European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 2, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday May 2, 1991 the stars and stripes Page 31 it really is our privilege. Ten years from now when they look Back on an Airlift much larger than the Berlin Airlift they la be Able to say Quot we took care of it. We saved  a a or. William l. Burner his amps Susan Harris the Lik loses Poky Pace of Small town by Ron Jensen staff writer incur Likay Turkey a in less interesting times this air base in Southern Turkey has the feel of a Small town where everybody knows everybody and the Pace is that of a sunday afternoon. But recent months have been abundantly interesting and the a Lik As it is called by residents has cranked up activities More than a bit. First operation desert storm crowded in Ciurlik facilities with 150 aircraft and 7,000 people 5000 More than the bases usual military population. Now after catching its breath following the ceasefire the base a whose name Means Fig  is frenetic once again As a Supply Hub for operation provide Comfort. A in Ciurlik used to be a quiet base a said Anita Denny the bases director of family services. A a a try troop used to be the exception. Now its More the Norm than an in Ciurlik  the Man in charge of the base can Only shake his head at the unusual circumstances that have kept in Ciurlik hopping. A there is normalcy Here but we Haven t seen much of it a said col. Gary Lorenz commander of the 39th tac group. J a a in a ordinarily the commander a Lorenz said with a smile. A there Are now 12 general officers on this  the bases Normal population includes 2,000 military and 2,500 family members. It plays Host a few times a year to about 350 visitors who come to take advantage of the weapons training Range in the desert nearby. Once a year about 1,250 arrive for a Brief stay during a larger exercise. But during desert storm dormitories doubled their occupancy. Gymnasium floors were covered with cots. A huge tent City housed 2,000. And Many of the visitors moved into base housing sharing quarters with in Ciurlik service members whose families had been evacuated. A every time i got a phone Call there were More forces coming a said it. Col. Ronald Winter the Deputy commander for operations. The base became Home for the 7440th composite Wing a conglomeration of aircraft from a variety of bases including everything from f-16 fighting Falcons to Kc-135 tankers. The Mission during the War was to prevent Saddam Hussein from using Northern Iraq As a a Sanctuary for his military. A we did no to allow him to do that a Winter said. A when he tried to Park aircraft our Guys would go bomb aircraft on the ramp.�?�. Eventually 5,000 sorties launched from this base and dropped 7 million pounds of explosives on Iraq. With the cease fire the base began to empty out. In anticipation of the return of family members Lorenz ordered a Day set aside for base cleanup. Rank had no privilege As every Crundy wrapper and cigarette butt was picked up across the base. A it was immaculate a Lorenz said. A one week later we were full of people again. And now its a trash Heap  a Quot. \ a a a. V a a the base is Home now to about 3,000 additional military members most of them supporting the Relief Mission for kurdish refugees. The tent City torn Down an the Wake of the War has been rebuilt. A gymnasium is again a hotel. And air planes again sit nose to Tail under the turkish Sun. A a we re full out Here on the flight line but with a whole new Bunch of fruits and nuts a Winter said. Referring to the cargo aircraft that replaced the wars fighter aircraft. Members of the 628th military Airlift support so finished redeploying equipment and personnel from desert storm at the end of March the Squadron commander said. A a week later this started. We re actually busier now than we were during the War a col. Felix f. Moran Iii said. His people handled More than 14,000 tons of cargo in the first 16 Days of the Relief Effort. One Day brought 22 c-5s to unload. The base is also pumping More fuel now than it did during the War. Sgt. Mike Mkeiver chief of accounting for the 39th Supply so said a base record of 740,000 Gallons was pumped one recent Day a during the War it was on the average of 650,000 Gallons a he said. Col. Michael f. Carr Deputy commander for a resource management said Many of his people went on r 12-hour shifts in january. T hey started backing off from them in March but Are reversing that trend now. A a we be reached total gridlock right now a he said. A we can to build tent City fast enough. We be run out of  a a a. A a a a a a a a a a the commander of the base Hospital. Or. William l. Burner Iii Isnit sure How Many people