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Show 16 Page -- April 13, HILL TOP TIMES ?V' -- - - " jt Vv' i ls-- - fc - L,..,- TIGHT J1 r'lsbs J- -- f TEST SET WHEEL 'li rfclil l-- m 1973 ' X - mai jiiiMMnwl - OVERHAUL ril, Quick quiz Ogden AMA Director The a about 40 per cent of the ei b- support for airborne navig airborne cameras caircraft as major work d- - "Bare Base" component si of the above and much -- F-- 4 ; i I',' j 'Jt ' i f S x ; STRETCH ? takes almost 8,000 ptcnle to keep the Directorate of It SI I Maintenance properly. J' " A I running That's about 40 per cent of the entire Hill AFH workforce. m mi Maintenance's SPRAY " u i i primary mission is to provide quality and timely restoration of Air Force equipment and to effectively manage the Maintenance Industrial Mission. Ogdcn is unique in that they are the only Air Materiel Area (AMA) with a missile repair activity, supporting both the Titan and Minuteman strategic missile systems. The F-- 4 Phantom jet con- stitutes the major maintenance workload. An average of 45 combat ready F-- 4 air- craft are completed each month, with between 80 and 90 TKHMIXAI. n e-a- ll based on analysis of failed aircraft parts from the field or from aircraft involved in accidents. Personnel are also required (more than a Tactical Fighter Wing is assigned) in work at one time. Aircraft are inspected when they first arrive. To prepare them for the production line, seats, outboard wing sections and engines are removed. They are then dismantled to F-4- s repair specific parts to do inspections and tests. Some tests have been on-sit- e done in Vietnam, Korea, Japan, and England. The as Management a Office Evaluation necessary, such as repairing and refinishing rademes or brazing the F-- 4 wing boundary layer control system ducts in the new nickel braze furnace. Maintenance has one of the best equipped laboratories in the State of Utah and supports other divisions in house as well as Ogden AMA. Air Force and Department of Defense as required. The metallurgical lab prepares deficiency reports keeps sensitive finger on the pulse of Ogden AMA's depot repair function. When irregularitiesor potential problem areas are detected, TIGHT - Joe Martinez tightens a fitting on a nitrogen panel. image furnance. SPRAY - Alan Myers sprays wash primer on piston rings. WHEEL - Ted Johnson inspects the paint on a wheel. STRETCH - Alice Price tests a dog bone of solid TEST SET Parry Talor makes adjustments on an oscilloscope while Ra FOLD Ronald M( Kinch and Ralph J. Huff remoxe the engine from an I ( TOMTI' IiAI.tiisini s com-pont- s ON-LIN- a REStLTS . f , . photographer: MSgt. Ron Liljcdahl r It J v I LI. I j - j i Sr . . :T- "' , r, ' - , i 1 . " ' t- .1- - r- - " ? THREAD ' . if-- v . -- --- i . I :- f ' '- ,10" ' ; ! it t fc. . ' ' I v-- - ' I OPTICAL '; n i '-,- -- Patterson AER. Ohio, on a E- 4. at Wright computer I... P '1 -- 1 . W. TERMINAL - Robert A. Emery uses a CREATE terminal hooked Into a I'.P.t Ml Warren S iiimhalo Heans an arc I - Col. George E blueprint. - Warren While h throu the parts c baths. at iits leaning CLEAN-U- microwne Putter and Wayne Kinston heck an updated mm: 4; Lon V.K. equipment within a given frequency. Station. 31 1: ' tensile Rruce Hatch personnel EQUIPMENT Camera Module Automatic Test 1 a calahrates j., (hc-fk- - parachute. . ! -- packs OVERHAUL - for propellent properties. ualches. StfMlriard management analysts immediately go into action to dig out the causative factors, which they analyze in sufficient detail to give management a sound basis for taking remedial action. READY BUILD ... '' -- "3'"' , |