European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 11, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes thursday August 11,1994 registration suggestion earns award for italian by the stars and stripes san Vito Dei Normanna Italy a italian citizen received the . Air forces in Europe s highest civilian award last month for his work in simplifying Auto registration at the air station officials said. Ubaldo Mesoraca the director of the italia automobile club in Brindisi received the Safe medal of distinction during a ceremony july 20. The medal of distinction recognizes  support and achievement. In the past people had to go downtown to arrange for their Tutti co Auto registration documents said col. Raymond Yon jr., 775th air base group commander at san Vito. This process often involved three hours of waiting in line and translators to Complete paperwork. Mesoraca s work allowed us to bring an English speaking Liaison on base and reduce that time to 30 minutes Yoh said. Mesoraca also organized a treasure Hunt in which american and italian Drivers searched for items off base using clues he d planted. F-16s deploy to Sicily v Aviano a Italy about 55 people and Fivef-16 fighting Falcon jets from Aviano have deployed to Nas Simonella Sicily to participate inthe air exercise Southern presence. The nato exercise involves elements of the .air Force and Navy and the italian air Force. Deploying As part of the 555th fighter so were 10pilots and about 35 maintenance and support personnel. An additional 10 support personnel deployed from other Aviano units. The personnel and support equipment flew out monday while the planes and pilots left last weekend. From a Pilot s standpoint the training will be tremendous said capt. Robert Beletic the. Deployment commander. We will be practising bombings Basic fighter Maneu vers advanced combat Maneu vers and combat training with the italians. Everyone is very  the Squadron s c flight took along All equipment needed to sustain operations for the deployed f-16s, said capt. Brian Beers maintenance officer for the deployment. We have enough equipment to keep the aircraft flying during the Complete two week deployment Beers said. Aviano unit gets Honor Aviano a Italy the combat readiness and resources unit of Aviano s 31st trans so has been named the air Force s top unit for 1993. The eight person unit Winner at the . Air forces in Europe level for the last three years was cited for its support of additional ., . Andanto directed deployments especially two . Operations deny flight and provide Promise. The Basic Mission of the unit headed by  Fletcher is to plan and coordinate the deployment of 31st fighter Wing organizations. It was cited for coordinating italian police support for deploying convoys of equipment and for loading and deploying More than 480,000 pounds and vehicles for the Start of operation provide Promise the . S humanitarian Relief Effort for Bosnia and Herzegovina. The unit also supported missions involving setting up operation centers for provide Promise and Den flight at Brindisi Italy. Deny flight involve enforcement of the . Rip Fly zone Over Bosnia. Army vehicles equipment picked for Rwanda Relief h _ � by Jimi Jones staff writer. The . Army Europe has been directed to Send number of wheeled vehicles and other equipment As part of the american Effort to provide humanitarian re Lief to rwandan refugees a Usa eur spokesman announced. ,. Col. Dick Bridges said the equipment painted White on monday and sporting . Markings will be trans ported to Rhein main a Germany when ordered and later flown to Entebbe Uganda. The equipment which Bridges expects to be in a fully operational status before shipment is coming from Karlsruhe Sermersheim and Miessau Germany and Vriezen Veen the Netherlands. Bridges said the equipment excess army stocks i Europe will be turned Over to . Officials at the Entebbe Airport. The equipment is going to be leased to the . Under the authority of the arms Export control act he said wednesday. The defense Security assistance Agency tasked the army to furnish 15 Ivi ton trucks 10 five ton cargo trucks 10 truck ambulances two truck repair vans two five ton tractors a 5,000-gallon fuel Tanker and tools for those vehicles for use by the . Relief Effort i Rwanda officials said. Bridges said the execute order to get the equip ment to Rhein main has not been received but be cause it s part of the command s Effort in operation support Hope we know it Means lives. We re leaning As far Forward As possible to make sure that when therall comes we can execute in a matter of hours As opposed to  Bridges said the command has received an additional Alert for 50 2vz-ton trucks and 25 trailers for the unite nations under the same circumstances. ,.again the emphasis is on Speed Bridges  ability to get what is needed where quickly is Par amount. The military is uniquely suited especially working with the air Force for emergency operations of this  meanwhile the military traffic management come Europe and members of the 7th trans