European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 18, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday november 18, 1987 the stars and stripes  f-16 project expected to help nation soar into 21 St Century by Dayle Green it of j__cm11 Nilgiri Ankara Turkey a project to provide Turkey with 160 f-16 fighter jets also will help launch the nation into the future according to . Officials Over seeing the joint project. Actually this is a step Tor Turkey into the 21stcentury," said Robert a Willis Quality Assurance Divi Sion chief of act 34, air Force contract maintenance Center. The detachment is overseeing the contract that Calls for the co production of the aircraft at the tusks aerospace industries inc. Factory near the turkish air Bast in muted. The project known u peace Onyx is designed to help the turkish government develop an aircraft Industry and make it capable of competing for aircraft contracts worldwide in the future. It s not just to sell aircraft to the turkish people said it. Col. Michael k. Fair detachment commander. The More than $4 billion co production project began in 1983 and is expected to produce ils first air Craft in 1988. The Cost includes u4 billion for 136 f 16cs and 24 finds si76.8 million for support aids on the Rise among applicants for military service Washington a experts say they re just guessing at How rapidly aids u spreading through the american population but a Pentagon study shows dial the fatal disease is on the  military or Vic. Or. Yemen Mark chairman of the Harvard medical school Laid monday that a centers for disease control estimate of 1.5 million aids infections in the United states is Jutt a  the More i hear experts talk on this subject the More i am convinced that the figures Avail Able now Are quite inaccurate said Mark. Not Only Are they inaccurate about the numbers but they Are also inaccurate about How fast the Dis ease is  said estimates on the effect of aids Range from a world health organization projection that it will cripple civilization to the View of . Experts that the disease will make no significant inroads into the general population. Mark was among experts attending an aids virus conference monday at the department of health and human services. Army col. Donald s. Burke discussing the Pentagon study said it can t be applied to the general population but i Doe suggest that the disease is , a Walter Reed army Institute of re search scientist said the study showed an acquired immune deficiency syndrome virus infection Rale of 1.5 per 1,000, based on tests of 4.5 million applicants for military service. He said the two year study showed that the disease is spreading but the rate found by the military probably is Low compared with the untested Young american population. It s the Best data we have but it s not perfect because of a statistical Bias said Burke. He said applicants for military service include few homosexuals or drug addicts the population groups with the highest incidence of aids. The More important question is is it the spread of aids getting belter or worse said Burke. From our data it s getting worse. The Inci Dence is continuing to increase. The number of new infections each year is More than the year  he agreed however that any estimate of the Overall number of infected americans is just a  can Rali rally say what is the cur rent number he said. Experts at the conference said there won t be a valid estimate until some sort of comprehensive study is conducted. Such a study would have to involve blood testing of a statistically significant number of randomly selected americans. The problem is that nobody knows and we better find out said Mark. Equipment including the building of two new factories Jils million for training equipment $266.9 million for spare parts $19.2 million for technical publications and 1 1 38.8 million for miscellaneous costs. The people assigned the task of making sure that the . Government gets everything it pays for look at this As an investment in the future. It s of worldwide importance because they reing to compete with general dynamics they re go ingoing to compete with the French made Mirage they re going to Comer body fair  compete with of Kucer the israelis eve while possibly competing with the likes of general dynamics in the future the Young turkish aircraft Industry is greatly dependent on the . Company now it s a joint venture fair said. General dynamics a United states company has formed a separate company called general dynamics of Turkey. And this company has gotten together with tusks which is turkish aircraft industries inc., a turkish state owned company and formed tusks aerospace industries inc. The turkish air Force foundation and the turkish air league also have bought Stock in the company which i of Ganiec a completely undo turkish Law. The company will assemble Al 6s using parts manufactured in other countries. No f-16 aircraft that s flying today is produced completely by one country fair said. They re All produced As part of a consortium of contractors thai have been pulled together from various countries with in nato. Even the .  