European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 31, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse These Man vol. 53, no. 136 500 wednesday August 31,1994 d 8693 a Azacs crewmen May face courts martial for Downing Washington a a military Board is recommending that up to five members of an aircraft Crew be court Martiale for the Friendly fire Downing of two . Army helicopters Over Iraq that killed 26 people Pentagon officials say. The Board of senior air Force officers has proposed that the crewmen of an air borne warning and control system air Craft face charges of dereliction of duty inthe accidental shooting in april one of the military s deadliest Friendly fire trag Edies the officials said monday night. This is a very preliminary recommendation to the senior convening authority said one senior Pentagon source speaking on condition of anonymity. That authority a three Star air Force general must review the recommendation and decide whether to Forward the cases for further action in the military judicial system the official said. The two f-15c fighter pilots who shutdown the helicopters also Are expected to face some Type of disciplinary action but whether they will face courts martial is still under review a second official said. A Pentagon study released last Mont suggested that the controllers on Board the Azacs aircraft knew the two Blackhawk choppers were in the area but failed to warn two f-15c pilots when the fliers reported that they had sighted the helicopters. The f-l-5 pilots believing the Blackhawk were iraqi aircraft shot them Down one after another. The recommendations on the Awa screw will go to it. Gen. Stephen b. Croker commander of the 8th air Force a Barksdale fab la., who is in charge of All the air Force s airborne warning and control aircraft. Military officers fro i Britain franc and Turkey and five kurdish workers employed by the United states were on boar the helicopters. The aircraft were ferrying members fan International group that had been working with the kurd in Northern Ira since the end of the persian Gulf War in 1991. Russian troops leave Germany today by Deutsche Presse Agenter Bonn Germany russian president Boris Yeltsin and German Chancellor Helmut Kohl will see the last former soviet troops leave Berlin today ending a 49-year russian presence in Eastern Germany. The soviet Force consolidated communist Rule Over Eastern Germany and indirectly Eastern Europe after world War ii. The withdrawal of the troops who numbered380,000 at their Peak Marks the end of an Era of soviet see related stories on pages 19-21 Hegemony but also symbolizes the beginning of a sewage of German russian cooperation. Germany has provided More than $47 billion in sup port of economic reforms in the former soviet Union and its successor states since East Germany and West Germany unified in 1990. In addition the German government is financing the construction in Russia of 45,000 apartments for the re turning troops at a Cost of $4.8 billion. Despite the Friendship Between Kohl and Yeltsin preparations for today s ceremony were marred by differences Over what was appropriate As a Germany and its Western allies the United states Britain and France were reluctant to mount a join Farewell Parade with the one time occupiers of East Ern Germany. Allied troops guaranteed the Freedom of West Berlin for More than four decades. At first Kohl wanted the main activity to be a Diplo Matic ceremony in Weimar the City after which Ger Many s Republican government was named following world War i with Only a symbolic military Parade in see troops on Page 2 russian soldiers March at the soviet War memorial in Berlin during a practice for today s departure ceremony. Soldier maimed by Shell blast at ceremony blames Superior Dodds i transition by Carlos bong1oann1 staff writer it Only took one blast and i went from being a Man to being s a talc Hov say spec. Matthew head 1 he older from ii ram us acted n Hie hum Ami lost the thumb us one hand and pm inv r on the other Dunn to Uarie Accident at a re uc4t ceremony huns Dasik blames i. A Murici on she at Tunt of a Misc Iii a Vii he Mui a i go i a the we Aux a to Are Cost though a hell could not be pop coh loaded it mid g Aid Luo that Hwai of Lomg in in a in. a Hugh m,�i.k,ii sv1 a thu j, 4\ljul4fu of Baum older when a 75 my round misfired. He said Mackey had instructed him 10 he the. Tip of a 3-Ftx t flagpole against the rear casing of the round loaded in a Pac -75 Cannon while Mackey swung Nutku wifi Han Tmur against the pole. He told me he had fund the Cannon huf this a Hrc and Tut to Vii hrs recalled heading "1 had if i sch about it but did t think i should Qto i n a to Rcv. A a cued Anne Nuj Itu Vohr Jhm Fojt a -.1 Vas injun cd in the he Ulm a i pupils lunch prices stay of no according to Ahik , i a blast on p
