European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 21, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes sunday june 21,1987 army grounds Apache helicopters by Norman Black of military writer Washington a the army late Friday issued a safely message to its grounding  inspection and replacement certain  safety of flight message was is sued after an investigation of two minor mishaps involving the advanced attack chopper at fort Rucker ala., earlier this month said maj. Phil Soucy an amt spokesman. Army unit Are being told  Apache to Fly until Itil peek trial wiring harness Iliff placed another related Comai Jinx Are inspected Soucy said the a a expected to take Only Lijar hours per helicopter and should be returned to service quickly the spokesman added. The incidents at fort Rucker occurred on june 3 and june 16 and both involved a sudden unexpected shut Down of the engines Soucy said. In the the helicopter was about  to land  taxiing on a runway ii for Takeoff. No on Ewaa Fuff actin either Inci Dent  were not dam though both incidents Are still under investigation a preliminary in Quiry has suggested that the helicopters lost Power because of malfunctions or shorts in their engine wiring Soucy said. We do not believe at this time fused an a very preliminary inquiry that the problems Are the result of a manufacturer s defect the spokes Man said. They appear to be the re sult of the methods that used at one Post to Cle  a _ question is exposed engine compartment just the engine wiring inside an Auto i the Apache engines at fort a with these sure water hoses Anis focusing on the possibility Tai combination might have produce some unexpected corrosion. According to Soucy. 243 apaches have so far been manufactured for the army and All Are affected by the safety directive. The ah-64 Apache is replacing the cobra helicopter gunship As the army s primary attack helicopter. De tanks the Apache engine copter. Built by Mcdonnell Douglas helicopters formerly Hughes helicopters and costs roughly sit.5 million. The Apache Fleet was grounded twice in 1986, both limes for relatively minor  the first instance on Jan. 30, 1986, the choppers were grounded Fol lowing the discovery of cracks in some a poor Blades. That order was  determined the used by an i prop tool. The second tire a March 12,1986, the Fleet was grounded after the army decided to replace certain bolts used to hold the flight control Assem Bly together. The service ultimately determined it had erred in specifying the use of a hardened steel for the Bolu. Iraq is world Leader in arms imports report says Washington a Iraq is by far the world Leader in imparting weapons with most of the top importers in he Middle East a report by the  control and disarmament Agency shows Iraq bought $7.7 billion Worth of arms in 1984,More than twice the purchases of saudi Arabia which ranked second with $2.6 billion. Iran which is at War with Iraq was third with $2.2 billion. Three other Arab countries followed in the report issued Friday. Libya purchased  billion in weapons Egypt bought si.6 billion and Syria Pur chased i  billion. Conspicuously missing from the 17th annual re port were the weapons the Reagan administration secretly sold to Iran beginning in november 1983through Israel. Their Worth is estimated at $30 million a tin portion of the Middle East arms Market. . Officials who demanded anonymity said they had relied on figures provided by the Central intelligence Agency and other . Intelligence sources for their information. Over the i9ki-1985 period countries in he re Gion purchased $75 billion Worth of weapons. The soviet Union provided si8.4 billion and the United slates $ i  billion. Developing countries increased their share farms Export meanwhile from 6 percent in 1975 to 17 percent in 1984. Among the More Active sup pliers the report said were China North Korea South Korea Spain Bulgaria Brazil and Pakistan. Overall the nations of the world stepped up their spending on arms to nearly $900 billion id 1985, an increase estimated by the arms control Agency of 3.7percent in a year s time. The United slates and the soviet Union which together account for More than half the weapons safes continued to run neck and neck. Over the1981-1985 period the soviets sold $55.7 billion Worth of arms or nearly 30 percent of weapon purchased by All nations. The United states meanwhile sold $49.2 billion or 26 percent but was ahead of the soviets in two of the years 1983 and 1985. The . And soviet led alliances nato an the Warsaw pact accounted for 77.3 percent of Mil itary spending in 1984, the last year for which de tailed statistics were compiled. Ranked behind the two superpowers were the United kingdom China West Germany France saudi Arabia Iraq Poland and