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Show 28 Page HILL TOP TIMES November 7, 1973 n o)yei "home built" fire suppression vehicle is protecting the Hill Range complex west, of Great Salt Lake. The complex is a propellant! testing facility surrounded by acres of dry desert used for A and bombing training. tanks were built. The tanks stored a total of 762 gallons of water. centrifuge pump, four C02 bottles, 75 feet of hose, A spotlights, floodlights and other items completed the modification. Salvage material was used in nozzles, and a small auxiliary extensively. The only direct cost to the Air Force was welding, C02 bottles, hoses, pump. Ben and Gailey were at the gunnery all-terra- in elf $500. . &y -- 13-to- targets to i various the locations on the bombing and gunnery sections. The tractor engine needed major repairs before it would run. The four men got it going. Next, they removed 3,700 pounds of unnecessary metal and parts from the tractor. With the help of Douglas Crouch and Ellis Wall at the range, both experienced welders, two water storage ' - Roy Winmill, Greg RANGE lMl 1 V ft July-Septemb- - er it idea. Robert L. Deru, an equipment specialist, saved the Air Force S510.r02 in procurement costs when he suggested that F-aircraft .surplus fit Kill would generators fighters. Placing second was Sheldon am "tL, i 2 r PiJk ) - 4 S3 .V It A The vehicle has performed exceptionally well in real emergencies. Just recently, it responded to a brush fire in the foothills four miles outside the range boundaries. The Utah Highway Patrol and the U.S. Forest Service were notified. The vehicle went to the scene of the fire and despite high and shifting winds contained the fire along a half-mil- e long front. The "frosting on the cake" was that after the fire was over, the vehicle had to retrieve three pieces of Forest Service equipment that had become stuck in the sand. y(9i(o u An Ogden resident took top money in the suggestion program at Hill AFB when he was awarded $1,000 for his time and money-savin- g taw" Ml Anthon and James Bean fight a small brush fire. Diry I first the when controls shakedown cruise was taken last year. The vehicle climbed the rugged terrain like a mountain goat. Range officials estimated that a comparable machine manufactured by a private firm probably would cost over $100,000. Cost to build the vehicle was about vehicle which was needed was not on the market. So firefighters at the facility took a different tack. Darrel Gailey, James Bean, Lamont Smith, and Donald Beesley decided to build their own vehicle - one that would travel over any type terrain in all kinds of weather. They started with a n tractor used at one time to tow An KTETCID L. Fisher, a fire control from systems analyst tm- - 9': Syracuse Ho suggested a repair method for receiver-transmitter- s wave-guid- e Savings came to $33,394. A methyl of increasing the test capability fnr modules on test panels used on central air data computers rated an SJWO award for Clarence H. I)rdd of Bountiful. Th computer repair foreman aved the Air -- :vr in .1 in n.ii i r I r mi immi fca -- J 1 -- INCRKASKI) CAPABILITY - Clarencr II. Dndd checks out increaii'd Irsl capability for mollulcs on (hr rrntral air data romputrr lor uhith bf rrcfhfd a suggpslion award. - condemned because of faulty assemblies. Frre 521. Z2 sas mgs to the Air Force of $22,912 earned 'm for C.ene l. Hathenbnx k. ui Granger, for A improving supply procedures in his directorate. Don K. Toupin. a computer specialist, earned $910 for establishing a master cross reference printout in the Data n si c;c;kstion adoptkd Don V.. Toupin earned $910 for e establishing a master in for use printout Hh Data