European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 19, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse . Poised to attack iraqi Sites sources say from wire reports Washington the United states has Wasming Iduix a me United states Nas plans to attack iraqi military Sites if iraqi president Saddam Hussein does not allow helicopters bearing . Inspectors full Access to his nuclear chemical and biological weapons Sites sources said wednesday. Administration and Pentagon sources said the Effort was in the precautionary planning stages. One described the leaking of the plans As an attempt to Send a message to Saddam to comply with a Resolution on the unrestricted inspections. The report is the latest development in the simmering dispute Over the . Demand to Fly its own helicopters to search for iraqi weapons and Baghdad a attempts to thwart the flights. A senior administration official said a we want their acquiescence that the United nations can use its own helicopters a acquiescence meaning there will be no hostile actions. Its a precautionary move. We re telling Iraq the . Resolution has to be possible. It All depends on . John Gavin some . Allies from the coalition that Defeated Iraq in the persian Gulf War Are participating in the Effort As Well the official said. . Military units chiefly air Force units were being told to prepare to return to Audi Arabia. A there Are some units that Wilt definitely go in a some within the next Day or so a the official said. The Story was first reported on Abc television wednesday morning by Fred Francis who detailed the four Point plan on which officials Are working. President Bush gave no reply wednesday morning to reporters who shouted a question on whether he was sending troops Back to saudi Arabia. Bush was boarding a helicopter on the White House Lawn As he headed to the grand Canyon and other stops out West. . Army Gen. John r. Galvin commander of nato military forces was asked on Abc about the possibilities of renewed hostilities against Iraq. A a it a possible. It All depends on Saddam a Galvin said. A Pentagon spokesman army it. Col. Terry Meehan declined to comment. A we never discuss future military operations Quot Meehan said. According to Francis report air Force it. Gen. Charles a. Homer who was in charge of the air War this year has been told to a prepare to go to saudi Ara t task a Bia to take Over As the joint Force commander if an see iraqi on Page 2 dark Homecoming ground Crew members work on discovery after it landed at Edwards fab calif., Early search satellite. The shuttle was diverted from Landing at Kennedy space Center in wednesday ending a five Day Mission during which it launched an atmospheric re Florida because of Cloudy and possibly Rainy weather. See Story on Page 7.af confirms consolidation of commands by Deedee Arrington Doke and Janet Howells Tierney staff writers the air Force plans to consolidate three of its major commands into two in a move designed to streamline global combat and transport roles the Secretary of the air Force confirmed tuesday. The plan Calls for the existing military Airlift come the strategic air come and the tac air coma to be merged into two new entities that Are temporarily named the air combat come and air mobility come. A a it a part of the Renaissance in air Power thinking a Secretary Donald b. Rice said. A modern air Power theory blurs the distinction Between a tactical and a strategic warfare and planes. Its How fighters and bombers Are used in engagements that determines whether effects Are tactical or Rice unveiled the proposal tuesday in a speech to the air Force associations Washington National convention. He did not say when the reorganization would occur. The stars and stripes carried earlier reports on the plan monday in a Story by the associated press. Reorganization plans also were outlined in an air Force a White paper a or research document that the air Force released tuesday to the stars and stripes. Among the initiatives proposed were personnel cutbacks at air Force Headquarters and numbered air forces creating air wings that operate More than one kind of aircraft and consolidating All base organizations under one Wing. In Europe an example of the so called a single Wing concept would be at Ramstein a Germany. Last Spring the air division that oversaw the bases fighter Wing and its support Wing was inactivated. The functions were placed under a single Wing umbrella. Restructuring of the air Force began in late May with the air staff and secretariat offices realigning their functions officials said. Reorganization of the air staff offices will ultimately mean a smaller Headquarters staff of 2,565, rep see of on Page 2
