European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 3, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 stars and stripes tuesday april 3 2on Drivers urged to file claims for tainted fuel air Force asking troops in ilk hit by silicone laced gasoline to file soon by Bryan Mitchell stars and stripes Raf Mildenhall England the air Force soon will turn Over dozens of tainted Abrelat de Legal claims to the army and air Force Exchange service the of which Al ready have been delivered to cafes United kingdom general manager Rick Mora Are related to the Silicon tainted unleaded gasoline that a British Energy company supplied to two cafes filling stations at Mildenhall and Alconbury Between the end of february and Early March the silicone in the Gas adversely affects the oxygen sensors on some makes and models causing the Check engine Light to engage and can Lead to engine shut Down in severe instances re pairs can run be tween s300 and sl000 said Raf Mildenhall Auto Hobby shop manager John Pidgeon we Are asking folks to hurry up and get these claims in to us so we can move the process along said capt Randall Smith who serves with the 100th judge advocate general office at Mildenhall the sooner these Are turned in the sooner they can be processed Smith said the Raf Mildenhall Legal office has received 30 claim thus far while Raf Alcon Burys Legal office has collected 17 claims officials at the Raf Laken Heath Legal office also have turned in claims to Mora even though fuel surveys conducted by an Independent testing Agency found the cafes filling station at Lakenheath was not affected by the tainted fuel they did not keep a tally of the number of claims received however the Lakenheath filling stations Man Ager Shelby Douglas told stars and stripes last month that he had received numerous customer complaints about sluggish vehicle performance during the time period in which cafes received the bad fuel once All the claims Are collected they will be turned Over to 41 Weare asking folks to hurry up and get these claims in to us so we can move the process along of capt Randall Smith part of the 100th judge advocate general office at Raf Mildenhall Harvest Energy which also sup plied tainted fuel to Morrison Gro Cery store Chain and Asda the British Arm of Walmart Harvest will then Lump the cafes claims in with the scores of other claims from motorists across the United kingdom Smith said he said if s unclear How Long it will take Harvest to investigate the claims and make payments but said the number of claims would cause a logjam at the 100th jag office it would take us months to adjudicate All these claims Smith said it really just adds a whole other level if you get the base involved Harvest Energy which sup plies gasoline to filling stations on rats Milden Hall Laken Heath and Alcon Bury acknowledged last month that it supplied the Sili con tainted fuel responsible for vehicular mechanical difficulties across the United King Dom in late february and Early March stars and stripes tried repeat edly to reach Harvest Energy officials but did not receive a reply As of late monday afternoon silicone is used As an ant foam ing agent in diesel gasoline but can cause severe problems to Reg Ula gasoline engines according to the British trading standards Institute which conducted an investigation into the tainted fuel the tainted fuel was traced to a single depot in Essex which sup plied other Energy companies with the same bad gasoline this round of Legal filings is the second time in the past two years that the air Force has collected Legal claims in relation to Harvest Energy according to Smith in 2005 the company accidentally filled unleaded tanks with diesel fuel cafes was unable to provide stars and stripes with information before its monday deadline relating to How Many motorists were affected by the 2005 fuel mix up How Many Drivers filed claims and what sort of compensation was allocated for victims email Bryan Mitchell at Grafe Wohr area processing Center chief Bill Kunz works on one of Iso servers at the new facility on monday Seth and stripes server Hub opens at Grafe Wohr by Seth Robson stars and stripes Grafe Wohr Germany the 5th signal command has opened a massive server Hub Here that will be Able to support 75000 military computers All Over Germany the Hub known As an area processing Center opened Friday and will routinely process data from 25000 computers at bases in Bavaria Grafe Wohr pc chief Bill Kunz said monday this is digital firepower said Brig Gen David g Perkins com Mander joint multinational training command in a news statement issued by 5th signal command people pass by this building without realizing that in terms of space it is possibly the most powerful area in Grafe Wohr area processing centers Are serve consolidation faculties for file storage email accounts and internet Access the centers in crease network Security band Width reliability and efficiency of services provided while support ing information sharing and collaboration in a protected Environ ment the release stated every time you log on share files or store files it is done from Here Kunz said right now the Grafe Wohr facility has about 150 serv ers Only supports users at Grafe Wohr and Vilseck but new fiber optic Cable links will soon allow servers from other bases such As Hohenfels Schweinfurt  prove j to thetic Heidelberg clinic for plastic cosmetic surgery since 1993 breast enlargement hair transplantation breast reduction Tummy tuck Upo suction Facelift Fig v anti aging nose surgery Al Eye Idsumi  69t20 Heidelberg phone 06221648111 fax 06221646020 Wett  email Wurzburg and Bamberg to move to Grafe Wohr he said the 5th signal command us army Europe communications Arm now has four server hubs Grafe Wohr Kaiserslautern Belgium and Italy in an emergency if another server Hub failed the Grafe Wohr facility could take Over processing data from computers All Over Germany Kunz said the centralized 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