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Show i Cancer Control F APR IS I!! BILL UTAH U 1375 April 9, 1976 OGDEN. UTAH f Vol. 29 No. 14 Personnel Readjustment Required For Many Reasons Last December the Department of Defense announced th;i civilian jobs at Hill AFB be eliminated or transferred by the end of fiscal year 1976. Maj. Gen. Edmund A. Rafalko, Ogden Air Logistics Center commander at Hill AFB, said that personnel readjustment at the base was necessary for a number of reasons. They include: Force programming cause reducing personnel needs in some areas as workloads go down yet require rehire in other unrelated areas where the workload is increasing. -- A reduction in the average civil service grade, to include ratios, offsetting the "grade creep"a the years toward higher grades. over growing tendency reorganization of the Materiel Management function of the Air Force Logistics Command (AFLC) which will reduce costs by $18 million annually. This action is affecting personnel e at all six AFLC bases, including Hill, and one installation. The reorganization, the result of an study, will reduce costs through consolidation of like organizational elements, reductions of some functions and centralization of functions which can be more efficiently and other economically performed at a single location. -- Some functions are to be transferred from Hill to other geographic locations in a move to consolidate international logistics, equipment allowance and cataloging and standardization. prior years, reductions have been managed within normal attrition which, over the years, creates a skills imbalance. Workload changes as the result of changes in Air "The object of these programs is to get the maximum amount of national defense from the resources allocated for that purpose yet implement these efforts so as to have the minimum impact on the workforce," General Rafalko said. (RIF) To set the process in motion, Reduction-in-Forc- e civilian to about 1,200 notices were given Wednesday workers. 783 --- A joint-servic- th --- In worker-supervis- or The notices will mean that some 490 will be assigned to other jobs at Hill AFB, 520 changed to lower grades and possibly as many as 190 to be separated. Additionally, some 100 personnel have declined to transfer installations. with their jobs to The workers who have declined functional transfers are faced with separation unless suitable positions become vacant at Hill and are not needed for RIF'd employees. The effective date for separations is June 11. out-of-sta- rockets and missiles .will discuss the future of the United States space program at a dinner at the Hilton Hotel in Salt Lake City on Apr. 23, ' si x beginning at 6:30 p.m. Dr. von Braun is currently vice president for Engineering and Development with Fairchild Industries. The dinner will be a "Salute to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration," sponsored by the Ute Chapter of the Air Force Association. Tickets are $10 per person and will include a large steak. For reservations call Jack Price, ext. 5103 or Jim Taylor, ext. 5781. Frank E. Moss will be master of ceremonies. Other dignitaries speaking at the event will be T. A. Wilson, chairman of the board of the Boeing Aerospace Co., Dr. Gearge M. Low, NASA deputy administrator; and astronaut, Capt. Gene Ccrnan. At Fairchild, Dr. von Braun is responsible for providing coordinated direction lo the (D-Uta- & corporation's diverse scientific, engineering and development goals and interests. Dr. von Braun, as a youth, joined the German Society for Dr. Wernher von Braun MAST Space Travel. He worked on Slates Picnic Tomorrow An old fashioned family picnic will be held from II a.m. Ihrouoh the aflernoon tomorrow at the FAM Campgrounds. The Married Airmen Sharing Together (MAST) program is sponsoring the event to boost the organization's membership - and lower, first and second term airmen and All their families are invited to attend A $1 donation is required and couples are asked to bring a salad to be served buffet style. All other lunch items will be provided by MAST, Tickets are available at the MAST Office, ext. 32.. the old base chapel, and at the picnic Saturday. Further information is available by calling the MAST Office at ext. 3236. E-5- rocket liquid-fue- l motors. While technical director of the German Army rocket center at Peenemunde on the Baltic, the missile 4 (the ballistic and the long-rang- e A-- V-- 2) supersonic missile "Wasserfall" were anti-aircra- ft on the moon's surface. In March 1970, Dr. 0 far, 75 workers have applied for the program. "I have instructed my officials that wherever possible, the original RIF notice will be amended by a more favorable offer," General Rafalko explained. So von NASA. He joined Fairchild in July, 1972. "Civil Service regulations will be followed to the letter during the personnel readjustment," he emphasized. The commander also said that every action will be taken to assist those separated in finding another job. The services of the Utah State Employment Office will be utilized and efforts made to find positions in other government agencies. The general also noted that there will be limited rehiring to fill vacancies in areas with critical workloads. Persons to be separated will be given every opportunity to fit high-turnov- became Braun deputy associate administrator of developed. At 425-51- te Top Rocket, Missile Authority Featured Speaker Dr. Wemher von Braun, a top international authority on Reassignments and changes to lower grades will be June 13. General Rafalko noted that it was originally estimated that permanent employees at Hill might be separated because of the personnel readjustment. "I am pleased to report that the picture is now much brighter," General Rafalko said. "We will continue to try to further reduce the number to be separated." General Rafalko said that attrition and retirements have helped lower the original estimate of individuals to be separated. To further lessen the impact, the Civil Service Commission authorized an "early out" retirement for employees to retire with less service and age than normally required, but at a reduced annuity. er into these positions. "In today's climate of tight budgets and high costs, we must work toward more defense for the dollar," said General Rafalko. "To do this we must streamline our operation, yet keep a strong, viable workforce." the end of World War II, von Braun came to the United States with key members of his technical staff. Working first at the White Sands Proving Grounds, N.M., he was by 1950 in charge of the U.S. Army ballistic weapon program at Huntsville, .Ala. There, Jupiter-C- , the Redstone, Jupiter, Juno and Pershing missiles were 'i I - developed. He became a U.S. citizen in 1955. Von Braun and his team placed the first U.S. satellite. Explorer I, in orbit on Jan. 31, as a 1958 using the Jupiter-booster. In 19f0. von Braun and his organization were placed National the under Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASAk As director of the George C. Marshall Space Might Center, h be developed large vehicles such as the Saturn V for the Project lunar manned Apollo program. Under his direction, the development of Skylab was if C space-launc- initiated, as well as the development of the Lunar Roving Vehicle which provided transportation for astronauts The Hill Top Times is an unofficial newspaper puhlished every Friday in the interest of pervnnel al Hill Air Force Base, Utah, of Air Force logistic Command, tt is puhlished by Mot Media Sales. Inc., a private firm, in no way connected with the Department of the Air Force. Opinions expressed by publisher and writers are their own and are not to he considered an " X . mtiamd A mmt,t, iiimii i.i, i ; l ' - ifciim,.. ' --- --- V 1 - - . p J - f If76 1 till AFB ftodeo Queen contestants Faye Blanch, left, and Janna Ifudgens, center, get a te tip on horsemanship from Bud Favero, a horsemanship judge in this year's Rodeo Quern Contest to he held May 7 and al the Hill AFB Rodeo Arena. (U.S. Air Force Photo By Georee Uhettonh 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 or serv ices ad ertised. ... |