European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 11, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes Friday october 11, 1991b-2 not invisible Mcpeak says Washington a the top ranking air Force officer said the b-2 stealth bomber probably could be spotted by soviet air defences but could not be tracked Long enough to get shot Down. Gen. Merrill a. Mcpeak the air Force chief of staff made the comment wednesday in advancing the Pentagon s Standard argument that the radar evading b-2 never was intended Mcpeak to be invisible to air defences but would be extremely hard to shoot Down. Questions about the b-2�?Ts ability to penetrate air defences Are an important part of the debate in Congress Over whether the nation should spend the $30 billion More that the air Force says it needs to produce a Fleet of 75 b-2s. A decade of developing the air plane has already Cost about 30billion. The e-2 is still in the Early stages of production. In a meeting with reporters Mcpeak was asked whether the soviets were attempting to improve their already extensive air defense network to the Point where within 10 years they would be Able to pick up the b-2 bomber. Mcpeak who returned tuesday from an eight Day official visit to the soviet Union said he could not offer any details about soviet air defense improvements. Then he added a by the Way i expect that certain parts of their air defense setup would be Able to detect the b-2 today so we done to have to wait 10 years. A no one has Ever argued that the b-2 is invisible or immortal a the general said. A what we be argued is that it is a very hard target to shoot Down and i expect that la still be True 10 years from  the b-2 incorporates the latest advances in secret technologies that minimize its a a profile on radar screens. Therefore it is unusually difficult to detect the plane by the heat or noise from its engines. The air Force said these technologies Are far More sophisticated than those used on the f-117a stealth fighter that successfully struck heavily defended targets in Iraq during the persian Gulf War. The b-2 currently is estimated to Cost about $865 million apiece. Doubts about the future of the b-2 program have increased since the end of the cold War and More recently by the disclosure that the plane failed a july 26 stealth test. Mcpeak strongly defended the b-2, which is the air forces top weapons priority. A a in a absolutely confident that we will solve the b-2 problems a he said referring to the failed stealth flight test. A a there a no doubt about  Mcpeak said that during his visit to soviet air bases and other military installations he saw a no evidence that the soviets a were undertaking a major restructuring of their air defences to try to Cope with stealth aircraft. Even if they were he said the b-2 would not be vulnerable in the foreseeable future. A we the . Air Force know More about stealth than anybody else a he said a and we do not know How to defend against stealth aircraft. So if we done to know How to do it its not Clear to me How anybody else would Start on that  satire takes aim at fighter jocks my a a Washington a the air forces top fighter Jock figured his plan for shaking up and slimming Down the service would stir some dissent. Judging by an Anonymous a Brown paper circulating in the Pentagon Gen. Merrill a. Mcpeak was right. A i was wondering a is there anybody out there listen a a a the air Force chief of staff said with a chuckle i patently they re  he title of the satirical paper a tac a sizing the air Force a cuts to the heart of the critics complaint that the service is being reshaped in the self inflated image of its fighter pilots at the expense of those in less glamorous jobs. Tac is the acronym for the tactical air come which is in charge of the air forces Sleak and modern fighter jets Light bombers and close air support aircraft. It was tacos f-15 eagles f-16 Falcons and f-117a stealth Light bombers that grabbed most of the glory in the stunningly successful persian Gulf War air Campaign. Moreover it was the highest ranking member of the fighter Jock fraternity Mcpeak who masterminded the recently announced reorganization plan a which moved some critics at air Force Headquarters to Craft the irreverent a Brown  Mcpeak says his changes which include taking More generals and colonels out of Pentagon desk jobs and putting them in charge of combat forces in the Field Are designed mainly to make the air Force a leaner meaner fighting Force. The Anonymous authors of the a Brown paper see it differently. In their View this is a four Star fighter Pilot relegating All but fellow fighter jocks to second class roles. The paper is written in a Tongue in Cheek style that to e Manly Man has inherited his excellent physical traits through his Superior genetic makeup and must be encouraged to keep that Manly image air Force Quot Brown paper mockingly imitates official air Force polity documents. At the top of the Heap Are a Manly men a the Young pilots and their shiny aircraft who starred in the �?o1991 hype War of the  below them Are the rest of the service the cargo Crews the weapons buyers the