European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 9, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                1942-1992 r a. Is vol. 51, no. 53 350 50 years of service tuesday june 9,1992 d 8693 some of units to shed layers of management by Kevin Dougherty Kaiserslautern Bureau the three numbered air forces in Europe will become leaner and More operationally oriented this fall focusing More on their ability to deploy and fight than on Day to Day management said the director of manpower and organization for the . Air forces in Europe. Numbered air forces service wide arc being relieved of management functions that were once deemed essential but Are now considered superfluous col. John Gorski said. Plans to eliminate or reduce the management staff in such areas As personnel communications Security police and Public affairs Are in keeping with air Force chief of staff Gen. Merrill a. A a Tony Mcpeake a desire to Cut bureaucracy while maintaining combat readiness. A you arc eliminating layers that Don t contribute anything to solving a problem a said Gorski explaining that Many base level affairs Are reviewed by the major command a in this Case Safe a  official assassinated at Paris hotel Paris apr the acting head of Plo intelligence was shot to death Early monday in front of a Paris hotel. Plo chairman Yasser Arafat blamed the israeli government a charge Israel called  two Anonymous phone callers however claimed responsibility for different factions of the militant anti Arab Kan movement. The callers promised that More assassinations would be carried out. Atef Bseiso 44, was killed by seven shots from a gun equipped with a Silencer said Ahmed Abdel Rahman a spokesman at the Palestine liberation organizations Headquarters in Tunis Tunisia. Abdel Rahman said Bseiso was getting out of a taxi with a Friend in front of the Meridian Montparnasse a left Bank hotel when the killing occurred shortly after Midnight. The killer fled the scene. The Interior ministry confirmed the assassination see Plo on Page 2u.n. Chief wants troops in Sarajevo Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina apr corpses littered streets buildings burned and residents rushed to shelters As fighting Between serbs and muslims for the bosnian capital reached new intensity monday. As Battles convulsed the City . Secretary general Boutros Boutros Ghali recommended in new York that the Security Council Send 1,000 peacekeepers to secure Sarajevo a Airport for Relief flights. The move would put . Peacekeepers on the fiercest Battlefront of the yearlong yugoslav civil War. If successful they would ensure that Relief starved Sarajevo is resupplied. But in a War where agreements Seldom hold the troops could expose themselves to attack increasing pressure for foreign military intervention. As Sarajevo shuddered under its fiercest artillery barrage in More than two months of fighting bosnian defense ministry spokesman Dragan Marjanovic declared a a decisive Battle for our City has begun Quot flames billowed from buildings clouding the skies see Sarajevo on Page 2 a commander a still needs to be involved a Gorski added Quot Only he won t have All that expertise on his  a numbered air Force is an intermediate level of authority Between a Wing and a major command. In Europe the numbered air forces operate along regional lines that arc divided Between the see of on Page 2 is qua Schrott or Usa eur commander Gen. Crosbie e. Saint Center bids Farewell to v corps troops at a ceremony in Frank flirt Germany on monday. Saint is accompanied by the corps commander it. Gen. David m.  tells corps goodbye by Joseph Owen Stuttgart Bureau Frankfurt Germany a when Gen. Crosbie e. Saint was appointed aide de Camp to the v corps Deputy commander a few decades ago he was a Man of modest Means. �?o1 had a y4-ton truck move me from bad Hersfeldt to Here. And i did t even fill up the truck a Saint said monday at a Farewell reception at the corps elegant Frankfurt Headquarters. This time he arrived and departed by helicopter. Saint who is retiring this summer after four years As commander of the . Amy Europe came to Frankfurt for a final encounter with the Headquarters staff of the Only remaining full . Corps in Europe. A you have done More Over the last few years than most people do in a lifetime. And you have done it with that special flair a Saint said. A More than any other corps in the . Army and i say that not without prejudice the v corps can go anywhere tin anything and beat anybody. But the Best part about that is they can do it quickly and they can bring the soldiers Home  although the draw Down probably will continue Saint said it s important to remember which troops remain in Europe. A a there a still a lot left to do still a lot of bragging rights to be earned. And the Mission now is More Complex and the tasks More varied a deploy men. Operations rapid movement Over operational distance Bare Bones combat service support operations As a National or multinational Force a a lot of challenges ahead. And it in t going to be easy. A it wont always be fun a he said but added a it will always be exciting it will always be important and it will always be  he advised corps leaders to a provide help stomp see Saint on Page 2navy planning draw Down in azores a see Page 3