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Show HSU TOP TIMES FrMay, May 22, Message comments 1M7 is Q OCdg o not be tolerated' here clear, says center commander: 'Abuse will , young sergeant at Hill AFB paid the price month for what he called "a foolish mistake in last judgment." The sergeant was found guilty of selling cocaine after he sold some to undercover Airi Force Office of Special Investigations agents at his Sunset, Utah apartment. His punishment? A bad conduct discharge, reduction to airman basic, total forfeiture of all pay and allowances and eight months confinement. But, above that, he lost some of the respect he had for himself and the military career he had been proud of. Face it, the U.S. Air Force does not and will not tolerate drug abuse. It has no time for drug abusers. It's that simple. If you get caught usuig or selling any illegal substances, you're going to pay! Let's put it in perspective. Would you entrust a midtimillion dollar aircraft or your safety to a person who abuses drugs? I hope not, because that person endangers lives and missions. Some people think they're smart and can get away with using drugs. Others may think they'll quit selling drugs once they make those few more "extra bucks." My advice is don't even start! The OSI works very closely with the hospital staff, first sergeants and law enforcement officials in the local community, and they know what to look for. They know their job. Last year at Hill, eight civilian workers were cessfully prosecuted for their involvement with drugs. All of them lost their jobs and seven served time in prison. The eighth person spent time in a y house in Salt Lake City. This year, two military members and one civilian employee at Hill have been successfully prosecuted in separate cases. Another nine cases are pending prosecution and there's, stilfa lot left of 1987. The message is clear. Drug abuse will not be tolerated and those who abuse drugs will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. We have bright people working at Hill who realize that losing their careers and spending time in jail can ruin lives -t- heirs and their families. half-wa- suc- SAC commander blasis the press, Ma. Gen. Robert P. McCoy Commander, Ogden memorial day message bomber 'trashed' they've says General Chain critical of false impression American people are getting B-I- Editor's Note: The following letter from Gen. of the Strategic Air Command, appeared in the Washington Post May John Chain Jr. , commander-in-chie- f 2. t makes me mad when the American not given the truth. A case in point is are people Most of the stories the reporting about the you have read, including some you have read in the and have Washington Post, have trashed the ,' an is it false that with the left you impression a 'disaster,' or a 'lemon.' B-1- B. B-1- B 'Ed-sel- "Bah! "As the commander of the Strategic Air Command -- who had no responsibility for the research, development, or acquisition of the system -- I have a hard time correlating most of with what I read and see reported about the B what I know to be the facts. The SAC crews who fly the warplane daily are the ones who should be was bad, and they the most concerned if the B critics. also say Bah! to the B has fuel leaks. "Allegation: The B "Fact: The first planes delivered had some seeps and leaks. That situation was corrected. Fuel leaks never jeopardized the ability of the aircraft to perform its wartime mission and are not a problem ' now. B is overweight. "Allegation: The "Fact: We added 8,000 pounds to the basic airframe by beefing up the structure, so we could add 50,000 pounds of bombs and 24,000 pounds more fuel. This significantly increases our combat capability. cannot fly high. "Allegation: The B B wasn't built to be a what? So The "Fact; attack profile is to fly very 'high flyer.' The low at over 600 miles per hour -- which it does. radar doesn't "Allegation: The terrain-followin- g .work. j "Fact: There was a software problem and until it was fixed we did not use the system for peacetime 'training. It's been fixed, and we are training with it now. We've always been able to use it in a wartime B-1- B-1- B-1- B-1- B-1- B-1- B-1- B-l- situation. ; sys"Allegation: The electronic countermeasures ' tem does not work. "Fact: It does not do what we contracted for. We need the equipment. We have held up payments from the company that makes it until they fix it. Msmcrial Day B Fortunately, because of other inherent capabilities, can still do its wartime mission better the than any other bomber in the world today. It will be able to do it even better with improved ECM. "Allegation: The Air Force needs an additional $4 to perform its billion in repairs to enable the B-1- B -- B-1- D ALC B mission. "Fact: We do not need, and have not asked for, either the $3 billion referred to in reports or the $4 billion reported by ABC News. The Air Force said for $20.5 billion in baseit would build 100 line 1981 dollars. Because the program progressed so well initially, considerable savings were realized. Congress capitalized on these savings by removing account, with more than $1 billion from the B the promise the money would be restored if needed. The Air Force has asked for some of the withheld money back to get some problems fixed, will be within the particularly the ECM. The B original cost guidelines everyone agreed to. ; "The question then is: Why didn't we speak up and tell the critics the facts? We did, but they igB-l- Bs B-1- B-1- : nored them. "Let me give you four examples of when the Air Force tried to get the truth out. The Chief of Staff of the Air Force, Gen. Larry D. Welch, met with the Pentagon News Corps on Jan. 16 and gave No substanthem an report on the article tive appeared. "On Feb. 4, Gen. Larry Skantze delivered a speech to the National Press Club. A film clip of a sentence and a half of the speech appeared on national TV, coupled with a flagrantly biased report completely misrepresenting the facts. "On Feb. 23 I spent 2 hours testifying in open session to a Senate Armed Services Subcommittee, crew members. Although along with three three cameras and a number of print media representatives attended the hearing, the coverage and reports were minimal. "On March 23 a number of media representatives base. visited Dyess AFB in Texas, the first The candid. Our crews and airmen were completely Texas papers wrote honest stories. However, most of the national news stories continued to trash the through a mix of truths and outright B-1- in-de- B. 22-pa- ge B-1- B B-1- B B-1- B falsehoods. "Can you imagine the frustration of the officers when and airmen who fly and support the B in 'news'?" the much so see junk they - his Memorial Day we remember with solemn pride and gratitude America's sons and daughters who have paid the ultimate price for x the preservation of freedom. From "the shot heard 'round the world" that marked our birth as a nation, Americans have time and again taken up arms in liberty's defense. Knowing the ferocity of war and the immensity of the sacrifice it exacts, they have nonetheless followed the spirit of our founders who pledged their lives, their fortunes and their sacred honor to the support of freedom. The debt we owe to those who have left home and family to serve this cause is beyond measure, but our greatest debt of all is to those who fell in battle. Their ranks are legion, the stories of their heroism countless. Many of them lie beneath the soil of distant lands, and many here at home. Their final bivouac may be a well-kecemetery or an unknown, unmarked field or lane or shore, but glory guards each one well, these heroes who fought with all the faith and valor that free men can muster. Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. expressed a fitting thought when he said, "At the grave of a hero we end, not with sorrow at the' inevitable loss, but with the contagion of his courage." I join all of you who proudly share that spirit in your own service to our nation as you pay tribute to these brave Americans. May; we always walk in the light of their memory, the light of liberty which shines from age to age and still illumines the j way; forward. God bless you, and God bless America, pt - Ronald Reagan j B-1- President ! wJJJJJJJJJ;yJJyyJJ!MJ!.' Limes Published by MorMedia, Inc., a private firm in no way connected with the U.S. Air Force, under exclusive written contract with Hill AFB. 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