a United nations peacekeeping Force. Airlift from Page 1. Gees hear there a food foe Miles unav  move to where the food  Quot the secondary site was crowded however. Quot there were thousands and thou ads and thousands of refugees nestled in two Large ravines near where we. And the other two c-i30s in our flight ended up dropping  Frost said. A its a two hour flight from incur he a the Headquarters in Southern Turkey of operation provide Comfort to the nearly trackless mountainous Region where perhaps hundreds of thousands of kurd from Iraq have sought Protection from the iraqi army. No one knows How Many refugees Are there. Quot sixty . Soldiers members of assessment teams Are in the Region trying to determine what the needs id the refugees Are Quot said . Army col. Don Kirchoffner a spokesman at incur he for pros Ide Comfort. Quot some of the refugees May be close to water and done to need water dropped to them. Some Mas need food More than tents and blankets Quot Abo american military and chilian medical Merit teams have fanned out through the  to de Termine How to funnel Relief medical Aid he said. A the idea is to get the help out to where it is needed and then turn it Over to International Relief organizations Quot Kirchoffner said. On tuesday the . European Comdr a program to Aid the kurd entered its second phase. Support bases Are being established at turkish towns and seaports to deliver food and other supplies to the refugees by truck and helicopter a helicopter Supply delivery base has been set up at Diyarbakir Turkey and a depot for food water shelter and medical supplies has been established at silo i Turkey. Intermediate support bases Are located at in Cir Elk and the turkish seaport towns of Iskenderun and Mersin. In the meantime clothing tents and blankets and other Relief supplies continue to be dropped to the refugees by air. As of monday morning 130 sorties by Allied aircraft had airlifted More than 1,000 tons of Relief supplies into refugee areas. In Ciurlik a ordinarily Home to 2,000 air Force personnel now has 4,800 military members american French and British c-130 transports bolstered by Navy and army helicopters lilt off every few minutes jammed with Relief supplies. Even so the Effort is not the answer to the woes of the refugees officials said it. A this is a Stopgap measure. The Airlift can Only Bri Bijj the most immediately needed supplies a said Frost the c-130 Pilot a the rugged terrain and the need to be below the weather to spot our drop zones Means tha these Are the most challenging missions we have Eye flown a he said. A they Are locating new drop zones for every Day a said capt. John f. Giese the c-130 navigator As he charted a route Between i 1,000-foot High peaks to the drop zone at the 7,000-foot level. The supplies Are being parachuted into a Loo mile Long Border Region of hostile terrain. The kurd have fled into the highest Mountain passes. The roads nothing More than serpentine dirt tracks Are jammed with abandoned cars. A it looks like a massive traffic Accident Down there a said army Chi. Xan Wilson 22, a Parachute rigger after she had flown on a Relief Mission. A the refugees fled into the most inaccessible terrain in order to get away from the iraqis a Frost said. Monday night marked the end of Ramadan the monthlong period of fasting in the Muslim world feasting is to follow during the next few Days. But High in the cold mountains refugees will consider them selves fortunate if they have a meals ready to eat Anc a cup of clean waiter to Wash it Down