European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 20, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                I Page 4 the stars and stripes . Observation Post 52, Macedonia apr five White Mobile trailers and a Woodri observation Tower perched in the Middle of a Field of shoulder High Corn have become a Home away from Home for a dozen . Soldiers keeping War at Bay in this tiny Balkan state. A a it a pretty easy duty sir a a army sgt. Scott Culver of Virginia Brach va., told defense Secretary William Perry who was visiting the Remote site. A a we re glad to stay up Here a on a we Klong tour of Balkan hot spots Perry arrived. Tuesday to inspect the conditions under which some 500 . Soldiers based in Germany work As part of a 1,200-member . Observer Force. The troops Are trying to keep the Etc Perry Nic rivalries that Nave Tom macedonians Northern neighbors from spreading to this country of nearly 2 million people. A what you re doing Here is important a Perry told the soldiers Meibers of the 3rd inf div from Schwein Furt Germany. A an ounce of prevention is Worth a Pound of cure but in the Balkans an ounce of proven Tion is Worth a ton of  Perry called Macedonia a key to the stability of the  a every peaceful Day that passes is a tribute to your Success a he told soldiers earlier at their Headquarters 20 Miles South in the capital Skopje. Perry later announced that the United states and Macedonia agreed to increase military Cooper Arion but he said the United states has no plans to increase american troop strength in the former yugoslav Republic. Macedonia was the Only Republic to withdraw peaceably from the yugoslav federations amps even As Bosnia and Herzegovina to the North became engulfed in a two year War. Landlocked Macedonia is surrounded by four unfriendly nations and peppered with enough rivalries to Start a similar conflict. A a. A platoon Leader sgt. Mel Parker of Amory la a said that the soldiers like being in the Field and that their morale has been High. The tedium of digging bunkers or keeping  night vision Scopes at the sandbagged site is eased by the air conditioned trailers stacks of videotapes compact disc players and a weight room for bodybuilding Parker said. And luckily there a been no major Security problem. Perry climbed to the top of the one Story White observation Tower where soldiers peer at a Highway Bor wednesday july 20,1994 gis macedonian for nato s sentries in the sky is by Effie Bathen staff writer Geilenkirche Germany the nato airborne Early warning Force begins its third year this week As the United nations Eye in the sky above the Adriatic sea and former Yugoslavia. Its multinational nato Crews have flown More than 4,000 missions and logged 32,000 flying hours in support of the . Embargo against former Yugoslavia. A the word a teamwork is the same in German a said it col. Horst Abromeit a Pilot and Deputy of operations who has been with the unit for More than a year. He came from German transportation forces and was not used to flying with multinational units. T the airborne warning and control system unit is the Only one on the continent in which Crew Mem bars from Many different countries climb aboard the same plane and work Side by Side. A it was an entirely new environment Quot said Abro Cit who found that when a problem arose people from 11 different cultural backgrounds would offer solutions. They even spoke English differently Abromeit said. The Aljia Jice saw acs planes Are flown by Crews from units based at Raf Waddington in Lincolnshire England and at the nato air base in guile Skirchen. The planes topped with distinctive sauce like radar domes have participated in the . Mission since july 16,1992. They began monitoring shipping and later enforcing the . Embargo on arms. Today that includes operations Sharp guard and deny flight. So far the nato Crews from guile Skirchen have performed about 75 percent of the surveillance and co Strol missions in 18 e-3a Azacs aircraft All British Crews from the Royal air forces number 8 so have seven e-3d a acs planes and use Aviano a Italy As a Forward base. The guile Skirchen Crew members Hail from 11 participating military forces Belgium Canada Denmark Germany Greece Italy Netherlands Norway Portugal Turkey and the United states. While Germany has been involved in the Azacs Force it Wasny to until last week that the German supreme court retroactively sanctioned the country a participation in missions traditionally outside natos area of interest. A the Crews Are completely integrated. You can have a turkish Pilot and a greek co Pilot. There a no such thing As an american Crew a said a command spokesman capt. Bryan Niemiec. A flight Crew for the $70 million modified Boeing 707 Azacs aircraft includes two pilots one navigator and one flight Engineer. A Field Grade officer a major lieutenant colonel or colonel a is usually in charge of the Mission