European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 6, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 b the stars and stripes Friday november 6,1992 medical evacuation Mission being moved by Kevin Dougherty Kaiserslautern Bureau Ramsten a Germany a Ramstein a will re Elace Rhein main a near Frankfurt Germany As the us for air Force aeromedical evacuations in Europe the Middle East and Africa said a . Air forces in Europe official. The Chance will result in the transfers of the 55th aeromedical Airlift so and the 2nd aeromedical evacuation so to Ramstein. A they will be operational 1 july 1993,�?� said Safe spokesman Doug Moore. Between the two the squadrons arc authorized just under 200 personnel slots which will be transferred to Ramstein. No civilian jobs Are involved in the switch but about seven employees from a private contractor Are being relocated to Ramstein. The 55th currently has 75 service members assigned to the unit while the 2nd has 102, said senior master sgt. Basil Kuzyszyn a Rhein main spokesman. Also moving to Ramstein Are four c-9a Nightingale aircraft used to transport patients within the theater the joint medical regulating office and a spare parts service which is handled by the private contractor serv air inc. The seven member regulating office is a joint command operation that includes a Canadian servicemen Ber Kuzyszyn said. The office coordinates patient evacuations Ana Hospital transfers. Rhein main has been the Hub of the . Aeromedical evacuation system in Europe for 34 years. Today patients and passengers rely on a system that uses More Frankfurt Germany a in the latest anti semitic outburst in Germany vandals have damaged 90 Graves at a jewish cemetery police say. In another development a Rostock City councilman withdrew his apology for an affront he made to the country a jewish Community and faced expulsion from his political party. Police said wednesday that 90 of the 190 Graves at a Century old jewish cemetery at Wuppertal 36 Miles North of Bonn had been damaged. The vandals knocked Down Marble tombstones and trampled on other parts of the cemetery. The attacks have caused concern among Germany a 35,000 jews who have also been angered by they affront in Rostock to the Leader of their Community Ignatz Bubis. Bubis was asked monday during a news conference to Ramstein than 25 airports serving 35 medical facilities and eight major hospitals. The closing of the air Force regional medical Center in Wiesbaden necessitated the shift to Ramstein. The Lan Stuhl army regional medical Center which is near Ramstein assumed in june the aeromedical staging responsibilities once held by the 7100th combat support Wing at Wiesbaden. An aeromedical Advance team a has been Down Here at Ramstein in support of the staging Mission for some weeks Quot Moore said. The c-9s have been flying into Ramstein with regularity since june Moore said. Excluding emergency cases aeromedical missions at Ramstein will conform with the restrictions that bar routine nighttime flights. A if there Are emergencies and they have to launch a c-9, that takes it out of the realm of the routine Quot Moore said depending on the medical Case Load there is typically one c-9 night a Day in support of the aeromedical Airlift and evacuation missions Kuzyszyn said. Sometimes there Are two flights. Safe has yet to announce a decision on c-141b Star lifter aircraft which Are used on transoceanic evacuation flights. Currently two flights a week depart from Rhein main on wednesday and saturday mornings. A common sense tells me it is going to come out of Ramstein instead of Here Quot Kuzyszyn said. The shift is logical Moore said but for now it is All speculation. In the Baltic port whether he considered Israel his a a Homeland and what he thought of the violence Between israelis and palestinians the Rostock City councilman who posed the question Karl Heinz Schmidt resigned hours later saying he regretted asking the a a misleading question. On tuesday Rostock mayor Klaus Kilimann and Berndt Seite Ronister president of Mecklenburg Vor Pommert the state that includes Rostock apologized for the incident. But Schmidt on wednesday said he regretted the time and place of his question not its Content. Schmidt is a member of Chancellor Helmut Kohls ruling Christian democratic party. An official said wednesday that the party a had no choices but to Start proceedings to expel the , 21, gets 7 years in attack on Asylum Home from win reports Berlin a a German court wednesday sentenced a 21-year-old Man to seven years in jail in delivering the harshest sentence to Date against someone convicted of attacking a building housing foreigners. The court in Potsdam found the unemployed bricklayer guilty of arson and the presiding judge described the Many a attitude As a Gross  the Man had admitted that he hurled two gasoline bombs at a Hostel for Asylum seekers in the Eastern German City of Kletzin in Early september saying he had a Strong dislike of what he called economic  kill 9 officers Bogota Colombia a nine police officers were killed and 12 wounded during nighttime attacks in Medellin police said wednesday. Gunmen in cars or on motorcycles opened fire with assault rifles on police patrols around the City. National police director Miguel Gomez said the killings were probably carried out by the Medellin cocaine Cartel in retaliation for the death of one of their  remain jailed Berlin a a Berlin court has ruled that former East German Leader Erich Honecker who suffers from cancer must remain in jail on charges of manslaughter Honecker a attorney said. A this is a flagrant violation against human dignity a Wolfgang Ziegler said wednesday. Ziegler said the Berlin state court rejected an Appeal that called for the former communist Leader to be released on health grounds. Honecker 80, suffers from an Adan Cacase of liver cancer. Observers said rejection of the application Means Honecker probably has lost his last Chance to avoid going on trial in Berlin on nov. 12.Man cleared in Pigeon Case Vienna Austria a a cemetery Gardener who took a pot shot at a Pesky Pigeon was acquitted wednesday of cruelty to animals because no Corpse was found. Alexander Urbanek fired an air pistol april 10 to try to shoo away a Pigeon sitting on a Windowsill across the Street from his Home the Austria press Agency reported. The window broke but the Bird got away said Urbanek 21, nonetheless state prosecutor Ernst Kloyber charged Urbanek with cruelty to animals and destruction of  expert chosen Premier Bucharest Romania a president Ion Iliescu on wednesday chose an obscure tax official to head the next government. The new prime minister Nicolae Vacariu promised that reforms will continue but at a lower Cost to Long suffering romanians. La Jesu told a news conference that he had selected Vacariu because Romania s economic woes need a Premier a completely anchored in economic issues a and Able a to Stop the decline in production and economic activity Vacariu a 49-year-old economist is chief of the finance ministry a tax department Britain cancels exercise Hong Kong a Britain has called off a planned military exercise in Hong Kong based on an imaginary invasion by China because it does not want to antagonize Beijing radio Hong Kong reported wednesday. The government owned radio said the British defense ministry called off the exercise planned for next week at the advice Hong Kong governor Chris Patten is the commander in chief of British forces in the Colony which reverts to chinese Rule in 1997. Britain and China have been bickering recently Over Patten s moves to encourage greater democracy in the territory before the chinese takeover. Off Road vehicle a woman looks at an unwelcome visitor outside her Day the truck barrelled into the Home Afler the Driver Home in Saint Laurent do Lattay France on wednes lost control of the vehicle. No one was injured jewish Graves damaged in Germany