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Show Page HILL TOP TIMES 24 The AFLC Team Latest News In the r" i Unit Takes Center Status AFLC II ii AFLC PRESS SERVICE is quite a shopman !" :" status. The 2802d Inertial Guidance and Calibration Group at Newark was redesigned by Hq. USAF as the Aerospace Guidance and Metrology Center on million.' Athough the name has been The MISTR Program involves the repair of items vital to the operation of aircraft engines. As MISTR monitor for the Aircraft Engine Branch under OCAMA's Directorate of Maintenance, she manages the reTF-3- 0 pairs on the TF-33 and the engines J-5- MISTR MONITOR AT WORK Pof Leona Russell, Oklahoma City the Engine Branch, examines a jet engine compressor on one of her tours of the shop's work line. She is responsible for monitoring MISTR requirements for the TF-3- 0 and TF-3- 3 engines. AMA MISTR monitor for J-5- J-7- 7, 5, changed, the mission remains the same. The Aerospace Guidance and Metrology Center is Air Force manthe single-poithe for repair of inertial ager guidance equipment for aircraft nt and missiles. Gives Support It provides direct support to the Minuteman and Titan missile guidance systems, and navi- gational system support for the C aircraft. Workloads are also scheduled on systems for F-4- Minuteman III, the C-- 5 transport, the SRAM (Short Range Attack Missile) and its 2 B-5- carrier aircraft. The center's metrology lab must make certain that measurements and weight standards are the same throughout the entire Air Force. Newark maintains reference measurement the ! Mr, Eu J affect AFLC. groups major activities into four directorates under the headings of maintenance, metrology, service engineering, and supply and support. The changes should provide more efficient and effective operations. Little effect is indicated on the mission, workload, size of the work force, or individual duties. The $100 million plus installation employs approximately 65 military personnel and 2935 civilians, including engineers, physicists, mathematicians, and technicians. The payroll for FY 68 totaled slightly less than $24 "For a lady ' to Burkhart explained how this General Reorganization The name change is part of a general reorganization which - These words, spoken by a fellow employee artlv n scribe Leona Russell, a monitor in the Air Force (Management of Items Subject to Repair) Program at Air Force Logistics Command's Oklahoma City Air Mat Area (OCAMA) , Tinker AFB, Okla. The new center, like its predecessor, is commanded by Col. Morris C. Burkhart. Colonel taxpayer." Oklahoma ' Nov. 8, 1968. "The 'activation of the Aerospace Guidance and Metrology Center has provided AFLC an organization that can more effectively apply current managerial concepts to the repair of complex guidance systems and management of the Air Force metrology program. The end product will be a sufficient long term savings to the American MISTR Monitor is a 'Mrs' At Tinker AFB; AFLC PRESS SERVICE A major Air Force Logistics Command organization at Newark AFS, Ohio, has been advanced from group to center change would inmmrcand standards in cooperation with the National Bureau of Standards and other branches of the armed forces. Need for Skill "The day has long gone when you could take a raw second lieutenant and put him out with the supply sergeant and have him learn the business in a few weeks. This is a highly sophisticated and specialized business we are in today and the people in it must know what they're doing. We've got to have highly professional and competent people who are well educated and well motivated." Gen. Jack G. Merrell, Commander, AFLC FwToTch wearing from " (L &f wzxfj 4 f 7, J-7- 5, Gymnasium Named For Gen. Gerrity AFLC PRESS SERVICE The new Tinker Air Force Base gymnasium was named Gerrity Memorial Gymnasium at dedication ceremonies Friday (Dec. 6) in honor of former Air Force Logistics Command, Gen. Thomas P. Gerrity. General Gerrity, who died in adg February, was a vocate of physical and mental fitness. The new gymnasium is located at the Oklahoma City Air Materiel Area, an installation that the general commanded from 1957 to 1960. General Gerrity served as AFLC commander from August, 1967 until his death. k The new $409,000 most the is of one facility modern in the Air Force. The maple floored court measures 40 by 90 feet, with conversion facilities for volleyball and badminton. Seating capacity for 1,000 spectators is provided. Mrs. Thomas P. Gerrity participated in the ceremonies that honored her late husband, along with civic leaders from the surrounding community and base life-lon- buff-bric- personnel. A plaque to commemorate the event was unveiled during the ceremonies, as the Shep-par- d AF band provided appropriate music. power plants for and aircraft 2, F-1- KC-H- s 00 Keep Fleet Flyin In this position, Mrs. Russell has a direct hand in keeping the fleet flying. It is her critical areas are maintained on schedule while at OCAMA. If schedules are not somewhere in the world a maintenance crew will not the necessary to met, field parts their aircraft flying. "This, of w course, is something cannot let happen," Mrs. Rus sell emphasizes. Life as a MISTR monitor can often be difficult and hectic. Most of the time Mn Russell' work day is not gowhich verned by the 8 to 5 shift that she works "MISTR requires your atten tion at all times and a monitor must keep abreast of what u hanneninir even when not Mn ficially at work," stated conly Russell. She added that ot- - those involved they program, whether mor foremen, ooperation among in the be monitors, echanics, can make a prop uvo this work tor aa nf MISTR moni pori no being a "Mrs." has problems for Mrs. , Russell. miliar u Area AFLC Air Materiel and Jj more than 20 years established a perfa.n. cora vvuit." t In addition to holding consecutive ance ratings letters has to her credit all OCA "P, J? nidation from and commanders mmtm directors that manders. SPECIAL PERMANENT WAVEand Haircut Each Includes Shampoo, Set V-J- Regular $19.95 WAVE Regular $12.50 WAVE v..av. n ' now through WIG SERVICE Thorough Eye Examinations r?04IXt!iLV",9o Dr. J. Lpe Sf ,ee ill'' Ph. EM 6-- 1 54? . ' Lat Evening Appointment "ARTISTIC Hair Fashions f o,rr - go ' 9d Regular $14.95 WAVE Mrh't S face around PRE-CHRISTM- -- m. sponsibility to insure that to all jet engine com-ponents especially qok f?7th Street Chnstmas |