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Show J D SPECIAL COLLECTIONS v..,. Vol. 40 No. Hill AFB, Utah 1 (slhaov 100 388th Tactical Fighter Wing Two crew chiefs from the 4th Aircraft Main- tenance Unit and an 6 Fighting Falcon from the 4th have set what is believed to be a U.S. Air Force record for most consecutive sorties without a F-1- ground abort. Sgt. Douglas McWhorter, an 6 crew chief, and A1C Pete Smith, assistant crew chief, have kept aircraft tail number 781 flying for more than 100 sorties and for. more than 150 hours. "Try to imagine 100 television sets, each sitting on top of a complex computer," said SMSgt. Robert D. Ruge, noncommissioned officer in charge of the 4th AMU. "Connect them together by 100 miles of F-1- set sortie ir eirdS "I'm just doing my job," Sergeant McWhorter said. "I'm not really concerned with setting new records; I just want to keep my aircraft flying." "Very few crew chiefs ever manage to do what Sergeant McWhorter has accomplished," Sergeant Ruge said. "The countless hours he has invested in the meticulous 'care and feeding' of his aircraft have paid high dividends." Sergeant McWhorter was recently recognized by Col. James M. Johnston III, commander, 388th Tactical Fighter Wing, for his achievement. Representatives from General Dynamics Corporathink that Sergeant tion, manufacturers of the sortie record for McWhorter may hold the e the turning each of them on and off times and they all must work perfectly every wire. Now imagine By TSgt. Terry Walker Friday, January 10, 1986 time. "Next," continued Sergeant Ruge, "add in a also whole factory of complicated machinery that must function perfectly all 100 times and this all must happen at previously scheduled times. "If you can imagine that, then you have an idea of what Sergeant McWhorter and Airman Smith have accomplished," said Sergeant Ruge. Sergeant McWhorter's aircraft passed the 100 sortie point in November and now has 116 sorties without a ground abort. More than 90 of the missions have ended with the aircraft in condition "code 1." This means that the aircraft needed no maintenance before the next flight. F-1- 6, all-tim- F-1- 6. 6 tail number 781 sits ready on the 388th Tactical Fighter Wing ramp. The aircraft and its crew chief, Sgt. Douglas McWhorter (inset), have established a consecutive sorties record. F-- 1 ft ' .,. lofty year Key objectives, By Chris Moenich Ogden ALC Public Affairs Office Editor's note: The following story commemorating events at Hill AFB during 1985 was r npiied from stories published in the Hill Top Times. 1 many more noteworthy activities here throughout the Although there ; d se as an example of projects for achieving those mt only year, Air Force Logistics Command. key objectives ...... ,.....,., goals met by base Quality of Life One of the biggest news items of the year arrived near the end when Hill received the first annual Commander's Facility Excellence Award during a November Commander's Conference at AFLC Headquarters. Although the award recognized several achievements, the major drawing card was the Quality of Life program making Hill a safe and pleasant place to work. The 2849th Air Base Group and the Civil Engineering staff directed the program consisting of projects conducted by all units on base. fix-uand Minor projects involved clean-up- , entorepair. Major projects included a refuse and n dormitory, new mology building, a "We need to guarantee that our basic refueling vehicle shop, occupational health clinic, a Shop and religious education center, a Base programs and future concepts are securely beda modular office complex for the Directorate of ded in cold reality. "We need to focus our attention in five major Competition Advocacy and some personnel from the Directorate of Procurement, Contracting 'and areas right now. is Manufacturing. Not new buildings but notable im"So far as priorities are concerned, my view inside them included renovations to the that these five key objectives are all of equal provements Officers' Club and Hillcrest Dining Hall. priority." inBolstering the basewide recognition were the These five objectives are: 1) Quality of Life; 2) ImThese units. individual numerable awards won by age of the Command; 3) Financial Management; 4) included the "Best in the Air Force" award to the Weapon System Support; 5) Automatic Processing Family Housing Branch (February); two design t Modernization. ear a Hill AFB may be most rememThe 198 bered for t nges to reflect five key objectives outlined duri : November 1984 by Gen. Earl T. O'Loughlin, commander, Air Force Logistics Command, Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio. "As I envision the next few years for the command, we need to stabilize our operations and continue to move toward full wartime logistics capability," he said. 4 p 240-perso- U-Fix- -It 1 - g m:- X (US in Air Force Photo) 1985 awards to the 2849th Civil Engineering Architectural Unit in the 1984 AFLC Design Awards program (March); the new Correctional Custody Facility which was named a model for other Air Force bases (March); and the monthly Spruce Log competition recognizing superior facility and vehicle maintenance. Image of the Command This category takes on several facets, including community involvement, Air Force awards and, also, projects which complement those conducted outside the military community. Community involvement was strong last year with projects ranging from judging a high school science fair competition to the annual Sub-- f program. In between were the Combined Federal Campaign, resulting in $438,713.12 in contributions; blood drives, a Thanksgiving basket fundraiser, a Volksmarch and an open house during September which attracted more than 200,000 people from Utah and surrounding states. accrediThe base hospital was given three-yea- r on Accreditation tation by the Joint Commission for Hospitals, signifying the quality care available and its comm." nent to excellence. Complementing Quality of Life efforts was the an- (Continued on page 5) or-San- ta |