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Show U. S. AIR FORCE r AEROSPACE POWER FOR PEACE aitt7777.77. JUL (mi rState of Given by General Coupland SIMM'S tfjJJJMULL Commem! fleview' Maj. Gen. Don Coupland, Ogden AMA Commander, re- "State of Command .Review" to cently gave his all key military and civilian management personnel. Here are some excerpts from his talk: semi-annu- al highly-importa- nt published every other "c Command. U newiajer i. publi.hed by Inland Printing Comp.'y? K7,"ato f wriJJrV.S MimrTment of the Air Force. Opinion. epreel by publi.her. of the Air Force. The appearance of adverti.eme'u ,"td il ",""'h irrffi'i' ""fuyThJ DeUnent of the Air Force of the product or aervice. advert Tb Hill ,. 1-- "T VOL. IS PUBLISHED NO. 17 "'" 1 uuhCL'V "r .wnInJ ri I ia ihi! n.ui?J AT KAYSVILLE. UTAH V 1 , .'" " IW . txa yiMiMtHiiiiMMiyWiiiv """"d'" Once again it is time to reciitute view the accomplishments of AUGUST Ifi IQfil the past six months and to shape a course for the coming months. This type of direct communication with you has proved to be a most satisfactory method of keeping our key people apprised of .the significant developments at Ogden AMA on a periodic basis. Let's take a look at some of the more important happenings which we have experiA Treasury Department enced here in the last few with 11 stars attached months. was presented to Hill AFB at ceremonies inursday in recogThe visitor business has 11 nition of the base's 19Cr sav- picked up. We have had visits from very important people ings bond record. . Gen. Don Coupland The special flag was pre- representing nearly every as- - .Maj sented by William II. Neal, pect of industry and local and federal government. Our visitors continue to be very favorably impressed with the manner special assistant to the secre- in which we are doing our job. tary of the treasury. Mr. Neal also is national director of the The Air Force Logistics Command field performance re U.S. savings bond program. view, commonly called "General Bradley's Horse Race", has This performance review Mr. Neal presented the flap: to been a recent innovation AFLC-widon selected factors such based a is method of Don Gen. depot ranking Coupland, Oprden Maj. Air Materiel Area commander on as: tut rate, responsiveness, depot processing ume on requi behalf of base personnel. The sitions, stock items on back order, (reduction of inventory), Utah air base received the right maintenance configuration management, civilian sick leave invento fly the flag for its outstanding rates, age of procurement purchase requests, record of 9G.7 per cent of its tory accuracy, and others. 11,500 civilian personnel buying The ranking factors selected for the Horse Race Probonds. gram although important, are not the only important areas , Bond figures also show that in which we should strive for improvement. It is possible to both military and civilian per- get a "win" position in the Horse Race and still miss the boat d PARTY PREVIEW Pretty Barbara Allison and her sonnel at the Utah air base pur in d giving top service to the customers who depend upon us. son, Bret, take a sneak preview of the in bonds This some chase in preparation for the big Hill AFB party at Lagoon danger should be recognized by all of us. We must direct each year. toward our logistic support of our weapefforts All Monday. employees and their families arc invited to the Air Force Logistics Com ons and Nevertheless, free outing. Barbara is a travel coordinator in Maintenance's keep your eyes on the weapon systems. mand. in a message signed by as to how we are index a will good boards. Administrative Support Branch. give you They Brig. Gen. John H. Chick, direc doing in some of the major areas of this logistics support tor of Personnel and Support business. Let's keep that black horse out in front! H ill Operations, sent "appreciation to Oirden AMA personnel for At our last meeting I reported that the first three flights their sustained outstanding sup Monday, August 19, is the big worth of prizes and surprises port of this patriotic program of Minuteman were operational at Malmstrom. I can now reFamily Day at Lagoon when are in store lor tne Dig event, which has earned Hill AFB the port that all 15 flights of missiles are operational and have Mom, Pop and all the kids can said Jack L. Woods, chairman significant honor of flying the been turned over to SAC. Our