European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 1, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday August 1, 1991 the stars and stripes b Page 3 closure list targets some unfamiliar locations _ a a. A a Aby the stars and stripes a building used by turks to store furniture and a vacant bakery Are among the Sites targeted for closure of defense Secretary Dick Cheney a latest hit list of Oversea ? military facilities., 7, unlike some base closure announcements that have paved the Way for shutting Down major installations tuesdays announcement was distinguished primarily by the anonymity and smallness of Many of its Sites. It als Teft unclear the future of some Small Sites that Are tied to major facilities announced for closure when the smaller Sites themselves did not appear in Thoj sure. Announcement. Quot. In England a 3rd air Force spokesman said the announcement that 13 additional air Force Sites in the United kingdom were being returned to the a we Are assuming that the Griesheim Airfield will eventually return to the German government but that the . Will retain jurisdiction at stars and stripes a it. Col. William harkey32nd Aad com spokesman four Sites within the Mannheim military _ _ Community will mean a return of More than 500 acres British government has a less than a minimal effects and a Small missile site to the German government. Bases closing Britain i 13 a a v. 1 Germany 38 forces reduced at 6 other Sites Neth 2 0 a Spain 5 y or Italy 8 . A a i j a t a v m Turkey 7- on operations there a the announcement tuesday on these very Small facilities and Sites and housing annexes is really something that could have been assumed from the previous announcements a said capt. Ray Martell. The shutdowns in England will not create major impacts such As More reductions in manpower Martell said in fact one site great Bromley radio relay station is unmanned. A in Germany however there was a greater variety in Sites selected. The announcement about the forthcoming closure of Cooke Barracks in Goppinger seemed a logical consequence of the inactivation of the 1st inf div fwd the posts chief tenant and the army a cancellation of plans to move other units there. In fact while the Pentagon said tuesday that the closure would affect 1>542 soldiers and 192 . Civilians there those numbers had been obsolete for weeks. A we done to have that Many soldiers. We re Down to about 800,�?� Community spokesman Frank Stachowiak said. The release of a Jeff Magness Heilbronn area facilities follows an announcement that several units there will move to the United states. A a it was kind of a Surprise a Community spokeswoman Ingeborg Stringer said of the announcement that the army would give up Wharton Barracks and Badener Hof Cavern in Heilbronn and artillery Cavern in Necka sulm. A even so people were talking about it earlier athe Community held a Farewell ceremony recently for the 26th signal in which is expected to depart within a few months. Other units will follow soon. But the army has released no word on the future of the 237th engr in which is assigned to artillery Cavern one of the posts scheduled to be released to the germans by september 1995. The Community also administers installations in Sieg Elsbach and Schwabish Hall but they were not on the list released tuesday. In Frankfurt two facilities that will be Given Back to the German government Are vacant buildings that have not been used by the . Military for several years. The 5-acre quartermaster laundry facility on gut Leut Strasse near the Frankfurt Griesheim area of the City has not been in use for two or three years said Brigitte Schmitz a military Community spokeswoman. The army and air Force Exchange service bakery on Weissmuller Strasse in the often Section of Frankfurt ceased4o operate As a bakery in 1982 when All baking operations were centralized at the cafes bakery in Grunstad. Cafes used the facility for storage until 1985, and it has been vacant since. The Pentagon will end operations or draw Down forces at 79 military Sites in Europe part of a plan to Cut . Installations overseas by one third in the coming years. Schonborn missile station about 12 Miles North of Kaiserslautern is the Home of the c Btry 4th in 1st air defense arty said it. Col. William Harkey Public affairs officer for the 32nd army air defense Contd. The approximately to amp soldiers of the Hawk missile unit will probably move to another location in Germany since the unit is not currently slated for deactivation or return to the United states he said. In another German town called Griesheim near Darmstadt the ramifications of closing the army Airfield adjacent to the stars and stripes compound Haven to yet been made Clear said Harkey who is also the Darmstadt Community Public affairs officer. A we Haven to received specific guidance on that yet a he said. A we Are assuming that the Airfield will eventually return to the German government but that the . Will retain jurisdiction at stars and stripes Ahe said. Griesheim army Airfield is Home to the 421st