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Show Page June 22, 1973 HILL TOP TIMES 12 helicopter oil ows for quicker When a distress call goes out from a lost civilian pilot, or an manufactured by the Bell Helicopter Co. of Ft. Worth, Texas, has recently been accepted by the ARRS. The 'chopper enables rescue crews to carry out their HH-1- injured mountain climber, frequently a helicopter rescue team from Hill AFB springs into action. The team, part of the 1550th Aircrew Training and Test Wing, is part of an elite corps of highly trained men in the Air Rescue and Recovery Service (ARRS) who strive to uphold their motto: "That Others May Live." A new type helicopter, the I a At ST I s assignments more efficiently and quickly. have been Thirteen HH-lH- s assigned to the 1550th. Each measures 57 feet long, weighs 9,500 pounds and will travel 120 knots per hour. was not designed The HH-1for combat rescue operations H I 4 like other ARRS helicopters -but strictly for peacetime use. The new model will be responsible for search and rescue within a radius of approximately 100 miles of their home stations. With an addition of 975 pounds capacity internal auxiliary fuel tanks, the Huey can fly 100 miles to the rescue area, hover for one hour and return to base. This gives the HH-1a 360 - degree search area of nearly 10,000 square miles which can easily be increased, since the aircraft can land nearly anywhere to take on fuel from trucks, at local or airfields, fuel catches. prepositioned The has been two with equipped pieces of Bimssioim lives in the ARRS crews around the world have been responsible for saving more than 13,000 Giant and the HH-5- 3 Super Jolly to provide a rescue expertise. century. rescued -- f past quarter The 1550th has 24 people. jf XJ H - -- ....... j V if H .W" l3v H-mo- f 1 Jk communication equipment specifically designed for its rescue functions - a special FM radio unit allowing direct and constant communications with the search coordinator and all other search and rescue units in the area and a loud speaker mounted under the aircraft so that direct instructions can be given to the ground party of victims. The most important piece of equipment on the Huey is the rescue hoist. Developed and specifically for the HH-1molded right to the aircraft as an integral aircraft system, the hoist has 250 feet of cable and can lift 600 pounds or three people. It is controlled electrically, but is operated hydraulically by the pilot, copilot or hoist operator. At a normal hover of 50 feet, the hoist can lift a man off the ground and have him in the - rr V - r1-- irtmmS I .in -- - The sleek "Huey" is parked morning prior to the day's flying activities. MORNING LIGHT HH-1- H ssiyy m, .nuiii on imtf rtw mi -- the flight line early nil "n in the J - H f : SIGNAL aircraft - An IHMH is gi.ided into a hover by a parares-ewema- n (PJ) before lowering a cable to hoist the PJ into the less than in seconds. The new up with the 12 is teamed HH-1- Jolly Green HH-- 3 EVENING TIDE - The "Huey" returns home. chopper. RECON actions RIF 9 Ss!h Robert Chairman Hampton of the U.S. K. Civil Commission has outlined several major steps that are being taken to find Service jobs for the 26.2(H) affected employes federal by reductions in the Department of Defense, and for employes affected by reductions in other federal agencies. As a member of the Interagency Kconomic Ad- justment Committee appointed by the President. Chairman Hampton and thf were given a in coor role, leadership Commission Freedome Foundation slates 1973 theme WASHINGTON (AFNSt Freedoms Foundation has announced that its 1973 letter writing contest theme is "Human Goals - Values for Living." The program has been endorsed by Gen. John D. Ryan, Air Force Chief of Staff, who said. "This subject gives wide latitude for interpretation and participation in this year's competition." in the The best letter-writer- s Armed Forces competition and Reserve active-dut- y forces event will each win $1,000 from the Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge, Pa. Additionally, the top 10 activeJuty winners of the 1973 contest will be invited to Valley Forge to receive their awards at the annual presentation ceremony. There will also be awards of S100 and $V) and George Washington Honor Medals and honor certificates. Air Force members won 180 awards last year. Kntries also may be in essay or poetry form. The length sh'njld be between H0 to .V0 words. Entrants should include full name, social security number, military address, service component, and complete permanent home address, including ZIP codes All entries must be sent before Oct. 31 to Freedoms Foundation. Valley Forge, Pa 19431. Military members and civilians are also encouraged to enter in other categories such as editorials, eartfmns, essays, public addresses or sermons relating to the theme. General Ryan said that base will offices information monitor the program and assist in every possible way to dination with the Departments of Defense and lbor, in providing assistance employment for civil personnel affected service in the reductions. ossibe efforts will be made to place the affected workers in other federal in stallations. in state and local governments, or in the private sector. All actions Commission outlined Chairman by Hampton are as follows: 1. Regional officials of the Commission already are with closely working of installations closed or reduced in being to offer technical serstaff, managers and outplacement assistance, and in cooperation with Labor and Defense Department officials to help plan and mobilize community outplacement programs, and to enlist the support of federal managers. Federal Executive Boards and Associations. Chambers of Commerce, state and local governments, private industry, educational institutions, and other com- - rocord makor Jl and forecasts on file with the munity activities in matching displaced employes with jobs that need filling. 2. Outplacement about-to-be-displace- projected Defense has h;;;ii ill .f 1 mm - vm t encourage maximum V 0m Af if 4 been given lists of service registers) without first giving priority referral to displaced employes who are qualified candidates needs from (civil available. Commission will offices insist on "meaningful and affirmative consideration" of displaced employes who have been given priority referral. and Quote "From tradition we derive a sense of who w e are and w here we have been together. Tradition is the essence of a shared past, from which we strength 1 provide maximum lead time for placement efforts. 6 Commission offices have been ordered not to refer vices derive I authority to issue RIF notices up to a year in advance to agencies' eligibles manpower and -- d Federal )i It being effectively used to place affected workers before their actual separation from employment; in some cases ever before reduction - in force notices are issued. 5. The Department of federal employes are being m?de available to prospective employers, and arrangements are being made for displaced workers personally fo visit employers with known or anticipated vacancies. 4 scrutinized carefully coor- dinators have been designated in each of the Commission's 10 regional offices and 65 area offices to bolster placement efforts. 3 Applications of displaced or are Commission and sustenance; and in military-unitparticularly, it is the essence from which morale, esprit de corps and discipline are crystallized Change, on the other hand, is a road map into a fulure unburdened by an excess of ancient limitations and constraints. It is the essence of progress." Cen. George S. Brown. Commander, Air Force Sjstrnn Command!. s 7. A clearinghouse in Washington will provide for a nationwide exchange of ideas and successful techniques for employment of displaced workers in all sectors of the economy. Chairman Hampton has written to the beads of all 8. federal Through engineering study, Weaver, value V. J. Materiel Management, determined that the installation and checkout of a Day Tracking-Lase- r Designator System could be ac complished at a depot cost at a facility significantly lower than the A contractor's cost. sayings of oyer tS16,M was realised in fiscal year 1973. departments and agencies, and to the chairman of all Federal Executive Boards and Associations to enlist their full support of the placement effort. (AFLCNS) WW limn iminWMl |