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Show PUBLISHED FORHILLAIR ra:f FORfF cdihav m, I AFB Integral Part of Utah Ctsimonity Life - February Man-of- -i 1 r" he-Mon- NUMBER '' 1 Maintenance th Huge Man Given Personnel Contributors Payroll Wayne Baker "To the Land of Zion came a great screaming bird, there to build nest where its young might find a haven during a life and death struggle to clear the skies of a dangerous enemy. And to the people in bird left a golden egg." the Land of Zion the great feathered historians might someday write concerning Hill Air Force Base, Hill Field, Utah. For when the Air Force needed an air base somewhere in the west to supply --and maintain its fighting forces during World War II, Hill Field supplied the answer. Costing the government Personnel at the air base are to construct, the Kime $31,000,000 masters of almost all the known 'golden egg" today nourishes the trades. The field is actually a small State of Utah and its inhabitants the tune of $16,040,389 annually. compact community. It boasts the States largest and busiest airport; But not only is Hill Air Force three fire stations manned by 60 kue important to Utah financially, time firemen; a police lis a vital link in the defense syst- full force ( a barber shop, garage, serem of the entire nation. All types vice station, bowling alley, post of4 planes including Superfortresses, church fice, telephone exchange, ike only which bomber the house, machine shop, a street heavy deAir Force has in quantity, are beto keep its 53 miles of at modified and brought as up to partment in repair, a power plant, fcte as possible; thousands of roadways radio station, and Western Union winds of equipment and supplies ve being sent to Air Force bases office. It also has departments set up to dispose of garbage, sewage, .Ironghout the world to keep preset aircraft operational; and the and other waste materials; a water and reservoir. we itself is of strategic import-uc- e department - The men and women who form on the airways to Alaska. I 130 carloads of the life blood of Hill Air Force Approximately base come from all over the State pight are received by the base of Utah. However, about 35 of the n installation's e warehouses help comes from that goes to make 15 Lake Salt from and me 2 million only square feet of stor- City. The remaining workers reside ADout 46 carloads are shipped between and beby rail each month. To handle in communities rail traffic, the base has about yond the two largest cities . . . . some driving daily as far as miles of track running through with Provo, Brigham City, and Morgan. 3,515 acres. An additional Billions of dollars are being spent pounds of freight are flown m the field preparedness and each month besides by the nation for of dollars are bemillions it Which is peace shinned hv tnirlr Workine at this hlicra inh nf nun. ing spent by Hill Air Force base. however, the money is not tad maintenance for the eight Actually, invested it is spent 'wwrn states of being Montana, Idaho, in the peace of the being for air world, "nington, JMorth Dakota, South is power! peace power a, Wyoming, Colorado, and are SOmp S57Q molo -- illta-703 Women. This ia rnmnnrnl Trophy Award By A. The February trophy was awarded to Clarence th a So-th- e to 55-m- an Og-de- B GIVE TO nt annnw-ialmost 60 women. The civilian payroll amounts to a million dol- a month, while the 461 military onnel & War time nen- ly 17,000. of which - rfy one ayear.. CONQUER CANCER MONTH OF APRIL the ho and a half million dol- - Designs TltffflWiiiBlfTnirTinnii m ihii i Brig. General Wm. M. Morgan presents the trophy to Clarence H. Manning, civilian chief of maintenance communication section for outstanding accomplishment of an transmitter station near Spokane, Washington in record time. Man-of-the-mon- th air-grou- nd Col. Wightman Named Comptroller Fort Benjamin . Harris, Indiana Colonel R. M. Wightman, comp-fh- e troller for Hill AFB, has been named as comptroller for Fort Benjamin Harris, Indiana, Headquarters 10th Air Force. Col. Clarence M. Sartain has been named to succeed him. Colonel Wightman transferred from Spokane Air Force Base, where he was deputy commander, to assume the assignment of depon uty for administration at Hill assecond 1947. His 4, September signment came March 31, 1948 when was made acting comptroller, and on April 14, 1948 he became comptroller, a post he held up un til his departure from this station on March 24, 1949. On the day of his leaving, per sonnel of the comptroller's office gave Colonel Wightman a unique desk pen set on which his name was engraved in his own hand writing. Before reporting to his new post, Col. Wightman took leave to go to Spokane to visit friends. Man-She- Die d I jUt w 1 v fa ' f' xs f ""'"fc-- ZZZr a 9 the indispensable and vital parts ofmaster-contrB-2- ol non-magne- tic 800-pou- nd rs . 't WAP ' ' W0d pattern shop, maintenance HJtef-controheir 55.UnJ.I,,rvood 8heetB l footrests EKP he designed for making r hiwakaire nor loss reportea iro w' "nproved method. 