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Show - I mw mm 'r fakes Fnde tn mis fcrHXlri J f m . A-2- 0 LineF,,j- c. Repair fit "SCTS!3iS5'JL - Wf t ill. it3-4w Day' Open House lr (4 '' 12. NO. J, " ' AugUSt "V 1 1 , 945 I f ffnllli11ilirJ,l,MMv,,,lm ITSC Marks Air Force'Dav Pronelled f t Altitude Speed production-lin- MO a jet engine, Clarence ' L. Johnson, Lockheed's chief research engineer, with 23 other engineers and 105 workmen, designed, built and delivered the first model P-to an ATSC experimental flight test base. In February, 1944, AAF Test Pilot Captain Wallace Lien the army test schedule, and immediately broke all existing U. S. speed records Subsequent test flights were made with the 13 service test YP-80powered by the General Electric version of the turbo-jet principle. "The P-is absolutely effortless even at maximum performance," was Col. George E. Price's unqualified endorsement of the new ship. He is a command pi lot and" the . project officer for .in the procurement dithe P-vision of ATSC. P-Has No Vibration "There is no vibration or sen- ( Continued On Page 6) FIELD, Ohio first e fighter Star era ' in speed Shooting I a new 80 it was anat Air Technical Jtitude, il Command , here, M the there head-j- today. 550 . initiated s, . miles-an-ho- ur . of the efficiency conventional V combinations wtrict engine- - be- - had new at the bottom ladder of progress is Vti with the P-8- 80 0. application of the the airplane is a of World War II's race As i"with performance. the V- -l let and J bombs, the Germans aow in Europe with ? .combat appearance of Wane. Their Messer-fn- d Judical to 80 (I 80 Deadly Arado 234 were been in the 450- range but were have sPeed - As Mrplane perform- - AAF New Records For Service Set by Red Cross Ladies 0 l ew Xira oens XHT P-8- Open House Is Held To Show Visitors Work Done on Field - Record crowds of transient and convalescent military personnel are being served by the Hill Field Canteen women of The story of - the tremenDavis County Red Cross ChapMiss Roetta ter, headed by dous development and progAn high of 917 ress made in the advancesoldiers, sailors, marines, Wacs ment of aviation was porand Waves were served by the Air the at volunteer Ogden group. trayed Friday morning ' In the thirty days from May Technical Service Command 25 to June 25, 13,193 service the 38th anniversary men and women were served, today, of the Army Air Forces, at with the figures running over for the current month. "T h i s which time thousands of shows an increase of over spectators were afforded the with 1546 as compared to view the giopportunity served during the first month, 9 Kil-foy- le. all-ti- .. 11,-0- 00 just a year ago, when the Women's Volunteer Red Cross first started serving hospital ships on , the apron. The original 18 carried the organization until the last 60 days, when an additional 118 women were recruited from all over the county. The women who served the big crowd were Mrs. Jane Bell, Mrs. Ruth Shields, Mrs. Irene Schultz, Mrs. Helen Elliot, Mrs. Afton Brown, Mrs. Frankie Younger and Mrs. Roet- ta Kilfoyle. Jet-Propell- ed Superfortress gantic 1 and the Northrop "Black Widow" night fighter plane both of which have been instrumental in B-2- ! P-6- bringing destruction to the doorstep of the Japanese. This was a great day for both civilian and military personnel of OATSC, for the fruits of their labor were brought to the attention of the general public as they toured through flight test Shooting Star m maneuverabil-LrT.ff- n mv.K-Jap- Wl s standard combat ,iave faile ?g notable in the on lme thus tar. itor "Baka" b'eidal "Kamikaze" f"Z hurIed R.lanes pro-- f their nd technicians world's best jet- - eareKLwas ! 'iiaue around if.' . Asked Vacancies like n VX,sts ln V ' the housinj ,1 ored to denarii. cm. or ran A-2- . Hill Field on November 7, 1940. Guests visiting , this command were able to see first hand the numerous jobs being carried on here by more than 8000 civilians . . ". jobs which make it possible for war weary aircraft to fly from this command in tip top condition in the least possible time. Awards To Be Presented "Open House" is being observed from 2:30 "p.m. until 6:30 p.m. At 5:45 p.m. all military personnel of OATSC will stand a formal re view at which time Thomas B. Jackson of squadron "B," 4135th AAF base unit will be awarded the bronze star and distinguished flying cross by Col. Paul W. Wolf, commanding officer of the Ogden Air Techni cal Service Command. " The citation for the bronze star award reads in part, "for heroic and meritorious achieve ment in connection with military operations against the enemy from August 23, 1944, to 26, 1944. Volunteering August ' (Continued On Page 2) . T-S- gt. . mili- tary and civilian are requested to turn off any electric light on lesper-W - ;r,e'fler$ repair hangars to view the 0 tow target line. Work was not retarded on this day but continued at the same steady pace which it has maintained since the activation of . All Hill Field personnel - JP of Save Electricity, Officer Requests -- J"6' the U- S. Armv not idle- Dur-Ja1944, ATSC engi- Ger'er 1 ?tath 'jckheed exhibits alpT-"simple roc- offers ket which seconds. building to view A.A.F. supplies and maintenance con- . im- -' the post if it is not needed. states Col. Wallace H. Honnold, quartermaster. In line with the AF conservation program, every effort will be made to save on the use of electricity at Ogden Air Technical Service Command. Col. Honnold asks all employes, supervisors and military personnel to be "electrically conscious" and j avoid using lights not needed, as well as tarn off those where illumination is not essential to providing good working conditions. Individuals are especially urged to be patriotic and keep on the lookout for lights left on in buildings where people are not working all the time. If anyone doesn't understand how the lights are turned off in some locations built by Lockheed on the field, it should be report- of Japan is this ,Mtrction 01 me ert tn tho anvil iarv nnlte. frl ATSC'S LATEST . . . Vonir,DU", Vi -- ctric This view shows the beautiful symmetry I Honnold state. . . romnuna nnwr mam oj w..v.. with xecnm. (Air on views pate Additional plane. P-8- S78, I -c..ti 0, - - |