European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 6, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes q . Received Many bomb threats Page 2 d retaliation claimed by critic of army Page 3 d reporter charged with checking fake bomb at Juk Page 5 d Phoenix wins in Boston after Long , Page 21 the stars and stripes authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces Good morning vol. 47, no. 261 Friday january 1989 25t daily and sunday d 8693 a libyan envoy called a liar by Chuck Vinch Washington Bureau Washington a Pentagon spokesman thursday called the libyan ambassador to the United nations Aliar for claiming that two downed Mig-23s were unarmed when shot Down by . Jet fighters wednesday. Dan Howard said information obtained in debrief Ings of the Crews of the two Navy f-14 tomcats plus videotape shot by one of the . Aircraft s on boar cameras clearly showed that at least one of the libyan fighters carried four air to air missiles. With modern weaponry if you wait Long enough Tosee what he has under his wings you re dead Howard said in defending the . Pilots decision to fire on the libyans without visually confirming whether they car ried weapons. Dugan gets command of Safe by the stars and stripes it. Gen. Michael j. Dugan will succeed Gen. William l. Kirk As commander of the . Air forces Europe a dallied air forces Central Europe. Dugan 51, will be promoted to Gener Al before taking Over the posts at Ramstein a West Germany in april nato commander Gen. John r. Galvin announced thursday. Dugan is currently the air Force Dep Uty chief of staff for plans and operations at the Pentagon. He is a Pilot with 4,500flying hours and flew 300 combat mis Sions in Southeast  other recent Pentagon assignments Dugan has served As the air Force s director of operations for the Deputy chief of staff for plans and operations assist ant Deputy chief of staff and Deputy chief of staff for programs and resources. Before heading for the Pentagon Dugan served at Langley fab va., As the tac air come s inspector general in addition the fact that the libyans turned to ahead on course with the f-14s five different times was enough to indicate hostile intent said Howard the assistant Secretary of defense for Public affairs. A sunni Montasser the libyan ambassador to the United nations in requesting a meeting of the . Security Council said without a doubt we will ask for condemnation of this premeditated act of Daggres  the two libyan Mig-23s, he said were unarmed on routine reconnaissance Ordinary flying. It was an innocent  but Howard said a Navy intelligence review of the videotape tells me that the libyan ambassador to the . Is a liar. That s the first thing it tells  Howard told a news conference we have the Pic Tures to prove that they were armed. Every bit of their behaviour indicates hostile intent. We believe our personnel behaved in a prudent manner in defending themselves their aircraft and their  Howard quoted one of the f-14 pilots who were no identified under Standard counter terrorism policy As saying that asking whether the migs were armed was a fool  we certainly assume that any nation s fighter air Craft Are carrying weapons that s Why they re built Howard said adding that the Mig-23s normally carry both aphid and Apex air to air missiles that have a Range of 15 to 20 Miles. Howard repeated the assertion of Reagan administration officials that the presence of the aircraft Carrier continued on Back Page Carlucci approves bipartisan panel s list on closure of bases it. Gen. Michael j. Dugan and Deputy chief of staff for  that he was the commander of the 355th tac fighter Wing at Davis Monthan fab Ariz., commander of the 23rd tac fighter Wing at England ,la., and commander of the 832nd air div at Luke fab Ariz. Dugan is a 1958 graduate of the .see Safe on Back Page by Chuck Vinch Washington Bureau Washington Secretary of de sense Frank Carlucci thursday approved and forwarded to Congress recommendations from a bipartisan commission to close 86 military installations and partially close five others around the nation. These base closures Are Long Over due Carlucci said at a Pentagon press conference. We have not closed a base since 1978, and that fact Speaks for itself. We have to move ahead and do  former rep. Jack Edwards of Ala Bama and former sen. Abraham Ribicoff of Connecticut co chairmen of the com Mission on base closings and realignments last week unveiled the results of seven months of review. The Law that established the commis Sion gives Congress 45 Days starting March 1, to accept or reject the total  one can add or delete individual facilities. If lawmakers do nothing by mid april the closings will begin automatically. The earliest a base could be closed is Jan. 1, 1990. Military officials have predicted for weeks that Carlucci s acceptance of the list was a formality and that the Rea Battle will come on Capitol Hill As Law makers from affected districts fight to preserve jobs for their constituents at military bases. I m pleased with the report Carlucci said. It was the commission s Call and i think they made the right  Carlucci said president Reagan s Bud get scheduled to go to Capitol Hill next week will c9ntain a request for $500million for initial Start up costs Asso see bases on Back Page Safe considering Morocco As site for some Low level training Kirk says Ramstein a West Germany a the . Air Force is exploring the possibility of moving some Jet fighter training missions to Morocco to ease the Burden Over densely populated West Germany the Safe commander said thursday. Gen. William l. Kirk s comments came amid a growing controversy in West Germany fuelled by a series of Mili tary air  Safe commander emphasized that talks Between . And moroccan officials were still at a very preliminary  re looking at the possibility of moving some training missions to Morocco Kirk  have on previous occasions deployed . Aircraft to Morocco for join training with the moroccan air  Morocco an Arab nation in North Africa is known for its generally moderate pro Western stance. Kirk declined to release further Infpr-mati9n about the possibility of moving training missions to Morocco. The general reiterated several time that an Export of Low flying fighter training to other countries was one of the ways to ease the Burden on West Ger Many. He acknowledged that finding other countries willing to accept More training missions would be difficult. Nato pilots on tuesday resumed Tacti Cal flights Over West Germany after a three week moratorium sparked by the dec. 8crash of a . Air Force a-10 in the North Era City of Remscheid. The crash killed five people on the ground and the Pilot. Kirk said the air Force had reduced Low level flying missions by about 40 percent Between 1981 and 1987, but had reached the Point beyond which Pecan t reduce any further and still main Tain Mission ready  i can understand the Burden on the people Kirk said of the growing opposition in West Germany. I certainly Don Tsee at this juncture much of a change in the attitude of the German people. And Idon t mean that  however Kirk said that the flying moratorium had seriously Hurt the fighter wings stationed in West Germany an that it would take 30 Days to recover. You can t just not Fly for three to four weeks and then All of a sudden turn it Back on he said. We Are at a Point where the civilian leadership within the nato Alli Ance needs to say one Way or the other whether or not we re going to maintain Mission ready status in the Federal re pub  gets a break Oliver North soon to be tried for his role in the Iran Contra affair May not have to face theft and conspiracy charges. 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