European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 29, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse The Sra amp my 1942-1992 50 years of service vol. 51, no. 42 350 Friday May 29, 1992 d 8693 aah rims virtual certainty by Chuck Vinci Washington Bureau Washington a the first air Force reduction in Force in 18 years is a a virtual certainty this summer because not enough officers have signed up for voluntary separation incentives a personnel official said wednesday. With today a deadline to apply for the special separation Benefit or the voluntary separation incentive the air Force is still More than 3,000 applications Short on the officer Side said Brig. Gen. Charles t. Robertson jr., director of personnel plans. A i can to say there Isnit someone above my level who holds a Trump card i Haven to seen a he said. A but from my perspective i done to see any Way we re going to be Able to avoid a Active duty officers who received Reserve commissions in 1980 through 1989 will be reviewed by a Board tentatively set to Convene july 20 at the air Force Mili tary personnel Center at Randolph fab Texas Robertson said. The total number of officers to be considered probably will not be known until shortly before the Board convenes. Reserve commissions have nothing to do with serving in one of the Reserve components such As the air Force Reserve or the army National guard. In essence regular commissions Are Given to graduates of the military service academies As Well As Honor graduates of Roth and officer candidate school programs while Reserve commissions Are Given to All other Roth and oct graduates. The air Force originally had set april 15 As the deadline for applying for the two incentive programs. But the number of officers taking those options was so Low that officials reopened the programs through May 29 and expanded the number of people who could see rims on Page 2board targets Junior officers Washington a amps the air Force has announced guidelines for the Board that will consider officer reductions in Force. The Board is tentatively scheduled to Convene july 20 at the service s military personnel Center Randolph fab Texas. Officers eligible to be considered include a Active duty lieutenants and captains who see targets on rage 2sarajevo fighting rages despite pressure Belgrade Yugoslavia a explosions and intense gunfire shattered Many areas of the bosnian capital of Sarajevo Early thursday despite increasing International pressure for an end to the conflict. The republics Muslim president Alija ize Begovic had called for a popular offensive against serb led forces on wednesday after at least 20 people were killed in the City by a mortar attack on a bread line. The bosnian government made desperate appeals for foreign intervention to halt the land grab in Bosnia and Herzegovina by serb fighters supported by the Serbia dominated yugoslav army. The european Community decided wednesday to impose Trade sanctions on Serbia which it considers primarily responsible for the fighting. Serbia and tiny Montenegro Are the Only two republics to remain in the yugoslav federation. The 12-nation Community also asked the . Security Council to impose an Oil embargo and to freeze Belgrade a assets abroad. . Diplomats in new York urged on by the United states were already working on a draft Resolution. In Geneva the International commit tee of the red Cross announced after the bread line attack that it was withdrawing its remaining 16 staff members from Bosnia because of the escalating danger. A red Cross official was killed last week when a Relief Convoy he was leading came under attack trying to get into the besieged bosnian capital. . Officials also halted further Relief see fighting on Page 2hats away newly d off cos of tic i s naval Catle ii a i Aini Aitogi Yoso Theta Hali into or All Al he cud o wednesday s Jujia Dallou i us Del hush Ilu k. Ii ii a Fauci uld the i util you uitts a a eels that the t listed states must Letual Iii Lilai Fly Sling despite winning the old Wai Quot we have yet to move hat we an Lead without an enemy on the Ili Iii step he it Alil Quot new no must wage he discounts . Troop Mission in yugoslav War by Rosemary Sawyer Brussels Bureau Brussels Belgium a the United states is not now considering sending troops into the War torn remains of Yugoslavia defense Secretary Dick Cheney said wednesday. He added that an expected nato move next week toward participating in peacekeeping be viewed As a move toward Allied intervention. A we do not have at present at least i done tas defense Secretary have any plans for our forces to be involved in Yugoslavia a Cheney said at the end of a two Day meeting of nato defense ministers. . Involvement in the yugoslav conflict was not addressed at the nato meeting. Natos foreign ministers Are expected to open the door for nato participation in peacekeeping when they meet next week in Oslo Norway. A i think its important to draw a distinction Between that general policy debate and the situation in Yugoslavia a Cheney said. A it does not necessarily mean that if we approve a peacekeeping Mission for nato that we will necessarily then take the next step of deciding that Yugoslavia is a place where we would exercise that More than 2,200 people have died and 2,500 Are missing in ethnic fighting that began after Bosnia and Herzegovina voted to secede from Yugoslavia on feb. 20, according to a Belgrade based news Agency. 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