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Show Page HILL TOP TIMES 24 November 23, 1973 Wheels, brakes, struts part of Ogden AMA's workload When a million dollar air- bakes on special paints and craft such as the F-- 4 fighter preservatives which prevent aircraft touches down at the corrosion and rust. One of the last stops is a trip runway, it is traveling at 140 knots. to the gigantic impregnator approximately A "blowout of a wheel or which resembles a giant malfunction in a brake system pressure cooker. would be as disastrous to both Any part constructed of or blowout as a and porous steel is placed in the pilot plane brake failure on a car impregnator where a partial vacuum forces out all traveling at high speed. For this reason, the moisture, contaminants and worldwide responsibility for air and forces a sealant of repairing, modifying and plastic resin into the metallic overhauling aircraft wheels pores. and brakes at the Ogden AMA This permanently seals the has evolved from its original part against leaks of either d airfluid or air. mission with The parts are then incraft into a highly complex function full of tests and dividually inspected, retests. reassembled and inspected as There are about 60 separate a whole. They are then parts in an aircraft brake and returned to storage or shipped 40 in a wheel. to air bases around the world. atSeveral million dollars have Receiving individual wheel at the aircraft tention been saved on the costly overhaul and brake shops, repair of wheels and brakes acic over the past few years due to with is cleaned each part wirh then treattd special oils an Air Force employee's idea which make cracks and stress to install drag chutes on highmarks visible under black speed jets. light. During landings the drag Parts needing modification chutes, which serve multiple are shunted to a specialized purposes, reduce the wear and mechanic, defective parts tear on the aircraft's brake which cannot be repaired are system thus giving extra life sent to salvage as scrap to the brake parts. metal. Tons of such scraps The overhaul of struts, or leave the shop each week. landing gears, is another vital Next stop is baking at 220 mission supporting a perfect-take-oor landing. degrees F in the upright infrared ovens which removes The worldwide responmoisture from each part and sibility of overhauling the landing gears of jet fighters, bombers and cargo planes is the job of the strut shop and the process is nearly identical with that of wheels and brakes. Each strut is disassembled into its 120 individual parts. The parts are dumped in acid baths, paint stripper, run through a blaster which uses - crushed walnut shells to bite tested for cracks. After tests of alignment, tolerance and performance, the parts are reassembled, painted and run through another cycle of testing. When the strut is better than new, it is transferred to storage for future re-issu- e. i 7nrTf r then away contaminants, low-spee- to TOUCH ff Over 50 Hill AFB offices Santa. Last year the base supported 138 families with 570 were represented at a kick off meeting at the base chapel on Nov. s. Chaplain (Col.) Harry B. Sub-for-San- ta children, seven senior citizens, patients from the Garden Home Center and Weber County Memorial Hospital in Roy. "This year," Chaplain Ansted said, "our goal is at least 150 families." Offices that would like to participate in this year's but program weren't represented at the meeting, call ext. 210T or 2107 for information. Ansted, Father Frederick T. Draeger and Maj. Edward M. a Scriven presented of the background program and briefed those attending on procedures necessary to carry out a successful operation. Chaplain (Maj.) Donald R. Smith, is coordinator between the base and surrounding communities for Sub-for- - Sub-for-San- ta DOW DALLAS - The prospects of a long, hard winter and the uncertainties surrounding the situation in the Middle East may well have an effect on future fuel allocations for service stations of the Army and Air Force Exchange Service (AAFES). That word came from Maj. Gen. C. W. Hospelhorn, AAFES commander, as the Exchange Service "works for the best, but braces for the worst" in the face of growing concern over impending fuel shortages across the nation. "Right now it is difficult to know what our situation will be in the months to come." General Hospelhorn said. "Currently, heating fuel is drawing high priority from existing crude oil stocks. If the ANTI-FREEZ- y-- . r S : ... 1 ' j. 3 reports on aasoline - - Virginia Provo paints AAFES starts Sub-for-San- ta Ft 5 iiLJI rx y - I a FINISH Leland Tudder and A.R. Kennington assemble a 52 main strut. trunnion. KC-13-5 winter is severe, service stations everywhere could Patrons Wrord offers d counterparts, can expect to feel the pinch if stocks continue to dwindle. In the face of these potential Gen areas, problems Hospelhorn voiced praise for the cooperation shown AAFES by several of America's oil companies. "Some oil companies have been doing everything possible to meet from the Middle East little more like stateside-base- have serious shortages next spring." overseas. en- couragement. If shipment of oil to America is detained., there could be spot shortages, first felt in the eastern and southeastern states - areas which draw fuel mainly from sources in the Middle East. Overseas, exchange patrons are faced with the same uncertainties. Stations operated by the European Exchange System (EES) receive fuel supplies primarily from Middle East sources. Stations served by the the Pacific Exchange System (PACEX) draw their supplies mainly from stateside sources and some located in the Orient. the Service's Exchange requirements in the face of recent That shortages. cooperation already has staved off a critical situation at AAFES outlets in many-areas- , " the general explained. "It mainly has been a problem of supply and national demand." iiHitt(3me asp (Mmtimm E $TT5 U gal. UK3 Carry out 1 week only that if the situ ' ion ;taLi lizs . AAFES hopes to meet an growing anticipated customer demand. In that a problem still remains. "AAFES has been receiving much of the necessary gallonage despite an already-acutsituation." he ex- respect, e plained. "What has heightened the problem is that requirements have increased at exchange service stations across the land." The general attributed the growing requirements to the termination of gas wars at commercial stations, the greater fuel consumption as the result of devices on newer cars and the favorable prices offered by AAFES stations. "These factors and others have caused greater sales volume and , consequently, greater possibility of shortages in the months to come," he said. "Exchange customers are entitled to know about the prospects I've discussed," anti-pollutio- What can exchange patrons expect in the immediate future? Gen. Hospelhorn said B- - n Gen. Hospelhorn Mated. " IN any event, all may be sure that AAFES will spare no effort to fulfill its mission at service stations just as it has in the past," he pledged. Exchange works GOODYEAR DILUXf BATTIRY HANSCOM FIELD. 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