European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 28, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The slots 1942-1992 vol. 51, no. 254 350 monday december 28,1992 50 years of service b d 8693 iraqi Jet downed by  after entering no Fly Zoi Washington a the United states shot Down an iraqi fighter aircraft sunday when two iraqi warplanes Quot turned to confront american f-16 jets in  airspace Over Southern Iraq the . Military said. The . Pilots and f-16 fighting Falcons were unharmed but the Fate of the iraqi Pilot was not immediately known said it col. Marc Martens a spokesman at the . Central come at Macdill fab Fla. The confrontation occurred at 11 . Iraqi time about 20 Miles South of the 32nd parallel after two iraqi planes in separate incidents entered the no Fly zone within 20 minutes Martens said in a Telephone interview. Arabian sea Belet Huen troops to occupy City today Gail Alassi italians enter City Indian Ocean aps amps italian Force enters town in Somalia Mogadishu Somalia a italian troops swept into a Northern somalian town under . Air cover sunday and . Marines prepared to beef up Security in the capital following an attack on a Villa used by . Personnel. Somalis hired by the United nations to guard the walled Villa in Northern Mogadishu killed two of the attackers in saturdays assault said Farouk Mawlawi a . Spokesman. Pakistani peacekeepers evacuated the Villas residents members of a . Cease fire monitoring team in a Convoy of armoured cars As american fighter planes and helicopter gunships circled overhead Mawlawi said. None of the . Personnel or their guards was Hurt he said. The attackers were armed with rocket see italian on Page 2 at that time two f-16s approached the iraqi planes and issued verbal warnings to the pilots who Quot turned to confront the . Aircraft a Martens said. A one iraqi aircraft was destroyed. The other escaped Back North out of the nobly zone a Martens said. The . Pilots allowed an iraqi search and Rescue helicopter to Fly to the crash site in the no Fly zone. A i done to know what he a doing but he a iraqi president Saddam Hussein made a big mistake a said president Bush who was beginning a two Day vacation in Texas. A we Are not threatening anybody. But we must enforce those resolutions. He must comply with the . Resolutions a insisted the president. In a Baghdad radio broadcast Iraq said it reserved the right to respond to the Downing of the plane Quot in the appropriate manner and at the appropriate  it was the first iraqi aircraft destroyed since the allies from the persian Gulf War decreed a no Fly zone in August for iraqi warplanes South of the 32nd parallel. The zone was imposed in accordance with . Security Council Resolution 688, which Calls for protecting iraqis population against Saddam a government dominated by minority sunni muslims. Another no Fly zone is in Northern Iraq to protect the kurdish minority there. Turkey no Fly zone Apps amps new general at Rhein main doubts closure by Craig Martin staff writer Rhein main a Germany a the new Boss at Rhein main a quelled a Rumor last week that the base will close within the next few years but admitted that Long term plans arc Uncertain. Brig Gen. Donald e. Loranger jr., commander of the 435th Airlift Wing the Host Wing at the base also said he wants to make several changes to dormitories to improve living conditions for airmen stationed at the base near Frankfurt a a it a True in the sense that its a Rumor a Loranger told the stars and stripes in his first interview with the Media since taking command of the Wing dec. 18, a i guess its a possibility the base will closeout not particularly a Likely one. A a we re just not to the Point yet in knowing what the Mission requirements Are going to be to make a Well informed decision about the future a Loranger said. Quot in the immediate future clearly Rhein main is going to stay in the forefront of the ability of our nation to respond to contingencies and humanitarian operations worldwide Loranger said. A quite frankly there a nobody that can really firmly predict the future of Rhein main in the Long term a Loranger said a a we re going to work very hard in letting people know that we re Here what our purpose is and that we re going to take care of this facility and take care of our  Loranger formerly the air mobility Comdr a inspector general relieved maj. Gen. James l. Hobson jr., who will become director of operations for the air Brig. Gen. Donald a. Loranger jr., the Rhein main a Germany has plans to mobility come at Scott apr 111. Near St. Louis to. Hobson had been the wings commander since april. Loranger also said that he would like to improve dormitory life because a the Quality of Young person that we get is such that if you give them a Nice facility  take care of  a a it a Only that when you give them something that maybe is substandard that they sort of treat the facility the Way it deserves to be treated that does no to give you the right to trash it  s4s Dava Casoy new commander of the 435th Airlift Wing at upgrade dormitories. Some of Loranger s plans Lor upgrading the Barracks include a carpeting. A painting. A new furniture. A televisions. A Kitchen facilities. A unit weight rooms. A big screen televisions. Loranger said Rhein main is gelling some furniture and televisions from Hahn a which is scheduled to close in 1993