European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 12, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday december 12, 1987 the stars and stripes Pago 3 Hope plans Christmas tour of Gulf Region Washington Al Pentagon official began scrambling thursday in rirranjie1 i i Iso Hris Imas Lour to the persian Gull after Kerning comedian huh Hope wants to entertain sailors in Itic Region. The Pentagon is Mill working on the arrangements. But the show is an said Dan Markk a a spokesman Tor he United service organisation. Bob Hope will be going around the world in eight Days Marjilee added. It looks like it s going to come Oft but we be got a lot of work to  said it. Col. Dan Bauer the chief of the broadcast Branch of he Pentagon s Public affairs office there is always a huge amount of logistics involved in something like this and we re working on pretty Short   i be Iso Learned Early Liis. Month Hal she 84-year-old a pc wants to entertain inc persian i Milf Force Over Christmas and asked the Pentagon for help in making the arrangement. Bauer said officials from the Penta gon Shaft Navy air a orce and Uso were working out details of the trip. Well Mem again on monday just to make sure everything is on  Auer said. We understand thai Hope just decided this was something he wanted to do hat he wanted to gel out there and entertain the troops again Bauer said. According to Markley plans Call for Hope and Sev eral other entertainers to leave the United states on tallying up the score electrical technician Gerald Lasher paints another mine on he american mine sweeper fearless id Mark inc number of mines found and disarmed by the warship in the persian Gulf near Iran s Farsi Island. Advances making soviet jets More formidable Jane s says London uh1 rapid i tech advances in soviet warplanes have now Given their pilots sophisticated jets that match any in the West an authoritative publication said thursday. The 1988 edition of Jane s All the world s air Craft said the soviet gains come just at a time when the  medium Range missile Deal makes air Power More important than Ever. Jane s said the huh Quality of aircraft is giving Sovi cd pilots a new Confidence and team spirit they did not previously have qualities that could make Ihm More dangerous As opponents. Study of the soviet sections of this edition will show that nato would be unwise to believe that it still has the Clear superiority in conventional air Power Hal it has enjoyed for most of the period since the second world  editor John . Taylor said in his foreword to the reference work. It singled out inc new Soukhoi Su-27 or flanker fighter which is comparable to the . F-15 Eagle and the Book describes in for the firs time in detail if its Turbofan and radar Are As advanced As the Airframe in appears to provide the soviet air forces with a combat aircraft As Good As any in the West the Ira arms confiscated Dublin Ireland a a 10-Day sweep for Irish Republican army weapons involved searches of 50,132 Homes and yielded 50 fire Imit ammunition and some suspected explosives Justice minister Gerry Collins said thursday. Foreword said. Bui in fun interview Taylor said actually if every thing on the Su-27 works As Well As reported the Sovi ets even have an  it appears inc flanker could escort the soviet s supersonic backfire bomber on missions to Western Europe and Britain. And Taylor said that teamed together inc backfire and flanker make a potent attack Force a really formidable attack  we be got our Falls and tornadoes bul they Don t match the backfire he said. Taylor said the scheduled scrapping of medium and Short Range missiles in Europe Means the whole Crux of defense is air Power. It becomes More important than it Ever has been because air attacks could Lake the place of missile attacks. We be got 10 Stan spending Money on our air Power. We be put Loo much Money on  if conflict Breaks oui in will be up to air Power to hold the situation for three or four Days unlit the politicians can Settle things he said. While Western governments sought ways of renew ing their air forces As economically As possible the soviet Villon created new air defense and attack units Hal Are generations ahead of those they replaced the Book said. Taylor said the soviets Atio have to Lenard designers and they see gaps and they design to fill the gaps. They be been looking ahead and made big advances thai appear to be  he said about 50 rankers appear Loho deployed by the Sov icis so far. Dec. 21 and Rvl urn in Pec. 2k. The main goal asked for would provide about Jisoo million to affect the Cost of a new Carrier. The improvements would be made in japanese ship Yards where the inflated Cost of inc japanese yen would increase costs the committee said. Italy Argentina sign pact Rome a Italy and Argentina on thursday signed a s3 billion Accord to promote economic development in the debt Ridden latin american nation