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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Wednesday, June 12, 1991

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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 12, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 b the stars and stripes wednesday june 12, 1991stealthfrom Page 1 in route to Europe. A a where a the exhaust a is the question most often posed to f-1 i7a pilots. The answer Mcdaniel said with a laugh is a it sits up High in Back and you can to see it unless you stand up on something. We started bringing Little Steps to put behind the aircraft so people can get up and  ferrying the aircraft to Europe for an air show is a marked change of Pace for Mcdaniel who returned to the United Stales Only four weeks ago after a six month stint in saudi Arabia Quot a return to the Middle Eastern country is a always a possibility a the Newark Ohio native said. Mcdaniel flew 20 combat missions during the persian Gulf War to Kuwait and Iraq from an air base at Khamis Musait 30 Miles North of Yemen in saudi arabians southwestern Corner. Some of the 37th tac fighter wings Al 17as still Are there Mcdaniel said. A it looks like they May stay Down there awhile a Mcdaniiel said. A we Haven to gotten the definitive word on How Long  be there. We re hoping that they re just going to bring everybody Home bring the planes Home and close it  since the wars end f-117a pilots have continued to Fly a limited number of Sor ties. A just to maintain Pilot proficiency a Mcdaniel said. A he said he could not detail the lessons Learned during the War because a most of that has to do with tactics and  a but we Learned a lot of things a he said. A we changed some of the ways we do business. We Learned a lot of Small things ways to make things work  f-117a pilots spend five Days a week away from Home during Normal training in the United states. They generally Are As signed to the unit for Only three years Mcdaniel said. He flew Al 11 Long Range tactical fighters before his assignment to the stealth unit which he received about a month before the f-117a was unveiled to the pub Lic. A when i got this Job i did no to know this plane existed a Mcdaniel said. A the cover was an a-7 Corsair ii single engine attack plane unit doing testing. Before it was released to the Public even when you were hired to the group you did not find out what you were really going to do until you got there. So you took the Job basically to go Fly a-7s,�?� when his Al 17a assignment ends the 10-year air Force Veteran would like to Fly another exciting new plane the f-15e strike Eagle which Lias Long Range nuclear capability. He said a a it a another newer aircraft. Id like to Fly a lot of different aircraft before i. Retire a. Doh from Page 1 the City too but Garner said kurdish political leaders Are working with the provincial government to get some police officers to return participants in the june 2 demonstration called for task Force troops to remain in Northern Iraq. Many kurd in the City say if the troops leave they will flee again to the mountains out of fear. A similar demonstrations occur almost daily across the Security zone. A crowd of several Hundred people marched tuesday to the dutch forces Headquarters in beside chanting a no no Saddam. Yes yes Bush a and carrying banners that asked coalition forces to stay. A a what a necessary now is to work the withdrawal so that it still leaves the people some Security a Garner said although he refused to say what specific conditions Are necessary that would allow the withdrawal of coalition troops. Lie also said the coalition is offering no firm guarantees to either the kurd or the iraqi government. A a we re not an occupation army. We done to have this area under martial Law a he said. A we came Here to get them Back out of the mountains to relocate them save their lives in the mountains and we be pretty much done that  meanwhile a defense department official said tuesday that military reservists remaining in the persian Gulf arc in the process of being told when they will return to the United states. A most if not All should be aware of the Date for their return Stephen Duncan assistant Secretary of defense told a Senate armed services subcommittee. However he did not say How Long it would be before the last reservists return. A Kim Wincup assistant Secretary of the army said it was the army a goal is to have All Reserve soldiers a except volunteers out of the Gulf theater by nov. I. The associated press contributed to this report. Bush s older brother linked to japanese business Deal Tokyo apr president Bush solder brother helped a japanese company run by a major underworld group buy out an american financial firm according to japanese and . News reports. The reports said records from the . Securities and Exchange commission show that Prescott Bush jr., 68, was a guarantor for the 1989-90 takeover of asset management International financing and settlement by West Tsushio. The japanese Kyodo news Agency quoted japanese authorities As saying West Tsushio is a a family business Quot of the Inagawa Kai one of Japan a three largest gangster syndicates. There was no indication that the presidents brother was aware of the purported organized crime  soldiers deploying to Kuwait on Security Mission Frankfurt Germany a the final group of soldiers from the 11th army Cav regt was scheduled to leave Germany today for a Security Mission in Kuwait. The 220 soldiers based in Fulda Germany Are the last of 3,700 soldiers from the Blackhorse regt sent to the persian Gulf. The regiment has been deploying since May 31 to relieve 3rd army div soldiers from Germany who have been providing Security in Kuwait since the end of the persian Gulf War. The 11th army Cav regt is expected to remain in Kuwait front three to six months. Bush praises night school grads for returning to earn diplomas Seaford Del. Apr president