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Show 4 Volume Bid Goodbye to Friends, PUBLISHED FOR HILL AIR FORCE BASE, FEBRUARY 16, 1951 Fellow Workers and Families Number 4 497th TECH. GENERAL SUPPLY SQUADS REPORT FOR ACTIVE DUTY TODAY Approximately 30. Hillfielders Exchange Their 'Civvies' For Air Force Uniforms 1 Early this morning 130 Hillfielders reported to the base as usual but these men didn't clock in at their customary places o work. Incerestead they reported in to "first sergeants" for mustering-i- n monies which started them on a tour of active duty with the Air Force. These 130 employees of Hill AFB, along with 60 other men from nearby towns, are members of two air re- an t rr , r----- ;r; Ml I II Box ' Factory Uses duty in view of the stepped up Almost 100,000 Feet Of Lumber Weekly Workers in the Hill Air Force base box factory believe they can build a box around anything and they are called upon daily to prove it. When a rush order comes through for a wing for a big bomber, a crew of workmen from the box factory in the Supply Division get right to work and, in an hour, have the wing ready for shipment. However, ' no job is too small, either. Other workmen build boxes just big enough to hold vital plane parts about the size of an ordinary . alarm clock. Both the sizes are just routine for the box factory at Hill, for 'rom all parts of the field, members of two air re-squadrons recently ordered to active duty, were idding goodbye to friends, fellow-workeand famine. (Upper left) George Holbrook, former civilian tiie Comptroller's office, but now Tech Sergeant the Air Force, kisses his baby daughter, Carol inn, goodbye. (Upper right) Keith E. Nichols spends 8 last day a a civilian on his job in the inspec-o- n and inventory section, assisted by Pauline Steven-A- g a Master Sergeant in the Air Force he will m rs be doing similar work. (Lower left) Three employees of Hill AFB look over military clothes they will be wearing in the future. They are, leftAn-to right, Grant L. Miller, air installations, G.Samuel Thurston, derson, civilian personnel and Claud troop commandant. (Lower right) Robert L. Olsen gets help in packing his suitcase from his daughter, Janet. Olsen, a former employee of the Air Force as a Tech Sergeant. flight test War World" II, Olsen had 35 missions over During re-ent- Germany as a B-1- 7 New AF Jet, Soon in Production New Director of Supply Named .larch of Dimes ;ive Termed One J largest At Hill aerial engineer. F-8- 4F, NEW YORK (AFPS) A new jet fighter to be known as the F Thunderiet will go into production soon for the U. S. Air Force, accord ing to officials of Republic Aviation Corporation here. The new plane has sweptoacK wings and is more versatile than which it will replace. the The new fighter is capable of As speeds above 630 miles an hour. aea ground support plane it is more armament to carry signed than the F-84- Colonel Lloyd C. Smith has taken over as director of supply division at Hill Air Force Base and commanding officer of the 25th Supply approximately 1500 boxes of all sizes are turned out each day. They range in size from one big enough d oven to those to hold a holding plane parts so minute it takes a magnifying glass to find them. Approximately 100,000 board feet of lumber are used in the box factory each week, according to Arch Tracy of Ogden, foreman of the box factory. He added this was enough material to build 14 ordinframe houses and did ary not include the hundreds of reclaimed boxes that are used over and over again. Any size box can be made on the box factory assembly line. Power saws cut the lumber to size, then three different automatic nailers assembly the box into its final fornt. Tracy said it would take approximately . seven men to replace the work done by each of the nailing machines. Some pilots say they can fly the crates the planes are shipped in, but you can almost bet that one never told Tracy that, or he might have his crew installing engines on one of his sleeker model boxes. 30,000-poun- - donated in the of Dimes Drive con-- f at Hill AFB resulted in one group. e largest collections ever made He replaces Lt. Col. Hyman case, according to Lt. Oscar who is now attending Shachtman, jser, March of Dimes coor- - the Air University. Lf Col. John L Hays has been acting director JJarch of Dimes money has been of supply during the change in Natioal Foundation officers. 