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Show Popular Vocalist 1VAF Winner in Vocal ,1. it 1 Five Foot Two Contest Tries For Another Win at Great Falls AFB x i Twentv-tw- o vpr nU a or i..f v. divisions of the Air Force. iiiumas was judged as the girl to fern is planned that the final can It present Hill Air Force Base in me nationwide vocal contest to test between the winners of the and Western division will select outstanding classical and Eastern be held at one of the mninr thea popular singers from women in the ters, such as Radio City, Paramount Air Force fWAUM or Kew York tjapitoi, City, for one Peter Hecomovich, person week, or on a national network nel services officer. television broadcast", beginning on A2C Thomas' rendition of the or about May 9, Captain Hecomosongs "Blue Moon" and "Embrace- able You" at the local contest held vich said. The Air Force orchestra will play at thjs event to form a at the service rlnh Inst the highest acclaim of judges who complete act , .' A2C Thomas has been a member named her winner over two other contestants. The young WAF will of the WAF since last February. From Lebanon, Missouri, she was Compete in the nnnnkr eino-ic- r HUlgtUg formerly employed as a clerk division. There Weref no nlanoinal typist. vocali.sts entered in the Hill con- She is now working in the section at Hill. test. The brown-eveloct wait Wednesday' to aDDear in nnnthsr contest to be staged at Great Falls AFB. Montana with urinnprs frnm that area. Further run-ocontests Will be held Until winners nm chosen from the Eastern and West-- i. X tans-portati- on H Airman Second Class Ruth Thomas (above) winner of the WAF vocal contest at Hill AFB, left last Wednesday to compete with win ners at Great Falls Air Force base tonight. The contest is being conducted nationwide to select the best singer in the popular and classical lines from women in the Air Force (WAF) Air Force Alters Titles of Four Enlisted Ranks ff Hill Top Times By PFC. Warren Adler (AFPS Washington Correspondent) In a sweeping chancre desiened to increase the dignity and respect accorded to its senior airmen ,the Air Force has restricted its non-coVolume 5 Published for Hill Air Force Base, April 11, 1952 status to the tOD three errades Number 8 and has revised the nomenclature of its lowest four ranks. Effective April 1 grades from Face-Liftin- g sergeant to private were changed to the following: sergeant 'air man first class: corporal airman second class; private first class 520,000 airman third class; private basic Approximately 1,400 workers in Hill's Maintenance Engineering airman. No change in pay status directorate were asked this week to put aside personal convenience to will be involved. to Korea and to save an estimated $28,000 a week in This will cut noncom, status from help speed 's g A major is in store overtime, according to Brig. General A. H. Gilkeson, Hill's commander. five grades to three and slice the Until how, workers at the vital airbase worked a for the main entrance to Hill Air week with over-a- ll percentage requirements off. and for noncoms from 7.45 per cent to uhri.ivi of However, Saturday Sunday the aircraft Force Base as the employees of a sion and the manufacture and repair subdivision, plus other scheme to eliminate traffic hazards supporting S4.ll per cent. nave naa worn to overtime' snupa, the former policy, three and bottle-necat the south gate, on Saturdays to meet production venience on the part of some work- outUnder of four airmen were noncoms. ers but that "I'm sure they will according to Captain John T. Gol- schedules. Because of this, noncoms up to Under a new plan designed to bet- put the good of the base and the den, assistant air installations ofwere assigned to KP and sergeant nation ahead of personal desires." similar details. ficer. ter utilize facilities and space and This detracted from same time at the eliminate The new plan - for I handling the nearly basic tradition of noncoms bethe heavy traffic in and out of Hill calls all overtime, workers in those shops ing tiie backbone of leadership In for moving the south gate check- will now have Sunday off each the Service. ing station to a point near the old week but will rotate the remaining Harking back to the days when "Rocker club." A small adjourning day off. D-2noncom status was the 9's reaching According to Charles 'Pfeiffer, parking area for visitors will reachievement in enlisted crowning move a bottleneck at rush hours. general superintendent, shops diviAir Force hopes ' that the ranks, of the work With the relocating of the check- sion, the under this change much of the force will provide workers for two In former and respect will ing station will also come the con- extra shifts prestige on Saturday without solidation of the air police and civilbe restored to the noncom status. The last of also overtime. will need the for It approximately seventy ian guards headquarters in the reduce the number of workers The insignia of the top three on 9 Superfortress bombers are building formerly used for the each aircraft at will remain the same, but now grades in test one readied for thus flight time, being any "Rocker club." of the four ranks of J insignia to letting the remaining employees delivery toAir Force flying units, airmen wui oe the The purchasing and contracting work cnanged. No deLt. Col. Leonard M. more freely and more effi- according new for the office will also be moved to the sign insignia hast been Rohrbough, deputy director of announced, but Air ciently, Pfeiffer stated. Force spokesvicinity of the new gate so that The test section of the engine Maintenance Engineering. men defnew the that businessmen can have easy access say Two of the last three will initely will be in use insignia mid-195repair shop has been operating unto the Air Force by be buyers. the an for identical plan declared "RFD" by the 15th of The wearing of this new der past insignia The project is expected to be com- month, Pfeiffer reported. Readilly April. The last to leave the base will be phased in during an optionpleted prior to May 17, Captain Gol- accepted by the workers in the