European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 8, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 a the stars and stripes sunday november 6,1992tempelhof still Busy despite draw Down by Ron Jensen n urn Berg Bureau Berlin a As the air Force Here reduces its size on the Way to a june 30 departure the population of Tempelhof a is increasing lured by the 5,000 rooms covering 3 million Square feet various German agencies Are already moving in. Quot this is a very sought after facility Quot said it. Col. Ken Teepell director of operations. It s got the potential to House a lot of  by the time the air Force leaves tem Palhof ending 48 years of presence at the base German agencies May have As Many As 900 workers in the place Teepell said. This causes a Small problem for the air Force which is asked to Supply Security communications and other forms of support for such German agencies As the Border police the defense Cost office and the criminal investigative service. But while newcomers move in the air Force is moving out. Only 300 service members Are at Tempelhof along with 650 local nationals. The assignments team is coming later this month to deliver the news of where Post Berlin duty will be for the service members. A Milestone in the draw Down at Tern Palhof was passed symbolically oct. 30 when the 7350th comm so inactivated. The Squadron s Mission has been to operate the air traffic control Center a dark Busy room deep within the Tempelhof airman s attic doses lid on Chest of giveaways berlins amps for the past three years air Force members of the rank of senior airman and below assigned to Berlin could find free clothes furniture appliances and just about anything at the airman s attic that ended thursday As the attic became another victim of the draw Down. Quot i think our airman s attic is a wonderful thing a said Gwen Taylor of family services which ran the service. Airman a attic is a Misnomer. The room crowded with giveaways was in the basement of Tempelhof a. Over the years airmen struggling to make ends meet could connect them at the attic with a free microwave crib Winter wardrobe or even a sewing machine. No charge. A it s always been Well stocked a Taylor said. Departing service members a or anyone a dropped off unneeded items and others found them. The attic closed in a special Way. On monday and tuesday it was open As usual to e4s and below. On wednesday its Stock was fair game for ranks above senior airmen and american civilian workers. On thursday it was for anybody local nationals included who worked on the base. For Taylor operating the attic was a Blessing. A they done to have to Tell you thank you a a she said. A the looks on their  building. And now although the Squadron still maintains the Mission the actual control of the 700 flights daily Over and into Berlin lies with German aviation officials. It. Col. Edward Birkett the Squadron commander said germans Are taking Over All radio and communications maintenance once done by the air Force. And by june 30, the air traffic control will be in the hands of the germans. However Birkett said 30 american controllers will remain to ensure a smooth transition to Well trained controllers who must qualify at this particular Center. Controllers Are being recruited he said. A they moved in approximately a dozen prior rated people from other facilities a he said. A they did very Well. They were quickly  others Are being recruited Birkett said a basically right off the  there have been other changes As the air Force prepares to leave. In the past two months the recreation Center has closed. The orderly rooms have consolidated. Merchants Bank closed at Tempelhof but the Green machine remains. Inspection of private vehicles is now done at the army Send of town. The arts and Craft shop has closed. Teepell who arrived in june to oversee the draw Down said it has progressed As smoothly As he had hoped perhaps even better. Quot i can t say enough about the service people and the local nationals and their understanding about what we re doing a he said. He said the secret is to not have any secrets. A was soon As you know a piece of information let people know that information a he said. Tempelhoff endless hallways and multitude of rooms Are becoming quieter As americans leave the base. A any time you inactivate something its sad a Birkett said. A after 40-some years we have a proud  faces charges in torture killing of South korean Seoul South Korea apr South korean prosecutors said saturday that they will charge a . Soldier with the murder of a South korean bar hostess they say was raped and tortured before she died. The violent nature of the crime and the implication that an american Soldier might have been involved has inflamed citizens living near the . Army s 2nd inf div at Dijon Gnu 12 Miles North of Seoul. About 1,000 slogan chanting citizens and students held an anti-. Protest saturday marching to the main Gate of the base. No clashes with police were reported. All . Service members were ordered to stay inside the base. Prosecutors said pvt. 2 Kenneth l. Markle 20, confessed to killing the bar hostess oct. 28 at Dongyu Chon 31 Miles Northeast of Seoul. Markle now confined at a . Detention Center at Camp Humphreys South of Seoul was questioned by South korean officials Friday the . Military command in Seoul declined to give Markless Hometown and other information. Markle was suspected of killing Yun Kum i 26, after arguing with her. Police said she was raped stabbed and tortured before her  of of rocket aborted at Zero count Cape canaveral Fla a an air Force rocket launch was aborted at the last second Friday an auxiliary engine had just ignited creating an Orange Flash but the main engine had not yet fired officials said. No one was injured and nothing was damaged officials said. The Deltis rocket Booster never got off the pad with its $65 million navigation satellite. The $45 million 12 Story Delta rocket is made by Mcdonnell Douglas space systems division of Huntington Beach Calif the Daystar global positioning system satellite aboard the rocket is the 16th in a series of advanced navigation satellite capable of guiding warships bombers and tanks with an accuracy of 50 feet or better. It was to have been lofted into a 12,500-mile-High orbit. Master sgt John a. Maattala second from left and others from Rhein main Abs a 435thfclvb a iwo Oil air Force engineers finish cleanup in Forest where f-16 dropped fuel by Mark Kinkade Stair writer a team of air Force civil engineers has finished cleaning the site of a Jet fuel spill in a Forest near Bulla about 35 Miles Southeast of Rhein main a Germany. The spill was caused when an f-16 fighting Falcon Jet fighter from the 52nd fighter Wing at Spang Ahleman Germany dropped three fuel tanks during a training Mission near Rhein main a on oct. 14, said air Force capt. Mike rein a Span Dahlem spokesman. The Pilot of the aircraft dumped the tanks after his Wing Man noticed Sparks coming from the aircraft rein said. The Pilot diverted to an unpopulated area and jettisoned his fuel tanks. The aircraft landed safely at Rhein main. All of the tanks were recovered one still intact. However nearly 1,200 liners of fuel from two of the tanks contaminated the Forest floor. The cleanup was completed oct 30, rein said. For Offir it incident is under investigation by air the cleanup team including 12 engineers from Spang Dahlem and two from Rhein main began cleaning the a a a. 9< 22 under the supervision of German forestry officials said air Force sgt. Tammy Thompson a Rhein main spokeswoman. Because the site was on a Hillside Crews used shovels 8pp.wtately 1 cubic meter of heavily contaminated topsoil from the Forest. The soil considered hazardous waste was transported to a Landfill for disposal Thompson said. Thirty cubic meters of slightly contaminated soil were also removed and transported to the Landfill she said. Engineers also replanted the site with grass seed donated by the forestry officials and with 25 Trees