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Show HILL TOP TIMES 24 Page August 26, 1977 National Guard help ase control tower gets 'face-liftinr 1881st 'carries 1 While the Air Force Control Tower at Hill AFB was for closed recently modifications, air traffic from the control operators Communications 1881st Squadron kept business going from a mobile control tower positioned nearby. Meanwhile, members of the Utah Air National Guard's Electronics Installation Squadron from Salt Lake City began to renovate the permanent tower, supervised by Communications Group from McClellan AFB, Calif. They installed a telephone key system and retrofitted the existing control tower console. This enabled common headset operation of both radio-wir- e modes and audio portions of the control tower and radar approach the of personnel 2049th are a first-ter- m airman from one of the following major metropolitan areas in the western United States, the Air Force may want to put you on television: previously-selecte- d circuit recording. life. The commercials will be shown in the TV viewing area of the airman's hometown, and will give a local phone number for those interested in the Air Force to call. Barbara, "Tests have shown that this approach in 'telling the Air Force story' to young people is very effective," says Captain Gina Martin, director of Also, Air Force is seeking Branch for Detachment 608. "It's a matter of credibility as well as identification. When young people watch television, they often put themselves in the shoes of the person on the screen and say to themselves, 'That could be me!' And this identification with a peer also Seattle and Spokane, Wash.; Portland, Ore. ; San Francisco bay area, Sacramento, San Joaquin Valley, San Jose, Fresno, control units in the Visual wanted for First-terme- rs If you the monitor and two remote recording capability was provided to replace new telephone key system superseded the old telephone call directors, and a television A trolley. the imAccomplishing provements on what already has been the "Air Force Cort'rrot awer of the Year" (1974, 75, ?6K were the system. - The Guardsmen also expanded the range capability from 16 to 20 channels. Flight Radar room were relocated to an overhead 130th Position Santa Bakersfield, Los Angeles, San Bernardino, San Diego, Calif.; Salt Lake City, Utah; Denver, Colo.; Colorado Springs, Colo.; Cheyenne, Wyo.; N. El Mex.; Albuquerque, Paso, Tex.; Phoenix, Ariz.; Tucson, Ariz.; and Reno, Nev. airmen from within the following anywhere states: Alaska, Hawaii, Idaho and Montana. first-ter- m USAF Recruiting Detachment 608 in Salt Lake City plans to feature airmen in 10 to television commercials that show Air Force nd believable." the following team members: Mr. Ken Taylor and Sgt. Steven W. Belton, McClellan AFB. Utah National Guardsmen TSgt. James H. Burgon, Jr., Sgt. Gary R. Anderson, Sgt. John B. Hall, Amn. William J. Hennen, Sr. Amn. Robert D. Kent, Sgt. Ronald B. Olsen, Sgt. Melvin D. Roper, Sgt. Orval R. Sorenson, MSgt. Duwayne R. Tannas, Sgt. Jonathan B. Woodward and TSgt. Robert B. Wright. commercials TV home with a message that may help them decide their futures. Airmen from any of the mentioned areas who are interested in appearing in an Air Force commercial should 5 to call Salt Lake City for an interview. arrange 524-407- Koadto riches. Advertising and Publicity makes . center control g' message Hill AFB, with the assistances of Det. 8, 1365 Audiovisual Squadron. Photo Filming would be done at AFA Take stock in America. Buy US. Savings Bonds. have arrived at the U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo., with members from every state, two other countries and representatives from five minority groups. women. one from Dominican Republic OUR strange-lookin- g " . the The minority groups are represented by 188 men and women. f respectively. are There There are 77 blacks, five of them women. Black men represent 5.4 per cent of the men in the class and black women are 3.3 per cent of the women in the class. also n new class including Puerto Rican women. According to academy ficials there are also Asian Americans number 45, including nine women. The group makes up 2.7 per cent of the men and 5.9 per cent of the women in the class. Spanish-America- total ns 49 with five of their number women. 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Women make up 11.1 per cent of the entering minority cadets, and 10.26 per cent of the total entering class 1978 MODELS 1977 Cadillac six men and 11 Puerto Rican cadets in the American-India- ZivWT 1977 CADILLACS TO MAKE ROOM FOR THE were They selected from 8,550 men and women who sought appointments to the academy. The figure is the second largest number of nominees in the academy's history. In addition to cadets from each of the 50 states, there are two appointees from Costa Rica and WE'RE MOVING OUT NO MEN ON THE MOON class of '81 has varied backgrounds The freshmen, Class of 1981, 153 program. It is an important program that needs your help to reach young people back - The WA THfi; vehicle in the foreground may resemble a moon rover, but it's actually a mobile control tower. The 1881st Communications Squadron recently used it for operations while the permanent tower in the background was undergoing renovation. (U.S. Air Force There are 1,501 cadets in the class including 1,348 men and That, basically, is the the behind reasoning production of Air Force television spot message T&y: S-- "The airmen should be graduates of a local high school in the metropolitan area they are from," Captain Martin added. 376-122- 8 |