3A ,?ntl f paralysis. Half of the Smith A native of New York, Col. aDtP,.,Wl11 be "turned to local to recalled after being JPteri use here. comes here Force Air iveCnmunting on the successful active duty at Kelly He was Heuser Base, San Antonio, Texas. Air senior believed to be the only hu the "excellent reserve &s wel1 as a" Force tficer,fm.eA; tire San Antonio Air rSS? donations on the base to be recalled o active duty at came f rom the weather that time. cnment which in 1942, turned in oyer He joined the Air Force of director as 1947 "ion tn. prson- - Maintenance serving until AFB Z d ln 3605.64, which at Kelly more than a dollar dona- - supply Wo For seven years prior todirector new division supply Supp,y War II the campaign. was head of distribution ir i North ' uiT meaicai and' South America of the PhJm.e Hq Sqdn, 25th h Sbsq tT1 Headquar- - Sands. The giant Officers ces in San Francisco tnTir0-anpaw 11 l in d and varied interests. had many 4i?,fr?h of Dime dance. , Col After thenar ns & the total Robert Smithes Maintenance was $36, SSSln byof the board of directors ul!nS? 4Urned in y the 25th to or of Sears. Roebuck &ofCo., ""The Civilian Welfare Association recently elected new officers at a their ion tnntf?!pair Squadron in ad- development Force Base. Marvin G. Fisher, seated center, a meeting held at Hill Air mL donations. Philippines. U the new president. Seated right of the president is Don O. Stodl,Hm,"ey had originally been Standing, left dard secretary, and left, James E. Robison, member. uauparty Panned by the emergency. members Louis J. and H. R. custodian, Hinckley, is Major 1o right, the Legion luf P,anf for tne party L. Elwell, Darrel Anderson, and Emll A. VVirth, Adrian Cox, Arthur vuieu lu Lurii ofCMeHr aVnId" the University .' . Woodward. to the March of of Pittsburgn. ?7,344.37 ch - F-84- L, F-84- U. de- fense program. The 497th Technical Supply squadron and the 497th General Supply squadron, who received their notices for return to active duty several weeks ago, reported at Hill AFB for their first formation and roll call this morning. The two squadrons will remain at Hill AFB for several days to be administratively and' physically processed, according to Captain John E. Dayhuff, chief of Air Reserve Training branch. Training to further bring them up to date on military functions wil also be given them during their stay at Hill. Members of the squadrons will be allowed to return to theii homes each night at the end of duty 'aha return to the base every morning for roll call. , A few days after completion of processing at Hill, the two squadrons afe scheduled to report to Kelly AFB, San Antonio, Texas. - Air Force Expansion Program Evaluated Effects of the Air Force expansion program on the civilian personnel section at HillAir Force is being studied by an evaluation team from the western area office of the headquarters directorate of civilian personnel. The team will complete work here today. Object of the evaluation according to Roy C. Mesker, chief of the survey team which has offices at McClellan Air Force Base,' is a complete analysis of the problems which are arising with the new expansion. The seven-ma- n team also includes William B. Rivers, who is working here directly from Washington. He is supervisor of the western area which covers all bases from Denver to the west coast. New Civilian Welfare Council Elected for 1951 coojera-nttilov3ylCit0- ra di-ie- ed ifZJl FJ .de tj rhYork il, J rear Wh ,cSy" busi-gani- ze The Civilian Welfare Association, which supervises and sponsors all civilian recreational and welfare activities at Hill Rir Force Base, recently named Marvin E. Fisher of Clearfield as their president. Don O. Stoddard of Ogden was named secretary. During 1950 the welfare council, under the leadership of John L. Davis, loaned out over six thousand dollars to Hill employees during emergencies. The association also gave employees three thousand dollars worth of (jnrtstmas prizes. New members in the 1951 welfare council, in addition to Fisher of Maintenance division and Stoddard of Supply division, include Louis J. Wirth of Plans and Administration, Adrian Cox of the Base Executive office, and Rex L. Layton, Emil A. Woodward and Arthur L. Elwell all of Maintenance. James E. Robison of Supply won another term on the council. The civilian welfare council obtains its operating funds from the past-preside- nt profitsof the, clvJliaa.restaur.ant.-,.- . |