European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 27, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday february 27, world stars and 8tw�pt8 Pitt coast guard Tower collapses at turkish site Karg Burun turkeys a a 625-foot Antenna Tower at a . Coast guard station in Karg Burun collapsed thursday afternoon leaving the Eastern Mediterranean sea Region without Long Range navigation Aid coverage according to a coast guard statement released Fri Day. No one was injured when the steel Long Range Aid to navigation or Loran Tower col lapsed at 5 30 p.m., the statement said. The reason for the collapse was not know Friday afternoon. . Coast guard activities Europe in London is investigating. The Karg Burun station is the farthest East of the four towers in the Loran Chain in the Mediterranean said it. Jeff Robertson a coastguard spokesman in London. Two of the others Are in Italy and one is in Barcelona Spain. About 6 to 8 inches of wet Snow had accumulated on the ground and winds were minimal at the time of the collapse the statement  had been falling since morning. Loran navigation coverage won t be Avail Able in the Eastern Mediterranean sea until re pairs arc completed the statement said. The coast guard is sending people from London and the United states to repair the Tower Robertson said and our plans Are to get it Back  he did not know when the work will be finished. An official notice has been issued to mariners identifying the area of reduced coverage. Swede feb succeed Indian As head of . Forces from wire report Zagreb Croatia Indian it. Gen. Satish Nambiar will turn Over command of the . Protection Force in the former Yugoslavia next week to swedish it. Gen. Lars Eric Wahlgren the Ungro for head office said thursday. Nambiar s one year term As up Rotor com Mander expired in february but the . Security Council last week extended his mandate until March 31. Wahlgren who has served with various . Mis Sions Over the past five years will take the Post of up Rotor commander tuesday said . Officials in the croatian capital Zagreb. Russia seeks suspects Stockholm Sweden the russian embassy has asked that Tamerlane Musayev 27, and his wife Marina Musayeva 26 charged with hijacking russian Airliner be extradited to Russia swedish officials said. The russian request came  two were arraigned in Stockholm on sunday one Day after the Aeroflot Jet was hijacked from Siberia to Estonia and then to Stockholm. The couple have an 8-month-old daughter who was with the during the hijacking. Memorial service slated for Ramstein sergeant Ramstein a Germany is a me Morial service in Honor of a . Air forces in Europe staff sergeant will be held monday at 10 . At Ramstein s Chapel 2. Staff sgt. John j. Goodman 29, of the 86th morale welfare recreation and services so died sunday 20 at Walter Reed army medical Center in Maryland. He died following an illness according to a base press release. Goodman was assigned to Ramstein in february 1987 and most recently served As his squad Ron s noncommissioned officer in charge of information management. Details on Bosnia Airdrop kept shrouded in secrecy by Chuck Roberts staff write Rhein main a Germany airmen at Rhein main a Are preparing to Parachute emergency sup plies to War torn Bosnia Ana Herzegovina but military officials say they Don t know the Date or destination of the flights. President Clinton announced thursday that the .military will Airdrop food and medical supplies to War victims in areas where ground convoys have Bee blocked. At the instruction of defense Secretary los Aspin joint chiefs chairman Gen. Colin l. Powell Friday signed the execute order giving . European com the formal go ahead to begin the operation said Penta gon spokesman maj. Bryan  said the order gives . European come commander Gen. John Shalikashvil the authority to decide when weather and other factors Are right to begin air dropping leaflets informing the bosnian about the relic operation. Madeleine Albright the . Ambassador to the United nations said the Airdrop will be supplementary to truck deliveries which inc called the More efficient Way to get food into these  we Hope the Airdrop will really push the land convoys into More Active participation Albright said on Abc s Good morning  department officials say the . Airdrop will begin with As much As 80 tons of food and medical supplies hurtling to the ground from a Small Fleet of c 130 Hercules  Pentagon said thursday it will keep the starting Date of the operation secret although some official said it could begin As Early As