European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 30, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday August 30,1987 the stars and stripes Page 9 air Force Roundup 486th tac missile Wing officially activated Woen Sprecht a Nethe ands the 486ih tac missile Wing was of Salty activated Friday a maj. Gen. Rich rom. Pascoe 17lh air Force conman Der to offed Over the new unit to its com Marmur col Fredric l. Miller. The Wing s irks Jafs to operate and a Plain found launched Tuise missiles. The . Unil Al the Dulch Bjk expected to be fully operational by the Ufa or web. About Job . Alt Force members Are stationed Alne base the Wing will grow to about 1,300sjfticemembenbblhcend of 1989, when All is upon facilities Are a completed. Lat base is expected ached cruise missiles have 48 ground Squadron honoured for flying without class a mishap Oesterberg  Gen. William l. Kirk Safe commander Friday recognized the 32nd tic fighter safer completing 60,000 flying hours in he �f5 without a loss of life or stable aircraft " the Squadron hour in the f-15 one that i vol Striction of an Ai permanent total d the squadrons Squadron to flu piously dam to an a Man said the Soj pro has and previously flew the of Sylvia Freeman said Friday the 60,000-hour Miles Taifour ship formation flight Lage. Rigged its 60,000th Ita Gais a mishap,000 damage or de or an air Crew fatality or ily. The fim usage fighter without losing or sea base spoke Swo 2 firms picked to work on hypersonic Jet engine by no Fuan Black stale of the Union address the aircraft As envisioned a military writer could Fly from Washington to Tokyo in As Little As two to run i Viviin to or.  a Haim Tinar a in 111 i slut Artim  9 flight Gnu Washington Nasa have selected two defense department and tractors to pursue development or an advanced Ennic that could Power the Orient express a hyper Sojic Jel space plane thai n f r ass could air Clethe Globe in hours. Eagle since 1978 phantom ii capt. I was recorded in athe following pilots maj. Eddie Branch capt. James Flickinger 1st it Jerry kerb Yand 1st it. Jeffrey Hardin. German chief of staff being promoted to shape shape Belgium Germany Torce it. Gen. Eberhart Reimler will by we Deputy supreme Allied commander eur Lupe and be promoted to the Rokk of Gen Fri oct. I shape officials said fritus. Reimler  Hans Joachim Mack who has held the a Tuan since april 1984 and will retire after in ten of military service. Eimler Presnell serv As German air Force As one of no Deputy supreme Allied contend ers Europe Eimler Wilness isl and advise Gen. John a Galvin supreme Alied commander Europe on matters concerning readiness maintenance and employment of forces committed tallied come Europe for deterrence and defense. The decision to award the phase a engine contracts Marks a key step in fac Effort to Dice lop the revolutionary plane signifying a Pacli Minard conclusion thai such a propulsion Plant May indeed a feasible said col. Leonard Veramonti the air forja director it Nasa s project office. Be Mamoli Laid contracts Worth approx in million each were being awarded to the urn Dyne division of Rockwell International cup Rand the Pratl & Whitney division of . The two were selected fron Rirong three competitors that began working a he engine phase of the project last year. The joker in the Competition was general electric co. According to of Monti the two companies will now be expect comb actually build and test subsystem that would be needed for a prototype engine and to Complete to Tyr final designs. The work will probably take Between 12 and 18 months he added. The for Orient express is the nickname Given to a runway to orbit aircraft that has been formally designated the National Aero space plane. Formally endorsed by president Reagan in his 19s6 hours compared 10 the i a plus hour sub a flight now requires. The aircraft which  the National aeronautics and space admj0fflration have described As about the size Okaj five Airliner would be Able to use conventional Koa 5 but could also accelerate i Tolow each a Pitfor Long distance flights. R it remained inside the Atmore Uherc official said such a plane might be capable of speeds up 14 times the Speed of sound. The administration has estimated the s3 billion Jet space plane could be in flight by the end of the Century performing both commercial and military jobs. Five contractors Are performing research on the air Frame that would be needed for the new Craft. The Pentagon and Nasa expect to select two or three phase 2 contractors for that part of the project in octo he key o development of the plane however is a new we Putison technology known As the scram Jei or Sunj Kasonic combustion ram Jet. Vernamonti said rocket Dyne and Prall & Whitney have taken different approaches to developing the technology and by awarding contracts to both Well gel the broadest look at All the technical  the defense advanced research projects Agency which is managing the technology development phase of the program Tor the Pentagon and Nasa made inc decision to proceed with the award of thursday s con tracts Vernamonti said. . Conducting its 1 St inspection of a rotary forces inside Moscow up a roup of four . Military officers is in the City of mint to conduct the first eve foreign Challenge inspection of conventional Mili tary forces inside the soviet a Jon a . Embassy spokesman said Friday. The inspection is the first to be conducted under a agreement on conventional forces  the risk of accidental warfare that was read bad in Stock Holm Sweden last september. Under the terms of the agreement either so give 36 hours notice if it wishes to can due inspection of a suspicious looking