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Show ' " FOR HILL AIR FORCE BASE, JUNE 23, 1950 'Sarge and Son" )rill Competition Imbe Reserve Units Undergoing Active Duty Taining At Hill AF Base )f CAP To By TSgt. Elbert E. Green Former gobs, leather necks, ground pounders and fly boys are wearthe same uniform now at least those who are on a two weeks' tour I Over 300 teen-ag- e ing boys and girls active of AFB. Some of the Air Reduty with the Air Reserve frill arrive at Hill Air Force Base to servists were former members of the Army, Navy and Marine Corps larticipate in the Civil Air Patrol others are civilian employees of Army, Navy or Air Force bases in this western regional drill team area. Now they are all in the Air Force and being trained in the Air to be held July 2nd and ' Force way of life. rd, according to Captain Werner in the services," said SSgt. Willis is difference little there "Actually, J. Goering, Aic. Force-CA- P Liaison L. Wilson, a former sailor. Officer for Utah. "The training I'm getting is really interesting," states TSgt. Her man L. swafford ot K.aysviiie, 2Utn Air orce veteran and storekeeper Eight drill teams consisting of 34 :adets with 5 alternates will com-)et- e at the Clearfield Naval Supply De-- T oot. "Air Force methods have at the meet. The teams arc rom North Dakota, Oregon, Colo-adchanged materially since I was in a, the service they are more effiArizona, California, cient. With the Air Reserve I am Washington and Utah. They vill be flown into Hill AFB for the getting a chance to compare supneet by military air on Sunday ply procedure here at Hill with those of the Naval Supply Depot Tuly 2 and leave Monday evening. and it's giving me a better idea of These teams are the champion what's going on." Jrill teams from their respective Training for the Air Reserve cor states, having been chosen by con-:es- ts program is conducted ollary There will be fewer and fewer held previously.. The team to With as little classroom in Utah tvin this competition will compete reports work as possible, according to Maj- skies as oftheflying saucers ivith the champions accus becomes from four public of chief S. or Edward Richard, tomed to seeing Hill Field based Dther regions and then-ithe namilitary training. tional competition held later this jets flash through the blue. All The men are learning quickly summer summer. long, sleek swept-win- g to jets and readily adapting themselves The drill- will consist of marchithis work. Men of the Air Reserve will be operating onout of Hill for the Wendover ng, presenting arms, inspection, are learning supply from one end gunnery practice and executing various command to the other. Some are being taught gunnery range. and marching drills. They will be warehousing, inspection, inventory When these fast 6 fighters and stock control," Major Richard first made their appearance judged on execution of drill, miliin execuand said. appearance, tary bearing were deluged Utah, newspapers re in "The ultimate goal training reports of the appearance of serve personnel, states major with drill commander. saucers. A check with flying The drill team from Colorado is Richard, "is to. provide trained re Hill's operations quick section so that that in every report of showed rl an placements in specific jobs team, consisting of 34 flying in the event of national emergency, saucers within recent girl cadets with 6 alternates. The there months, run in and help : they could step other teams are all male cadets. have been jets flying into or out of Air Force activities." Members of the Air Reserve re Hill AF base. ceive four paid drill periods a The jet fighters which will be . Model Plane month and are called to voluntary using Hill as their operating base 1 ffrI I m.$m active duty for fifteen days a year, while on gunnery maneuvers are Hill Will Be Held Two of the 400 reserve officers and airmen receiving active duty The four drill periods are com based at Larson Air Force Base, A qualifying meet for interna at Hill AFB are TSgt. Elmo L. Hansen (left) and his son bined into one Saturday and Suntraining Lake, Washington. They tional model plane competition will Private Gerald E. Hansen. Sgt. Hansen, a civilian employee of Hill day each month each drill period Moses are of the 92nd fighter members be held at Hill Air Force Base July Publications distribution. A being four hours long. AFB, is supervisor of warehouse group. Of the same type which hold 2 and 4th. The meet will be open veteran of World War II, with SO months spent in England, France the present world speed record of to the public. and Germany, Sgt. Hansen is taking his two weeks' active duty 670 miles per hour, the small planes on section. service much facilities sold in the Be Scheduled events call for control To Supply's Very training Training Fighter have been nicknamed the "Sabre" an to was Hansen for recruit his line flights and free