European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 24, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars Amo stripes at a glance n i . Secretary of state Vanrea m. Christopher right greets israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin on tuesday. For details about their talks in Jerusalem see Story on Page review planned the supreme court will decide whether the civil rights act of 1991 applies retroactively to cases Pend ing when Congress enacted the Law a Page 5 official losing Job the Clinton administration will replace a Bush administration Holdover who predicted russian president Boris n. Yeltsin would be ousted. A Page 6dod begins buyouts the defense department has Given its first buyouts a Worth up to $25,000 a to 14 civilian employees in Texas. A Page 7 teen makes donation a 14-year-old from North Dakota who fears president Clinton a economic proposal will get bogged Down in politics sent Clinton a Check for $1,000. A Page 8 hijacking risk seen after a weekend hijacking questions Are being raised about whether the former soviet Carrier Aeroflot could be a Hijacker s airline of Choice. A Page 10 Short term jobs Many jobs created by president Clinton a $2.5 billion Community development program will be temporary City leaders say. A Page 13 i in0ex i Abby Ann Landers 21 classifieds.25-28 commentary. 15 comics. 21-23 faces a places.24 focus .17-20 Horoscope .27 Jumble .27 letters. 14 Money matters. 12-13 sports. 29-36 to listings .35 weather .16 humanitarian Mission ends for some flying stations by j. Kin Cruger Northern Italy Bureau the last three planes assigned to the air forces Tanker task Force at Moran a Spain have resumed to the United states after More than two months of refuelling aircraft going to and from Somalia. The last Kc-135 Strat Tanker took off from mor6n at 9 20 . Friday bound for its Home at Robins fab ga., said 1st it. Todd Vician a task Force spokesman. The plane was piloted by col. James Dickensheets commander of the Moran Tanker task Force. While operating out of mor6n, located near Seville in Southern Spain the task Force flew 614 missions and pumped More than 43 million pounds of fuel to air planes supporting operation restore Hope at its Peak in december the Moran operation involved More than 700 air Force personnel and had As Many As 22 tankers flying out of Moran every Day. As the operation in Somalia was reduced so was the size of the task Force. Quot it was the largest humanitarian air refuelling operation in history and More than half of All refuelling missions for it flew out of Moran a Vician said. Most of the 300 people remaining at Moran As the operation Drew to a close were from air mobility come units at Robins and Mcconnell fab Kan. Other personnel from the . Air forces in Europe air Force Materiel come air combat come the air Force Reserve and the air National guard also took part in the task Force Vician said. Quot the whole process of getting Relief supplies and equipment into Somalia was a very complicated operation a Dickensheets said. Quot because of limited space and support equipment at Mogadishu everything including refuelling the c-5s and c-141s on their Way to Africa was tightly scheduled. Quot if we missed a refuelling Over the Atlantic or the Mediterranean those planes would have to Stop somewhere in Europe throwing off the entire schedule for getting desperately needed supplies into . Planes still supporting the Somalia Relief operation can be refuelled at european air bases or by tankers from the United states Vician from Page 1 i want to wait a few More Days until i announce a policy a he replied. He said his Agenda with Boutros Ghali included Bosnia and Somalia. The senior defense official said the military could be ready Quot by the end of this Relief flights to Sarajevo Airport resumed monday but officials portrayed the . Airdrop As supplementing the existing convoys and Relief supplies not an operation that would replace other efforts. Clinton who called Aspin and his top National Security advisers to the White House on saturday had All the options outlined for him said a second Pentagon official who also spoke on condition of anonymity. Quot we re ready to go if that a what he decides a this official said. The second official said the operation will begin primarily using . Forces and would be strictly it will be handled by the forces under the , european come based in Stuttgart Germany. The command has run the Relief operation for the kurd in Northern Iraq since the end of the persian Gulf War. The main risk to such an operation is the threat of anti aircraft