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Show Supplement to ttw HEADS UP July 10, 1M7 HILL TOP TIMES Toimlkeir, An air refueling wing headquarters was established at Grissom AFB, Ind., July 1 to manage all Air Force Reserve, tanker operations in the A-IO'uro- Reserve Fighter Wing deputy commander of Operations, left last week for his new assignment as commander, 930th Tactical Fighter Group wing head- at Grissom quarters at Grissom Barks-dal- e ' ' ' ' A-lO- s. The management structure for many other Air Force Reserve ' " KC-1- 0, KC-13- 5 organizations A-1- 0 - V " .v.. ,r,:,,,,:,:,,,:.:.SaJK,.: .: MR. PERSON (U.S. Air Force Photo by A1C Anne Yelderman) 1 NEL-IT- Y st Lt. Larry Lee, promot- ed to 41 9th Tactical Fighter Wing, chief, Consolidated Base Personnel Office from the wing's Tinker AFB, Okla., 4 unit, checked in for his first reserve weekend last month. The e Air Reserve Technician is responsible for the records of 1 ,700 reservists and supervises a staff of 45 personnel. The former enlisted, computer background personnel technician began his reserve career at Richards-GebaAFB, Mo., in 1976. His last active duty assignment was at Cannon AFB, N.M., in 1975. F-- 35-year-- last-flig- old full-tim- ur s, , Grissom AFB will manage three refueling units, composed of S and which are at Grissom, Barksdale and Seymour Johnson AFB, N.C. In a related move, a decision was. made to move the Tactical Air KC-lO- KC-135- 6 6s Command-gaine- d s, wing headquarters from Grissom to Barksdale where the most Reserve aircraft and people are assigned, 10th AF officials advised. Although ht A-1- A-1- . 0 the management tanker units throughout I: i F-1- 10th Air Force officials, located at Berg-stroAFB, Texas, note the changes are being made to improve the management structure of Reserve fiehter and m 1 AFB, Ind. F-1- and through- KC-lO- S which are F-1- 05 out the United States will change as a result of this reorganization. -- and at March and Mather AFBs, in California. The new headquarters the 434th Air Refueling Wing at KC-135- F-1- ready operates two squadrons of squadrons, composed of The number two gun at '85 Gunsmoke was the 419th TFW 6 team leader for the biannual fighter Olympics held at Nellis AFB, Nev., and brought the team home as world champions. The combat veteran has been in the unit since 1973 when the Air Force Reserve modernization began with fighter airconcraft. He figured prominently in the Air Force version in 1983 the first for the Reserve and has been labeled in the wing as the flying cornerstone of the "old and the new." was canceled due His last flight in to weather, disappointing flightline and operations personnel in executing the traditional washdown. Colonel Lyle will fly the 0 in his new position as group commander. AFB moved to AFB, La., where the Air Force Reserve al- f managed by the 452nd Air Refueling Wing at March AFB, Calif. Under the reorganization, the 452nd AREFW will manage three tanker 419th Tactical Col. Bane Lyle, former eastern United States. On the same date, the A-1- 0 shuffled! iilte Legend departs -- 3a the country. The reorganization requires no physical movement of aircraft, no additional facilities and will have only a minimum impact on manning at the involved units they report. "A second tanker wing is needed at Grissom AFB to manage the rapid growth of our support to Strategic Air Command," said Brig. Gen. William B. McDaniel, outgoing commander of 10th Air Force. "Since 1981, we've added three KC-1- 0 squadrons which provide 50 percent of the aircrews for the Air aircraft. Then, Force's most modern tanker-cargassocion Oct. 1, we will add three additional KC-1have more will ate maintenance squadrons which than 300 people each." Up until now, all of these units have been o 0 ture is moving, a complete 930th Tactical Fighter Group A-1- 0 strucunit known as the will remain at Grissom. Two reserve civil engineering units at Grissom