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Show HILL TOP TIMES Mir Fre LgisMes (Editor's Note: This is the This calls for furnishing everyfourth in a series of articles thing from inflatable buildings outlining some of the high- to beds, from machine shops and lights of AFLC during 1965. dining halls to aircraft engines. In addition to direct support Today's" article continues on explaining duties of (LATAF) to the aircraft, LATAF also pro Activation Task vides "behind the line" materiel Logistics needed to equip the combat supForce.) Not only are these officers port group. This is the same type highly competent in expediting the flow on the receiving end, but they serve as points of contact for the AFLC LATAF team. Since a deployed fighter wing takes with it only a limited amount of equipment (certain spares and aerospace ground LATAF and equipment), PACAF must determine all other local base requirements and attempt to have them in position when the tactical unit arrives. head-quarte- rs Coffliiiiiarid before they leave for South east Asia. LATAF must keep a close check on this activity in order to dovetail its support actions with the completion of the work and the beginning of deployment. its counteron PACAF's logistics staff parts of materiel needed to, support a and is ' in constant touch with ZI base, but in lesser quantities. PACAF headquarters in Hawaii. At bases in the United In addition, members of the It works closely with . States and at contractors' facilities, whole units' aircraft are brought up to peak efficiency, are being camouflaged and generally readied for combat duty. Technicians from AFLC logistics centers are being dispatched to bases of the Tactical Air Command, helping to bring aircraft up to the latest configurations MsuuH for FIKEPOWER TO A project to increase the fireC Phantom power of the fighter was completed 30 days ahead of schedule by a team of maintenance technicians from AFLC's San Antonio Air Materiel Area. The installation of three pods on each aircraft to which 20mm guns can be atan added tached gives the close air support and interdicF-4- C F-4- F-4- C task force make frequent trips tion punch. The San Antonio team was to the Pacific area for and of responsible for installation and evaluation support to determine future require- wiring of the pods and installation of the adapter for attaching ments. LATAF, a subordinate unit of the guns in the pods to the airAFLC's Directorate of Opera- craft. The guns are capable of tions, operates from the AFLC firing 6,000 rounds of high exCommand Post, the plosive incendiaries a minute. comThe technicians completed the nerve center of the on-the-sc- prototype aircraft in six days mand's worldwide operations. 1965 and, J installation modifications on the aircraft rate of one a day f "PROJECT SKOSlil TIGER" ! Logistics support of the dJ ployment of F-- 5 aircraft to Viet nam on a combat test basis was1 a high point among AFLC's ac complishments. The deployment was known as "Project Skosh V Tiger," the name being derived: from the Japanese word for "lit tie." at-th- .In. the F-- 5, low airframe! weight has been combined with two high en-- f i gines to form a suneranni thrust-to-weig- ht bat aircraft equal in perform-- ! ance to many larger fighters.! Testing of the aircraft in Viet--I nam is designed to detemsitiov 10 effectiveness as a l, close! ,! -- low-leve- 1 nomas of V. Jones, president Northrop Corporation, . er, expressed high praise of J the logistics support of the I manufacturer of the let project in a letter to General f Hobson. 'I have been exrAmeW I m-- j the Air Force Logistics Command in suDDort of the 'Skoshi Tiger project," said the I -t F-- sl watched the aggressive dedica-- f tion of your personnel and the ability of your command to sur vey and acquire from resources throughout the world the spare parts and ground support equip-ment required for. this opera- - f tion . . SuDDort of 'Skoshi TiKer to 1 the range and depth required in the extremely short span of time 1 from inception of the program to 1 Qt$M 1 HereV Oar Free" Offer WE WILL CHECK YOUR FORM, regardless of who has prepared it and if we can't save you at least our Fee, you owe us nothing. (3?(seifjen:iRg) THE ONLY TAX I We mean it !! No matter how much we save you over $15.00, our fee will not be more than $10.00 for filing your Federal Return on salary income. 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I support filled and the back-u- p I 10 package consisting of loads over 97 per cent complete f is the finest display of logistics support I have ever experienced."- I Mr. Jones extended his con- t to General Hobson, gratulations A PT n AV. An. ii MIC 1A BWll uu ti Son tonio Air Materiel Area system f support manager. He pointed out that the deolovment was carried f out with no deterioration to the stm expanding Military Assist- ance Program, the primary user of tha aircraft. The F-- 5 is in tended to modernize aircraft in ventories of certain MAP coun- - f tries to meet changing require-I ments. I "GOONEY BIRD" f During the year, the venerable was f riftno-la- . Bird" "Goonev 7 aircraft converted into an attack for use in Vietnam. The new carries j the AC-4-7 version cannons n type three Gatling-gufor strafing enemy forces hidden j by jungle foliage. The concept, developed by tne j Aeronautical Systems Divisionof the Air Force Systems Com-j mand, required numerous modiftapcations to the aircraft. After sysproval by AFLC, the job of tem support manager was given , to Warner Robins Air Materiel Area (WRAMA). C-1- 24 tr n-4- Years of helpful, dependable service. ? OFFICES: CGDEN 2152 WASHINGTON BOUNTIFUL BLVD. ROY 5651 S. 1900 WEST (On the Main Highway Necr Roy Shopping Center) 341 S. MAIN SALT LAKE CITY 3875 S. 9TII EAST 7229 S: 9TII EAST FOR INFORMATION CALL OUR CENTRAL OFFICES SALT LAKE CITY o 1 OGDEN - 399-49- 4 364-381- ? Contract for the modifies- tions was given to Air International, MiamL In addition to supervising the project,nar- T WRAMA engineered new Igational equipment and flare launcher for night ations, 'A ! (Continued Next It oper- - j j j j j j |