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Show COMBAT STRENGTH THROUGH LOGISTICS .ECTIOf Sunday is Mother's Day Don't you dare let her cook dinner! Vol.43 No. 18 D Hill AFB, Utah D May 1 J 2, 989 1 lilM 0 feDOnfe Addition due in December by SSgt. Louis A. Arana-Barrad- as Ogden ALG Public Affairs Office Six modular units costing approximately $2.5 million to accommodate 100-12- 0 children are" scheduled for addition to the Hill AFB Child Development Center starting in August. modules The temporary, trailer-lik- e will add 5,000 square feet of room to the facility, according to Bob McKenzie, chief of engineering and planning, 2849th Civil Engineering Squadron. Addition of the modules will be completed before Dec. 31, he said. The additions will allow more civilians to use the facilities. The modules will be i'J . placed to the south of the main child development center building. Mickey Trinite, Morale, Welfare and Recreation Division recreation services chief, said the additions will mean new employees will be hired to help handlethe..extra child.care needs . . Though he couldn't pinpoint an exact figure, Mr. Trinite said, "It looks like 0 new people could be hired. e But, they won't all be workers." An additional $80,000 to prepare the site will also be needed to finish the project, according to Mr. McKenzie. Those funds will pay for enclosed connecting walkways from each module to - the main center andlitilities hookup." These funds will be provided once an economic analysis of the project is completed by base comptroller officials. 15-2- full-tim- " The modules are temporary fixes to meet the Dec. 31 deadline. "The modules are an interim measure the first stage of a plan to eventually upgrade all command child development centers," Mr. McKenzie said. Funds for the modules will not come from monies to be used to make the permanent changes. All Air Force Logistics Command centers are due for permanent expansion and upgrade. Military construction project funds for the improvements will not be available until fiscal 1992. " Where the modules will "Be purchased is unknown at this time, but tracting method," he said. SABER, or simplified acquisition of base engineering requirements, is a contracting method civil engineers use to acquire quick, timely construction from an "on call" contractor already under contract to provide the services needed. The upgrades stem from an agreement Gen. Alfred G. Hansen, AFLC commander, and American Federation of Government Employees council officials reached in early March, paving the way for expanded child care for AFLC civilians by the end of 1989. Commander testifies to committee X . Mr. McKenzie said they will be obtained through contracting channels. But for the site preparation, "We will probably go through SABER, a con- ft AFB, Ohio (AFLCNS) Reductions in logistics accounts may place in jeopardy the sustainability of the Air Force's combat forces, the Air Force's senior logistician is schedJ. 'ita 4 ' uled to tell a Senate Armed Services subcommittee 1 I' .. . today. ' A- Air the commander of G. Gen. Alfred Hansen, k" a. the before Force Logistics Command, is testifying Subcommittee on Readiness, Sustainability and 4 ' Support about the logistics implications of the president's budget for fiscal 1990. J"Unless we adequately fund logistics, we effectively compromise the investment we've made in force structure... logistics requirements must not be perg ceived as competing with those of the 1 : commands; logistics support is essential to having 1' g capabilities," General Hansen said in "1 r written testimony. J The general noted fiscal 1989 provided some A. SrA. Josrsz U.S. Air Force Photo by Jay recovery for an Air Force logistics program severely hurt by shortfalls in the 1988 budget. He said he had Gee whiz, Mom hoped for continued recovery in 1990; however, Daniel H. Dolan III Jokingly rolls his" eyes as his mother, Ann, gives him a peck on the cheek. funding levels will continue at or below 1989 levels. The Materiel of H. for Directorate works the Dolan Daniel Management. Dan's father, Capt. Jr., For example, AFLC ended 1988 with a mainwon the youth center's Mother's Day essay contest. His winning entry is on Page 14. tenance backlog of $274 million and forecasts similar backlogs for both 1989 and 1990. In the area of spare parts, the 1990 budget request funds 45 percent of the Air Force's total requirements for replenishment spare parts. While spare hours are completely parts for peacetime flying g spares is at 14 funded, funding for percent of requirements. "The bottom line," General Hansen said, "is we the B-- 2 been available its development and test phase more than 30 years PHOENIX (AFNS)-H- ad will be able to support initial contingency operaago. . three years ago when American bombers attacked he tions, but may not be able to sustain them to a satis"That same mentality now stalks the Libya, only "three to four s along with one or factory conclusion." two tankers could have done the same job from said. The quality of spare parts is also of great concern, "The B-- 2 advanced technology bomber is pushing stateside bases." the general said, before outlining several steps That's what Gen. Bernard P. Randolph, com- technology into the 21st century," General Ranissue. These steps is mander of Air Force Systems Command, said while dolph said, explaining that pushing technology a AFLC is taking to deal with the national include increased inspections before acceptance, inaddressing the 1989 Aviation Writers Association fundamental element of United States, stocks, greater use of spections of critical strategy. National News Conference here April 29. and warranties proven suppliers and better tracking "The approach to modernizing the General Randolph refuted complaints and critiof vendors' performance. leg of our triad is also part of that stratecisms that have plagued not only the B-- but bominherAFLC's massive industrial plant is also in danger we have bers in general because it all relates to further gy. And with the push of technology ent risk... and with that risk we have criticism," due to reductions in the accounts that fund real criticism about the B-property maintenance and base support, as well as He said that the complaints are all familiar. General Randolph said. fl See Testify, Page 2, please. D See Page 2, please. They're the same ones made about the 2 during WRIGHT-PATTERSO- N . " 1 j war-fightin- war-fightin- 15-year-o- ld n Advanced design logs criticism, 2) o but pushes technology to limit war-fightin- B-2- ," B-2- on-han- d , two-bomb- air-breathi- ng er l, 2. C-2- B, B-5- Employee of year Safety office worker receives honor 6 D Quality Great communicators get better 18 B-1- B Big bird improves flight envelope 20 |