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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Saturday, August 24, 1985

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 24, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                August 1985 the stars and stripes Page 9 soviets improve Janes suggests navys submarine design criticized London a the latest soviet submarines May have been fitted with new propulsion systems that make them quieter and harder to the editor of Janes fighting ships wrote in the yearbooks new Edi published retired Royal Navy John Moore wrote that his suggestion was hypothesis rather than but he said the West has underestimated soviet naval skills in the foreword to the 198586 Janes fighting the Bible of the worlds respected in both East and Moore wrote that the shipbuilding program in the Navy is Well under although there is a major weakness in the Standard submarine design has evolved Little Over the last 30 he adding that the american design is at a disadvantage compared with current or future soviet in a laudatory passage on japans growing Moore wrote that japanese plans for naval construction in the 1988 92 period include a Carrier a Type of ship which Hast been in the japanese Navy since world War the Carrier would have As Many As 14 helicopters for Antisubmarine As Well As missiles and Antisubmarine he this will indeed be a major boosting the fleets Antisubmarine warfare capability by a very consid Erable Moore the japanese embassy in London denied that there is any plan to build an aircraft Carrier and said it had complained to Janes about the there is no plan whatsoever in Japan to build an air Craft Carrier As was reported in said an embassy spokesman who spoke on the condition that his name not be japans pos world War ii Constitution renounces the use of armed Force As a Means of settling International and any suggestion of expansion of the country Sel defense Force quickly becomes a matter of intense debate in Moore based his belief in new propulsion systems for soviet submarines on soviet publications As much As 25 years old forecasting that or propulsion would be available for use on soviet ships in the Mhd propulsion requires a Large amount of electrical Power to set up a pulsating magnetic Field and produce a travelling wave in a tube open at both ends to the water is expelled from the rear of the producing thrust to drive a a separate Moore is that soviet sub marines might be propelled with electrodes on the ship generating magnetic Fields and thrust produced by interaction of the Moore speculated that a Mike class an attack Craft first launched in May May have a re fined version of an Mhd propulsion system tested on earlier Alfa and Oscar class the huge typhoon class of strategic Moore May have been misjudged As slow moving behemoths of about tons displacement the larg est submarines Ever if they have Mhd or electro magnetic propulsion he the Speed would be greatly increased Over any current and the submarine would be notably two of these submarines Are believed to have been launched since and a third is under he each submarine carries 20 nuclear turning to the Moore noted that the and other Western navies have immense areas to he urged greater emphasis on aircraft carriers and estimated that the Navy has Only five carriers up to the latest in a world where alliances can be shifted Over the Carrier is a vital element in any naval consider Moore group works of get More Blacks to look to the sky for careers a a Federal court ruling opened the cockpit door to Black aviators More than 25 years but fewer than 200 Blacks Fly today for airlines in the United Benjamin Thomas and his colleagues Are trying to do something about theres nothing wrong with an athlete As a role but its an erroneous Assumption that the average kid can think Hes going to play professional Thomas Why not offer kids an alternative Why dont they dream of being pilots a naval Academy Grad uate who flew 120 missions in an a4 sky Hawk Over North is first officer on an Eastern airlines Boeing 727 he is one of 165 Active airline pilots who Are according to the Federal aviation the Faa says pilots Fly for commercial airlines in the United ten years Thomas founded the organization of Black airline which is holding its annual convention Memphis was chosen for the meeting partly because the City is the Home of fed eral express which has 23 Blacks among its 600 who now lives in re called that the original members of his 2 More schools i to miss opening Day Wiesbaden opening Day at two american Ramstein Junior High school and Nellinger elementary has been delayed from monday to Germany Region spokesman Noel Tillman said the two schools join a list of others which will not make the scheduled monday opening they include Munich High Frankfurt Junior High school and the two elementary schools in Span Dahlem elementary school and the Middle and elementary schools in the delayed openings affect an estimated Tillman and Are the result of construction and renovation projects that were not completed in group were mostly a military pilots who missed the camaraderie of Squadron but More we had achieved a measure of Success As the general consensus lets Pool Pur resources and give Back to the Community some of what we have he organization president Bill Norwood is a United airlines Captain who once flew b 52s in the air he says Black Young sters aspire to careers As teachers and doctors because those Are the role models they see when i was in elementary school in Southern i had a principal Wil Liam Walker who had flown in world War Norwood he was so he talked about air planes All the and he got me inter ested in the organizations convention is not too different from other professional aviators the program includes seminars on aircraft health and but the discussions also Deal with the organizations summer Camp which finances flight training for Black youths at Tus where most of the air forces Black pilots were trained in world War they also discuss appearances at College and High school career Days where Black airline in can persuade youngsters who never thought about aviation to raise their goals to the education is the said Albert a first officer on a Federal express we go out into the schools and we Tell the kids what they can bomb deactivated a photos police use ropes top to remove a bomb Vates the the bomb was found after from the municipal Palace in an Anonymous caller warned that it had and below a bomb disposal expert dealt been placed in the map can make an of move easier Washington air Force members need Cash for an upcoming per manent change of station a map might be the map is the air Force Aid society new move assistance the map combines pcs move needs into a single interest free loan package to cover expenses for which payment in Cash would create a personal a society spokeswoman map can help pay expenses that the air Force wont cover or that the service will but not right she for map has funds for closing out a residence and temporary lodging at the old meals and other direct costs of travel or moving per Sonal Advance rent and Tele phone and other deposits at the new applicants must show that after the their future budget can cover pay ments on All including the society loan and Advance plus reasonable Liv ing the spokeswoman assistance also is available for Back rent and some medical and dental vehicle repair and a variety of Emer she members should ask about map at the base air Force Aid society  
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