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Show HILL TOP TIMES A12 When a million dollar aircraft such as the jet its Base Hill Force down at touches Air runway, the fighter 19 tons are traveling at approximately 150 miles per hour. A blow-oof a wheel or malfunction in a brake system would be as disastrous to both pilot and plane as a blow-oor brake failure on a car traveling at high speed. m ii i ii. rcr mis reason, tne paints and preservatives responsibility for F-1- 01 ut ut corrosion and which modifying and overhauling rust. prevent aircraft wheels and brakes at the Ogden Air Materiel Area One of the last stops is a has evolved from its original trip to the gigantic Impregnator which resembles a giant pres 1941 mission with aircraft into a highly complex sure cooker. Any part confunction full of tests and structed of porous steel is in the Impregnator placed where a partial vacuum forces There are approximately 62 out all contaminants moisture, separate parts in an aircraft and and forces a sealant of air brake and 40 in a wheel. Receivmetallic resin into the ing individual attention at the plastic This permanently seals Aircraft Wheel and Brake pores. the part against leaks of either Overhaul Shop, each part is fluid or air. cleaned with acid then treated with special oils which make The parts are then individually cracks and stress marks visible inspected, reassembled and inunder black light. Parts needing spected as a whole. They are modification are shunted to a then returned to storage or specialized mechanic, defective shipped to air bases around the parts which cannot be repaired world. are sent to salvage as scrap Several million dollars have metal. Tons of such scrap leave been saved on the costly repair the Shop each week. of wheels and brakes over the Next stop is baking at 220F past 10 years due to an Air in the upright infra-re- d ovens Force employee's idea of installwhich removes moisture from ing drag chutes on high speed each part and bakes on special jets. During landings the drag November ... . chutes, which serve multiple purposes, reduce the wear and I W . landing gears, is another vital and carer r. ti mission supporting a perfect the Strut ShoTanJti or landing. the aircraft's brake take-of- f " nearly identical J world-wid- e The to responsibility wheels and brakes. hthatf system thus giving extra life of overhauling the landing Each strut the brake parts. The overhaul of struts, or gears of jet fighters, bombers into its 120 iinJ8 tear on The parts are dumi Ml Paint through a crushed walnut shet E, tJ away contaminants, Alter I then te tests for .iw low-spe- ed ; painted, and run th other cycle of testing. the strut,. io -n. K- Tl AC it 1 employees oi the Stmt process an approximate Shop lanuing gears Pres. each Johnson Cites Three for Cost Reduction Three Ogden Air Materiri Area civilian logistics specialist! were honored last July by Johnson at ceremonies ii Washington, D.C. Presi-de- Frank E. Mattson, foreman of the Aircraft Struts Unit, carefully checks a newly overhauled landing gear before labeling it "better than new". WHEELS AND BRAKES Receiving cost reduction pro. gram certificates of merit sonally from the President for saving millions in the Minuttper-- 1 Making the Miirateman in Utah y man and 2 programs vert Robert E. Turner, Sunset; Robert F. Canny, Clearfield; and Benedict G. Conte, Bountiful All are employed in Ogden AMA's Materiel Management Directorate. Mr. Turner, an equipment specialist, and Mr. Canny, a of sup-- I dIv commodity management ficer, were cited for saving Air Force 9B o - 6-5- during $28,775,000 Fiscal Year 1965 under the Air Locistics Oommanfi Fnrrp "Gold Rush" cost reduction procram. The two men jointly developed Mia- r?'fl II 4 A the - v,. tnanaorpment system for wheruteman guidance package o Si 7 - the number of spare guidawtie for packages to be purchased program was reaucea. Mr. Conte, an equipment the specialist, saved the toWg during $2,067,900 I a"rJrl Rush" ,.B uuuw cai year devised a method of J the outer and inner cylinders used on Gt struts the main bomber. models of the 2 eby s ..-- The huge motor is shipped via special carrier from Thiokol to Hill Field. WE B-5- Enjoy Youngsters first stage motor for the Minute-ma- n Intercontinental Ballistic Missile, powered with solid propellant fuel. It is produced at Thiokol Chemical Corporation's big plant west This is a Artivitv Proarams Youngsters at mHAFS . and daughters oi j- of Brigham City. -h- ave a f ull-sc- l"gf a lined for them at The Youtn a includes atniew social Thiokol Salutes CHEMICAL CORPORATION WASATCH DIVISION SRIOHAM CITY. UTAH dependent airs progra... base recreation. --- .- HILL FIELD on its 25th Anniversary activU.es i terests of ! At Hill Field's Air Force Plant 77, operated by the Boeing Company, the second and third stage motors are added, and the guidance system is installed to complete assembly of another unit in our country's vital missile program. This Minuteman, recognized as the "key'' in America's defense today, is primarily a Utah product. Thiokol and Hill Field work as partners in keeping America's defensive muscle tight and taut. j - use oi ...ties. by the Mury Branc Nation Services ! 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