medical in evac and the 159th medical co air ambulance. A base closures in the Niernberg and Munich regions Are tied to previously announced troop cuts. Of Brien Barracks in Schwabach near Niernberg is Home for two artillery battalions including 1,200 soldiers with about 1,100 family members according to Albrecht Leupold an army spokesman in the area. It houses the 3rd in 5th Field arty regt and the 6th in 3rd air defense arty regt amounting to about 1,400 soldiers when the units were at wartime strength however. In addition the Barracks employs 39 . Civilians and 21 to 23 German workers said Leupold who is with the Nurnbe Jug Public affairs office. The 6th to 3rd air defense arty part of the deactivating 1st army div is housed there and is scheduled for draw Down by the end of november. Leupold said he did no to know what would happen to the 3rd in 5th Field arty the other battalion stationed at the Barracks. A in Ansbach the army intends to keep part of Bleidorn Cavern including the family housing areas there said Community spokeswoman Frauke Davis. The Cavern is the site of the 3rd in 17th Field arty a 1st army div unit that was originally scheduled to deactivate. It is now moving to fort Sill okla., instead. In Augsburg flak Cavern is Home to the army a 38th general Hospital and appeared on tuesday nights Pentagon list. Quot Reese Barracks another Augsburg Cavern houses a Vii corps Field artillery battalion that a scheduled to deactivate on aug. 8. A local German newspaper the augsburger Allyc Mekinc said in july that the installation would be closed by the end of october. In Southern Europe Zaragoza a Home of the 406th tac fighter training Wing and where More than 800 air Force personnel Are assigned is scheduled to be returned to Spain by september ,1992. It is located about Halfway Between Madrid and Barcelona. To e base is a weapons training site for fighter squadrons that deploy periodically from bases Quot throughout Europe. While deployed to Zaragoza the planes practice bombing procedures at the nearby a Barde has Reales Range about 50 Miles North of the base. A. A the Range was not listed among the facilities slated for closure in the latest announcement. A we really Don t know at this Point what will become of the Range a said 1st it. Terry Bowman Zaragoza a Public affairs officer. A Zaragoza also serves As an important base for Aerial refuelling aircraft. The bases 34th strategic so normally has a mix of a half dozen Kc-10 and Kc-135 tankers assigned to it at any one time according to Bowman. The tankers Are Nof permanently assigned to the Bac but regularly rotate in and out of Zaragoza from bases in the United states Bowman  also serves As an alternate Landing site a a for the space shuttles if one should abort a Mission and land in Europe. During the persian Gulf War the base saw a massive surge in the number of transit aircraft stopping there for fuel and Crew changes. The base pumps an estimated $43.5 million into the local Economy and More than 250 american civilians and 803 spaniard s work on the base according to Bowman. But Bowman added that the closures final details have yet to be worked out Between the Spanish and . Governments. Also in the Southern european Region was one of the More curious items on the hit list. One site named As the Malatya water systems Annex is a building the turks have used for years to store furniture said an in Ciurlik a spokeswoman capt. Judy Burk. Security police used to visit it to make sure it was secure but they stopped doing that in october Burk said. Contributing to this report Woro staff writers Vinco Craw toy in Nurnberg Germany j. King Cruger and Gary Miller in Naples Italy Crystal Laureano in Darmstadt Germany Josoph own in Stuttgart Gormany and Amy go Izlor Jonos in the United kingdom. The announcement was kind of a Surprise. Even so people were talking about it earlier a Ingeborg Stringer Heilbronn Community spokeswoman satellites leased lines to radio relay stations in Spain Italy radio relay stations listed for return to Spain and Italy Are part of the defense communications system and according to air Force officials mostly Are operated by civilian contractors. The installations stretching from Central Spain and across the Mediterranean into Southern Italy Are scheduled to be replaced As part of a planned modernization program using leased commercial lines and satellites. The Long Range stations Send both voice and data transmissions and Are part of a system known As 486l, according to air Force capt. Peter Callamaras commander of the 7275th communications so at san Vito Dei Normanna air station in Italy. A a plan to upgrade communications on the system has been under investigation for some years. The new system will be More Cost effective and provide higher Quality circuitry a Callamaras said. The radio relay Chain runs from Umosa approximately 20 Miles Northeast of Madrid to in orcs 45 Miles South of Zaragoza. From there it links up with stations on Majorca and Menorca in the Balearic islands and then to stations in Italy