d will also be combined into one unit the 930th Civil Engineering Squadron. Despite all the changes, the Indiana base will lose only 18 TAC-gaine- Reserve positions. At Barksdale, the 917th Tactical Fighter Group e will become a wing and gain three and seven Reserve positions. As a wing headquarters, it will be responsible for managing all Reserve units in Louisiana which are at Barksdale and New Orleans. The group at Grissom will full-tim- TAC-gaine- d A-1- be managed by AFB, Mo. 0 the 442nd TFW at Richards-Gebau- r v iJj.lJ.ljHH.niiMilllHnn sfooirftBiuJirsfts Fingers did the walking Glossy photos replaced y Air Force began phasing in photos for officer records to replace the glossy prints now in use. Officers need not rush to photo labs to have y paper. Officials adphotos taken on the vise officers are not authorized new photos for the sole purpose of having a print in their records. The new photo paper will be used when satisfying official photo requirements such as when the officer is promoted or receives a decoration. For good photo quality, officers should wear satin collar insignia when posing for photos. The bright-finis- h collar insignia causes glare. non-gloss- non-gloss- non-gloss- y Promotions announced S. Trujillo, 419th Consolidated Aircraft 1, 1986. Raymond E. Goie, John G. Parish, 419th Civil Engineering Squadron; Linda L. Aten-ci- o, To chief matter sergeant: Robert Maintenance Squadron, as of Nov. - To senior matter sergeant: CAMS; Gary B. Willgues, 419th 419th Combat Support Squadron. To matter tergeant: Stanley J. Robinson, 419th CES; Janette D. Murphy, 419th Headquarters Squadron; Quinn E. Lewis, 419th Weapons System Security Flight. To technical tergeant: Bradley L. Baxter, Vicki A. Hall, 419th Tactical Hospital; Wayne E. Linder, 419th CAMS; Charles J. McClure, Roger W. Wolf, Robert C Jarrett, 419th HS TSgt. Bernard J. "Bert" Erickson, air-cre- w egress technician with the 41 9th Tactical Fighter Wing's Consolidated Aircraft Main- tenance Squadron, d, v,&..,, t received recently $6,650 for a suggestion which extended . the service life of batteries for land mines. Reading through technical orders, he noticed the Navy designated a service life of 60 months, while the Air Force allowed only 48. As a result of the reservist's suggestion, the Air Force extended service life to 84 months, achieving a near-tersavings of m staff sergeant: Carl J. Eggleston, 68th Aerial Port Squadron; George E. Head Jr., 68th Aerial Port Squadron; Joel S. Gurr, Brent N. Hale, Ann K. Hein, Rocky V. Hill, Kelly L. McDonald, Michael D. Megill; Lonce R. Kurtis L. Voncleove, Edword L. White, 419th CAMS; Bradford S. Johnson, Ralph C. Kangas, Kenneth M. Nestef, Douglas B. Kenny, 419th CES; Dart W. Davis, 419th CSS; John F. Daly, Leroy M. Duenes, Jay D. Hock-wel- l, Randall C. Keele, Joseph D. Low, Judith A. Teed, Bonnie S. Wall, 405th Combat Logistics Support Squadron. To sergeant: Bradley A. Ault, Kelly M. Copley, Alan G. Harris, Stephanie F. Mason, Kim C. Nebeker, Timothy L. Peterson, Steven M. Preston, Paul G. Weaver, Edword L. White, Kendall V. White, Brick A. Willard, 419th CAMS; Dorla M. Fink, Clinton T. Garlick, Preston Mortineou, Jay W. Wees, 405th CLSS; Kenneth H.J. Barnes, Shellie D. McDowell, David Warner, 419th CES; Carl J. Eggleston, 68th APS; Theresa L. Doty, 419th Tactical Hospital; Harrty K. Okubo, 419th Mobility Support Flight. To senior airman: Scott G. Burton, 466th Tactical Fighter Squadron; Bret L. Anderson, James D. Joques, Benjamin A. Paz, Scott L. Word, Darrell L. Young, 419th CAMS; John P. Marty, David J. McCowan, 419th CES. . To airman first class: Ruth J. Boswell, 419th Tactical Hospital; Stacy L. Rooks, 405th CLSS. To airman: Kothy Gocel, Tammie L. Mayo, 419th CSS; Saralue Turpin, 419th CES. To A DOUBLE PLEASURE $1,358,000: a "win-win- situation for " Ser- I S7T V X f IrVI 0 A geant Erickson and the Air Force. (U.S. Air Fore Photo by Moj. Ion lorry) c i |