European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 23, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday july 23, 1994 the stars and stripes Bosnia flights grounded As , probes gunfire Page 3 by Mark Kinkade staff writer humanitarian Aid flights to Bosnia and Herzegovina will remain grounded until . Investigators determine who shot at four aircraft in separate incidents wednesday and thursday a . Spokesman said Friday. The United nations on thursday began investigating two shootings that wounded one american Relief worker and shut Down operation provide Promise flights to Bosnia said . High commissioner for refugees spokesman Ron Redmond. . Officials in Zagreb Croatia  be reached for comment Friday. A obviously someone Down there is targeting these planes a Redmond said thursday after the incidents a that is a major concern to  the Airlift was suspended wednesday when a . Air Force c-141 was hit with a Bullet. The flights resumed but were grounded again after an american Aid worker in Sarajevo was wounded thursday when someone opened fire on a .-chartered aircraft delivering Relief supplies to the City a Airport. Ground fire also damaged a . Air Force c-141b Star lifter and a British cargo aircraft Redmond said. The Star lifter sustained multiple hits in the belly of the aircraft according to a . European corny spokesman but returned to Rhein main a Germany. Although ground convoys have had Success in reaching refugees in the former Yugoslavia the United nations wants the Relief flights to resume before Supply stockpiles arc depleted Redmond said. A we be had about 2vi months of flights to build up supplies a Redmond said from Geneva a but we need the flights Back soon to keep the supplies  Neucom and operation provide Promise officials said Friday that they done to know when the flights will resume. A amps Vince Crawley a Bullet Hole is visible in the engine Cowling on an air Force c141b Star lifter at Rhein main a Germany. The plane was hit while on an Aid fission. Germans to add muscle to Balkan patrols Bonn Germany apr a special session of parliament on Friday approved strengthened sea and air patrols in the Balkans applying for the first time a court ruling that allows German troops to join allies fighting overseas. A 424-48 vote supported by the government and the main opposition party gave German ships in the Adriatic the right to Challenge fire Over the Bow or Board ships to enforce an embargo against serbian led Yugoslavia the left Wing greens and former communists were opposed. Two German destroyers have been patrolling with Allied warships but without the right to threaten or use Force. In addition German Crews aboard airborne warning and control system aircraft monitoring Bosnia a skies will be permitted to Fly outside nato airspace. Legislators were called from vacation to the special one Day session after a july 12 High court ruling that enabled German armed missions outside the nato Region As Long As they were approved by a simple majority of parliament. The free democrats Junior partners in the government said the session was necessary to retroactively endorse and broaden existing German actions around former Yugoslavia. The session was also a Chance for parliament to hold a Broad discussion of one of the most important changes of German policy since reunification. Challenges of the Balkan missions by the free democrats and opposition social democrats led to the High court ruling last week. Both parties said they supported the missions but wanted the High court to establish a Legal framework. Before the collapse of communism and reunification in 1990, postwar Germany had never been called upon to join , or nato missions overseas. But during the persian Gulf War allies criticized Germany for sitting on the sidelines. Rudolf Scharping the social democrats candidate against Chancellor Helmut Kohl in oct. 16 Federal elections said the High court ruling did no to mean Germany had to fight every time its allies called. A an Alliance Isnit a Convoy a Scharping said. Raf Mildenhall receives ambassador s award by the stars and stripes Raf Mildenhall England a the annual . Ambassador to the court of St. James a award for Community relations has been Given to Raf Mildenhall. The award presented by . Ambassador William Crowe is Given annually to a . Base in the United kingdom that has made an outstanding contribution to Anglo american relations said a spokesman for the Mildenhall Public affairs office. All bases in the United kingdom Are eligible. Mildenhall won the award this year in part for the efforts of the 100th operations group in moving equipment supplies and patients from one British Hospital that was closing in the nearby Community of Ely to another Hospital in the Community that was converted from a Royal air Force Hospital to a Public Hospital. This is the second time in three years that the award has gone to Mildenhall according to the spokesman. The award was presented at crowed a residence in London on july 13 to col. David e. Pope Mildenhall a commander. Kc-135s in Turkey Raf Mildenhall England a the 100th air refuelling Wing has opened a new Kc-135 Strat Tanker operation in Turkey in support of operation provide Comfort the Effort to patrol the no Fly zone Over Iraq and protect the kurdish population. Eight Kc-135s now Are operating at a joint use military and civilian Airfield at Antalya off the Southern turkish coast. Runway construction at in Ciurlik a in Turkey necessitated opening the new location a spokesman for Raf Milaneh Alsaid. About 100 . Air Force personnel from Raf Mildenhall and other . Air Force bases Are deployed at Antalya to support the Tanker operations the spokesman said. Five of the tankers Are from Mildenhall and the european Tanker task Force two Are from the Royal air Force and one is from the French air Force. Draws no comment from army std Kru no a Worms % rem$t�2n a by Joseph Owen Heidelberg Bureau army spokesmen offered no comment Friday in reaction to German news reports that the army plans to vacate most of its facilities in Worms Germany by late 1996. The City s lord mayor Gernot Fischer confirmed the plans according to reports earlier this week by local German newspapers and at least one radio station. The two installations chiefly affected Are Takkunen Barracks and police Cavern the reports said. Fischer citing the Rheinland Pfalz state Interior ministry As his. Source also said the army plans to give up part of the Thomas Jefferson Village military housing area. A until something is announced at the seat of government by the Secretary of defense we can to comment on it a said Jim Boyle spokesman for . Army Europe Headquarters in nearby Heidelberg referring to the German news reports. Takkunen Barracks located on the City a North Side has protected status As a historical Monument. It is now Home to the City a chief . Military tenant 5th signal come Headquarters. Police Cavern and the housing area Are several blocks away. So far the american troop withdrawals have had Little Impact on Worms a City of some 80,000 peo six it pie on the West Bank of the Rhine River in the state of Rheinland Pfalz. The army announced in May 1993 that it would release to the German government a motor Pool next to Takkunen Barracks a Community Park and some training areas. All of those transfers have occurred and they Are the Only announcements so far that pertain to army controlled property in the City army spokesman Michael Keldermann said. The local military Community Falls within the administrative jurisdiction of the 291st base support in the Headquarters of which is about eight Miles away in Mannheim. Mannheim Community paper folds Mannheim Germany a amps a another army Community newspaper vanished from the publishing landscape this week. The Mannheim messenger stricken by a staffing shortage has died after 21 years of service to one of the largest army communities in Europe. The tabloid sized biweekly put out its final Issue last week. Residents of Mannheim and nearby Worms will have Access to the weekly Herald Post edited in Heidelberg. The free newspaper also is distributed in Karlsruhe which lost its military newspaper the town crier several months ago. The Mannheim paper had been scheduled to Stop publication just before the end of the current Federal fiscal year on sept. 30, col. John t. Revelle commander of the Heidelberg based 26th area support group said in a commentary in this weeks Herald Post. But the messengers closure came sooner because the editor resigned this month to accept a new Job and because the commercial publishing contractor did not want to print the paper anymore. Revelle said he is committed to expanding the Herald Post now eight pages per Issue to 12 pages. The Herald Post offices Are located on Patton Barracks in Heidelberg. The newspaper can be contacted by calling Dan 370-7277 or civilian 06221-577277