European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 3, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Vol. 51, no. 318 50c wednesday March 3,1933 d 8693 Airdrop gets mixed results Airdrop 0130 transport planes. Flying at 10,000 it. A slowing the aircraft pilots Fly thec-130s nose High and pal Tefs Are rolled Down the cargo ramp at the rear of the plane. A a 26-loot Parachute allows the bundles to tall at a constant rate of More than 50 Mph. A the navigator uses winds and Altitude to calculate the target area target area Little of Aid appears to be victims by Vince Crawley staff writer with the . Air Force Over Bosnia and Herzegovina a after two nights of mixed Success on their dangerous High Altitude Parachute drops american aircrews were hopeful that food and Medicine from their third Mission would reach the victims and not the aggressors in the three sided civil War below. Following a widely scattered leaflet drop before Midnight saturday the Crews source . Air forces amps Success but the drops were met with dismay and criticism by the outnumbered outgunned muslims of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Early tuesday flying High above a layer of Clouds that glowed with lightning like flashes of ground fighting and artillery three american cargo planes dropped 19 tons of emergency supplies into the starlit sky. Initial reports from the ground indicated that the cargo had reached bosnian Muslim hands near the town of Zupa although no details were available. A i thought it went exceptionally Well a said capt. Tom White navigator of the Lead plane As it sped Back on the three hour trip to its Home Airfield at Rhein main a near Frankfurt Germany. Saying head made a a Good read on the winds a White added that he Felt confident the emergency drop reached the right target a was Long As inc right people who need it Are still in control of the drop zone a the monday night delivery of supplies to serbian troops near the town of cd ska apparently was a Case of bad timing. A the Guys last night knew that they hit the drop zone a White said of the earlier Mission. However Quot the bosnian were overrun Between the time the Mission was planned and the drop was  in effect the . Cavalry arrived too late to help the bosnian in cd ska. But president Clinton when he announced the humanitarian missions late last week said they would be made a without regard to ethnic or religious  White 30, from Russell Springs Kyd a said he also was the navigator on the Mission late saturday that dropped about 1 million leaflets Over Bosnia. People on the ground including those in cd ska reported that the leaflets were so widely scattered that few if any were seen in areas considered to be the most Likely targets for emergency Airdrop. A the idea with the leaflets is to drop a lot of them and they re pretty much at the mercy of the wind a White said. A a it a a Little bit discouraging a it. Col. See Airdrop on Page 2 police build up Force s might in cult standoff Waco Texas apr Federal agents sent in More firepower monday night As the bloody standoff with a religious group entered its third Day but they said there was no Rush to storm the compound. Six More  tuesday morning. A Convoy of 25 trucks cars and vans carrying agents in riot gear moved in monday evening As onlookers were ordered out and the Fri sent its elite hostage Rescue team to the scene. But authorities  say How Long the 400 officers massed outside the fog shrouded compound were prepared to let the standoff with group Leader David Koresh and an estimated 75 supporters dragon. A a there a no Rush on something like this. You have to take your time a said Ted Royster special agent of the Bureau of alcohol tobacco and firearms. A you want to save As Many people As  authorities talked by phone periodically with members of the group monday a Day after a raid by about 100 at Koresh agents erupted in gun Battles that killed four agents and two people with Koresh one believed to be his 2-Ycar-old daughter. Royster said talks continued Early tuesday with Koresh who told a radio station that he had been gravely wounded sunday. Koresh who says he is Jesus Christ is the 33-year-od Leader of the Branch Davidian sect. Members say he is the Lamb mentioned in the Book of revelations and can bring about the end of the world. Koreshy smother Bonnie Haldeman who see cult on Page 2 Gie Belstadt soldiers return Home from Somalia to warm Welcome by Dave Melancon Wurzburg Bureau Gie Belstadt Germany a spec. Brett Garretson reintroduced himself to his 6-month-old son Broderick shortly before 4 . Tuesday. He saw two Teeth in his songs Mouth that were not there when he deployed to Somalia just before Christmas. A the probably does not even know who i am a the 158th aviation regt Soldier said. Garretson was one of about 200 Gie Belstadt soldiers from task Force 5158 who were welcomed Home Early tuesday by family and friends in a Gic Belstadt helicopter hangar decorated with flags yellow ribbons Rcd and banners. The soldiers were part of a 330-person contingent that arrived at Rhein main a Germany about 1 , a Gie Belstadt official monday incorrectly reported the 330 soldiers were returning Only to Gie Belstadt. But in addition to Gie Belstadt soldiers returned to their Homes in Wiesbaden Hanau and other communities in Germany in Somalia the v corps soldiers used their helicopters in operation restore Hope to move soldiers and cargo inf Mountain div. More than 170 members of the tasks amps go Schuettler chief warrant officer 3 Gerry a Hodge embraces his wife Marcia after he arrived in Gie Belstadt Germany from duty in Somalia. Of the 10th Force will see related stories on pages 9,1719 remain in Somalia and will continue to provide medical and aviation support to the division v corps officials said. Seven soldiers Are accompanying the majority of the task forces equipment aboard the american Eagle the sister ship of the cargo ship that carried the equipment to Somalia after assembling in the hangar  turned in their weapons received More malaria pills and signed out for two weeks leave. All the while they exchanged hugs and handshakes with families and comrades. A i can t believe All the pomp and circumstance we re getting a capt. James Reed said. A i was expecting to process and get on out of  several soldiers said they plan to make up for holi Seo Home on Pago 2