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Show i . f I . r ' OGDEN, UTAH Vol. November 22, 1978 ! i i-- mmw wmmm assum m u The first F-1- has arrived at Hill AFB. 6 Lt. Col. James G. Rider, former Lightweight Fighter Test Director at the Air Force Flight Test and Evaluation Center and a project pilot in the YF-1- 6 program at Edwards AFB, Calif., landed the sleek gray bird of prey at Hill last Monday after piloting it from Edwards. Colonel Rider now is assigned at Hill AFB as the Tactical Air Command (TAC) project officer for the official 6 turnover ceremony scheduled for early January 1979. within easy reach and work can be accomplished with a minimum of tools," he added. TO WELCOME the colonel and be used for maintenance training, and is not F-1- ON HAND the 388th Tactical Fighter Wing's first 6 were Maj. Gen. John J. Murphy, Ogden ALC commander, and Brig. Gen. Davis C. Rohr, commander, 388th TFW. Without further ceremony last week, the 6 was towed into the hanger which will be its F-1- ALTHOUGH THE F-1- FIRST SSgt. Richard I. Devault pauses In front of received at Hill AFB for training. Sergeant Devault chief at an operational unit. Is HL Q02, the first F-1- aircraft 6 also the first Air Force F-1- 6 crew assigned to him will 6 scheduled to fly until next year, Sergeant De Vault will be busy coordinating specialist work and advising students training on the aircraft. F-1- location during intensive "hands-on- " maintenance training by members of TAC's 288th TFW, and the 533rd Field Training Detachment (FTD), Air Training Command. GROUND TRAINING of American and foreign maintenance personnel is the mission this "first" 6 is destined for initially. It will not be flown again until later in 1979. Fourteen courses oriented on the 6 are currently in progress at Hill AFB, involving students from Belgium, Denmark, The Netherlands, Norway and the United States. F-1- F-1- One of the principals in the "hands-on- " phase of the training which began the night of the aircraft's arrival is SSgt. Richard I. Devault, who now is assigned to the Multinational Test and Evaluation Aircraft of the Maintenance Unit (MOT&E-AMU- ) 388th TFW. F-1- 14-ye- ar technician and has been crew chief of the and the He was a member of the 4486th Test Squadron, 6 Joint Task Force, Edwards, before being assigned to the d 388th TFW. He served in the 6 program at Edwards for two years and two months. F-10- F-4F- G "THE CLASSES WILL RUN six students two instructors. Students from the foreign countries are in the class, Following completion of classwork, they come into the hangar for the hands-ophase," he said. and n SMSgt. Raymond C. Fletcher, NCOIC of the 388th TFW MOT&E AMU, has high praise for as regarded from the maintenance standpoint. The sergeant served a year at the F-1- 6 Edwards as organizational assigned to the superintendent of the maintenance squadron F-1- 6 program. "WHAT THEY SAY about ease of maintenance on the 6 is all true," he commented. "Manhours just to get under the panels is greatly reduced. In short, compared to other aircraft I have worked with, it's fabulous!" he said, enthusiastically. J HANDS ON SSgt. Richard 1. Devault (center) Instructs SSgt. Franklin Maddox (I), 388th Tactical Fighter Wing, and Lt. Vlrger Larson, Royal Norwegian Air Force In the first hands-oaircraft. The plane arrived at Hill last Monday and was training on n F-1- 6 towed Into a 388th TFW hangar to accommodate hands-omaintenance training for students after they complete necessary classwork conducted by the 533rd Field n Training Detachment, ATC. 5, J. F-1- F-1- Hill-base- "It is a great honor to be the first," the sergeant said. He is excited about working on the which he says is an aircraft mechanic's dream. "Aircraft components are F-1- F-1- 6, F-1- HE IS THE Air Force's first 6 crew chief assigned to an operational unit. The sergeant is a veteran aircraft maintenance B-57- Concerning the training program underway, Maj. Tony Pombo, training officer, explained, "We are implementing a standard training program here with this revitalizing the apprenticeship program. 6 In addition to use of this first F-1- 6 for training, separate aircraft components are used as training aids whenever possible. In the near future, use of simulators will be added to the list of instructional aids designed to enhance training. THE 388TH TFW EXPECTS to get its first operational 6 in early January after those who must maintain this complex weapon system are trained. i i i ; F-1- ;r ; - IT'-- 1 - ' Air Force I session for flu shots for military personnel will be held in the Base Theater Friday, Nov. 24, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Active duty personnel are reminded that flu shots are mandatory. A make-u- p I Ph of oi by TSr Lorry Harrington 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 Itiverdale Road, Ogden, Utah 81403, a private firm in no way connected with the Department of the Air Force. Opinions expressed by publisher and writers I. i: -: .:- A LIGHT TOUCH SSgt. Richard Devault demonstrates to SSgt. Fanklln Maddox one of the few tools used to open panels on maintenance. F-1- 6 aircraft to accomplish necessary 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. |