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Show 1907-GOL- ANNIVERSARY DEN VOL. 10 NO. 26 UNITED STATES AIR FORCE PUBLISHED AT KAYSVILLE, UTAH Fw$t F 112; First Planes two-year-;- m administrative assistant to the Comp husband, Jack. For another shot of the little new . - year, see page 16. .. Ardus Hazen, of her .. and ly as he aptly portrays the new year. all of you a prosperous and enjoyable iiame.is Reran Scott Hazen. He's the l!tosto' real ... , in DECEMBER 27, 1957 81 aft. Hill Century Series Roll off Line 'Happy New Year!' jts little "Rosco" Hazen with him in wishing i F-1- 1957 . Hill Air Force - Base is starting off the new year with a bang as two "Century series" aircraft the first in two "hot" projects foiled off the production IihesT mMmmm - J ftn) in) iru 111 Ir j L & ss' " The first F- -l 02 "Delta Dagger" "Voodoo" and the t wrere completed this week. The a sleek supersonic arrived at the base a few fighter months ago to serve as a protot' ype," according to Colonel E. B. Gentry, Director of Maintenance who will man the world's first Engineering. The jet was y firs aft From F-K- ll. F-K- ii! SllDil S. f Air Force "missileairmen," "natal guided missile squadron, graduated at formal mili- wes held at Hawthorne, California last week. re graduates were em employees from Hill are Thomas W. Dunn, Uartwell, Clyde S. Biggs, Burns, William C.Bur- - t m ' B. w s Ostrup, Roland E. Schultz, Frank , wendell Bowles. will .oi;i Ko Vjj mile USAF-Noi-thr- . f op guided missile i were ofCa0,nr test facili- - hSv! now W? ,n produ Class coists A" .Train,ne and dvsif' Materip r!" emp oves of ; . r ""hiuci- n"niclan3 under J. N. Mc- - r"uunrnn ?ction of V . ..i fe" iSa.and for thcir an their d 5 SN X U f training1;1 aWb "formation. hli?0?8 at the Strategic (and duties f t,he will nt akef c P 5t'li on " m i Irn A i Tragedy On Highways Annually " in- - December,- - in- juries and deaths to Air Force fiffi? ? fh'St R Wf Try to Avoid activat- - wl I w V be- - personnel from private motor vehicle accidents increase by as much as 2 percent over those in other months.. . . This was the beginning of a message sent out the other day by Lt. Gen. Emmett "Rosie" O'Donnell, deputy chief !of staff, personnel, USAF. Many of these losses occur during the holidays when social and recreational activities are at a high point, the General said. The General urged that all Air Force personnel both military and civilian stop and think what they can do to avoid tragedy on the highway during the next few days. Consideration should be given to the hazards of speed, bad weather, and fatigue on the highway. As the use of intoxicating beverages is involved in one out of every three accidents, this practice warrants special scrutiny and control. "Further," the General concluded, "It is expected that all Air Force personnel will display examplary conduct, not only on the highway and in public carriers, but in all places of public assembly." . com-petel- dismantled for planning purposes. It has now been reassembled, inspected, and repaired as necessary (IRAN), modified, and is ready for final check before it is test hopped, the colonel exon . plained. ' Set-u- p on dock system last May, the Delta Dagger was completely dismantled and the component parts were routed to various sup- port shops and prototype into the repair shop system. From this, maintenance personnel were able to determine the manpower, equipment, technical, material and support shop requirements as well as the breakdown of operations by station on the production lines. These requirements were established concurrently with the trainpersonnel in the technical ing of ' and mechanical aspects of the aircraft. "Completion of the Delta Dagger marks the beginning of a large project of century .series jets which are being processed through IRAN at Hill AFB. are now in some Three in the proof completion phase duction lines and many more are scheduled to follow. The I0's will constitute a major workload in the Maintenance Engi- neering Directorate throughout the coming year," Colonel Gentry said. "Voodoo" to be The first modified and by Hill repaired out of the came Air Force Base, week this maintenance hangars and was test flown successfully. The sleek, supersonic reconnaissance version came to the base last June to serve as a prototype for what AF officials expect to be of McDonnel Voodoos a long-lin- e to be repaired by the Ogden base. F-l- ol READY FOR TEST HOI Maintenance officials gather iround Delta Dagger to roll off the line at Hill AFR The the first will be one of the major workloads in Maintenance this year. In photo above is (left to right) Col. E. It. Gentry, Djrtctor of Maintenance; Douglas Weir, foreman of Aircraft Production. Line Section No. 2; and Emil A. Woodward, Superintendent of Aircraft Repair Branch. In cockpit is (left to right) Max L. Muir, chief of Aircraft Inspection; and Harry Levindofski, forer an of. F-1- F-10- F-1- Capt. Robert A. Rushforth, test pilot from the AF flight Calif, center at Edwards AFIt, flew to Hill for the test flight. Veteran of more than 100 hours at the controls of a Voodoo, Capt. Rushforth headed his plane over Great Salt Lake and put it through its paces for close to an hour. ReMaj. Claude J. Wilson, Air Command search and Development representative at the base accepted the plane after its flight on behalf of Air Defense Command who will take delivery of the plane at Hill AFB about Jan. 1. The major said that an aircraft to be accepted by its user after unjust one test flight is very usual. fact Maj. Wilson stated that this of work caliber out the high points done by Hill AFB mechanics m the maintenance shops. ships of the Sinter national prominence regained of them several cently when smashed existing speed records. In a run over a measured course line. Hill AFB is the prime depot for repair and modification work on the F- -l ill. Base workers will use the experience gained in repairing the first F-- l 01 in future Voodoo projects. is designed as an intThe for Air Defense erceptor-fighter Command. F-1- IN THIS ISSUE: Editorials 2 Chronology of OOAMA 3 Snark Disassembled -- I . F-1- A F It recently a than 1,200 mph more of ppeed at Edwards was attained. 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