European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 07, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Two types of stealth aircraft Are up and flying. V. By Cox news service 4 two recent to programs featured the stealth aircraft the first said Northrop corp. In Al Segundo Calif., developed the flying  at the end of the program Northrop was credited with developing stealth. But the second show said another company in California built it first. Both projects apparently were top secret. So which was first a there Are two types of stealth aircraft the_lockheed_f-1j 7a fighter and the Northrop b-2 bomber. It s Safe to say both were developed in secrecy since a primary design element was to make them difficult to be detected by radar. Jane s world aircraft recognition handbook describes both aircraft _ the single seat Lockheed f-117a was revealed first making its initial flight in june 1981 and becoming operational in 1983. Resembling an 7f Arrowhead it has a squat Short angular Central body mounted on swept wings and with a sharply canted v Tail. In addition to its radar avoidance facets it has Low noise characteristics and Jow infrared and smoke emissions from its two Turbofan engines. The Northrop b-2 bomber first flew in july 1989. It has three Crew members and can carry 16 missiles or nuclear bombs. Northrop s approach to reducing radar reflection for its bomber was different from Lockheed s for the fighter. The b-2 is that rare specimen True flying Wing without fins. The swept Wing itself has a sawtooth trailing Edge and the twin intakes and exhausts for the four engines Are in the Wing s s in a is a two Northrop b-2 stealth bombers rendezvous with a Kc-10 Tanker form Edwards fab Calif. At left ground Crew members help Clear a Lockheed f-117a for Takeoff. Upper surface. Can you list the names of any presidents who have not served in the military a you did t specify a time but in fairly recent history from the end of world War ii Only Bill Clinton Falls into this category. His opponents charged that he sought to evade military service during the Vietnam War but Clinton denied acting improperly. The others Harry Truman and Dwight Eisenhower were in the army John Kennedy Lyndon Johnson Richard Nixon Gerald Ford Jimmy Carter and George Bush were in the Navy and Ronald Reagan was in the army air forces making training films in Hollywood after being disqualified from combat duty because of poor eyesight. Going Back to world War i include Woodrow Wilson Warren Harding Calvin Coolidge Herbert Hoover and Franklin Roosevelt to the list of those not serving in the military. I realize that Nevot Gingrich got out of serving in the military. Were Jesse Helms and Strom Thurmond in the military As Helms who was born in 1921, was in the Navy from 1 942 to 1 945. Thurmond was in the army serving in Europe during world War ii from 1 942 to 194 6. He also was in the army Reserve retiring As a major general. He was bom dec. 5,1902. As for Gingrich he was Given a 3a classification a Legal deferment from his local selective service Board in october 1963. At the time 3 a was Given to any Man who was Able to claim that his being drafted would create a hardship for his dependents said selective service spokesman Lou Brodsky. Anyone was entitled to  is in what capacity did vice president Al Gore serve in the army in Vietnam As Core born in 1948, faced the Choice of Many in his generation _ whether to serve in the armed forces in Vietnam. His father Albert a. Gore sr., who served As a . Representative and senator from Tennessee for More than 30 years was a Strong opponent of the Vietnam War. But the younger Gore joined the army in 1969 and with six 7 months left on his two year enlistment was sent to Vietnam where he served As a journalist in the 20th eng brigade a 5 what is the Cost of the spacesuits used by astronauts who make spacewalks outside the shuttle As More than $3 million each. Do you have a question about the news then ask k. And the Atlanta journal Constitution we stay to find the answer and publish it in this column. Write a a on the _ news. Box 4689, Atlanta 30302. " Short subject la. Town a Model for life after the military by Edward a. Gargan the new York times it was the memory of a Weed savaged Tarmac and boarded up buildings at an abandoned military base elsewhere that inspired James Meyer in 1990 when word floated in from Washington that England fab in Alexandria la., the Region s largest employer was Likely to close. I remember walking around there and it was so sad said Meyer referring to a closed base in Lake Charles la. And even though no one knew for sure that the base in Alexandria would be shuttered i said we have to make a contingency plan Here or we re doomed " Meyer recalled. Loren Scott an economics professor at Louisiana state University told the City s business and civic leaders if you Don t do anything you re going to lose a decade s Worth of  generally Alexandria was a fairly sleepy place Scott  did t seem to be any fired up economic activity and they were headed for disaster 1but now four years later there has been no catastrophe. Instead a coalition of determined business and government leaders led by Meyer who had just finished a term As president of the chamber of Commerce has devised a plan to take Over the base and use it to stimulate economic growth in a part of Louisiana that most people Here had thought of As Little More than an Oyster and grits Backwater. About 95 military bases across the country Are scheduled to close this decade and the. Success in Alexandria has become a Mode for cities and towns facing base closings elsewhere. -.v. A i Many of them have sent representatives there to see what has taken place in the town of 50,000 people in the Pine country of Stool England fab i. Central Louisiana. In october a delegation from Wocknitz in Eastern Germany which was left with an abandoned russian army base this year stopped by. England fab sprawled across 2,282 acres and came with 501 buildings including hangars a Hospital a school and an officers club. There were houses and apartments for about 600 residents a Golf course a Railroad engine and a pocket nature Reserve be Tig Bayou wildlife Center. _ in addition to the 3,000 military personnel at the base 1,000 civilians worked there too. Now there Are 13 tenants at England fab including a truck Driver training Center a company that tests air plane instruments an aircraft inspection company a new local Magnet school the first school to be established on a closed base and a 65-bed Hospital that is operated by the state for the Region s poor. Year from now a commuter airline will move to the base from a Little Airfield 12 Miles away. The result has been a dramatic surge in jobs Home building and retail sales Scott said. If you look at a graph of employment in the area it is growing at a More rapid rate than before he said. It s a Complete reversal of what they be done in the past to me this is a really remarkable Story. It s the Community saying let s choose our own destiny/1 20 the stars and stripes wednesday december 7,1994