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Show Reserve 68th APS trusted shippers Page 3 Edition Triple Crowners Air Force JO) AFR Volume TwoNumber Seven Jan. 10, 1986 Hill AFB, Utah 1A Page 2 Willi - ' - tSSft? - , u liiiiil ; ': lllllllliil 'x ' ' ' - '" r in iiC"" 'T' , ' (Courtesy Photo: General Dynamics) awaits week stay, nearly 300 missions are planned to keep reserve pilots and from the 41 9th Tactical Fighter Wing as the unit deploys to Luke maintenance personnel on top of training in the face of inclement weather AFB, Ariz., in an effort to keep the flying hours flowing. During the six- - at Hill AFB during the early winter months. DIAMONDBACKS F-1- UNCOIL FOR SUNSHINE A bowl of clear skies 6s Wing fights 'ffogf transplants flying business By Maj. Len Barry 419th TFW Public Affairs Office (Reserve) ffirGiSiniiiinigj F-- 6s keeps imi Eying Arizona's' 'mild blue II : yoimder' Woirldl The 419th Tactical Fighter Wing's aircraft parking ramp and the ranks of its personnel will be a little thinner during the January and February Unit Training Assemblies due to Patriot Escape 86, a deployment to Luke AFB, Ariz., near Phoenix. Increments of approximately 30 operations and 150 maintenance people from the 466th Tactical Fighter Squadron and 419th Consoli- dated Aircraft Maintenance Squadron departed Jan. 2 and Jan. 5 to experience up to six weeks of warmth and sun which will provide a better climate for flying and maintenance training. Four of the 12 participating 6 Fighting Falcon aircraft will return to Hill Jan. 25, while eight will stay on until Feb. 14 to take part in Patriot Yucca 86, a training deployment of the wing's 507th Tactical Fighter Group, which flies F-- Phantom fighters and is F-1- 4 based at Tinker AFB, Okla., near Oklahoma City. Also participating in the 419th's deployment will be some support personnel representing resources management, safety and security police. According to Maj. Kent Clark, who performs duty as 466th TFS air reserve techni full-tim- e CBncflinmps cian training officer and is Patriot Escape 86 project officer, this is the wing's second winter annual trip to Luke. The was Kirtland to AFB, N.M., near Alsojourn 1984. buquerque, before Besides the better weather, Luke will afford the 6 pilots an opportunity to hone their combat skills flying against dissimilar now-tradition- al F-1- air-to-a- ir aircraft, primarily the 5 Eagle fighter, e Major Clark said. In addition, the F-1- 290-sorti- schedule includes surface attack (dropping bombs for score) and surface attack tactics (dropping bombs on a realistic target). "These deployments are essential to our mission readiness," said Col. John J. Closner, 419th Tactical Fighter Wing commander. "The winter weather at Hill and on the Utah Test and Training Range often reduces the; effectiveness of our flying training program. Patriot Escape 86 will help us maintain our required level of proficiency and add variety to our training experience, especially for our pilots. Operating from different locations and under unfamiliar conditions is, in itself, valuable training," Colonel Closner added. The 419th and 507th deployments are performing under the auspices of a 10th Air Force plan dubbed Patriot Snowbird 86, which tasks its fighter units to conduct training in locations away from their home stations during the winter months. - Gunsinnioke '8 is published monthly by the publisher and writers of this publication are not toThebe considered headsUp is a supplement to the Hill Top Times and Tactical appearance an official expression of the Department of the Air Force. Fighter Wing under exclusive written agreement with the 419th does this not consti- in includina of publication, inserts, advertisements, Force Air of Public Affairs Office in the interest Commander and OO-AL- C tute an endorsement by the Department of the Air Force of products or serv IC nil hlished hv MorMedia Sales, a private firm in no D..aa nannnnol. Itthe Department of the Au.Eorce, ,Qpiruorw expressed , ices advertised. way, cpnnecjlecl .with. |