fire from forces on the ground the second official said. To counter such attacks aircraft would need to Fly at High altitudes a about 10,000 feet. But in order to ensure accurate drops the Normal Altitude for such Relief flights is 1,000 feet the second official from Pago 1 supports the . Initiative. But he said it was Uncertain what effects it would have. Quot in Nurnberg the winners were putting the losers on trial which is not the Case Here Quot he said. Quot in a afraid that establishment of the International War tribunal will not serve As the expected deterrent. The War criminals Are aware of All the obstacles to such a the . State department has Identa fied serbian president Slobodan Milosevic bosnian serbian Leader Radovan Karadzic Seselja and seven other serbian or croatian military leaders or prison Camp commandants As possible War criminals. Seselja is the Leader of the Ultra nationalist serbian Radical party whose militias have reportedly committed numerous atrocities in Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Milosevic has not reacted to the charge. But Seselja and some others listed have ridiculed the possible War crime trials. Quot in a proud of being on the same list As Karadzic and the other real serb patriots a Seselja reportedly from Paget Bridges said. About 25 members of 7th medical Comdr a 159th medical co air ambulance421st medical evac in from Wiesbaden and a couple of the Black Hawks also will return. However most of the 159th�?Ts helicopters and personnel will stay behind to continue to Fly medical evacuation and support missions for the 10th Mountain Bridges said. Since the Early return last month of cod 502nd aviation regt from Mannheim the task Force has numbered 516 personnel. The 502nd was ordered Back to Germany shortly after arriving in Somalia on dec. 31, when on scene com Manders decided other . And Allied units were available to perform the units resupply Mission. Members of the 3rd in 58th aviation regt from Ansbach and Schwabish Hall will continue air traffic control operations for the 10th Mountain until the division can assume its own operation in the near future Bridges said tuesday. That Transfer will bring the air traffic controllers Home shortly he said. The order to return Home came As the task Force logged More than 2,000 hours of Accident free flight operations in Somalia. The uh-60 Black Hawk medium lift helicopter company formed by the 10 helicopters from the 227th and five helicopters from the 158th had logged 1,475 hours As of Valentines Day when the order to return was Given Bridges said. The 15 air ambulances of the 159th had racked up 554 flying hours. Task Force 5-158 has been Sui _ 10th mountains aviation brigade since establishing a Headquarters in Belt Dogle about 50 Miles Northeast of Mogadishu. The Germany units have flown More than 500 missions according to Bridges. For information on exact return dates Bridges said families should remain in Contact with local family support groups. The american Eagle is expected to arrive at Bremerhaven next month Bridges said. As of feb. 14, there were 36 officers 59 warrant officers 161 noncommissioned officers 243 soldiers and 17 civilian contractors assigned to the task Force in Beli Dogle when it was Given the order to return Home Bridges said. Vicenza go s wife Dies of possible poisoning Vicenza Italy a amps the 21 year old wife of a . Army Soldier stationed at Caserma Ederle in Vicenza Italy died monday in her apartment. Heather Wright wife of pfc. Rober Wright assigned to cob 3rd in 325th inf regt was pronounced dead at the scene by an italian doctor according to sgt. Maj. Jerry Ferguson a spokesman for the Headquarters of the Southern european task Force at Vicenza. Heather writhe was from Henderson Nev. Although the incident is under investigation the woman a been initially attributed to Carbon monoxide poisoning possibly caused by a fired hot water Heater that was defective Ferguson said tuesday. The victims husband returned to their Economy quarters in Vicenza about 5 50 . Monday and found his wife unconscious on the bathroom floor Ferguson said. The Soldier attempted to Rene his wife with cardiopulmonary Resus citation while waiting for an ambulance the spokesman said. Margareta Torres who lived upstairs from the Wrights Felt ill called an ambulance and was treated for possible Carboy monoxide poisoning Ferguson said. Wife of sgt. 1st class Rafael tones was u Good condition tuesday at the 45th . Field Hospital in Vicenza Ferguson said a memorial service for Heather Wrigt will be held at 4 . Thursday in to it Chapel at Caserma Ederle
