European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 28, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thesfcls1942-1992 50 years of service vol. 51, no. 254 350 monday dece Triber 28,1992 d 8693 . Fighter shoots Down iraqi plane in no Fly zone Washington apr a . F-16 fighter Jet Early sunday shot Down an iraqi aircraft that had crossed inside the  no Fly zone in Southern Iraq according to a spokesman at the . Central come. The confrontation occurred after two iraqi planes in separate incidents had entered the no Fly zone within 20 minutes said it. Col. Marc Martens. A at approximately 11 . Iraqi time 3 . Est a . Air Force f-16 assigned to joint task Force Southwest Asia shot Down an iraqi fighter aircraft inside the no Fly zone approximately 20 Miles South of the 32nd degree North parallel a Martens said. Martens said the incident began at about 10 20 . Iraqi time when two iraqi planes first crossed into the no Fly zone. When . Forces tried to get the iraqi pilots to identify themselves Martens said the iraqi planes flew Back North out of the no Fly area. A approximately 20 minutes later coalition forces identified another flight of iraqi aircraft approximately 20 Miles inside the no Fly zone a Martens said. At that time two f-16 fighting Falcons approached the iraqi planes and issued verbal warnings to the i lots who a turned to confront the . Aircraft Quot Martens said. A one iraqi aircraft was destroyed. The other escaped Back North out of the no Fly zone a Martens said. The . Pilots allowed an iraqi search and Rescue helicopter to Fly to the crash site in the no Fly zone and then return to its base. Martens said the Fate of the iraqi Pilot in the downed aircraft was unknown. He said nothing about the condition of the . Planes or pilots. 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 Are 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 a Ense 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. A 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 Sas Dave Casey Brig. Gen. Donald e. Loranger jr., the new commander of the 435th Airlift Wing at Rhein main a Germany has plans to upgrade dormitories. Comdr a inspector general relieved maj. Gen. James l. Hobson jr., who will become director of operations for the air mobility come at Scott fab 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  some of Lorang cry a plans for 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 getting some furniture and televisions from Hahn a which is scheduled to close in 1993. Did Bush Grant pardons to avoid testifying # aps amps marines to secure Northern Mogadishu Mogadishu Somalia a . Marines were preparing sunday to broaden their control m Mogadishu following a violent attack on a . Mission in the North of the capital. Also sunday about 200 italian troops moved unopposed into the town of Gaila Lassi about 90 Miles North of Mogadishu. It is the seventh town to be secured by the multinational .-led Force that is trying to make sure food Aid reaches the nations estimated 2 million starving people. In the capital saturday gunmen armed with rocket launchers heavy machine guns and ak-47 assault rifles tried to storm a walled Villa housing members of an unarmed . Military cease fire monitoring team officials said. Two of the attackers were killed and several wounded by civilian somalian guards hired by the United nations to protect the compound said Farouk maw see marines on Page 2 Washington a the Iran Contra prosecutor in the Caspar w. Weinberger Case said saturday that president Bush might have granted pardons in the scandal to avoid being a witness at Weinberger a trial. A a there a a serious question As to whether George Bush granted this Par Don because the defense told him that he would be a witness in the Case if it went Forward a James j. Brosnahan said. A by granting the Pardon president Bush avoided the situation in which he would have been a witness and would have had to answer questions about his role in  White House spokesman Sean Walsh had no comment on Brosnahan a accusation. A lawyer for Weinberger Robert s. Bennett called it a nonsense Quot and a sour  according to Brosnahan Weinberger a lawyers said at a meeting wednesday in see pardons on Page 2