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Show i i c n n ?n n f " w1"! 1 i Supplement to the Hilltop Times 419th Fighter Wing Mission: I Newsline D Promotion Ceremony fj Hil! AFB, Utah 7 . 41 9th FW fighter pilots and jets tested Col. F.C. Williams, who was selected for promotion to brigadier general in April, will pin on his new rank Aug. 1 2 at 1 1 a.m. Refreshments and light snacks will be served immediately following the cere- by Stephanie card news i. " in Mi'i 2QaQ vJ ri'ji Death of a wing member Combat Logistics Support Squadron passed away on July 4. Sgt. Anderson had been a member of the Air Force Reserve for 23 years and worked as Civil Service at Hill Air Fore Base for 27 years. F-1- He is survived by his sons, Capt. Mitchell Anderson, First Lt. Spencer Anderson and Russell T. Anderson and his sister, Lyn-net- - - - te The 4 19th Fighter Wing's annual Family Day starts at 7:30 a.m. on Aug. 1 1 with the 5k run. Picnic style lunches will be available from 1 1 a.m. until 2 p.m. Cost is $1 for each family member and guest. Clean up starts at 2:30 p.m.- Historian wanted The 4 19th Fighter Wing has a vacancy in the history office. Those interested in the position must possess strong writing and speaking skills and display a high degree of initiative. The ideal candidate must be worldwide deployable and work well with senior leadership and unit historians. The start date is negotiable, but applicants must be willing to attend an 1 apprentice school at Maxwell AFB, Ala. To apply, please send a copy of your last three Enlisted Performance Reports and an official letter to the 419th Command Chief Master Sgt. with name, rank, current position and why you think you would make a good historian. Applicants must have their supervisor's ay and commander's concurrence. Please mail packages to: 419 CCC, 5713 Lahm Lane, Hill Air Force Base, Utah 84056. and personnel to The 419th Fighter Wing will deploy this month. twice Oregon On Sunday, five jets and approximately 25 personnel departed Hill Air Force Base for the 123rd Fighter Squadron in the Air National Guard unit at Portland, Ore. The Portland ANG, an 5 unit, invited the 419th's flying skills in dissimilar air combat hone them their to squadron help training (DACT). "We have a good rapport with the guys in the 123rd FS ... they're an experienced unit," said Lt. Col. Mike Brill, 466th FS Operations Officer. "They've given us support in the past, we're more than happy to return the favor when we can." 419th FW are scheduled to return from Portland on Friday. Then on Aug. 16, the 419th will send five jets, eight pilots and about 30 support personnel to Klamath Falls, Ore., to participate in the Sentry Eagle exercise. exercise hosted by the Sentry Eagle is a biannual, two-da- y 173rd FW from Klamath Falls Air National Guard unit at Kingsley Field Airport. This will be the third time the wing has participated. 'The exercise emphasizes tactics for defending 'friendly' airspace and assets from a variety of adversaries," said Colonel Brill. The different military service and their aircraft scheduled to attend are from three Air National Guard units, from Air Force Reserve and Air Notional Guard units. from the Canadian Air Force, United States Marine Corp and the United from the U. S. Marine Corp. States Navy. F-"This exercise exposes us to multi-servimilitary forces, said Colonel Brill. This will only enhance our skills and readiness for future operations." The squadron will return from Klamath Falls Aug. 19. F-1- Tech. Sgt. Larry E. Anderson, 419th QWing Family Day Johns F-1-6s for certain transactions such as cash " Oregon 419th FW Public Affairs Office An agreement to revise terms for the government travel card has been reached by the Defense Department and Bank of America. Changes outlined under the new agreement are scheduled to go into effect Aug. 10. The new terms include increased fees Anderson. Funeral services were held July 7. in deployments mony. All wing members are invited to attend. ' 1 Fight and Win! hanger. advances. Members can avoid the higher fees simply by using the credit card to charge lodging, transportation, meals and rental car expenses. Nearly all other fees can be avoided by paying bills on time. For more information on the new terms, see the Air Force news Service story on the Internet at http:www.af.milnewsJun 200 ln200 1 06260869.shtml f Volume 17 Number 6, August 2, 2001 D 84056-541-0 Tt To Fly, The 419th Fighter Wing commander will be promoted during the August Unit Training Assembly in the wing's main D Travel :f:yp, "ihp Photo by Capt. James R. Wilson Ma. Pete Davey, 466th Fighter Squadron pilot, checks his flight control systems as Senior Airman Benjamin Duke, 466th FS crew chief, prepares the 6 for departure Sunday. The unit spent the week honing their wartime skills against pilots from the Air National Guard's 142nd Fighter Wing. real-wor- F-1- ld 419th FW maintainers, support specialists prepare for deployment to Far East The deployment went so well, the 35th FW was glad to expectations. welcome them back, Chief Gose said. "They were a little skeptical at first" said Chief Gose. "But after our guys and gals jumped in there and got to work, they saw we were really there to help them out and learn. In many cases, you couldn't tell the reservist from by Senior Airman Lara Gale 419th FW Public Affairs Office maintainers in the 35th Fighter Wing, Misawa Air Base, take some time off after deploying with Air Expeditionary the active-dutmember." this summer, they'll know their shops Misawa was happy with the