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Show Page August 9, 1974 HILL TOP TIMES 18 CLERICAL TEST 0 worn O To5 (i d ira ! fd ) by A1C Dan Hinmon Buckley ANG Base, Colo. For the first time since reserve two troops were airlifted to bitter-col- d Alaska in 1965, the unit had deployed a large number of men-- and run the deployment by the book, But the actual deployment of members of Det. 508, 301st Tactical fighter Wing at Hill The giant lumbered off the end of the runway and climbed above the rugged Rockies into the late morning sky, escorted by jet fighters. thundering On board were 88 men and 11 tons of cargo, headed for F-1- John TEST-S- gt. Markham Pam CLERICAL-Am- n. TRACE-AI- Pierce types a report. UP Ronald cleans a painl gun. TOUCII-AI- C rrr v r UP-- An Rigby Ufts off from B STITCH-S- gt. works Woolsey parachute. sets up a mock up. the Hill AFri runwav. C Lawrence on a AFB was just one of a number of activities sandwiched between July 20 and Aug. 3. The key word . was train, with a capital T. Following an aggressive schedule with close timing and critical coordination, the unit worked to meet the higher of an demanded requirements outfit declared combat ready just eleven months after conversion to the And the training was first F-10- class. Joseph Hewitt and AIC Bruce Nielsen go over a schematic in the Ammo Shop. HOME A ground member directs an into proper position Everything munitions loading to from race relations, from qualifying 6 with the to parade a softball from practice, M-1- tournament to a detachment picnic. You name it, the unit did it. Not everyone was doing it at Hill or Buckley, however. Deploying to Ellington AFB. Tex. the CE Flight got a chance to further flex the muscles of the Prime BEEF concept. The exercise included completing an outdoor rifle and range beginning fabrication of an administration building for the 307th Red Horse Squadron at Ellington. Not to be outdone, the Communications Flight spent their annual tour sharpening techniques at Mildenhall AB, crew F-10- after completion of a mission. SWITCH TSgt. George Walson begins a generator test. -- Randy Moultrie packs a drag chute. LINES-S- gt. 1 1 f miniTiirrm Ml , ,W- SWITCH STITOI TRACE C r ''-'Touai ; tJ& ' ",IB" HOME LINES - 't |