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...industry has come up with an apparent winner. Flown by a crack new aerobatic team from Moscow, MiG-29 Fulcrum-D jet fighters dazzled spectators at a French air base last month with demonstrations of the Soviet-invented "cobra" maneuver. In a chilling imitation of a striking snake, the aircraft rockets upward from a standing start, slows to a near standstill as the pilot pulls its nose just past the 90 degrees point, flies backward in that position and then snaps forward again and resumes normal flight. U.S. military officers dismiss the maneuver as impractical for combat, but the sleek...
...Administration had requested four new B-2s as part of its goal of acquiring 75 of the bombers by the end of the century; the House action would halt production at the 15 aircraft previously authorized. In cutting Star Wars spending to $3.5 billion from the Administration's requested $5.2 billion, the House freed money for more conventional weapons. The measure also authorized servicewomen to have abortions in military clinics, at their own expense, and cleared female pilots to fly combat missions at the discretion of their services. All these issues are likely to be decided differently when the Senate...
...individual, who did not get it. I've spoken at training sessions for appointees. I presented a hypothetical case and asked the audience how they would respond. I presented the case of an appointee who needs to attend a meeting and is offered the use of a corporate aircraft by a person interested in a contract with his agency. Do you compromise yourself and accept this apparently innocent invitation? Do you issue a disclaimer that it will not affect any future contracts? My advice: Buy your own ticket...
...arrests came after police received a tip that Kessler was planning to escape aboard a Soviet military aircraft. German authorities, under pressure to bring former Communist leaders to justice, were embarrassed last March when Erich Honecker, the former party chief, was spirited away to Moscow by the Soviets, ostensibly for health reasons...
...serial numbers of the recovered aircraft have not yet been verified, but one of them carries the number 28 on its side, which was the number of the flight leader's plane. The Navy may yet stake a claim, but the salvage company, Scientific Search Project, has already received a $150,000 offer for the find's location. If it proves to be the final resting place of the Lost Squadron, it should also put to rest part of the mystique of the Bermuda Triangle...