August 14, 1995

August 14, 1995

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BOEING, LABOR TALKS RIPPLE INDUSTRYWIDE

By ANTHONY L. VELOCCI, JR.

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UNION SEEKS CLINTON'S AID

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C-17 TAPPED FOR BOSNIA

By DAVID A. FULGHUM,

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BOEING, LABOR TALKS RIPPLE INDUSTRYWIDE

NEW YORK Labor's tough bargaining position centers on heated issues over Boeing's recent profits and the U.S. aerospace industry's use of international offsets Organized labor, citing Boeing's large profits and aircraft builders' use of offsets to gain an edge in global markets, will go all-out to achieve greater job security as contract negotiations get underway at the Boeing Co.

By ANTHONY L. VELOCCI, JR.

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UNION SEEKS CLINTON'S AID

NEW Organized labor leaders in the U.S. will try to enlist President Bill Clinton's support in their campaign against the aerospace/defense industry's use of offsets to sell products globally. Officials of the International Assn, of Machinists and Aerospace Workers expect to raise the issue in a meeting soon at the White House, according to Barbara Shailor, lAM's director of international affairs.
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C-17 TAPPED FOR BOSNIA

WASHINGTON The Pentagon is making plans for the first wartime use of its single wing of 21 McDonnell Douglas C-l 7s. Preparations for the unit's combat debut include surveying all the runways in Croatia for use by the heavy transport and stocking two repair facilities in Europe.

By DAVID A. FULGHUM,

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FLAPS SUSPECT IN PEREGRINE CRASH

LOS ANGELES The Peregrine Flight International PJ-2 twoplace jet aircraft crashed on Aug. 4, killing company president and chief executive officer Joseph M. Henderson, Jr. Henderson radioed that he had a flap asymmetry during a go-around at Douglas County Airport, Nev., and company personnel observed the aircraft make several rolls that led to the crash.

By MICHAEL A. DORNHEIM

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FRENCH SUPPORT BOSNIAN ELINT OPS

PARIS Extensive electronic intelligence (elint) data on surface-to-air missile systems and command-site operations in the Bosnian military theater are being collected by French air force Dassault Mirage FlCR reconnaissance aircraft.
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USAF AIMS LASER AT ANTIMISSILE ROLE

WASHINGTON. The U.S. Air Force has embarked upon a $6-billion program to build a fleet of at least seven airborne lasers. Each aircraft would carry enough laser fuel to strike up to 40 enemy missiles at intervals of 35 sec. before having to land and reload.

By DAVID A. FULGHUM

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COLOMBIA, PERU DOWN SMUGGLERS

MELBOURNE, The Colombian and Peruvian air forces have downed 17 suspected drug-smuggling aircraft in their territories since the U.S. resumed providing radar-tracking and other data to the interdicting aircraft, U.S. military officials said.
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NASA TO START REPAIRS ON SHUTTLE NOZZLES

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER Unable to detect potentially deadly flaws in rocket nozzles on the shuttle Endeavour, NASA managers will have the nozzles reinsulated this week to ensure that they are safe to fly. NASA and contractor technicians at Pad 39A here this week should begin unplugging each of Endeavour's 3.3-million-lb.

By JAMES T. McKENNA

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NASA, PRATT REVIEW SHUTTLE PUMP RULES

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER A team headed by Marshall Space Flight Center engineers is scouring inspection requirements for Pratt & Whitney's new space shuttle main engine pumps following the discovery in one pump of a metal seal bent into the unit's hot gas stream.

By JAMES T. McKENNA

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CONESTOGA POISED TO LOFT METEOR

WASHINGTON After a long, difficult path both for payload and launcher, the commercial Conestoga rocket and Meteor spacecraft were headed toward their first flight late last week. If successful, the $20-million mission will be a significant step in the commercialization of space.

By JAMES R. ASKER

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