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Show Page r HILL TOP TIMES 14 !!!lrj -- 'lr:SElll''wtii. - - .i An 3 AIR COMPRESSOR "Buff' awaits work on sheet metal parts, vehicle has just delivered air compressor to help do the job. BRIEFING Sgt. Paul Mazeral (I) briefs A1C Kenneth Hall and A1C Graciano Chacon before they start repair on a Th-lF. H-5- Flight M gib intern wee Keeps Them flflm By 2nd Lt. W. E. Hart man pen. ..the Maintenance Training Control section of the 1550th Aircrew Training and Flying at 1,000 feet above Test Wing made sure of that. , Clearfield as a passing"-aTheir job is to train and keep UH-1"iriquois"t proficient, trained specialists helicopter you prcbaoiv-wouldn'- on duty to serve over 70 airthink of the with the helicopter now craft preparation that helped put flight training school. that bird in the air. When a young airman Your pilot does, though. He comes to Hill assigned to knows and respects the value helicopter repair, he enters an of the maintenance crew from elaborate plan that trains him the organizational main- in all phases of repair for one tenance squadron that readied of the six types of aircraft used by the 1550th. for flight. his The men who worked on the For an Example aircraft before flight are highly skilled at their job. Let's take the bird you are Their proficiency at helicopter n N repair did not just hap flying in, the UH-1- N "Iriquois." Airman Ivan Smith came to Hill AFB from Sheppard AFB, Texas, where he finished baisic helicopter repair school - near the top of his class. When he got here he was This assigned to the meant the beginning of training which would eventually lead to full command of repair concepts on the aircraft. on-the-j- In all, six steps were taken. Besides and refueling defueling, he learned hand signals, towing, tow vehicle operations, jacking and they taught him how to use torque tools on the aircraft. The whole process took Smith about 60 days. Each year he'll have to be tested again for proficiency rating. Airman Smith is one of some r- - I rirtuiisX-'- 1 - - " Pi 700 men assigned to the first started work on one maintenance section. Apo of six phases of UH-1proximately 200 of these are ... , ijfj--Amaintenance. In this par- involved in ticular case, his first job was to master refueling and Through this process of defueling techniques. annual rating and continuous After accomplishing the e the physical part of the training, maintenance training control Smith's supervisor signed him branch assures pilots that the off and sent him to the chopper is ready to go. Maintenance training control There are five other TESTING (Left to Right) Sgt. Larry Camden, SSgt. U center in building 124. programs that keep other Marinarrin and AlC SteDhen Compton take spec Airman Smith took a written 1550th aircraft flying. Besides ! test in building 124. test on reftfeling and the UH-1maintenance qualification HH-5defueling, passed it, and went control affects the TH-1on to another phase of HH-3- , and the maintaining the "Iriquois." N on-th- -j- ob-training, PC 3, F, Management Is With over 700 men in the maintenance complex and 200 of those tied up in on-the-j- training, the job of maintaining control is a big one! The cycle starts with the aircraft maintenance supervisor. He is the one who briefs the new airman upon arrival, supervises his work, and then determines when the airman is ready to move up to another phase of work. On the helicopter flight line, MSgt. Dick Smith supervises work on the UH IN. MSgt. J. C. Horton is assigned to the TH-1MSgt. Larry Smyre handles the HH-5The HH-- 3 is supervised by MSgt. Homer L. Markum. On the the supervisor is MSgt. Aylor Stauffer and the on-the-j- 3. HH-43- HC-130- - BATTERY CHECK Sgt. Roger Butt works on the battery of a LIMN on the night tine. Vt7, He HH-43- tN ""ii-fimm !'.. iiini imiiiii n -A1C Curtis Paulson goes through a PREPARES ENGINE preflight check before his TII-l- F takes off on a functional check flight. ,$J H maintenance supervisor is SMSgt. Clifton Haynes. The supervisor overseeing all maintenance work on the flight line is CMSgt. George H. Nordin. Big Job Dock operations in building 1 are ultimately supervised by SMSgt. William O. Bradford. Supervisors under him are: MSgt. Wyatt Reed, UH-1SSgt. Jerry H. Stephens, TH-1TSgt. Archie Cook, HH-5TSgt. Alvin C. Reed, HH-3- ; and TSgt. Archie L. Wherry, F; 3; HH-43- "The work of these supervisors is the key to the whole maintenance complex," says MSgt. Marshie Mullins Jr. "The supervisors must r rtntur. ert Pwesante- .In. r., n.mmi rhork ihf records Giant." i v .. - - - (L) - of an d iw maintain a high degree of Is Comple proficiency too. Each year they must take a maintenance Because of the high degree following regulation test which management covers all our maintenance of dependence helicopter the cheeky " concepts." pilots have on their main- pass tenance men, the quality of the the complex must be strict. Sergeant Mullins, Quality Control maintenance "If we find someone who is training control, runs the failing in his job. he's im- control section headquarters mediately lifted from the along with TSgt. Jesse maintenance line," reports NCOIC of MSg Marshie Mullins, Fowler, NCOIC of i strife evaluation. Requirements, and TSgt. NCOIC of training control. control Larry Cooper, NCOIC of the Spot checks to make sure Training section. the maintenance men are up the quality |