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Show General Arnold Thanks Air Force Lmlla" Employes You, the civilian ours today. employes of the AAF. have a to successful to hard conclusion th " w.c bring wur war , is Victory i ... for Job Well Done f ,he AAF' Manv of "3 separation yu thosemJ$S,nto you. Some of g losses you have suffered You hare worked overtime lona nours willingly : P"1'6"1"' exfend I To all wish y" Z to my sympathy. say thank vou ' " " ,ob we" done and to urge your continued points have borne ' of the AAF." support jrfully. inconveniences in your way of living while performing your daily (Signed) H.H.ARNOLD, is due you for your valuable contribution to the all- credit General, Commanding Great V Army Air Forces. 'J long ver seen MMd the . f7om heart-breakin- 1 ,. Goal: Every Tke Back the Attack! yjjpQQliTOl0)dlS Worker on Job Daily! Official IFooDd Paper of the Ogden Air Technicnl Wir IPirepaires foir r More Bonds and Stamps! Buy a AUGUST 22, 1945 Jb Posir-Wa- ir Employes To Receive Pay First Plane For China For Two-Da- y Holiday; Other Rules Announced As Ogden Air Technical Service Command maps for its role in the reconversion preparations phase of the facts these have been announced: emergency 1. Civilian employes will receive regular pay for last Ideas Win Cashfor41 Workers Suggestions Save $37,750 In Year's Time suggested cash awards amounting to $1600 were presented to employes of OATSC at a special award ceremony held this morning at 9 a.m. in the headquarters control room by Col. P3ul W. Wolf, commanding officer. These suggestions made during the month of July will result in an estimated annual saving of says Don H. Johnexecutive secretary of son, the suggestions award committee. Forty-on- e $37,-750.0- 0, Employes who made the suggestions are as lows: prize-winni- ng fol- Philip L. Adrian (Montrose, Colof) generator holdin? fixture. Alvin J. Ashby (Woods Cross. Utah) cvlinder holdinir fixture. Williard R. Barlow iSalt Lake City) cardboard hendine fixture. Georire M. Batchelor (Olden) armature bearinsr puller base and a generator wrench. nut armature shaft Gennre M. Batehelor and Everett P. Perkins (Montrose. Colo.) fixture for as- testing clearance between the sub-bas- e Continued On Page Two week's "victory" unless they were absent without excuse the day preceding the Wednesday-Thursday holiday. Employes who were required to work during the two ' days will be given equivalent time off as soon as practical. This was announced Tuesday by Major Bruce Strong, chief of civilian pertwo-da- y holiday, . sonnel. 2. The discharge of enlisted personnel who have 85 points or more will be speeded so that all except a very few with rare skills will be returned to civilian life in the near future. Other specific information has not been received as yet, although it is anticipated that Hill Field will play an important part in the conversion from war to peace. Reorganization to meet changing demands is ex pected. Official V- -J Day will not likely be a holiday, unless President Truman makes an official announcement of a holiday. Previously the president indicated that official V- -J Day would be a day of work. All changes of personnel will be made according to established War Department Civilian Personnel regulations and rules set up by the Civil Service Commission. Many of these rules were Continued On Page Two ATSC Reveals Work Done Chinese Air ... or American Force insignia to be painted orK, man, puns me i on a number of Penance edules rrtory Ball OATSC Works On Planes For China ' Tnsitrnia of the Chinese Air Force was painted Monof a day afternoon on first "Curtis of number 3 ffomhd Sat"day, fid fht test hanar W.,'hicf 'of PeopIe wIH (Jn'Jance; lnpl ,:,! . Wnied hiel 1. ? iVver o Wallace the main- - al,wed to on th field u,,e guest and ;.hanga" 1 and vvuaiKu C-4- 6s - Field to Start Classes on Good Health program of extensive the Hill by education health Commando" cargo planes Field medical section industrial with a being modified at Hill Field will begin next Mondayaccord.nff achandling:, food class in for shipment to China, direcDon C. Sparks, OATSC cording to Lt. Col. Harold education. health of M. Younger, assistant chief tor classes will be available and of the maintenance division. to These all employes on the field nuon cargo Several of these huge will incude instruction good etc., food handling, are trition, ships, which are brand new, habits and Practices, and for health Field venereal disease being modified at Hill Exdiseases. Instruc- occupational Chinese. special use by the tSn will be suPPleenatedhrt tra fuel tanks and oil tanks are distribution of pamphlets, flooring being Installed, special On. Page Two C-4- rfS cardboard now being: modified at -7 G Continued On Page Three An World War II By Radar in One tification Friend or wmftHT FIELD. Ohio of the war's most closely guarded secrets how unseen aircraft can be determined as friendly or hostile was revealed today by Headquarters, Airas Technical still anService Command, other job performed by radar for the Army Air Forces. "Pearl Harbor made us realize how important it is to be able to identify planes as well as locate them," said Brig. Gen. F. O. Carroll, former chief of the Air Technical Service Command's Engineering Division. "Radar DETECTED the Japanese' planes all right, but had no way of RECOGNIZING them." 'The American experience paralleled that of the British," continued Gen. Carroll, "in that it proved the need for some reliable system of aircraft recognition in any system of military defense. The tragedy of Pearl Harbor might ' have been prevented If American radar had been equipped with IFF (Iden ment" Foe) equip Big: Aid to British According to Colonel George F. Metcalf, chief of the ATSC Radar Laboratory at Wright Field, the successful use of IFF was at least partly responsible for winning the battle of Britain. The accurate identification of planes as they approached the island, he explained, made it possible for the British to make the most economical use of their fighter planes during the critical period of the blitz. British search radar tracked and located all planes, and IFF equipment identified them as friendly or enemy. If the plane was hostile, its location was relayed to the nearest fighter patrol. By remaining in touch with the ground radar station the fighter pilot was accurately and quickly "vectored" to his target. IFF operates on a simple On Page Two prin-Contin- ued |