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Show Page November HILL TOP TIMES 10 and the MA F-1- 22. 1978 S of oal team effort 198' i g organic capability by OO-AL- C (EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the fifth in a series of articles depicting the many organizations represented at Hill AFB that play significant roles in development, testing, acquisition and operation of the 6 by the U.S. and its four NATO partners, Belgium, the Netherlands, Norway and Denmark.) V.: f yXrS 'y.s ' S '. I F-1- By Betty Jones : i i ? : f-- : S J v ; I- - F-1- F-1- F-1- Team effort The effort in Maintenance has been a team effort since 1974, although actual preplanning really began in earnest in January 1976. A specific activation date is difficult to establish because preparation for a new weapon system is a dynamic and gradual process. The ongoing effort has been preceded by thorough and specific identification of requirements in the areas of skills, equipment 6 and tools, and facilities. Novel t yi S '" v I. F-1- Education-with-Industr- " hy-- ' - F-1- F-1- ' " " ' r ; 4 Planning, acquisition, and activation of an organic maintenance capability for the 6 in the Ogden ALC Directorate of Maintenance by 1980 is the task of the Maintenance 6 Project Office. Currently, Captains John P. Miller and Tom Cooper, both identified as Air Force program management officers, and civilian John Stromberg spearhead the ongoing team effort within the directorate. Captain Miller, chief of the Maintenance 6 Project Office, is in the Air Force Logistics Command Career Broadening Program and was transferred in February, this year, to the directorate from the Item Management of Materiel Directorate Division, Management, Ogden. Captain Cooper came to this assignment y after completing an assignment with American Airlines. Mr. Stromberg's background is primarily aircraft maintenance and modification. 6 Project Office responsibilities include representing the Director of Maintenance in all major 6 meetings on and off base, such as Program Management Reviews and Site Activation Task Force sessions. They monitor 6 all aspects of the program for maintenance impact, including funding, and apply information they research and receive to the prime tasks of planning, identification, requisition and training. 1 ,. i 1 I 'I 4" " members were selected from among some of the most knowledgeable and experienced individuals from each of the product and support divisions," Captain Miller said. ,'y-j(- , yfr Division representatives "Within each division, internal 6 planning groups were established with F-1- from all functional areas. representatives engineering, Training, scheduling, production, safety, technical data, quality, support equipment, materials and facilities experts were included in these groups. "Identification and utilization of extremely talented personnel to assist in the planning and activation effort has been the key to our initial success," the captain emphasized. Identification of equipment is being accomplished as early as possible. Funding and requisitioning are being accomplished at a steady pace. examine drawings at construction site of CAPTAINS John Miller (I) and Tom Cooper support facility. F-7- 6 Emergency training training, as needed for damage, takes priority over all other training and has been completed by directorate personnel through the Air Emergency-typ- e crash-battl- e Training Command's 533rd Field Training Detachment located at Hill AFB. Additional training is firmly scheduled' and personnel increments tentatively identified to courses of instruction with start dates dependent' largely on the workload schedule of the i Ave 7s 4 ' 4., '.... -. WKi- f "i 1 F-1- 6. F-1- requirements in all three areas derive from innovations in construction methods, materials and subsystems used in producing the Maintenance personnel in all divisions have been and will be utilized to meet these new challenges. The basic skills requirements are on hand within the existing Maintenance work force, and personnel will 6 be trained to maintain the peculiar systems. "Early in the planning effort, a Directorate of Maintenance planning team was established with the chief of the 6 Project Office acting as chairman. Planning team F-1- 6. F-1- F-1- In accordance with AFLCR Center (TRC) Technology Repair to components already assigned include 6 air frame and landing gears. 6 Additional TRC assignments has competed for and received include the Emergency Power Unit (EPU), Radar and Radome Repair and Test Facility, Autoclave, Avionics and 6 peculiar printed circuit boards. The 6 EPU is powered by hydrazine, a mix previously used only in missiles and 66-1- 7, OO-ALC-- F-1- F-1- OO-ALC-M- MR. CEORCf PARKS tools to be used In fJ and Bob Tafoyo of fhe Aircraft F-1- Division Inspect maintenance functions. 6 F-1- 6 spline-driv- e A F-1- 4 r F-1- drones. (Continued on page 26) to f if' k f4 33 put -- i -file ondcopy F-1- 6 i rv 7 J and Norma Davis (I fo r). Production Resources Division, engineering drawings for future use. KARIN ALBRIGHT, Chloe Bishop "I MR. BOB HANSEN - ywyyyyAfyfyyyyi (J, andCapt.Tom Cooper. Navlgatlon-lnstruments-Photograph- i i 6 U. S. Air Forco Photos by Eloith Chndvick f ) ' f: y $ - P, ' - i.- . - - I J '4yss. y,.yy, lc Project Office , look over 16 Avionics Intermediate Shop. F-1- - ',',,?. Tralnlng Devices Division, the floor plan for the proposeoi r-r- |