European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 22, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inythe Stan drives vol. 53, no. 5 500 Friday april 22,1994 d 8693 a reportedly As in off Washington a investigators have found that switches were in the off Posi Tion on systems that would have allowed . Warplanes to identify two . Black Hawk Heli copters before the choppers were shot Down accidentally in Iraq a newspaper reported thursday. The Washington times said a Pentagon source termed the findings preliminary and added that the Impact of the crash could have jarred the switches of the identification Friend or foe systems from on to  the accidental attack on the choppers by air Force f-15c fighters killed 26 . And . Military personnel on april 14. Defense Secretary William Perry said last Friday that the Iff systems on the helicopters did hot respond to signals from the fighters but could not say whether that was caused by a malfunction or deliberate deactivation. The times said one theory under discussion within the Pentagon is that the Black Hawk pilots May have turned off their systems while in route to a sensitive meeting among . Officials and kurdish leaders to minimize the possibility that the location could be detected by iraqi aircraft which otherwise could not use radar to track the choppers As they flew at Low altitudes in mountainous  paper cited sources As saying that because the air Force knew the Black Hawks were in the area the chopper pilots May have believed their Only threat was from iraqis who might use the Iff systems to find them. Officials said that after taking off from a base in Turkey the Black Hawks initially emitted an Iff squawk Back to an air borne a acs radar plane monitoring Northern iraqi air space from Turkey according the report. It added that the chopper pilots May have turned the Iff switches off after Landing at a rendezvous Point inside Iraq then not turned them Back on As they flew toward a meeting with the kurd. Inside today stars and stripes forever Congress has directed the stars and stripes to Transfer its bookstores to the military Exchange services by oct. 1. The move casts a Shadow across both the newspaper s future and that of Bookstore workers. Inside today separate reports address three aspects of the pending Transfer. A  Vav. V in one the us. European Cornel s chief of staff warns that the proposal by the army and air Force Exchange service and the Navy Exchange come for taking Over the bookstores might Hurt workers disrupt service and put the newspaper itself at risk. A second article outlines the debate Over How to replace the Revenue the newspaper will lose. If a new source of funding is not found the newspaper will run out of Money by nov. 1 in another report some top army leaders advocate a Bottom up review of the Best Way to deliver news and information to troops. Seo nazis March in Moscow to celebrate Hitler s birthday see Page 10 reason Nunn for pounding serbs a serbian Soldier adjusts the sights of an anti aircraft Cannon in bos Nia. The army is on constant Alert for nato jets patrolling the . No Fly zone Over Bosnia. Washington a sen Sam Nunn said thursday that the United states and its allies must be willing to escalate military action against the bosnian serbs even if american casualties result. The Georgia Democrat suggested the West should escalate All the Way to ser Bia if need be to end the yugoslav con , chair Man of the Senate armed service committee derided natos pinprick attacks against the serbs to Date and said the serbs were undeterred be cause the West had taken a sort of lowest Corn Mon denominator approach thus far. Nunn s comments coming from a Lead ing voice on military affairs was a sting ing critique of the Clinton administration s efforts. Today the North Atlantic Council will take up president Clinton s new proposal to use air Power unless the serbs withdraw from the outskirts of six see Nunn on Page 2 Safe shedding generals while command slims Down Bymark Kinkade staff writer general officers with the . Air forces in Europe Are going from their offices to the flight lines or out the door As the command continues to find ways to streamline operations. Since 1991, the number of generals assigned to Safe Headquarters has dropped from 11 to four. Some according to Safe organization and re source director maj. Brad Koepp have gone on to command air wings while others either were promote to higher level command jobs or left the air Force. As the Headquarters has gotten smaller we be required less general officer oversight Koepp said. We re getting them Back in the  example at Ramstein a Germany the Corn see Safe on Page 2 Ifni .  5  m in draw Down special -. -./,.-_/._-. P -. ,. Coming wednesday in the stars Ami stripes is a special four Page package on the draw Down in Europe where we started where we Are now and where we Are headed. Included Are military Community by Community population figures for 1990, for today and for 1996