European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 12, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The Sims nov stripes vol. 52, no. 300 500 figure skater Nancy Kerrigan practices her Rou Tine in Public at the Hamar olympic amphitheatre in Norway on Friday. Remote gis enter spotlight As games begin by Kevin Dougherty Kaiserslautern Bureau . Service members in Norway Are on the outer limits of military life in Europe. They Are in Remote areas that Are easy to forget even for newspapers. I be been Remote before in Alaska said air Force master sgt. Dave Weiss. You re often the last one to  for Weiss and other . Service members in Norway their last to know Label changes today when the Winter olympics begins its two week see related Story on Page 4 run in Lillehammer. Instead of orbiting on the fringes of global affairs Norway will bask in the late Winter Sun. The world will focus on the triumphs and intrigue of the olympic games. And then there is the Nancy Kerrigan Tonya Harding soap opera. People have been asking for those figure skating tickets All Over said air Force sgt. Gerardo Gonzales. They Are a hot  the 240 service members assigned to the 724th air base so in Osteras located just outside of see games on Page 2 inside today woman who revealed Tail Hook sex scandal quits Navy by a a see Page 6 " saturday february 12,1994 d 8693 a Pentagon bulks up nato air Power after ultimatum Washington a the Penta gon is beefing up nato s air Arsenal by sending eight f-15e strike aircraft to Italy after nato gave the serbs an ultimatum to lift their siege of Sarajevo or be bombed a military official said Friday. The aircraft will arrive within the next few Days said the official who spoke on condition of anonymity. The warplanes Are part of an improved bomber and fighting warplane package being pulled together by . Navy adm. Mike Boorda commander of Allied forces Southern Europe based in Naples Italy. The package will boost the current number of nato aircraft in the Region from 120 to 146 fighters and bombers the official said. Many of the same Type of aircraft had been in the Region sever Al months ago when the nato allies had appeared on the verge of launching air stakes and Are now being put Backon Alert. The French British turks and French peacekeepers take up watch atop a building overlooking the scr see Nat on pa90 ?. Bian Section of Sarajevo during a reconnaissance Mission thursday. Rewording of rules on Gays a. ,. W./. I in Washington a rephrasing in the Penta gon s new regulations on homosexuals in the military has passed Muster with conservatives in Congress and the rules could be sent out later this month. The rules Are designed to precisely define homosexual conduct and conditions warranting an investigation that could Lead to a service member s removal from the military. The regulations to be sent to commanders in the Field were delayed after complaints that the rules did not con form faithfully to a Law Congress enacted last year. A provision that prompted the most disagreement has been rephrased in an Effort to accommodate those con Cerns said Pentagon spokesman it. Col Doug Hart. The new provision originally said sexual Orienta Tion is considered a personal and private matter and homosexual orientation is not a bar to service entry or continued service unless manifested by  the revised provision states a person s sexual orientation is considered a personal and private matter and is not a bar to service entry or continued service unless manifested by homosexual  rep. Barney Frank d-mass., said thursday that the change has no Legal significance and was made Only because conservative members of Congress had at tempted to remove All references to sexual Orienta Tion from the regulations. The regulations Are still Lousy said Frank one of two openly homosexual members of Congress. Theother is rep. Gerry e. Studds a mass. Sen. Dan Coats r-ind., who had demanded a change in the provision is pleased with the outcome said his spokesman Timothy Goeglein. Coats and several other gop members of the Senate armed services committee had threatened to hold up confirmation of William j. Perry As defense Secretary Over the regulations but did t make Good on the threat. Frank said the squabble Over language is irrelevant since the real fight Over the Issue of Gays in the military is taking place in the courts. Since the Day it was Clear that we lost it in the con Gress it s been an Issue for the courts Frank said. 1/als.ntins, roses and sweets for that special someone see Page 15-17 freezing rain snowstorms still grip United states see Page 5