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Show 14 TOP TIMES Friday, March 16, 1984 HILL Fighter squadron pilots fly exercise support sorties Participating in an exercise away from the primary staging area isn't easy, either. "We receive a tremendous amount of message traffic," the captain said. "The problem in flying from Hill AFB rather than from Nellis is trying to keep the incoming information timely so that we know what the current exercise situation is." The 4th TFS picks up Green Flag training from Sunday to March 30 and will also fly form here each day to By the end of April, pilots from three tactical fighter squadrons here will have flown 6 missions in support of an exercise unrivaled for its realism. Green Flag, conducted at Nellis AFB, Nev., combines the mock air and ground combat training scenarios of Red Flag exercises with intense communications and radar jamming exercises. F-1- Pilots from the 34th Tactical Fighter Squadron started flying then-si- x missions daily, March 6 and will finish today. "The biggest benefit of flying our in a Green Flag exercise," explained Capt. Richard Duhachek, 34th TFS pilot and project officer, "is that it makes our training ralistic. In a real war situation, electronic warfare will be a major part of enemy tactics. Pilots have to be familiar with electronic countermeasures and how to , F-1- 6s - JaftttEAs " Although this appears to be a iim (U.S. Air Force Photo by Keith Adams) act from a circus, in reality, the private contractor workers are extending the Automated Storage Module pneumatic system from Bldg. 849 to include Bldgs. 265, 507 and 510. The Directorate of Distribution uses the system to deliver 80 to 90 percent of the small parts ordered by the Directorate of Maintenance. The system delivers parts up to 25 pounds, at speeds of 25 mph and the average time of delivery is 20 minutes. Buildings presently tied to the system include 100, 225, 5, 205 and 214. high-wi- re n )0Sn) Is there a "bomb" in your bathroom or under the kitchen sink just waiting to go off? If you have small children and unsecured medicines and cleaning products, your house may be a virtual booby trap for your youngsters. Each year more than 100 American children die and hundreds of thousands get sick from accidental poisoning. Rose Ann Soloway, a poison information specialist at the National Capital Poison Center, Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, D.C., explained that the key to solving this nationwide problem is more caution by parents. Although anyone can be poisoned, most victims are children under five, Mrs. Soloway said. "And most accidental poisonings are caused by careless storage or location and improper use of household items, including plants in the house," she said. According to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, more than 500,000 children are accidentally poisoned annually. Cologne and perfume are very common causes of poisoning from household products, Mrs. Soloway knd counteract communications ming.' He said that the pilots will get practical electronic countermeasures experience and the training will demonstrate the effects of communications jamming on command and control. two-wee- k F-5- RC-135- s, roiremifls explained. "Young children are attracted to their pleasant fragrance and pretty bottles, which unfortunately are usually kept in the bedroom or bathroom where they can be easily reached," she said. And during this time of year, when winter clothes are being stored away in mothballs, young children often mistake the white balls for candy. Nausea, vomiting, restlessness and convulsions are some of the signs of mothball poisoning, she said. Even parents put their children in jeopardy by referring to medicine as "candy," hoping their child will be more willing to take it, she said. "The big danger here is that the child might take large amounts of what he or she thinks is candy, but is really a very dangerous drug," she said. Death can result from an overdose of aspirin d often the kind, she added. five less than percent of the several Although million calls received annually by poison centers involve actual poisonings that require hospitalization, anywhere from 100 to 500 children die each year, according to Dr. Barry Rumack, president of the American Association of Poison Control Centers. well-intention- jam- the Nellis gunnery ranges. Aircrews from the 16th TFS and maintenance personnel from the 16th Aircraft Maintenance Unit will travel to Nellis AFB March 30 for their Green Flag training. "We'll be flying as Green Flag players," said Maj. Bill Lake, 16th TFS pilot and project officer, "and we'll be getting some training with the F-- 5 Soviet-style- d Aggressors there. will Twenty-si- x pilots fly dissimilar air combat training with the s and they will participate in the Green Flag electronics warfare training exercise." Green Flag training includes tactical aircraft from other U.S. bases as well as and B-5- C-14- 1s. weoir Dr. Rumack, who is also director of the Rocky Mountain Poison Control Center in Denver, Colo, and a Reserve Army major, estimates that 60 percent of all calls throughout the centers deal with children under five. Jacquelyn S. Lucy, coordinator of the Maryland Poison Con trol Center at the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy at Baltimore, said, "Our center as well as every other one believes that even one death is one too many." Regarding adult poisoning, Mrs. Soloway said that people take wrong medicines usually because they carelessly take it in the dark, or because of poor eyesight. And foolishly taking a double dose to make up for one missed can do a lot of harm sometimes, she ed added. fruit-flavore- Also, drinking alcoholic beverages while on medication can cause poisoning. Many teenagers are accidentally poisoned while experimenting with drugs and alcohol, she said. d Many poisoning accidents can be avoided by following some simple preventive measures: Store drugs in locked cabinets out of children's reach Read labels carefully and follow directions drug-relate- exactly. Buy drugs with caps whenever possible and close caps properly. child-resista- nt Prescriptions for one person should not be used another. by Take medications in a room to avoid misreading the label. Avoid drinking alcoholic beverages while on well-lighte- d medication. Don't mix medications in front of children. Dont caU medicine "candy." If someone is?pbis6ried; immediately contact a .doctor or local poison control center, Mrs. Soloway said. Of the approximately 400 centers in the United States, about 25 are regional centers, which are ac-- , credited by the American Association of Poison Control Centers. "This means, for example, that all h e the regional centers must have numbers, or that callers can phone collect,' Soloway ex-- . plained. Numbers of all the centers can be found on the inside cover of the yellow or white pages of local telephone directories. A spokesman for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in Rockville, Md. said the network is meant to be used by all branches of the Armed Forces as well as civilians. "There's no point in having a duplicate system for the military," said a spokesman for Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C. "The military takes advantage of the existing system," he noted. (AFPS) ..4 i , . Local Poison Control Centers 5475 S. 500 E., Ogden, 479-237- 5 are located at: 3939 Harrison Blvd., Ogden, 1600 W. Antelope Dr., Layton, 825-435- 7 621-82- 40 toll-fre- . |