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Show Y3f& ''"""SHED ;rlfenn : riBMM WAF Happy Birthday, n r mil- birthday cake honoring the WAF's 9th an- 10 are (.leu nivcrsary ngni; majw oeairice i. u Acosta, Chief of Base Services Division; Lt. Col. W. J. Hall, Executive; and 1st u I Rnnth Chief nf Stpnnrntinnc ;i n r Pnlicfmont i are of members the WAF currently statithe only two women oned at Hill AFB. At one time, approximately 120 WAF were . XliTl 1" ..a AAA J i Thorn o r.ftl nmir ftTft" wmvcia aim u.uuw eniisiea jssignea iu uiu. "; The special cake, which boasted nine WAF in the Air Force today. candles was presented to patients at the base hospital. OB ft n AT KAYSVILLE, UTAH ftFi n n JULY 12, 1957 Gets m n rs n irfdrine a special 1 1 Annual Drive ? 1 AF Aid Society Begins July 29 Force Aid So workers have been appointed in gets underway at AF each of the organizations. es throughout the world Mon No solicitations of civilians' will day, July 29. be made. However, civilian work Personal contact will be the ersAllcan join if they so desire. contributions between $1 and aethod at Hill AFB to contact all entitle contributors to a year's $.j0 military personnel during the two- in the society. Conmembership week drive, according to Lt. Joan over tributions $50 automatically Booth, base AFAS officer. Key e memgive contributors a do have not AF personnel bership. to be AFAS members, however, AF ANNOUNCES to obtain assistance from the society. 5 The Air Force's latest all- Contributions to the society go weather into the general fund unless fighter interceptors have been sriven nnmp The designated by contributor Convair educational the for fund, Lt. Booth supersonic inter The stated. ceptor, assigned to ADC opera general fund is used tional units in 19a6, becomes the to provide emergency financial as "Delta DaffErer" Th sistance to AF personnel and their Convair now in productdependents through approximateion for future 250 AFAS chapter and sections ly to assignment ADC, will be the "Delta Dart." throughout the world. Both names are Founded in 1946, the society curhawi ah th aircraft design rently helps some 30,000 AF perconfiguration, uic ueua sonnel a year with loans and grants wing. Hill Top Times Is Winner In AMC Contest annual Air The ciety ra Robey, 00AMA commander, announced today that Headquar Air Force, Alaskan Air Command, and the Air Materiel ters, Command have approved the transfer of a new mission to Ogden Air Materiel Area. Ogden AMA will assume depot level responsibilities for the Communications-Electronic- s facilities in Alaska. I drive life-tim- in-ord- speci-ficial- ly F-1- 6, totalling nearly iff ft First The Hill Top Times was named winner in a recent Air Materiel Command Base Newspaper Judging contest, according to an announcement from AMC. The Hill Top Times racked up a score of 96 percent in the AMC Class IV category (population of 10,000 and above) in the first quarter judging. The local base newspaper was judged in competition with newspapers from San Antonio AMA, Sacramento AMA, San Bernardino AMA, Middletown AMA, Warner Robins AMA, Mobile AMA, Oklahoma City AMA, and Tachikawa Air Base, Japan. The Hill Top Times is a of the Information "Services Office. Edjtor is Mrs. Dorothy G. Nelson. $3,000,000. MOI's Off : ft S enre As Prototype Arrives and mate to the a series of "Voodoo" jet fighters scheduled for running and rePair at Hill AFB has been set up as a prototype for A small project of reconnaisance maintenance planners to for production line. arrange a full-scaversions of the 4 s, slated last the be will in July, has been disassembled An TP.SO nrmpc.t IS nOW production JV"01 ntenance technicians and serve ana win in full swing ErS arf establishing work to Ll ?S anf skills needed to over- F-1- 01 Jfirst of F-1- 01 E F-10- le 2. F-8- !L SJ2f toplane as wel1 as Parts the program. overhaul of the SUpport Full-scal- e cr0rswmbcgin8on,c- - a ni&h performance Vbein Phaset into the fiehtL I101 l3 Stra&i Alr Command. by McDonnell St. Louis, Mo. jufactured It a 7 jet engine of 10mJhsthrust, the pe u Capable of better than it is Su6peed3 in level flint- e f altitude?. Perating at high - craft the AJJ three major F-1- 01 gives aircraft mand. To accomplish this new workunder the load, an jurisdiction of Ogden will be set up at Elmendorf AFB, Anchorage, Alaska. This detachment will be manned by approximately 500 people. Initial stalling of the detachment will be made by transfer to Ogden AMA of personnel cur rently holding the positions. Hill personnel who accept jobs in Alaska can be assured of overseas benefits and a position at Hill when the Alaska tour is over. At the present time, the work is beiner done bv 441 military. 