group from fort Eustis va., have joined forces with the unite nations world food program in Mombasa Kenya to bring Aid to More than 3 million rwandan refugees a new deadly diseases feared in refugee Camps Brussels Belgium a the risk of rwandan refugees dying from cholera is de Clining but other diseases could keep taking lives until next year an International Aid organization said wednesday. It s still an emergency situation said Georges Dallemagne of the belgian chapter of doctors without Borders one of the main Ai agencies in the refugee Camps sheltering More than half a million rwandans around Goma Zaire. Cholera which raged through the Camps two weeks ago and killed a third of its victims i slowing Down to a 7 percent death rate he said. But he said doctors fear that typhus and dysentery will prove much harder to shake and will go on killing for months. They also have found meningitis in the Camps and Are preparing for Possi ble outbreaks of measles. And cholera will strike again if Aid workers allow a new wave of refugees to congregate in Southern Zaire the organization cautioned. Command release said wednesday. The three agencies have worked with the kenyan port authority to offload 121 pieces of equipment including 62 vehicles from the .-flagged America Condor which docked in Mombasa on july 8. Traffic command officials said wednesday that the Condo normally sails Between Northern Europe and the United states. Fifty one of the vehicles Are 18-wheel trucks that willbe used to transport food to the refugees. Ten vehicles Are to be brought by . Air Force c-5galaxies to the United nations logistics Center in Kampala Uganda the release said while the other swill Convoy to Kampala. Food program officials estimate the vehicles delivered by the . Military will transport More than 3,000 tons of food per month. Police Hunt Man who robbed Sermersheim banking facility Bymark Kinkade staff writer army investigators Are looking for a Man who robbed a merchants National Bank facility of More than $16,000 at gunpoint tuesday afternoon in Sermersheim Germany. Although officials Don t know whether the suspect is an american he was described As wearing military looking pants said Community spokesman pet dressier police officials said the suspect is described As a Black male approximately 5 feet 4 inches tall an weighing 160 pounds. The Man reportedly made off with $6,300 and 15,200 German Marks about $9,870. The robber apparently entered the Bank at Sermersheim army depot about 2 . Armed with a Small Caliper handgun. He ordered a Teller who was alone in the Bank to lie on the floor then bound the Teller according to a statement from the 26th. Area support group in Heidelberg. The robber told the Teller to remain silent and then fled the statement said. Dressier said the Teller a woman was not harmed. No alarm was sounded during the robbery. Karlsruhe military police on routine patrol discovered the bound Teller about 2 40 ., the statement said. The Bank at Sermersheim is the Only facility in the Small military Community dressier said and operates with limited hours. It is open four hours a Day for two or three Days a week the Stater nit said. Military and German police Are investigating the Case. They have asked anyone with information about the robbery to Contact the nearest criminal investigation come office or military police station. Sus in tax by Jimi Jones staff writer an unknown number of civilian employees at Geilenkirche a nato air base in Northwestern Germany Are the target of an investigation into alleged abuses of tax free purchasing privileges officials say. . Air Force maj. Bryan Niemiec spokesman for the nato airborne Early warning Force e-3a component said the investigation was initiated by the component s Security Squadron follow ing suspected abuse of tax free Purchas ing privileges by persons employed wit the component. Last week an Anonymous caller to the stars and stripes said 47 nato civilians working on the base had been suspended from their jobs for illegally Selling tax free Mercedes Benz automobiles. The caller also named at least one suspect in the alleged car Selling scheme. Niemiec refused to comment on whether employees had been suspended. He also would not say if the person named was employed at the base. The matter is in the process of being handed Over to National authorities Niemiec said but declined to say who the National authorities were. Any further comment on this ongoing investigation would be  Niemiec said that to his knowledge no military personnel . Or otherwise were involved. The investigation was initiated within the last months Niemiec said  Geilenkirche nato base per Ched on the Edge of Germany along the Netherlands and Belgium Borders is Home to a multinational Force. Aircrews of 11 participating military forces have flown More than 4,000 missions in sup port of . Operations against former Yugoslavia. The airborne warning and control system unit is the Only one on the Conti nent in which military members from  ious countries Fly together As an aircrew