Word: ramstein
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...East. But with the reforms of Mikhail Gorbachev, the end of Stalinism in the East bloc and the progress on arms control, Germans have lost that fear. Resentment, long repressed, burst into the open in 1988 when three Italian jets collided during an air show at the U.S. Ramstein air base, killing 70 spectators and pilots. Although the accident had little to do with U.S. military operations, it galvanized public protests against ubiquitous and often frightening low-level flight training by NATO fighters...
...Ramstein accident also exposed limitations on German sovereignty that had gone unnoticed -- and unresented -- before the crash. "People realized that their Defense Minister technically didn't have the right to ban air shows in their own territory," says an American official. "Allied military rights had been pretty much taken for granted, but now they are a political issue...
...civilian safety and pollution rules, and some labor leaders are suggesting that civilian employees of the U.S. forces be given the management- participation rights that workers have in West German industry. U.S. officials, mindful of the delicacy of relations, are cautious about asserting their rights and fearful of another Ramstein-like disaster, especially with elections coming up in December. "We're in a situation here where we just can't afford any accidents or incidents," says an adviser...