European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 22, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse The Sims and tripes vol. 53, no. 219 500 tuesday november 22,1994 e d 8693 a Allied jets bomb serbian targets reports Good hits base in Croatia Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina a in the biggest nato attack Ever 30 warplanes from the unite states and three other nations bombed an air base and a nearby surface to air missile site used by serbs to terrorize Bosnia the raid on the Dubina air base in a serbian held Section of Croatia Masnato s seventh since War broke out in Bosnia in april 1992 and by far the larg est by North Atlantic treaty Organiza Tion forces in the Alliance s 45-year history. Previous nato airstrikes have Al been in Bosnia and All involved a Small number of planes against highly limited serbian targets such As a single tank. Adm. Leighton w. Smith jr., Naples based commander of nato forces in Southern Europe said the ., British French and dutch aircraft carried out Good hits on Dubina s runways taxi ways and planes parked nearby. The bombers also targeted serbian anti aircraft batteries and one surface to air missile site near the Airport Smith said. estimated that the Airfield in the serbian held Krajina area of Croatia would be out of commission for 30 Day because of the damage. Smith said in a news briefing from Naples that aircraft taking part in the raid included jaguars and Mirage 2000kplanes from France f-16s from the Netherlands jaguars from Britain and serbian base attacked ap/8m f-15e, f-16c and f/a-18ds from the United states. He would not break Down numbers by country. There were no reports of losses among Allied aircraft and All returned safely to their bases even though nato official said serbian gunners apparently fired at the incoming planes with surface to air missiles / " a a. A a monday s raid was a measured response to bombing attacks by Serbia planes from the Dubina air base on . Designated Safe areas in Bihac 22miles away in Northwest Bosnia. . Commanders requested nato air sup see bomb on Page 2 residents make dash for it along sniper French soldiers serving in the . Peacekeeping Force. Despite gains servicewomen Sun news reports continue to show that military women Are struggling for acceptance in a Macho preserve. Sixteen enlisted women at a Navy training facility in san Diego have charged their instructors with sexual comments harassment and Military Academy cadets at West Point n.y., have been punished for touching the breasts of female cadets at an army Pep rally. The a Force has escaped the recent run of headlines. But statistics and inter views with air Force officers and women s rights advocates show the newest of the services is now faced with a stubborn sexual harassment problem the air Force is worse. Almost All our complaints Are coming from the air Force with the Navy running second and the army a Distant third said Susan Barnes director of a Denver based group called wandas watch which receive Between 50 and 60 Calls a month. The coalition of about 200 military officers and civilian professionals stands for women Active in our nation s defense their advocates and their supporters. Sexual harassment complaints com piled by the services also show that Dur ing the past year the air Force had higher number of complaints and a greater percentage substantiated than the army. Because the Navy has different re porting requirements it was difficult to compare its rate with the other services. However the number of sexual harassment complaints filed by air Force personnel in fiscal 1994 is projected to drop by about 35 percent As compared with the previous think the climate is generally Good d. Michael Collins the air Force s Dep Uty assistant Secretary for equal Opportunity said in a recent interview with the see suffer on Page 2 inside today German investigators raid offices of Dodds teachers Union see Page 3 \y-2or japanese apologize for delay in declaring War in 1941 see Page 4 sitting right the Art of relaxing in front of your computer see pages 20-21
