European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 15, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 military the stars and stripes wednesday january 15, 1992usafe entertainers win top honors in Talent contest Ramstein a Germany a entertainers representing the . Air forces in Europe captured 18 first places and four second places to win the air Force chief of staff Talent award at the air Force worldwide Talent contest at Tyndall fab Fla. The chief of staff award goes to the command that produces the most winning acts at the contest. Also four Safe competitors were selected As cast members for tops in Blue �?T92. Tops in Blue is the air forces worldwide travelling Talent showcase made up of Active duty entertainers. The Safe instrumental group showcase connection captured the Best  show award. First and second place winners from Safe female vocal group first place airman 1st class Kareen Givens sgt. Lucretia Goodwin airman 1st class Patricia Rogers senior airman Robyn Russo sgt. Yolanda Smith instrumental group first place senior airman Paul Cornelius staff sgt. Norman Laird tech sgt. Jeffrey Miller capt. Gordon Murdock airman 1st class Jeffrey Schiller male vocalist first place staff sgt. Brad Reynolds male vocalist second place staff sgt. Don Lane Mccray male vocal group first place sgt. Lavalle Boswell tech sgt. Maurice Cannon tech sgt. Skip Hoffman tech sol. Rodney Wilson musical Potpourri first place airman 1st class Dean Deleon vocal duet second place airman 1st class Dean Deleon airman 1st class Dawn Judd vocal self accompanied second place master sgt. Harvey Gross dance first place senior airman Karen Cooper staff sgt. Don Lane Mccray Hahn a Germany Ramsten a Germany Sembach a Germany Wiesbaden Hospital Germany Ramsten a Germany Hahn Torrejon a Spain Raf upper Heyford England Sembach Rhein main a Germany Raf Lakenheath England Hahn Raf Lakenheath Raf Alconbury England Torreon Torrejon Ramsten Ramsten Rhein main Sembach Hahn Hahn eight Lakenheath Al 11 is head for Nevada exercise Raf Lakenheath England a amps eight f-11 if aardvark fighter bombers and More than 120 48th fighter Wing members Are leaving Raf Lakenheath today to participate in the red Flag exercises at Nellis fab Nev. Red Flag is a combat simulation exercise for . And Allied air forces. Twenty three different types of aircraft from the . Air Force Britain a Royal air Force and the German air Force will participate said Lakenheath base spokesman tech. Sgt. Rick Shick. The last time Lakenheath participated in the red Flag exercise was 1989. During that exercise a Lakenheath Al 1 if crashed killing both the Pilot and the weapons systems officer aboard. Red Flag is held every two years. Shick said he did not have any information on whether the entire red Flag exercise was cancelled last year because of operation desert storm which would account for the three year lapse. Aircrews from Lakenheath a 493rd fighter so and 4l 4th fighter so will compete in the exercise from Jan. 21 to feb. 15. Lakenheath a 492nd fighter so is currently deployed to in Ciurlik a Turkey. Army to keep Kelley Post despite Vii corps demise by Joseph Owen Stuttgart Bureau Stuttgart Germany the army plans to retain control of Kelley Barracks the Post that houses Vii corps Headquarters even after the corps inactivates april 15. Some Stuttgart military Community services will move there from posts on the North Side of town Community spokesman George Huettig confirmed tuesday. Which elements will move depends on the outcome of talks among officials of the various army command Levels involved in the project he said. A a it a not going to be from one Day to the next. Its going to be in an orderly fashion depending on the space requirements and the number of personnel a Huettig said. Some support services for the . European come Are expected to move to Kelley Barracks from the commands nearby Headquarters at Patch Barracks said a command spokeswoman army maj. Freda Brame. Some of the commands personnel already have received housing assignments at Kelley Barracks she said. Huettig said he could not confirm or deny reports in local German newspapers that the army will give up part or All of Robinson Barracks the Post that now houses the Community Headquarters a Large shopping Center and other facilities. Quot speculations out there and that a Fine. We have to live with it a he said. The stut Garter Zeitung a local daily newspaper on the move is a going to be in an orderly fashion depending on the space requirements and the number of be Ronnei a George Huettig monday quoted Eugen Volz Secretary for Baden Wirt Temberg a finance ministry As saying he expects the army to give up about 1,000 government housing units in the Stuttgart metropolitan area where local housing is in Short Supply. But the army has announced the release of Only one local housing area so far a the Nellinger housing area next to Nellinger Barracks in Ost Wildern. The housing area contains 