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Show coiat rticn 0 Cf Cl ryrr Thtouw locimcs Star Is born Smith pins on general S jf 9 fAofo, Fog Vol. 4S No. 35 Hill AFB, i Mwmir VJ7 y " Ut- -- Vom V jF - 3 n nor COM 1MM. " Third Class OO-ALCP- Hill AFB, UT " " y.. .jiiwiwMI!" a" r v "nx i " ,!" "'" 1,1 IJ'""""" "' ". s " H .. 1 Serials Order Department Soli Lake City, UI 841 1J 1 " 84056-S99- 0 w ' , , " oils m u v , by Gary Hatch Hilltop Times editor For the first time in the history of the federal government, Hill AFB item managers will now respond in real time to people requesting aircraft or weapon-syste- parts. m A team of workers from Hill and across the command brought the last portion of the Stock Control p Hi r-.- li s'' I ;Hl " !'i U 4 r.: ' 4 V cross-feedin- g rr: .. f0 . . , :,--- . . " on-lin- 'M'.r'rr' f and Distribution System on line at Hill Saturday. The move propelled the base to the leading edge of the parts distribution business. The new system uses scanners, bar codes and an immense data base to instantaneously search all facets of the distribution system to find and route a requested part. The massive data base, which took 2.6 million lines of programming code to complete, can handle all transactions as they happen and puts information at the fingertips of the people who need it. The new system replaced 13 different computer systems at Hill with one integrated system. The data base ties together material management and distribution systems and tracks an item from its first request until it is shipped out the door. Three years ago, before any part of the SC&D system was implemented, the most current inventory information could be three to five days old at the moment it was first available for use by item managers, said Bill Wagner, system program AFB, Ohio. manager from Wright-Pattersoin meant time item That lapse managers previoushad make decisions to each day based on ly many outdated information. For example, a part that appeared on an inventory list may have already been shipped to another customer, Wagner said. Those days are gone. The new system, which was implemented in phases during the past three years, gives item managers information that is accurate and up to date at the instant the request is made real time, e n li I ', , t i V s 7-: f - - c : V-Li'- f , I Pi .. ' W 1 -- ''" a. w w ,1 i I; I U.S. Air Force Photo by Gory Hatch Quick scan AFB, Okla., scans an item as part of a for the Stock Control and Distribution System, which came on line in full Saturtest day at Hill AFB. Kennedy is part of a team made up of workers from across the command on temporary duty at Hill to test the system. John Kennedy, a warehouseman from Tinker y )( State-of-a- rt Fla system patterned after airports by Capt. Robert E. Nowlin 2849th Civil Engineering Squadron A new airfield lighting vault under r construction near Bldg. 3 begins a upgrade of the entire airfield lighting system that, when complete, will be unique in the Air Force. The system is patterned after those now in use at international airports in Chicago, New York and San Francisco perhaps the most modern airfields in the world, said Phil McMillan, project manager, 2849th Civil Engineering Squadron. "These airports handle a great deal of traffic in all weather conditions ex- five-yea- state-of-the-a- rt Uovi Year v Jewish members celebrate . B Please see System, Page 2. 0 igptrS tremely well," McMillan said. Hill AFB's new system, like the others, will have a single lighting vault to control the entire system. Currently, Hill has three small, antiquated lighting vaults all interconnected by a maze of underground ductwork and wiring. The vaults were all built in the 1940s and contain equipment up to 38 years old. Construction drawings on the system are so old and out of date that system operation and maintenance is very difficult, McMillan said. Replacement parts are also difficult to find. "I'm very anxious to see the airfield lighting upgrade completed," said TSgt. Kevin Jackson, lead electrician for Hill's 13,500 foot runway. "We have a system that will take This is 25 years outdated. Hill's airfield operations into the 21st ld ' v Y ffi. ( century and will provide a state-of-the-a- tenance. rt model for the civilian community," Jackson said. Perhaps the most significant benefit of the new vault will be its increased maintainability. The old lighting vaults have exposed high voltage buses and cramped working spaces, which make equipment maintenance difficult, McMillan said. The entire system must be shut down and equipment taken out of the vaults to perform most maintenance, he said. The new vault will have adequate spacing between the equipment and have cable ducts to protect all the wiring. That will allow maintenance to accomplished in the building. The system will also feature redundant circuitry and added switching features so equipment down times can be kept to a minimum during main D Less ,ma!fltcitqnco B-- 2 coom design means less work The new vault will cost $190,000 for the building and $1.5 million for the equipment that goes inside. It will have all new equipment and controls that will operate the airfield lights at lower voltages, which will be safer and cheaper. The new vault also contains a large work area and two emergency generators. The new system will have advanced computerized controls that will detect the number and location of burned out lights. It will also monitor airfield lighting brightness and marker status and reports it all directly to the control tower. Currently workers have to go out and check those things every day. 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