European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 25, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday August 25, 1886 the stars and stripes Page 9 plane id system criticized by Gao air defense forces reported hindered Washington a . And Al lied forces will have to Wail until the Lair 1990s for a sure Way 10 Tell a Friendly plane from a foe two decades after in was recognized As an urgent problem he general accounting office says. They cannot be identified at night in bad weather or from a Long distance with a High degree of Confidence according id a report to Congress dated aug. 11 and made available last week. This is an unclassified executive summary furnished in lieu of a report containing Security information it said. The report was issued by , comptroller general Charles a. Bowsher head of the general accounting office which docs investigations for Congress. He also sent into the Pentagon and the while House of fice of management and budget. More studies show passive smoke deadly Budapest Hungary a recent studies indicate that about so percent of those who die of lung cancer Are non smokers who live with cigarette smokers a British researcher reportedly said sat urday. Or. Richurd dolt told a meeting of the 14th International cancer Congress that the danger to non Smolter was documented in 10 studies of married Cou ple in the United states Britain Japan. Greece and Hong Kong the state run Mai news Agency reported. The studies reportedly compared lung cancer cases among non smoking couples and those in which one partner smoked. Dolt of the Oxford Imperial cancer research fund also presented evidence showing a decrease in lung cancer in countries where Light cigarettes were pre dominant said Mai. The lung cancer death rate of Menander 45 diminished by 51 percent in the Netherlands where such cigarettes Are popular but grew by atom 15 per cent in francs West Germany and Japan where High tar cigarettes Are preferred said wet the new Agency provided no Dales lengths or other details of the studies on Pasive smokers or on High and Low tar cigarettes. More than 2,000 specialists arc la pre sent their research results at the Congress which also includes discussion on aids research. The acquired immune deficiency syndrome is often accompanied by Kaposi s Sarcoma a form of cancer internationally acknowledged aids spec Salutt Here include or. Robert Gallo of the . National cancer Institute in Bei Nesda my. Gallo said in an interview outside the meeting thai he was cautiously optimistic about research into causes and cure of the usually fatal disease that destroys a victim s immune system. Hard work on the existing pieces of evidence May justify cautious optimism on the development of a successful technology to comb atos said Gallo without going into detail. Or. Rarely Nagy a hungarian aids researcher said known incidence of the disease in this country had risen from two cases in 1985 to 78 at present said Mai. The Congress opened thursday. It 11 scheduled to end wednesday. Exercises and evaluations show that because of poor identification. United states and Allied forces May shoot at their own aircraft the report said. To reduce this possibility restrictions have been placed on the use of air defense weapons that could impair combat  the report said the Pentagon Only partially concurred that the present sys tem is inadequate the problem is longstanding and it has nol been adequately dealt with. The defense department complained that Bowsher s office docs nol say How hard the problem is or recognize substantial Progress in solving in. The report said that since air defense forces have to Lake the risk of hitting the wrong plane or limiting their operations the present system is inadequate. Gao also believes recognition of an urgent need for enhanced identification capabilities in the mid-1970s and the fact that Only limited improvements will be fielded by the Early to mid-1990s demonstrate that it is a longstanding problem and that Progress has been slow the re port said. The report blamed poor identification for Israel i helicopter losses in the conflict with Syria when israeli forces went into Lebanon in 1982, and for the shooting Down or israeli and egyptian planes by their own aircraft in 1973. The United states and its allies in the North Atlantic treaty organization have a system called Mark Xii which dates from the 1950s. The Mark Xii. Has weaknesses reflecting its advanced age the report said. It is a cooperative system depending on a reply when the plane in queried. Automatic systems have not been widely adopted the report added. It said . Candidate Lor a replacement system the Mark Xiv will nol be fully operation Al until the late 1990s. In 1980 the army Navy and air Force set up a joint office to improve the situs lion. The report complained that the services have nol supported in the Navy emphasizes the use of the Mark Xii but army and air Force commanders in Europe do not. It recommended that defense Secre tary Caspar Weinberger give the join organization More authority. Other recommendations to the Pentagon were not disclosed. These drawings Bow two Conception of the mysterious Stallb Jet fighter. The drawings an by japanese Mutton mystery plane artist Hideo maid. The do flaw department refused to confirm or dear Washington Post report that the air Forte has Bull about so Stallb flt in and is tenting the Kent plane at night in Western Netrada. Crew members Safe after f-14 crashes Naples. Italy a an f-14 fighter plane from the aircraft Carrier Ameri Ca crashed into the Mediterranean on saturday and its two Crew members were rescued after ejecting from the Craft the military reported. La Dave Morris spokesman for the commander Fleet air Mediterranean based in Naples said the plane crashed about 7 . In the Central Mediterranean. The Al 4 was flying As pan of routine flight operations which he would no further describe citing the need for secrecy of military movements. The Crew was rescued unharmed after about 20 minutes Morris said. An investigation is being conducted to determine what caused the crash Morris. The lieutenant said the Crew members names were not immediately available. The America is part of the 6th Fleet which is based in Gaeta Italy about 60 Miles North of Naples