European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 24, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Stars & stripes 1988 All Europe football team Page 17 the stars and stripes authorized unofficial publication Forth . Anrep forces vol. 47, no. 220 thursday november 24. 1988 k. In let a d 8693 a the b-2 stealth a mkt Desi and to evade detection b radar tolls from under the shroud of secrecy Anil out of its production handier in Palmdale Calif for the Liral Lime tuesday. Of unveils stealth bomber Palmdale Calif. A the dark ominous. Looking stealth bomber was rolled into the Light of a California desert tuesday after More than 10 years of secrecy shrouded development with the air Force Secretary declaring in ass Colial to the nation s defense. The Black and Gray Boomerang shaped b-2, de signed and built by Northrop corp. Was towed out of a hangar to the accompaniment of cheers and the stealth fanfare an original composition played by an. Air Korce band. We can t afford to be without this program air Force Secretary . Pete Aldridge or. Declared to a select crowd of about 2,000 that included members of Congress military brass and the b-2 labor Force. Responding to critics who contend that the stealth bomber is an expensive Unn ceded weapons system. That could destabilize arms control efforts. Aldridge said the fl2 is a key to compelling the soviet Union to adhere to current and future arms agreements. This program is essential Aldridge old reporters after the unveiling at the Antelope Valley plan where the by bomber and space shuttle arc built. It s not  he said the Mission of inc b-2, which is designed to slip past enemy radar defences and drop nuclear bombs is to make inc soviets realize they could not protect their most precious assets such As hard cd command posts and moveable missiles. That s the whole idea behind the flexibility of a manned bomber Force he said. While the bib bomber is considered sufficient by the air Force to meet the current soviet Throat. Al Dridge insisted that the revolutionary technology of the b-2 is needed for the future. -. The stealth bomber is a subsonic All Altitude flying Wing formed from non metallic composite materials that Are intended to let it absorb radar Iranor missions rather than reflect them. Its shape and Lack of Sharp angles also help make it nearly invisible to radar. Air Force officials say it makes about the same impression on a radar screen As a Bird. The plane steers with flaps on the rear of the wings rather than with a Tail. Nobody was allowed to Sec inc u-2 from the rear presumably because revealing inc design of its engine exhaust system might help enemy select Ion efforts., Aldridge said even . Radar systems cannot track the stealth bomber and that the Pentagon believes the soviets to be without any effective counter to it or a comparable program of their own. I am not aware of any soviet program like this he said. Bush names s c o we Roft National Security adviser Washington a president elect George Bush wednesday selected Brent scowcroft Gerald Ford s National Security adviser to fill the same position in the new administration. Bush called , a 63-Icar-old retired air Force lieutenant general a trusted Friend who understands the White House the Way Capitol Hill works and the intelligence Community As  see related Slort i a the vice president made the announcement Bufore heading for his Ocean Side family Retreat in Kennebunk Pon Maine Tor a five Jay thanksgiving vacation. Bush has suggested he will Complete the naming of his Cabinet within a  called scowcroft an honest Bro Ker and said because of his tremendous experience obviously he will con vey to me unvarnished his own View on policy matters of tremendous importance Bush said the National Security adviser has to have direct Access Day and night. I will be the one who take a keen interest in these matters. 1 have a lot of ideas. They need to be tempered by his experience and judgment.". Scowcroft said he agrees with Bush see scowcroft on Back Page. Air Accident rates plur met despite Al 6, f-14 crashes by Chuck Vinch Washington Bureau Washington the services arc enjoying a record year for aircraft safety even though two top of the line Jet fighters have experienced a rash of serious accidents Over the past few months class a accidents accides with fatalities or More than $500,000 in air Craft damage for All the services have declined with the army logging its Best year Ever in fiscal i9s8 and the Navy projected to follow suit with its final totals for the 1988 Calendar year. V hut the Accident Rales for two High profile aircraft the air Force f-16 fighting Falcon and the Navy pm tomcat have risen in recent months the air Force saw f-16 class a accidents almost double from 12 in fiscal 1987 to 23 last year. Fatalities went from five to seven. Three of the planes were lust on one Day june 29, in two incidents in West Germany. Accident totals for the Navy s f-14 had been remarkably Low. One class a Accident this year until see crashes on Back Page today