test will be No. 770 which right now has al period of wear depending on exden stated. To be a permanent cells, the plan has worked smoothly a heavy left wing. When the stocks. heavy isting structure made of masonary, the and efficiently, he said. wing is corrected, 770 will be picked Rank abbreviations for the first new checking station will dress Pfeiffer said the staggering of up by a ferry crew. up three will remain the same. grades the gateway to the base. inconin would result days off During the past three years that For those in the lowest four grades Hill workers have been working on it will be as follows: Airman First Reclamation Section Saves Everything they have done everything Class A1C, Airmen Second Class from complete overhaul to modificaOut the A2C, AirmanThird Class A3C, from Old Aircraft ir tion for Squeaks refueling equip- Basic Airman AB. Old airplanes, like old snlrhWn "tmierht be erounded and our soldier ment. Terms of address will be "airman" never die. They simply fade away forced to fight without proper air Hill mechanics will continue to for the lowest four grades. The and enter into tha framownrlf exf support. do area support maintenance work three grades of noncoms will reother aircraft to and Colonel Rohrbough said. main the same. six months period, on last the strengthen During sustain them in their Brown reports that inspectors esflight The Hill Air Force base reclamat- tablished a new high record of each Swift Sisters ion building, the boneyard of worn-o- completing 30 tags daily. This idenand classification proves the statement means the w oeaircraft, a fact. of using "all tification of thousands of individual or the pig but Instead the squeal foreman parts daily for each tag represents C. Brown and his employees the checking and handling of more paries the reclamation of screening than one part. "maintenance directorate At a time when Russia apparentHill save and use holds a great superiority in the everything ly om an old ,.. aircraft but the air over the free world, this inspecsqueaks. tion work represents conservation, ofD"rinS the plane's disintegration not only of dollars and natural rethe hands of skilled sources, but conservation of human "e parts are not thrown mechanics, on a scrap labor and the lives of soldier on the neap. They are put on an endless Korean battlefront. A little arithtcyeyor, which carries them metic work will clarify and emgh a cleaning and polishing phasize this thought: evpnf88', a Telr shop, and to Hill AFB mechanics are returnuse in another aircraft. ing to service 6 bombers for a t.ooliCann.i,balized Parts are not total cost of $36,500 each in labor of --mum. t... aircraft j cuter iucu' and materials. The ""'"c nut WbS.0 parts are segregated and designed to replace the 6 now packed for shinmonf costs $600,000. The difference in the late use in aircraft, some for cost of a new 5 and of reconsome f repair either ditioning a 6 new (and ?el22 ABB or mother base. Only cannot now be built fast enough to ESSert! sent to the wlvaede- - meet the need for them) amounts to dollars. more than a be?nyffiS system. Parts no longer Therefore, everytime Hill employees 6 for active Dlanf m&nufaured are secured for recondition an old Flying above the mountains surrounding USAF flight test center at like the 8 Edwards, Calif, are two swept-win- g versions of the 4 Thunderiet. and If duty, more than a half million dolKnown as the the fighter-bombfor ttte reclamation lars is being saved United States LrL version Is shown (foreRF-84- F dl5 ?22 V"29'8 and other planes taxpayers. This, It should be noted, ground) in close formation with its sister plane, the high-spee- d needed in the Korean conflict is conservation on a grand scale. photo reconnaissance plane. in m 'f v ' ) Rotation of 'Days Off in Maintenance Vill Save Almost Store for South Entrance to Dasc B-26- face-liftin- 40-ho- ur by-prod- ks , Last of Seventy Are Now Flight Tost B-2- B-2- 9's 3. B-29- 's, air-to-a- 8, ut im B-2- B-4- 5" B-2- It's "plane" to see why Miss Mary Lin Abbott (above) was chosen to represent Hill AFB in the forth- coming "Miss Ogden" contest. Lovely Mary Lin, who has blue eyes, naturally curly hair, and dramatic talent, works in the veri fication unit of supply and services division. Blonde Charmer Chosen as Hill's Miss Ogden Entry Blonde, blue-eye- d Mary Lin Abbott captured the top beauty and talent spot at the beauty contest held last week and was named the girl to represent Hill Air Force base in the forthcoming "Miss Ogden" contest, according to Rex Lay-topresident of the Civilian Welfare Association. In competition with three other contenders in the runoff held at the NCO club, Miss Abbott was judged first place winner by three judges from the Ogden Junior Chamber of Commerce who scored the girls on talent, beauty and personality. Miss Abbott's talent was dramatic ability. Miss Abbott will now appear in the gala "Miss Ogden" Pageant to be held in the Ogden high school auditorium on May 9. She will officially represent Hill AFB and is sponsored by the Hill Civilian Welfare Association. Two other employes who participated in Hill's Miss Ogden tryout contest entered the preliminary contest held in Ogden last Tuesday and came out finalists and so will also appear in the Miss Ogden pageant. They are Miss Phyllis Rus-s- el of civilian personnel who presented singing talent, and Miss Peggy Mary Mojas of Textile and Rubber branch, with dramatic talent. Miss Abbott, who "works in the verification unit of the storage branch of supply and services section is a Detite miss of 5 foot 2 with naturally curly hair. Weighing just m pounds ,ner nobbles are swimming, painting and writing. A native of Delta, Utah, Miss Abbott resides at 449 Twenty-Seven- th street, apartment 30, and has worked at Hill for almost a year. n, B-4- B-4- 5's B-2- half-milli- K on B-2- B-2- F-8- B-2- 9. el, er AF Delivers First Jots To NATO Nation by Air The first air delivery of USAF jet fighters to a North Atlantic Treaty Organization nation took place' recently when three 4 Thunderjets spanned the Atlantic and were turned over to the French government. F-8- |