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Show Vol. 42 NO. 43 Hill AFD, Utah NOV. cirn es 4, 1900 EiHMWMWHMHMSHI & conflinooo Base reaches 66 percent of goal. U See Page 3. IE3 Zero mishaps give AFLC perfect mark Ogden ALC's first set for Nov. 3 15-2- Flying safety record pushes command up with Air Force leaders; Hill plays big part by Maj. Jerry Meredith Ogden ALC Public Affairs Office IMA Ogden Air Logistics Center will undergo its first-eve- r operational readiness inspection Nov. e ORI may be new to the But while a center, the concept of testing readiness certainly is not. Exercises, mission capability inspections and other types of smaller-scal-e inspections have long been a way of life in Air Force Logistics Command. Just last month, when announcing the release of the new AFLC regulation on the command exercise program, Gen. Alfred G. Hansen, AFLC commander, said, "We can't afford to learn the bitter lesson of inadequate preparation when forces are actually engaged." 15-2- 3. full-scal- What's ORI? Just like any other exercise of readiness, that's what an ORI is all about. It allows Air Force units to gauge the success of their preparation and make plans to improve in any areas that they may be weak in. And, most importantly, it allows for corrections before they become too costly. Procedures for an ORI have some common elements that will help those who may not have experienced this type of inspection prepare themselves. According to Bill Maedgen, of the center inspector general office, inspection teams are made up of highly qualified officers, enlisted and civilian members of AFLC. "Most will be from the headquarters but there may be some augmentees from other ALCs as well. Currently, there are nearly 60 people identified to assist with the inspection. "This team will have combined experience amounting to hundreds of years," he said. ORIs are conducted by simulating a wartime situation then observing how various units transition from peacetime operations to their wartime procedures. Procedurally, the process goes something like this: "Several days before the ORI begins, the base will start receiving messages sent by the IG team that will contain exercise intelligence reports," Barry Nugent, operations division, Directorate of Plans and D See Inspection, I FT 4 r'r-:- VirfeJ - -.t r?1;1 uaiwi i.nii U.S. IM Hi . Jt, :. Air Force Photo by Ralph C. Jensen Getting ready for winter Frank Dicus, an airfield equipment operator with the 2849th Civil Engineering Squadron, ties together snow fences. Mr. Dicus and a group of fellow workers put up the snow fences along Second Street Tuesday. The fences should help keep winter snows from blowing on and piling up on the street, which is Hill AFB's main thoroughfare. Professional development: Revision due in January Air WASHINGTON (AFNS) revision Force expects to complete the Officer of Air Force Regulation Professional Development, by 36-2- 3, development philosophy, formalize commander involvement as part of officer professional development and outline procedures for using the new AF Form 90. January. of Senior leadership recognizes that Air Force Chief Staff Gen. Larry Welch announced the redirection commanders and supervisors are in toward a more formalized officer the best position to know an officer's professional development program capabilities along with the needs of the Air Force and, for that reason, they earlier this year. 3 and Air will become more directly involved in Revision of AFR Force Form 90, Officer Assignment the assignment process, they said. Specifically, the regulation will inteWorksheet, are two primary elements Hill AFB's enlisted force is y . 'MAtf Page 3, please. Enlisted force sending off General McCoy recognithrowing a going-awation and farewell banquet for Maj. Gen. Robert P. McCoy, departing Ogden Air Logistics Center commander. The event will be held at the NCO club starting at 11 a.m. Thursday. Tickets are going fast and people can get them at unit orderly rooms or from first sergeants through Monday. Tickets cost $5. 1 ' 36-2- of : this redirection. According to Air Force officials, the. totally revised regulation will incor-porate the basic officer professional grate professional development philosophy into each officer utilization field and will stress concentration on See Air Force Logistics Command soared to a perfect flying safety record in fiscal 1988 in large part on the wings of Hill AFB's 2872nd Test Squadron. But then the squadron hasn't had a major mishap in 23 straight years, according to Capt. Bud Reaney, Ogden Air Logistics Center chief of flight safety. AFLC logged more than 6,000 flying hours with zero mishaps last fiscal year, according to Lt. Col. Frank Harvey, chief of the flight safety division at the AFLC headquarters, Wright-Patterso- n AFB, Ohio. Hill test squadron aircrews, flying all models of the F-- Phantom and 6 Fighting Falcon, logged 1,159 of those flying hours in 1,302 sorties. "We are always safety conscious," Colonel Harvey said. "There was no more emphasis placed on safety this year than any other year. And considering most AFLC flying hours are Assignment, Page 4, please. F-1- recorded during test flights, it's noteworthy we had a mishap-fre- e year." The aircraft AFLC aircrews fly are coming out of periodic depot maintenance where they have been ripped down to the frame and rebuilt, according to the colonel. "It is during these test flights any undiscovered malfunctions would be reported." "With the diversity of their mission, and all the testing and reliability checks our aircrews do, it's been an outstanding year for the 2872nd TS," Captain Reaney said. Squadron airmaintenance crews perform post-depand testing checks functional flight and evaluation of engineering modifications to Phantoms and Fighting Falcons. Aircrews also do munitions testing with the aircraft. According to Captain Reaney, research has shown that the last mishap occurred at Hill almost 25 years Voodoo ago. In 1964, an crashed. "Since we began flying s (in 1980), we (in 1965) and a haven't had mishap." The 2872nd TS was, until last year, the Directorate of Maintenance flight test section. Colonel Harvey said the command record shows safety is being built into the aircraft at the air logistics centers before a pilot steps into the ot F-1- 01 F-4- F-1- 6s cockpit. Overall, the Air Force logged fewer than 1.8 major accidents per 100,000 flying hours. Military Airlift Command, Alaskan Air Command and the U.S. Air Force Academy also marked zero mishaps for the past fiscal year. ""I PCAP Making contracting easier SEA Chief's job not an easy one II " Pony Express? Letter takes 11 years to arrive 15 |