Bush paid tribute tuesday to adults earning their High school degrees in night school saying their achievement proves a you can always return to  Bush who has delivered commencement speeches this Spring at Yale West Point and other major universities did the honors at James i. Groves adult High school which he said was one of the few night schools in the country fully accredited to Grant a regular High school diploma. A a we sometimes forget to keep reaching out to those who done to stay in school a Bush said in his prepared remarks. A too often without intending to we As a society act almost As if when you drop out you drop off the end of the Earth. A a that a just not True and you prove it a the president told the graduates a Groves where 81 adults were receiving diplomas. A you can always return to school a said Bush citing a study that found almost half the students who drop out return to school within four years. He called Groves a a shining example of the kind of innovative approach to education 1 have in mind when i Challenge communities All across this country to create the new american  a in a world of too Many dashed Hopes and dead ends schools like Groves can open doors to a better future a said Bush who invited the graduates to come to the White House on wednesday night to hear him deliver a speech on the nations Domestic needs. Earlier in a satellite address to a Public broadcasting service convention in Orlando fla., Bush said that meeting his goal of making american education the Best in the world a simply cannot be done from  it a in a second satellite Hookup with advertising executives in Nashville Bush said a a turnaround in the Economy appears to be in the making a a slam bullish on the Economy not Overly optimistic. But while some sectors Are still sluggish on the whole a turnaround in the Economy appears to be in the making a he told the american advertising federation. Addressing broadcasters Bush praised the role of educational television saying a the Days of the Little red schoolhouse Are Over. A education like any other vital Industry will Benefit from the constant tug and pull of new ideas new products. You push everyone in the education Industry to do More to do  asked about the Federal role in the education crusade Bush said a those who think that education problems can be solved in Washington ought to know better. The Federal government provides roughly 7 percent a 7 percent a of the total dollars spent on education. State and local governments provide 93 percent. A a a a a a a a a / a. A at the National level we can set goals and standards that every Community every school and every student can try to achieve a he said. A the states will have to agree to hold themselves and their schools to much higher standards. This simply cannot be done from  by one Federal estimate As Many As 27 million americans Are considered functionally illiterate. Bush has set Universal adult literacy As one of his a America 2000�?� education goals. Of the 81 diploma winners at Groves 16 were inmates of nearby Sussex correctional institution who were not allowed to  ceremony. Seaford is a Blue Collar Community that Calls itself a the Nylon capital of the world for its huge Dupont factory. It attracted notoriety two years ago for an open air drug Market that was doing a booming business in crack cocaine. William t. Gibbs 48, a Dupont worker who graduated at the head of his Groves class said before the ceremony a a it a going to be something to walk across that stage.�?�. Gibbs dropped out of the 10th Grade Back in 1960, but returned a year ago to get a High school equivalency diploma because a the Way society is today you be got to have some education to get any kind of Job.volcanofrom Page 1 can remain. A what the Philippines failed to do after almost a year of bases negotiations with the ., nature has done in just a few hours a the philippine daily inquirer  Volcano is just the latest in a series of traumas suffered by the 30,000-Strong . Military Community since president Corazon Aquino took office in a 1986 revolution that toppled Ferdinand Marcos. For decades the Philippines was known As one of the Best duty stations in the Pacific especially for single males. It was a place where prices were Low the Beer flowed freely the women were Friendly and nearly everybody spoke English. Activists against the . Presence complained that the free for All atmosphere encouraged prostitution and drug addiction among filipinos especially in the main military towns of Angeles and Olon Gapo. Aquino a Victory led to a wave of nationalistic sentiment which took on an anti american character in this former . Colony. Demonstrations against the presence of . Forces peaked in the late 1980s, but protests continue in Manila and near the installations americans were restricted to their bases during the seven armed uprisings against Aquino by military dissidents. During one coup attempt in december 1989, two . F-4 phantom jets from Clark flew air cover for philippine government forces. A restrictions were also clamped on the troops after communist rebels began targeting american service members. Three americans two Active duty airmen and a retired sergeant were slain by the rebels near Clark in october .1987. . Army col. James Rowe was killed in april 1989 on his Way to work at the joint . Military assistance group in Quezon City. Last year two american airmen were slain by guerrillas outside Clark on the eve of talks on the bases. In september two american civilians working for the air Force were murdered by the insurgents about 10 Miles North of Clark on a Day vice president Dan Quayle arrived in Manila. Last july an earthquake measuring 7.7 on the Richter scale devastated Central Luzon province where the base Are located. There were no deaths among . Troops or their de Pendents. American military Crews helped in fescue efforts  
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