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Show Decided at the top r ma of Mil mm fx it! AMERICAN '.ML v 'Cruise' gets nod Secretary of Defense Harold Brown said in Washington Friday that the decision of President Carter not to proceed with production of the B-l (bomber) was based on the conclusion that aircraft modern Cruise missiles will better assure the effectiveness of the bomber component of U.S. strategic forces in the 1980s. President Carter announced discontinuance of the l production program on June Boeing Plant 77. ' i . s p 4'. ' ' w ' ' ' y J 1 muni B- -l (Rockwell photo) Speaking to the Pentagon press the next day, Secretary Brown said he has always believed it important that the United States have an effective force of manned air- craft. XW Bombers desirable r UILL IXL- - "Bombers have a unique combination of desirable qualities. They can be recalled. They can deliver weapons accurately. And they present a different kind of planning problem to the Soviet Union than do ICBMs or T. 30 SLBMs. This is so both in of what the Soviets would have to do to attack aircraft before launch, and what they would need in order to defend against them at the target end. 2 bombers or HH" terms ' No. I 1 J1 U (ni Hi fl "illiiliinf iiM h iiiiliiii iii'iiii f recast B-5- Shifting workloads in some Ogden Air Logistics Center (ALC) organizations will require position changes for a very few employees at Hill but no separations are expected and reduction in grade will be minimal, if at all, for this quarter according to Col. Edwin C. Hudson, Chief of Personnel. other aircraft carrying modern Cruise missiles ' " I , Farewell honors Col. Madden who heads for Pentagon duty , tribute to Col. Richard G. of Director Madden, Distribution at the Ogden ALC since July 14, 1975. Madden has been reassigned to Hq. Air Force with duty at the Pentagon as deputy chief of the Aircraft and Missile Programming - There might be a lesson for the PULLING TOGETHER contest among 12 children who adults in this AFB Fourth of July celebration in Hill the participated hosted by the Enlisted Airwas day-lon- g event The Monday. councils and sponsored by Officer men's and Company Grade the Hills AFB Central Base Fund, the Utah Air Force Association, the Officers Wives' Club, and both the Hill NCO and Officer Clubs. More photos of the successful celebration, pages 10 and 20. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Lt. Steve Defrank) Tug-Of-VV- upgrade the Minuteman II with a new navigational were also system (NS-20- ) scuttled. The Minuteman IPs and Ill's systems and the Titan ICBM represent one leg of the d Triad of missiles, submarine - launched ballistic missiles and Division. As director of Distribution, Colonel Madden has been deply involved in relocation of the physical processing facilities from old, obsolete buildings built prior to World War II, to the new facilities now comprising a distribution The Hill Top Times is an unofficial newspaper published every Friday in the interest of per- Command. It is published by Mor sonnel at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, of Air Force Media Sales, Inc., 1150 West Kiverdale lid, Ogden, Utah 81 103, a private firm in no way con- netted with the Department of the Air Force. Opinions expressed by publisher and writers are During the relocation process, more than 1,000 employees were moved into a new processing environment with virtually no reduction in support capability ' to General Dynamics Corp. of Fort Worth, Tex., is being awarded a $4 million contract for technical documents in support of the 6 aircraft. F-1- Ogden Air Logistics Center (ALC), Hill AFB, Utah, is assigned prime responsibility for Lunch prices up a nickel or dime "There will be an immediate MODERATE raise in most food prices at the 12 restaurants and snack bars at Hill x AFB," Charles Johnson, Restaurant Systems Manager, : S Si :: ! : :: $ ;! ijiji iji; (See page 25) 6 The Provisions Contracting Officer is Beverly J. Everett. (LOGNEWS) world. Distribution Directorate was in involved deeply 388th redeployment of the Tactical Fighter Wing from Thailand to Hill. For his service in this regard, Colonel Madden was nominated for F-1- aircraft and made the award. customers throughout the the same period, the According to James O. Cummings, Boeing - Utah (See page 25) Documentation on F-- 1 6 goes to Gen. Dynamics complex considered by many to be the finest in the Air Force. In HHHI Minuteman (Thiokol photo) manned bombers that Comprise the strategic forces. Minuteman III, an improved version of the II, was first launched in August 1968. land-launche- "Employees who are made excess by positions being cancelled will be placed through application of retention rights and will be afforded every protection of Civil Service Commission and Air regulations," the personnel chief emphasized. Colonel ar effectively used for other improvements to the strategic forces. Hence plans to 'Ve plan to issue specific notices to affected employees the first part of August 1977, with an effective date the first part of October 1977," Colonel Hudson said. He added that during the realignment period (fourth Quarter, fiscal year 1977), every effort will be made to minimize the impact on affected employees by using vacant positions. At a special farewell social Wednesday evening, friends and fellow workers paid plllililSIl Defense officials said that the funds to upgrade the Minuteman II could be more stated that it will be necessary to implement reduction-in-forc- e procedures, requiring the cancellation of excess personnel requests and freezing some existing vacancies until it can be determined that a given vacancy is not required to place a surplus employee. x x w He mander. added, "However, increased em- In a June 28 letter to commander, directors and other key base officials, Colonel Hudson B-- A. com- iiT pou. OGDEN. UTAH 1 Ogden ALC phasis will be required in our and surveillance aging program, long lead spares provisioning and the technical engineering and support services we provide the Strategic Air Command (SAC) operational bases." JUL121977 : 27 " y UiHJ rd Edmund Gen. Rafalko, 30. 21'' "The basic mission at the Ogden Air Logistics Center .'ALC) for logistics support of the intercontinental ballistic missile -- (ICBM) forces will remain much the same," said Maj. B-- (See page 25) Missile affects Boeing The announcement Tuesday by Defense Secretary Harold Brown that production of the Minuteman III will end following completion of the 10 missiles under DOD contract met with concern here at Hill AFB where the assembly takes place at carrying present the Soviets with extreme defensive problems," he said. The Secretary pointed out he has studied these issues for many years. "Last year I did so again, and at that time it seemed to me that the arguments for the l had some plausibility. However, when I took office. . . I undertook to reexamine the problem in the light of the and current strategic technical situation." I? told HILL TOP TIMES today. Mr. Johnson explained that :$ : g: non-appropriat- ed fund employees received a substantial pay increase on June 1, requiring an increase in prices to offset the cost of service. "Some items will be raised a nickel or a dime, about Monday," he reported, and hastened to add that Hill AFB restaurants operate on a better return to the customer than at most bases today, considering the higher costs of products. : : : :!;: Mr. Johnson wouldn't be pinned down right now on the price of coffee, saying he recognized that the favorite : brew is a morale factor for many workers, and. the matter iv will receive full consideration and study before any in- - ;:! crease is made. i i r x" z """"""" their own and are not 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 or services advertised. |