European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 08, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stmandjtripesx5lll�s5 vol. 53, no. 234 500 thursday december 8,1994 d 8693 a some Jet training waived by Kevin Doughert Kaiserslautern Burea Ramstein a Germany contingency operations coupled with the draw Down have Cut into the training regimen for . Air forces in Europe fighter pilots leading Many to receive waivers in such areas As night flying and air combat Maneu vers to retain their Mission status Safe s director of operations said wednesday. But maj. Gen. Jeffrey g. Cliver said the number of waivers which Are granted by Wing commanders amounts to a Small percentage of the Overall require ments a Pilot needs to retain his Mission status. We got a lot done Given the time that we had to do it Climer told the stars and stripes. I think we did pretty Good by our troops but we had to waive this very Small percent of those total events that Are  to alleviate the problem stateside air Force National guard and air Force Reserve units will deploy to Europe in greater numbers in fiscal 1995 for Contin gency operations Cliver said. In addition us afe is looking for ways to deploy its fighter units More efficiently to reduce the number of Days that pilots and support personnel Are away from their Home base. Using Raf Laken Heatly England As an example Cliver said some f-15c eagles and f-15estrike eagles could deploy together to reduce the time that support personnel Are gone. Lakenheath Crews were so Busy last year that officials had to cancel seven major training deployment because there was t enough time Cliver said. The number of Days on the Road have increased greatly said Cliver adding that us afe officials Are aiming to Stop that trend. Because of the draw Down there Are significantly fewer Europe based aircraft available to conduct contingency operations Cliver said. Consequently air Crews were diverted from the Normal routine so often that Safe spent Only about $4.5 million of the $8million it budgeted in fiscal 1994 for training. We Are tasked to the Hilt making it impossible to spend the training dollars that have been budgeted Clive said. The ongoing contingency operations to which Cliver referred include operation provide Comfort in Turkey and operation deny flight in Bosnia and  who Are deployed can use the Opportunity to see Jet on Page 2  doctor creates juror by saying Gulf issues7 not syndrome by Cindy Killion Washingtonii Bureau v Washington comments by a senior  physician about the Gulf War syndrome have left officials scrambling to clarify the doctor s remarks. But advocates of those who Are ill Are seeing red. Maj. Gen. Ronald r. Blanck com Mander of Walter Reed  medical Center told reporters from the Gannett news service late last week that  health professionals no longer use the syndrome As a diagnosis. He also said he believes most of the Active duty personnel who say they Are sick because of something they contracted in the persian Gulf Region would have got ten what they have whether they went to the Gulf or  the remarks prompted officials at the department of veterans affairs the de sense department and the  s medi Cal come to either reject Blanck s statements or reinterpret them. Richard Haines an Indiana  re serve major who has been an outspoken critic of the government s handling of the Issue said he was not surprised by Blanck s remarks. It s More of the same old stuff Haines said. It s just More foot dragging that s wrapped into the entire govern ment cover up of this enormous veterans see Gulf on Page 2 sub May Hove pulled sneak 53 years ago historian says Honolulu a a new analysis of pictures taken during the attack on Pearl Harbor indicates a japanese sub Marine May have slipped into the Harbor and fired at . Battleships a historian  fact the sub May still be there Cov ered with Silt on the. Harbor floor. This information could alter history and change our interpretation of the at tack National Park service historian Daniel Martinez said the Day before the attack s 53rd anniversary. Historians have known for some time that the japanese Navy used five midget submarines in the attack. But until now it was believed that none of the five succeeded in attacking any . Ships Martinez said. Photos taken by the Crew of a japanese torpedo bomber during the attack dec. 7,1941, were Analysed at Martinez s re quest by Auto metric inc., a company i Alexandria vat that specializes in High tech photo imagery. .-.-. The request followed the recovery of a torpedo in Pearl Harbor in 1991 and the discovery about a year ago of . Army air corps Aerial photos of the Harbor taken 10 Days before the attack Martinez said. _. _. The analysis indicates that the Japa Nese photos were taken six to eight min utes after the attack started at 7 55 a.m., said Auto metric team Leader John Rod Gaard. Our analysis confirms the pres toys hit the fast lanes a j. King Crugar a Little stuffed Santa hitches a ride on one of the american and italian motorcycles that gave a big boost to Aviano a s annual toys for tots drive. The record setting an see sneak on Page 2 Nual toy collecting Campaign in Italy ends saturday see Story on Page 3. Spirit not see stripes Magazine