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Show U. S. AIK FORCE I .1 ISSUE: THIS IH . rl Conference..-- Spirit' . c,1r Eclipse Housing Project- unitary School.-.- Bible v,,k, , p Campaign .- - ,,- August m- 2 1961 I DtSert 30 Survival .... i The ' i i... , ITtah. of Air Force Looristirs Command If I. Reeled with the Department of the Air Force. Opiate an official expression by the Department of the A,r The an endorsement by the Department of the Air Force o? the m , F4c p,ed ,,L , ii Ill wZTZ nictfeu ,U,h- T UerS' V a . onll.-- l . Tflv Kaysv,1!"' i? f at U.ll fiim. - "J ' " l'uive 1-- n o Rep aoreo L.HKC. com.i.lei-e.- "ut uW"-t- July li, 1!)33 Flired enu reman .Receded MIssi&s Two Ogden AMA ? 15 wu? ' PUBLISHED AT KAYSVILLE. UTAH l Sstic-f- - Life l irerce Aid A"? Promotions It. InV AEROSPACE POWER FOR PEACE r 3 vt i q D . so far in successful firings ICBMs' returned here from Vandenberg AFB, in Ogden Air Materiel Areas missile maintenance and returned to the California site for test firings. Both "rehabilitated" Minutemen were fired within days of each other with the most recent firing on July 5. The missiles, Dai Fun according to reports from the range officer, performed like The score of Minuteman Calif., repaired shops (MAMS) is "two-out-of-tw- agoon ated Ay a. 10 thoroughbreds. "II ill AFB Day at Lagoon" OVERHAUL. Maintenance directorate employees Gil Larsen and Lynn May-berrto left right, put finishing touches to a Minuteman missile sent to the MAMS complex Vandenberg AFB, Calif., for repair. The missile, and a sister ICBM from Vandenb- MIXUTEMAN from erg, also y, repaired here, were fired successfully at the California site recently. The firings the quality of Ogden AMA's missile maintenance work. demonstrated 21 JULY 'Swift Strike' In 2705111 A yffff Machine Termed Operafcai an elaborate and "flrth I South Carolina and beginning July 21. The United States Strike Com- wnd joint exercise will con-.M- e through Aug. 16 and dur-- f the The slogan of "Back America's Best" kept paying off for the Falcon Foundation Fund Drive, even after the June 30 deadline, as final and complete tabulations showed $6,320 donated by civilian and military base personnel, said Col. E. R. Casey, base project officer for the campaign. The amount was twice the base's goal. Ogden AMA officials say that the 24 MEV machine, or "linac" as i t is technically known, reduces overall inspection time for the Minuteman's three stages from about 316 hours, using an maexisting but smaller "X-rachine, to 21 hours. Periodically the huge ICBMs are returned here from deployment areas for detailed inspection and repair and then returned to the ites. k ationa. The y" air nhase will the entire area of the preliminary Le over re while actual maneuvers will air-grou- nd take place 2nystcand ,i"rl!l "f Fayctte- - Technicians Needed JeI'tire nation will be A crew of some 14 military Adams, technicians operates the equip(;;S,bV9en I1l ment. The specialists, under the ""rt'cipatir.g forces of direction of 1st Lt. Paavo Prima, - OT.inprt-.A. t' -- I'wm Air.j 10 .L. are liinv uie ofttiU toirmana ' e lattlcul Air Command muniassignea HiH AFB, ir,n Winir at 'nn the Cire of the exer- - The wing has world-wid- e r airForce Fponsibility for Air nt.nued n Page 8) on Page 8) (Continued 1 ' Air Force Reservists of the 9 1.1th Troop Carrier Group at Hill Air Force Base will assemble at the base July 20 to begin their annual summer trainings period. k This period will be the first for the unit since it -- was reorganized into a Croup from a Squadron (733rd) just after release from active duty during the Cuban crisis, A full schedule of training is planned for the citizen airnifn whose home towns run from Jackson Hole, Wyoming, and . y. . Pocat"IIo, Idaho, on the north, to Moab and Monticello, Utah, Nearly AW j v ' re-(- I Air Force. Navv J Personnel F4 I nnkffml PrnnranK v : pw-- "- . .... X. - ; on the Houth. Planned in the two weeks arc training1 flights to Alaska, as t.v.u Other mobilitiy exercises, disas-'o- r control exercises, training at Pine View Parr1, various airdrops, and spe-:ieven's to b" nn.rretj later r" r--t water-surviv- .V Ti A disassembly process followed and component parts routed to the various Maintenance Directorate shops, such as cabling to the cable shop and arm (Continued on Page f) 1 . Mi . l Air Force and Navy personnel are attending joint ' "(('nica suhnort rnnfprpnrn here. JUiy io-.Vs th" newp,t Air Force Tactical fighter which also; u. NaTr' The Air Force 18 byin morc lhan lt(m a i rr fa ft Don. frifieJ,'.C,enCoupland, Ogden Air Materiel Area com- -TJVrMenafn lhe 77zzr. "King ravy Col. G. A. Simerat, chief of the A(,miral F-- 4 Division. Ogden AMA ayy Aviation on Page 8) Supply flb,7un t - n'r 1 Disassembly Process two-wee- ! ! plex. rcop Carrier Group Becilns vCBveek Encampment r- CMfer OH J -- P" 1 1 l 1 3, self-destructi- neriod soldier f1'1 airmen will participate in ptrsified air and around orwr- four-wee- 1 1 G3-00- on veaof some 7.500 square miles f territory in the states of Georgia event. . n 11 f ree rides win lnciuae ine "erris Wheel, Whip, Merry-go- Round, Lake Shore Express, Flying Crazy House, Rockets Scooters, Baby P.oats and Bulgy the Whale. Several other rides "X-ray- More (AFNS) airmen and soldiers participate in ed are being negotiated with Lagoon officials, said Jack Woods, " the chairma:. of the event. The world's most powerful industrial production-lin- e Free tickets will be issued to machine is now in operation at Hill AFB. all civilian employees through Built by Varian Associates of Palo Alto, Calif., the electron volt radiographic linear accelerator is part of the Min- their supervisors, Mr. Woods uteman ICBM support complex being operated by Ogden Air said. Additional tickets for other family members will be issued at Materiel Area technicians. Lagoon gates by showing the The machine detects flaws in FOUNDATION FALCON Minute-man ticket or Hill AFB badge. solid propellants used in All base employees and their motors. A flaw could cause TALLY-S6.3- 20 FINAL are invited to the party. families erratic fligh; of the missile or Washington ethan 73,000 the Civilian Fund Council, sponsors of the k X Y.Raw fcSawfc Hi AFB Involved the annual family frolic for base will be held civilian personnel Monday, Aug. 10. Reduced rates for swimming, free rides, free parking and several hundred dollars in gifts are being planned by members of The first missile to be received here from Vandenberg, Numb?r arrived at Hill AFB in February 19G3 for modification and compliance with new Air Force technical orders on the second-stag- e motor. It was brought to the base by rail, one of several methods Ogden AMA's Supply and Trans portation. Directorate, as transportation manager for the weapon, utilizes in shipment to and from the launch sites. The missile was enclosed in a shipping and storage container which is temperature and humidity controlled. The missile, according to Bbir Wilcox, head of MAMS, was taken to a disassembly-asscniM- y building in the Minuteman conv ed al rl , vill t ENCAMPMENT Ll. Col. Burton A. M?'.;iilrh CoPimanJer, (left) 9 lth Troop Carrier Ciroup with Maj. Bex A. Iladley. two-wee- k encampment Group's Emerson It. Laveland, Group Operations Officer, and Capt. TWO-WEE- K di.-cur-s- navisalor. r ro.-r- d o-i- t t'e Hriod which on Au;n!?t Ar; an a:!d';d feature, the new !)!V!i recruiting van will be mn';ing a circuit tour through thr intermountain area during LL eucaaiyaituL 54 |