European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 8, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday March 8, 1993 the stars and stripes Pago 3 ands 0i a he deck of he aircraft Carrier Kennedy in the Adriatic sea. The Hawk eyes help keep track of jul orc c-130 transport planes making Airdrop Over Bosnia and  by Gary Miller Mediterranean Bureau aboard the aircraft Carrier John f. Kennedy a even As the c-139s from Rhein main a Germany made their Airdrop run Over War Tom Bosnia and Herzegovina Early wednesday Friendly electronic eyes had them in sight making sure nothing in Friendly happened. A we just picked up the 130s and tracked them As they went across their drop zones/1 said naw it. Chris Pontrelli Mission commander for the e-2c Hawkeye aircraft that monitored wednesdays Arop missions from the Carrier Kennedy in the Adriatic sea. In fact Mission commanders on e-2c Hawk eyes the Navy a answer to airborne warning and control system aircraft have monitored All of flights from Rhein main that dropped humanitarian Aid into the trouble  we just want to take care of the c-130s, make sure nothing is going to impede the Progress of their Mission so they can get in and get out safely said it. Cmdr. Chris Forbes commander of another e-2c that monitored the Mission. Wednesday mornings Airdrop went Well Forbes said. A we were talking to the c-130s and they seemed upbeat he said. A they did a very professional Job. They got in they got of t on  Hawk eyes stand out even among other Turboprop aircraft because of the circular radar domes several Yards in diameter mounted Over their fuselages. And the planes have proven valuable according to . A by photo the aircraft Carrier John f. Kennedy cruises the Waters of the Adriatic sea. On c 130s Forbes Contr clip a. S s of Moi information from the Kennedy s sensors other ships in the area and the airborne e-2cs is integrated and Analysed in the Carrier s combat direction Center the Navy in coordinating such operations As the Navy a strik against Libya in 1986. An e-2c Crew includes a Pilot co Pilot two radar operators and a Mission commander. Their Mission is to provide Early warning command and control services to other Carrier based aircraft. For Forbes and Pontrelli the work wednesday was nothing new. The two naval flight officers said planes from their unit Carrier airborne Early warning so 126 from Norfolk Van a regularly flew night missions before the Airdrop began. Forbes said their aircraft a sensors picked up nothing in the air or on the ground during the Airdrop that required closer examination. But neither Pilot would say what their Squadron s role would be if an american c-130 went Down Over Bosnia. A we would report the information Back to folks Back at the ship and let them run it through the chains of command Forbes said. But under Normal circumstances the Kennedy already would have much of that information. Hawk eyes automatically transmit their a a pictures Back to the Kennedy a combat direction Center said chief Petty officer Greg Fowler. At he Center data from airborne e-2cs, the Carrier s own radar and the sensors of other . And Allied ships and aircraft operating in the area is integrated by computers and presented As a single picture on a Large screen computer Monitor. Fowler the ship s weapons coordinator and other people in the Center use the fusion of information to evaluate the situation and coordinate the efforts of various units and weapons systems. Although the Kennedy has its own radars and data available from other ships systems the Hawk eyes extend the Center s Range of vision beyond the horizon. A you never have enough eyes Fowler  on a in car linked to Torso in no s trial by Craig Martin staff writer Rhein main a Germany a an expert in genetics testified saturday during the murder trial of a Rhein main noncommissioned officer that blood samples from an a and car matched samples from a burning Torso found september 1991 in a Forest near Karlsruhe Germany. Or. Werner Pflug a Dan specialist at the Baden Wiir Temberg state criminal Laboratory in Stuttgart Germany also said he identified the Torso As the body of Yolanda Pengson by comparing cell samples from the Torso with cell samples from underpants found in Pengson a apartment. Pflug testified before the six member All male jury of officers during the ninth Day of the general court martial of air Force tech. Sgt. James Ancell Thomas. Thomas 34, assigned to the 435th civil engr so at Rhein main is charged with premeditated murder and desecration of a Corpse. The Torso was found sept. 9, 1991, burning in a forested area in Kronau a Small town near Karlsruhe. The head and hands had been severed and have never been found. Prosecutors say they still Aren t certain where or How Pengson 27, was  believe she was kilted on or near Rhein main five Miles South of Frankfurt. The chief prosecutor said they have no witness and their Case relies solely on circumstantial evidence. Some of that circumstantial evidence relies on Dan testing done by Pflugk a staff. Dan or detox ribonucleic acid is the genetic code for living things. The process of identification is commonly called genetic fingerprinting. Phi ugh a staff used two different types of tests to identify the Torso and the blood from an a found at Thomas workplace and what Pflug identified As blood from the trunk and Driver s seat of a rental car Thomas rented the weekend Pengson disappeared. Thomas former Roommate staff sgt. Simmons Ennis testified thursday that Thomas met Pengson a filipino and another filipino woman through a personal and in a Magazine. Another prosecution witness said saturday that she was Able to identify certain characteristics of cells from filipinos through a data base of 100 people provided by Pflug. Valerie Prenger an expert on human population genetics at the University of Maryland at Baltimore testified that it is 842.3 times More Likely the samples came from the alleged victim than from someone else in the general population. She also testified that it is 76.5 times More Likely the samples came from the alleged victim than from someone else in the filipino population under questioning from Joel Cheri Thomas civilian attorney Prunger confirmed that her data Are based on what people believe their nationality is and not on what it actually is