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Show X7mmrQ i JB- r ' 0? .... ' " - - 388th Fighter Wing supplement to the Hilltop Times Thursday, August 9. 2001 Twice Monthly New 388th FW commander will Llthos available The 388th Fighter Wing Public Affairs Office has Air Force lithographs available for official use in offices belonging to the , 388th FW . Themes and sizes vary and the lithos will be given ' first-seron a basis. or stop by the public affairs 0 For more information, call office, located in Bldg. 120, Suite 113. first-com- e, ve 777-320- Use or lose military lea ve j Accrued leave in excess of 60 days is lost at the end of each fis- cal year, unless special leave accrual applies. Commanders i and supervisors should encourage all members to use their excess leave before Sept. 30. Hometown news Cellular phones Air Force members are prohibited from carrying cellular phones and beepers on duty unless these items are required to perform Air Force duties, per Air Force Instruction 3. News radio f The latest news about your Air Force is available through a toll-fre- e I telephone number. Air Force Internal Information offers broadcast of stories dealing with Air Force Ii daily issues. People can listen to Air Force Radio News by calling ... The service virtually guaror (877) (877) I instant access without antees atrtisy signal. five-minu- te 237-2346- AF-RADI- O have the expertise in the particular area and I move forward. (Editor i Note: Thefollow ing are questions and answers from a Fighter Country interview with Col. Steve Hoog, who became commander of the 388th Fighter Win g July 3. Colonel Hoog came to Hill Air Force Base from Randolph AFB, Texas. He graduated from the U.S. Air Force Academy in 1979.) Q: What has been your favorite tour with the Air Force? Ar Usually t!ie (me I am in is myfavorite. If you go through your entire career Q: What are your goals for the 388th Fighter Wing? A: Overall I want to leave the wing better than when I took over. Within the next 4 months I plan on mak- 0 ." " focusing on a jmst assignment or thinking the next one is going to be better, you will be missing out on a lot. o Q: How do you plan on keeping in touch with the men and women in your command? A: Through commanders calls and visits to the individual shops. 5fe 18-2- Have you recently been promoted or received an award? Have j h you returned from a deployment or been assigned to Hill? ; News Form Hometown a Release filled have out If so, (DD you ' 2266)? By filling out a HTNR, you can let family and friends in your hometown know what achievements you have made through the i local newspaper. Forms can be obtained from the 388th Fighter Wing Public Affairs Office, Bldg. 120, Suite 113. . 36-290- balance peoplemission P7i ing small changes which should make the wing better overall. Col. Steve Hoog Q: What is your leadership phi 388th Fighter Wing commander Q: What characteristic do you losophy? is unique to you? feel A: As commander I have lots of to A: Each of us has at least one unique Q: Why did you choose join the roles. The two primary roles are the Force? Air one thing that sets us characteristic, mission the Air Force has entrusted when the Back Air A: Force The challenge is to I others. joined apart from us with and taking care of the peoI just wanted to learn how to fly. find what you are good at and use that ple and the hardware that will help skill to make the wing betterfor all of us. us get the mission done. I believe in to did choose Q: Why stay you if you take care of your people they Force? the Air Q: What's your favorite recrewill make sure the mission gets done. A: There is something about getational activity? in the morning and looking A: Snow skiing, golf and camping Q: Who is your role model and ting up to the day because you love with myfamily. forward why? A: I cannot name just one person what you are doing. Ijoined to learn Q: What is your most prized who I consider as a role model. I to fly and I stayed because of the peoForce accomplishment? Air ple. have worked with several good leadA: Leading men and women into ers over the years and learned somechalface difficult do How combat. There is no greater trust Q: you thing from each of them. In general, that the Air Force gives than to give lenges? the commanders I have learned the A: don't Difficult challenges get you other people 's sons and daughmost from keep the mission first and them with on ters and put them in harms ' way when head better time, Iface balance the requirements formate-rial- s by getting help from those who may we are called upon. and people. 