European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 28, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 10 b the stars and stripes Friday june 28, 1991 unit bows out after 50 i a Joseph Owen Stuttgart Bureau so i. Lin Gen Germany a Canadas 409 tac lighter so did Little to Mark the 50th anniversary of its formation june 17. It was too Busy getting ready to disband. And that a exactly what the Canadian forces unit did at a 1.0 . Ceremony tuesday at Canadian forces base at Haden Selling in. That leaves Canadas 4 lighter Wing with two Cf-18 Hornet squadrons in Germany a the 421 and the 439 a to handle nato obligations. Air Force maj. Janet Martinson a base spokeswoman said the two remaining. Squadrons have absorbed both pilots and the aircraft from the 409, leaving the lighter Wing with the same number of pilots and aircraft As before. The departing air Force troops arc maintenance personnel. A a. A 7 a a. A. The Canadian air forces shift from air to ground missions to air defense As its primary nato task permitted a reduction in annual flying hours from 240 per Pilot to 210, Martinson said that in turn allowed the Wing to reduce its main to Nancy staff. The 120-member squadrons deactivation is one of several actions resulting from Canadas decision to reduce its troops in Europe by about 1,400. The reduction which the forces arc achieving largely through not replacing troops who depart As scheduled this summer will leave about 6,370 Canadian. Troops in Europe according to army maj. Norbert Cyr. Within three months the canadians arc expected to make an announcement about More troop cuts. A total withdrawal is not in the cards a visit last week with German Chancellor Helmut Kohl prime minister Brian Mulroney said Canada will keep troops in Europe As Long As a residual threat to european and Canadian Securi a to exists. A. A. Quot Canada will consult with its allies to determine the most appropriate role and. Location for the remaining Canadian troops after the impending reorganization of the nato Torce Structure Mulroney said. The deactivated Squadron was formed in 1941 As a night fighter unit prompting its. Members to assume the nickname a a nighthawks and a. Latin motto that Means a Midnight is our noon a Martinson said. A the Squadron spent most of its years of operation As a Cf-101 voodoo Jet interceptor unit at Canadian forces base of Comox in British Columbia where the squadrons colors will be stored. The unit became the first Cf-18 Squadron in Canada in 1984, and Canadas first in Ger. Many in 1985. It also was the first Canadian unit to respond to iraqis invasion of Kuwait last August deploying to Qatar from october to december. 1 into ral Alconbury England a amps the 17th recoil Wing deactivates today closing out a nearly 64-\ car history. Ceremonies will be held at 11 . In Alconbury a i Langar 13. The Wing part of the strategic air come provided Dav and night All weather High Altitude surveillance of. Battle areas. A. A the 600-person Wing based at Alconbury since 1982, was equipped with tr-1 tactical reconnaissance aircraft flow n by the 95th recoil the Squadron and aircraft will remain at Alconbury As a Forward deployed unit of the 9th strategic recon w Ine based at Beale alb Calif. Lite support people who make up the rest of the Wing will be reassigned to other units. Quot this is in line with the Overall decrease in the . Presence in Europe due to the lessening of tensions a said col. Charles w. Hinkle 17lh recon Wing. Commander. Quot i think its a Wise Money saving move a More than 350 military jobs will be Cut with the deactivation while the Squadron retains 225 operational and maintenance people. Most of people will move out this summer according to Hinkle. He said people transferring out before november will lease on their scheduled dates. People slated to lease after november still be reassigned la other units at Alconbury or other bases in Europe or the states. The trim but leave a reconnaissance Force in the area. A we have adequate resources As Long As sve remain prudent and maintain a wartime capability. The 95th still contribute to that Hinkle said.1 t he 17th recon Wing first was formed As the 17th observation group under the army air corps on oct. In 1927, at March Field Calif. In 1939, the unit seas predesignated the 17th bombardment group medium and served during world War ii. The unit conducted operations in North Africa Sicily. Italy Southern France and Germany from 194245. The 17th also served in Korea during the korean War but seas called the 17th bomber group Light. Yugoslav from Page 1a shot Dosun a Federal army helicopter As it Uesu Oyer the City killing the. Pilot and. Co Pilot Shose bodies were pulled out of the wreckage witnesses said. Another helicopter crashed at la Klansko Baric close to the capital. But it seas not Clear whether it seas shot. Dosun the witnesses said. To seas Cit known a whether the Crew of the second Craft was killed or hurl. Earlier thursday one yugoslav Soldier seas killed and seven trooper were injured in the ,.many at or near the republics Border posts. 3. Hie in ground fighting died in a clash at Hormoz 15 Miles from the hungarian Border As the army tried to move toward the Frontier slovenian information minister Jelko Kacin said and two slovenian soldiers also Svere injured in the skirmish slovenian officials said. Another Exchange of gunfire occurred in. Jezersky on the austrian Border said slovene radio. No casualties Svere reported there. Slovenian officials speaking on condition of anonymity said government troops used hand grenades in the attack in Jezersky and took Over the Border station. They said some shrapnel sprayed into austrian territory.,. There was no immediate confirmation of this from austrian officials. A. By Early evening slovenian television reported that five of Slovenia a nearly two dozen Border posts with Hungary Austria and Italy were under the control of the yugoslav army. Slovenian officials and press outlets said 20 yugoslav army tanks had been disabled or destroyed in fighting. A n neither report could be immediately confirmed. The Federal army clearly wanted to Cut Slovenia off from the outside and demonstrate that the Republic remains a part of the federation. 