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PAGE A-4/THE POST-STANDARD, Monday, Jan. 7, 1991

THE GULF CRISIS

Air Base Takes on FeelOf a City for 4,000 Troops

IN CENTRAL SAUDI ARABIA (AP) —Four weeks ago, a sprawling air base in themiddle of the desert would have been amirage.

But the real thing now stands, home toabout 4,000 servicemen and 120 sleek U.S.warplanes capable of delivering 1 millionpounds of bombs per day. It is within easystriking distance of Baghdad and Kuwait.

"We have gone from absolutely nothingout here but powdery sand to the largesttactical wing in the modern Air Force," saidCol. Dave Eberly, deputy commander'ofoperations for the 4th Tactical FighterWing.

The last of five squadrons arrived Thurs-day at the' air base in central Saudi Arabia.These latest arrivals include nearly 300members of the 174th Tactical Fighter Wingat Hancock Field, now assigned to the 4th.

About two-thirds of the 1,100-member AirGuard unit from Syracuse has been activatedfor duty at this Saudi air base.

The base's precise location cannot be dis-closed for security reasons, but it puts the air

wing close enough to Baghdad to fly roundtrip missions without refueling, and enableswarplanes to fly twice as many combat mis-sions as before.

The first warplanes arrived Dec.. 17. Onemonth earlier, the only thing here was a 2-mile runway and a 10,000-foot taxiway thatthe Saudis had built in 1989. They hadplanned to open a base by 1994, but SaddamHussein's Aug. 2 invasion of Kuwait alteredthe timetable. •

Now, the base has more than 600 tents andmany of the amenities of a modern city:water, sewage and garbage collection sys-tems; its own police department; shops, laun-dry, barber, post office, a chapel with astained-glass window, a movie theater, alibrary and a club that features two live bandsbut doesn't serve alcohol.

The base has 30 miles of electrical wire, 25miles of high-voltage cable and 120 miles ofsecurity fence. It covers 220 square miles,about the size of the Dallas-Fort Worth Inter-national Airport in Texas.

"There wasn't anything here higher than a

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Two U.S. Air Force airmen make their way across a wind-swept dusty street in"Camel Lot," a nickname given to a new U.S. air base in Saudi Arabia.

cactus bush. Now it really is a small city,"said Col. Pat Schauffele, 47. His formal title iscombat support group commander; infor-mally, he is called the mayor.

Each of the base's five attack squadrons

comprises 18 to 24 warplanes.The wing has two squadrons of F-15E

Strike Eagles; one squadron of F-15C fight-ers; one squadron of F-16 Falcons; and onesquadron of FA-16 ground support jets.

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Patriots Set to HireOrange's MacPherson

(PATRIOTS, from Page A-l)Crouthamel did not return phone

calls Sunday. Sports informationdirector Larry Kimball said Crouth-amel had left for New Orleans,where the SU coaching staff wasattending the American FootballCoaches Association's annual con-.vention.

. However, Crouthamel did tell theProvidence Journal that, "If he(MacPherson) thinks that's the•right move professionally, it's up tohim."

University chancellor MelvinEggers said he would not commenton MacPherson's status, andRobert Hill, SU's vice president forpublic relations, said it was tooearly for the school to issue a state-ment because the Patriots had notofficially selected MacPherson.

"If the P a t r i o t s m a k e anannouncement that has significanceto Syracuse, I'll have something tosay then," Hill said.

MacPherson, 60, will succeedRust, 62, who,was fired Friday bySam Jankovich, the club's newdirector of football operations, afteronly one season as coach" of thePatriots.

New England finished 1-15 andlost its final 14 games, posting theworst record in franchise history.

Public Relations NightmareThe Patriots became a public

relations nightmare after BostonHerald reporter Lisa Olson said shewas sexually harassed in the team'slocker room by New England play-ers. The story became a nationalsocial issue, one that led to wide-ranging debate over the rights ofwomen in the locker room andeven tua l ly led to more t h a n .$75,000 in fines to the Patriots andreprimands to three players by theNFL. The impact left the franchisereeling.

