European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 22, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday March 22, 19b9 the stars and stripes Page 3 Apache firm s workers get Pep talk need for probe of new gunship disputed Mesa Ariz. A the president of the Mcdon Nell doughs helicopter co. Gave 5,000 employees a Pep talk after a congressman called for an investigation of problems with the is 3.4 million Apache the army s newest tank destroying gunship. Our company s no. 1 priority is working 10 ensure hat our customer the . Army receives aggressive company support to resolve All Apache Field difficulties whenever and wherever icy occur William f. Brown told employees monday at company Headquarters disputing the claim a probe is needed. On Friday rep. John d. Dingell d-mich., called for an investigation of the Apache by the congressional general accounting office. Dingell cited criticisms by col. R. Dennis Kerr commander of an aviation unit at fart Bragg , of the Apache s reliability during a january exercise. Kerr said he would choose inc Vietnam Era cobra helicopter Over the Apache if a War broke out because Al i 12 of his apaches were broken at some Point during the five Day exercise. Mcdonnell Douglas is in its sixth year of Apache production. Through 1988, the army bought 4so apaches at a Cost of about $7.4 billion and plans to buy More said it. Col. John Chapla an army spokes Man in Washington. Recent problems include jammed cannons cracked Rotor Blades and tangled Hydraulic tines Chapla said. Chapla described the Apache As a relatively new aircraft and like other systems it has Materiel prob lems none of which arc show  he said the army has been working with Mcdonnell Douglas to Correct problems As hey occur. None of them has caused us to have any doubts about the Apache  Chapla said. It s Al most an unimaginable leap from the technology we had before. Our experience is that in has increased our conventional War fighting capability and proven to be an excellent Lank  twelve army battalions including three in West Germany Fly the Apache. The gunship is armed with missiles and a Cannon and is designed 10 Knock out enemy Armor. Panel sees threat from quiet soviet submarines Washington a major soviet advances in developing quiet submarines leave no room for complacency and mean the United Stales should increase spending for submarine design a panel of experts said tuesday. The free lunch is nearly Over with the introduction of quiet soviet submarines or. William j. Perry a former Pentagon undersecretary for research and development told two subcommittees of the House armed services committee. After years of making noisy submarines the soviets have begun to build them quiet enough to present a major technological Challenge with profound National Security implications said the 10-Membcr Panflof specialists in submarine and anti submarine warfare. The panel urged Congress to spend More on re search and development on submarine design and to develop a successor to the so Wolf submarine. According to Subco Milec staff members the Bush administration s defense budget proposals Call for an increase in funds Tor anti submarine warfare Over the next two years but a decrease after that. Dollar amounts were not immediately available. The soviet program is impressive. There is no room for complacency Perry said. The United slates still has the Lea but the soviet submarines arc quiet enough to give our anti submarine warfare a real  another expert. Or. Harold Rosinbaum told the  that the United states cannot afford a mexican standoff in submarine technology. We can t afford submarines so quiet and so Good that we can t Slop . Les Aspin d-wis., chairman of the House armed services committee named the panel last year and on monday released the results oils work. This development could bring a sea change in sea warfare and Noi one to our  Aspin said in releasing the report before hearings by the research and development and the sea Power and strategic and Crit ical materials subcommittees. In addition to the soviet advances developments in submarine quieting Are being reflected in conventional subs built in Europe and sold to third world coun tries the report said. You can imagine the additional worries we will have if libyan Leader Moa mar Qadhafi or the Ayatollah Khomeini buy a few super Quick subs with which to confront us Aspin said. According to the report . Anti submarine War fare has relied almost entirely on listening for the sounds generated by enemy submarines. Under the passive sonar approach the United slates has used underwater microphones to detect sounds from a sub marines engine propeller generators and other sources of noise. Their subs arc not quieter than ours Bill they Are now quiet enough that classic detection methods Are becoming obsolete Aspin said. The United states still has time to acl however because the soviets cannot quickly build enough sub marines to replace older models the report said. Marines release names of copter crash victims Washington a the Marine corps on tuesday released a list of is of the 19 servicemen killed monday in the crash of a ch-53d sea stallion helicopter near  Korea. It identified the victims is Cpl. John a. Alfonso 24, of Aztec n.m.,a Rifleman. Lance  , 22, of Rcd lands calif., a Ril Kernan. 2nd it. Darren m. Hell 23, of Titipa fla., an infantry officer. Pfc Saul a Castro jr., is of la mint calif., a Rifleman. Pfc. Kurt r. Decker 21, of Toledo Ohio a Rifleman. Lance Cal. Michael a in pc 20, of red lion pa., a Rifleman Lance Cpl. Andrew a. Hernson lev 19, of Arnold my. A machine , Lance. Cpl Ronald a. Johnson a of Simi Valley calif., a machine gunner Lance Cpl. Anthony p. Longstaff 25,.of Waldo wis., a machine gunner Cpl Brian i Mcclusky 22, of Bra zi1,lrid.,a Rifleman. Lance Cpl. Wilbur s. Mcd arue19, of Carthage Texas a Rifleman capt Michael no green27, of Monmouth . A Pilot 1st la. David m. Pimple. 25, of co Chis anz., a Pilot. Lance Cpl. Carl , 21, of Blue Field a a a machine gunner. Lance Cpl Keith a Silha 22, of Onalaska wis a machine gunner. Staff sgt. Jorge Verdugo 27. Of no gales Ariz., a platoon sergeant isl it Kevin  Woolen 27, of Bowie md., an infant officer. Sgt. James d. Zinser 30, of port land ore., a machine gunner. The Marine corps said the 19lh Vic Tim was a Navy Hospital to corpsman whose relatives had not yet been contacted. His  thus was withheld. The service also released a list of is marines who were Riding on the helicopter and were injured when it crashed. They Are Lance Cpl. Rand c. Albert 22, of . A Rifleman. Pvt. Todd a Bomhardt. 18, of Evansville nd., a Rifleman. Pfc Franklin e. Bray jr., is of , calif., a Rifleman. Pfc. Lavicki r. Brown 19. Of los Angeles a Rifleman Cpl. David w. Garrick 22, of con nulls Villa i a an air crewman. Lance Cpl. To Small s. Gomez 23, of Santa Ana.  As Sautman Lance Cpl. George s. Hagee 20. Of St. Louis a Rifleman pfc. Thomas t. Hannah 19, of a Job Rosier to a Rifleman Lance Cpl. David a Jenkins 21, of Visia calif., a Rifleman Lance Cpl. Daniel e. Moody jr., 21, of Grimsland. No a Rifleman. Lance Cpl Sam a Csuti 22. Of Phent -Ariz., a . St. Timothy d. Said 23, of Ripon wis., an air crewman. Cpl. Michael e. Scott 20, of Gar Field. Ark., a Rifleman. Lanc Cpl Arthur j. Selwell. 22, of Grenada Hills calif., a Rifleman. Lance Cut. Thomas w. Woods. 23, of Southboro mass a Rifleman the corps Headquarters in washing ton said in heard reports that one Marine was injured on the ground but has received no confirmation. Anti Rushdie protest a 1em demonstrator in Dhaka Bon Klad Esti Cutuil in ath to Salman Rush die und Lipold stuns supporting the Ila Injo of lire it thur of the satanic verses."1 Bangladesh is one of the Moli a nations that has Bairn a the Boot