European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 24, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday october 24, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 9 a amps j. King Cruger in the left photo sgt. Michael Hamilton left and staff sgt. John of Curgian from the 526th fighter so at Ramstein a Germany disarm missiles on an f-16 alter it returned to in Ciurlik a from a flight Over Iraq. At right capt. David Specht an a-10 Pilot talks with his Crew chief sgt. Harold Gough. Both deployed from Raf Woodbridge  sound of Freedom roars above iraqis lie Low by j. King Cruger Mediterranean Bureau Adana Turkey a Allied reconnaissance flights Over Northern Iraq Are finding Saddam Hussein a much diminished air Force hunkered Down in shelters and his ground forces largely confined to garrisons. Surveillance missions Over Northern Iraq operate around the clock from in Ciurlik a in Southern Turkey near the City of Adana. The flights Are being flown by operation provide comforts air component to protect kurd. A we Are learning every Day about what he has and his capabilities a said air Force it. Col. Ron Winter Deputy commander of operations for incur like a 39th tac group. A the intelligence Community is doing a Good Job of keeping up on where everybody is located a Winter Dembrowsky said Iraq May have 200 to 250 aircraft left out of the 700 combat aircraft before the persian Gulf War. A a it a a matter of conjecture How Many aircraft they May have left. In Iraq it is hard to Tell fact from fiction and there is a lot of fiction out there a Dembrowsky said. The allies have lots of eyes and ears on the ground in said. A iraqi forces Are reconstituting. I done to see a threat out there in Northern Iraq. I just see a country trying to get reorganized. A the iraqi aircraft Are in shelters a he added. A they have not flown a sortie since they stopped flying in the  in the first weeks of operation desert storm Allied air strikes virtually wiped out All of iraqis command and control centers. A their system was shattered. Now they Are trying to rebuild their command and control communication systems. They have surveillance radars Back up a reported air Force col. Paul e. Dembrowsky chief of staff for the combined Allied task Force. A we have seen them the iraqis turn on their aircraft radars on the ground. That indicates that they Are doing maintenance on their aircraft a Dembrowsky said. It s a matter of conjecture How Many aircraft they May have left. In Iraq it is hard to Tell fact from fiction and there is a lot of fiction out there a col Paul e. Dembrowsky Northern Iraq according to Dembrowsky and information from those sources constantly flows Back to in Ciurlik for analysis by intelligence experts. Reconnaissance aircraft Fly out to investigate suspicious sightings Dembrowsky said. The flights Many at Low Levels enable the allies to Monitor any movements of forces in Northern Iraq. The Allied flights also demonstrate the coalitions resolve to the Baghdad regime Dembrowsky said adding that Low level flights allow More people to see and hear a the sound of Freedom  the allies Send 30 to 40 fighter and reconnaissance sorties into Iraq every Day said Winter a resident of Manhattan Kan. The missions Down to the 36th parallel in Iraq Are being flown by . Air Force a-10 Thunderbolt 1 is ef-111 Ravens f-16 fighting Falcons and f-111 aard Varks and by British Jaguar and French Mirage photo reconnaissance planes. Reconnaissance aircraft Are supported by . Air Force and French tankers and by american airborne warning and control system planes. A we Are trying to keep something in the area of operations at All times. We could put More aircraft in there but then we would Start breaking air planes and having traffic problems a Winter said. A we Are varying the timing of the flights so that we Are  in Ciurlik generated 5 percent of the total combat sorties flown against Iraq during the War and Between its involvement in the War and its Effort to Aid the beleaguered kurd the base has operated at a frenetic Pace. In the first nine months of the year in Ciurlik recorded 93,953 takeoffs and landings. Involved in the Allied air Effort that they can Fly around so familiar with Northern Iraa Are some of the pilots. Quot that they that country without a map Winter said. A if its North of the 36th parallel then it is like Hying in our own Back Yard a said the 44-year-old Winter an f-16 Pilot. A these the current air operations Are the same things we did in the War a he said adding a when this thing provide Comfort started we just blew the dust off the  opposes czech entry into nato for now Washington a czechoslovak president Vaclav Havel pressed president Bush on tuesday for associate membership in nato but was told the United states supports Only a a Liaison relationship Between the East european democracies and the Alliance a spokesman said. The Bush administration meanwhile signed a new investment treaty to Mark Havel a first official visit As president of the former communist nation. Bush said the pact would ensure a an attractive investment climate for american  assistant Secretary of state Thomas Niles said Havel had expressed a desire for More of an institutionalized relationship Between his country and nato to provide for increased Security. Despite the soviet unions new direction Havel voiced a a certain insecurity since his country Borders the Ukraine a ruthenian area a former province of Czechoslovakia. Havel suggested that closer More formal ties with nato might enhance Security and stability in the Region Niles said. The Bush administration said Niles does not believe it is necessary or appropriate for the Eastern european countries to join nato or to have any closer relationship than envisioned under the North Atlantic cooperation Council. Bush and Havel issued a joint declaration stating the two nations would a help to build a new system of cooperative Security in Europe based on democracy and respect for the Helsinki principles which will complement nato and its indispensable role in safeguarding european  the statement added that Czechoslovakia a welcomes the proposal to develop Ltd new institutional relationships wit  Bush in remarks welcoming Havel to the White House praised Czechoslovakia a efforts to Reform its Economy with More open markets and private industries. Bush noted however a your struggle is far from Over. Everywhere across your country you feel the strains the dislocation and depressed Standard of living and i know the transition has hit particularly hard in Slovakia. A the electricity of revolution has Given Way to the sober business of democracy building a Bush said. A America stands with you in this Effort a he told Havel the one time playwright who had been imprisoned under the former communist leaders