European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 11, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                ,. Wednesday March 11, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 5 malfunctions trouble by bombers fixing flaws May Cost billions officials say by Richard c. Cross up mall try  the b-1b bomber Silling in the flight line was delivered on Lime and under Cost i hair Force likes a say. Bui with Many of its parts not working it in t inc finished product the air Force Hadin mind. When president Reagan rescued the program fro Mihe residue of inc Carter administration in 1981, inc air Force look in upon itself to build the plane an promised in would enter service by oct. I 1986, and com no More than $20.5 billion in fiscal 1981  it did. It also May be inc last time inc air Force decides to become its own contractor in bomber building. The perception today in inc vernacular of today i thai the by sucks rep Larry Hopkins Ray said in no Uncertain terms about the bombers that costs280 million each in today s dollars it s not doing what in s supposed to be doing on time the Pentagon s chief civilian weapons tester Joh Krings largely blamed the air Force for the bomber s shortcomings which first began to emerge publicly when fuel began dribbling from the wings after it arrived at Dyess fab Texas. The Pentagon and the air Force already knew Folh problems Kings said. He faulted the Carter administration for cancelling the by a in 1977, creating a four year hiatus that doomed the a so because it meant picking up the pieces in terms of people and the technology to get Hose things All functioning again in 198 i. The bib is the most visible Symbol of the administration s $180 billion modernization of the strategic nuclear forces along with Ita 600-ship  is also inc Bridge Between the aging b-52 bomber thai began flying in the Early 1960s and the stealth bomber scheduled to begin flying in the mid-1990s. The first 15 of inc swing Wing bombers arrived Al Dyess not Only with leaking wings but a flight control system hat had difficulty preventing the plane from stalling a Complex defensive electronics package thai did not work a malfunctioning radar that did no properly follow the terrain and a maintenance Alert system that gave off false  electronics system and the terrain following radar Are intended to help the bib sweep into soviet air space 200 feet above the ground so it can deliver its cargo of nuclear weapons  air Force has asked Congress for boo million to fix the plane. Rep. Los Aspin d-wis., chairman of the House armed services committee said it May need More than s3 billion for the Job. An investigations under Way by his staff and a report is expected in several weeks. In the severest criticism of the bib Krings the director of the operational test and evaluation office said the air Force had no business being its own con tractor and building the plane at he same Lime some of its highly advanced technical innards were being developed. In Pentagon language this simultaneous process is known As concurrency the assessment thai in should be structured so thai the air Force became inc prime contractor and. There fore the singularly responsible organi action to accomplish this was inadequately looked Inlo Krings said in an interview. The air Force a not structured a that Lime to accomplish that  what happened in Short is thai inc Rockwell inter National corp. Delivered an unfinished plane to the air Force and inc into lion was to make the repairs after the bomber reached the Tarmac said Krings. A lest Pilot for 30 years with Ilic Mcdonnell Douglas Carp. The concept that in needs to be fixed is erroneous he said. The by program has not been finished. The development is not finished. You can t fit anything i you Haven t tested in. What the hell arc you going to fix you be got to finish it first. These Are development problems that arc normally seen in development not production. The air Force said in became its own contractor los ave $1 billion. Gen. Lawrence Askaniz. The head of the air Force systems come. Said the service saved unto s4 billion by building the plane concurrently with the development of its subsystems. But the air Force Learned by adapting the concur Rency method to the bomber that you can t have kids in six months Krings said. Family brings 4-year-Olds together korean twins reunited in Minnesota mortgage rates decline Rochester Minn a Michael and Matthew Arnold fraternal twins separated shortly after their bin four Yean ago in South Korea Are part of the same family again. For a year Michael has lived in Roch Ester with his adoptive parents Kevin and Ann Arnold and Susan a 6-year-oldadopted korean sister. Matthew who Speaks Only korean probably lived in a South korean Orpha nage officials said. Bui on saturday night the iwo Little boys after hugging and crying at Minne  International Airport stood Side by Side holding hands. I Don t think i la have any regrets said Ann Arnold 33, a surgical nurse will the mayor medical Center As she watched the two boys. The Arnolds did t know about mat thew until july when a social worker from the children s Home society of Minnesota told them Michael might have a twin. Of course 1 got excited Ann Arnold said. I kept saying we want  " the couple wondered whether the could afford a third child. Michael was still adjusting and learning English Kevin Arnold 32, a commercial loan officer with Norwest Bank was recuperating from major surgery. Their social worker said the Agency could try to place Matthew with another Rochester family so the families could visit but the Arnolds said they wanted to bring the twins together. A month after the first Call they decided to adopt Matthew Michael Arnold left with twin brother Malthew in Minnesota. Matthew is doing super Kevin Arnold said sunday. We put him to bed and he slept right through the night. Heddin t cry. It May Lake a Little time but we re sure the iwo boys Wilt be playing together All the  school will not be a problem he said but Matthew May require tutoring 10 gain language skills before entering kindergarten the Arnolds have Learned that inc wins were split up shortly after birth Jan. Is 1983, when their parents Sepa rated Michael went with his father mat thew with his Mother. However both parents had difficult keeping the children and they were eventually Given up for adoption separately airmen accused of planting explosives Aff a. Base Homestead fab. Flu. A two airmen were arrested monday and charged with planting homemade explosives in training area of this South Florida base As a practical joke the Fri said the devices did have the potential to Hurt other people Fri spokesman Paul Miller said. The suspects identified As senior air Man Kenneth Hall Trolenberg 22. And airman James Baumb 21, were indicted Friday. They were charged with four counts each of manufacturing possessing and placing of explosive devices in a attempt to destroy government properly. Miller said. On sept 15, 1986, Tratenberg an Baum planted six explosives in a training urea on Homestead fab Milter said. Investigators teamed the devices were sup posed to be detonated sept. 18 when air men would have been in the area Miller  two men already have been court Martiale said air Force spokesman John Hancock. Both remain on Active duly but Hancock said he did not know what effect the Federal charges would have on i hair military  of them made an error in judgment and considered this a practical joke Hancock said the air Force concluded during the court martial. Washington a mortgage rates declined in february to the lowest Levels in almost nine years inc govern ment reported monday. The Federal Home loan Bank boar said fixed rate mortgages averaged 9.54 percent in february Down from 9.84 per cent in january it was the eighth consecutive monthly decline and left rates 1.8 percentage Points lower than they were n year ago. Interest on the most popular form of adjustable rate ".-.,.togcs, those with limits on the annual Chan declined to 8.50.per-cent in february Down from 8.66 percent in january the popularity of adjustable rat mortgages has been declining As the spread Between them and fixed Rale Loans has narrowed. In february 27 per cent of All mortgages carried adjustable rates Down from 40 percent a year ago and a High of 68 percent in 1984. Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. March ii 1947 William bin american joint distribution committee director announced that More than $3million would be spent on food clothing and medical supplies for the economic rehabilitation of Poland s jews 30 years ago foe a ,. March ii 1957 vice president Richard a Nixon flew from Monrovia to Uganda for a one Day visit and is to visit Addis Ababa. Ethiopia later in the week. 20 years ago today. March ii. 1967 Josef Stalin daughter Avellana. Defected to the Wisl. She had travelled to India earlier in in year with the ashes of her husband an Indian communist Brijesh Singh who died in Moscow. To years ago  11, 1977 Washington officials negotiated with a band of Hanafi motions who held Ihrck buildings under siege and threatened to kill their hostages and die themselves if stormed by police