European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 19, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday april 19, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 9 military20th tac fighter no receives Safe award Raf upper Heyford England a a master sergeant assigned to the 20th tac fighter Wing at Raf upper Heyford has been awarded a Safe a flight safety no of the year award. Master sgt. Robert Mcreynolds a 22-year Veteran is credited with computerizing critical aspects of the flight safety program. He created a computer format for All Levels of mishap investigation that has improved reporting efficiency. He also is credited with improving tracking and accuracy of spot inspection with a computer tracking system. The native of san Mateo calif., has also rewritten the Wing mishap response a a plan. A a a a a a a \ Mcreynolds has been stationed at upper Heyford for four  employee forms Heidelberg Germany a army civilian employees in the manpower and Force management Field must submit new registration forms to remain on the roster of transferable career pm a Plo yees. /. A a a a a a. A a career employees in the manpower Field should have received a package containing the new forms and instructions on How to use them. Workers who have not received the forms should Contact their local civilian personnel office. Employees must re Register by june 19 or be temporarily dropped from the Rolls. Workshops will be offered to answer questions about the new registration procedures. The following workshops Are scheduled Heidelberg april 24 Kaiserslautern april 30 Frankfurt May 2 and Stuttgart May 3. Civilian personnel offices have details on times and  names top spa Raf upper Heyford England the 20th Security police group has been selected As a Safe a Best Large Security police unit for 1990, and two members of the unit have also won Safe awards. Another member of the unit has been Given an award for heroism. The Security police group was cited for various achievements including providing Security for the contingency hospitals activated at Raf Bicester and Raf Little Tissington during the persian Gulf War and providing Security for More than 150 truckloads of conventional munitions destined for the Gulf. Senior airman Brian Banner a base crime prevention specialist was named a Safe a outstanding first term Law enforcement specialist. The native of Centerville Utah has been in the air Force for three years. John Jenkins a . Civilian employee was named the commands outstanding Security police civilian employee. The Macon ga., native is the chief of information Security and served 24 years in the air Force before retiring five years ago. A. Sgt. Brice Sabin was Given the air Force sergeants associations Pitsenberger award for heroism. Sabin received the medal for rescuing a coworker from a burning car in february 1990.Uso opens in Dhahran Dubai United Arab emirates up the United service organizations is establishing an office in Dhahran saudi Arabia for the thousands of . Troops still deployed in the desert. A it will establish activities which would project into the desert where . Troops Are stationed a said David Wyckoff Uso regional executive for Europe and the Middle East. Wyckoff said Jack Darnell the new director of the Uso in Dhahran is working out of a hotel in the City in the Eastern province of saudi Arabia. A i done to  Long it will take to set up the new office but Darnell is making his contacts now and hell establish a site a Wyckoff said. The office will probably be an air conditioned tent and employ three full time staff members Wyckoff added. The usos other Middle East offices Are in Dubai and Bahrain Wyckoff said. Muslim go convicted gets year in jail for desertion by Effie Battien staf writer 1 Furth Germany a a Muslim Soldier who failed to report to his unit the Day before it deployed to the persian Gulf was convicted thursday of desc ration and sentenced to a years confinement. The 1st army div Soldier pfc. William h. Allen pleaded guilty in a general court martial to the charges of desertion with intent to avoid hazardous duty and missing movement. He is assigned to Btry a 6th in 1st Field arty based at Pinder Barracks in Birndorf. A jury of nine officers deliberated less than an hour before returning a sentence of five years confinement dishonourable discharge forfeiture of All pay and allowances and reduction to lowest enlisted Grade. A pretrial agreement however limited his confinement to one year. All other parts of the sentence remain in effect. Allen was one of two Niernberg area muslims facing charges for refusing to go to the persian Gulf. Spec. Terrence o. Smith assigned to the 156th Maint co at Pinder Barracks also has been charged with desertion and missing movement. Alien 25, was arrested feb. 14 by German police at the Home of friends in Passau. The police searched the Home they told him because they were looking for drugs. While verifying his identity police found out crude disaster empty Oil barrels Dot the Beach wednesday at Cosoleto on the italian Riviera. Two recent Oil spills have soiled several beaches in the area. Part of the crude leaked from the cypriot Tanker Haven which Sank sunday off Genoa. In addition a Tanker rammed last week by a ferry near Livorno broke up and spilled its cargo. That Allen was absent from his unit. He was returned to his Battery and restricted to his Post. Allen had told his Section chief that he wanted to file a conscientious objector application sometime near the end of december or Early january he said in court. But he was told that he would have to do that after he deployed to the Gulf. A. A regulation effective Jan. 2 stipulates that a Soldier must deploy to a new duty station in this Case the persian Gulf unless his conscientious objector request was approved before deployment. Those in Allens platoon Learned that it would deploy to the persian Gulf on Jan. 18, one Day after coalition forces opened their air War against Iraq. Allen did not file his application for conscientious objector status until april 4. Allen is a devout Muslim who worships regularly at a Numberg mosque according to testimony from several fellow Muslim soldiers and a German Friend from Passau. During the court martial he held a copy of the Koran islam a holy Book in his hand. Allen who is married and has three children said he could not fight or participate in a War to kill fellow muslims because it was against his religious beliefs. He said Allah led him to leave his , pan am discuss merger source says t new York apr representatives of pan Amer ican world airways and Delta air lines Are discussing a possible merger an airline official said thursday. Confirming a report in the Wall Street journal the official said Delta executives met with pan am chairman Thomas Plaskitt at his company a Headquarters on wednesday to discuss a move that would broaden Del tags area of operation while saving pan am from liquidation. The official spoke on condition that neither h nor his airline be identified. / a merger could make Delta the largest Carrier in the country flying to More than 300 cities compared with 208 currently. Delta is the third largest . Carrier while pan am ranks in sixth place. Pan am one of the oldest and Best known names in the airline business has been operating under Federal bankruptcy Protection since january. Although the two airlines have few overlapping routes there Are several obstacles to a combination of Delta and pan am including the latter a underfunded pension plan its High labor costs and its leased Fleet. In addition pan am is unionized while Delta is nonunion except for its pilots. Delta owns most of its  identifies remains of 2 missing in Vietnam Honolulu apr the . Pacific come has identified the remains of two american servicemen listed As missing in the Vietnam War. Air Force capt. Michael l. Hyde of Boulder City nev., was lost Over South Vietnam on dec. 8, 1966, and army sgt. 1st class Vernon z. Johns of Baltimore was reported missing in South Vietnam on feb. 3, 1968, the command said wednesday. Hyde a remains were among 20 repatriated by Vietnam in september 1990. Fourteen have now been identified. A Johns remains were among 21 turned Over in april 1989. Eight have been identified. The remains were to leave Hawaii on thursday with two sets of remains that were identified earlier. A military Jet was to take them to Travis fab calif., on the first leg of their final journey Home. Owners of delinquent vehicles sought Bremerhaven Germany a amps a More than 100 privately owned vehicles held by the military traffic management come in Bremerhaven Are listed As delinquent or abandoned command officials say. Many of those vehicles Are believed to belong to soldiers who deployed to the Middle East before they could pick them up. Soldiers who think their vehicles Are at the port should Contact the commands vehicle processing Divi Sion at ets 342-8135 or 342-8684. Or if soldiers Are deployed they should write to a tic Bremerhaven attn Cpd capt. Ray a. Josicy Apo by 09069. Vehicles Are listed As delinquent after 45 Days at the port and abandoned after 120 Days. A tic officials try to Contact the soldiers directly and then through their commanders before turning Over the vehicles to the defense re utilization and marketing office for disposal