European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 14, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday june 14, 1994 the stars and stripes Page 3rhein-main clinic plans get boost by Wayne  Staft writer Rhein main a Germany a resumption of construction on a stalled medical dental clinic is part of an air Force plan to provide outpatient care at Rhein main a through the turn of the Century. Work on the facility ended 11 months ago when the contractor defaulted. The partially completed clinic is among the facilities to be turned Over to the neighbouring Frankfurt Airport authority As part of the draw Down of the base. However German officials have agreed to allow the air Force to use it for five years past the end of the bases final draw Down status now set for april 1995. The clinic arrangements were disclosed monday by col. La of Dubois who Heads project task Force the team developing the draw Down plan for Rhein main he described the teams Progress during a morning briefing for about 120 base officials at the Rhein main a theater. The team from the . Air forces in Europe will be at Rhein main for a week the teams task is to work with Rhein main officials to oversee the scaling Down of the base Long dubbed a the Gateway to Europe a from a Community a of 3,000 service members and 1,900 civilian employees to one of 700 servicemen bars and 150 civilians. The bases primary flight Mission a Airlift a will be shifted to Ramstein a Headquarters of Safe. A the Wing s air planes Are to begin moving to Ramstein in the latter part of the month a said col. De Mcphillips commander of the 435th Airlift Wing. Quot As we speak people Are moving to  a key part of the health clinic plan was the awarding of a $2.1 million contract june 3 for the completion of the building. The contract  a turkish construe Tion firm Ere Muren dislike Insaad pc to cart . When work on the facility initially began in december 1989, the clinic was to do completed in two years at a Cost of $11.4 million. However the builder do faulted on the project in july 1993 when work was 17 months overdue and $1 Mil lion Over budget. The new contract will bring total spending to $14,5 million with a completion Date of mid february 1995, said Tor Rie Mcallister spokeswoman for the european District of the . Army corps of engineers in Frankfurt the contract includes Interior finish work and the installation and testing of medical electrical sanitary and lire alarms Mcallister added. Dubois said monday that he expects that the air Force will continue to renew the clinic agreement with the Frankfurt Airport beyond the initial five year period. A the existing Hase clinic building also is scheduled be returned to German authorities. Missions to Cut Bac weather allows convoys to take place of planes by Vayne v. H All staff writer Rhein main a Germany a humanitarian Airdrop flights Over Bosnia and Herzegovina have slowed to a trickle largely because of Good weather and More effective ground convoys. A a we re still delivering supplies to areas that can to be reached by convoys a said capt. Marty Gearhart a c-130 Pilot who recently flew his first Airdrop Mission. A More convoys Are getting through the roads have gotten better so the demand for Airdrop is  from january through March during the height of operation provide Promise 12 . C-130 cargo aircraft and one French and three German c-160 trans alls were flying Airdrop missions daily Over areas identified by the . High commissioner for refugees. Currently missions involve three . C-130s and one French and one German c-160 aircraft flying about two times a month. With the addition of c-141 Star lifter cargo jets to the operation the emphasis has shifted from the Airdrop flights to the Landing of supplies at the Airport in the bosnian capital of Sarajevo. A everyone knows that its getting old to a lot of people a said Gearhart who a flown 36 air land missions into Sarajevo. A but hearing the reports on our perform s4s Wayne v. Hall tech. Sgt. Lyle Inscho left and senior airman Steve Noble prepare bundles of food and supplies to be dropped Over Bosnia. Mance and about saving lives feels  at the operations Peak More than 650 people participated in provide Promise in March. Now fewer than half that number Are involved according to the provide Promise joint information Bureau at Rhein main a. The workload once required 1,150 riggers for the Airdrop supplies. Now there is a Crew of seven. Warmer weather has allowed bosnian to grow More of their own grains and vegetables. Also convoys can move on roads blocked in Winter by mud and Snow. Humanitarian Airdrop which began feb. 28, 1993, have delivered More than 16,990 tons of food 155 ions of medical supplies 508 tons of Winter bundles and 245 tons of  military inspections for Moths studied by Joseph Owen Heidelberg Bureau the . European come apparently Hopes to beef up inspections of America bound military shipments for asian Gypsy Moths according to a . Agriculture department adviser to the command. The command has prepared a draft letter for defense department transportation management officials that Calls for a a High profile inspection program aimed at detecting the Moth which in Caterpillar form strips Trees Bare by eating their leaves. The proposed program would include on site inspection of goods that the agriculture department deems to pose the greatest risk a of Host normally stored outdoors a we have to have Confidence that this is not just a paperwork Drill a said Dale Rush an agriculture department adviser who explained that the program would Hue e to meet his departments needs. The command relaxed its inspection standards earlier this year just As the Caterpillar threat in Germany became More severe than Ever before. As a result the agriculture department de certified the military s inspection program in Germany and increased its own inspections of inbound military shipments at . Ports causing delays and added costs. Those stateside inspectors also have dropped their guard lately but Only temporarily Rush said. The caterpillars that hatched in Germany in May wont be a threat to the United states until they crawl onto outbound goods and pupate or cocoon themselves there. Pupa Ion is expected to occur late this month. As a result Rush said agricultural inspectors arc under orders to resume close scrutiny of military shipments of both government and private property beginning junc30. The european come has not worked out All the details of its proposal Rush said. But if it is to work it must involve All the affected subordinate commands Rush said adding that the Headquarters of the . Air forces in Europe appears to be resisting the proposal. A spokesman for that command referred questions to the european come on monday a european come spokesman had no immediate comment. Meanwhile As predicted asian Gypsy Moth caterpillars Are chewing up the foliage of Southern Germany at a re Cord rate according to German forestry officials. In Bavaria the hardest hit state local and state agencies have sprayed about 35,000 acres with an insecticide to kill the caterpillars but egg masses have hatched in other areas covering More than twice As much territory said re inward Kennel a senior councilor in the state agriculture ministry. Last year caterpillars overran the Village of Ebersbach creating mild panic among its inhabitants. Similar a a invasions have been reported elsewhere this year although Kennel discounts news Media reports that the caterpillars Are biting people. The caterpillars hairs can cause a mildly stinging allergic reaction when they Contact human skin he said. A in the neighbouring state of Baden Wurttemberge state agriculture ministry official Ulrich Kohnic estimated that the slates spraying of 15,000 acres plus the related administrative efforts eventually will Cost Between 2 million and 3 million Marks $1.24 million to $ 1.86 in illion. After that the Moth problem will solve itself according to the two German officials. Quot we calculate that it will subside next year Quot Kennel said a