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Show HILL TOP TIMES Page 20 ''if:- ' ZJ - -- March A Fi - at work tracer Ground Training section 7 If duties of military personnel and civilian employees were to foe shuffled and put into a hat at this airbase, chances are good that .nearly any one drawn out could be a Base Operations and Training responsibility of the so missions. are its varied Division, 90-m- an Headed by Lt. Col. E. S. Kerstetter, the division duties run the gamut from accomplishing flight clearance, and dispatch, operating the Hill AFB airdrome, insuring ground mili- tary and flight training, providing a film library and offer- Lt. Col. E. S. Kerkstetter Division Chief Korean Tour Proceeded Hill AFB Assignment Kerstetter prior to over the Base Operataking Colonel tions and Training Division was chief, Command Post Exercise Branch, United Nations Command in Korea. A command pilot, he has 28 be- hind him, including one combat tour in Korea. During his military career he has served in 17 military installations overseas and in the continental United States. He is pleased with his assignment to Hill AFB, and is proud of the staff of 90 loyal and dedicated men and women in the Base Operations and Training division, he says. ing numerous photographic services. Division deputy chief is Brooks Whittier. Such community - related services as local search and rescue capability is also the responsibility of the division, which in addition, controls activity on the Wendover Weapons Range Complex. Among other myriad duties of the men and women assigned to the division are furnishing synthetic trainer and refresher courses to aircrew members, and arranging for the conduct of presentation and retirement ceremonies. "Chopper" Service Marksmanship courses are given military personnel on indoor and outdoor ranges at Hill, life support equipment is issued, helicopter and aircraft pilots fly the two base "choppers" and two base aircraft as required for support missions, including a shuttle service to Range Test Facility. Flight records are kept and all flights are scheduled by division employees. The organizational plan shows the following branches: Base Operations, Flight Operations, Base Photo Laboratory, Standard i z a t i o nEvaluation, and Ground Training. Range Control is a separate function reporting directly to the division chief. In Base Operations Branch, 12 air traffic controller specialists (formerly called dispatchers) under the supervision of E. L. Watson, share the regular and the "oddball" shift in order to keep their posts manned around-the-cloc- k, 365 days a and year. Sundays holidays are just ordinary days to these dedicated employees. Hill Monitor Flights Their duties include seeing that pilots have all required a lst If j u short "Fl?ih7' GiBec , instructor Base Ops I A wLr " 68(1 of tht hetlC traine Cntro1 Panel8 irms an aircraft crashes on a nearby mountain peak,' they initiate searches for the survivors, and do likewise for unreported or overdue aircraft. They are responsible for the upkeep and maintenance of the entire airdrome and make daily inspections of all runways, taxiways, ramps, arresting barriers and distance markers to be certain that they are in proper condition for safe operation of aircraft. (Civil Engineering Division is called in for actual maintenance). Customs Inspections ing to range operation; also coordinates airspace the Hill AFB area. and for Provides Training Because Air Force pilots must keep their instrument techniques current and remain qualified, Base Operations and Training Division provides IIBMIIIMjlll The air traffic control spe- cialists are also adept at customs, immigration and agricul- tural inspections. Base Operations Range Con- trol function is important, although it is not a branch, because of the unique Air Force mission of the Hill Range Test Facility. There, 50 miles by air west of the airbase, the 2705th n Airmunitions Wing of the Air Materiel Area, tests all kinds of AF munitions except nuclear. Billy D. Kipp heads this function and reports directly to the division chief. His duties include providing for the maintenance, scheduling, and administration to the operation of Og-de- flight information; they monitor incoming flights and make the determination prior to arrival whether the aircraft should be diverted in case of bad weather or runway condiWendover Range Complex tions. Through UHF radio they .'(which includes the. range). have direct voice contact with Kipp establishes flight patpilots in flight to transmit and terns, air control procedures, receive pertinent information. and safety regulations pertain r ui - Making ON HIS FEET beautiful "heads up" law on one of his hundreds ,n,w. HmDS is o paramedic Gould CMSgt. Howard v II to E. L. Watson, chief, Rase Operations CHECKING SNAIL and life support "CHOPPER- CREW Flying gear Rf.y e Branch, discusses the deadly African snail with Alvin J. Gib- equipment is checked out by SSgt A. B. Sison the Hill Range Test Facility bons, air traffic controller, in connection with the additional and TSgt. J. L. Thornton for issue to base J. M. Archer, pilot; Capt. R b. job of agrNiml inspectors of the air traffic controllers. personnel. pilot; and crew chief, TSgt. AFRICAN 196!) s Transient pilots getting important infomatian from the air traffic controllers BUSY SPOT talk to E. L. Watson, air traffic controller supervisor, at flight operations. They are: Lt. Col. Karl II. Garlock and Lt. Col. Ray R. Kuehne, 408th Fighter Group, Klamath Falls, Ore. Control- lers (left to right) are: Carl J. Sutterfield, on phone; Acel Hill, on mike; and Irwin Foster, talking to Federal Aviation Agency m Salt Lake City. years of military service 21, f "'V jVn, jmon90o. |