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Show HILL TOP TIMES Page 24 The AFLC Teanr Latest Hews on ihe Kelly AFB Air Traffic Controllers APol!o 10 To Occupy New 'Sky Room' in July Watched AFLC PRESS SERVICE heating and coolin the sound proof will ing system Kelly AFB "sky watchers" 82 environment. home soon have a new feet above ground. Perhaps the most important Air Traffic controllers, as- asset of the new tower is its signed to the 1923rd Comlocation, in an open area bemunications Squadron, are extween the two Kelly runways, pecting to move to the new allowing controllers a perfect hexagon-shape- d control tower vantage point to direct the in July. normal day's air The new facility wil replace volumn of 500 landings and the present tower atop Kelly's take offs. Flight Operations Hangar. facility will consist Several improvements have of Kelly's controller console three been made in the new tower inlocal control, ground positions: cluding more room for the control and flight data. sophisticated equipment. The slanted windows The new tower is a result of which cause unwanted glare a joint Air ForceFederal have been eliminated. ControlAviation Administration effort lers in the "glass cage" will to standarize control tower enjoy the convenience of an consoles at all Air Force bases. Vi Johansn Carpet and Draped All the Latest Colors, Patterns and Textures From many of the World's Leading Mills MOHAWK CHATHAM CORONET and many others W '"uis as Two veteran Air Force Sergeants are too late to learn. SMSgt. Delbert never it's that proving again Mize (left) and MSgt. Agostino Marino, now attending the AFLC Noncommissioned Officers Academy at McClellan AFB, Calif., have between them more than 50 years service. BACK TO SCHOOL Two GEEIA Sergeants Laud Modern NCO Academy Course of forcefulness and indifference AFLC PRESS SERVICE in carrying out a job were bad old Force Air of propair who habits have that created enmity in matured fessionals, with the Air Force since its inrelationships. The working school has command as a ception separate taught him a better in 1947, are learning a new understanding of the relationphilosophy at the AFLC Nonship that has to be nurtured between the military supercommissioned Officers AcaSacraand his civilian and milithe located at visor demy mento Materiel Area. subordinates. tary SMSgt. Delbert Mize and Both are assigned to MSgt. Agostino Marino admit GEEIA, the "Can Do Outfit." that the six weeks course they Mize is the NCOIC of the are taking at the academy has Headquaters Western Region erased some old misconcern-tion- s logistics support branch here. they have held during Marino is a their years of service. installation and mainte"I have gained new objecnance supervisor with the 2860 tivity in the short time I have GEEIA Squadron, Robins been here," Marino stated. "I AFB, Ga. have come to realize that miliThe sergeants are rather untary and civilian relationships usual members of the present are not separate entities we class. age of most are all working for one pur- NCOs The averagethe school is attending to coordinate our efpose 28 to Mize, 51, forts in carrying out the mis- with 28 of service, is the years sion of the Air Force." oldest student to attend the Mize agreed. academy in terms of length of The academy, he said has service. Marino, 49, is running taught him that "the old ideas" a close second. A i FISHERMEN 1 I NIGHTCRAVLERS - it I V), and DRAPES STORE HOURS-- Ph. 394-828- 9am till Epm - Sat. 5 till 1pm - V' j 0 The converted wer vnai unK in the Aoollo trac ing system. Euuinnfid witv. v dish antennas in their bulbous noses, ARIA relayed communications and telemetrv the Apollo spacecraft to M ground tracking network whetf the spaceship was out of thd d or ship! range of borne stations land-base- Colonel Davison's medical support mission was Make sure that the crewani support personnel of the air two-fol- craft were d and physically men vita tally healthy for mission. Monitor and interpret the life support information of the astronauts in c a s e of a their b r e a k d own in communi- cations. Displayed on Console Thin vital data is normally ssion Control Houston, but it ilon disnlnvprf on a console is in the ARIA where Dr. Davisont could take over in the event oi an emergency communications lapse. His other concern keeping the 60 or in top health Tfco vm, AKIA cre 70-m- an him also kept medical hiirtrest he expected to problem that encounter was the crew s Or cadian rhythm normal w wa. and waking cycle which to upset by the quick flight different time zone. of time zone o- This change and ften results in fatigue water colds. Food and remote locations turn, the require monitoring. will J Mission Support JJ nPg 10 Each aircraft earned with identical The Apollo 10 not Colonel Davison sociation wixn u Cape Guaranteed Count and Quality Ldy INTERMOUNTAIN BAIT CO. I 0 428 WEST 1300 NORTH SUNSET, UTAH 825-629- 0 w Before his duty.he-ort- - ed CaM- - Support SU)- - gen. w. rf u years with theof tM gram as chief u T1BAS5 at the Cape for treatment of v case of a la unci .' Apoli Vital Link number of tne Edwards AFB, MM KM CARPETS 4333 Wash. 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