Crew of lower Grade officers and enlisted personnel said Canadian air Force maj. Peter Gauthier. The Crew includes those who handle weapons surveillance communications radar and computers. One Azacs flying at 30,000 feet has More than 112,000 Square Miles in its electronic Field of View a an area the size of Germany. The e-3a Crews use two orbits Over Hungary and the Adriatic sea to keep watch Over the former Yugoslavia. These Crews also routinely support . Air Force training exercises and . Navy activities in Europe and the Mediterranean. Forward operating bases with local support Crews Are at Konya Turkey Preveza Greece and Trapani Italy a smaller operating location is at Overland Norway. The nato commands Azacs planes Are not to be confused with the . Air Force Azacs Craft involved in the accidental Downing of two american Black Hawk helicopters in the no Fly zone Over Iraq that lulled 26 people including 18 americans. Those planes were under the command of the . Air forces in Europe and had an american Crew that had deployed from  Post through the sights of a tube launched optically tracked wire guided Tow missile system. The systems lethal weapon has been removed Given the units peacekeeping role in the Region. Even so the Tower looks out Over armoured vehicles and weapon caches that show the . Soldiers could defend themselves should the need arise. A the reaction from the macedonians has been Good. On patrols they act like they re glad to see us. And the kids Well they re just like kids everywhere curious about soldiers Quot Parker said. The american soldiers were sent to Macedonia a month ago from Schweinfurt relieving . Soldiers based in Vilseck Germany. The Vilsick troops had replaced members of the army a Berlin brigade which was first sent to Macedonia a year ago. Rain floods sewer system at Frankfurt military Sites a Frankfurt Germany a amps after nearly a month of monster heat Frankfurt military residents finally got what they wanted monday afternoon. Rain. Lots of it. Maybe too much. A Brief cloudburst at about .2 30 . Turned Nasty when rain flooded the sewer system supporting Many of the american facilities in the Frankfurt Community and caused a Power outage to Exchange facilities. A no Thunder no lightening a Community spokesman Dieter Kneise said in a statement tuesday. A the disaster came silently and without a warning when cascades of water came  the flood swamped the Shoppe the and main army and air Force Exchange service outlets near the Abrams Complex forcing work Crews to pump the water out before restoring Power to the buildings Kneise said. Engineers from the Community a 413th base support in housing directorate braved wet electrical circuits to return Power to the shop Pette refrigerators and freezers Kneise. Said. However the wet circuitry overloaded again at about 5 30 . Tuesday. Housing engineers restored Power shortly afterwards. At the Abrams Complex the Idle hour theater main Chapel and several family housing quarters also were soaked when the sewers flooded into building basements Kneise said. The Community is Stilt tallying the damage caused by the Freak rainstorm but the deluge caused a considerable damage to both the Exchange and shop Pette storage areas Kneise said. Army officer dealt sex charges Augsburg Germany a amps a a military intelligence platoon Leader suspected of molesting children was charged monday with sex crimes an Augsburg spokeswoman  it. Andrew g. Aull assigned to the 66th military intelligence brigade faces 12 counts of indecent acts indecent liberties and language with a minor. Charges also include one of sodomy one of extortion and two of assault said Karin Johnson a spokeswoman for the 236th base support in. Aull a 24-year-old native of Oswego 111., also was charged with conduct unbecoming an officer she said. An investigation into reports of child molestation was conducted by the criminal investigation come known As Cid and a three person family advocacy team from the . Army Europe s Headquarters in Heidelberg she said. A Date for an article 32 investigation or preliminary hearing has not been set Johnson said. The command would not release other details late tuesday about the incidents Johnson said. Memorial set for la Maddalena Sailor s wife Naples Italy a a memorial service was scheduled today for a la Maddalena sailors wife who died saturday said a naval support activity Naples spokesman. The service for Lilibeth Bundalian was planned for 11 30 . In the base Chapel in la Maddalena Sardinia. The Community put together 150 carnations in the shape of a heart for the ceremony. Lilibeth Bundalian is survived by her husband Petty officer 1st class Lorente Bundalian and two children Lorente Bundalian is assigned to naval support activity la Maddalena. The 34-year-old woman died unexpectedly at about 10 45 . Saturday after being admitted to the naval Hospital in Naples for abdominal pains