European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 02, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes Friday december 2,1994 ministers Brussels Belgium a nato foreign ministers Ori thursday approved an american proposal to study expanding the Alliance to include Central and East Ern european countries. Anxious to ease russian fears about additions to the 16-nation North Atlantic treaty organization the foreign ministers emphasized that the Alliance was not trying to create a hostile bloc. Having just overcome the division of Europe we have no desire to see the emergence of new lines of partition the ministers said in a draft of their final statement. Their study will set out terms for the acceptance of Eastern european coun naval facility sets record Iff . Bureau Raf Mildenhall England naval air facility at Raf Mildenhall flew into the service s record Book nov. 26 when it marked 35 years of Accident free flying. -. No other existing naval aviation facility has had a longer period of aviation safety according to the naval safety cent Erin Norfolk a. R the Mildenhall facility a unit of fewer than 40 j eople operates three Beech Craft uc-12m twin Turboprop aircraft and provides logistic support throughout the United kingdom and the european continent. Uc-12m is the Navy designation of the c-12. This command is a melting pot of aviation backgrounds said Navy it. Marksch Rupf safety officer for the naval air facility. Our members bring experience from several different platforms in the fixed Wing and helicopter communities. The sharing of experience seems to have benefited everyone. Additionally our Small command size naturally contributes to open lines of  -. Flying in bad weather is a Given for pilots in the United kingdom. However Navy aviators said the weather seems Mohave Tittle effect on the facility s Crews who have logged More than 86,000 flying hours in the past 35 years we do More than our share of instrument flying said. It. Cmdr. Larry Wai lace a Pilot at the facility. Approaches Down to minimum weather criteria Are not that uncommon during he. Winter months especially  Rolls  unit officials also credit part i f the safety record Volits five  maintenance Crew if we diligently respect our established recipe for safety there s no reason we Cefi. Continue  another 35 year said the limit s  sch my r. An to tries As new members. It should be ready when the ministers meet in Brussels a Yea from  the unite d states had initially pro posed a six month study but the euro peans mindful of Russia s fears of Isola Tion extended it to 12 months the study will not name candidates for membership although Poland Hun Gary the czech Republic and Slovakia Are considered front runners nor will it set a deadline for admittance. The plan was intended As the Cen Ter piece of the two Day meeting. But the unprecedented strains Between the United states and its european allies Over the crisis in Bosnia and Herzegovina Over shadowed the talks in an Effort to heal the divisions . Secretary of state Warren Christopher swung behind the european View that diplomacy not Force is the Best Way to Deal with the conflict. That Marks a major pol icy switch by Washington under pressure from the europeans led by Britain and France. ". With the policy turnaround ministers agreed to relaunch diplomatic efforts to end the bosnian War. I French foreign minister Alain juppe1 told reporters that he hoped a meeting today with Christopher and the foreign ministers of Germany Britain and Russia would launch a new initiative to end the fighting. Juppe added that he will travel to Bel Grade the yugoslav capital on sunday with British foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd for talks with president Sloboda Milosevic. Christopher has said he May at the same time in an apparent at tempt to beef up its air Power Over bos Nia nato has asked Germany to add its warplanes to the Allied forces in Case airs trikes Are called against the serbs. Ger Man foreign minister Klaus Kinkel said his government was considering the re quest.   request is highly sensitive because of Germany s postwar pacifist tradition and the history of nazi atrocities Iri the Balkans during world War ii. In the swim Well duty in Haiti does t look so bad after All. As pfc. Came sure when they hit the skin chilling cold of fort dim , Wilson Center and spec. 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A pates should be available soon from local health benefits a visors Cham pus officials Salce " the e Book explains the Workings of the Tri Carei program the defense department s re varned health benefits. System and where it is offered. The new handbook is being shipped to military distribution i centers and to the Headquarters offices of All Cham pus claims processors. The 147-Page handbook last inc scr went revision in 1992 -. Air National guard Ivy Tuy a King Cruger Northern Italy Bureau Aviano.ah"," Italy a dozen .air Force a-10 Thunderbolt us Are deploying to Aviano a from air National guard units in the unite d Stales. Four of the aircraft and about 190 Crew and support personnel have already arrived at Aviano. The remainder of the planes Are scheduled to. Arrive in the next couple of Days said col. Pete Kelly director of operations for the Michigan air National guard s 110th fighter group. The arriving a-10 Force is a composite primarily from the 110th in Battle Creek mich., filled Outwith aircraft and person Nel from air National guard units in Connecticut Massachusetts and Mary land. " we should have the last of tray pilots finished with their familiarization rides by saturday but we Are ready to Fly com Bat missions today Kelly said thursday. The aircraft and personnel Are slated to remain at Aviano for two months. They Are replacing a los and personnel from the 81st fighter so of Span Dahlem a Germany. _a11 the personnel participating in the air National guard s  to Avi Ano volunteered Tor the Nii Sion Kelly said. Span Dahlem s 81st, previously designated As the 510th fighter so is the Only a-10 Squadron based in Europe. The outfit has been deployed several times to Aviano starting in july 1993, in support of operation deny flight nato s  enforce the . Flying ban Over bos Nia and Herzegovina. The 81st has racked up 2,724 sorties during us deployments to Aviano. The latest deployment began sept. 12. Some of our folks basically have been on try temporary duty for a . Everyone is fired up about going Back to Span Dahlem said it. Col. John Rhoades the Slot s  r. -. Although most of the 8lst s support personnel have already returned to Ger Many a number of the Squadron s pilots and a dozen a los remain at Aviano. The pilots remained behind to Hel Brief the incoming a-10 unit Rhoades said. Well probably All Fly out of Here this