European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 5, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                              July 2007 stars and stripes Mideast edition Page air Force major not taking leave Pilot earns medal for aiding Helo stars and stripes an Apache helicopter Pilot has received an air medal for his efforts to respond to a helicopter that had been downed by insurgent fire in this is the third air medal received by chief warrant officer 4 Daniel my of com Pany 1st at tack 227th aviation 1st air cavalry Bri 1st cavalry Mcclinton was part of an Apache Crew mat went to the downed 1st air cavalry brigade Apache on he spotted a Trench with up to 70 armed insurgents close to the officials receiving clearance to he fired 30 my his Apache made five or six during which several dozen insurgents were of flew hours that about twice the nor Mal flight the fact that everybody ground and air responded to that situation shows How far Well go to get our said who received the medal on sunday at Camp Mcclinton service still investigating woman report of kidnapping in Kyrgyzstan by Nancy Montgomery stars and stripes a news report last month was incorrect in saying Jill Metzger who made headlines when she went missing in Kyrgyzstan for three Days in september and then claimed she had been kidnapped was to take an 18month leave of absence from the air the air Force has now there is no such thing As an 18month leave of said Dewey an air Force that just not some thing people can apply for and he Mitchell said Metzger remained on Active duty at Moody air Force base in geor Gia and that a 10month investigation into met Gers mysterious disappearance by the air Force and the Justice department was theres nothing new on and Hast been for some Mitchell a lot of difficult they last on and Mitchell said any change in met Gers Sta Tus would Likely be announced after the change was unless Metzger waived her privacy the a Marathon made worldwide news when she disappeared from a department store in near Manas air just Days before her four month deployment was to end and she was to return to the and a husband she had married shortly before she turned up at a House outside Bishkek and told authorities she had been abducted from the store after someone put an object Metzger in her pocket and told her it was a then she said she was taken away by mini bus and escaped after striking one of the abductors and running she was flown out of Kyrgyzstan shortly after her first to Bagram air base Hospital in Afghani then to Lan Stuhl regional medical Cen and finally to the the associated press last month reported Metzger was taking a leave of absence to be with her husband and de cide her quoting met Gers Jean Nette of Hend Jeannette Metzger did not return phone Calls for com ment left at her Jill Metzger has declined to speak to re Public affairs officials at Moody air base said this week they also said they were precluded from discussing her Gary Moody Public affairs said Metzger currently works in a Mission support Squadron doing administrative the Case has attracted a great Deal of at Tention but few facts have been kyrgyz police have been quoted saying that met Gers Story about How she left the department store is not corroborated by store which shows her leaving they also said vendors near the store told police Metzger was alone when she bought Brown hair Dye from and that authorities have not responded to inquiries from kyrgyz there have been no reported arrests in the but a ban on airmen leaving imposed after the Metzger incident for Security apparently has been last month in the base Chap lain Minh Vul extolled the bases Many benefits great no mortars and Freedom to go we Are not in the direct line of fire we can travel to go shopping and enjoy the local culture and Many other fringe he a web site run by a retired Vietnam vet has made the Metzger Case one of its main the web site recently reported that its Anonymous sources tipped them to what they said was met Gers upcoming Resigna Tion from the air Glenn the Sites said he was told Metzger also is getting a disability Macdonald web site has excoriated the air Force for not releasing information on the the news Media for not publishing More information about the and whom he believes fabricated the Story and is getting preferential if she had been a he or someone with out celebrity or and done what she that person would have been court articled by Macdonald wrote in an open letter to defense Secretary Rob Ert posted on the web email Nancy Montgomery at