European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 26, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The 8taks and St fwd 8 drops won t faze Rhein main Crews c-130s stand by for Relief flights Over Bosnia by vim i ckam1130 Hercules forms a backdrop for cats. Mike Moclock left Scott Unson and Linda Torrens pilots at Rhein Malnar Ron s humanitarian missions keep her in Aline of work where she s 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 it s falling Torrens said. And that could endanger civilians. A similar situation two years ago in Turkey had tragic results. The problem was people were starving Benson said of his flights Over kurd ish refugee Camps. They d see the planes come Over and Rush the drop  refugees were getting killed by 2,200 Pound food bundles and not enough Mil itary people were on the ground to pro vide crowd control. When 15,000 people Are Rushing the drop zone 10 or 15 Guys can t Stop that Benson said. 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 2 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 Doe sheets of calculations Torrens said. Going up to 10,000 feet would affect the calculations exponentially 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 ac-130 Pilot from Pope Al a n.c., who is on temporary duty at Rhein main a. All you re losing is plywood and a Parachute 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. Major Calls Airdrop plan Brave decision Washington All British prime minister John major said thurs Day the . Plan to Parachute Relief sup plies into Bosnia and Herzegovina rep resents a Brave decision to pursue a difficult humanitarian Mission. There Are parts of Bosnia that be simply can t get to by ground and that san imaginative Way to Deal with it said major making the rounds of morning to talk shows a Day alter meeting with presi Dent Clinton at the White House. Major Calk a Clinton s plan Brave be cause it in t technically easy to carry  added that the Airdrop would comple ment ground Relief already being delivered by Britain and other countries to victims of the civil War. He said Clinton never asked Britain to join the Aerial Effort. Both sides came away from their White House meeting affirming the special relationship of the United states and Brit Ain. But the British Leader kept his Dis Tance when Clinton said he d like to help resolve civil Unic St a lot closer to Home Tor major in not Thorn Ireland. If the United states can in some make a constructive contribution to a Polit ical settlement of course we d be Mtyr noted in doing that the president said after their in t meeting wednesday. Dur ing the Campaign Clinton suggested Send ing a Puccia us. Envoy to help resolve the sectarian conflict in not Horn Ireland major said thursday that not Horn lie land was a totally Dilt Croni place Troia  it was 10 years ago and had Nuj great Trule toward in of no  Airdrop avoiding anti aircraft fire c-130 Hercules it nth a text 100 Wing a a nearly Mengirt Axson t-6d a \ 5 cargo up ii 42.000 a  i 4. V