European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 2, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 a the stars and stripes wednesday october 2, 1991 military War seminars planned for Ausa s convention by the stars and stripes commanders who fought in the persian Gulf will present their views on the War during the annual convention of the european chapter of the association of the . Army in Heidelberg Germany on oct. 28 and 29. The convention will be held at the Heidelberg officers and civilians club in Patrick Henry Village and will feature seminars corporate displays door prizes and a raffle. The seminar will include perspectives from brigade tank and platoon commanders who fought in desert storm and a review of the attack helicopters role in the War. Another seminar will discuss a soldiers perspective of the future army. A seminar on personnel in the future army will discuss what the transition Means to the Soldier civilian and family member in the midst of troop draw Downs. An automobile four round trip airline tickets to the United states a $1,000 savings Bond and a fur coat Are among the prizes that will be raffled off at the convention. Raffle tickets will be sold through oct. 16 for $1 each. A reception Buffet dinner on oct. 28 will feature guest speaker Gen. Crosbie e. Saint . Army Europe commander. Dinner tickets Cost $16 each. Maj. In. Jerry Rutherford the 3rd army dives commander will be the guest speaker at an awards luncheon oct. 29. Luncheon tickets Cost $10. A dinner on the final evening oct. 29, will Cost $19 per person. Raffle winners will be announced at that time. Civilians and services members May attend All seminars and banquets regardless of rank or Branch of service. Service members May Contact their unit Ausa representative for tickets and More information. If a local representative is not available Contact sgt. Maj. Toni Lofton at civilian 06221-578739 or ets 370-8739.farewell deployment the 32nd tac fighter group has conducted a Safe a last weapons training deployment to the nato air combat training installation at de Cim Mannu a Sardinia a group spokesman said. The group based at Oesterberg a Netherlands joined the 7555th tac training so for air combat training and Basic fighter Man Euver sorties said capt. Eric Schnaible. They pitted their f-15 fighter planes against former East German Mig-29 fulcrum. The 7555th, based in Ducimo Mannu was responsible for the operations maintenance and logistics support of the Only air combat mane vering instrumentation system in the . Air forces Europe. The system handles computer tracking and taping of training dogfights. The 7555th has been deactivated As part of the air Force  to get More f-15s the 32nd tac fighter group at Oesterberg a Netherlands will receive six More f-15 eagles beginning this month. The additional fighter planes will increase the units strength to 18 jets. The new fighters will come from the inventory draw Down and realignment of a number of stateside and overseas f-15 units. The planes will be Given a Multi stage improvement program modification at Robins fab ga., the f-15 logistical Hub before arriving at Oesterberg. 1 throughout the next year Oesterberg will be replacing its current f-15s with modified f-15s from Robins. The upgraded f-15s will have a new Central computer that can store four times More information process data three times faster and is 20 percent More reliable than the current computer system. Moreover the modified planes will have a programmable armament control system which includes a 5-Inch color to screen surrounded by push buttons used to select and  various weapons. The programmable system can accommodate -7 radar -9 infrared and the new -120 advanced medium Range air to air missiles. The screen can also be used to display command and control information from the joint tactical information distribution system. Improvements. For space a passengers by. Amy Geiszler Jones Mildenhall plug in a ally under a passengers destination . Bureau Choice. By Amy Geiszler Jones . Bureau passengers flying space available on military Airlift come transport planes can look Forward to customer service improvements that Are being tested at terminals in Raf Mildenhall England and Ramstein a Germany. The changes include allowing Active duty military members to remain on the space a Register for up to 45 Days offering unlimited choices of destinations and standardizing times passengers must arrive for flights. A a there san awful lot of changes in the works right now to improve customer service worldwide in Mac a said it. Col. David Liebergot Squadron operations officer with Mitten Hall a 313th Aerial port so. The 313th runs the Mildenhall terminal nicknamed a the Gateway to. The United kingdom because it is macs main terminal in the United kingdom. Being tested worldwide is the change to allow Active duty members to remain on the space a Register for up to 45 Days or the length of their leave whichever is Shorter. Previously military members could remain on the list for Only up to 30 Days or the length of their leave if it was Shorter. Retired military were already Given the Opportunity to remain on the Register for up to 45 Days. The test ends dec. 11. Both Ramstein and Mildenhall Are testing the program allowing space a passengers to opt to Fly anywhere in the world. The test ends dec. 9. Generally space a travellers Are allowed to make five choices of destinations by country. For instance previously someone on leave who wanted to Fly to the United states from Mildenhall would put his or her primary destination a the United states a As the top Choice and then list four other countries hoping to make a .