European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 4, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 a a the stars and stripes wednesday april 4,1990veil of secrecy lifted on stealth Al 17jj by Janet Howells Tierney Washington Bureau Washington a the Pentagon on tuesday lifted the veil of secrecy surrounding the air forces Al 17a stealth fighter bomber revealing the first details about the aircraft since the first prototype was launched nine years ago. The first Clear pictures of the Al 17a, shown in photographs and a video clip at a Pentagon news briefing show a Black Bat shape Jet that Cost the defense department $106.2 million per plane. When the last aircraft is delivered later this year the Pentagon will have 56 in its total Force according to Pete Williams the chief defense department spokesman. Gine aircraft designed to carry a single laser guided 2,000-Pound bomb in its internal Bay. Williams declined to say whether the plane is capable of carrying nuclear weapons. He also would not give specific information about the aircraft a other weapon capabilities except to say that the plane is Able to carry a full Range of tactical ordnance. Both the Al 17a and the b-2 bomber employ the military a stealth technology which uses plastics and non metallic composites to absorb rather than reflect radar beams. The technology is designed to help the planes elude air defences and bomb targets before enemy forces can react. The f-117a is a single seat twin in the f-117a, considered the tactical counterpart to the b-2 strategic nuclear bomber was first flown in 1981 and became operational in 1983. Until the Pentagon a announcement the planes had Only operated under strict secrecy. The aircraft is built by the Lockheed corp. At the firms so called a Skunk works near Burbank Calif. About 2,650 service members Are assigned to the 37th tac fighter Wing at the Tonopah test Range in the Nevada desert Southeast of Reno where the f-117as Are based Williams said. Designed primarily for night operations the plane has Only been flown for the last year and a half during Daylight. Six f-117as participated in the invasion of Panama in december. Two planes each dropped a one ton bomb near the Barracks of a Panama a forces Garrison at Rio Hato a move designed of a a sense forces troops prior to a Nari drop by . Army rangers. He three of the aircraft have be enl accidents a in 1982, 1986 and i f and two pilots died in the crash hams said. A the fighter Wing is scheduled to j from Tonopah to Holloman fab h in the Spring of 1992, Williams 3 there Are no plans to base any of aircraft at other locations. The Pentagon decided to Declassis Many aspects of the Al 17a because i planes will be used in future Mil j exercises Williams said. News briefs killer says a of thanks As court thwarts execution san Francisco apr Robert Alton Harris came within 12 hours of the Gas chamber but said Only a ooh thanks after the . Supreme court refused to allow californians first execution in 23 years a prison spokesman says. The court monday voted 6-3 against lifting a stay of execution issued by a Federal judge last week. The ruling sent the double murderers Case Back to the 9th . Circuit court of appeals where it is expected to remain for months. A this reaction was very Calm a san Quentin prison spokesman it. Cal White said monday. A the just said a of thanks a and remained very  Harris 37, was sentenced to die for the 1978 Kidnap and murder of two 16-year-Olds whose car he stole to use in a $3,000 Bank robbery. He would have been the first person put to death in California since 1967, and death penalty opponents had feared his execution would open the floodgates on capital  aids victim White still in critical condition Indianapolis apr Ryan White the teen age aids patient whose Battle for acceptance won hearts and better understanding of the disease across the nation remained in critical condition tuesday on a life support system his physician said. Or. Martin b. Kreiman said late tuesday morning that White 18, was unconscious and heavily sedated so that life support systems would function More efficiently. There was no significant change in his condition overnight he said. White who during his five year Battle with acquired immune deficiency syndrome grew from an object of scorn in his Hometown to an International spokesman for aids patients has been hospitalized at Riley Hospital for children since thursday. White is a Haemophilia a who contracted aids from contaminated blood  Resolution gives support to Lithuania Moscow apr estonian lawmakers tuesday passed a Resolution in support of their Baltic neighbor Lithuania whose leaders joined Moscow in striking a conciliatory tone on Lithuania a drive toward Independence. Soviet legislators heatedly debated a Bill on secession. Some deputies to the supreme soviet legislature found the Bill too harsh while others thought the conditions it set were too lenient the official news Agency Tass said. The Bill was approved by the soviet of nationalities one of two houses of the parliament Tass said without giving a vote count. It was sent on to the second chamber the soviet of the Union. An amendment approved by the soviet of nationalities requires any Republic leaving the Union to pay the costs of citizens who want to resettle Back in the soviet Union. Lithuania has a Large russian minority. 