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Show 20 HILL TOP TIMES Thursday, July 3, 1986 Aero Club honors July 4th As part of the base's July 4th celebration, the Hill AFB Aero Club will be hosting an open house in conjunction with the Morale, Welfare and Recreation picnic at Centennial Park, next to the South Gate. From noon until 6 p.m., the club planes will be taking anyone interested on orientation flights around the base and the local area for $10 per person and half price for children seven and under. The flights will allow passengers to see the base from the air, fly over the lake, and possibly see their own homes from several thousand feet up. For those with cameras, it will be a great opportunity to add unusual and unique pictures to their collection. There will be transportation available at Centennial Park to ferry people (U S. Air Force Photo) Roy North Park Elementary School fifth grade students, shown with Gary Sorenson, SI employee (r). Students tour competition area students Fifth from Roy North Park Elementary School saw grade computer graphic state-of-the-a- rt on May 28, capabilities when they visited the Directorate of first-han- d Competition Advocacy. The students were studying graphs in their mathematics class and want- ed to see the latest in computer graphs. They visited the directorate's computer room where demonstrations were presented by personnel from that directorate and representatives from the Information Center, Directorate of Information Services. Demonstrations included computer-designe- d pie and bar charts, line graphs and a plotting exhibit of specially created symbols such as a rose and an airplane. AFLC 'fuels Kelly AFB, Texas What would you call a man who manages billions of gallons of Air Force fuel but sees only the gasoline he pumps into his car and the special fuel he uses in his collection of model airplanes? If you're talking about Lt. Col. Lloyd Roecker, you may well call him the Air Force fuels czar. Certainly it isn't his official title, but it seems to fit. Officially, he's the commander of Air Force Logistics Command's Energy Management Directorate's Detachment 29 located at Cameron Station, Alexandria, Va. The detachment's parent unit is the San Antonio Air Logistics Center, Kelly AFB, Texas. But whatever you call him, Colonel Roecker and his people manage all the fuel the Air Force uses. The detachment coordinates their work with other directorate and center officials. As the colonel explains, the mission of Det. 29 is to ensure that the proper fuel is in the proper place in the required amount at the right time. Yet, Det. 29 people never touch any of it. No, it isn't done with mirrors, but it's accomplished using sophisticated computers to manage the requirements and storage levels for aviation and ground fuels. And it's no small task. 19 people Thirty years on May 31, ago 1956 a new model of aircraft approached the Kelly AFB, Texas, runway. Its pilot, Maj. Robert Neal, went through the checklist: "Altimeter set, gear down six down... flaps 100 percent... lever down, fuel panel switches, crosswind crab set... knob down. Landing check complete." The aircraft, tail number 012, settled onto the runway and tires kicked white puffs of smoke upon contact. A drogue chute blossomed from beneath its towering tail. As the aircraft wings beslowed, its long, swept-bacgan to droop onto outrigger gear. San k AntonipAir LgisticaCn.'s; Direct torate')f'Mamthahbe'Had,r'ebeivedlt, sponsors duty are responsible for their family members' exchange privileges, including check cashing, according to T.L. Roberts, base exchange manager. Sponsors who do not wish to be responsible for family members' check cashing may request a disclaimer, good for three years, from any Army and Air Force Exchange Service facil- ity manager. Mr. Roberts stated, "If a family member's check is dishonored by a bank and there is no disclaimer at the exchange, the sponsor is liable and one-wa- y staff. An era had begun. A tug pulled the Stratof ortress into building 365 where directorate officials would keep careful track of the time spent to perform each facet of depot maintenance, using this first aircraft to prototype procedures that would be used on the steady flow of big bombers that followed. They established the requirements and schedules for what was then known as ModIRAN, Modification Inspect and Repair As Necessary. Now, it's called Programmed Depot Maintenance. Over the next 30 years, maintenance technicians at this Air Force Logistics Command complex would in top condition for their keep first Kelly AFB, Texos Check cashing disclaimer avai lable and retired Active may lose his or her check cashing managed more than $4.5 billion worth of fuel. To put this into perspective, that's enoughC-- fuel to keep the free world's largest aircraft the 5 or a B-- l bomber airborne for 150 years. Not impressed? Try this one. If all the fuel consumed by the Air Force in fiscal 1985 were dumped into Canyon