JAPANESE CAST WARY EYE ON SU-27

Japan's air force is asking the Finance Ministry for about $463,000 in fiscal 1997 to perform flight evaluations on the Russian-built Sukhoi Su-27 fighter. The ministry has not made a decision yet on the funding. The air force says its pilots need experience in the aircraft because China has...

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