European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 21, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday january 21, 1988 the stars and stripes Page 9 technology has t altered War principles expert says by Mark Walsh Bleiburg Bureau a Thuro a Germany although the principles of War have net changed since the ancient greeks and persian fought technological advances have made those principles easier to carry out the author Oft new Hook on air Power says. Trie general principles of War basically Cist out Side of technology Itiat is the principles of mass and concentration and Surprise arc the same whether you have a How and Arrow or whether you have an f-15," said col. John a. Warden Iii commander of the 36th tac fighter Wing. Warden ii the author of the air Campaign which is being published by Itic National defense University press. Now Wilh he new technology we have in the f 15s, it in fact makes it easier to apply inc principles of War than it did Wilh the p-51 or the tf-17," he said. The air Campaign is intended for the combat officer More specifically the air officer who wants 1o think about air campaigns before he is called upon to command or staff one. Warden s objective in writing the Book is not to pinpoint specific Aerial tactics weapons systems or bombing techniques. Nor dots he discuss specific air forces or fighting doctrines. Rapid technological changes would quickly Render such a Book out of Date Warden wrote. " the air Campaign is an attempt to come to grip with the very Complex philosophy and theory associated with air War at the operational level he wrote in the Book s Forward. It is div old to How and Why air Power can be used to attain inc military objectives needed to win a War while ground and naval forces play a significant role in War. They Are not enough to win a Modem War especially if they and heir support units arc under air do lactic. He stressed that air superiority is a must to defeat the enemy. Warden commands three of is squadrons whose missions arc air superiority. Our Only responsibility Here at Pitburg is air superiority operations because we Don t drop bombs from these air planes the 1964 air Force Academy graduate said in a recent interview. We Don t strafe ground targets or anything of thai sort with the Al 5s. With the Forward firing ordinance with he radar capability of the Al 5, with the training the Al 5 pilots have a Squadron in the air off iss comes very close to being  training those pilots is sometimes difficult in the crowded Central european skies. One third of the Wing recently flew to the less crowded turkish skies to prac Tice formations of 16 to 20 fighters. These Squadron size formations have not been flown in Europe in decades As far Ai we know War Den said. We made enormous Progress. Not perfect by any Means. A Long Way to go but significant  leadership also is critical to the Success of the mis Sion and Warden s advice for air commanders is to Foster an offensive spirit in his pilots. I Don t mean offensive from the standpoint of starting wars or even necessarily operating on the other Side Offrie Bahle line he said full an offensive spirit in his pilots and the organizations under him in the sense that the desire is to go out and meet the enemy As quickly As  most important though he believes Hal a com Mander s Job is 10 assemble his forces in such n Way that he always outnumbers the enemy. Thai s the essence of generalship. The essence of leadership he said. While it is possible 10 fight outnumbered and win on a theater basis he said when you get to the Point of Contact and the enemy outnumbers you you have big sex envoy to Moscow blamed by panel for Security scandal by Richard hallo ran Washington not in a report completed last summer but Noi made Public a presidential panel concluded that the former . Ambassador to Moscow should be held responsible for the misconduct of Marine guards there according to a staff aide to the panel. The former ambassador Arthur a. Hartman disputed the findings of the panel which was headed by former Secretary of defense Mclvin r. Laird. The aide w. Hays parts civilian lawyer for inc army said the panel concluded thai Hart Man knew or should Hove known of the Marine Security guard misconduct when the panel met. In arc was concern in Congress and intelligence agencies that major damage had been caused by soviet penetration of the Moscow embassy specifically by recruitment of marines As soviet spies. But. Because of a Lack of evidence the scandal is now widely regarded not As a dramatic Security breach but largely As an episode in which marines illicitly consorted with soviet women. I think that is a very unfair conclusion mailman Taid when contacted in Florida on saturday. Hartman. Who retired from the foreign service last March said he had not read the report but contended thai the events at inc embassy had been exaggerated and Hal the marines had failed 10 police themselves. He also objected to Public comments on a supposedly confidential report. After months of investigation by the naval investigative service Hal has raised questions Aslo motive and fairness one former guard has been convicted of espionage for giving information to the soviet Union. Charges that guards allowed soviet intelligence officers into the embassy were dropped for Lack of evidence. Addressing a meeting on ethics at the National War College Here last week. Parks said that the panel officially called the Moscow assessment review panel decided that the ambassador had known about the factors thai led to inc misconduct and failed to take appropriate Steps to Correct the  in his speech. Parks said the state department had refused to make Public an unclassified version of the Laird report. The slate department spokesman Charles Redman acknowledged Chi existence of the report and its con tents and Laid that it did Noi mention Hartman by name. He said the report had not been suppressed Bui hat it bad not been made Public because it was a private report to Secretary of stale George p. Shutlz and contained sensitive recommendations. A Center faulted before patient s death Philadelphia a Federal inspectors found 35 major deficiencies at inc veterans administration medical Center in copies Villa just weeks before a Man died after being mistaken for another patient a published report says. A 62-Page report by the a s inspector general cited inadequate follow  on treatment reports ind diag noses errors As Well As unusual incidents that resulted in patient injuries and deaths. The report also said officials at the Center looked into Only 66 of 1,463 special patient incidents re ported from september 1985 to october 1936. According to the sept. 30 report described minday by the Philadelphia daily news inspectors deter mined thai inefficient practices at the Center were Cost ing taxpayers about si.8 million a year. Inadequate attention to patient medical records caused nearly 20 percent of Thouc expenses the report said. John w. Martin died nov. 5 at the a medical Center in Philadelphia where he had been sent from Colesville for a cat scan a computerized a Ray of the brain. Martin mistaken for another Coatesville patient with the same last name died after suffering an allergic reaction to a Dye thai was injected into him before the test a officials last month said that 11 Hospi Al workers would be disciplined. The officials acknowledged that the Mast severe Penally against a worker is a 10-Day suspension without pay. Sub photo Gil John a. Warden Iii. Says War strategy has t changed  underestimating the enemy and his capabilities is one danger the colonel warns against. One of the most dangerous things a commander can do is to think the enemy is necessarily going to operate in some preconceived Way to think that the enemy is not going to make rational decisions and adapt at least to some extent 10 what you re doing to him Warden said. The air Campaign will be available tatar this year from the government printing office missile on the move that to Law Cip we photograph shows the successful Liun Cli at in unarmed menu Leman inter cont menu ballistic missile which flew on in its Urgel 4,100 Miles away in the Pacific Ocean. The Unuer followed four consecutive Days of cancellations Doe to bed Utah her in the South Pacific Ness Sale Range the minuteman tas fired from Vutz Odberg and a California