464 apartments in 31 buildings on 43 acres Huettig said. Army officials acknowledged two weeks ago that the Stuttgart Community administration is splitting in two. The original Community support organization the 6th area support group is charged with closing several army posts the Pentagon has announced it is releasing. The new organization the Neucom area support group is expected to gradually take Over Community administrative responsibilities for troops stationed at Patch Barracks Kelley Barracks and Panzer Cavern in Bowling in. Last of Heyford unit ends saudi duty Raf upper Heyford England forty five airmen the last group of airmen deployed to saudi Arabia from the 20th fighter Wing returned monday afternoon to Raf upper Heyford a base spokesman said. The last four ef-111a Ravens which Are electronic countermeasures aircraft returned to upper Heyford on saturday afternoon from saudi Arabia. Twenty three airmen from the 20th also returned saturday arriving at Raf Mildenhall aboard tankers that had refuelled the of ills in route to England said upper Heyford spokesman Richard Colley. Members of the Wing had been deployed in saudi Arabia since dec. 21,1990, but the airmen were rotated out of the country Colley said. A the of ills belong to the 42nd electronic combat so the Only such Squadron in Europe and nato. Twelve planes belong to the Squadron according to an article in the base newspaper about the planes return. In combat the aircraft Jam enemy radar making it possible for other combat aircraft to attack targets. Five of the squadrons jets were sent to taif saudi Arabia on dec. 21,1990. One of the planes crashed during operation desert storm killing the two Man Crew assigned to Mountain Home fab Idaho. Of ills from the 390th electronic combat so at Mountain Home will replace the upper Heyford planes in saudi Arabia the article said. Some of ills and approximately 89 Wing members Are still deployed at in Ciurlik a Turkey according to the base newspaper. The 20th fighter Wing also has three squadrons of f-111e fighter bombers. Ceremony set today for Wing s move Raf Alconbury England a amps a relocation ceremony for the 39th special operations Wing will be held at 3 . Today at Raf Alconbury. The wings former Headquarters located at Rhein main a Germany was deactivated there tuesday said Alconbury base spokeswoman tech. Sgt. Linda Mitchell. The Wing operates two flying squadrons at Raf Woodbridge England and one flying Squadron at Rhein main. Those squadrons will also relocate to Alconbury located about 16 Miles Northwest of Cambridge. The squadrons Fly Mc-130h Hercules combat Talon ii aircraft used for infiltration and resupply missions Hc-130p Hercules combat Shadow refuelling aircraft and Mh-53j pave Low Iii helicopters for search and Rescue. No aircraft from the 39th Are yet stationed at Alconbury but All the aircraft should be there by october Mitchell said. The current Host Wing the 10th tac fighter Wing which flies the a-10 Thunderbolt ii anti tank aircraft is set to inactivate by March 31, she said. After March 31, a new Host Wing the 628th support Wing will activate. Tr-1 reconnaissance aircraft also operate from the base. The relocation of the 39th special operations Wing to Alconbury and the departure of the a-10s from Alconbury were announced in May by Safe  for the wounded changes its address Landsiedel Germany a amps a an organization that collects Stamps As a basis for helping hospitalized service members has changed the address for those seeking to help the program. The new address for contributions to Stamps for the wounded is Lou Nova Check car 418, Box 894 Apo a 09239. For the past three years the organization has collected thousands of used Stamps and envelopes from service Mem ers in Europe and sent them to veterans hospitals in the United states where service members Are introduced to stamp collecting As a pastime. The program is especially effective with Long term bed Ridden patients said Herman Neugass the groups National chairman. The organization began nearly 50 years ago when Ernest Kehr distributed Stamps at a Staten Island n.y., Hospital to service members who were wounded at Pearl Harbor. About 8 million men and women have participated in the program. After Novacheck mails the Stamps to the United states the department of veterans affairs forwards them to about 45 hospitals serving about 4,000 patients. The group is seeking the following a covers entire envelopes with postage Stamps from any country a covers with cancellation markings from any country except the United states a covers with or without Stamps that have gone through the Apo system free of charge a envelopes with Apo numbers because people collect the numbers the same Way As Stamps a stamp collecting supplies or stamp collecting publications. Program officials ask that none of the following be sent a torn or defective Stamps a boys town labels a easter seals a postage metered or envelope embossed Stamps