European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 30, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 14 a the stars and stripes monday december 30, 1991 Hills it Ltd a Sofia 111 -&m6no More missions a this b-52g�?Ts bombing Days Are Over. Utility vehicles Friday towed the Strat fortress this particular bomber was assigned to the 319th bomb Wing at grand Forks fab from along Highway 2 to the main Gate of grand Forks fab n.d., where u will be displayed. August 1982 to August 1983. The b-52g entered service with the air Force in 1959.jocks Bangor Maine apr sex fighter Pilot Ron Williams takes off from a Maine Airport with a ton of scientific instruments aboard his spy plane. His Mission to discover whether there really is a Hole in the Ozone layer above the Arctic. Williams is chief Pilot in a five month research project sponsored by Nasa to determine whether the Arctic has the same kind of Ozone Hole detected Over the Antarctic five years ago. The Ozone layer a located 10 to 15 Miles above the Earth a is a shield against the suns deadly ultraviolet radiation which can cause skin cancer cataracts and crop damage. Williams and a handful of other sex fighter pilots Fly single engine er-2 jets a updated versions of the famous u-2 spy planes a to nearly 70,000 feet. In doing so they Cross into a Region where Light abruptly changes into darkness As the Earth spins in and out of the Shadow created by the Sun. A you actually go from Day to night without any Twilight a Williams said. A a it a called a the a Harvard professor Jim Anderson the projects Lead scientist said the flights Are extremely dangerous adding that the skill and courage of the pilots is crucial to the efforts Success. Williams who flew air Force phantom jets in Vietnam says the er-2s Are much harder to control than fighter planes. A in a fighter you can let it go in a dive or you can let it go in a climb and its not going to Hurt you a he said. A this air plane you let it do that and its All Over. A you can bail out but in Many of the circumstances its so cold that your chances of survival Are very Small a Anderson said. The Mission called airborne Arctic stratospheric expedition 11, began in october with flights out of Fairbanks Alaska. The pilots Fly their planes into the Winter Polar vortex a circular wind pattern whose Frig Vietnam vet Ron Williams and his er-2 plane take of from this hangar in Bangor Maine to Fly Ozone Bole missions. Id temperatures cause Clouds of ice particles to form. Experts say the particles react with chlorofluorocarbons which Are emitted from such products As refrigerators automobile air conditioners and insulation and which can destroy the Ozone. A the planes carry 2,000 pounds of scientific instruments to measure various substances in the air. Williams flew an er-2 in the landmark missions from Southern Chile in 1987 that detected the Ozone Hole Over the prof says his school s 1 St in line for Gorbachev Arlington 1 exas up1 a a lot of american schools have offered former soviet president Mikhail s. Gorbachev a position on their faculty but one of them the University of Texas at Arlington claims it has the advantage. Texas professor Charles Mcdowell said his schools offer was made several Days before Gorbachev submitted his resignation As Leader of the now dissolved soviet Union and that it May have been the first such invitation. A it was probably a crazy thing to do Quot said Mcdowell chairman of Utah a soviet and East european Center. A the chances that he would teach Here Are one in a million. But nevertheless we got ours offer out first and that May have some Mcdowell said Texas has tried to Contact Gorbachev by Telephone Telegram and express mail since dec. 13, with no response. The former president has been quoted As saying he wishes to stay in Russia and work with russian president Boris n. Yeltsin and other officials of the new Commonwealth. The school is asking Gorbachev to teach and act As director of slavic studies Mcdowell said. Gorbachev a wife Raisa was also offered a position. Royce Hanson the Dean of social sciences at the University of Texas in Dallas said he does no to think Gorbachev will accept any of the offers to join faculties at . Colleges and universities. A the Isnit fluent in English for one thing a said Hanson. A and from what in be read he wants to remain Active in politics in Harvard Stanford Minnesota Boston Brown Johns Hopkins George Mason and Emory have extended offers to Gorbachev to teach. Mcdowell said the Texas position could open other doors for Gorbachev. A teaching Here would give him an Opportunity to engage in a speaking circuit and to visit highly or Well known universities throughout the world a Mcdowell said. A we would set All that up. That alone could bring him several million the University of nearly 25,000 students could also Benefit Mcdowell said. Besides having Access to Gorbachev a knowledge Mcdowell said a the could induce other prestigious staff to come to our
