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Show 'r HILL TOP TIMES Page 8 packaging comes of age Foam-in- - Little more than a year ago, would never get off the Air Force Logistics Command ground'. announced what some conRealistic AFLC packaging sidered a breakthrough in materiel a packaging process using foam plastic which accommodates itself to any shape or size of an article to be packaged for shipping or storage. e When this was first demonprocess of obthe reactions strated, servers were widely varied. Enthusiasts hailed it as a panacea for all packaging foam-in-plac- problems. viewed Hard-nose- d it as a Rube conception that skeptics Goldberg squeeze and freeze, bake and shake, rock and sock, heat and beat, and otherwise tesf the every experts found themselves proposed packaging for which somewhere in between. If the conceivable eventuality process really worked, it could occur in transit and would certainly solve many of storage. If the product survives the their packaging problems. it is then The process was then sent to laboratory torture, tests of life for real the the AFLC Directorate of ready common carriers by Packaging's test lab, or what traveling sea and air around land, by as to the some refer world. the "Chamber of Horrors." Here, The process packaging proposed materials are subjected to did survive both the every conceivable type of "Chamber of Horrors" and torture. the real life ordeal, and Here the "mad scientists" recently AFLC scorekeepers totaled the win loss record. While they are still testing - foam-in-pla- ce Base supply specialists meet 11-1- Col. W.R. Eichelberger, chief of the AFLC Packaging Directorate, said," "We have actually given the process only a token application; however, results have been sufficiently successful to Should the standardized become process Air the Force, the throughout savings to the government in packaging materials costs could become astronomical." The foam process eliminates the need for custom blocking, bracing and which require extensive and expensive 2 Supply AFLC's air attended the by Col. S.A. installations. r U . tie-dow- ns fabrication and assembly time. It usually allows a from experts - HOISTED Kaysville elementary school children 3 TSgt Wayne Fisk, pararescueman, demonstrates tfcIS Denetrator" a helicontr ' classmates. low-co- st m i mra graaers inspeci helicopters, planes "Thank you for letting us try your helmet." "I liked to see the Jolly Green Giant." "I like to play like I am a pilot." "I learned that airplanes and helicopters are big and useful." These were some of the comments of a group of third grade school children who toured facilities of the 1550th Aircrew Training and Test ZCMO shown helicopters and planes used by the wing alt they had undergone extend classroom discussion relati to the various types of resc ni crau ana the ffi missions of the wing. Members of th helped with the tour indud 1st Lt. Eric Johnson, 1st t Loren Stendhal, 1st U. I thony Patino, 1st Lt M Sorola, 1st Lt. Morris Milk 1st Lt. Richard McCourta . . nv ... isgi. wayne t isk. at Hill AFB. One hundred and 20 students the XT Renegade 70 in ' performance struction. Raised white lettering. ueaa. wioe 4-p- roaa-nuggi- ly 70-seri- es polyester cord cor. profile. Deep, 1 PLUS M i,u. TAX J22.95 24.85 25.95 25.95 27.95 4 170-1- 4 C70-1- F.E. SALE PRICE SIE E70-1- 4 G70-1H70-1- 5 $2.56 2.60 2.77 2.88 3.00 3.02. 31J5. G60-1- 5 a ?eg' rivivy; r 7 GUARANTEE BRAKE LINING $095 installed HR78-1-5 WHEELS INSTALtfr 2 rSer"Cfrfierfl,ass be,ted constrict!: aepXoverJ4'')irea(J.Wide70.serIes.Raised 2.77 2.85 2.90 3.15 50.45. 50.45 56.45 Nbw.only - 170-1- 4 170-1- 4 G70-1- 1 vn 17014 i.u. 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Distribution, and support refuehn 5 aircraft during dcfueling Smaller in design than have a Hrst year savings of 141' of $75,000 per year over another savings J2.IS 31-1- 70-1- 4 - FILTER Roger Armstrong components of the satellite complex. and Ken jwjj KC-13- r SIZE Prices include mounting, spin tatance and alignment at time of installation and free rotation thereafter. f m95 Ft TM SALE 45.45 5a A total frerfgrrnerTor all weather, all roads. 4 40; 000 mile guarantee and a smotrth, comfortable rida FR78-1- 4 GR78-1- 4 GR78-1- 5 m 1 mini-hydra- VBelted XT Chaparral The unique radial with a PRICE I 20,000-MIL- E Radial SIZE i X GABRIEL SHOCK ABSORBERS XT - mm Kaysville ng Now only r school wi Elementary Wing from . TT1 on Get-up-ahd-- go Wees (W arouse interest in our other specific applications, the fiberboard container to to scorecard date including be used over and over again. materiel areas costs of materials and exhosted However, AFLC experts seminar, shows savings in believe the process will have periments chief of Morrow, excess of $67,000 during the its greatest the command application in the Supply first of at testing year of Directorate. packaging (AFLCNS) fragile items and at Sacramento A MA. munitions. (AFLCNS) Application of the computerization program to inventory control was discussed during the Air Force Logistics Command base supply conference Oct. Robins AFB, Ga. " "flatfai to en QOO of The fuel storage system consists and the underground tanks, one for refueling defueling. fuel fransfer The Unks are connected to allow detanks- - Tankers will be usea w nu u the The system will be operated by brancn. gaDOB betweeo |