Tai will co produce wings arid Center and aft fuse Lages according to fair. Some of the pieces will be produced in Turkey. That manufacturing capability has not yet been established. The building is just about finished for them to Start putting their tooling  although supervised by . Technicians and Man agers Tai is destined to be a turkish owned and turkish controlled company. The goal is that after seven years 3w of which have recently passed the company will be completely managed by turkish people and americans will by pulled  Lego office takes to airwaves to help is head off problems  writer Berlin got a Legal problem one that you Don t know about yet in Berlin potential Legal problems such As getting out from under an unwanted Auto insurance policy or How to fight a consumer Battle Are the subject of daily radio spots starring lawyers from the Berlin military Legal office. It s like preventive Medicine explained army capt. Lawrence Wilde chief of Legal assistance. Eai Good food and you Don i get  digest Good Legal advice and you Don t get stuck. Although the concept of lawyers using the Media to propound their services and offer lips is widespread in the United slates it was t that Way until recently and in t that Way in Western Europe. I would have mixed feelings if we had a Bonu system for getting new clients said Jutta Lukoschek a German lawyer with the Berlin Legal office. " but we always gel the same  and once that is taken into consideration it s easier to advise clients before than to get them out of trouble later on Lukoschek said. Easier on the clients  radio spots on the Berlin american forces net work affiliate Are the tip of the Legal iceberg according to Wilde. His office uses an television to make longer presentations and has spots in local print Media. Wilde conduct Public meetings on common topic such As tax Law. It All comes under the heading of preventive Law a concept not unique to Berlin but one for which the Berlin Legal office was recognized by the american bar association this  lamp award Given out by an Aba committee when it feels recognition is deserved for aiding military personnel was presented to the Berlin office this fall the focus was t really on reducing la client Load because if that was the Case we would t have done the social Security stuff Wilde said. The social Security information concerned a new ruling by the internal Revenue service that social Security numbers must be listed for dependents 5 Yean and older if they arc claimed As deductions. That publicized revelation brought in several Hundred applications More work for the three lawyers who Are assisted part Lime by another lawyer Wilde said. On the other Side of the Coin come Tat Lime there s going to be about 400 people who won t have to come in Here with an immediate problem Wilde said. . Navy shows the Flag Power during exercise in frigid for North Adak Island Alaska up the . Navy has held War games involving More than 10,000 Sery Iceme Bera and a Carrier Bailie roup in the frigid Waters Between Alaska and Siberia in an Effort to demonstrate a . Presence in the face of a soviet buildup in the far North officials said. The ships and sailors were sent to the frigid Northern Waters As further proof that the Navy is no longer just a warm water Force at least not As Long As the soviets Are making their presence increasingly Felt in this part of the world officials said As the games were ending monday. The Man Euven called nor Pace were Mother demonstration that the United states is going to in crease its presence in the North Pacific in response to the soviet buildup in the Region i. Cmdr. Chuck Connor of the 3rd Reet said. We Don t come up Here to sail around and look pretty he said. Sailors suited up for vicious winds and bitter cold testing new cold weather gear so they could concentrate on fighting the enemy nol the weather Connor said. Navy Plant conducted simulated attacks against ships in the Battle group. The Navy has brought ships North to Alaska for exercises several times since the Navy Secretary journeyed to Alaska last year to announce a new focus on the far North in response to a growing soviet presence. It was designed As a typical Man Euver Wilh a Little Bil of everything and Connor said the ships covered a lot of ground in this  in fact the Man Euver began in the g l i f of Alaska on nov. 8, and moved hundreds of Miles a. Osi the North Pacific and into the Bering sea near Adak Island site of a strategically located naval air station. The closest major City is Petropavlovsk Laid capt. Richard Munro the Adak commander. That s on the Kamchatka Peninsula in the soviet  Petropavlovsk is a soviet submarine base and the Navy conducts anti submarine activities from Adak. Adak 1,200 Miles from Anchorage Alaska s larges City is equidistant from Seattle and Tokyo 2,070 Milts. The mock Bailies entered around the Enterprise � nuclear powered aircraft Carrier. Also taking part were two nuclear powered submarines a guided missile Cruiser destroyers and other ships. The air Force and for the finl Lime the Alaska air National guard worked Wilh the Navy offering in flight refuelling to Navy piano