European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 30, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 b the stars and stripes wednesday october 30. 1991gulf vet sings praises of Apache supreme night fighter caused havoc in War by Chuck Roberts staff writer Heidelberg Germany a not Only did capt. Ben Williams feel As though he was Tailung a Rifle to a knife fight during the persian Gulf War but the Apache helicopter Pilot said he Felt invisible while attacking iraqi targets. Williams was singing the praises of the ah-64 Apache attack helicopter monday to a group of soldiers attending the annual convention of the european department of the association of the . Army. The Captain sounded like a Salesman who truly believed in his product. A a there a just no other machine like it a said Williams who is assigned to the 11th combat aviation brigade in Hillesheim Germany. The Apache a is without a doubt the Premier attack helicopter in the world today. Its Power Maneule ability and Speed make it an outstanding weapons platform. It is More lethal and capable than anything i have Ever  to prove his Point Williams showed video footage taken during a helicopter attack against iraqi tanks. In a nighttime attack the tanks were sitting ducks for Apache missiles that can be launched from As far As five Miles away. During one video sequence a hellfire missile destroyed two armoured vehicles when it passed through one tank and into another in what Williams called a a two for one kill. Williams said the hellfire can penetrate any Armor on the Battlefield and destroy in his words  another sequence showed an iraqi tank being hit while it was carrying iraqi soldiers. The soldiers were blown about 15 feet through the air. Soldiers on other tanks saw the attack and began running helter shelter into the desert. The capability of flying in darkness with night vision goggles was a huge advantage against the iraqi troops who apaches such As this one hovering above the Barren desert landscape carried a lot of firepower in the persian Gulf War. A file often never knew what hit them until it was too late Williams said. A it s just the supreme night fighting machine a Williams said. A a you re doing what you Are supposed to do before they Ever even know you re  although the attack helicopters flew As Low As 10 feet off the ground and hardly Ever above 150 feet Williams said not one helicopter in his battalion received a Bullet Hole. Only one of the 18 helicopters in the brigade was hit. It was the apaches that constantly found the Mark with their munitions. In addition to the hellfire missiles the apaches were armed with a 30mm machine gun and 2.75-Inch Hydra 70 rockets that each contained nine bomb lets. Using All three of these weapons one Apache could disable an entire Convoy in about four minutes Williams said. One Apache is armed with eight hellfire missiles 38 Hydra rockets and 100,000 machine gun rounds. A not much of a Chance for the bad Guys a Williams said during video footage that showed the weapons systems lashing out against tanks buildings and Tower complexes. The biggest Challenge a Pilot faced was not necessarily on the Battlefield but at the Landing Field. Williams asked the soldiers to imagine that they were driving into their garage and suddenly unable to see when they were near the Entrance because of a Cloud of dust. A a you re 15 feet Short of the garage and now All of a sudden everything Blanks out and you still have to put it in the garage. Now put yourself in a 17,000-Pound air Craft at 15 feet off the ground and you can imagine the Challenge facing the pilots a Williams said. The flying debris caused cracked windshields that would have grounded the helicopters in Germany Williams said. But pilots continued to Fly because most of their missions were flown at night using the special vision equipment. Although the desert conditions played havoc with the equipment Williams said the Apache units were Able to keep More than 90 percent of the apaches ready to go because of the a desert express a an accelerated Supply line of needed repair parts. Williams said the Apache distinguished itself because it also performed other duties such As reconnaissance and medical  did car bombings official says Ankara Turkey apr the car bomb attacks that killed a . Soldier and wounded an egyptian Diplomat Here were the work of professionals possibly from abroad a senior police official said tuesday. . Air Force staff sgt. Victor d. Marvick a 31-year-old computer specialist working at the turkish-. Logistics group at a base on the outskirts of Ankara was killed when his car blew up As he started it monday morning. His wife Lucinda was injured. A memorial service for Marvick from Vacaville calif., will be held at 1 30 . Today in the Chapel at Ankara air station. Shortly after the first incident another bomb wrecked the car of Abdullah Al Hraby an egyptian Diplomat and severed his left leg. A the bombs and the Way they Are planted indicate the involvement of professionals a an official of the anti terrorism police Force told the associated press in a Telephone interview. Asked if foreigners could have been involved he said  the official speaking on condition of anonymity said the police were investigating similarities with past bombings targeting foreigners. He declined to elaborate. An Anonymous caller claimed the bombings were carried out by the a islamic jihad organization of  a we shall continue our attacks against those who become instruments for the presentation of the Muslim land of Palestine to imperialists and zionists a the caller told the Istanbul daily Hurr yet. He was apparently referring to the Middle East peace conference in Madrid Spain. The United states was the driving Force for the conference while Egypt is the Only Muslim country that has diplomatic ties with Israel. Although islamic jihad has claimed several bombings and murders in the past in Turkey a distinct turkish group had not previously been identified. There Are at least four groups in the Middle East that Call themselves islamic jihad or variants of that name. Air Force staff sgt. Victor d. Marrick was killed a this pickup truck when it exploded monday in Ankara Turkey