sunday. The planes will Fly at night and at High Altitude to Lessen the risk Fanti aircraft fire. Clinton said it would be a temporary measure an members of Congress who were briefed on it thursday generally supported the  Friday a . Military team held talks with experts from the . High commissioner for refugee sin Geneva on the details. The associated press reported that talks were expected to focus on Sites for the Airdrop the Content of the Aid and the procedures for inspecting cargo to As sure the warring factions in Bosnia that the operation will not be used to deliver  . Official said the defense department team included representatives from the . European omd based in Stuttgart Germany. Pallets were being packed and loaded Friday with parachutes for the Airdrop. The c 130s May drop their supplies at altitudes a High As 10,000 feet to avoid serbian anti aircraft fire according to administration officials. Normal Airdrop  place at an Altitude of about 1,000 feet or lower. Cargo drops at 10,000 feet can miss the target by More than 2vi Miles according to the Washington Post which quoted an air mobility come manual. The planes will not be escorted by combat aircraft administration officials said. Specifics about the flights times and targets will note released because of Security reasons officials at Rhc  bulk of the supplies will be meals ready to eat and medical supplies said army col. Don Maple director of the joint information Bureau at Rhein main. Although destined for All three ethnic groups in the area the Early stages of the Airdrop arc expected to Benefit muslims in parts of Eastern Bosnia that Are under siege from serbian forces the a reported. The commissioner for refugees which will cooperate with . Forces in the Airdrop has stepped up efforts to Send regular land convoys through serbian lines int Eastern Bosnia. Serbian officials have said they would like to inspect the supplies to ensure no military hardware is included according to press reports. Maple said he had hear the same report but did t know whether such an inspection would be allowed. Memories of War still Sharp for . Troops still in Kuwait by Neil Mac Arquilar the associated press Kuwait staff sgt. Tony Cespedes carries a souvenir from the liberation of Kuwait two years ago a scar on his stomach from an anti tank mine s shrapnel. I was one of the Guys who almost did no make it Back said Cespedes 31, of san Juan puerto , who was wounded when a five ton truck he was Riding in hit the mine is among about 1,100 . Troops from the 1st Cav div dispatched from fort Hood Texas to Shore up Kuwait s defences after iraqi Border incursions in  Hundred other soldiers Are stationed permanently in Kuwait to look after military equipment. Cespedes and his buddies came off their desert exercises about two weeks ago and Are hoping for orders to return Home anyway. Most did not expect or especially want to come Back to  second anniversary of Kuwait s liberation will be a Day like any other. There Areno exact figures on How Many of the men were in Kuwait for the liberation and no ceremonies were planned. Mostly they will work on the vehicles they used during the exercises. Their equipment enough for a battalion sized Force is stored in neat rows at Camp Doha just North of Kuwait City. The thoughts of Many veterans of the persian Gulf War turn to absent colleagues and what a different kind of Day it was two years ago. On feb. 26,1991, kuwaiti fighters declared Kuwait Cit freed. The next Day president Bush declared Kuwait Liber ated and halted Allied operations. Liberation Day was failing cold everything you would want to Call miserable with the Sun blotted out by the fires of hundreds of Oil Wells ignited by the retreating  last fire was extinguished nov. 6,1991. Kuwait City youths f Pray f having Cream thursday celebrating their nation s 1961 Independence from Britain and 1991 liberation from Iraq. By Friendly fire and 458 others were wounded. Others inthe coalition lost 66 men. Iraq put its losses at 75,000 to 100,000 soldiers killed in action and 35,000 to 45,000 civil ians killed in Allied  brings Back a lot of memories. Some Good some scary some rewarding. It s an experience i Don t wish on anyone said 1st sgt. Marco Pena 36, of Mission Texas. He recently went Back to Mulla Ridge known As the Highway of death for the fierce attack on retreating iraqi forces to visit the spot of the company s last firefight. It s one of those things that you want to see but you during the War 148 . Troops were killed including 21 Don t want to see Pena said