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Show - irn i 405th CLSS doctor 4 . F-- . . . Page 2a Perfect pilot, perfect crew chief Page 3a Supplement to the HILL TOP TIMES Hill AFB, Utah Dec. 5, 1986 Rdeiruifers peon "Idlcaho ffiee By Monday: Pocatello Job Service Tuesday: Idaho State University, Military Barbarann Vessels 419th TFW Public Affairs Office ' (U.S. Air Force Photo by TSgt. Susan Morin) HANGING HARNESS Capt. Ken Neese, Tactical Fighter the to 466th pilot assigned civilian and Squadron corporate charter pilot in Lake Salt City, trains with chemical warfare over-watin ejection procedures. gear F-- 16 er Wnmg Praams as Red Flag aggressors A new reserve recruiting office opens in Pocatel-lo- , Idaho, Jan. 1, Col. John J. Closner, commander, 419th Tactical Fighter Wing, announced this week. TSgt. Nestor Almodovar, Jr., selected as the satellite recruiter, moves to his permanent territory in the next few weeks. The reserve recruiting unit, assigned to the Air Force Reserve's first fighter wing, is responsible for salesmanship in Idaho, Wyoming, Nevada and Utah. Senior recruiter, SMSgt. Jerry Schmick, said, "The satellite office has been on the drawing board for three years but due to budget restraints in the Corps of Engineers, the opening was delayed a year. Satellites are also planned for Ogden, Provo and Evanston, Wyo.," he announced. Pocatello's population base encompasses more than 200,000 with major recruiting centers defined as Idaho Falls, Blackfoot and southeastern Idaho. Pocatello has a population of 47,000. Forty Idaho reservists enlisted last fiscal year. More than 125 reservists live in Idaho and drive three-hou- r the monthly stretch. National rule are 150 miles. standards on the Almodovar notes that enlistment Sergeant physicals will be conducted in Boise. His recruiting itinerary follows: 147-mil- e, close-to-un- it 27-No- Wednesday: Idaho Falls Job Service Thursday: Idaho State University Friday: Hill AFB The nearest Air Force base in the state is Mountain Home, 193 miles west of Pocatello. The recruiter spends three days a month there explaining the Air Force Reserve program to personnel separating from the Air Force. "Satellites are becoming more popular," said the recruiting chief, Sergeant Schmick, "because the recruiter is more effective when he is in the middle of his territory. Zone recruiting is very positive right now." Critical career fields, some with bonuses at- tached, are aircraft maintenance, fuel systems, jet engines, munitions, air cargo and crew chiefs. "This year's goal is 393," he said, "compared to last year's goal of 409, which we exceeded by three percent." Recruiters assigned to the Salt Lake City satellite office are MSgt. Bud White and TSgt. Bob Wright. Recruiters assigned to Hill AFB are MSgt. Lee Mansfield, TSgt. Marilyn Keintz, TSgt. Lois Tauber and SSgt. Teri Sargent. p. By Moj . Len Barry 419th TFW Public Affairs Office (Reserve) jf I The 419th Tactical Fighter Wing recently earned a new reputation as "the bad guys." Operating out of home station, 466th Tactical Fighter Squadron pilots flew eight sorties each weekday, Oct. 21, functioning as the "aggressors" for the Red Flag combat aircrew training exercise staged out of Nellis AFB, Nev. The purpose of the exercise was to give U.S. and friendly nation aircrews realistic aerial combat experience flying against aircraft playing the enemy, a role assumed by the 419th for the first time. "It helped us become more familiar with Warsaw Pact tactics," explained Maj. Wayne Conroy, e chief wing Red Flag project officer and of standardization and evaluation. "It gave us a lot of dissimilar air combat training, and at a cost of only .4 hours per sortie more than if we'd stayed at home (on the Utah Test and Training Range)." The 419th's flying in teams of two, to fly against teamed up with s and EF-lll- s and British Torona-do- s and "It's been really good training and I think most of the guys have enjoyed it," Major Conroy added. 'It was a matter of mutual support, watching each other's six (tail). "We started off rusty, but got better and better and then avoided the mistakes we made at Science Department J - i - A v. full-tim- F-16- s, A-7- s, I - S "iV-"- 4.. '.'" , ' s, F-5- F-15- k F-10- 6s F-5G- s, C-13- . first." (U.S. Air Force Photo by Lt. Col. Pat Calloway) Dentist, Dr. Greg Booth (seated), Dr. Kim Wheatley, St. Benedict's Steve Lindquist, Sunwest Aviation; and Sandra Havas, director, Eccles Hospital administrator; the Art tour Center, cockpit of a 5 reserve associate unit, the 349th Military Airlift Community two-day civic leader tour to California recently. Wing, Travis AFB, during a OGDEN CIVIC LEADERS C-- World Champs - Gunsmoke '85 religion, sex or other nonmerit factor of the purchaser, user or patron. Editorial content is edited, prepared and provided by the 41 9th Tactical ALC Public with Office. the Ogden Affairs under exclusive written contract Fighter Wing Public Affairs Office. DEADLINE for submission of articles is 10 working days before each scheduled wing unit training assembly. ArtiThis commercial enterprise Air Force newspaper is an authorized publicacles should be typed, double-space- d line. on a tion for Air Force Reserve members of the U.S. military services. Contents For more information call the 419th Public Affairs Office, 777-271of headUp are not necessarily the official views of, or endorsed by, the U.S. Government, the Department of Defense, or the Department of the Air Col. John J. Closner 419th TFW EDITORIAL STAFF 419th TFW Commander Force. 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