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Show Page HILL TOP TIMES 14 October 26, Electronic Lighting Svst em OnRunwa xrAlmostCom plet Defense Official Briefed At Hill A top Department of Defense research and engineering official visited Hill AFB this week for briefings by Geh. Coupland and key staff members' and visits to various Ogden AM A and Air Plant 77 facilities. He was Dr. R. A. Montgomery, who is assistant director of strategic weapons in the Defense Installation of a $268,740 electronic lighting approach system to be; used by aircraft landing at Hill AFB is scheduled for completion next month by Cache Valvv ley Electric Co. elec22 includes The system tronic, or "strobe" lights, each of ." Force-Boein- g night and during weather condi tions requiring instrument' fly- & . Pilots report that the lights make it easier to spot the runway when approaching the base. They also enable the pilots to better judge where to set down their about 25,000 candlepower, spaced aircraft on the landing strip. about 100 feet apart and located Visible 50 Miles near the northwest end of Hill's On a clear night the lights will 13,500-forunway. be visible by pilots up to 50 miles and off Each light flashes on : away. once per second in ' sequence. Most of the "strobes" are set Members of the Hill AFB Officers' Wives Club met at the When the light closest to the run- on 14 wood or steel towers, vary first luncheon of the season recently. A sherry hour, lunch, way flashes off, the first" light ing from. 72 feet to 8 feet high eon and a style show put on by the Bon Marche of Ogden comes on, giving a pointer effect from the base. The other highlighted the afternoon. Enjoying the event are (left to to show the beginning of the run- "strobes" are being mounted in right) Mrs. L. W. Feagin, program chairman; the fashion way. the ground near the beginning moderator from the Bon Marche; Mrs. E. P. Donohue; Mrs, The lights will be on every of the runway. E. C. Hedlund; and Mrs. Don Coupland. The towers also are being opened 22 years ago, its initial equipped with high intensity will which remain repair assignment was modest: lights landing one cargo aircraft and a few at on constantly during the night - e i. 1" i (Continued from Page 1) time or during instrument flying ngm uomDers. During Force. Air the terns throughout World War II, thousands of Robert L. Bloomquist, Robert E. conditions. bombers and fighter-typ- e workloads Hill AFB's aircraft The new runway lighting sys Sims, Rul Nielsen, B. V. Havard, rolled off the repair lines, the When also continue. depot tem will be operated by the air Curtis Gardiner, Robert C. Burt and John E. Berry, past presi- craft traffic control tower. In stallation is being supervised by COMPONENT HOMES COMPLETE FINANCING dent. The National Defense Trans- the Army Corps of Engineers. Help in Contracting and A is oran Association "Everything for a New Home" auxiliary gen portation inalso of is erator installed and ganization being by military dustrial transportation people Cache Valley Electric to operate organized to promote coopera- the new system in case of power Layton, Utah tion between the various seg- failure. ments of transportation in ef. , Department. Accompanying him was Brig. Gen. Samuel Phillips, BSD Minuteman director. Dr. Montgomery's visit to the base was part of a tour taking him to Vandenberg AFB, Malm-stroAFB, the Boeing Company plant in Seattle, and BSD headquarters at Norton AFB. The Defense official arrived at Hill on Monday and departed ot Officers m Charles O. Topper, Chief of Anniversary 4- - 1 1- iauK.-i,yp- air-cra- Di- vision, Supply and Transportation, was elected president of ihe Utah Chapter of the National Defense Transportation Wives Enjoy Luncheon . Charles O, Topper Elected President of Utah NDTA Transportation Operations Associ- Sub-contracti- ation. Other officials elected were Brig. Gen. Earl C. Hedlund, honorary president; Claude R. Wade, vice president, rail; John Kelly, vice president, motor, and Vincent J. Gannon, secretary-treasure- fecting transportation preparedness as being one of the nation's Board of directors are Charles strongest guarantees of national J. Fischer, Keith M. Sargent, security and peace. 350-kilow- ng att Bestway Building Center r. I MEET THE 28TII Navigator Has 8,000 Hours Flying Times 5 I Major Donald J. Irwin, Standardization Navigator for the 28th Air Transport Squadron, is a master nav' ' t:Z ' sr.?1 v an 3lw igator with over 8,000 hours to- . j tal flying time. A native of Charles City, Iowa, Major Irwin became an Zt aviation cadet during World War II. He was Irwin assigned as a combat crew memHe was shot down ber on over Hamburg, Germany on June 25, 1942, captured by the German forces, and held as a prisoner of war until April 29, B-1- " V 13 NCO Speaker Noted skier, mountain climber and arctic and antarctic explorer, R. J. Goodwin (above), will speak to of Headquarters Returning to United States in January, 1953, he was stationed as a at Ellsworth AFB. bomber the in navigator June, 1953, marked the begin ning of his association with the Globemaster when he was assigned to the 4th Strategic Support Squadron at Ellsworth AFB. In June, 1957, he moved with 4th SSS to Dyesa AFB, Texaa, where he remained until C-1- 21 36 ui ed officers OOAMA and 2819th ABW at n the dining-ischeduled for Nov. 1945. 2. Goodwin's he scientific left At the end of WWII, and the service and was recalled to mountaineering expeditions active duty in 1948. He was have taken him to Africa, Canastationed at Westover AFB in da, Alaska, Hawaii, Antarctica, the Military Air Transport New Zealand. Philippine Service. In June 1919, he was Islands, Greenland, and Japan. transferred to Travis AFB to He will tell about his Antarctic assist in the forming of the 512 Crossing and show colored Air Weather Squadron. An slides of the adventure. The overseas assignment to Japan dining in will be held at the followed where he flew 57 com NCO club beginning at 5:30 p.m. bat missions in Korea. B-- 1962 it was deactivated in 1961 when he then transferred to the 28th LSS at Hill AFB. Major Irwin's military deco rations include the Purple.IIeart, Distinguished Unit Citation and Air Force Outstanding Unit Ci tation. He resides with his wife, Dorothy, and three children, Diane, Scott, and Judith, at 6062 S. 2200 West, Roy. 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