list of specialists who are in good hands. volunteered for this tour. "In many cases, About 30 members of the 419th Maintenance Squadron "Hopefully, both units will be able to benefit from the and 419th Logistics Support Squadron will deploy to tell others couldn't experience just like last time," said Chief Master Sgt you Misawa Aug. 27 to help keep things running smoothly and Anderson, superintendent of maintenance for the Danny the reservist from hone their own skills working with the active-dut- y members 35th Maintenance Squadron. the active-dut- y there. Tech Sgt Mahrae Harden, a survival equipment specialist ,. member." The specialized maintainers who work the back shops with the 419th MXS, is tasked with packing parachutes as don't deploy often, said Chief Master Sgt Ray Gose, 419th part of her duties. Most parachutes are only packed once a Munitions Flight chief and the project officer for the year, so a deployment like this may allow for sharpening skills not utilized often. deployment Chief Master Sgt. Ray Often when the wing deploys, there are not enough "Most of us have fifteen plus years in the career field," she 419th Maintenance Gose, fill. for functions to back the said. "So you kind of benchmark and see what you can learn positions shop Opportunities Squadron and" bring back with you at the end of the deployment" to help out bases like Misawa are important giving the members a reservists a chance to train and the active-dutIn recent months, the maintenance squadron has chance to rest participated in similar deployments to Alaska, Turkey, Kuwait and other A team of 419th maintainers deployed to Misawa last year and exceeded countries where bases needed support When y y One click too many Accessing adultpornographic sites on military computers is a misuse of government property and a direct violation of the Joint Ethics Regulation and AFT 33-12- 9. MilMod system online, transition period proves rocky Failure to obey these regulations will result in either an Article 15, or letter of reprimand with an Unfavorable Information File opened. 419th FW Public Affairs Staff The base monitors such misuse and notifies all users of this policy during the login personnel management system titled MilMod process. 419th FW members can protect their computers from misuse by safeguarding usernames and passwords and by using a screensaver password for those times when computers are left unattended. D Big brains The following wing members scored 90 percent or above on their Career Development Course exams recently: Staff Sgt. CarlaGlidden, 466th FS; Staff Sgt. Stephen Shy, 466th FS; Staff Sgt. Heather Wokurka, 67th APS; Senior Airman Paul Warden, 67th APS ; and Airman First Class Chad E. Harrison, 4 19th CES. over the former system, most apparently the capability for personnel technicians to access personnel information in real time over the The Air Force officially transitioned to a new - short for Military Modernization in June a that much was the 419th change anticipated by Military Personnel Flight. The MilMod system replaced 1970's technology with a relational database using the Oracle Human Resources software. It's been more than 20 years since the last major update. "Overall, it's really a major improvement," said Master Sgt. Randy Carpenter, chief of personnel systems for the 419th Fighter Wing. "The old system was slow and cumbersome and costly to maintain. Under MilMod, you no longer have to wait and wonder if your requests for data would be accepted within the personnel community. The new system will keep track of all "life cycle" personnel management functions, from recruiting through job assignment and ultimately separation or retirement. It has several inherent improvements members to the data system," said Maj. Jolyon Walker, 419th Military Personnel Flight chief. "If everything goes well, it takes about three hours to Internet. To gain gain one record. " " It will streamline the data someone, we have to go to 53 screens and complete updating process by eliminating "Overall, it's really a different 203 line entries." duplicate data entry procedures major improvement. that were inherent in the previous MilMod does not replace the The old system was PC III system - a program that way of doing business. However, the transition period slow and cumbersome allows units to perform their own has been shaky, according to personnel actions. However, for and costly to the time being, basic personnel Sergeant Carpenter. maintain." information normally requested Specifically, experts in the personnel arena are discovering through orderly rooms must now issues that they would have liked be ordered through the MPF. Master Sgt. Randy Carpenter, to have addressed before fielding These kinds of disconnects are 419th RV chief of personnel the system had they been able keeping personnel specialists systems to run the old program and new busy at both the 419 FW and program at the same time. higher headquarters. "One purpose of MILMOD is to have unit Consequently, there are countless "bugs" and procedures that still need to be orderly rooms more involved in the personnel revised within MilMod. "The most perplexing problem is gaining See MILMOD, page B- - - all photos are U.S. Air Force photos.'Advertisements contained hherein do not constitute an endorsement by the Department of Defense, the Department of the Air Force or Utah. Everything advertised is available without regard to race, color, religion, sex or other nonmerit factors of the purchase, user or patron. Unless otherwise indicated, COPY r Hill |