European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 8, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 a i no Mono a Emu . A Safe ends gunnery training contract m. _. A  not to invt  aircraft Arnet said. The stars and stripes sunday March 8, 1992 by Rosemary Sawyer Brussels Burea Oesterberg a Netherlands . Air forces Europe officials have decided to end a contract at the end of fiscal 1992 with an Arizona firm that enables fighter pilots to practice Aerial gunnery. The decision could save up to $l2 million a year a spokesman  training called Dart or deployed Aerial reflective target allows f-15 Eagle pilots to fire their 20mm Vulcan machine guns at a 17-foot cardboard Dart towed by a korean War Era f-86 Sabre. Under the Safe contract corporate jets inc. Of Scottsdale ariz., has provided the darts since 1988. The contract expires sept. 30 and will not be renewed said Safe spokesman Doug Moore a to i r to it i Quot 1c in 4in n j u of Purl i a Safe urges f-15 pilots to train at least once a year a a a for. To uni l Uig Uii a of Vav. V using the Vulcan command officials Are now trying to obtain a targeting system that can be towed by f-15s. They Hope the targets will be available by october. Until last summer corporate jets conducted the training from Ducimo Mannu a located on the italian Island of Sardinia. Through the end of the current fiscal year Aerial gunnery sorties will be flown from soes Terberg a Home of the 32nd fighter group. Charlie Arnet one of two pilots who Tow the Over size Dart behind the Sabre said he was disappointed about the contract but acknowledged that the system using targets towed by f-15s has a higher performance capability because it can More accurately record the number of rounds that hit the target he said. Aerial gunnery sorties Arnet such As those flown with Dart still have a place even in the age of stealth technology Arnet said. A in the heat of Battle. You might find yourself out of missiles in a pretty Quick hurry a said Arnet a retired air Force Pilot. There also Are some situations involving air combat where machine guns Are needed such As in close com Bat with enemy aircraft Arnet said. The Eagle is configured to carry eight missiles and More than 800 rounds in the Vulcan. During a Dart training flight the Sabre Jet meets. Art Altitude of about 25.000 feet at naming Quot Ala the training pilots at an Altitude of about 25,000 feet. A hot then releases the Dart on its 1,500-foot _ jmn>44irnvrl Pliml i he a Trent it a the Sabre Pilot then Eric aah us us ii tether and begins a downward spiral. The air Force jets usually two intercept and shoot the Dart. .3 a you and i a the fighters either cause the target to disintegrate or use up All their ammunition a Arnet said. A then we lunch off the Cable and what a left of the target Over the North sea and Flyback to  be a Nurmi a the method of training Hasni to changed much Over __4 Dan Laining that in the Early in Fyk the years Arnet said explaining that in the Early 1950s, Dianes towed a Banner like target instead of the Dart. L., 1. A if Fly c virile Phat then8each flight member fired shells coated with different color waxes so they could look at the target and assess who hit what. Sscs3 w1iu i Quot him. Although most of corporate jets sorties Are conducted with f-15s from Pitburg a Germany and a Westerberg. They also Fly occasional training exercises with other tactical aircraft including f-16 Falcons whose primary Mission is air to ground  on the bus fill Gap in military dental care by Vince Crawley staff writer bad sibling Germany a they re called a bus people a army dental assistants who cruise european highways in search of bad Teeth. The bus people work out of two Mobile clinics Complete with color televisions in the waiting rooms. The vehicles which Cost $350,000 apiece visit Remote military Sites across Europe particularly those where Hospital closures have left soldiers without nearby medical services. Officials from the 7th medical come suggested the phrase a tooth mobiles when the service started last summer but a somehow the name a bus people stuck a said sgt. 1st class Joaquin e. Meris the sergeant in charge of bus no. 2. His commander at the 89th medical det in Heidelberg jokingly Calls them a a cows a clinics on wheels said Meris from Sacramento Calif. The official designation is Mobile dental clinics. A every other week we re on the Road a said spec. Phillip Lute who a been with the Mobile medical group since the bus opened its doors to patients in August. After each trip the Crew returns to Heidelberg for a week of restocking and bus maintenance said Lute 27, from Houston. A then the next week we re out on the Road again a the bus people Are volunteers Lute said. But �?o1 done to think anyone complains too much about the duty. Unless you re  so far he a been to the Netherlands and Italy plus some out of the Way installations scattered throughout Germany such As Flensburg a few Miles from the danish Border. Last week the bus people parked their Rig in Back of the clinic in bad sibling near Chi Emsee at the foot of the German Alps. Bad sibling was the second trip for pfc. Michael Cisco who recently joined the Crew. He was still sporting a suntan after the buses journey last month to Vicenza Italy. The Mercedes bus is easier to handle than the aging a Nasty Green Arne buses on which he Learned to drive said Cisco 24, who was born in Rockledge Fla. A this jobs just like a car except its a Little longer. A its painted White with a red dental Emblem on the Side. A most people just kind of look at it the bus like a what a that a a Lute said. A especially the germans when they drive Down the  communities requesting the bus must provide a dentist and a medical records clerk. Meris 36, shows up with two dental assistants. The bus saves time and Money he said. Before the bus came to Flensburg for instance dental patients used to drive 2v4 hours to the Bremerhaven Hospital. Sometimes too the Bremerhaven dental personnel would Load up their portable equipment and stage a Field training exercise to treat patients in Flensburg Meris said. But such exercises needed lots of equipment plus Drivers mechanics and administrative people. By the time of their visit to bad sibling Meris and his Crew had piled up nearly 10,000 Kilometres More than 6,000 Miles on the odometer. The bus cruises at about 50 Mph on the Highway has a six Speed manual transmission and takes about 200 Gallons of diesel fuel when Meris fills it up. The customized bus includes a dentists office a hygienists office a Darkroom four air conditioning units and Lead curtains to shield people from a rays. A amps Vince Crawley sgt 1st class Joaquin e. Meris cleans the Teeth of air Force staff sgt. Gary Sims. Pfc. Michael Cisco stands in front of the army a rolling dental clinic during a visit to bad sibling Germany. A amps Vince Crawley