7 injured As guards recapture much of riot torn English prison Manchester England apr guards drove Back the last group of inmates holding a decaying victorian prison and reclaimed two thirds of it tuesday while negotiators sought a peaceful end to the 3-Day-old siege. Seven officers were injured trying to regain control of Strangeways prison said Ivor Serle a prison guard and chairman of the local Branch of the prison officers association. A there were Many broken Bones and one officer has a punctured lung a Serle said adding that most of the injuries were caused by bricks poles and other objects hurled by prisoners. There was no word on How Many prisoners if any were injured tuesday. The guards Advance could not be seen by reporters outside the prison. At a second prison 100 Miles South of Manchester 33 inmates who barricaded part of a building after an attempted breakout ended their protest peacefully tuesday morning the Home office said. No injuries were reported. Authorities said at least 56 people a 37 inmates and 19 guards a have been injured at Strangeways since rioting broke out at a Chapel service sunday morning. Press reports speculated that As Many As 30 Ira a have been killed but Serle said no bodies have i recovered. He said his a gut feeling is that there have1 some deaths but a i Hope to god in a  thirty five prisoners surrendered tuesday Lea. 64 behind a Home office spokeswoman said. Seri said however that 84 inmates remained on the Loose f Twenty inmates who wanted to surrender it physically prevented by other prisoners Serle said. A we have extended our control a he reported a. Side the facility. A prisoners still control about once third of the jail. They re in the upper space. We re itt control of All lower portions of the  in negotiations with prison governor Brendan of Friel the rebellious inmates demanded that theirl surrender be witnessed by a member of parliament and that they All be photographed to protect them from beatings afterwards Serle said. I of Friel agreed to a request by some inmates that an Independent witness watch the surrender of prisoners the Home office said. The prisoners Are 1 lived to be injured. The Strangeways riot began when prisoners at a i religious service took keys from guards and used them to gain Access to Large areas of the  from Page 1 1990 must come from. Favored programs that were earlier spared larger  if the Transfer request is not approved by May 1, As Many As 65,000 military personnel would have to be Cut this fiscal year. In addition up to 33,000 planned reassignment moves and up to 71,000 promotions could be cancelled. Aspin has blocked the funding Transfer for the past several weeks As a Way to show the White House How much automatic cuts under the Gramm Rudman hol Lings Law on reducing the deficit can Hurt the defense budget. The across the Board cuts ordered under the Law affected the first three months of the fiscal year. That across the Board Cut reduced the defense budget Byl $1.5 billion. I the administration has the Power to shield military i personnel accounts from the effects of Gramm Rud i Man but decided against that for this years three-1 month Cut because it would have required deeper re-1 auctions in other accounts. Aspin is upset because he thinks Cheney is trying to i use his Transfer authority to escape the worst effects Oil this years across the Board cuts which the Bush ad-1 ministration supported. I slashing funds for the four weapons programs i a would restore the Gramm Rudman Hollings bite just where the administrations budget strategy sought avoid it a Aspin wrote. ,. The Pentagon must find new funding sources for the i personnel accounts if an agreement is reached because i the Money it had originally planned to shift to them has been swallowed up by a Bush administration pro-1 postal for Aid to Nicaragua and  from Page 1 would be on the Street without one Penny of compensation. It. Gen. Donald Jones the Pentagon a military manpower and personnel policy chief mentioned the commissary and Exchange privileges Issue at a hearing last week before the House armed services morale welfare and recreation subcommittee. Jones said the defense department is considering extending those privileges for three to five years beyond a service member a separation Date. The defense department official said the final plan is Likely to recommend extending the privileges for the remaining period of a service member a Active duty obligation if he or she is involuntarily separated before that obligation ends. That would mean for example that a servicemen or who re enlists for four years and is involuntarily separated one year into that enlistment world be a to use the commissaries and exchanges for an addition i Al three years. At the hearing Jones said military surveys a shown that service members and their families Consie commissary privileges to be the most important no pay Benefit after free medical care. K the Pentagon official said the prop9sals Wouita Congress in time for them to coincide win sent to Congress first major wave of troop cuts. Is after a conventional forces in Europe treaty signed the United states will reduce its wow. I military strength by about 80,000. The Bush adm. Traction is still committed to reaching an Agron with the soviet Union by years end with troop re tons to begin in 1992