European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 4, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes monday. August 4, 1986 secret report assails of Supply system Washington Dpi munitions supplies and spare parts arc vulnerable to theft by hostile nations such As Libya Iran and Vietnam because outsiders have Access to Supply Dupois and computers a secret air fore report says. The tracking of mining items is More distr Cut because Supply clerks routinely fudge errors in inventory records the re Pon by the air Force inspector general office found. The report also concluded that foreign maintenance workers at overseas bases arc permitted  Access to critical aircraft pans sources said. The report identified Libya Iran and Vietnam As prime suspects among governments thai might try to organize the Cal of air Force pans for their f-4, f-5 Anil cd 30 aircraft sources said. Poor Security practices for some maintenance Supply areas provided numerous opportunities for theft the re port said. The 15-Page report examines the Secu Rity Oihi si9 billion air Force Supply system which contains an assortment of items such As ammunition nuts and bolts wiring and vehicle engines. The air Force has refused to discuss the finding of the feb. 26 report tilled special inspection of Supply system vulnerability and denied a Freedom of information act request for the document from United press International. But two sources who asked not to be identified separately read excerpts of the report to up last week. Martin Ferber an associate director of the general accounting office recently told a Senate task Force that the air Force report described numerous Ihrol opportunities in the Supply system. Al an open hearing july a of the sen air armed services committee s task Force Ferber testified that air Force Etc pots and basis Are plagued by Ian physical Security weak inventory procedures and easy contractor Access. While the inspector general s office cited no instances of actual Supply theft the report says the air Force is unlikely to detect theft if it occurs because its inventory records arc riddled with errors. Shortfalls in inventory procedures concealed theft and diversion the re port says. The inspector general s office found a 31 percent error rate among Supply re cords at the air Force s five maintenance depots the report said. One depot had an error rate of 74 per cent among inventory records for Spe Cial support account assets the report said. An air Force spokesman did not respond to a query asking fur identification of this depot. Defense department standards permit an inventory error Rale of is percent. Brig. Gen. Richard Stoner of the Logis tics and engineering office for the air Force Deputy chief of staff told the task Force we have taken aggressive actions to improve physical  Stoner testified july 23 that air Force bases have been told to take immediate action to improve physical Security. Army and Navy investigations have revealed similar shortcomings in the Tup ply system of those services. The Gao which is the investigative Arm of con Gress has found that stolen military sup plies have been used in criminal activities such As drug trafficking. The report traced Many of the prob lems with Security and Supply records to error prone guard and clerks Many of them civilians who often Are poorly trained unskilled and inexperienced be cause of turnover As High As 4j percent a year the report said. The inspector general s office blamed the High turnover on he absence of a career ladder which in said prompts Many dissatisfied employees to switch Fields. The report called safeguards for computers containing sensitive Supply data ineffective and criticized air Force Headquarters for failure to  by establish an air Force program to withhold sensitive technical data from Public  the air Force often cannot detect when unauthorized people log on or us terminals the report said. Me Ong Kentucky Hay train Rolls into North Carolina by United press International a More than mile Long train from Kentucky arrived in North Carolina sunday with More than 71,000 in Lesof Hay for Farmers to feed their drought starved livestock a a genuine gesture of concern from fellow Farmers who show a thorough understanding of what can Hap pen anywhere at any Lime in this country said Jim Devine a spokesman for the North Carolina depart ment of agriculture. 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