Are within his. Responsibility. A my support population is either going to triple or quadruple,1 said Burner a colonel. A we done to know what the numbers Are. We can to get our arms around  than 10,0 0 military personnel Are now in the Region supporting the humanitarian Mission and his Hospital is a primary dire facility for them. So far the increase in patient Load has not been proportionate with the increased numbers. Burner said the reason is because they Are mostly Active duty healthy and fit. But lie does worry about the possibility of massive trauma demands. A with All this flying going on on a statistical basis alone you have to say there san increased Chance for an Accident a he said. No one knows How Long this operation will last. There is talk now that the Effort will soon become a . Endeavor and the . Involvement will diminish. Until that happens however that Small town feeling will remain just a memory around the a Lik. Which is just Fine with Lorenz despite the inconveniences. A it really is our privilege a the commander said. _ a ten years from now when they look Back on an Airlift much larger than the Berlin Airlift  be Able to say a we took care of it. We saved  a soviet Georgia officials expect death toll to Rise sack Here .s.r. A authorities have All but abandoned Hope of finding More survivors from an earthquake in soviet Georgia that killed at least 80 people half of them inhabitants of a town buried by a landslide. Officials said they expected the death toll to Rise As More Complete reports Are gathered from Remote villages Cut off by the quake. A we know there Are still people in the ruins but there a no Way they re alive a said Biesik Kutateladze an official in this Village where one third of the Homes were flattened and Many seriously damaged the monday quake which registered 7.1 on the Richter scale injured 500 peo pie and left about 80,000 homeless in a 50-Square-mile area in the North Central part of this Southern Republic. The earthquakes Epi Conter was near 11,000-foot mount same Rtskhi about 90 Miles Northwest of the georgian capital of Tbilisi. The Village of Khakh Ieti was destroyed buried beneath tons of Rock from the Side of a Mountain its 40 or so inhabitants buried alive. _ Sigua said he expected the death toll to Rise when authorities hear from villages whose communications links were Cut by the quake. Sack Here had its share of death and destruction. The Independent iberian. News Agency said 25 people were killed in and around sack Here. A group of 43 rescuers from Moscow arrived tuesday night in sack Here but City official Alexander Sherbakov said a they Arentt  Only one person was pulled alive from a wrecked building the Day before. He said the georgian quake was different from the one in neighbouring Armenia ial988, which killed 25,000 people. A there were no Hills there in Armenia Sherbakov said noting that the mountains of Rock that flattened Homes in the georgian towns minimized chances for survival. Georgian president Oviad Gam Sathur Dia declared the Region a disaster area and ordered a commission to Deal with the aftermath of the disaster. _ Alaska rocked but no injuries Palmer Alaska up a Strong earthquake Shook a Large area of Alaska late tuesday and caused scattered minor damage in towns close to the epicentre but no reported injuries. _ _ _ scientists at the Alaska tsunami  in Palmer calculated the magnitude at 6.6 on the Richter scale. The quake hit at 11 18 . Tuesday and the ground Shook for 10 to 30 seconds according to reports to the warning Center. The epicentre was 110 Miles Northwest of Anchorage and about 50 Miles Northwest of Talkeetna close to mount Mckinley said Tom Sokolowski chief scientist at the warning Center. The . Geological Survey at Golden,.colo., measured the quake at 6.0 on the Richter scale. The quake was Felt Over hundreds of Miles from Fairbanks in alaskans midsection to communities in Prince William sound Sokolowski said. It was Felt strongly in Anchorage alaskans largest City. But the tsunami warning Center had reports of broken windows in Willow items knocked from shelves in trapper Creek and toppled cabinets and cracked Walls elsewhere Anchorage police and Alaska state troopers said they were swamped with Calls but received no reports of damage. Talkeetna a Small town near Denali National Park used by climbers As a beginning Point for scaling mount Mckinley got a Strong Jolt. _ _ a it Shook every Jung pretty bad a said Tanya Swanson a bartender at a Talkeetna Lodge. A cabinets broke open. Things Tell out. Win glasses broke. Pictures fell off the Wall body ran out of the  when the shaking stopped Swanson said she found herself pouring drinks for shake customers