▁Star , ▁the ▁American ▁Leg ion ▁of ▁Mer it ▁and ▁the ▁French ▁L ég ion ▁d ' honneur . ▁ ▁One ▁of ▁Stein hoff ' s ▁contributions ▁was ▁dealing ▁with ▁the ▁high ▁accident ▁rate ▁the ▁air ▁force ▁was ▁having ▁with ▁its ▁F - 1 0 4 ▁Star fig h ters . ▁ ▁Upon ▁research ing ▁the ▁issue , ▁Stein hoff , ▁who ▁had ▁always ▁been ▁a ▁good ▁teacher , ▁dedu ced ▁that ▁the ▁problem ▁was ▁not ▁the ▁aircraft ▁but ▁poor ▁training ▁for ▁pil ots ▁on ▁that ▁particular ▁aircraft . ▁ ▁He ▁addressed ▁the ▁problem ▁with ▁an ▁int ensive ▁training ▁regime ▁and ▁the ▁accident ▁rate ▁dropped ▁dram atically . ▁ ▁Bit burg ▁c emetery ▁controvers y ▁In ▁May ▁ 1 9 8 5 ▁Stein hoff ▁met ▁Ron ald ▁Re agan , ▁the ▁then ▁President ▁of ▁the ▁United ▁States , ▁during ▁a ▁visit ▁to ▁the ▁W W II ▁Kol mes hö he ▁Military ▁C emetery ▁near ▁Bit burg . ▁The ▁event ▁was ▁planned ▁to ▁be ▁an ▁act ▁of ▁recon c ili ation ▁on ▁the ▁ 4 0 th ▁anni versary ▁of ▁V - E ▁Day . ▁Re agan ▁and ▁then ▁West ▁German ▁Chan cell or ▁Hel mut ▁K ohl ▁were ▁to ▁pay ▁their ▁respect s ▁at ▁the ▁German ▁military ▁c emetery . ▁However , ▁the ▁US ▁President ▁faced ▁national ▁and ▁political ▁pressure ▁to ▁cancel ▁the ▁visit ▁from ▁American ▁Jewish ▁groups ▁and ▁World ▁War ▁II ▁American ▁veter ans ▁after ▁it ▁was ▁discovered ▁that ▁ 2 2 ▁W affen - SS ▁men ▁were ▁buried ▁among ▁the ▁