European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 15, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday january 15, 1994 the stars and stripes Page 3 be 8j or a limit St a is id d it and i n edit. To i0t phantom taking Wing from former Pilot son help air base say goodbye to f-4g by Kevin Dol Gherty Kaiserslautern Bureau Span Dahlem a Germany after All these years the f-4g phantom ii still has enough Power to draw a highly decorated officer to its retirement partying Europe. It s a very historic occasion said George Bud Day sr., a retired air Force colonel who flew an earlier version of the f-4g. And Day is a very historic figure so the two go to Gether. He also is the father of a fighter Pilot assigned to Span Dahlem a which adds a personal touch to a event that is already a family Celebration of sorts. Span Dahlem s phantom phare Weh this weekends commemorating the aircraft s departure from Europe after nearly three decades of service. The last of the f4gs Are scheduled to leave the base feb. 18, said capt. Mike rein a base spokesman. Those fighters constitute the last remaining phantom ii Squadron in the . Air forces in Europe. The fighters also Are the last version of the f-4, which Dur ing the 1960s and 70s went nose to nose with soviet made Mig fighters in Southeast Asia. In keeping with the phantom ips-29-year.run in Europe the six remaining aircraft spent some of their final weeks of their european assignment on the frontline instead of in the hangar. The jets which Are used to Hunt and destroy enemy radars and anti aircraft de lenses recently returned from in Ciurlik a Turkey where they were flown in support of operation provid Comfort the . Mission to enforce the no Fly zone in Northern Iraq. The f-4gs that Are leaving Span Dah Lem for Nellis fab nev., will Likely return to Turkey later this year to resume the watch. Span Dahlem base officials held an informal gather ing at the officers club Friday which included a crud tournament a popular Pool table game and along fest. A private Static display of aircraft and a for Mal dinner were planned for today. While the weekend festivities Are designed to Cele brate the end of an Era there is a tinge of melancholy. It s a sad Day in the history of Europe said  Day or. The f-4 has been Here a Long time he said. Like his father the younger Day spent time in thereat of a phantom ii also known As the wild weasel. Is John Bohnow retired air Force col. George Day or. Left and his son air Force capt. George Day jr., stand in front of in f-4g the younger Day served As an electronic warfare offi cer from 1988 to 1990 before becoming an f-16 Pilot. His father flew f-4cs in the mid-1970s. It was a splendid piece of equipment the elder Day said. It was the Only fighter the air Force really had at that  the retired colonel s service record is remarkable a Story made for Hollywood. He joined the Marine corps in 1942 and served 30 months in the South Pacific As a noncommissioned offi cer. After receiving an appointment As a second lieu tenant in the National guard in 1950, he was called to Active duty the following year. Day entered Jet Pilot training and later served two Tours during the korean War. -. V " in april 1967, Day was assigned to a fighter Wing in South Vietnam. He was shot Down Over North Vietnam four months later and was taken prisoner. Day spent 5vi years As a prisoner of War. He escaped shortly after being captured but was caught and tortured. Day also is credited with surviving the first no Chute bailout from a burning Jet fighter when he was in England in the 1950s. Bailing out of his plane with out a Parachute he landed in a Forest his fall cushioned by Trees. While the injuries the highly decorated Day suffered As a pow have taken their toll he still buzzes around in single engine aircraft. He currently is a lawyer prac timing in Florida. His son said he is not the least bit intimidated by his father s storied past. I hear that a lot the younger Day said. I try not to let it affect me. I m my own person. He s his own person. But we both have the same  among those ideals is a Strong desire to serve the nation he added. The younger Day credits his father with introducing him to flying which led him to join the air Force. Spending time in the cockpit of the Type of fighter his father once flew was exhilarating enough and he is sorry to see the f-4g leave Europe. The fact that it is old Means something he said but the fact that it does something that no other plane does is also meaningful. The air Force is having a hard time letting it  encyclopedia firm pays off damages Vav Fth goods by Craig Martin staff writer encyclopaedia Britannica inc. Is Send ing $125,000 Worth of encyclopedias computers and software to . Military schools and libraries in Europe As part of its restitution for defrauding the govern ment. The Justice department determined in april that Britannica defrauded the de sense department of $125,000 Between 1987 and 1989, according to the Public affairs office at Ramstein a Germany. The company s contract with the govern ment required Britannica to pay a com Mission for being allowed to sell its goods on army and air Force bases in Europe. Britannica also was required to pay the government a $375,000 Fine triple the damages because the company Vio lated the false claims act. Rather than pay a Cash settlement of $125,000 to the military Britannica agreed to provide the computers com Puter software and the encyclopedias to the schools and libraries. Thirty six computers 30 multimedia cd rom encyclopedias and 22 sets of bound encyclopedias already have been delivered the statement said. Others Are scheduled to be delivered soon to libraries and department of defense dependents schools in Belgium England Germany Greece and Turkey. The air Force office of special investigations at Ramstein received reports in 1989 that Britannica representatives in England and Germany were holding Back commission funds the statement said. After the probe by Osi special agents George jump and David Mcneill the Justice department subpoenaed Britan Nica s files and determined that Britanni Ca had defrauded the government. The result was that Britannica agreed to buy the equipment for the government and credit they re " said it. Col. Sic pay the $375,000 Fine. To the company s sponged immediately Ven Shirley Ramstein s Osi commander said in the statement. They cooperated with our agents and fired All of those involved in the  Osi identified four overseas sales representatives involved but Britannica fired seven sales representatives in the Case Ramstein spokesman senior air Man Phil Ulmer said Friday. The Case was treated As a civil dispute Ulmer said. Thus no criminal indictment was filed against Britannica he said. Country music special caught up in the mail Frankfurt Germany is country music fans in Europe will have to wait another month to hear 1993 s top-100 american country hits radio program. One copy of the country music special is in Somalia and another copy is delayed in the mail so american forces network radio is postponing its encore of the popular year in review special that was scheduled to air sunday and monday. The show hosted by Bob Kingsley aired in Europe Over the new year s Holiday. The original copy of the program was immediately shipped to Somalia following the new year s airing said network radio chief George Smith. However listeners called and wrote to an asking to hear the program again. In response an radio stations had planned to broadcast a repeat performance during the Marin Luther King or. Holiday weekend. Smith said the show was sent by priority mail Jan. 5 from the armed forces radio and television service in los Angeles. But As of late Friday it had not arrived to an Headquarters in Frankfurt. An television has advertised the repeat performance for More than a week. An plans to broadcast regularly scheduled programming sunday on its a pm stations. However on monday As a substitute for the program an will air a three hour country music special Vince Gill and friends followed by three hours of country music Star Garth Brooks and a one hour eagles special. The shows will run from 5 05 . To noon monday on an s Power network the am oriented network that is broadcast on pm in some parts of Europe. If the mail cooperates an plans to air the top-100 country hits of 1993 on the presidents Day weekend in late february