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Show All HILL TOP TIMES 1965 member 5 2705th Airmuniiions Wing Responsible fay Air Force Munitions on World-Wid- e Basis The term "ammunitions" will not be found in any dictionary. But to the approximately 800 personnel of Ogden Air Materiel Area's 2705th Airmunitions Wing, the term means munitions in a state of readiness at appromaintaining quantities of reliable world-wid- e locations. , priate Airmunitions is a relatively new term in Air Force lingo. It includes new explosive components, solid propellants and their shipping containers, as well as conventional am munition and explosives. The basic characteristics of airmunitions are its explosive properties and destructive qualities which represent real hazards to personnel and property. non-nucle- ar ' " ; o jj KmI Evelyn M. Salter TENDER CARE Air Force nurse it to her before medicine administering: some checks over come The first AFB Hill patients hospital. wtient in the Cpt personnel of the with 40-be- facility. d Hospital's Best Product is Babies youngsters were born in the Hill AFB year, including four sets of twins. base hosis only one facet of the and their dependents pital that serves military personnel of all services as well as retired military personnel and their More than 250 hospital so far this The baby boom dependents. The base 40-b- ed hospital has a staff of competent doctors, nurses, technicians as well as necessary support functions. There are special clinics for pediatrics, gynecology,, surgery, dental care, physical therapy, optometry, and other and services. The hospital also has a veterinarian whose main duties of food items, sanitation inspections of care fo? small animals of base military include inspection base facilities and personnel. This is where the 2705th comes in. Commanded by Col. J. L. Tueller, the Wing is responsible for world-wid- e management and logistic support of all Air Force conventional muni- tions. This responsibility includes requirements determination, acquisition, distribution, storage, engineering, testing and surveillance, explosive safety criteria, explosive ordnance disposal, and technical data. Support to U.S. forces in Viet Nam is a major responsibility of the wing these days. Just last September the wing received the Air Force Outstanding Unit Award for its Viet Nam support during the period November 1, 1964 to May 31, 1965. The award presented by Maj. Gen. T. Alari Bennett, Ogden AMA Commander, was accompanied by the first Oak Leaf Cluster to Colonel Tueller's Legion of Merit for the part the colonel played in directing the I ill ... effort. Millions of dollars in facilities needed for the wing to do are 945th Troop Group its important mission. These in clude Hill Air Force Range, an Is In Business Cargo-Troo- p Drops airmunitions and propellant Some 650 Intermountain Area men most of them Utahns testing facility west of Great find the periodic change from civilian clothes into the Air Force Salt Lake, and radiographic Carrier of blue (Reserve) (Reserve) Megiitsch. Employing 16 "Flying Cars", the 945th is in the based at Hamilton AFB, business of cargo and troop Calif. tops, both during wartime and Men and aircraft of the 945th peacetime. have put their training to good Normally these dedicated train one weekend per use on a number of occasions. and Dominmonth and a summer tour There was the Cuban Per year. But the 945th is no ican crisis in which the group was called upon to serve the Weekend Warrior" outfit. Many nation. The latest endeavor was 01 the fftSPrviata tuina thoio re-wrvi- sts 15-d- ficlencies ay t tuning on other ounnir A its target. the xiwV f.w airlifting emergency supplies to theJ S?uth " a P weekends and,and result oi Hurricane reujr. i I 1 tactical Air Command 5th' rranization, the 94 s Jfdqoartere is the 452nd "oop Carrier Wing (Reserve) The group was organized at Hill AFB in July 1963 and over the years has increased in scope and size. The most unusual and most expensive trains in the world are the Flight Simulator and Radar Bomb Scoring trains built for the Air Force by the Rail Equipment Division of Tooele Army Depot, the only Army owned and operated rail shop in existence. The shop, located at Hill Air cock- 5 Force Base, has the task of bomber cockpit or a aerial refueling maintaining all rail rolling stock pit, the for the Army and the Air Force. tanker, and are used to train The Flight Simulator cars, Air Force crews. The three Radar Bomb each of the 27 built valued in excess of $1 million each, contain Scoring trains, each 18 cars long, were converted from exact replicas of either a BEST WISHES KC-13- jet-to-j- et B-- 52 ASPHALT PAYING MIXES S GRAVEL PROD. CORP. ASHPHALT PRODUCTS IMC. "33 Beck St. - 359-370- 1 - Salt Lake City Air Force pilots. The pilots train for combat missions by tracking down the elusive BBS train and "bombing'! it. Inside the train, tech- nicians jam the aircraft's radar, track it, and score its bombing run for accuracy. The RBS train also carries a personnel section which holds approximately 70 crew members. self-sustaini- ng In addition to building and maintaining trains, the shops also ease the workload of the Landing Gear Repair Section of Hill AFB by repairing the landing gear and other components as requested. C-1-19 CONGRATULATIONS HILL A.F.B. on your To UTAH'S LARGEST INDUSTRY UTAH SAND regular rail cars Into traveling classroom problems for Bomb Scoring, Simulator Trams Built for Traveling Classrooms C-1-19 y" 24-milli- on are the reservists of the 945th Troop Carrier Group at Hill, AFB and their commander is Lt Col. Burton A. WORKING ON RAILROAD The 945th is Utah's largest Air Force reserve unit. Box Air-munitio- ns "X-ra- laboratories at Hill AFB. uniform a rewarding experience. These Technicians of the 2705th a Minute-ma- n AFB Hill at prepare to Wing motor by means of a giant electron volt linear accelerator. The accelerator detects any cracks or voids in the propellant that might cause the ICBM to miss MIGHTY MINUTEMAN SILVER ANNIVERSARY o o BEST WISHES o FOR YOUR FAMILY NEEDS . . . irs BUCHANAN'S North Main Kaysville BUSTER BROWN SfflFN SHORE PYKETTE U S KEDS PF FLYERS AND MANY OTHERS 11 HILTON & CARR LEVI Construction Co. |