First Lady's plane forced back to base after engine trouble
     WASHINGTON - A plane flying Hillary Rodham Clinton to Central
 Asia was forced to dump fuel and retum to Andrews Air Force Base
 Sunday after experiencing engine problems 10 minutes aRer takeoff.
     No injuries were reported.
     Maintenance workers faund a frayed wire in the outboard engine
 on the left wing, said a White House oflticial, speaking on con-
 dition of anonymity. A light indicator Bignaled a prablem with the
 enejne shortly after the plane took off, said a flight official,
 who also didn't want his name used.
     A half dozen fire trucks greeted the plane when it landed at
 Andrews at 9:55 p.m
     White House spokesman Barry Toiv said President Clinton was
 informed of the incident "right away."  Toiv confirmed that the
 aircraft had mechanical problems, but he had no further details.
     "Obviously he was concerned, but he was assured that the
 situation was under control," Toiv said.
 Knoxville News Sentinel 10 Nov 97
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             Another black eye for the U.S. Air Force
          Air Force officer discharged for having affair
     SHREVEPORT, La. - November 9, 1997 02:53 a.m. EST - An Air Force
 lieutenant who had a child from an affair with a married superior
 officer has been discharged.
     The secretary of the Air Force granted the general discharge to
 1st Lt. Crista Davis on Friday. Davis, 28, must reimburse the govern-
 ment about $13,000 for her Air Force Academy education because she
 is leaving the service early, Barksdale Air Force Base spokesman
 Capt. Mark Phillips said.
     Ms. Davis was a classmate of Lt. Kelly Flinn at the academy. Ms.
 Davis' case drew media attention during the controversy over adultery
 charges against Flinn, who agreed to accept a general discharge in
 May rather than face a court-martial.
     Unlike Flinn, Ms. Davis was not charged with adultery.  After a
 disciplinary hearing in August, she was fined $2,000 and officially
 reprimanded for displaying conduct unbecoming an officer, lying, not
 following orders and being absent without leave.
     Military authorities said Ms. Davis wrote sexually explicit let-
 ters to Maj. Greg Russell's wife and left base without permission to
 give birth.
     Russell, a former instructor at the Air Force Academy, was given
 a medical discharge after physicians said he was mentally incompetent
 to stand trial.
     The discharge Ms. Davis received could signal prospective employ-
 ers to possible misconduct in the military, and it will affect her
 eligibility for veterans' benefits.
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