Automation I'randi. cross-referenc- Automation Branch. The Ogden resident saved $U.f17. Others receiving awards were: D. Donald OfiliKN: $40: Ilene J. Ballingham, Bambrough. $23; lloland D. Brown. $lf5; Jack W. Keyes. $25; Ilalph A. Iarson. $320; Gary C. LeClaire. $?;; Bryan W. Lund, $15; Larae ft. Amn. Jeanette Sorcelli. Airman Sorcelli arrived here from lech school in July and has been working at the rJ switchboard since Shf the swifcMoard a; eav ?o NO MAN can pro idf nt of his lime who is not prfpdrnt in lhe choice of his company. -- Jrrrroy Tailor keeps you hopping. Sergeant Williams now works in the Communications Operations office processing Telecommunications Service fiequesls. Probably the 7 v greatest change in the switchboard is the addition of AUTO VON and WATS r Dialing and transistorized headsets make Airman Norcrlli's job one of tas? and rr.mfort. Th? switchboard at Hill AFIi is manned ar,d op rated by persmr.f.l from the IfKlst ( mmunicaf ions .Vjuadron f.AFCSi V systems. Sergeant Williams remembers when it took hours to patch across the nation. Todav's "touch tone' system for ALTOVON Direct ' ( Memmott, $25; Adrianne M. Nelson. L. IMPROVED PROCEDURES Gene L. Hathenbruck for received his $995 suggestion of improving supply procedures. -- John W. Trease, $90. V. SYRACUSE : Gary Fisher, $35; Melvyn J. Ivie; $510 A. BOY: Richard W. Campbell. $15; Garth E. Helgcnsen Jr.. $25; Joe Salazar, $375; Jerry J. Sheen. $367.50; Brent Sorensen. $35; and Larry W. Wakley, $33.33. LAYTON: Vaughn J. Bradley. $25; Glen S. Chard, $25; Gerald U. Clark. $415; Spencer L. Hovey, $75; Clara E. Lay, $25; Terry L. Marcus, $21 67; William T. Maynard, $40; Charlenc S. McCleary, $25; Earl W. Montgomery, $50; Arthur W. Nielsen, $15; and A. Wayne Fisher, $340. CLEARFIELD: Lonnie D Adams, $30; Merle E. Coffe, $25; Rex A. Cole, $25; Dale W. Johnson. $15; Neta B. Lee, $35; Jolene W. Linger, $50; Beverly Everett, $635, and Timothy Grogan, $810. BOCN'TIFl'L: Qarence II. Dodd. $3?,2 '). and Jay D. A. $7'r, Peterson. NL'MBKR PLKARE TSgt. Marion Williams watches as Amn. Jeanette SortHIi uses the Hill AFB switchyard Donald $35; SLT LAKE equipment. 7i Newman. $40; Ila M. Phipps. $55; Thomas H. Randall, $25; Ardiena Stegan, $95; Donald Cummins. S575; Neil Fronk, $570; D. Lynn Mikkelsen. $755; Kerry L. Olsen. $575 and I)imr-,d- . - Lr rs Switchboard changes learn, lut really Recently TSgt. Marion Williams got quite a surprise-wheshe paid a visit to the telephone switchboard at Hill AFIi. After her enlistment and basic training were completed in 1953, she was assigned to a switchboard at her first duty assignment. She is amazed at all the changes that have taken place since then CJucing Sergeant Williamsin on today's innovations was REPAIR METHOD Sheldon .. Fisher suggested a repair receiver-transmittemethod for which were condemned due to faulty wave-guid- e assemblies. C ITY: John A. $112.50; Eugene Jumper. $25 and $212. HOOPER: John A. Berry, 125; Warren L. Jones. $15: (lair II. Manning. $40; and $25; and Roger G. Mc-Dermo- tt, $75. UR1GIIAM CITY: Wallace Baker, $100 and David W. Hunt. $112.50. MEN DON: Paul P. Murray, $30. GRANGER: Richard A. Meyer, $15; and Gene Young, $655. I1UNTSVILLE: Gregory $40; Helen P. Rutherford, $12.50; and Roylance, Steven J. Black, $525. MORGAN: C. Brian $25 and $680; Vern C. Wiillips, Wiggill, $30. SUNSET: Raymond G. Lcscberg, $565. FRUIT HEIGHTS: Sherman II. Cloward, $40 and $30. WEST POINT: Farrell A. Cook, $25 and $21.67. James, TOOELE: Jimmy Ronald V. M. Grovcr, $30. CLINTON: Dean S. Birt, $212.50. COALVILLE: tvesfer. V,1 33. U(K)DS CROSS: Thurgood. Ren Dr R. $367 .50. FARMINCiTON: L. L. Flory, $25. CENTER VI LLE: N. Bennett, $75. Raymond (Carles |