administrators and others. A the Manly Man has inherited his excellent physical traits through his Superior genetic makeup and must be encouraged to keep that Manly image a the paper says. The paper says Mcpeak is putting a a race of supermen in charge of the air Force a to Champion the Conquest of the air and space the final  a to be fully combat in every sense you must exude the glamorous Aura of putting fire and steel on a target a the paper says. In a sarcastic dig with even More sting the paper complains about the Fate of women in Mcpeake a air Force. A some detractors of the Manly Man concept even propose that we dilute the ranks of the Manly men with women a it says. A of course by definition they done to  Mcpeak was asked about the paper at a meeting with reporters wednesday. At first be said it was a hilariously funny piece of  but he quickly added with a More serious tone it does i think go into underlying problems Quot one such problem the general said is a mistaken impression among Many that the air Force exists a to provide equitable career tracks for everybody in the air  these people should understand he said that the service a does not exist for any other purpose except to defend the United states  poll finds wider contempt for Congress new York a a growing number of americans consider members of Congress to be corrupt pampered and arrogant according to a new poll. A new York times lbs news poll published thursday said the proportion of people who believe most senators and representatives Are a financially corrupt Rose to 29 percent compared with 17 percent in a poll taken in August 1990. Twenty eight percent said they thought a about half the lawmakers were corrupt compared with 25 percent in the last poll. The Telephone poll of 1,280 adults conducted oct. 5-7 followed a series of news reports exposing special treatment Given to members of Congress including a the House Bank covered the checks of dozens of members of Congress who had overdrawn their accounts. A Congress sergeant at arms had the District of Columbia police fix parking tickets for members of Congress. A representatives overdue restaurant Bills topped $300,000. Williams attorneys claim klan responsible for Atlanta slayings Jackson a. Apr a link Between a series of slayings and the Kun flux klan was kept secret for fear it would provoke racial unrest an investigator said wednesday at a hearing to Appeal Wayne Williams murder convictions. Attorneys for Williams who is Williams Black contend the klan was responsible for the slayings. They say details of a klan investigation were illegally withheld from Williams trial lawyers depriving him of a fair trial in 1982. Williams is serving two life sentences for his convictions in the deaths of two of 29 Young Blacks killed in Atlanta from 1979-81. During his trial prosecutors offered a pattern evidence of 10 other slayings a including that of Lubie Gater. Williams was not charged in those slayings. Police informant Billy Joe Whitaker testified tuesday that he heard klans Man Charles s. Sanders confess to get Eros killing. Police witnesses confirmed tuesday that they investigated Sanders in the Case but said they done to know where he is now. Georgia Bureau of investigation special agent Robert Ingram who headed the bureaus organized crime unit in 1981, testified that then director Phil Peters feared a racial problems in Atlanta if the purported klan link became Public. A this information was to remain confidential a he said. Ingram said police detective Aubrey Melton told Bureau officials of information through the informant that the klan intended to kill a Black child a month to provoke a racial crisis in Atlanta. Ingram said Bureau officials decided to begin their own investigation Independent of a special police task Force set up to investigate the slayings. Ingram said he supervised the investigation. He said tapes of conversations Between the informant and members of the Sanders family were destroyed Jiffy 31, 1981, with his approval. He acknowledged that no one had been prosecuted in the slayings then but said he ordered the tapes and other evidence destroyed after the Sanders investigation was closed. Driver s License snares inmate on Lam for 13 years new Orleans a a Man who failed to return from a prison furlough 13 years ago was Back in custody after a records Check revealed he had a Drivers License with his real name authorities said. Andrew Gideon Starkey 37, was arrested tuesday in Houma about 50 Miles Southwest of new Orleans at a company that provides contract labor for the Oil Industry said Frank Jobert Warden of the work training facility South. Starkey failed to return to the prison from a three Day furlough in August 1978, Jobert said. He had been serving a 12-Ycar sentence for simple burglary and probation violation and was scheduled to become Eli Gible for parole in one year Jobert said. Starkey was caught by a a Little Chase team that does searches and apprehensions of fugitives a the Warden said. Starkey a Fate could Range from clemency if approved by the governor to additional time in prison if the District attorney pursues an escape charge