Jankovich, the former Universityof Miami athletic director, washired by team owner Victor Kiam tostop the bleeding. After watchingthe Patriots for the first time in a42-7 home loss to the Jets on Dec.23, Jankovich said, "This is a teamthat's struggling, a team with a realmorale problem. One of the mostimportant things this team has todeal with now is attitude. It's bleak.We're going to change attitudesimmediately. We're going to bringpeople in who will help make thatchange."

« The Patriots apparently believethey have that man in MacPher-son.

Jankovich said last week hewanted a highly energized coachwho had professional experienceand was a proven winner.

University of Massachusettshead coach Mike Reid said he wasreading Jankovich's description in alocal newspaper over coffee Satur-day and came to the unequivocalconclusion that MacPherson wasthe logical choice for the Patriots.

"I'm telling you right now, if youread that, it fit Dick MacPherson to

. a T," said Reid, who is a close friendof MacPherson. "He was the firstguy I thought of."

Reid said MacPherson will bringto New England the qualities thatendeared him to football fans inSyracuse. Reid said MacPhersonwill use the same honest approachthat made him an ambassador of thegame.

"You know how popular Dick is inSyracuse," Reid said. "He's aspopular right now in New England.He's infectious. I look at him ascoming home."

MacPherson is one of the mostpopular citizens of Syracuse, and hisdefection to the NFL unquestion-ably will bring a sadness to the com-munity.

MacPherson is credited with hav-ing led the SU football programback to prominence and reposition-ing it among the country's best.

U n d e r M a c P h e r s o n , t h eOrangemen have posted a record of36-10-3 in the last four years,including bowl victories in each ofthe last three seasons. Syracuse'srecord during that period is amongthe top 10 in college football. In1990, a young Orange team fin-ished 7-4-2 and blew out Arizona28-0 in the Eagle Aloha Bowl.

MacPherson coached 10 seasonsat Syracuse, f inishing with anoverall record of 63-46-4. The earlyyears were the toughest, with theOrangemen posting two losingrecords and three barely above the.500 mark.

But he eventually turned aroundthe program, shocking the nation in1987 when Syracuse completed theregular season 11-0 and rankedNo. 2. The Orangemen tied Auburn16-16 in the 1988 Sugar Bowl, andthe program had been placed on asolid foundation.

Hard WorkerBut there are some who say Mac-

Pherson pushed too hard in hisefforts to establish Syracuse foot-ball nationally. MacPherson's.demanding style with assistantcoaches, both on the practice fieldand on their time, caused somemembers to quietly look for otherjobs.

At least two SU assistants —secondary coach Randy Edsall andoffensive coordinator GeorgeDeLeone — are considered possi-ble candidates to replace MacPher-son as Syracuse's head coach. Mac-Pherson recommended Edsall andDeLeone for the Boston Collegejob, which was filled recently by for-mer Syracuse player and assistantcoach Tom Coughlin.

Other potent ial candidatesinclude Cornell coach Jim Homer,Georgia Tech defensive coordina-tor George O'Leary and formerBoston College head coach JackBicknell.

Mac's ChallengeThe more difficult task is facing

MacPherson, who takes over afranchise that finished last in theleague in attendance (38,593average), last in the NFL in scoring(181 points), last in the AFC in totaldefense and last in the NFL in rush-ing defense.

To reporters who cover thePatriots, MacPherson's selectioncame out of the blue. The coachesmost frequently mentioned toreplace Rust were Illinois headcoach John Mackovic, Raidersassistant Mike White, MichiganState head coach George Perles andKentucky head coach Bill Curry.

"It seems nobody had him (Mac-Pherson) on their list except Sam(Jankovich)," one reporter said. ,

But the apparent selection ofMacPherson was met with mostlypositive reaction among New Eng-landers.

Boston College athletic directorChet Gladchuk, a former associateAD at Syracuse, said the Patriotshave done themselves proud.

"I'm a Saints fan," Gladchuksaid. "But I'm going to become aNew England fan very quickly.

"I know Mac is a dynamic guy.He'll take New England by storm. Ijust hope it's what's best for Macand-(that) it will work out. I knowSyracuse hates to lose him. I alwaysbelieved he was great for that com-munity, and it will be a true blow ifhe leaves.

"But that program is in place. Heestablished such a tremendousfoundation and with the accomplish-ments he brought to Central NewYork, I know that it's a better placeand a better institution."

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