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Show November HILL TOP TIMES 14 Page 17. 1978 V 4 'S5P,--ij- t m. sf- r- .' "TyBMfVii ; yHMMMHMMl. ft ; ( A 2 S 3 a Det. 4 delivering a SAVE 73. four-wheel-dri- waits on the helipad at McKay-De- e Hospital. Ogden. after treatment. medical victim for rollover emergency UH-T- ve crucial to any successful flying operation. Since the UH-1requires In 4 the Det. hour for maintenance hours crews air, 73 have maintenance every nearly a big fob. MAINTENANCE Is N n By 1st Lt. Michael G. Wren Detachment 4, 40th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron, located at Hill AFB, has an outstanding reputation throughout the surrounding community. This superior reputation is due entirely to hard work on the part of dedication to every member of the detachment and to a detachment-wid- e community service and the "job at hand." at hand" around Det. 4 to lead will an inevitable question: always "Which one?" To mention the "job A large part of the respect which the law enforcement agencies of Northern Utah hold for the professionalism of Det. 4's rescue work is due to hard work and long, odd hours in the maintenance shop. With six UH-lHueys and seven aircrews, Det. 4 flies an average of 201.6 hours each month. N Hours long With four flying missions per day, five days On the operations side of the house, Det. 4 is per week, the maintenance side of Det. 4's team has a huge job keeping at least four of the six helicopters in the air, especially considering the fact that the UH-lrequires 12.8 hours of maintenance for every flying hour. Det. 4 maintenance personnel are routinely tackling this task by working a 0600 to 2400 day with an identified shortage of ten people. using its six UH-lHueys to do the job of nine. The first thing a young lieutenant hears upon reporting to Det. 4 for duty is that the hours are long and that effective time management is crucial. Pilots at Det. 4 fly an average of 32.4 hours per month, 80 per cent of which is in support of the range. The rest of the time is devoted to training, FCF and N N rescue. All of this maintenance time is in support of Det. 4's normal duty flying, which includes the support of the 2,000,000 acre Hill-We- n dove ay bombing range and a duty-hou- r When the aircrews are not flying or preparing to fly, they are accomplishing their additional duties. The task of accomplishing these duties is amplified when eight pilots out of 14 (including the commander and ops officer) are flying and are unavailable for project coordination and assistance. alert commitment. Additional tasks This does not take into consideration all the weekend and rescue missions in humanitarian support of the local community. middle-of-the-nig- The Northern Utah community is one in which outdoor recreation is a way of life. In summertime, the heat of the Salt Lake Valley ht is escaped by a hike into the elevations of 10,000-fo- rescue for the community but rather support of the bombing range. ot the Wasatch Mountains. Combat reserve Hunters surrounding marshlands. II, S. Mr Forco Phonos by Is? U. fJlkhaol G. IVron and Boorfjo l7fto??fi "i ' y-- ' " (,,',', ' '" y7,, , srssyys..' i 1 1 $ S yJJy one of six such helicopters owned by Det. more than 40 hours each month and carries a 4. It flys crew of four. Here, It Is shown over the Great Salt Lake. Is UH-l- N it t "y s,y"" ' W f 'y THIS M , ft ',y.ysS We of Air Rescue exist "That Others May Live," and we of the 39th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Wing are "Dedicated to Life." Twenty-si- x people (so far this year) will attest that Det. 4 adheres to these standards. During the present year alone Det. 4 has saved 26 lives; yet our primary mission is not ',., '"4', yys.- This is one of the outstanding ways for the taxpayer to actually see his military tax dollar give him a return in the real and tangible measure of lives saved. The mountains act again as the "Siren" to the outdoorsman during the ski season of winter. Hence, the very nature of the alluring environment of Northern Utah provides the justification, in the eyes of the public, for the existence of Det. 4. , " " ' Since Det. 4 is a mobility-taske- d combat rescue unit, the aircrews of the detachment feel a strong obligation to use the specialized skills of search and rescue for the benefit of this community. In the fall, elk and deer hunters from all parts of the United States take to the mountains while the migratory waterfowl hunters head for the Great Salt Lake and its s ; l I , - ','' y SySSSSZ ,S,. , , S, I the mountains of Northern Utah claim lives and Inlurles. Det. 4 takes pride In providing help to those who find themselves In trouble (shown here In simulation) In these remote conditions. EVERY YEAR |