1 is the footrest, Equipment Brought turret. It From Rome AFB in the seat upper installed under the gunner's answer. is the Wood It must material. of must be made Machinery, conveyors and allied sig oirt h. durable and dependable to the Nth degree. Realizing theWeband supplies of the equipment Tom nificance of these factors in the construction of the footrest, Rome AM A, N. Y. engine repair it a method for making superior section, which has been ster, of the wood pattern shop, devised methods. since 1945, is now being disin the factory by obtained past to the results and hurried VIA aircraft mantled one sheet of plywood having The factory method employs the use of to Hill AF Base. of an inch thick. The roughly W. B. twelve layers of wood, On March in a mold and held there Edward Birch,22, Wilford Crawford, placed W. Stagg trimmed part is steamed thoroughly, at Hill from the and Lloyd B. Slater, all of mainuntil it is dry. Not only was this method impractical tenance division, together with and standpoint of time consumed reWm. J. Nelson of supply division, the equipment tied up, but tne in- a hail tons per square men was left Hill and flew to Rome, N. Y. exerted on the plywood, with the to make advance preparations and sults were far from desirable and dependabilresult that after an period arrangements for transporting of sofar as durability four and of sep all needed engine repair equipment drying, "curing" for this base. ity were concerned. d arate plywood layers became ONE Constant breakage of factory-produceOn their return trip, Mar. 26, and purposes. So 3700 footrests, with its attend- to all appearances pounds of machinery, etc. was pre- great and effective was the pres- brought back by plane. Another material, and time of loss ant sure of the die that the glue was plane left HAFB Mar. 29 for the sented an obstacle, which George wood-mi- ll "pushed" thru the wood purpose of bringing back another F Fairbourn, foreman of the cir- actually and was visible in tiny 5,000 pounds. Six men from Hill layers were left there, to stay about 30 branch decided must be specks on the outer surface. accepted Webster days, to dismantle and pack the cumvented. Tom or valuable No during engine repair machinery watching checking -the challenge and s8ignmen,h: to its being rushed preparatory was came this soon up required. period pressure and out delay schedules. here manuby subsequent and cost of The only actual for the design producing All equipment thatplane transnot is man-si-emafacture of a the wood foot rests is in the be will air prepared by re portable terial used and the man-houdie. re for rail shipment. to insert and glue, four trim, quired he placed Tnto this of Actual work on fheets of plywood move the piywooa rrom tne cue. circular-cu- t Hill section at the of engine repair considerable Tho breakage which had been thoroughly factory-mad- e footrests has been Field will proceed with dispatch with glue on both sides. noted, after approximately 12 upon the receipt of this equipment. in diameter, h Eifht To date approximately 200 perof use, the method devised StSted on'the top side of the die, months sons have been assigned to the has its Webster Tom proved an by with were tightened downthis suof footrests value of repair section. Fifty percent engine by producing portion wrench. When "new hires" the remainder was completed a perior quality with no loss from were were transfers within the base. phressPure 0? approximately one and breakage reported. One of d, if man-of-the-mo- Engine Repair one-sixteen- th Iff H. Manning by Brig. General. Wil liam M. Morgan, Hill AFB commanding general, Monday for sup ervising the relocating of airground transmitter, station near Spokane. The job took twenty-on- e days instead of the sixty estimated. It entailed moving the facilities three and one half miles while maintaining continuous operation of the station on all radio channels. Mr. Manning was chosen for the award after the committee decided the pros and cons on four recommendations submitted. Others recommended for the award were Naomi Wise, Air Inspector Office; Richard Tingey, Supply priority handling unit, and Julia A. Burke, station hospital. In accepting the trophy and citation, Mr. Manning stated that in all his years of working, this is the first time anything like this has 'ever happened to him. The ceremony was witnessed by Colonel James S. Sutton, deputy command ing general; Colonel Charles B. Root, directorate of maintenance; Capt. Richard E. Potted, chief maintenance communications; and Major Eugene S. Ciolek, chairman of the commit tee. Manning attended the University of Utah three years and finished his schooling at the Branch of the University of Paris, France. He has worked for both the Department of Interior and Department of Ag riculture, later transferring to Hill AFB maintenance division in January of 1942 where he is still assigned working as civilian chief, Maintenance Communication He and Mrs. Manning live at 1548 Hollywood Avenue, Salt Lake City. They have two daughters, Marsha Gail and Carolyn. Wood Pattern Shop Man Improves Factory Method Foot Rests For Mfg. B-- 29 of 24 H one-inc- 18-m- ch |