40 civilians, and 02 contract personnel. These will be transferred to Ogden rolls. Target date set for Ogden assumption of the Alaskan workload is October 1. Yesterday, an advance cadre of 14 military and civilian personnel from Hill AFB departto ed for Alaska aboard a 4 conduct surveys to determine workloads, capabilities and resources required to assume the new responsibility. Hill AFB personnel who left for Alaska as part of the advance planning" team include Col. Jerome W. Jackson. Director of Person nel; Lt Col. D. B. Emery, Chief of Quality Control uince; major H. G. Talmage, Procurement; Major M J. Cress. SuddIv: G. E. Rob- inett, Supply; S. W. Upton, Ground b. L. uunKie, Communications; Ground Communications: Walter A Martin. Chief of Civilian Fer snnnel; Georee W. Dean. Comp troller: Walter D. Batchelor. Comp Presented June Honors Two military men. renresentiner he cream of the crop of Hill AFB's nersonnel. have been enlisted named as the base's choice for noncommissioned officer, airman of the month honors for June. Master Sgt. Francis L. Motter, 4077th Radar Evaluation Flight, Sgt. Motter A1C Delaney picked as the month's top for his work as a flight en- aircraft belong ineer on a 0 ing to the radar flight. Junes outstanding airman was Airman 1c J. B. Delaney of the 2Sth Logistic Support Squadron. He won honors for his ability as chief clerk of the 28th's opera tions section. Both men were nresent at SDecial ceremonies in their behalf in the office of Lt. Col. W. J. Hall. Hill AFB executive officer. Native of Ottawa. Kan.. Set. Motter served two hitches in the Marines since he entered the serv ice in 194.1. In 1950, he enlisted in the AF. The sergeant was assigned to Hill in January of this year following an assignment with the Ground Observer corps in Springfield, 111. Sgt. Motter resides at Hill Gartroller; Jerry U Blatter, rngnt Homes with his wife and three den Operations; Kay U. Wright, comptroller: A. D. Freeman. Mainten children. Airman Delaney, native of Greeance; Harrison W. Davis, Plans and Programming; and John L. ley, Colo., has been stationed at Hill AFB twice since he enlisted Davis, buppiy. in the AF in August 19."5. He was assigned to headquarters 1J."3 and squadron in January-Ma- y returned here in August 10T5 from Guam. He lives in Clearfield with his Genera wife and two children. Hi3 wife Wflchincrtnn (AFPS) TVinmas D. White recently was is the former Marian Fielding of wnrn in as the new Chief of Staff that city. of the U. S. Air Force to replace Gen. Nathan r . iwinmg wno De- comes Chairman of the Joint Chiefs ISSUE IN of Staff. 2 Editorial At the same time, Gen. Curtis 3 Head New procurement Air LeMay, former Strategic 8 Writing to Congress Commander, was sworn in as on the of fill to the Vice Chief Staff Happenings 9 Hill nnst ften White vacated. 11 10, is Chief White the fourth General Sports Short Story Contest of Staff since the Air Force be12 winner came a separate service. was NCO B-2- C-5- THIS the second of the a,St modern fighter twln,ed here fr overhaul Mayr?airJ" recent months. In 1U APt,an arrived at Hill lation, depot maintenance, and Sup ply support of many Aircraft Control and Warning (AC&W) sites in Alaska. This work was formerly done by the Alaskan Air Com Military Pair Gen. White Becomes New Air Force Chief is Air- - rate7!rtiAby AF't6!;1!1 is "The theater-wid- e mission of de pot level support of facilities in Alaska marks a significant expansion in this base's responsibilities," General Robey said. This means that Ogden will be in charge of engineering, instal ' innk over the first F401 supersonicovctFIRST "VOODOO as a nrototype for a century.Series serve to arrived fighter which to beR.n in October. ? h?ul Pro-- am aircraft projectas" a for the toruicou to serve " full-sca- ie 1"n4i Hm- - |