Japan. Africa was the Only Region of the world in which the growth rate of military spending declined be tween 1980 and 1984. At the same time the growth of the world s armed forces accelerated. Iraq which is locked in a616-year War with Iran accounted for 30 percent of the increase in 1984. The North Atlantic treat organization grew at a rate of 1.3 percent which topped the Warsaw pact s growth of 0.9 percent. China bucked the trend in military spending. I reduced its armed forces to 4.1 million in 1984, from a Peak of about 4.75 million in 1981, but it still ranked second Only to the soviet Union which bad 4.5 million underarms. The United slates was third with 2.2 million and two developing countries India and Vietnam fourth and fifth with 1.4 million and 1  developing countries Turkey Iraq North Korea. Pakistan and South Korea rank next ex-1lending such traditional military Powers As France Italy and West Germany. Nim Stark Fultz from Pagal died to for nent after. Known As tiles in Europe in 19if the soviets removed 1 the United slates Zero option in 1981, Gen. Rogers May Fluke what apparently he comp but to say in t been i Rush is Wrom Shutlz said. Commenting ones. Palij Ancene has t been his area of specially. I will be replaced by Gen. John r. Golvin Ati in shape Belgium on Friday. Donated th7hhg�tc sailors died in the attack an another 21 were the Pentagon Prev soft  the attack occurred without the Staric s  action. The Navy said Friday that cmdr. John who had been selected Well before the attack Tol _ live Brindel As the Slark s skipper in a routine change of command was in route to Bahrain to relieve Brindel. The frigate is currently tied up in Manam rain where it is undergoing temporary Juji Laffis be fore sailing for Home. The Pentagon said Brindell Savren ordered temporarily to report to Ihen Finot the commander. Naval surface Force Hulic feel in Norfolk a. Gajan and mop fief have been ordered temporarily to the Itaf Metthe commander Cruiser destroyer Mayport fla., the Slark s Home port. 4ndel, 43, of Pittsburgh pa., was promoted 10 Captain in january. He had commanded the Star since Jan. 23,19s5. Moncrief 32, of Corpus Chri Ili Texas an Gajan 35, of Rockville md., recently received us Navy and Marine corps medal for heroism for their roles in directing firefighting efforts that saved the Stark in the Wake of the iraqi  the United Stales and Iraq have characterized the attack As a Case of mistaken  after the attack Crist order to military Board of inquiry to  in Vestiga lion of the  by ecu  of Cruiser destroy need its final report to Crist on said the report was hand earned to Washington Fol iday by Crist who subsequently met with troll  j. Crowejr the chairman of the joint Cost Crowe is expected to Revor Fae Maiter and my Mit the investigation findings totter dec Secretary Caspar w. Weinberger the Penu Gonso the final decision on the recommend ads for courts martial however will not be made . According to Pentagon officials. That Deci Sion will probably be delegated by troll to another ranking officer in the Navy s Chain of command. Korea from Page 1 4fcaplbbh calling Jar Bay Sands of police surrounded a Temple to keep the protesters from getting through and some of the monks battled officers. Clashes were reported saturday in a least eight cities. Police hailed protesters and sympathizers in he , quickly crowds. At Lead Tom poli stations were at . In the Southern City of Kwangju a unit of riot police was overrun and stripped of equipment by protesters. A number of riot police units Haven in the recent violence a onto die in the proies a bus commandeered by a proles Day in the Central City yelled anti saturday including Yankee go  opposition sup porters contend that the United states has helped keep Chun in Power. Washington has some 40,000 troops in South Korea under a Mutual defense pact. Lets Rise up to punish the . And Hun said a leaflet distributed by pro to Serj. Primc minister Lee Han key in a address to the nation Friday night warned that the go p. But he did no give detail the National coalition Crane Constitution the opposition Ance thai launched the protests Issue Dan ultimatum saturday demanding that the government Meel four demands by monday or face new demonstrations. The coalition called for political Reform release of All political prisoners Guaran teed Freedom of speech and Assembly and a ban on tear  coalition said it tentatively would Call for a grand March june 26 if .  to a Tea re form april 1j until after the 1988 Seoul olympics. He said the decision was Nec Essary to safeguard National stability and the  groups Ore demanding it Tab elections and an end tothe Etc Loraw Taii Aem that they say favors Ute gov nun of Tjui the govern ment has said it will not Rehrs its Deci