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Show hh : . A Flu Shots, Oct. - , tzs5 DiLlflpliMli 13-1- 7 UNIVERSITY Vol. 28 No. 39 OGDEN, UTAH Norton AFB, Calif. He will also present the Silver Star and Legion of Merit Medals to a 1550th officer who was a prisoner of .war in North Vietnam from 1965 until 1972. After the ceremony, he will preside over a parade on the d flightline of the wing, meet with Maj. Gen. Edmund A Rafalko, the Ogden Air Logistics Center commander and conduct ar official inspection of the 1550th Hill-base- ATTW. EDUCATION From N.H., Manchester, General Carlton graduated from Academv Hieh School, Erie, Pa. aviation cadet program and received his pilot wings and commission in April Army Field, Ga. A 1942 at Albany command pilot, General Carlton has more than 12,000 flying hours and has flown the B-4- 7, B-5- 2, "H" the model, including Hustler, supersonic 5 and the Mach 3 plus SR-7strategic reconnaissance aircraft. General Carlton has served with the Strategic Air Command ( SAC ) Air Training Command ( ATC) and assumed command of MAC in September, 1972. B-5- KC-13- 8 5, C-- 1, 1 , DECORATIONS The general's military decorations and awards include the Distinguished Service Medal, Silver Star. Legion of Merit with one oak leaf cluster. Distinguished Flying Cross. Air Medal with five 1st leaf oak clusters. an for management interadvanced integrated continental ( I CBM l ballistic missile development been to assigned program has the Ogden Air Logistics Center (ALC). The advanced program, development designated ICBM "M-X.- is a " research and development effort to provide the technology for improving the capability and extending the useful life of existing ICBM systems and to expand the technology base for possible development of future ICBM systems. The early selection of Ogden ALC to provide logistical support associated with such a research and development effort is intended to minimize costs and risks associated with any future development of an advanced ICBM system, should the U.S. elect to do so. Since the program is in and research early development stages, the rj. ifY Army Commendation Medal and Purple Heart. He is a member of the Air Force Association and was given their Citation of Honor in 1973; the Order of Daedalians; American Defense Preparedness Association and the National Defense Transportation Association. CITED Receiving the Air Force Cross will be Capt. Donald Backlund, an instructor pilot with the 1550th Aircrew Training and Test Wing and SSgt. Jon D. Harston, a mechanic with the 15th Military Airlift Squadron, Norton AFB, Calif. Both men earned the awards while participating in the rescue operation of the SS Mayaguez last May. Col. Thomas J. Curtis, 1550th ATTW will receive the Silver Star and Legion of Merit medals for his gallantry and intrepidity in action during the time he was a Prisoner of War in North Vietnam. Systems Manageme nt Responsibility For Advanced IC BM (M-X- ) System Assigned To Ogden Air Logistics Center The Air Force announced today that logistics systems 197 0r OCT, 7 He attended the University of Pittsburgh, Ohio University and George Washington University and graduated from the' National War College, Washington D.C. He entered the Army Air Corps manpower impact at Ogden ALC will be negligible at this a'small length-to-diamet- If X advanced propulsion technologies. These include high performance propcllants. high-strengt- h case materials. a? ! 11 ": it i I " -- : t.i er missile, a silo shock isolation other J o nuclear hardened guidance system: a canister intended to protect the and fi MSI control system X j v.. fMii I'll-- --1 General Paul K. Carlton Fire Prevention ratio third stage; a thrust time. termination system that Assignment of the logistics allows termination at any support mission to Ogden ALC time during motor operation was based primarily on the ,ond high -- expansion ratio Utah center's experience with expandable exit cones for ICBMs. Ogden AIC is system upper stage motors. manager for the Titan II and Minuteman. Also being explored is a Officials said that a number highly efficient, accurate, of M-research programs are now underway to investigate October 3, 1975 LIBRARIES Present Medals, Inspect, Confer K. Gen. Paul Carlton, of the commander Military Airlift Command (MAC), headquarters Scott AFB, 111., will make his fourth visit to Hill AFB on Oct. 9. On that day, he will present the nation's second highest military decoration, the Air Force Cross, to an officer assigned to the 1550th Aircrew Training and Test Wing here and an airman assigned to the 15th Military Airlift Squadron, OF fiTAH Week Oct. 0 5-1- (See Story on Page 8) new techniques. Two Will Receive Air Force Cross At Ceremonies Next Week SSgt. Jn I). Harston earned the Air Force Cross for extraordinary heroism on May 15. 1975. while performing duties as a flight mechanic on a CI I 53 helicopter assigned to the assult by U.S. Marines on Koh Tang Island, off the coast -- of Cambodia. This assault w as directed by the President of the United States in an attempt to fescue members of the SS Mayaguez. vi bo were thought to be held prisoner on the Island. Sergeant Ha rston's actions on that day were directly the responsible for saving lives of hi crewmen--. bets and their load of U.S. Marines. The sergeant's aircraft was one of the first wave of choppers which attempted to insert Marines on the island. M it entered a hover on the beach, if was raked by extremely heavy enemy automatic weapons fire. One round came through the floor, striking Sergeant Harston in the leg. Within seconds, the entire aircraft was in flames and crashed into shallow wafer The Hill Top Time is an unofficial newspaper published every Friday in the interest of Command. It is published by personnel at ft ill Air Force Base, Utah, of Air Force a JS4 North Main, Lajtwt, Utah, private Arm, In no way connected Mor Media Rales, Inc., w rth the Department of the Air Force. Opinions expressed by publisher and writers are their tgitks near the beach. Sergeant Harston was thrown to the floor, but struggled through the flames out into the water. Dazed, shot in the leg and with burns on his left arm. he realized he had left his AIMS rifle inside the aircraft and reentered the burning helicopter to retrieve it. Inside, he discovered some of the Marines still struggling to get out. Ignoring his injuries, he marshalled the dazed men out of the aircraft and into waist deep water. He then worked his way to the front of the craft, only to find the entire cockpit had been blown away. Dodging enemy grenades and bullets, he helped the (Continued On Page 12) own and are rwt to be considered an official expression by the Department of the Air Force, The appearance of advertisements, including supplements and inserts, in this publication does not constitute an endorsement by the Department of the Air Force of products r serv ice advertised. -- "mi a |