European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 22, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 a the stars and stripes Friday May 22, 1992stariifter checks limit planes Altitude by Ray Rowden Washington Bureau Washington a inspections of the air Force s c-141 Star lifter transport planes May cause some i lights to be rescheduled but will have Little Impact on Quot trans Atlantic and european missions a military Airlift come spokesman said wednesday. Quot there arc still a lot of unrestricted aircraft out  said maj. Jim Bates a spokesman at Mac Headquarters on Scott fab Iii. The air Force said monday that Starli Flers will be limited to 26,000 feet above sea level until they Are inspected for cracks in their Metal Windshield frames. The service said cracks a May affect the aircraft a ability to maintain proper Cabin pressurization at High  missions can be flown by c-5 Galaxy planes which arc not restricted and Starli Flers that have cleared inspection for the cracks in their Metal Windshield frames. Bates said. The air Force has 266 c-141s. On wednesday officials did not know How Many of the aging Star lifters would need repairs. Crews Are expected to Complete the Windshield Frame inspections and repairs within 30 Days. The c-i41s were designed to haul 60,000 pounds of cargo. Most were limited to 55,000 pounds of cargo and less stressful Maneu vers after cracks were found in the wings of 200 planes in 1989. The transporters Are More efficient at higher altitudes because they use less fuel Bates said. Any weight they save on fuel can be added As cargo. An extra refuelling Stop can be scheduled on transatlantic flights if necessary Bates said. The p-3c Orion the plane used by patrol so 23 on its Mediterranean assignment. . Navy sea Hawks stay Busy on Mediterranean Mission by Gary Miller Mediterranean Bureau judging by the number of missions the sea Hawks of patrol so 23 flew during their Mediterranean deployment it would be hard to Tell that their primary prey is gone. As a unit that flies the p-3c Orion a maritime patrol aircraft its major Mission has been to find track and if necessary destroy enemy High performance submarines. The soviet Union had such vessels. Quot with the cold War drawing to an end and the breakup of the soviet Union we have watched soviet naval activity in the Mediterranean disappear Quot said the units skipper cmdr. Jim Campbell. The Squadron s tour ends today when Campbell leaves Nas Simonella Sicily the units base since november for the sea Hawks Home Nas Brunswick Maine. Campbell a native of Elizabethton tenn., was the first Squadron member to arrive at Simonella and will be the last to leave. Quot it seems As though work has not decreased Quot Campbell said of the sea Hawks Simonella deployment. Quot there seems to be  for one thing the number of Orion in the Mediterranean has decreased substantially Campbell said. Until december 13 operated in the area eight at Simonella and Fie at naval station Kota spam. Now eight p-3cssix aircraft in Simonella and two in Kola cover the same territory. At the same time two of the Simonella based Orion have been stationed in Jidida. Saudi Arabia to support the red sea Force maintaining the embargo against Iraq. Also the sea Hawks have been called upon to support two new units a the . 6th fleets maritime action group and natos standing naval Force Mediterranean. Quot commanders always ask for support a Campbell said. The maritime action group a a submarine and two surface ships such As destroyers or cruisers a is a new combination being used by the 6th Fleet to test its ability to fill in for an aircraft Carrier. Working with the group the sea Hawks patrolled for surface ships and conducted mining and bombing exercises. A it Wasny to bombing like an attack aircraft would do a Campbell said but the planes can be used against conventional submarines. A what Vou see most of the time now in the Mediterranean is conventional subs. About every country that has a Shoreline on the Mediterranean has conventional subs a both those nations that Are our allies and those that Are not. Quot tactics used against conventional subs Are different a Campbell said but the specific differences Are classified. The Squadron provided some of the same support to the new nato naval Force in the Medit Teranen and participated in several of its major exercises including Distant Thunder Dogfish and dragon Hammer. Maritime patrol aviation will be around for a Long time Campbell said because of such things As a the Success we be had during this cruise. And our allies showing what the aircraft can do in non traditional  a amps Gary Miller Petty officer 1st class Neal l. Strang monitors sensors aboard a p-3c  official gets 10 years for spying 1h ssi 1 Dorf. Germans a a former detente ministry adminis Nator was convicted thursday of up veg for fast germans for More than two decades and sentenced to 10 years in prison. Wolf Hemrich Prellwitz who worked under the cover name Quot Rudel Quot had testified that he did t know he was working Toi the fast  and that to con tact had said the documents were being passed to trance. But chief judge Klaus Wagner noting that the convicted spy a Contact had an fast German accent rejected the explanation and called Prellwitz s actions 1 cry serious treason. A Prellwitz first met with an fast German Utellie enc Contact in Loos and began providing military secrets to the communist secret service in 196l>, the court said. Wagner in Reading the verdict of the state court said Prellwitz had received 820,000 Marks $5 2.292 from the fast germans Between 1969 and 1990. He said Prellwitz worked for Hast Germany out of greed. The 55-Vear-old used to to Camac Cess to 55,000 secret documents Whit he photographed and passed to his a German contacts the judge said. The ii formation included secret files on be Man Jet fighters German army plans Ai nato studies on the strength of form Warsaw pact forces the judge said. Prellwitz has been in investigative cd Tody since his arrest april 15, 1991