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Show mr I JL HILL TOP TIMES Friday, May 10. 1985 Vehicle Transportation Division Story by Jean Williamson Public Affairs Office Wilber Farrell, heavy equipment operator, repairs hydraulics on a D7 Caterpillar. f iw Lff ' - Oh Jk a 411 (M(0)7(Q)g eel tftea?ei? or most people maintaining one or two vehicles in good running condition is a family affair for a fleet of 1,300 you need a consolidated motor pool like the one at Hill AFB. Besides the 170 different types of vehicles in the regular fleet, the motor pool adminis- that support tratively controls 500 rental vehicles ' i sites. Functioning under the Vehicle Transportation Division's Operations Branch, the motor pool's daily support ranges from taxi shuttle buses and 80 percent of base cargo moved to crane and wrecker service and supporting combat deployments and exercises. They also manage licensing of government motor vehicle operators. The Maintenance Branch maintains the base fleet, averaging 900 major work orders each month. Scope of the division's workload encompasses administratively controlling the fleet management: veoff-bas- e hicle justification, assets, their location, organizational control, and the vehicle authorization, utilization board. Vehicles are justified by unit through the motor pool, the VUB and back to the Air Force Logistics Command. Heading the Vehicle Transportation Division for the past six months is Shirley Nelson, former vehicle operations officer. Mrs. Nelson says managing vehicles is a detailed job that goes on iniYUm .i.if- JlIM,, around the clock. "Vehicles are a line item on the congressional budget so their authorization and use is strictly controlled. The assets we do receive must be well taken care of until new resources come in," she said. The 35 base vehicle control officers form the main vehicle coordination web through which the Fleet Management Section gives vehicle management support and training. The VCOs are the base organizations' single point of contact for all vehicle matters. . Basic vehicle support to organizations begins with keeping the vehicle out-o- f commission rate within Air Force standards no more than 10 percent of the total monthly available fleet hours. If it climbs excessively, the motor pool initiates priority maintenance or recall to ensure the essential operating level allows mission accomplishment. Besides base vehicles, the motor pool gives some administrative and parts support to the Utah Test and Training Range, a remote operating site at Lakeside, Utah. Any repairs outside their capability are sent to Hill AFB. The motor pool also moves people and cargo for interservice and intercommand agencies like the Army and Tactical Air Command when they perform exercises at the range or any other nearby , government facilities. is to motor the bench stock supUnique pool its port shop, containing 3,200 bin locations, largest on base. A contractor-operateparts store is located within the maintenance shop to supplement base supply. "Unlike directorates who schedule and control their production," said Mrs. Nelson, "we don't '."-- -- . d ...ia . Bob Bushed, vehicle maintenance shop, receives a fan belt from Marilyn Manville, employee in the contractor-operatein Bldg. 1243. parts store d wmmmmtim I, .).,..iiuuiiimiiii iimijiuiu 'h purpose mechanic, hooks up interrogator equipment to electronically diagnose vehicle problems. ''"'?'' II ! :::ssv:v: i & W-'AtWB$88&Bfs8w ''- - ji. w ICr?"" ' Edwin Jones, general iLiianiipiMwwuL fl xUf n f f ''4' ?' ;f 4 ' I ,:r ' 1 ' ,,Z , y, "r";::- - ;:: ' V-- , ;rH ; . . !" "' - " |