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Show HILL TOP TIMES Teams Readied Construction Begins On Solar Telescope (Continued from Pt i AMA civilian RASS teams, ran K ing from seven to fifw vwwi I Hen ' have gone from Hill a ht "WASHINGTON (AFNS) Construction of a solar telescope at the Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories Sacramento Peak Solar Observatory in New Mexico will begin this spring. The $3.16 million telescope will be 326 feet long, with 200 feet of the length underground. With completion in 1968 of temporary duty to Sonfi,J2 Asia from 45 to 120 days Si RASS teams of military person nel, ranging from five to fifteen people, the new telescope at 9,200 feet above sea level, the Sacramento Peak Observatory will become one of the most complete facilities in the world for the study of solar phenomena. In addition to research on proton showers, the telescope will be used for research on a range of solar phenomena which have a pro- -' found effect on the Earth's weather and on communication and detection systems. A REALLY smart girl knows how to refuse a kiss without being deprived of it. vwywwwwvvwwwwvw; PoodU WynjoCynn GBOOMING AND BATHING Oar Spcclaltr SUPPLIES rfH tf Sale BKUCE Mi WTN HOLLAND 399-10- 48 Y1friTif"rrmtfr1fl ijwiiMHMiiflniMMilw i'ii 1 SgjM.i mi ; s' iii "L - ' DART HITS DULLSEYE Maintenance Begins Use of Computerized System for Scheduling Work on Aircraft Maintenance Directorate per- cal Path) programs underway at the aircraft workload in the directorate is increasing and sonnel will be throwing darts at Ogden AMA. DART will make more efficient will The DART system proeach other beginning this April. use of available personnel to keep Instead of sharp, pointed duce a daily work schedule abreast of the upswing. aircraft, barbs, DART means a Daily for each in-proc- Automatic Rescheduling Technique. DART is a computerized system whereby Maintenance will schedule work on its aircraft by using a network sequence relationship similar to the PERT based on aircraft priority and job criticality. Since it uses electronic data AF Warrant Officer processing equipment, it will be Promotion Board - high-spee- Frci Ccrgiafr Auto Repair - - a 5-47- 35 O O THE NEWEST, MOST MODERN IN THE SALT LAKE VALLEY! SWT WASHINGTON (AFNS) The Air Force will convene a selection board here June 6 to consider active-dut- y warrant officers for temporary promotion to W--3 and W-Officers who will complete three years in grade by June 30, 1967, will be considered. Those not eligible for consideration are officers deferred for permanent promotion ; those whose names have been removed from the current selected list for permanent promotion ; those who have submitted applications for retirement or separation: those who have an established date of release from extended active duty, separation or retirement which is within two years of the date the board meets. The fully qualified method will be used to select warrants for W-- 3 and best qualified for W-4. 4. 0 Air-munitio- ns Wing. Specialities cataloger, inventory man might include a supply warehousemen, agement specialists, airmunitions technicians, and other skills. Once overseas, the team swings into action. It helps out permanent U.S. Air Force personnel at various bases in speeding up delivery of supplies and equipment to the front lines, storing items, RAM teams at Hill AFB will be drawn from a pool of 330 civilian and military personnel assigned to the Maintenance Directorate. Various skills, such as aircraft mechanics, electricians, electronic technicians, and sheet metal men, stand ready with their tools, supplies, and equipment, await ing a call. The military portion of the pool is composed of C aircraft . F-4- technicians while the civilian components of 200 workers are versatile in many different types of aircraft. Members of the pool have been sent throughout the world giving a helping hand to the Air Force during the past year or so. As a RAM team to be sent to Southeast Asia, it is awaiting its first call, one that could come at any minute. Both RAM and RASS have something in common the ability to quick- "min-uteme- n" Personnel on the team have current passports and their immunization shot records are kept handy. Travel orders can be processed in a minimum of an hour. If the call comes on a weekend, clerical personnel are on call and would come to the base and process the orders within two hours. is By the time the paperwork done, an aircraft is gassed up and waiting at base flight operations for people to board. Equipment needed for the job either is taken with them or follows shortly on another aircraft LAUNDRY w III! un-lik- ly respond to any emergency. QUALITY WORK ECONOMICAL . air-cra- ft transporting material from base to base and other assistance. Set FAST SERVICE Modern, new machinery and process combined with experienced know-hoassures you the same fine quality in shirr laundry as our Exclusive softener pro. dry cleaning service. cess With or without starch On hanger or folded. w gone o include Vietnam, Philip, pine Islands, and Formosa j,,. eVntly a RASS team also was sen to tiouoman AFB, N.M., to neip pacKage ana ship items to Vietnam. The RASS teams are drawn from a pool of some 150 specialists. The RASS teams, e their Maintenance Directorate counterparts, cut across several organizations at Hill AFB. A typical RASS team is com posed of personnel from the Supply and Materiel Management directorates and the 2705th F-4- C LEARN NEW TECHNIQUES Bob Gessner (standing), instructor for the first DART class, to right) Ross H. Tippets, Lorenzo F. explains the new system to Maintenance workers (left Ballingham, Ellis Kendrick, J. Robert Peterson, Francis H. Ellis, Harry Lazenby, George Binks. Other class members not present Blair and Nielsen, Robert Folkman, Verdale J. Slack, Barnett. Lou when picture was taken were Tom Duke and capable of handling large vol umes of input data, such as new Roy, Utah aircraft require (Program Evaluation- and Re- and revised ma work ments, accomplished, mVmV, view Technique) and CP (Criti- - terial shortages, jobs delayed and work sequence revisions. d This processing system daily produces not only an accurate schedule, but also detail reporting of information such as aircraft status, production count, errors, delays and nra-U- ? DRAKE WOMC SPECIALIZES IN projected delays (those jobs which will be delayed if material C0.7.PUTE MOTOR RECOftMTHKICC or routed items are not expedited). To tune up for the program two classes in DART fundaNewly Remodeled and mentals have been completed Enlarged To Serve by personnel from major orin Maintenance. ganizations You Bettor fit laugnt oy bod oessner, an IBM systems engineer at Hill AFB, several other classes also IfcO South Mcin St. in CltcrfltU TA are scheduled. 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