European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 25, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday february 25, 1993 the stars and stripes b Page 3 a Crews Over by Vince Crawley Start writer Rhein main a Germany a if president Clinton gives the Green Light on parachuting supplies to starving bosnian the Pentagon says that c-13q Crews from Rhein main a will add another unfriendly sky to their flight logs. Quot basically on a Mission like this there a no need to ask for volunteers a said capt. Michael Murawski a c-130 Hercules Pilot who has flown into Sarajo. To More than 30 times. Quot everybody wants to do what they  since the end of the persian Gulf War two years ago american foreign policy a More often than not a has boiled Down to military cargo pilots performing damage control on a troubled planet. Crews flying humanitarian missions sometimes under fire have hauled emergency supplies into Sarajevo capital of Bosnia Ana Herzegovina As Well As into Somalia kurdish Iraq and the fractured remnants of the soviet Union. Quot that a the Mission and a lot of people just done to realize it a said capt. Scott Benson an instructor Pilot with Rhein Mains 37th Airlift so. Quot we do a lot of hard work and done to get much glory for  the Squadron whose 18 cargo planes Are staffed by about 150 male and female a aircrew members would be Able to take off carrying food and Medicine with As Little As 12 hours notice Benson said. The proposed Mission As outlined in Washington late wednesday Calls for the Crews to drop their loads from High Altitude a perhaps 10,000 feet a to avoid serbian anti aircraft artillery. That a about 9,000 feet higher than the usual Altitude for Parachute drops Benson said. And in Northern Iraq where he flew 11 Parachute missions for the kurd two years ago Benson said cargo planes dropped their loads from about 2,000 feet while being escorted by a-10 Thunderbolt ii attack jets. Quot if we do anything there in bosnia1  mind having an a-10 escort again a he said. Reports from Washington say there will be no fighter escorts and the aircrews interviewed wednesday were not allowed to discuss specific details of the proposed missions to Bosnia. A cargo plane flying two Miles High would still be in danger of attack from surface to air missiles Benson said. Quot at 19,000 feet you re relatively Safe. At 10,000 feet you re less Safe a he said. A in Vietnam fighters were flying at 14,000 feet and getting hit with surface to air missiles. Moreover the German and italian planes that were shot at and hit during Sarajevo Relief missions were flying at High Altitude said capt. Linda Torrens a Veteran of 24 missions into the besieged bosnian capital. After flying c-9 Nightingale Hospital planes for two years she said she transferred to c-130s a year ago because the cargo pilots kept pulling exotic duty. A the missions Are always changing a she said. A a you re always doing something  she also likes the fact that the squads amps Vine Crawley a c-130 Hercules forms a backdrop for cats. Mike Morelock left Scott Benson and Linda Torrens pilots at Rhein main a. Ron a humanitarian missions keep her in a line of work where she a helping people. But american aircrews would not be the Only ones at risk in a High Altitude Supply drop Over Bosnia. The air Force Likely would use relatively Small parachutes that Only keep the Load stable while its falling Torrens said. And that could endanger civilians. A similar situation two years ago in Turkey had tragic results. A the problem was people were starving a Benson said of his flights Over kurdish refugee Camps. A they d see the planes come Over and Rush the drop  refugees were getting killed by 2,200-Pound food bundles and not enough military people were on the ground to provide crowd control. Quot when 15,000 people Are Rushing the drop zone 10 or 15 Guys can to Stop hat Quot Benson said. Quot it bothers us that people were probably getting Hurt. But there was nothing we could do about  cargo dropped from 10,000 feet also could miss its target by More than vhf Miles according to an air mobility come operations manual seen by the Washington Post. When analysing winds for even a routine Parachute drop a c-130 navigator Quot docs sheets of calculations a Torrens said. Going up to 10,000 feet would Quot affect the calculations exponentially a she said. During a Parachute drop Benson said the Pilot raises the nose of the aircraft while the co Pilot cuts a Cable holding the bundles in the cargo Bay. The tilt of the air plane causes the cargo which is on rollers to simply slide out the Back door of the plane. Such Parachute drops Are among the least expensive ways to deliver humanitarian Aid by air said capt. Mike Morelock a c-130 Pilot from Pope fab n.c., who is on temporary duty at Rhein main a. A fall you re losing is plywood and a Parachute Quot he said. And the Parachute probably would not be a total write off Benson said. Two years ago kurdish refugees used the Parachute silk to make tents. Airdrop prelude to Force yugoslavs say Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina apr the bosnian serbian military commander wednesday softened his opposition to a proposed . Airdrop but his yugoslav allies condemned it As a ruthless prelude to . Military intervention. Serbian commanders initially suspicious of Western intervention said wednesday that they would Welcome the Airdrop if All sides were fed. I believe the White House will act re shh and Supply Relief Aid to All Spons those who need it a Gen. Ratko Mladic commander of the serbian forces in Bosnia said in an interview with rebel serbian radio. A the Only thing the serbian Side will not tolerate is the delivery of weapons or fuel under the Guise of humanitarian  the yugoslav government said it would not interfere with the Airdrop. But the military a general staff predicted that serbs would be shut out of the Aid and it denounced the Clinton administrations a ruthless imperialist  Washington they charged was hoping for Quot the possible death of american pilots to create conditions for a deeper and wider . Military  islamic Pakistan which has been urging More International action to Aid muslims in Bosnia said wednesday that it will participate in the Airdrop. Germany joined Britain in announcing it would not and Belgium said it did not expect to be involved. All three european countries Are already participating in bosnian Relief operations. Airdrop avoiding anti aircraft fire length about 100 feet Wing Span nearly 133 feet engl Nas Allison t-5b-a-15 turboprops cargo capacity 42,000 lbs for Low velocity Airdrop source Janet t Ajith world t aircraft a