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Show i ft a i Ifi m mm mm ft ft ft ft kv mm ft f z m m r- - VCWLtWl 'jar,- - l:i 1 r- - . PUBLISHED AT KAYSVILLE, UTAH NOVEMBER 2, 1956 XT Hflfl LrU DuL 18 One Year Older On Nov. Rhea Kilfoyle, Employee Services, looks over will be awarded to eligible emservice." Over 2600 employees at Hill AFB qualify for the award. OF PINS PILE of the boxes of pins that ployees for "10 years of federal some rift aa 'Ten n !7" Yair" mi 0 By DAVE "... wind-blow- Hundreds of Hill AFB employees are currently being honored for img completed ten years of federal service. Approximately 2600 workers are eligible for the "ten-veaward" d are being presented lapel pins at ceremonies held in their organi ar Gi. D. H. Alkire Jen. Alkire Jill Retire Wober 31 zations. Bronze lapel pins, signifying 10 years government service, were recently received at the base for distribution to eligible workers, according to Mr. Roy C. Freeman, Chief of Employee Services. During the past year Silver lapel pins for 20 year service and gold pins for 30 year service have been presented to qualifying workers. Nine OOAMA employees have received 30 year emblems and 90 persons have been presented 20 year service awards. Of the 2600 10 year awards currently being presented, 350 are go mg to women. According to Air Force regulations, in order to be eligible for such recognition, an employee must have had at least five years of civil service since 1947, one year of which must immediately precede determination of eligibility. Mr. Freeman pointed out that the 10 year pins currently being presented represented 20,000 years of federal experience. ww-j- 1 1 . r- -. . "?tfctlanc fiT1 "' 4 n, days. As we mark the 16th anniversary of the opening of the base, Hill AFB and the parent Ogden Air Materiel Area, channel more than $50 million in payroll alone into the Utah economy. Other local exnenditures swell that total to d over $80 million. The facilities scattered around this 7060 acre installation are worth more than $77 million (replacement value). Total current UUAMA assets nassed the $760 million mark. The "field" has become one of the biggest of "big business." Any airbase worth its salt must have a suitable crop of airplanes to rumble through the clouds, lne Hill AFB story of the expansion of and OOAMA is a story of airplanes and the changes wrought on the "flying machine" since the days of 1941. ' In Official History The official history of the "nrHen Air Service Command" marks the arrival of. the first air on a transport craft facilities field Air 1941. 22, April en made nvimit.ive the 3 ,aro headthe by night landings guided car. light beams of a staff was ioiiuweu ujr " 3 The stream of aircraft numbering in C-- 33 C-3- C-3- Annual Roman Catholic Mission Will Be Held At Hill Nov. 18-2- 3 The Reverend Rocco Perone, annual Roman Catholic preaching Chaplain Boleslaus P. Karpowicz. Th annual tireachine mission Brig. Gen TV .... tt Pre from ' active a- - Alkirei. Will will begin on November 18 and v " eo? iir Hill onnrimin t.hrnue'h November Z6 wwa weeK IOUOW '? nearly w years of militarv mce. Encrineerincr. He left the Univer IT. . in 1923 to accept an appointsity U fnsferred to Mill icq i ment as a flying cadet at the Army Logistic Flying School, Brooks Field, Texas. He was commissioned a secona aed that Wer. transportation lieutenant in the Army Air Re serve in 1025 and received his After t; . commission in the regular Army effective Air '31 the year. His Corps rt lJuw1 enterthe Uni- first assignmentfollowing was with the 6th Pursuit Squadron at Wheeler Field, Hawaii. He returned to the United States in 1930 to become a flight instruct-o- r at the Army Air Corps Flying OCHOOl LKe Pit.. tK in 191ft nnH r School at March Field, California. During World, War II he served 111 we School of Civil (Continued on Page 15.) m HEFFERNAN In early 3941 one of the first employees at the newly established Ogden Air Depot described the infant base this way: Everything is covered with snow ex cept that part which is covered with water. The two elements are approximately evenly divided. left off my snow shoes this morning because today we need hip boots and boats!" Hill AFB has come a long way in the 16 years since those water-logge- I 7th .. with a full scale of religious serv- ices for Catholic personnel. Monsaid Daily masses will be 6:30 a. m. at Friday through day servwith m. evening 4:30 and p. A tt. 7:30 p. ices beginning at available for be will box question those making the mission. Evening services will close with benediction and the missioner will bless religious articles. Confessions will follow the services each a Chaplain Karpowicz said held in Te will lowship meeting the chapel annex each evening following the night services. At the same time he issued an invitation their defor Catholic to participate pendents and friends in "this revival of the religious pei-sonne- spirit." l, i ,, I, -- tr 1 HAPPY BIRTHDAY, HILL AFB! Joan Sodenkamp, secretary in Stat Services, admires a birthday cake baked by the civilian cafeteria in honor of the 16th birthday of Hill AFB. The cake features miniature planes and appropriate inscriptions. Nov. 7th marks the 16th anniversary of Hill. The day will be observed with "work as usual." the thousands. Soon after Pearl of the jet engine become common Harbor the new base began work place as Hill AFB takes its place on and bound in the world of super-soni- c speeds for the Alaskan Theater. In April and stratosphere flight. B-of 1942 the famed "Flying Keeping a eye on the fuFortress" made, its first appear- ture, OOAMA wary work prelimibegan ance on the Ogden production lines. nary to receiving a workload on Other WWII projects saw work the "Voodoo," an aircraft done on the rugged 7 "Thunder- capable of slamming through the bolt," the 4 and 1 "Mustang." sound barrier in "low." Just around the aeronautical corAfter a breather from 1946 to 1950 Hill found itself again en ner, guided missiles wait for their gaged in the business of overhaul cue to appear on the OOAMA ing and modifying aircraft for scene. bound and combat as In Sixteen Years for Korea rolled off the hangar In 16 years Hill AFB has grown lines. from a jackrabbit's playground to an installation of multi-millio- n dolGoodbye To Props Korea, however, marked the lar valuation. During those 16 years and downfall of the propellor driven or the men who fly the aircraft who those work on have them Com The aircraft. reciprocating showed us that seen almost unbelievable changes munist Mlu-1- 5 take place. a good one and a only jet could sweep the Korean skies free From the 3 to the is a of enemy fighters. "giant's step" but a step taken in stride by Hill AFB men and women. As for the future trend and began work to alter base "hand me facilities to fit the needs of the my space helmet!" foot runway, jet age. The 13,500 United third longest in the States, new repair facilities and additional warehouse space were forecast. IN THIS ISSUE: During 1956 the plans became reality. Over 100,000 visitors heard Military Personnel Get a death knell sound for the "recips" 13 Dosimeters September 30 as a sonic boom ofnew the runway. ficially opened Supply Moves Largest Item 3 World of Super-Soni- c Speeds 12 The Hill repair hangars still Sports house a few of the "ancient" proOn the Hill 5 peller driven aircraft but the major workloads for the depot stem from 4 Editorials a jet interceptor the 9 and and a jet fighter. The piercing wail Four get 3 awards 's, P-4- 0's P-39- 's, 17 F-1- 01 F-4- B-2- P-4- B-2- 6's a Paulist priest, will conduct the mission at Hill AFB, according to fel- " mi ii. B-2- C-3- F-8- F-8- 4, 20-ye- ar F-1- 01 |