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Show Tage HILL TOP TIMES 2 March REAL BONANZA Project MINT 'On Right Track' With Over 33.000 Items Processed Project "MINT" is proving toonly one of many. Numerous be a real "Bonanza" to the Air corrections have been made and errors continue to pop up as the Force. MINT of items are reviewed. A total of This is the opinion who AMA 6,733 corrections have been proofficials at Ogden the of project posed to date. say that results of value Records Are Corrected already show the constant- emphasis on More Air Force per dollar. MINT, which stands for Material Identification and New Item Control Techniques, is an AFLC-wid- e project with Ogden AMA playing an active role in the review of all items lor which it is assigned prime in ventory management Technical data, specifications, drawings and parts catalogues are being updated to reflect the most current information available. Stock lists, command records, and Department of Defense files are being corrected and correlated. Systems are being developed for electronic processing of acR. I, Rouche, Ogden AMA cumulated data. From a comchief monitor of Project MINT, parative analysis of the charac said that a total of approximately 66,000 federally catalogued items are subject to j scrutiny by personnel assigned to the MINT operation at Ogden -management inn Lead Crew In ADC Mission Gen. Hedlund (left) and Lt. Col. V. J. DeArmond, Jr., com- mander of the 4677th DSESq, check 'over mission plans as they prepare to climb aboard "Moby Dick", the white 7 of the 4677th DSES. They were lead crew in an Air Defense Command mission conducted out of Hill AFC Feb. The mission was an ADC tactical evaluation of selected units west of the Rockies in which the 4677th DSES acted as "faker" aircraft ((simulated enemy bombers) B-5- 18-aircr- 21-2- 2. B-5- 7s in an attempt to penetrate the radar screen and reach the bomb release lines of assigned targets before they are intercepted. Gen. Hedlund and Col. DeArmond were intercepted by Century series intercepters and theoretically "shot down" before reaching their target, proving that air defense forces are functioning efficiently. Get in The Swing of Spring GOLF SET SALE HRUCE WOOD SET Ladies or Men's ' ' ' 2 WOODS, 3 5 IRONS, 1 DOUBLE POCKET BAG 3 BALLS, 12 TEES th grips not rubber .otlsor ARNOLD PALMER Autograph GOLF SETS 5 IRONS, 2 WOODS, LAMINATED 1-- 3 LARGE BAG 3 BALLS 1 TEES $102.50 Value GOLF BALLS 5 for $2.00 HEADS REMINDER GRIPS 3 WOODS, 8 IRONS, 2 thru 9 1 CLUB BAG 3 BALLS TEES -4 Value $159.00 the i processing equipment win.'' ily determine interchangea' TV. 'dunl. ration The personnel of ivniN i were selected on theL sis of their specialty. TheSf! varied and include such m? as aircraft rept-,wu men, electronic systems insJ tors, supply inspectors, Ca.J lugers, equipment epeciaU y production controller, and brakes repair foremen J many owners. By grouping these nnncnJ skills, technical problems J iiigiwy minimized, and oeiays are eliminated. needy AMA. MINT goal is to reduce Air Force Stock item inventory by 30 per cent, according to the plan set by Phil Hannaford, project director at Wright-Pa- t terson AFB, Ohio. "We're going to meet our goal," he said. "We've had our problems, but we're on the right track now." Ogden AMA MINT officials share Mr. Hannaford's enthu-- ; siasm. They believe the Ogden MINT team helped to put the program "on the right track". Began in August This team began taking shape in August, 1962, and by the end of the month was completely staffed and training had begun. "September was plagued with pitfalls," Mr. Rouche said, "and the more we worked the rougher the going became. As soon :s it looked as though we were 'out of the woods' a new requirement would be added and we were right back in." The production report for September looked very discouraging, he said, but by October most of the problem areas were resolved and the team really be?an rolling. FRIES SHIFT i for saving at STATE SAVINGS j i j Just add to your account or start a new one and take choice of the appropriate gift at State Savings, where savings are insured to $10,000. your your I j gift per account) $100 OR MORE (One DELTA KOMPACT lantern with battery . ! y " - 43 ( p- fit wf $50 OR MORE cotton bath towel 100 hand towel and cloth. HH.IHfWl"'.llly.M,ia RSaSgqapiaaa $200 OR MORE i.E. ELECTRIC ALARM CLOCK . These clubs have leather full-leng- of each item, Choose your By Feb! 1, .13,812. items had been completed through Phase I (the project to be. conducted in two phases) representing one-ha- lf of the' Ogden AMA 1-- teristics $gg50 NADCO GOLF CARTS $14.95 prime items. Target Date Set A target date of April 30, 1S63 has been established for completion of Phase I. Of the 33,812 items, 11,330 have been proposed for withdraw from the federal system through the coordinated efforts of the inventory managers and the MINT personnel. Lt. Col. John R. Lindgren, chief of Materiel Services Division which was assigned Project MINT, said, "Based on past performance to date, we are confident we will meet the goal of 30 per cent reduction as established by AFLC." Although item reduction is one of the most significant factors in the project, it remains PLAID CAR with carrying R0BB $50 OR MORE YOUR CHOICE place setting . IMPORTED TRANSLUCENT CHINA place setting ROGERS SILVERI'LATE by Oneida, Ltd. arh Additional time you add account. lfi-- e 126 octtinm only $2.76 or mora to your iavin Elim Lutheran Church EXport 575 23rd Street Ogden Leonard E. 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