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Show sec SPECIAL COLLECTIONS Over $2 million Logistics Center (ALC) commander, Brig. Gen. Cornelius Nugteren, Ogden ALC vice commander, and other base, contractor and Corps of Engineers dignitaries. Contractor for the n facility will be Zwick Construction of Salt Lake City. Completion has been targeted for September 1979. 360-ma- S Groundbreaking will take place here this morning to begin construction of a $2,850,536 airmen's dormitory. Participating in the event will be Maj. Gen. James P. Mullins, Ogden Air The facility will be three stories, containing a total of 60,200 square feet. Two men will be placed in each room with interconnecting bath. Concrete will be used for footings and foundation. The walls will be of brick and block. k y - , June 16, 1978 OGDEN. UTAH Vol. 32 No. 23 COPE ELITE ends 388th crews, planes return to Hill after joint service exercise Hill 4-mo- 1 nth V from the 388th Tactical Fighter Wing touched down at p flight from Barber's Point Naval Air Wednesday afternoon after a later four additional Phantoms landed here Station, Hawaii. One half-hoe to mark the end of operation COPE ELITE, a four month exercise. Five F-4- s ; non-sto- , ; f M; f" J ur 1 siS- .s joint-servic- Starlifters from the The first of six Command followed a few Airlift Military hours behind the carrying a load of support equipment and personnel. C-1- 41 F-4- s, to The last contingent of COPE ELITE is due arrive tomorrow at approximately 11 p.m. All three flying squadrons of the wing, the 4th, 34th and 421st Tactical Fighter Squadrons, were involved in the exercise as were a large number of maintenance, administrative and other support personnel. V-- were of of the three at each phases the "swapped" of so the most wing could exdeployment this valuable training. perience Flying and support specialists "This was the wing's longest deployment to date," said Col. Davis C. Rohr, wing commander of the 388th TFW, "and it exceeded all of our expectations. Our aircrews gained extremely valuable training in joint service operations." While in Hawaii, the 388th TFW Phantoms flew in support of the 25th Infantry Division. i tv y ... Knee- 7 y. nv"" t; ! i H S if "S. S Dm ALOHA It. Col. Sam P. Morgan, commander, 34th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Is welcomed by Col. Kenneth W. North, 388th vice commander, upon his return home from Hawaii after participating in exercise COPE ELITE. Looking on Is Col. Davis C. Rohr, 388th TFW commander. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Kieth Chadwlck) qgo dgducdet'ggO GdOCigd3 Quick response by an air rescue crew from Hill Air Force Base may have been instrumental in saving the life of a girl who fell off a cliff while hiking in Waterfall Canyon near Mt. Ogden park Tuesday evening. 17-year-- t v , O Flying their "Save 32" helicopter into a narrow canyon that allowed little more than 10 feet on each side of their whirling rotor crew from Det. 4, 41st blade, the Rescue Weather and Reconnaissance Wing airlifted Kim Valentine to the McKay-De- e Hospital in Ogden where she was listed in critical condition. four-ma- n Crew of the Hill helicopter was Capt. Bill LAST eighth and last The full-scal- e multirole fighter, a two development maiden flight seater, lifts off on its at General Dynamics Fort Worth facility. On the assembly line nearby over 40 production F-1- 6 85-minu- te are under construction. The first model of the aircraft Is scheduled to be delivered to the Air Force In August. (General Dynamics Photo) F-1- 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 MorMedia Sales. Inc., 1150 West Riverdale Road, Ogden, Utah 81103, a private firm in no way connected with the Department of the Air Force. Opinions expressed by publisher Gotcher, pilot and aircraft commander; 1st t; Lt. Mike Callahan, SSgt. Alan Kniot, and Sgt. Guy Manis, flight mechanic; co-pilo- pararescueman. The helicopter was already in the air on a mission when a little after 8 p.m. they received word that they were needed to answer an emergency call from the Weber County Fire Department. Returning to Hill, they reconfigured the used to pick helicopter for a Stokes Litter up injured individuals. Upon arrival at the scene, Sergeant Manis was dropped on the "penetrator" to the floor of the canyon. He discovered that Miss Valentine had received deep lacerations on her left arm and right lower leg. Bleeding had been stopped by a tourniquet applied by those on the scene. (Continued on Page 2 ) and writers are 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. |