European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 16, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sweeping of overhaul to put generals Back on flight line by Susanne m. Schafer a military writer Washington a the air Force is poised to announce a major overhaul that will shake the service from top to Bottom transferring dozens of generals from desk jobs to the flight line. A we have too Many generals sitting on their butt doing staff work when they would be happier and More efficient out on the flight line a air Force chief of staff Merrill a. Mcpeak said recently. The moves Are some of the most dramatic changes by the air Force since it became a separate Branch of the armed services in 1947. The overhaul which already has begun in some areas is Mcpeak s personal quest and has the backing of air Force Secretary Donald b. Rice and defense Secretary Dick Cheney. Rice is scheduled to unveil the changes in detail tuesday at the air Force associations annual convention in Washington. Senior Pentagon officials discussed the changes with the associated press in Advance of the announcement on condition of anonymity. A spokeswoman for the . Air forces Europe said it would be inappropriate to comment on the changes until after the plan is officially unveiled. A spokesman for the european come said the matter was an air Force Issue and would be better addressed by Safe. Otherwise he had no comment Mcpeak a 55-year-old four Star general who flew 269 combat missions in a one year tour of duty in Vietnam still jumps into the cockpit of an f-15 Jet to keep his qualifications up to Date. And despite the Praise garnered by the air Force for its performance in operation desert storm Mcpeak insists the service cannot rest on its laurels. He has argued that the reorganization is a Way to improve the combat Power of the service As it is forced to become a leaner less bureaucratic organization. The overhaul also is designed to decentralize authority putting More responsibility in the hands of local commanders and Crew chiefs. A one base one Wing one Boss Quot is the motto used to describe part of the process that Mcpeak Hopes will help the service shed an image of arrogance and free spending. Critics have derided the service As a a fraternity in  As Pentagon budgets shrink and the superpower balance shifts change is in see air Force on Page 2 yugoslav military pounds croatians after blockade Zagreb Yugoslavia apr Federal jets tanks and gunboats reportedly hammered croatian forces sunday in bitter fighting that killed at least 13 people Federal  attacks to break blockades a us aria ainu it \ Herzegovina following the rebel republics blockade of yugoslav  garrisons. Fighting engulfed Many areas of the Republic and Croatia a claim that its blockade was forcing military garrisons to surrender appeared to make the bloody fighting even More widespread and confused. Croatia said it had forced 300 to 400  troops stationed at facilities throughout the Republic including dozens of officers to give up. There was no confirmation of the figures. The Federal military used jets tanks and rocket launchers to Pound croatian strongholds saturday after Croatia Cut food water and electricity to  garrisons. Late saturday Belgrade radio reported that the Barracks in the Danube River town of Vukovan were relieved a r u j u i d e i d 11 Belgrade 100 Kmap Brian Garrigan by a Strong armoured column that broke through the croatian barricades. But the yugoslav news Agency Tan Jug said Early sunday that the clashes in Vukovan continued indicating the Barracks still were under siege. Two Federal jets attacked Ploce Midway Between split and Dubrovnik six times croatian television reported. Split radio reported three croatian guardsmen killed and two injured. A croatian defense ministry official said seven yugoslav Navy boats were in Ploce Harbor and four More were in route from a major naval base on the Island of vis. Croatian Media later reported the boats had opened fire on a maritime warehouse in the Harbor. A military warehouse in Ploce which Croatia listed As one of the facilities that surrendered also was said to be under attack. Croatia a decision to blockade military facilities Drew Sharp criticism from officials of the european Community who have been trying to arrange a peace plan for Yugoslavia. The  also issued an immediate response. The  has Long been accused by Croatia of helping guerrillas of the serbian minority who have seized a third of the breakaway Republic in fighting. The violence has left More than 400 people dead in the past 2vz months. The  has said it Only intervened to separate serbs and croats. Fierce fighting was reported found the Eastern croatian stronghold of Osisek Pankrac and Stara Gradiska Tan Jug said. Croatia a blockade imposed. Early saturday appeared to be a response to several Days of serious military losses to the serbs. Wave of Freedom a boy in Vilnius Lithuania holds up an american Flag while the crowd watches . Secretary of slate James a. Baker Iii arrive in the capital of the newly Independent nation saturday. Baker also visited Estonia and Latvia on his one Day Baltic  stunt plane buzzes under Paris landmarks Paris apr a single engine stunt plane ignoring a Law against overflights of the French capital flew under the splayed Iron feet of the Eiffel Tower on sunday morning then Down the champs Elysee and under the arc Detriomphe. The plane reportedly stolen passed under the North and South pilots of the Eiffel Tower before heading across the River to the champs Elysee police said. It made several passes before succeeding in flying under the Arch that crowns the famed Avenue according to a reporter from the French news Agency Agency France Presse who witnessed the stunt about 7 30 . A plane thought to be the one in question was later found abandoned in a Field in the Seine it Marne Region West of Paris. The three seat stunt plane had been stolen from an Aero club about 7 ., police said. The Pilot was not apprehended. Aeronautic exploits Over Paris have in creased Over the past decade but few pilots succeed in flying under the Arch. On aug. 20, a Small plane landed at the foot of the Eiffel Tower. The Pilot fled after planting the French Flag beside the abandoned aircraft. During the summer and fall of 1988, the Black Baron the name Given by the press to the Pilot of a plane that made numerous overflights of the capital taunted police. Frustrated authorities finally set up the a Viper plan to catch him posting up to 200 police on the highest Points around the capital. On oct. 13, 1988, Albert maltreat then 52, a former fighter Pilot was arrested after an Early morning overflight of the champs Elysee. He was fined 50,000 francs nearly $10,000 and had his License revoked for three years. In november 1986, Gerard dance flew under the splayed feet of the Eiffel Tower. American Robert Moriaty did the same in 1984