729th ACS ready to deploy Teams to spread " word on AEF changes By Senior Airman O Cindy Huston 388th FW Public Affairs By Master Sgt. Terry Somerville Air Combat Command Public Affairs Approximately 120 men and women from the 729th Air Control Squadron will be deploying to Kuwait Sept. 1 for about 90 days. "Our mission while we are there Coming soon to a big room near you: everything you want or need to know about Aerospace Expeditionary Force deployments. Briefing teams from the AEF Center at Langley Air Force Base, Va., have begun hitting the road to visit Air Force bases in the United States and overseas, including Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard units. They'll spread the word on improvements in AEF Cycle 3, answer questions, and get ideas from Air Force people on improvements to the AEF process. The teams are set to begin at Hill on Aug. 16. All briefing times are open to anyone. The first briefings will be at 1 1 a.m. and 1 and 3 p.m. in Building 597 (in the 419th Fighter Wing area). Four briefings are scheduled for Aug. 17 in the base theater. Briefing times are 9 and 1 1 a.m. and 2 and 4 p.m. While the briefings are geared toward the active duty and Reserve people who will be deploying during AEF Cycle 3, civilian employees and Guard members are also encouraged to attend. "Not everyone knows what they need to know about the AEF," said Maj. Michael Knight, a specialist in the AEF Center who will be one of the first people on the road. For instance, AEF Cycle 3, which begins in March 2002, will feature a 'team' concept, where a base will provide a large number of people for one or two AEF deployments, instead of small groups of people throughout the cycle. That will change the impact that AEF deployments have on individual bases and units. The briefing teams also want to let people know about the amazing range of information available on the World Wide Web. "EAF Online" provides position-specifi- c information for deploying people, like "What will my duties be?" and "What training and equipment do I need?" The Web site lets commanders track the readiness status of all their people. The site "started two years ago as an idea on a chalkboard," Knight said. "It's will be to help enforce the United y Nations mandated Southern Zone over Iraq," said Lt. Col. Fran- -' cis Xavier, 729th ACS commander. No-Fl- The squadron will provide weapons control for pilots patrolling the no-fl- y zone and use radar and communications equipment to help create an integrated air picture so senior commanders can monitor Iraqi compliance. "My main priorities are to accomplish the mission and to make sure everyone gets over there and back safely," said Colonel Xavier. Virtually everyone who is going on this deployment was a volunteer, r space-operatio- said the colonel. "The folks in the squadron are very anxious to go over and do the mission they have been trained to do," said Colonel Xavier. Senior Airman Charles Lawson, 729th Aerospace Generator Equipment mechanic, said he is ready to deploy and is confident the training the 729th provides has prepared him for the upcoming deployment. "When I first arrived on base the squadron was getting ready for a deployment," said Airman Lawson. "If I could have found a way, I would have gone with them then." Airman Lawson has been preparing for his turn to deploy by going on TDYs with the squadron out to Wendover and participating in various other training exercises. While in Kuwait Airman Lawson's main duty will be to make sure the generators, which provide power to the deployed area, stay in perfect working condition. COPY 1 ns continually being improved." v EAF Online can be accessed from computers in the and domains at https:aefcenter.acc.af.mil. Another site with information on the AEF concept that is open to everybody is at http:aefc.langley.af.mil. Perhaps most important of all, going to every base to talk about AEF changes lets the AEF specialists field questions from the audience. "If we don't know the answer, we'll be able to call back (to the AEF Center) and we can put all our resources to work to answer it," said Lt. Col. Jeff Urie, a specialist and another of the briefers. Urie is sure the briefers won't know all the answers. "There's no such thing as an AEFologist," he said. "What we have here (in the AEF Center) is a representation of the Air Force people who cover just about every area of expertise." The briefers invite questions from bases before they get there so they can tailor presentations for each base. Each base has a person scheduling a team who can pass questions on to the briefing team. Supervisors are highly encouraged to allow everyone available to attend one of the briefings. dot-m- il Photo by Senior Airman Cindy Huaton Senior Airman Humberto Centeno Is setting the transmit and receive 5 data rate on the Digital data modem. MD-94- special-operatio- "Although there is no trade for Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D., was unable to fill. While deployed, Sergeant Lundberg will help man the fitness center and help plan and coordinate different recreational activities. "Although I will miss my family a lot and it will be tough on me to be experiencing the real thing, I feel the training in the squadron has prepared me for this deployment," said Airman Lawson. Another first-tim- e deployer to Kuwait is Staff Sgt. Erick Lundberg, NCOIC of combat food service. Sergeant Lundberg volunteered to fill one of two services spots that Advxtmnuntt oonUkwd rjfn do not coraMula andoraament by tha Dapartmai away, this deployment will be a welcome experience," said the sergeant. or Datanaa, tti U .8. Air Foroa d Ha AFB Everything atfvartiaad k tvuUM wWnm'vgard lo noa. color, rqKxi. MX or othor nortnwr factor o! ta purofaatr, umt or patron dot-go- |