European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 10, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday february 10, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 9 Pentagon orders 2 a wags to Alaska soviet bombers testing . Defences Anchorage Alaska up scarcely a month goes by without a silent a notation Between american eagles and soviet bears somewhere in the no Man s land Between Alaska and Siberia. Taking part in those confrontations Are ail Lorca f-15 i Alc Jet fighters and soviet rear ii bombers. The scrip use and frequency of the confrontations prompted the defense department to Issue an order last week to Send assistance to Elmendorf fab. The Ancho rage installation that dispatches the Jet fighters. That help will take the form of two Azacs planes the advanced airborne warning and control systems aircraft believed far Superior to the radar thai now warns when a soviet plane approaches Alaska. The Pentagon order came two Days after two f-15 fighters chased two soviet Bear h bombers about 85 Miles North of Point bar Row America s northernmost piece of land. That episode 300 Miles North of Ancho rage was the latest of regular cat and mouse encounters each with the potential to become a serious confrontation. The f-l5s, called War Birds by the men Basque group claims it killed Admiral Driver san Sebastian Spain a the Basque separatist organization Eta claimed responsibility saturday for the at tack that killed a descendant of Christopher Columbus vice Admiral Cristobal Colon do Carvajal and his Driver. The two were killed on a residential Madrid Street thursday when two Young men hurled a grenade and opened fire on the vice Admiral s car with machine guns. The attackers escaped in u car driven by a woman police said. Funerals for the 61 year old 17th Duke of Vcra Gua and his Driver Manuel Trillo 55, were held Friday at the Headquarters of the Spanish Navy. Colon s aide de Camp cmdr. Antonio Rodriguez Toubus was wounded in the at tack but was reported out of danger Friday. In a Brief communique released to the Media in the Basque country Eta said it had carried out the attack. Colon and his Driver were the first terrorist victims of political violence in Spain this year. Last year Eta which seeks Independence for the three province Northern Bas que country claimed responsibility for 37 deaths mainly police and military officers. In an editorial Friday the Independent daily Al pais said it was Likely the attackers chose Colon As their target not Only because he was an officer but also because of the symbolic dimensions of the victim whose name would give an International Echo to the Oceta arc the initials in the Basque Lan Guage for Basque land and Liberty who Fly them go up with a full Load said Elmendorf fab maj. Darrell Hayes. A full Load Means 940 rounds of 20mm Cannon shells and eight missiles four aim-7 radar guided missiles that hug the Jet s body and four aim-9 heat seeking missiles that hang from the wings. Although the soviet bombers have not been observed carrying full loads bomb compartments Are concealed and Hayes said the Bear bombers arc capable of carry ing Long Range missiles that could penetrate deep into the american heartland. When an unknown Blip appears on the air Force radar network two Jet fighters scramble to identify what it is and if it is a soviet plane to learn whatever can be Learned in these close encounters Hayes said. The air Force Calls them intercepts an intercept does not mean we go up and shoot them Down but that we go Check it out he said. But we re prepared to do anything once we get up  in 1984, there were eight intercepts involving 11 soviet aircraft Over the Waters that separate Alaska from Siberia. Air Force data show the number of intercepts doubled last year and the number of soviet bombers chased away tripled. Seventeen times last year f-l5s scrambled Inlo action confronting 30 Bear bombers. September was the busiest month with five intercepts involving eight soviet planes. So far this year there have been three interceptions of five soviet bombers including the one feb. 3, two Days before the Pentagon decided to dispatch Azacs to Alaska. In the past year the Only significant  in intercept activity occurred in the two Mon  surrounding the november Summit Between president Reagan and soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev. In the he Mundorf building where the 43rd tac fighter so is housed a giant Wall map sports pins pop ring out of the Bering and Chukchi seas every few inches to show where the 46 soviet bombers were when the f-15s found them. A few intercepts arc pinpointed Between the alaskan Mainland and some of Alaska s Bering sea islands. More Are dotted along the Aleutian Island Chain where key . Military installations lie. Another map on another Wall in the same building bears this sobering message imprinted Over Siberia far Eastern Edge warning aircraft infringing upon non free Nying Terr glory May be fired on with out warning summoning up images of the downed korean air lines flight 007 Hal accidentally violated that warning. In fact. Hayes said the f-15s have intercepted several passenger planes that were apparently lost. A jetliner off schedule and thus not expected in a certain area might prompt the f-l5s to Lake a look 11 ayes said. Some of Alaska s 27 f-l5s arc on 24 hour Alan Al Ihrck locations. They can travel at 2 i limes the Speed of sound but. Be cause of the treat distances involved often need to be refuelled in flight. In addition to getting the two new Azacs in july and october Alaska will gel four additional Kc-135 refuelling tank ers to be stationed at Eilson fab near Fairbanks. Air Force officials prefer not to speculate on soviet intentions but sen. Frank Murkowski. A Alaska. Calls the soviet mis Sions simulated air strikes Murkowski and sen. Ted Stevens r Alaska wrote a dear Cap idler to de sense Secretary Caspar Weinberger last july seeking Azacs for Alaska Loen sure successful  Castro congratulates new politburo member cuban president Fidel Castro prepares to give a congratulatory kiss to Vilma Espin Gul Lloys the first woman Ever elected to the cuban communist parly s politburo at the conclusion of the four Day session of the third cuban communist party Congress in Havana. Cui Lloys is the wife of Castro s younger brother Raul. Two Hundred delegates attended the Congress. Carter Ortega inspect housing project in Nicaragua Nicaragua up former nurse Ortega assured Darter that his gov Kuni does not persecute the Church. One of the principles of the sandinista revolution is to respect religious beliefs Ortega said. Carter speaking in Spanish told the Vil lagers Gale Rcd under a Hatch roofed makeshift Church through Chrisl peace is  Ortega drove Carter. Carter s wife Ros Alynn d Escoto and vice president Sergio Ramirez to the housing project outside Al Vico 90 Miles Northwest of Managua. Under a blazing 100-Dcgrce Sun they inspected the Community then poured a banana Plantation. Dusty Cotton Fields Stercl Chad Oul from cipher Side of the High Way with three dormant volcanoes looming in the background. The housing project is sponsored by a group called habitat for humanity based in Americus a. The organization has Sim Ilar projects in poor areas of the United states and 10 other nations including Peru Haiti and Guatemala. The group is building 55 Brick houses in Nicaragua at s400 apiece. The people who move into the House pay Back the Cost Over 15 to 20 years said project coordinator Ken Sauder of Philadelphia. Habitat works with a local evangelical group which coordinates the project with Nicaragua s leftist sandinista government. Carter helped the villagers Lay a few bricks and saw some Wood