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Show JulIUU B Hill AFB, Utah Vol. 84056-582- 4 53 No. 48, December 3, 1998 B Judge says Tis the season Hill, Boeing INSIDE: get aircraft workload Volunteers help recycle 2 Page McCLELLAN AFB, Calif. A U. S. District Court Judge denied a motion for a preliminary injunce tion against the transfer of McClellan AFB public-privat- Tops competition workload to Ogden Air Logistics in Blue Center and the Boeing Aerospace Support today Page Com- pany. 5 Heating help available ..Page 7 The decision allows the Air Force to continue to proceed with all scheduled transfers of the affected workloads. The preliminary injunction sought to prevent any transfer of the McClellan workload until a federal judge ruled on the pending Pemco Aeroplex civil case. The original Air Force contract awarded the team. McClellan workload to the and the commodities work Ogden will do the at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, while Boeing does 5 the work in San Antonio, Texas. The specific workloads affected by the decision include: programmed depot maintenance, Ogden-Boein- A-1- Photos by Maj. a The Hill AFB float was bedecked in colored lights - Monday for nighttime in Layton and parades l Kaysvilte. Maj. Gen. Richard Roellig, Ogden ALC commander, accompanied by his wife, Kelly, was grand marshal for both parades. The base marked the beginning of the holiday season Wednesday with a Christ- g 0 KC-13- Advocacy program guides parents . Page 8-- 9 KC-13- 5 A-1- analytical condition inspection and 0 BIN Orndorff and Bob Ballew com- mas tree lighting modities repair for such workloads as hydraulics, electrical accessories and instrumentselectroni- in the Officers Club. cs. 419th Fighter Wing Heads up! Page Additionally, the Defense Department's request for the case to be dismissed was denied by the judge which allows the civil case to proceed. (Sacramento ALC Public Affairs report) A-- D Just for practice June accident linked to maintenance An improperly installed computer part has been listed as the cause of a June 19 accident that destroyed an on the Hill AFB runway. The investigation report, released by Air Force Materiel Command headquarters, said the aircraft crashed immediately after takeoff due to "erroneous angle of attack signals being transmitted by the . D Ten receive chief stripes Page 15 Hill hosting ski meet - Page 17 j Photo by SSgt Timothy Tragar Some areas were under exercise Threat Condition Charlie this week as the base held an Operational Readiness Exercise. Above, Robert Oliver checks a driver's ID as ha enters the parking lot near BkJg. 15. Below, BatUestaff representatives from directorates and units monitor the activity. The exercise scenario was based on possible local activities of a fictional terrorist group. Exercise activities ware to conclude today. Digital Flight Control System. "Angle of attack" refers to the direction the aircraft is pointing in relation to the flight path. The pilot, Capt Brian K. Nordheim, 514th Flight Test Squadron, ejected safely, before the aircraft slid for approximately 4,000 feet, left the runway and burned. The aircraft, from Moody AFB, Ga., was being tested after depot maintenance. The radar systems responsible for setting the angle of attack information were removed during aircraft maintenance and weren't "boresighted" as part of the reinstallation, the report said. Boresighting aligns the aircraft computer systems, allowing the systems to function accurately. plane's The report said failure to perform this procedure caused the erroneous signals that caused the accident. Since the accident, a 100 percent boresight check has been implemented for aircraft that have any work done to the radome or angle of attack probes. In addition, new procedures have been developed in the depot maintenance area that automatically mandate when the technicians do a boresight alignment re Visit our web site! httpwww.hill.almil POOR COPY |