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Show A--'---- - HILL TOP TIMiS 26 i i Friday, Jwwuory 16, Vt7 sister AlCs at Undor command Hill New logisfl oes squadron By 2nd Lt. Stv A damaged fighter aircraft needing avionics and structural repairs limps back to its home base, somewhere in the Pacific theater. The pilot needs his seriously crippled fighter to be ready as soon as on-aircr- aft possible. How to do it without going half a world away? Call the new Combat Logistics Support Squadron Detachment at Kadena AB, Japan. Beginning this month, the detachment, assigned under the operating authority of the 2952nd CLSS at Ogden Air Logistics Center, Hill AFB, will begin operating with the, Pacific Air Forces. "Our charter now establishes an Air Force Logistics Command CLSS presence within the PACAF theater," said Capt. Raymond Contreras, commander of the new CLSS detachment. "The way we're eventually going to be set up, we'll be able to 5 and the 6 throughout the support the F-Pacific theater." 4, F-1- new B-1- re- cently purchased by the San Antonio Air Logistics Center, Kelly AFB, Texas, will save the Air Force about $50 million because of its ability to test systems from a variety of aircraft. According to . Directorate of Materiel Management officials, the Automated Depot Inertial Naviga f F-- 4 the and several other " aircraft. " We've gotten away from systems that can only test one particular type of navigation gear," said Augie Men-dozthe program manager who headed the Automatic Test Systems F-1- B, 6, a, ; Division group responsible for acquisition of ADINTS. "Separate configurations would cost $100 million." Louis Ponce, senior engineer with the team, said the new station can not only test present navigation sys Pedffie Mv Forces tural malfunction," Captain Contreras said. "Our people will go along with him and begin the repair actions necessary to make the aircraft mission capable for the aircraft's unit." Det. 35 is an established AFLC presence at Kadena AB and will provide the necessary administrative support for the incoming CLSS detachment. "We decided to set up at Kadena for a couple of reasons," Captain Contreras said. "The military air transportation out of Kadena is excellent because of the existing depot level capability there supporting the various PACAF bases in Japan, Korea and , the Philippines. Another reason we decided on g Kadena was because Of the existing connections with our parent air logistics center at work-loadin- Hill." , The CLSS detachment at Kadena will be comprised of 10 people, all of whom have maintenance and supply backgrounds at stateside CLSS units. Detachment positions are being taken from each of the five stateside air logistics centers. then-residen- t. tion Test System, known as ADINTS, can test systems used in through variety A navigation test system : nt F-1- Test system saves wifllh) The new CLSS detachment will be tasked to respond to any problem an aircraft might have, in the PACAF theater and either fix or analyze the particular problem to determine the proper correc' ; tive action. will do mission "Our be to type depot level maintenance items that require depot assistance,'' Captain Contreras said. "The repairs will be accomplished on aircraft that have sustained damage beyond the maintenance repair capabilities of the aircraft's operating units." The CLSS detachment will work along with Support Center Pacific, known as Det. 35. Their primary mission is for repairs of black boxes, components and other items that are normally routed back to the states. The primary reason the CLSS detachment will be aligned with Det. 35 is to take advantage of engineer. "The engineer will go but and the structural integrity of an aircraft when analyze something happens to it, such as a crack or struc Murray AFLC Office of Public Affairs If opjerafles tems, but has the potential for handling systems that may come off the drawing board in the future. said Mr. Ponce. "It will replace manual systems presently in use, such as the Singer "It's-powerful- ," Automatic Inertial Navigation Test system and the Computer Aided Inv ternal Test System." ADINTS will be located at the Aerospace Guidance and Metrology Center at Newark AFS, Ohio, which is responsible for inertial navigation system testing and repair. Other team members credited with rapid acquisition of ADINTS included engineers Jesse Ayala and Khanh Vu, along with equipment specialist Ed Ramirez. The effort was also aided by Direc- torate of Contracting and Manufacturing buyer Eston Sutton. "Acquisition of lesser systems can take as long as 18 months," said Mr. Mendoza. 'IWith Mr. Sutton's help, we were able to push this one through in only 12." :V: Directorate officials said ADINTS should be installed and operational by late 1988. (AFLC News Service) ZZ2ZZZZZZ2 ii ' Ml ' II II 1.988 1984 . ed, S-1- Blazer 0 air conditioning 'mmmmmm. ed 1 1005 Dulcti 1003 Cftov, Covcliar MUST Stetttn Wagon c - 1980 Ccw CHEVY SUBURBAN Wells Cargo Snowmobile Trailers CUouu In 4x4 IN GMC 34 Ton Pickup Crew Cab, Diesel, ii X 1983 Chcv. Cavalier 1 982 I 1986 Oodgo Ram Pickup Extra low miles ii 1002 PontJoc codo i Stock 1982 Quick Riviora ' Front Wheel Drive fc0Wte0::::::::::::v:::::::::::v::: 7 Clsnremice HffiiigM PONTIAC CADILLAC GMC TRUCK 570 NORTH MAIN LAYTON, UTAH 544-344- 5 |