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Show WESTER r " ? iLULj..iu.ii,iu.Mf n I Vol. 30 No. 17 OGDEN', UTAH 7' Aprjfcfo,H977 V Inside A'.. Ms. McFerson AFLC nominee PCB warning cleanup tomorro rvU u If Li War II When the present location of Hill AFB was chosen by the U.S. War Department as the site for a big air depot on Jan. 1940 in t:: i vA ) P I " I CtiiwiiiiiiriirfffiriWii r j - rri it iiiiiinriiiiirilinr-iirifi- - r" "f 3j m O fiwl f f I JiaiMim - hWitniir ; liihrtfmitrt - "TOP COP" Maj. Gen. Tliomas M. Sadler, U.S. Air Force Chief of Security Police, tries on a Hill AFB Security Police Western-styl- e hat presented him moments before by Maj. Gen. Edmund A. Rafalko, Ogden Air Logistics Center. General Sadler visited Hill AFB briefly on Tuesday in a refueling stop and called at Security Police headquarters to see the new consolidated facilities. The hat was a token of appreciation from base security policemen for General Sadler's support in providing the new, more efficient facilities. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Etsil Usher) raouo flying fortress, installed in the early 1940s in the Hill AFB flight operations area, has been restored by the base Enlisted Advisory Council and incorporated into a monument which will be unveiled during ceremonies at the days before World War II, officials and dignitaries remembered to break ground, but forgot to formally dedicate the base. Now, some 37 years later, at 10 a.m. on May 6, Air Force and Utah dignitaries and officials are cooperating and will formally dedicate the facility, the largest industrial complex in Utah. To commemorate the occasion, a model of a World 12, i The annual Spring Cleanup is set for tomorrow, with base organizations assigned specific areas of responsibility. CMSgt. Jesse T. Barnett, Senior Enlisted Advisor, encourages all to get behind this effort and make Hill AFB "the cleanest base in the Air Force." Squadron first sergeants have all the details about what area and times for personnel to report, he said. area this Everyone is invited to look around his-he- r afternoon and assist in sprucing up the base. Base X Page-- 2 Page 5 Page 8 Page 14 Liberty Bell Award Added bus service......... w"'v -- B-1- 7 its new near the location base's main gate. The base was named for Maj. Ployer P. Hill, a test pilot n who died in 1935 at Wright-Patterso- AFB, Ohio, in the crash of the original model of the XB-1Members of the Hill family will be represented at the 7. ceremony by Major Hill's son, Lt. Col. Ployer P. Hill (USAF, Ret.) and Capt. Douglas Hill, Norton AFB, Calif., a grandson. But what of this Major Hill? How come a base of this magnitude should be named for such an individual? Over the years, in addition to not having a formal dedication, very little has been written about its namesake, only the above statistics. Now, for possibly the first time in those years, here is the background on Major Ployer P. Hill. On Dec. 4, 1917, Ployer P. the United States and assumed command of the 6th was fresh out of Brown Photo Section, Wright-Fieluniversity with a Bachelor of Ohio, while at the same time Science degree when he joined serving as a test pilot. the Signal Corp., Aviation Two years later he was Section, as a flying cadet. promoted to Captain and in After nearly three years, in July, 1935, was assigned as July, 1920, he was promoted to chief, Flying Branch, with the a second lieutenant in the temporary rank of major. Hill enlisted in the Army. He sharply to the left, striking a wing, then slamming into the . ground and bursting into flames. Three hours later, in a Dayton hospital, Maj. Ployer P. Hill, chief test pilot for the Army Air Corps was dead. He had paid the ultimate price of helping make this country On Oct. 30, 1935, at 9:30 strong and in the tradition of a.m., tragedy struck. Major the pioneering spirit of Hill took the left seat as pilot America had taken the first of a new aircraft, a Boeing step in a new frontier. model 299 prototype, later As the author of "High the flying Flight" described so well, "Oh designated fortress. The aircraft reached I have slipped the surly bonds an altitude of 100 feet, banked of earth and danced the skies d, Army Air Service. During the next few years, Lieutenant Hill's career took him from occupied Germany to Nichols Field, Philippine Islands and many postings in between. In May, 1932, he returned to B-1- 7 on laughter-silvere- d wings, and put out my hand and touched the face of God." (AFLC) to receive the first college degrees under the Community College of the Air Force (CCAF). He received his degree at Lackland AFB, MSgt. John D. Turner of the 2952nd Combat Logistics Support Squadron, Hill AFB, one of two from the Air Command Force Logistics Tex., Monday. The other AFLC recipient s was SMSgt. Robert W. miston, Headquarters AFLC, Ed-wa- Wrieht-Patterso- n AFB, Ohio. The two were among 275 degree earners. Only 15, however, including Sergeant Turner of Hill, actually attended the ceremonies at Lackland where Gen. William V. McBride, Air Force vice chief of staff, delivered the commencement address and Gen. John W. Roberts, of the Air commander Training Command, ferred the degrees. h I V KV11' V.J '! con- The remainder of the graduates received their degrees in local ceremonies conducted by their bases and commands. The 15 who attended the Lackland event represented major commands, the Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve. The graduates are the first Headquarters, - - it- - I i . receive college degrees from u an armed service under the CCAF program. CCAF emerges from a deep Combat Logistics MSgt John I). Turner, Quality Assurance Technician, 2952nd F-- 4 d Phantom jet. is one Support Squadron, on the job inspecting work done on a of the first enlisted persons ever to receive college degrees from the military under the new Community College of the Air Force program, lie was one of 15 who were handed degrees in ceremonies at Lackland AFB, Tev earlier this week. (U.S. Air Force Photo) IMONKEK enlisted persons ever to -- - crash-damage- The Hill Top Times is an unofficial newspaper published every Friday in the interest of personnel at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, of Air Force Logistics Command. It is published by Mor Media Sales, Inc., 1150 West Uiverdale Road, Ogden, Utah 84403, a private firm in no way connected with the Department of the Air Force. Opinions expressed by publisher and writers concern for the men and women of the U.S. Air Force, entitling them an opportunity for personal growth and development through mastery of unified programs of technical, related general, and management studies noncommissioned officer. was Turner Sergeant graduated with a degree in (Continued, Page 10) In 1939, the U. S. Army deemed it appropriate to name a new depot in Davis County, Utah, as "Hill Field." (Continued. Page 10) Commanders support AFA membership drive The Air Force Association (AFA) membership drive being conducted throughout Air Force Logistics Command (AFLC) from April 18 through May 18, has top Air Force support. In a letter to all commands, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David C. Jones said, "WTiile individual membership in this organization is voluntary, it is fully authorized by Department of Defense directives for all Air Force personnel. "AFA is the one professional airpower society which continually works for the entire Air Force and all its people. ... I strongly urge every member of the Air Force to consider the benefits of joining AFA," General Jones added. He defined Air Force people as "airmen, NCOs, officers, civilian cadets. Reservists, Guardsmen, retirees and dependents." In a letter to commanders within AFLC, Gen. F. Michael Rogers, commander, joined General Jones in urging support. "Our people should be given every opportunity to become acquainted with the Air Force Association and its many programs and to join if they see fit," he said. "Since its inception in 1946. the AFA has represented every segment of the Air Force team and has urged for a strong, capable Air Force manned by able men and women." (LOGNEWS) relevant to the role of the their own and are not to be considered an official expression by the Department of the Air Force. 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