Milhuff exec Sci within the other s territory. A maximum of four inspect pro Musl then be permitted to visit the area req pm. They have 48 hours to conduct the inspection the agreement surf hat the Host nation provides the aircraft Helca sri and Crews for the inspector a concessions file by the West which wanted Neutral aircraft a d Crews. However to prevent cheating the Risling inspectors can a flt Light paths Speed Alti tude and have  charts and maps of the terrain. . Emja Rffie spokesman Jaroslav Verner said it the soviet Union was complying with the jul Mcnol. It looks like the soviets Are living up to the letter of the agreement Vemer said adding thai he could not provide details of the . Officers involved or where they had come from. It is a Challenge inspection in a sense. The other Side realty has no right of refusal under the agreement. To my knowledge it is the first such inspection carried jut on soviet territory Vemer said. To her key parts of the agreement that took 32 Mon rat up conclude and involved 35 Eastern and Irolean countries Are thai the nations must notify each Nujie in Advance of military exercises involving More to no 3,000 troops and they must invite observers to Cher Colof More than 17,000 troops. Nance Ana employment or maces tumm Mea Lufte sax Ihal a s Westerop Europea s a dial Galioni m Allied come Europe for deterrence and defense. Inc 0 Helix i frs an s notify each Hail  a e b the Wesl h wanted Neutral vol in e to nl3,00 troops an y t in aircraft a d Crews. However to prevent cheating the observers to Cher Cost of More than 17,000 troops. Reagan s pension from state May be illegal Washington Cap the nation that is sticking in Taylor s and so he governments or the stale from influencing Taylor. Al taxpayers Union Friday said presi claims the Constitution s Craw. The president by offering or withholding he commended Reagan for ne1 Dent Reagan May have violated the con the Constitution states the presi benefits from him. The California slate drawing social Security benefits we ,. Inn ii. Of a Tenn t t to Zatk in it .l.j.11 in r4%rm1 Hird. 4hie met aft him Ottav. Cart re rrt1ti� a f a in in. A Stit ution by accepting j178,000 intension payments from California Over the past seven years. A while House lawyer however Al ready has rejected the complaint and tented that the Constitution bars Reagan from collecting a $29.188-a-year pension from his Days As governor of California. The Gipper is a dipper said Sid Tay Lor the research director of the taxpayers onion a watchdog group who sent his third letter to the while House on the Issue in Ai Many months Reagan picked up the name Gipper from his movie Days when one of his Best known roles was As notre Dame football slam George Gipp in Knole Rockne All  Reagan draws a 5200,000 salary As chief exec Uva of the United states and he re ported Loial income last year of $336,640, including his California pension and in come from investments and wealth accumulated while governor and an actor. Bui it is Only the California pension thas claims s the Dent shall Al stated times receive for his services a compensation which shall neither be increased nor diminished Dur ing the period for which he shall have been elected and he shall not receive within that period any other emolument from the United states or any of  Taylor contends the pension is clearly an emolument and California is just As clearly one of  not so replied c. Christopher Cox senior associate counsel to the president in a letter dated july 23. It will be noted that the Constitution does not prohibit the receipt of any pay ment but Only of an emolument Cox wrote. The word emolument is an ancient technical term. It has been defined As profit or gain arising from station office of employment Reward remuneration salary " Cox said records of the constitutional conventions 200 Yean ago indicate thai the clause was designed to prevent foreign government the Benefit pension cannot have this  former attorney general William French Smith reviewed the pension Issue in 1982 and also concluded that Reagan was not running afoul of the Constitution. Con said Reagan made contributions to the pension plan during his eight years As governor and acquired a vested right to in six years before he became  California cannot withhold in from him an the president docs not have to perform any services in order to obtain it accepting the pension violates Nei ther the spirit nor the letter of the Constitution the White House lawyer said. Hogwash replied Taylor. I m sure the president does t need to hide behind a dubious definition of the word emolument in order to justify his accepting these monies the taxpayers Union official fired Back. In the first place he does t need the Money. He s a millionaire at least said Taylor. H never Rawin which he could have stared collecting in 1983,but said our presidents today do not need to accept any government pension monies while they arc in the Whitehouse. They Are More than Well  he noted thai Reagan draws a 150.000 a year expense account As Well As his1200,000 salary and when he retires his presidential pension alone will be s96,000ayearforlife."Taylor said Reagan is Selling a bad example for what the Union estimates Are 150,000 double dippers collecting government salaries and pensions Al the same time. Most Are military retirees. He called on Reagan 10 promptly re turn the j178,000 10 the state of califor Nia not Only to Clear up the constitutional question but also 10 demonstrate White House fiscal  the National taxpayers Union is anon profit non partisan group that wants the Federal government to reduce it spending and curb its debts. It claims 150,000 members