-bound connection from another Mac terminal outside England. Under the test program passenger service agents at Mildenhall plug in a ally under a passengers destination Choice. Space a travellers a were kind of boxed into a Corner to select those five places that they think they have the Best Chance of getting to a Liebergot said. A if there s space on the air plane and you d like to go there even if that Wasny tone of the five places you really wanted to go originally you re now signed up for it a Liebergot said. That Way it would be easier to make connections with another flight. It also simplifies things for the 29 passenger service agents at Mildenhall a terminal. About 12,000 passengers including space required travellers Are processed at Mildenhall each month. A now its real simple. We ask them to just sign up Tor All destinations a said master sgt. Tom Szabo superintendent of Mildenhall a passenger service. At Ramstein however passengers Are still asked to make four country destinations with the fifth option being a fall a according to master sgt. Tommy Lee the superintendent of passenger service for the 608th Aerial port so there. Ramstein is the Only terminal testing the standardized space a show time. Show time to Fly on a c-141 Star lifter or a c-130 Hercules aircraft is two hours before departure. To travel on a c-5 Galaxy however passengers currently must arrive three hours before departure. Until oct. 31, Ramstein is testing the reduction of the c-5 show time to two hours. About 65 c-5 aircraft Fly out of Ramstein each month with 92 percent of the passengers on Board travelling space a Lee said. A c-5 can accommodate up to 73 passengers he said. There Are five main Mac terminals in Europe in addition to Mildenhall and Ramstein. They Are Rhein main a Germany Torrejon a Spain Aviano a Italy in Ciurlik a Turkey and Nas Simonella Sicily. Navy copter pilots Rescue ailing Seaman from ship by the stars and stripes Gaeta Italy a . Navy helicopter pilots conducted a risky night Aerial operation sunday to evacuate an ailing Seaman from a merchant ship in the Eastern Mediterranean. The aviators carried an unidentified Man who urgently needed medical care from the norwegian ship Stavanger Oak to their vessel the ammunition ship Butte cmdr. Craig Quigley 6th Fleet Public affairs officer said monday. The pilots hovered their Helo above the Stavanger Oaks midsection hoisted the patient aboard and returned to the Butte where the patient was stabilized a Quigley said of the operation he described As potentially hazardous. A the Seaman is now at a Hospital in Iraklion Crete where he is stabilized and should be Fine a Quigley said. Piloting the ch-46 sea Knight aircraft for the Rescue operation were it. Paula Greene and it. Cmdr. Earl Mclain of det 6 of helicopter combat support so 6, whose Home port is Norfolk va., Quigley said. The detachment is assigned to the Butte which was cruising Northeast of Cyprus on sunday. The Butte was heading to a rendezvous with the Carrier Forrestal when it received a Call for help from the norwegian vessel Quigley said. The Navy ship headed toward the Stavanger and As the Sun set deployed the aircraft flown by Greene and Mclain one of det 6�?Ts two helicopters assigned to the ship. The pilots were flying at night in close proximity to a ship they weren to familiar with that had no Helo flight deck a Quigley said. Once the helicopter had returned Butte headed for time the Navy vessel was within 120 Miles it j a efe it butter a medical department had stabilized the patient enough that he could be flown to Iraklion Quigley said. The Butte is scheduled to participate in natos yearly exercise display determination in the Eastern Mediterranean. One Stop car Sale set for Giessen Giessen Germany a one Stop car Sale will be held from 8 30 . To 4 . Oct. 12 at the Alpine club in Giessen. The purpose of the Sale is to help soldiers sell their privately owned vehicles that Are registered and operational. R to help Speed the paperwork of a car Sale representatives from agencies such As vehicle registration vehicle inspection staff judge advocate and Community Bank and credit unions will be on hand. To participate in the car Sale owners of vehicles must a Contact the Community recreation division before 5 . Oct. 11 to sign up for the car Sale and provide the year make and Model of the vehicle being sold. A make sure that an authorized representative has a general Power of attorney to sell the vehicle if the owner will not be present. A ensure that the vehicle is operational. A have Blue and White copies of . Army Europe vehicle registration a form 190-1a and Bill of Sale available and be prepared to provide a Lien release if necessary. The Lien release must be in writing and include specific vehicle information such As year make Model and Chassis number. Sarov Ebie German title Book or original Bill of a place a listing of the Price mileage special features and other pertinent information in the Windshield on the Day of the Sale. I available until the Sale of the vehicle is concluded. If the owner is not available then an Autho need representative must be present. For More information Call John Volkers at 343-7574 or Gary Bailey at 343-6488