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Show Hilltop Weekly Since 1948 ¥ Hill AFB, Utah 84056-5824 www.hilltoptimes.com hilltoptimes@standard.net Vol. 72 No. 22, May 31, 2012 See Me Save Me Ride on June 13 T he third annual See Me Save Me campaign is being hosted by Hill Air Force Base. The motorcycle ride is scheduled for June 13. It is designed to motivate vehicle operators to take that extra moment to look specifically for motorcycles while driving. All riders who are interested in doing their part to help save fellow riders lives are invited to participate. The more riders participating, the bigger the impact that can See RIDE I page 6 Hill's reserve wing to host IRR muster The 419th Fighter Wing is hosting a muster of Individual Ready Reserve personnel here Saturday, June 2, beginning at 7:30 a.m. in Building 900. The muster offers local members of the IRR an opportunity to update medical records/status, contact information and ID cards, and to receive important information and briefings. The IRR consists of personnel who previously served active duty or Reserve, but are currently on inactive status. LOA sponsors Golf Tournament June 1 The 2012 Logistics Officer Association Scholarship Golf Tournament will be held June 1. All funds raised go toward local college scholarships for LOA members, dependants of LOA members or enlisted personnel (all DoD employees). The format will be four-person select shot. Prizes will be awarded for first through fourth place, last place, longest drive and closest-to-thepin (men and women). Entry fee is $65 per person ($43 for Hubbard Golf Course punch card holders) and includes green fee, cart, range balls, souvenir balls and continental breakfast. Registration is limited so make your reservation today with Capt. Kevin Koren, at: (desk) 801-5868249 (cell) 520-971-8980 or by email at kevin.koren@hill.af.mil . ALEX R. LLOYD/U.S. Air Force A P-51 Mustang and an F-16 Fighting Falcon fly in tandem as part of the Hill Air Force Base Open House and Air Show, May 27, as a flight demonstrating the heritage of the U.S. Air Force. Despite inclement weather, Warriors Over the Wasatch: A Legacy of Valor provided amazing displays of precision flying for enthusiastic crowds. Soggy but soaring Hill air show goes on despite rain, wind Standard-Examiner staff R ain did not keep Greg Yardley from staying until the Thunderbirds performed Saturday afternoon. The Springville resident was among thousands of people who braved the See SHOW I page Hilltop Times correspondent I n celebration of the Memorial Day weekend and the air show a special Warrior Call was held May 24 at the Landing. The guest speaker was Lt. Col. (Ret.) Jay Hess, a former POW of the Vietnam War; he spent 5 years in the Hanoi Hilton; a prison 4 See HESS I page 6 Swashbuckler pilot added to Utah Aviation Hall of Fame BY MARY Lou GORNY Hilltop Times editor A Special Needs Family Picnic June 2 On Saturday, June 2, from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Centennial Park a Walk, Run, Ride Exploring Family Fun event will be held for families with special needs. In line with the Air Force theme of fitness this event is aimed at fitness for all kids of all abilities. Hill Air Force Base's Special Needs Resource Team has created a course that will be manageable for all walkers, strollers, wheelchairs, canes, crutches, skates, bicycles and more. Everyone is encouraged to bring a bike or skates or at least a good pair of tennis shoes. "This is meant to be fun for the entire family no matter what their ability," said Tammy Custer. There will be exciting activities for each child to participate in. Boy Scouts will set up 10 stations along the route. Each station will have an activity for the child to complete. Each child will receive a sash and upon completion of each of the ten activities receive a badge to add to their sash. The Walk, Run, Ride begins at 9:30 am. There will be a lunch of hot dogs, chips and drinks served at 11:30. Two bounce houses will be available as well as the splash pad and regular park playground equipment. To RSVP for this event call the Airman and Family Readiness Center at 801-777-4681 or contact Tammy Custer, 801-586-2611 for more information. BY KRISTA STARKER cold winds and rain to attend the "Warriors Over the Wasatch: A Legacy of Valor" air show at Hill Air Force Base. "We came too far to turn around and go home," he said. Yardley said he brought his four daughters to the air show to honor the BY LORETTA PARK Former Vietnam POW at special Warrior Call MARY LOU GORNY/Hilltop Times Michael Sweet talks about his grandfather's first cousin, Capt. Harold A. Sweet, and his aviation exploits at an induction ceremony to the Utah Aviation Hall of Fame at Hill Aerospace Museum on Memorial Day. self-taught pilot, barnstormer and soldier of fortune type pilot, who scouted the air flight links over the Himalaya Mountains to supply Chang Kia-Shek's Nationalist Army should the Burma Road trade route be broken, was inducted into the Utah Aviation Hall of Fame at the Hill Aerospace Museum on Memorial Day. Harold Arthur Sweet, born July 26, 1904, in Salt Lake City was reared and educated in Utah. Sweet taught himself to fly, purchased a U.S. Army JN-4 Jenny aircraft and when his mother and a sister moved to Lake Merritt, Calif., he went with them. After a marriage that lasted approximately one year, he moved to the Philippines and flew for the U.S. mail service for seven years. He joined the Pan Americanowned China National Aviation Corporation (CNAC). He pioneered air routes over the Himalayas, and subsequently became a personal pilot for Madame Chang and Chang Kai-shek, helping to supply the Nationalist Chinese Army, when the Japanese commandeered CNAC aircraft. At age 37, shortly before Pearl Harbor, the U.S. Army Corps had determined the barnstorming pilot was too old for military service. As a civilian pilot he nevertheless made several significant contributions to the war effort. Van Twelves, son of a previous inductee into the Hall of Fame, See SWEET I page 7 Look inside this week's Hilltop Times for " " " Fourth rock from the sun Climber faces new challenges Team Hill Fourth-graders learn what it might take to get there Slip and fall restricts activities for Hill man Check out who got promoted See page 14 See page 9 See page 9 |