5. Croatia Borders. Hungary alone and at first it appeared thursday that government troops there apparently were limiting themselves to trying to prevent fighting Between ethnic serbs and croats. A ethnic clashes in the Republic killed seven people on tuesday.3 3 3 a a a a. A however late thursday croatian television showed Federal army tanks rolling through the croatian City of Osisek driving terrified inhabitants before them Osisek is 95 Miles East of Zagreb the croatian capital. Powell from Page 1 Bielory but the successful enforcement of International Law. Powell saw reasons to celebrate both. Quot we Haw to remember that the threat that Saddam Hussein posed to the Region 10 months ago is gone a he said. Quot those nations can now feel secure. I he Only threat he poses is the threat that he presents to his own countrymen and we can All Hope that in due course they w ill take care of that remaining Addie sing the War veterans he said Quot you have nude Ametia realize that there is nothing we can t do if we put our hearts to it if we put our minds to it and in we put our muscle to the task before us. Quot you Haw shown that the armed forces of the United states and especially the Jayhawk Vii corps Are the Best and the brightest of the nation. As your chairman in a Enomot sly proud of Powell Ako praised soldiers civilians and family members who worked and waited in Europe. Marshall from Page 1a. 3 sight and for years has had various health problems q. Quot a the strenuous demands of the court work and its related duties required or expected of a Justice appear at this time to be incompatible with my advancing age and medical condition a Marshall said in his two paragraph message to the was hospitalized last year after suffering a fall in the lobby of a Chicago hotel. Quot when Johnson nominated Marshall he said a i believe he has already earned his place in history a a reference to Marshall a Long struggle As a private attorney in behalf of civil rights Marshall argued the Case which resulted in the 1954 supreme court ruling that outlawed school segregation. Marshall place in history was assured before his appointment to the High court. To some he ranks with the Rev. Martin Luther King or. As a Leader in the Battle for racial Equality. For decades Marshall travelled the nation As the recognized Legal Champion of the poor and powerless. During his Quot 23 years As Legal director of the National association for the advancement of coloured people and his tenure As the Federal governments solicitor general Marshall argued 32 cases before court. He won 29 of them. A once confirmed to the supreme court by the sen ate Marshall quickly found a philosophical Home w Ith its Liberal activists at that time in the majority but later outnumbered As the appointees of president Nixon. Gave the court a conservative cast. In the Nixon Era Marshall was among the dissenters approximately one Quarter of the time. In his first term Marshall spoke for the court in ruling that a Man has the right to counsel at a hearing to revoke his probation and that the constitutions guar Antee against double jeopardy is binding on the states. By june of 1970, he was More often in dissent. In that month for example he spoke for a three member minority As the court upheld the suspension of eight students from East Tennessee state University for distributing leaflets on Campus. A your system promises to College students As to everyone else that they May have their say a Marshall wrote. _ _ four years later he dissented sharply from a ruling invalidating a plan for. Busing pupils across school District lines to integration. He called the ruling a a giant step backward from the courts 1954 decision striking Down school segregation. A the 1973-74 term Marshall spoke for the majority in extending free speech guarantees to organizing campaigns by recognized unions and in requiring employers to Root out past wage discrimination against women workers. A a in the 1974-75 term he dissented from rulings deny ing a hearing to people whose electrical Power is Cut off for non payment upholding a one year residence requirement for divorce and empowering presidents to set conditions w Hen granting pardons. Bush oks Washington apr president Bush formally nominated Gen. 11. Norman Schwarzkopf the commander of . Forces in the persian Gulf War for retirement in his current Grade of four Star general the Pentagon announced thursday. Schwarzkopf commander of . Central come which is responsible for . Operations in the Middle East is scheduled to retire from the army on aug. 31. His retirement like that of All general officers must be approved by the Senate. Schwarzkopf who will be 57 years old on aug. 22, has served 34 years in the army and has been com Mander of Central come since november 19s8. / change of command ceremony is scheduled for aug. 1 at Central come Headquarters at Macdill fab Fla. The Pentagon also announced that Bush intends i nominate it. Gen. Walter e. Boomer for assignment a commander of Marine corps combat development come at Quantico a. Boomer was commander of the Marine expeditionary Force in saudi Arabia the helped push iraqi forces out of Kava it during Desei storm. A