second wing at Ellsworth is party at the famous resort free of the affair. , coming fast. Three flights there have completed the assembly Treasury's Minuteman of charge. Our greatest responsibility now begins. High and check-ou- t. consecutive years. annual party, for 11 the of Sponsors Nine free rides and reflects achievement high cost have minimized spare purchases for "This reliability and concessAFB. ions, free admission, free park-an- d the Civilian failures. this Hill Because of this, maximum cooperative most highly upon anticipated is required to eliminate any deficiency us of all States United from hundreds of dollars and the command response (Continued on Page 14) Air Force," General Chick said which adversely affects the operational capability of SAC. Gen One year from now we will be in a mass flight turnover posiTn accentincr the Ogden AMA Wins on 11) (Continued Page REMEMBER! tion, as missiles will be in maximum production for turnover to two wings at a time. I hope we can continue to be as sucSecond Place in AF in supporting this program as was recently indicated 84401 Designated Mailing ZIP Code cessful when the Air Force at Vandenberg fired two of the missiles Suggestion Contest that were recycled through Ogden AMA. The reports on these 84401, firino-- were excellent. Both missiles were in the green all 84401, 84401, 84401, Hill all number a 84401 is ''Thinking men" at Ogden 84401, the way from the countdown to the target. That's about as personnel must know and IS r,e the second best in the AFB good as you can get. Certainly this firing speaks highly for United States Air Force. remember. the skills and care which go into our depot recycle of the IhlS fnrf ,.,o , Minuteman. It is the new ZIP code numSWhe.1AFLC reported that ber the base. Zone ImproveZT.AMA cPPed second mentforPlan is a nation-wid- e efConcerning our support of the C aircraft : The logistic Force-wid- e the Ai ;.n .21 support of this weapon system is peculiar in that the Air fort to improve the delivery of contest for fiscal Force and Navy are using the same basic aircraft. In Februmr ioS?8 mail. ary, the Department of Defense directed that Air Force would distribution Air vi w"? otner base in the be responsible for supply support to both services for those is a five digit It demail to code items that are peculiar to the F-- 4 weapon system. This DOD speed designed . . ' rale That was Oklaho the in to effects in all logistic funcpoint policy decision has hich t00k firs Place livery from point United States. It will cut as Forc both the Air and the Navy, since it is areas for tional "onors Wlth a . a 48.70 remr much as 24 hours off the time to merge logistic support of two services on the first attempt tiSlAMA's estion par- - between deposit and delivery of DO a major weapon system. We have participated in many planA? of rated mail, postal officials say. the Zr ning and procedural meetings and studies pertaining to the C APRPl1fe hn0r' While These studies and the results of Hill logistic support of the F-All correspondence leaving in NY L was ' . n r a ...! i held between the Air Force and the Navy the "'lira the jointly meetings jLn must carry the code in cent. per AFB to the been have word given Department of Defense. They are return address after the Thpro level as at a basis for a final decision on the them Utah that using t77 Ai- Force Utah. Example: Hill AFB,used in WnariAir 84401. Also it should be ForceNavy respective responsibilities in the F-- 4 proK m ltle "Riant-sized- " A PLEASE h 12 are Jn gram. I should like to compliment all of you who have conthe the address of the correspond NUMBER an with enlarged tributed to the Herculean effort in establishing this support. letter 5.000 K?n as den AMA ence. is displayed number I've never seen finer cooperation than the Navy is extending ZIP code uove employees and Aero- to us and this is due "Benefits of the new code are Lois Carpenter, to, in a large measure, your efforts. lovely The secorwi Tt. will increase uti- - by MaT.i Equipment, Training space was (rv .. ";e rating (Continued on Page 2) minued on Page teriel Management. 14) (Continued on Page 5 Mat5oimau Bond Director Awards Tireasyry Flag T-'Fl- J ag ; ff Q J e. hi-va- lu ilil three-year-ol- Merry-Go-Roun- $4.5-milIio- n well-balanc- ed Lagoon Day Is Monday .. T-Fl- ag Non-Appropriat- ed T-Fla- g. s 1 F-4- fit 47-0- far-reachi- ng 7 4. Tl 1 - pr-amed- iL |