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Show Gillothand Stoudf win officer awards HILL AIR FORCE BASE The winners of the 1990 12th Air Force Lt. Gen. Leo Mar-quez Mar-quez Maintenance Officer of the Year Awards are Lt. Col. Vaden R. Gilloth for Field Grade Category and Capt. Kenneth E. Stoudt, II, for Company Grade Category. Instrumental in the selections was the work done to become the first wing to successfully complete the Block 40 F-16 CD conversion and the first wing operational with the LANTIRN navigationtargeting pods. Col. Gilloth is the 388ih Aircraft Generation Squadron commander here at Hill AFB. He is currently deployed to the Middle East for Operation Desert Storm as the 388th Tactical Fighter Wing (Provisional) (Provi-sional) assistant deputy commander for maintenance. Capt. Stoudt is now in the 388th Component Repair Squadron. The award is given annually to the top maintenance officers in 12th Air Force. Awards are also given in other rank categories. Winners at this level go on to compete at Tactical Tac-tical Air Command, and from there, to Air Force level. "It's an honor to win this award, but I'd like to recognize all the Aircraft Air-craft Generation Squadron people," said Col. Gilloth. "If it weren't for them, I wouldn't have won the award. The people who work for me are the heart and soul of this award. I might be sitting at the top, but it's the people who work on the flight line and other maintenance shops who have supported me with excellence and who have gained the superior statistics." Although the 18-year Air Force veteran was cited for several accomplishments ac-complishments while at Hill AFB, he said his maintenance team has produced top results whether they're at home or deployed. Some of these include a record mission capability rate while deployed and a flawless deployment to the Middle East. ' 'We have achieved superior capability rates better than anyone thought we could," Col. Gilloth said proudly. "Our aircraft are in top condition. They rarely break down because of the dedicated maintainers. When they do break, we fix them fast. ' ' Capt. Stoudt also credits the people peo-ple doing the hands-on work. "The people in the Aircraft Maintenance Unit are the ones who won that award. They made me look good they are a great bunch of people," he said. Looking to the future, Col. Gilloth said he and his maintenance team face the challenge to continue producing such high results-something results-something he said will be no problem. prob-lem. "My motto is 'excellence breeds excellence.' When you set high standards, the team will pull together to produce the kind of results that helps the maintenance squadrons win these kind of awards." |