European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 24, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page the stars and stripes thursday september a 1987 attackers of military get big Bucks civilian outfit s pilots pretend to be russians Atlanta a playing Soldier May be a child s game but Douglas mat thews has become a millionaire by pro Viding the military with pilots who pre tend lobe russians. Matthews a decorated fighter Pilot in Vietnam does 1 Fly much anymore but his flight International croup inc. Pilots travel the world attacking , air Craft and ships from planes electronically equipped to simulate soviet fighters. Right International wins about 50 percent of the Battles. Matthews said during an interview at the company s at Lanta Headquarters. That s of he said we re not going against the entire american defense sys tem., and they re not pulling out All the  in the past year. Flight International has won a $100 million contract from the air Force an $800,000 contract from the  and a $22 million contract to ferry checks around the country for the Federal Reserve Bank. The firm has a Field office at Capo i Chino Nas Italy. Station manager Roy Ratchford told the stars and stripes tuesday that the held office has been working with the 6th Fleet in the Mediterranean for about six Yean. He said the station office also works with Allie countries. We base a minimum of one plane in Naples depending on the  s needs Ratchford said. Our operation Are so closely related to military operations that we cannot divulge  All of the company s 130 pilots arc retired from the military As either Tacti Cal or electronic warfare officers. They Fly More than 60 highly  and Mitsubishi Turboprop loaded with More than is million of electronics thai allow them to Masquer Ade As fighters or cruise missiles. Defenders know when but not where the simulated attack will occur. The planes carry radar electronic War fare and communication jamming de vices and air to air surface to surface gunnery and missile targets. We re giving them trainees a real life red storm rising we re those russian backfire bombers Matthews said referring to Tom Clancy s bestseller about a War fought with highly computerized planes an ships. We re training our Guys to fight in an electronic War he said. Electronic gadgetry has replaced Many of the old dogfight tactics that were the mainstay of air warfare As recently As the Vietnam War Matthews said. Matthews 70 percent slake in his company is Worth $19.1 million using Friday s closing Stock Price of $13.62vi per share. Flight International s revenues Tor the fiscal year ended april 30 were $20.8 million. While Matthews is making Money he says the government is saving Money $20 million a year by the  i to Mil lion by the air Force. It costs less to rent right International s planes than to Fly expensive fighters for training missions he said. And by using flight International the  Ana air Force free their pilots to a just the big  Matthews 42, Learned Many of his Fly ing skills at Miramar Nas near Sandiego before it became known As the top gun school featured in the movie of that name. He later flew 155 combat missions in Vietnam winning two Bronze stats 10 air medals and two purple Charu. While a Pilot with Delta air lines. Matthews borrowed $2,000 to found flight International As a Pilot training school in 1976. The company won its first War game contract in 1980. Matthews quit his air line Job in 1983 and spent the next 24 months Selling 122 flying records to draw attention to his company. Flight International operates out of 18 locations around the world but Princi Pally at Newport news a. Carlsbad Calif. Jacksonville Fla. And Naples Italy. It is scheduled to open a service operation later this year at Dekalb peach tree Airport in Atlanta. Working with other countries does not Compromise . Defences Matthews said because we try to emulate russian tactics to everybody  Koop urges use of support groups los Angeles a surgeon general c. Everett Koop Learned to Deal with his grief Over his son s death by joining a support group and said doctors should recommend such groups to patients. There s an old saying try it you la like it and 1 think that s the message Koop said tues Day la he ended his three Day surgeon general s workshop on self help and Public health. The 150 participants in Knap s conference developed a a of recommendations aimed at increasing the use of self help groups such As alcoholics Anonymous the National stuttering project victims for victims and Tough love a Mutual support group for parents of troubled youths. Most of the recommendations Are aimed at increasing awareness of such groups and getting the medical establishment More involved. I be been part of a self help group myself Koop said during a