European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 11, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes monday january 11,1988 defense Secretary Funk Carlucci right arrives for a briefing aboard the Jack Landing Phlp mount Vernon saturday before by departure from the persian Gulf am. Carlucci arrives in Paris for conferences elimination of ground based intermediate Range Clear missiles signed dec. 8 in Washington by presi no Reagan and soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev Paris 1upi defense Secretary Frank Carlucci arrived in Par sunday after concluding a tour of three persian Gulf slate and a review of american naval forces in the Region. Carlucci sect landed at a French naval air base out Side Paris a . Embassy official said. He departed Riyadh seven hours earlier after talks in saudi Arabia which followed slops in Bahrain and Kuwait and inspections of some of the 30 or so ships in the . Navy s gut Harmadi. While in saudi Arabia Carlucci had wrested an apparent Promise from egyptian president Hosni Mubarak not to jeopardize relation with the United states by severing tin with Brad. Middle East sources said. Trie . Defense Secretary was to meet with foreign minister Jean Bernard Raimond Early sunday eve Ning a foreign ministry spokesman said. Officials said Carlucci was to take consultations with French leaders on the .-Soviel agreement on the l nuclear Sif Dent s their discussions also were to concern the situation in the Gulf Region where France has deployed a if help naval task Force. Carlucci b w meet on monday with president fran Cois Mitterrand and prime minister Jacques Chirac As Well As with defense minister Andre Giraud before resuming to Washington. News briefs in v no Ign Mecham refuses to re despite felony Phoenix Ariz. A Dov. Evan Mech am indicted on  of fraud and per jury. Said  he was completely clean and Wou Wiot resign despite political  lie attorney general s office in his he formal response to Friday s six count a option that he violated the Law by con ceal  Campaign loan Mecham said Haj kind Welcome a Public trial As a breath of it air and called the indictment political irs caution not Legal  rumours that Noriega quit cheers in pan bring Panama City Panama Uhi rumours thai military strongman Geo Manucia Antonio Noriega had resigned appt cd inc country prompted wild celeb Rahns saturday but officials said Noriega visiting the dominican Republic and wort Clum monday. With Csc a thousands of people look part in Surcel jul rations Hal spread from the Capi Tallo Oder areas throughout the afternoon and fac Verng As the minors flew with Partick beeping car Boms and waving White flags handkerchiefs. Con men claim Access to kidnappers of Waite London apr the Church of England and milled sunday it was slightly embarrassed to be taken for a  $21,600 ride by two British con men who claimed they had a Cess to Terry Waile s kidnappers. Bui Church spokesman John Lyttle who made a fruitless trip 10 Cyprus last May in hopi of making Contact with the kidnappers defended the payment to the two britons Asen acceptable risk. He said inc Money was for travel and other expenses not a Ransom payment. Atlantic Caribbean exercise starting Washington a More than 40 . And Allied warships Are launching a iwo Wick training exer Cise this week in the Western Atlantic and Caribbean sea inc Navy has announced. The exercise although scheduled More than a year ago is taking place amidst a scheduled Jan. 17 election in Haiti which has been wracked by political violence. The United states Cut off All but humanitarian Aid to Haiti last november when the military no govern ment cancelled an election. Although there have been no recent reports of injuries to americans on the Island the presence of a Large . Fleet in nearby Waters would make it easy to mount an evacuation if one became necessary. The exercise part of a continuing series has been dubbed flee Tex and will include two u.5. Aircraft Carrier Battle groups assigned 10 inc 2nd reel and live nato  aircraft of the Navy Marine corps and air Force also will participate in the Cir disc which will run from monday to Jan. 26. All old. 37 . Warships will join the five foreign vessels during the course of the exercise. Leading the american ships will be the carriers Eisenhower and Oriol and the nuclear powered Cruiser Virginia a Navy statement  Allied warships will include the Iroquois from Canada the Baertl from Germany me Phoebe from Britain and the Van Helms Kurck and pict Chyn from the Netherlands. The american warships arc steaming from six Dif Ferent ports along the East coast and More than 25.000 . Service personnel will be involved id the lest of readiness. Bonus proposed to retain pilots Washington up the Pentagon is considering plans to spend si2j million a year to bonuses to keep America s dwindling Force of fighter and bomber pilots from inking higher paying air line jobs. James Mcgovern undersecretary of the air Force said he has proposed paying air Force fliers a Bonus of j 12.000 a year to re enlist. He Esti mated the air Force plan would Cost s85 million annually. The Navy is considering a similar incentive to keep its pilots. It would Cost the Navy Aboul 140 million a year officials said. Defense Secretary Frank Carlucci has yet to reach a decision on the air Force proposal but Mcgovern said he is Opidi mistic. The airlines Are hiring 4,000 to  Pilot per year and it appears they la be doing that for the next 10 years. So we really Don t have much Choice Mcgovern id in an interview Friday. Until recently the air Force was re enlisting pilots at More than the 63 percent rate it needed to keep its fighters and bombers flying he said. But the re enlistment Rale has slipped to 48 per cent of the pilots who have completed their initial critical and expensive training he said. The theory is that it costs us about s6 million to train a Pilot. By the Lime he is combat ready which is roughly four or five years Mcgovern said. Prorated Over the Pilot s projected flying time he said the air Force is paying $4,000 to 16,000 per flight hour. Therefore the official said us kind of silly to worry about paying a j12,000-a-Ycar Bonus for a Guy you be spent s6 million to train when for just two More Fuhl hours you can get him obligated for another  we re trying to Appeal to the Guys in the six to ii year group because that s where our retention problems Are the  after the pilots pass the 11-year service Mark they Start to look at Hal 20-year retirement Mcgovern said. The air Force does not expect to keep All its pilots when heir enlistment hours arc up bul to keep enough of them that arc motivated and in Cenlin Vizco by that 20 years the undersecretary said