European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 26, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday october 26. 19b8 the thab Anu blow by rage fliers Start getting their goats ans jackets Are a hit but retention Angle Fps Flat   Raf upper . England if the air Force thinks a Sloo leather jacket can keep us fliers in the cockpits a few of the men who were among the first to receive Lliam have news for their service As of Iii Pilot Cape. Marc Miller put it i Don t think anyone was foolish enough 10 think that if you give somebody a leather jacket they la slay in the air  Miller 34. A former enlisted Man who has been flying jets for More than eight years was one of about Iso pilots and weapons systems officers at Raf upper Scyford to gel the new Goatskin garments first popularized by . Air corps pilots during world War ii. The 20th tac fighter Wing was picked As the first to gel the jackets because at 70, it ranks As the oldest Ulm in . Air forces Europe. Fliers from about is wings in Safe will be issued inc jackets Between  August 1989, according to maj. Charles Martin o f us fab s support division. He said fliers at Ottburg a West Germany arc next in line to receive the jackets. When it announced the idea Lait year the air Force said the 15 million Purchase some 53,000 jackets was intended to enhance Esprit do corps among fliers and help curb i hair exodus from inc service often to big salaries at the airlines. The service later backed away from the retention . Won t Issue visas to diplomats from Nicaragua Washington Al l Nicaragua Diplomat and other officials will be denied visas to enter the United slates under a proclamation signed by president Rea Gan the while House announced tuesday. The action is another step in inc diplomatic conflict Between the sandinista government and inc Reagan administration which Dales to july 11, when Managua expelled . Ambassador Richard Melton and seven other diplomats. The uni cd states retaliated the next Day by expel Ling nicaraguan ambassador Carlos Tunnermann and seven other envoys. Since then the Sandin Sui government has nol acted on . Alt mils 10 replace the expelled . Envoy to Llie Centra american nation. Reagan in his proclamation said he found the unrestricted. Entry of officer and employees of Ihen Karagian government and the sandinista National liberation front. To lie detrimental to the interests of the United  White House spokesman roman Popadiuk pointed out Ihal inc presidential action comes not Only in the Wake of he july expulsions but also in Light of further restrictions placed on . Officials in Nicaragua. We be been trying to get our people replaced and we Haven t gotten anywhere Popadiuk said. He noted that on sept. 22, the sandinista govern ment required that american diplomats based in Nicaragua who leave the country for whatever reason must wait three weeks before they arc allowed to re enter Nicaragua. At the time the administration said it would Reta Liate in some form but did not state whal it would be. Idea when members of Congress questioned spending lax Money on leather jackets especially ones made from foreign goals As later was revealed. Maj. Gen. Marcus Anderson the 3rd air Force commander and the Man who formally presented inc jackets to inc upper Scyford fliers on monday is one Leader who would like to Sec inc jacket rur act Elton Issue Trattl behind. The Rcpt Orthon Factor Gol blown-ay jul of proportion he said a a try after presenting inc jackets to about 20 aviators at Lintsu Gocr Scyford officers club la never was a a Ripe Reast Wii the intent from the beginning was to recognize the  contribution that our air Crews were making and iidifr4iack to our heritage.",.- some officers accuse inc Media of distorting i inc. It started to gel somewhat cynical Miller said of the controversy which began in Washington last sum Mer. People suddenly became grudging about u. La was perceived that it was taking food out of babies Mouths. It s a Small thing when you consider the National  jackets aside pay career progression and family life arc High atop inc list of retention factors say Many pilots. There Are some things that make people want to make the Ajr Force a  said 79th tac Fighier so commander la. T of. Larry Carter a Pilot with 19 a years in the air Force a leather flight jackal he Iid is nol one of  Carter pointed Oul that the jackets Are about the same Price As the summer and Winter Nome jackets issued to every flier. And he said the Cost of the new leather jackets which arc issued Al no Cost once in a flier s career is equivalent to about 10 Days Worth of incentive flight pay for a  Captain. None of inc pilots however denies Hal the jackets Are meant to Sel pc rational air Crews apart from inc rest of the air Force. By regulation All aircrew person Nel fully qualified to Fly Al any Lime after september 1987 will be allowed to Wear the Jack is throughout Lhoir careers. Tiu men who 7ipped on inc new Jack is monday seemed Teri pc them. In fact although the jackets meet All safety Reg Ntalipis for Wear in and Oul of the cock pits Many had of tubes about wearing them on the flight line lest they get s Uray spot of Oil or Hydraulic fluid on the Classy skins. Some pilots think the new jackets similar in design to their predecessors Are Back where they belong after being missing since just after world War ii. Said Al i in Pilot 1st la. Mike Killcy it seems to me that the leather jacket was always recognized As part of the Fisher Pilot  Kohls meet with Sakharov West centum Chancellor Helmut Kiihl left und his wife i Lanneum Greet son id human Hunts act Chi and Uhel pert a Rue Winner Andrei Sakharov in Moscow Matt Tbs Start of Kohl s talks with Kremlin Leader Mik Hail s.  meeting with dissident phys idol Sid Zharov in he West German Kab sexy lasted 45 min Dies. Last week the soviet Academy of sciences completed the rehabilitation of the 67-Rcar-Ou Sakharov who spent years in internal  by ele cling him to the 47-Mcmber presidium of the Academy. First lady urges drug War against users in . United nations a first lady Nancy Reagan monday called for a Honic fron Waron individual drug users and said authorities should arrest Wall Street Bank . La is As important to Stop drug use in the United Stales she said As it is to Stop coca growing in i Eru processing in Colombia and shipping through the Caribbean. His often easier to make Strong speeches about foreign drug lords or drug smugglers than 10 arrest a pair of Wall Street investment Bankers buying to Caine on their lunch break she said. Reagan who often has  against drug use during her husband s presidency called for a new crusade against drug use Al Home during a speech 10 the . Third Commilee on social and humanitarian affairs. The Reagan administration has pm phas cd interdiction and snipping Ille Gal drug frown entering the country especially from latin Al Erica. Jut Reagan Laid the Ballac also Romih by fought Al Home. -.,"the drug user is an accomplice . Every criminal act every murder every  the not slim the american demand it drugs Ihnn there will be Lille Hope of preventing foreign drug producers from fulfilling thai demand. Drugs must remain illegal Al every step in the Chain she Tan she was accompanied by Secretary of state George Sulu and . Ambassador Vernon wallers. She earlier met with Secretary general Javier i Erie de Cue War Fisl attack carried out by the narcotics syndicates she said. If we Lack the will to fully Mobili a the forces of Law in our own country to arrest and punish drug users if we can against Drugo Siw Ochital importance and must be  Are United slates alone which bears responsibility for its own drug problem. I am not blaming other nations for America s drug problem. While most of the illegal drugs Are imported the drug users arc  to gel serious about stopping illegal drugs Cagan said there can be no substitute for focusing on inc user and that Means confronting All those citizens who use  we need 10 educate a generation to just say no to  she said. And in the meantime we must continue Pur International criminals who Acier no Light against inc production processing rest or  she said. Financing importation Sale and use of but she emphasized Hal in is the illegal