Lake measuring about 12,890 surface acres it would raise the level one foot. That's 4.3 billion gallons of fuel! Included in that total is the approximately 60.6 million gallons of automotive fuel the Air Force uses each year. That's enough gas to power a car to the sun and back about eight times. This estimation is based on 25 miles per gallon for the 93 million mile trip to the sun. While these fuel figures are impressive, most Air Force Logistics Command people have never heard of Det. 29. They aren't alone. Colonel Roecker notes that even in the fuels community, detachment workings are not well known. It's no wonder. Officially titled the Aerospace Fuels Petroleum Supply Office, Det. 29 is a tenant on an Army post and most of its work is with the Defense Logistics Agency's Defense Fuels Supply Center. The detachment's workforce is primarily civilian. Besides Colonel Roecker, a captain and. a master sergeant comprise the entire military portion of the San Antonio ALC keeps By Ross Day four-plac- e two-plac- privileges also." The disclaimer allows the sponsor to avoid responsibility for family members. In addition to completing the disclaimer form at the exchange, when requesting new identification cards for family members, the sponsor officials should ensure Check Cashing" on stamp "Not for them. Mr. Roberts said that other exchange privileges will not be affected if a disclaimer is filed, only check cashing for the family member. card-issuin- g czar' mmcairDogjes euneirgjy byitoe ten By Bill Turner In fiscal 1985, this small force of from the park to the 419th TFW ramp to the planes. A static display, manned by club members, will also be at the park signing up passengers, and inviting people to become members of the club. The club is a great way to take up a new hobby, learning to fly. It is relatively inexpensive, and the cost can be spread over a period of time. The club has two trainer planes, e Cessna Piper Warriors and 152s. There is also a retractable gear, plane for those qualified, or wishing to go for more advanced ratings. Anyone who joins during the July 4 open house will receive their first hour of flying free, a special bonus offered in honor of the national holiday. B-- in 52 To handle the Air Force's tremendous fuels responsibility, the detachment is divided into two branches: Requirements and Distribution, and Logistics Management. The Requirements and Distribution Branch identifies Air Force fuel needs and submits them to the Defense Fuels Supply Center which contracts for the fuels. People from that branch then continue to monitor activities to ensure Air Force needs are met. The Logistics Management Branch establishes and compiles the War Reserve Material levels for fuel over the entire globe. They publish this information for the fuels community in a document called "Fuels Logistical Area Summary." Det. 29 hasn't always been around. When the Aerospace Fuels Directorate, now Energy Management, moved from Middletown Air Materiel Area, Olmstead AFB, Pa., to Kelly AFB in 1966, the detachment was established as a separate division. The detachment also represents the Air Force in e a d arena involving many other activities concerning policy, procedures and troubleshooting. However, its main job continues to be managing the 4.3 billion gallons of fuel the Air Force uses each year. In short, without Det. 29, Air Force aircraft couldn't fly and its vehicles would come to a stand still. (AFLCNS) pre-positioni- multi-servic- top condition Various modifications would include pylons for carrying e missiles, an enlarged bomb bay to carry conventional bombs on missions over Southeast Asia, improved radar and navigation systems, and more modern electronic warfare gear. People in the directorate's Aircraft Division would paint the aircraft in a variety of schemes, changing the. original silver to white and gray, to mostly black during the Vietnam era and finally, to the present gray, brown and green. As the began to age, various parts had to be strengthened; wings, fuselage and tail had to be reinforced. Older models were retired flown to a :.TpIftasr.;5trategic.;Ar.;Pomman4l v desert,- stprage, area ,qr,mpunted ,pry 7rVWhnV,int'ercohhVn'tM,WinDeir,, stands as tributes' td 'those' who fleW-- ' B-5- 2. B-5- 2s long-rang- air-to-grou- B-5- 2 fuel-relate- and fixed them. Now, only 263 "G" and "H" models, averaging 25 years old, remain in the Air Force inventory. Whether or not these will be retired when the bomber wings reach full strength is still being debated. Unfortunately, the exact number of that have undergone PDM at B-5- 2s B-1- B . B-5- 2s San Antonio ALC is elusive. However, in 1968, a ceremony was held celebrating the 1,000th Stratofortress to pass through the center's maintenance shops. Whatever the number, it demonstrates the durability of a great air- craft and the determination of San Antonio ALC's people to keep it one deterrents pUbis natipn.'6. strongest ) 'agMris(',wkKv.v.v.v.-.(Af,LCNS- |