European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 19, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday May 19, 1994 the stars and stripes Page 3pi lots take Wing on flights of a Etas giving air Force fliers a lift into simulated skies by Kevin Dougherty Kaiserslautern Bureau Span Dahlem a Germany a the computer generated scene projected on a Large screen in front of capt. Joey Booher placed the Germany based fighter Pilot Over the Nevada desert. As Booher sat in a fibreglass Model of a f-16 fighting Falcon cockpit he surveyed the scene in front of him and manipulated the controls in preparation for an encounter with a russian Mig-29. While the system is designed to simulate a combat flight if could Nave passed As a video Arcade game to the casual observer. A a it a a Good computer image a Booher said his eyes fixed on the screen a a but it s not what a actually out there during a real flight. For the last two weeks f-16 pilots at Span Dahlem a have been sampling the computer simulator developed by Lockheed corp. The simulator leaves the base today. 1 a. A a a a a a a a about 40 pilots have tested what Lockheed Calls its Falcon Star simulator which Cost about $1 million to develop. The simulator currently is the Only prototype of its kind developed by the company. V a what we Are displaying Here will probably be routine in four to five years a said Tim Albin a Lockheed Engineer. Unlike most of its competitors Falcon Star enables a Pilot to sit Back and Fly Asim plated Mission using a pre recorded scenario or a live feed from an aircraft in flight. The Pilot can integrate his imaginary air capt. Joey boo Heiy an f-16 Pilot gets settled in the cockpit of the Falcon Star simulator at Span Dahlem a Germany. A amps Jotin Bomor. R1. A Craft into the situation and respond As he would if he were an actual participant. Booher a prerecorded scenario was devised from a Green Flag combat exercise at Nellis fab nev., in april. Booher has yet to take part in a Green Flag exercise. A the Guys Are getting that level of training prior to going to Nellis for Green Flag or red Flag said Albin a retired air Force lieutenant colonel who flew f-4 phantom Island f-16s. Lockheed does no to expect to sell the simulator to the air Force Albin said. Other companies have cornered that Market at least for now. Besides computer simulators arc not the company a Forte a planes Are Albin added. Lockheed a stable of fighter aircraft in eludes the f-16 f-22, the eventual successor to the f-15 Eagle and f-1t7 stealth fighter. Nonetheless a team of Lockheed engineers is touring the continent to give air Force personnel and the company s european clients a Belgium Denmark the Netherlands and Norway in particular a a glimpse of what is on the horizon. European air forces could buy the simulator under the foreign military sales program. A nothing Ever replaces actual flying a added Albin explaining that Falcon Star is meant Only to enhance flight training not take its place. Full development of the technology will come once computer simulators such As Falcon Star Are linked with each . Fight or base and War preparation Center Albin said. The technology will enable . Air Force officials a to run classified scenarios virtually anywhere they want to he added. A a it a neat Quot Booher said. �?o1 wish i could get in an f-16 and have a real  by Joseph Owen Heidelberg Bureau army and air Force Exchange service stores in Europe Are replacing their stocks of . Gear sneakers with shoes that done to have Mercury triggered Heel lights. The Exchange service has sold Only two girls styles and two infant styles of flashing . Gear sneakers that contain Mercury spokeswoman Carrie Higley Krowka said. A we took All four styles out of our Stock assortment in mid april Quot she said. A Minnesota state Law that took effect May 7 bans the Sale of footwear with Mercury triggered lights. The Law is intended to prevent the Mercury from contaminating the environment after the shoes have been discarded. . Gear anticipates that similar Laws May be enacted elsewhere according to Kim Anderson a spokesman in the company a regional office in Dallas. A Twete switching out of All Mercury triggered production a he said explaining that the company plans to replace the Mercury equipped shoes with others that have a new Ball bearing activated Flasher system. The new styles should reach store shelves in july and August both in the United state s and at military exchanges in Europe he said. The Mercury triggered and Ball bearing triggered flashers Light up when the sneakers Are shaken Anderson said. The flashers in the company a other shoe styles activate Only on Impact with another surface. Is amps Kevin Dougherty Mercury switches in the soles of . Gear shoes activate lights that Flicker on and off when the wearer walks. The Minnesota Law is the outgrowth of a disposal Issue not a safety Issue Anderson said adding that even if someone were to remove a Mercury capsule from one of the sneakers in question it would take a sledgehammer blow to break it open. Higley Krowka acknowledged that an Exchange store in Kaiserslautern has refunded Money to a few customers who returned Mercury Laden . Gear sneakers. Approval of such refunds is left to the discretion of individual store managers but the Exchange services Normal customer satisfaction policy still applies she said. A a a. A a. A the army and air Force Exchange service also offered to help people who arc satisfied with their purchases of Mercury triggered flashing sneakers but Don t know what to do with them after they Wear out. A customers who Are concerned about getting rid of the worn out shoes can bring them to us and Well dispose of them a Higley Krowka said. Officer s court martial on sex charges postponed Amstein a Germany a amps a the air Force postponed today a general court martial of a lieu int colonel accused of having sex with a patient who the to him for psychiatric treatment a Ramstein Kes woman said wednesday t. Col. Mauricio Masferrer requested the delay be be he hired a civilian attorney to defend him said staff sgt. Barbara Lavigne a Ramstein spokeswoman. The trial has been postponed indefinitely Lavigne said. Charges against Masferrer include conduct unbecoming an officer and multiple incidents of sodomy. He is also charged with adultery and indecent acts. All of the charges involve incidents that allegedly occurred Between August 1991 and july 1992.Soldier of after to by Bat swinger by Ron Jensen Nurnberg Bureau the Soldier who was struck on the head by a Bat at a softball tournament saturday is recovering at Home and showing no ill effects from the attack by another Soldier a spokesman for the 3rd inf div said wednesday. Spec. James Anderson a Supply clerk with co a 703rd Maint support Bri in Kitzinger Germany was on the receiving end of a Metal Bat swung by a Soldier angered by heckling. Witnesses said Anderson who was sitting on the grass near the softball Field in Wurzburg Germany was knocked unconscious by the blow from a Soldier on a team from Vicenza Italy. Witnesses said the attack was triggered by razing that had been going on throughout the 12-team invitational tournament. The Soldier who swung the Bat was ejected from the tournament questioned by military police and returned sunday with his team to Italy. The Vicenza Soldier is not being identified said a spokesman for the Southern european task Force in Vicenza. A a. A a a a right now we re not going to release the name of the Guy. That a the wish of the command a said maj it Bob Mcelroy. Mcelroy said he did not know if the Soldier was being confined or whether charges would be filed against the Soldier. A the Chain of command is looking into it right now. And they la take appropriate action a Mcelroy said. Master sgt Roger Teel the 3rd inf div spokesman said Anderson was held overnight saturday at the 67th combat support Hospital in Wurzburg and released sunday morning. Anderson was told to remain at Home for 72 hours and is expected Tor return to his Job today. A this wife is taking care of him at Home a Teel said wednesday