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Show PUBLISHED FOR HILL AIRFORCE BASE, FRIDAY, JULY 22, 1949 32 NUMBER GENERAL CHIDLAW VISITS HILL AIR FORCE BASE Praise for the scenic beauties of the State of Utah and the industry of the workers at Hill Air Force base came from Lt. Gen. Benjamin W. Chidlaw, deputy commanding general of the .Air Materiel Com mand, when he visited Hill AFB. this week on a tour of inspection. At the completion of his tour through the Supply and Maintenance divisions, Gen. Chidlaw was high in his praise for the work being done by the workers at Hill. After inspecting the facilities at Hill AFB, the three-sta- r general Airman-of-the-Mon- th addressed a group of civic and business men at the Ben Lomond For Chosen Hotel in Ogden. Topic of his speech The title of "Airman of the was research and development. , for June, was won by Cor Month" To emphasise the importance of of the time in the research and develop poral Lacy Ray Godwin, Base Medical at 2791st Complement ment program of the USAF, GenA gold idenBase. Force Hill Air eral Chidlaw asked the group what was presented to would happen if during World War tification bracelet Godwin Brig. General by II Germany had equipped their Corporal M. luftwaffe with planes William of Morgan, Commanding the base, in a recent and had had guided rockets or General missiles two years earlier than they ceremony. did. Each month an award is made to enlisted man In commenting on what part Hill the most outstanding base. Military Air Force Base would play in the stationed at this air on their neatfuture of the National Military personnel are judged General Chidlaw ness, 'military bearing, response to Establishment, national budget commands and general knowledge the that stated for the Air of military functions. and appropriations Forse would determine the exact Corporal Godwin is a laboratory status of the base, - but there was technician in the base military hosa big role planned for Hill Air pital, where he has been stationed Force Base. ,He added, however, for approximately a year. He has that if appropriations were sub- been in the Air Force- for 17 stantially cut, Hill Air Force Base months. Corporal Godwin is quarwould feel the cut along with other tered on the base. He comes from Raleigh, North Carolina. military installations. June ed , - Flight Test Employee Receives Highest Civilian Award win pumnia - JJ Genera! AITR Benjamin W. Chidlaw, Deputy Commanding 'en?rl,Ji' Brig. General William M. Morgan, Commanding General ert L. Stewart, PIO, is in the background. Ben't To HILL FIELD Be Rushed MAKES HISTORY Death! It has been nnti h that ttw and serious violation traffic safety at the intersection e Hill Field-Laytjf road and J Highway 91. HiU Field driv- Jave been observed to make a turn onto Highway 91, and ,. jr turn auui.il, uuua ng traffic and creating a haz-t- o cara traveling in both the and northbound directions. n repeated on -- lu-i- Patrol Jflfehas Highway been notified of this P2? and to take action to eliminate a. rosary wither hazard at this uoint. udLHii1,fielder8 traveling south negotiating this particular in- J? afety rules and stay in the to onto making their en wiU Proceed ir,ul Highway 91 tot foil nurin Protect r.I ectr,esthemJt - you . . . u takes very effort and courtesy cent careful and ithiB ,per v5f, law and it gives a u "i conscience nnd n t me y 5?ificeW0SSe "r-u. be ?52". w iV, J To accurately and fully tell the semstory of the Air Force, a iannual history of all activities of Hill Air Force Base is now being to Joseph prepared, according area Materiel Air Ogden Jones, historian. ato'' widMstafL Captodn The first Exceptional Civilian Service medal to be given to a Hill Air Force Base employee was presented Friday to James J. Hayes, Hill aircraft mechanic, by Brig. Gen. William M. Morgan, Hill commanding general. This is the highest award made to civilian employees of the Air Force. He was given the award in recog nition of exceptional service as an aircraft mechanic for voluntary and courageous action in extinguishing fire which occurred in a v air craft at the storage area, Hill Air Force Base, June 20, 1946, which not only minimized the danger to the aircraft but also prevented a conflagation among the approxi supermately one hundred 8 fortresses stored in this area. Haves and four other mechanics were installing a booster pump in ts-z- Planes Readied for Shipment to15 Iran train primary Approximately in planes are being readied at Hill Air Force Base for shipmentto the Iranian government, accordJne to Brig. General William M. Morean. commanding general of Hill AFB. Shipment of tne pianes is being handled by Dade Bros., Inc., an engineering export pack aging firm. are be- ThP 15 airplanes, in dismantled at Hill and packed will nto five boxcars. The Pa., to rail Reading, be shipped by re be completely whPre they will ior made and ready conditioned flieht. When completed, the planes N. J., will be flown to Newark, a aboard freignier ior for loading shipment to Iran. at Twice a year the historian re- together Field Hill gathers Hata. Dictures and h other' information of historical im portance to be cmPcu narrative history of the activities of the field. contains information acSut6 history organiza iona mission, the and aom structure, activities and solutions plishments, Pblems Jones Mr. HiU, at of each division Is tne accuracy Complete stated. . TL. i, i f priori as he edits . to him by material submitTed of the nn na W1LI1 Mnaf iwAnt develop- .n. ti division and LUC lllvo each section . to ThrOUKn puDUcawu" base. sent to education of AFB histories are - utfrtrips. the military . "i" Air Materiel Comof the members and future armed services is developed. from histories to tne Air sound made permanent records. a public under. . . Vila. BU Dower of n- i tu contaiformation . Jones said. oefen and training to keep B-Z- aircraft when wing of a 9 fire suddenly appeared in the wing and bomb bay sections of the airplane. They succeeded in extin guishing the fire in the wing but it continued in the bomb, bay section. Without regard for personal B-2- danger involved, Hayes climbed through the tail of the aircraft toward the bomb bay section and extinguished the blaze. Except for serving a year as flight engineer and gunner with the Seventh Air Force during World War II, he has worked in Flight Test Section at Hill since . 1942. He and his wife Kathryn, a former employee of Cost Accounting at HIU, live at 1346 Edvalson St., Ogden. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Hayes, 2219 Madison Ave., Ogden. PT-13'- s, bi-pla- tM f"- planning m 4 Aimdm:( m 1 i General of Hill AFB, Commanding Brig General William M. Morgan,test Exceptional James Flight i. Hayes, employee, theif iwt presents CoL C. B. Boot, to a awarded medal Service Civilian Directorate of Maintenance, witnessed the ceremony as did all of flight test personnel. |