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Show c x . ' ( -- i It A i IflSlDE: Smoking on Hi!!.. page 4 Fast fighter page 10 Activities. page 27 Xv i! n n fi 1 ii M h ii U fUt 5 ! H 1 t H t Latetena menu dial rS y l t 2004 y Vol. 32 No. 21 June OGDEN, UTAH 2, 1978 Attrition reductions Civilian personnel officials said that they don't anticipate that the realignment will require any separations. Attrition, retirements and other personnel techniques will be used to place people Examples of positions to be cancelled include navigation instrument mechanics, electronic mechanics, inventory management specialists and equipment specialists. civilian positions at Hill AFB are Some to be cancelled with Reduction in Force Notices issued to employees involved in July with an effective date of Sept. 29, 1978. Filling of vacancies at Hill AFB is frozen until it can be determined that a given vacancy is not required to place a surplus employee. Personnel officials said that realignment of the work force at Hill AFB is common as the various workloads change at the air base. less 200-30- 0 in other jobs. 200-30- 0 Representatives of all foreign Air Forces possessing F-- 4 aircraft will convene at Ogden Air Logistics Center, Directorate of Materiel Management, for the second annual F-- 4 Technical Coordination Group (TCG) Management Review next Tuesday through Friday, June 6-- 9. Maj. Gen. James P. Mullins, commander, Ogden ALC, will open the series of briefings and meetings with welcoming remarks. Col. Robert V. Gowans, director, Materiel Management, and his deputy, Weldon Woozley, and Col. Billy Nunley, F-- 4 System Manager, and his deputy, John R. Kenney, also will attend. The review is hosted by the F-- 4 TCG, a unique DoD organization operated and staffed within Materiel Management. The TCG provides a full range of AFLC technical support services to Security Phantoms from the 388th Tactical Fighter Wing fly over the famous "Diamond Head" in are deployed to Barber's Point Nav al Air Station to participate in operation Hawaii. The F-COPE ELITE. F-- 4 4s Assistance F-- 4 countries and a free exchange or unclassified F-- 4 technical of information between Air Force and foreign military customers. non-sensiti- The nine countries comprising membership F-- 4 TCG include Germany, Greece, Israel, Iran, Japan, Korea, Spain, Turkey, and the United Kingdom. of the DyaGDQ(?OGO(SlS,DBDC210 By Kieth Dumas EuDE GuD(i and arrangement in June, i9a, to in a consonance the with operate fighter Memorandum of Understanding which provides the basic principles of program direction and management. The Steering Committee has responsibility for broad policy matters, advice and counsel to insure that all 6 activities in the partner nations proceed within the terms of the ce F-1- 6 The seventeenth meeting of the F-1- 6 Multinational Steering Committee was convened at Hill AFB on May 24 by Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Research, Development and Logistics, Dr. John Martin. The meeting, hosted by the Directorate of Materiel Management, was opened by the Ogden ALC Commander, Maj. Gen. James P. Mullins, who emphasized the commitment of Ogden ALC's weapon system management resources and experience to the success of the 6 Multinational Program. F-1- The 6 Steering Committee is chaired by Assistant Secretary Martin and is composed of members from each of the five nations supporting the development and introduction into operational service of the 6 fighter. F-1- F-1- The governments of Belgium, Denmark, The Netherlands, Norway and the United States entered into a partnership Staff of the TCG will conduct scheduled briefings and be assisted by technicians, specialists and engineers from other Materiel Management organizations. Subjects of special interest to individual countries will be discussed in separate meetings to be arranged as required. Current financial status and a year-enreport of joint projects undertaken by the Air Force and the F-- equipped foreign air forces d 4 will be reviewed. A revised Technical Coordination Plan which outlines TCG operations of the Air Force and the participating countries will be considered for approval. F-- 4 weapon system problem areas common to Air Force and the countries will be spotlighted. Of developing program for interface of USAF and individual country maintenance A data reporting systems; The adaptation of portions of the USAF Aircraft Structural Integrity Program to support foreign 4 fleets. F-- Tentative dates and locations of the reviews scheduled each year, for TCG staff to visit member countries and address problems and programs relative to technical support of their F-- 4 weapon systems, also will be selected. Prodi F-1- Memorandum of Understanding. WO A Currently representing the Defense Ministry of their respective governments as principal members of the Steering Committee are Maj. Gen. Dalleur, Belgium; Rear Admiral Rodholm, Denmark; Maj. Gen. Dieters, The Netherlands; and Mr. Omreng of Norway. The Steering Committee has appointed several with specific responsibility for monitoring major elements of the F-1- 6 sub-committe- es Fighter Program. (Continued On Page 12) The Hill Top Times is an unofficial newspaper published every Friday in the interest of personnel at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, of Air Force Logistics Command. It is published by MorMedia Sales, Inc., 1 150 West Riverdale Road, Ogden, Utah 84403, a private firm in no way connected with the Department of the Air Force. Opinions expressed by publisher special interest to the countries and the Air Force are: Center-wid- e Productivity Office has been established in the Directorate of Plans and Programs, (XR). This office consists of a small group of experts, selected from internal Plans and Programs resources, who are familiar with both human - processual and techno - structural approaches for productivity improvement. fnfee f QUEfi3SS IS leadership of the and Plans Programs Directorate, the office will assure that all Ogden Air Logistic Center (ALC) fectiveness and efficiency of orchestrated to achieve the Panel consisting of senior grade representation from Under productivity efforts are mutually supportive and same end result force readiness. -- - increased Their responsibilities clude diagnosing ALC organizations and furnishing recommendations imfor productivity where needed. provement A Center Productivity each organization and chaired by the Deputy in- ef- - (Continued On Page 12) and writers are their own and are not to be considered an official expression by the Department of the Air Force. 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