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NATION, Page 25American NotesUTAHVery Heavy Lifting
Stealing three F-16 jet-fighter engines and whisking them out
of a military air base is no easy feat. The $2 million Pratt &
Whitney machines are 17 ft. long and weigh more than 3,000 lbs.
each. But two weeks ago, a military policeman at Utah's Hill Air
Force Base towed the mighty machines through an unguarded gate and
flogged them to a dealer in military surplus.
Or so he thought. Senior Airman Danny Joe Stroud and his
alleged accomplice, Airman 1st Class Brian David Roth, hadn't
reckoned on Operation Punchout, a sting that ran a phony purchasing
company set up by the FBI and military investigators to buy hot
military gear. Along with the pricey jet engines, the sting netted
a "warehouseful" of items, from canteens to jet instrumentation.
Stroud, his wife Kimberly and Roth were charged with stealing the
engines. They pleaded not guilty. Twelve others have also been
indicted on related charges. "Many of the participants are military
policemen, and we find that especially disturbing," commented U.S.
Attorney Dee Benson.