European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 12, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse I Safe making drastic cuts to Estur cd in exercise sorties Page 9 the stars and 5tripes authorized unofficial publication Fob the u s. Armed forces Good morning Voli. 48, no. 270 Friday january 12, 1990 o., so a d 8693 a we will decide. Together Gorbachev begins trip to Sway restive lithuanians i is i in i pics Deni Mikhail in Kulu. Lame in the is tic re Puhlik no i in assure residents they ill a a in i hair future Hul also in ill hum Ihal Pilling their government against the Kremlin could it ail ii tragedy. A Twilight. Uns thousands lithuanians holding banners Anil lighted candles hooded the Mam Square Vilnius the capital in a graphic message to inc mailing soviet Leader thai their demands for Independence from the Kremlin can not he Dela de. We be come Here to express our Unity in Light the East european to announce that we will decide the problems Lithuania ourselves vytautas Landsbergis. Head the grass roots political Organ action saudis. Told the crowd at least 200.000. We de Mand Freedom and Gorbachev who did Noi attend the rail arrived in Vilnius for three Days meetings with factors workers intellectuals Farmers ethnic minorities and communists in an Effort to reverse the 200.000-Mcmber lithuanian communist party s break with the National party decided in december and to slow the Republic s drive for Independence. Lithuanians say they want to restore the Independence they had Between the world wars. Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin absorbed Lithuania along with the two see trip Back Page soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev reaches out to shake hands with residents in the capital Vilnius As he begins a three Day visit in Lithuania. Cheney proposes Reform in Dod purchasing system c-17 among four planes targeted for budget review by Chuck Vinch Washington Bureau Washington the c-17 heavy transport air Craft designed to lift Large numbers troops and equipment to Europe to reinforce nato is one four aircraft that will be intensively reviewed by the Pentagon As part its five year budget blueprint. Also to be included in the review before the plan goes to Congress this Spring Are the $70 billion b-2 bomber and the air Force and Navy advanced fighter jets which arc still under development. The four systems Are the most expensive aircraft in the current defense department budget. Pentagon officials who spoke condition anonymity said the c-17 has been called into ques Tion because new intelligence information that shows a Warsaw pact lightning strike against nato is unlikely and that the Alliance would have 30 Days More notice an attack from the East. A lot people thought thai Bolt from the Blue scenario was shaky even before the recent events in the soviet Union and Eastern Europe one official said. Now it seems even More another official said the review ordered by de sense Secretary Dick Cheney will be pretty much a top to Bol Tom self examination that will take Inlo account the rapidly changing threat environment and the recent changes in the soviet the review will cover requirements for the air Craft acquisition and Cost information what else might have to be Cut from the budget to keep these four aircraft and possible alternatives to handle their missions if they were cancelled Cut Back the official said. The c-17 is designed to Combine the transport prowess the c-5 Galaxy with the Short take off and Landing abilities the c-130. Issues such As How the c-17 would fit into the army s future As a Quick reaction Force Are typical the Points the review is meant to cover. The joint chiefs staff together with the in see review Back Page Washington api defense Secretary Diek Cheney faced a Viii budget cutting pressures said thursday that his package Pentagon management reforms will save billion and trim 42.000 weapons buying jobs Over the next five years. Offering a six month update his proposals to trim the defense department s massive purchasing bureaucracy. Cheney said in a statement that he was aiming for major changes in the Way the Pentagon is run and in the Way its purchasing system works. Weapons purchases have accounted for More than Sod billion the department s 05 billion budget and involve some 5so.ooo civilian and uniformed personnel. Last summer president hush had asked Cheney to undertake a major Rev Lew spurred by the weapons procurement scandals that rocked the defense establish ment. The changes in the nature the threat around the world and the realities the budget mean that our defense budgets Are going to be leaner in the years Cheney s statement said. So every Dollar that we can Cut out the Cost running the Pentagon is a Dollar we Don t have to Cut from Force Structure readiness the Quality life for our men and women in although reports had circulated recently that Che Ney s reforms would include doing away with the do Plica Tive purchasing systems entrenched in the Sepa rate military services the Pentagon announcement see Cheney Back Page women is in Panama denied combat badge Page 5
