European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 23, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 k b i y i j1 i j i i amp i i a 4 j a 4 ,5 a amps photos by Lynda Davidson sky High continued from the cover i could see him Plain As Day a. A i he pc a continued to Fly straight and level Lor. Live Miles. It slowly descended then Quot flew right. Into the Sand and it exploded. Pretty amazing a i Lehe Munn said. I Lelve Tann s March 22 airborne encounters a one tale in the Wing s War lore that will become legend once the Sand settles in the persian Gull. And even that tall but True tale door it Tell the w Hole Story of the single Mission flown by i Lehe Mann jul another Pilot Apt. Tom a vegas Dietz when thy War was Over and a temporary cease fire had been  a a a a a a Quot a Wilbry stories of War and postwar achievements abound at Pitburg the Home of a Wing that achieved. 7 enemy aircraft Quot kills Quot in the Persia Culf. Pitburg lied Widi Eglin fab Fla. For the nudist Dow Ned enemy ail Craft  con Lici. A about s h a Pitburg people deployed to the persian Gulf Region during the War and some 420 to Turkey and Northern Iraq for operation provide Comfort. Those who went performed a variety of jobs including Security transportation construe non of tent cities and . And air to air combat. B i t b u re s air to a i r suede uses Refl act c a n be s i n training and attitudes toward air to air warfare that followed the Vietnam War according to Llie w Inge a two assistant Deputy commanders for of i at ions.1 Quot 1 a. A. A air to Ait was seen in the it it As an inherently dangerous and somewhat reckless tiling to do with the air planes Quot 1.1. C  Smith said. Pilots thing combat missions in Vietnam had. Limited Access to intelligence information they had received Little training Tor  challenging enemy tactics and  a Sahili. A tics packing such critical knowledge and a Peri. Ence most who. Were shot Down were taken out w within their first 111 combat sorties Smith said. A. In the pos Vietnam years aggressor training assumed greater importance and w As emphasized   As Green Blag and bed i lag which arc. Sponsored by the air Poreet Stag Ait in omd Wilh nato participation. A units trained in aggressor tactics were formed. And the 1m5, designed primarily Lor air to air combat became a Cornerstone of the air Force s air War strategy because it could  an enemy s ability to drop bombs on Friendly a lot  the Gull War pilots had extremely Good intelligence As to target locations and a Good estimate of How that would a it eel their capability to ,&Quot said 1 to cd of. Bobby Blun Yeull who flew an 4 phantom ii in Vietnam and in ims first of. David a  Sec Dan during pc checks nit his 15 at Pitburg a Germany. M the Gull. A another advantage in . Pilots in the Gull was political. A. A. In Vietnam june Peutl said the War s Pace. Ebbed and bowed punctuated by bursts of action such As the tet offensive . Lacked continued intensity preventive action such Quot As knocking out Sites before they could become a Lull fledged direct generally was not allowed. A a a this  went in we had a Clear task we . It was Black , i Lunev cutt said. Quot everyone was Boh Mil us this time. A. A ,.-. Stall sgt. Rick Bunch a dedicated Crew Chic Lor Arcrail. By k4-0 he. And his assistants were among those working behind the scenes irom an staff sgt Rick Bunch adjusts an fm5�?Ts Landing gear Clown lock switch at Pitburg. Air base at Al a Hajj saudi Arabia. A a. Bun Eli a Piane logged 21 comb u sorties with on feeding a major repair. The Norm is three or four. A a a ���.���. A a. A i can t say there a anything  on a inv Jet than on any other. Bunch said. A. A Quot every Jet has its time. Mine has us Short com -. Mes. But the More you Fly it. The less it Breaks. I he longer they sit Down the More problems. They encounter a p a a a a a. He attributed some of his aircraft s performance to Luck. Blit when his Jel is in his hands a it s still in saudi Arabia he emphasizes Preven. Live maintenance,.keeping it clean and Monitor. My one of his plane s idiosyncrasies a tendency toward Loose fasteners Ini its aft Section. A a a a a it s a Little hit of  in the butt a Bunch. Said. I know Guys who never have a Loose Las Lener. A a a ,. He s fond of his Jet of which his name is pm a. Blazoned and wants to have it Back in his Caree. I he pilots think we be working on their planes hut we Sec it As the pilots coming to our act. Bunch said. A. Abid nug planes that look  aircraft. Bocai extra ornamentation red. While Green and . A a. Apt Stephen  of the 3 Ith equipment a. Maim so developed a Stencil for the Flag with a. Computer and helped locate the paint. In the Lite Day of the air War All was read a. A on the first Day we had our paints ready. You hold your breath at first w Hen All the planes. Come Back a Hill recalled. 1 Here wore no kills that first Day. By the time one occurred. Hill had to round tip the paint. Again. A. It was Worth it Hill said. ,. A Ali made Guys feel Good when they walked by die jets Quot Hill said. A they knew they had kills.�?�. 1 tie brightly coloured birthday card sized flags located near the cockpit May not slay on bit bar go a planes. There a still debate in air Forcecircles, Hill said As to what form a kill sign should take on individual aircraft. But lie expects there will be some outwardly sunday june 23 1931