flights by the Air Force himself, it easy job Sgt. g because of their trim, in Britain son into the service. Gerald has signed up with the Air fast and highly maneuverable design. when time to be he'll a looks the forward like Force and models. Officials of the meet state "sergeant The WASHINGTON (AFPS) Some of the pilots of these "squirt that some of the jet models are Pop." Sgt. Hansen lives at 3 Marine Drive, Washington Terrace, tentative Air announced Force has with his wife, Ruth, and has another son who'll "be old enough to are seasoned veterans having capable of flying 175 miles per hour. jobs" enlist In a couple of years." plans for a fighter training pro flown conventional type aircraft Competition has been divided into for three classes: freshman-junio- r two days and two nights of con gram to be conducted at its British during the war. Others of the group contestants up to 16 years of. age, are 21 year old "kids" just out of unuous running or tne IBM s in bases next fall. Services cadets. Still others are men who seniors 16 through 20, and open for will A squadron of 25 jet planes order to list all information con those 21 years old or over. There Process : , fought in World War II with the on account t the tamed cards. This oesem. 10 i.gmnuj iu !v.uC Reports are no entry fees for any of the forceg an(j jater got their grQund is first time that this section to mat now proviaea i wingS similar Statistical Services Section of hasthe events and no admission fees will ing had sub the of responsibility Hill Air Force Base, has been be charged for spectators. the quartermaster and en for medium bomber groups in the All together, they are a bunch of mitting that AMC notified two Headquarters lower State winner in the by to AMC. United Kingdom. report who are flying jets because properties gineer guys divisions will receive a scholarship the reports concerning Quartermasthey love to fly. to a university or college of his ter and Engineer will be entered Hill Now Based choice and an expense-pai- d Said Lt. Ray Matera, 25 year old trip to through their section. exthe international meet at Detroit. and former football star The additional reports are of acfor the University of Minnesota: Trophies will also be awarded to pected to increase the volume count cards for the IBM machines You are really flying when you're winners of each event. in a jet Full information and 'entry to about 135,000 for QM properties you don't fly the other blanks for the Utah contest may be alone. Dee Mayhew, of stat servtypes of planes, you drive them like a truck." obtained from any Plymouth dealer. ices, estimates that it would require Under the present schedule, there at will be about 12 of the 's the summer Hill throughout months. As one bunch of pilots ir their course in complete First Lt. Christ T. Economos to MSgt. Neal M. Moss their return will gunnery they First Lt. Harry W. Rodgers MSgt. Gerald M. Wheelwright Washington base and a new bunch will fly down to Hill. First Lt. Robert P. Burt Sgt. Sherman J. Barnard II. Fearn First Lt. Kenneth G. Lester Cpl. John "Ordinarily it takes about an for the 580 mile trip to Hill hour Killed in line of duty June 14, 1950 in a 5 airplane crash base from our home station at AF on Spruce Knob near Circleville, West Virginia. Moses Lake," said 1st Lt. J. P. Jet Propelled" Koprock, detach mission their Our comrades, brave and strong, have completed ment commander of the planes now Assigned by man; and at the call of their Supreme Commander Hill. "Our speed depends a lot at Have received their higher mission in realms beyond. on whether we have tail winds. or headwinds. Planes like we are flyTheir voices, their presence, their smiling faces we miss ing have been known to average So very much' but still in memory they shall ever with us as much as 710 mile3 an hour on Remain. "They live on earth, in thought and deed, 6 fighters from Larson Air Force Base, Moses Lake, Washingjet operational flights." As truly as in heaven." ton, are now operating out of Hill AFB for gunnery practice on the Is it any wonder then that Wendover gunnery range. Six of the Jet pilots are shown posed in To those precious wounded hearts called to bear so much, front of one of their Utahns, unaccustomed to observing They are (left to right, planes. these sleek sabres as they knife Let this be our comforting thought, "Earth has no sorrow top row) Second Lt. Bob Fogg, Second Lt. Joe Hancock, First Lt. John Harris, First Lt. George Leitner, Captain Jack Owens and Heaven cannot heal." through the air, are reporting the First Lt. Stuart Laurie. appearance of flying saucers? )e Held July 2-- 3 at-Hi- com-etiti- on Jet Planes Give Rise to Reports Of flying Saucers o, Min-aesot- b" ' n - fMMa $ all-gi- C Contest at F-8- mi i- & y IL-- - WjlwV 7-- A, l Conducted sharp-lookin- A-1- to Statistical 4. Jets af ex-Mari- ne - IN MEMOMAM - F-86- air-to-a- B-2- F-8- |