Post workshop news Confer ence. It had to do with handling the problem of grief about the death of a  Koop said he joined a Philadelphia Branch of the support group candlelight Era after his son David s death. I lost a child in 1968, a 20-year-old boy who was hit by an Avalanche while Mountain climb ing and sustained an injury 750 feet up on Cliff Koop said. Koop a paediatric surgeon said it was absolutely amazing How much i thought i knew As an adviser and Counselor to parents because i had dealt with so Many hundreds of deaths. But those hundreds of deaths had no importance at All compared to the one death in my own family that made me by experience Able to have empathy True empathy with those  us a to rename Low fat beef to boost image of lean meat Washington up the agriculture depart ment in response to concerns of health conscious con Sumers will change the name of lean beef from us a Good q us a select to enhance the image flow fat beef. Effective thanksgiving week the new name will be used in response to a petition by Public voice for food and health policy a consumer group that was joined by 12 other consumer and health groups. The coalition including the american heart association and la american cancer society argued the existing name discourages Consumers from choosing the most healthful meat cuts. Public voice s petition was backed by cattle and meatpacking industries which View the new Grade As an Opportunity to Market Low fat meat. We re producing a much leaner product but there seems to be a stigma with the name Good " torn Cook of the National cattlemen s association said tuesday us a Good is perceived As mediocre when com pared with us a Choice which has More fat and is More expensive and us a prime which has the most fat of the three grades is the most expensive and the most tender. Meal packers usually forgo voluntary grading of meat that qualifies As Good rather than  that Grade on their product Karen. Darling Deputy assist ant Secretary said the change to us a select will permit the meat Industry to improve promotion of what has been a Good Grade of  in response to consumer demand More cattle Are bred to produce leaner meat and cattle can be fattened on Grain for Shorter periods. Because of the Shorter feeding time leaner meat is less expensive to produce and less expensive for Consumers to buy the Nauvie change will not affect military commissaries overseas because they Stock european beef. How to identify Cut by shape of Bone Blade Bone near neck Center cuts near rib near Center Bone Short town cuts Itear round Chuago to bunt on me source. A tonal us Stotis and a it Board. Bakker incident ruined my life Hahn tells Playboy Charlotte . A Jessica Hahn in a Playboy interview says she was told you re going to do something tremendous for god before Jim Bakker and another evangelist forced themselves on her sexually and ruined my  i am not a Bimbo. 1 am a human being. I was done in. 1 was Hurt she declared in the interview which includes topless photos of the 28-year-old for Mer Church Secretary whose encounter with Bakker led to the pal evangelist s downfall. A copy of Playboy s november Issue became Avail Able tuesday As Hahn ended two Days of testimony before a grand jury investigating alleged financial mis conduct at the si72 million evangelical Empire including hush Money paid her. Hahn in the interview said Bakker and evangelist John Wesley Fletcher forced her into having we with them separately in a Florida hotel room lit 1980 and then slyly boasted about it on television later in the Day. Jim god really ministered to us today did t he she quoted Fletcher As telling Bakker during a televised fund Raiser. Yeah he really did " Bakker was said to have  lawyer Dominic Barbara declined on tuesday to say How much she was paid for the Playboy interview but when asked whether it was As much As $ 1 million he replied i m not going to Denyll  the West Babylon n.v., woman said that Saucer and Fletcher encountered her in her room and that Bakker said be was unhappy sexually with tin wife.  John Fletcher said Jessica you re going to be doing something tremendous for god " according to Hahn who old Playboy she was a Virgin and bad gone on two dates before meeting Bakker. Hahn said after Bauer forced her into having sex Fletcher resumed and told her you just saved  then be Tore her Dothes off and had sex with her she said. Jim Bakker is not going to have you. You Are mine she quoted him As  said the bad agreed to accept $265,000 to keep quiet but broke her silence when Bakker disclosed the encounter in resigning from i la in Marco. Barbata said Hahn received $20,300 before pal stopped the pay  men had me in one Day. I hated every second of it and it has ruined my life she said. And 1 took hush Money All right Money to hush them