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Show 2 NEWS June 16, 1989 Hilltop Times RANDOLPH AFB, Texas (AFNS)-Mas- ter ser- geants will attend the Senior NCO Academy at Gun-te-r AFB, Ala., beginning in August, an opportunity currently offered only to senior and chief master sergeants and senior master sergeant selectees. The change was recently approved by Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Larry D. Welch in a restructuring of senior NCO professional military education. The Air Force will receive a greater payback from the change since master sergeants will have more time left in the Air Force after graduation to take advantage of the education. For each class through fiscal 1990, 50 master sergeants will be selected. More will attend once the academy expands in October 1990. For classes starting in March, selections will be based on the combined total of the promotion board score and supervisory examination from the senior master sergeant selection list. g with each Air Force The to attend. scheduled will code be specialty Master sergeant selections for the first three class- non-selecte- top-scorin- es es are being conducted by each major command, separate operating agency and direct reporting unit, based on quotas established by the Air Force Military Personnel Center. Other changes scheduled to take place include reducing the course length from eight to seven weeks, allowing for six instead of five classes each year. The curriculum will also be revised and the 20 promotion points for completion of the Senior NCO Academy will no longer be awarded. Bulletin offers info on future .m Uititost Cabin requirements 0 , Ohio (AFNS) C) U.S. Air Force Photoi by TSgt. Jerald W. Hawkins SrA. Greg Cree and A1C Mark Caylor (photo right), environ-- " mental control specialists in systems the 388th Tactical Fighter Wing, lay plastic over an 6 canopy, preparing it for a cabin pressurization test. Members of the wing overhauled two which were transferred to the Illinois Air National Guard June 7. Members of the transfer team are responsible for turning the Fighting Falcons into "factory showroom quality," said MSgt. Robert Parry, F-1- F-16- s, . ld NCO in charge of the transfer team. top photo, two are ready to go beside the Illinois ANG's 183rd Tactical Phantom. Fighter Group's In n, i F-1- 6s F-- 4 AFB, Aeronautical Systems Division is now offering a new computer bulletin board. The bulletin will provide information to anyone wanting to know about the division's current and future acquisition requirements. The bulletin board has been in operation since May 1989 and offers a checklist of 175 major ASD programs, the ASD portion of market research plan of Air Force Systems Command, the division's long-rang- e acquisition estimates for research and technical investments and all ASD items published daily in the Commerce Business Daily. The bulletin board is in operation 24 hours a day at Wright-PattersoWRIGHT-PATTERSO- N - More information can be obtained mms. if by calling the ASD Competition Advocate Division at AUTOVON s 785-445- I Continued from Page 6. 1 While developing the Air Force into quate levels of compensation in what a modern, highly capable deterrent he terms "an essential ingredient of task for the our recruiting and retention strategies. jrce remains an "We're going to be concerning ourtew secretary, people will be his top selves with all the aspects of quality iriority. t of life and service that our people have He continues to support the 3.6 military pay raise proposal for a right to be concerned about," Secretext year, as well as keeping with ade tary Rice said. up-fro- "" nt per-en- "General Welch and I have both made a commitment that we're going to keep the priority of people very much in mind as we deal with these difficult decisions." Secretary Rice said that direct compensation heads the list of people problems in the military, but added he and others will address additional benefits such as moving expenses, medical care, housing and other issues. "We have to do a better job... because morale is so important to the productivity and readiness we have to achieve for our mission needs," he said. gffniyipgj) Continued from Page 1 tion, we'll get it. "We provide an abstract service for base organizations. When workers find information they want through that service, we order the article or report. ums and other information exchanges. "Our main objective is to improve mission effecAccess to ongoing studies that have yet to be tiveness b$sewide. We can help do that by the coldocumented. lection, prbduction, dissemination and application inof scientific and technical information," he said. Technical library enhancements, which is to reference clude the update and referral of Mr. Gilchrist also said STINFO will support inbooks. formation needs of managers, scientists and en"The scientific and technical information office gineers. STINFO also will increase the productivity, will be the advocate for getting types ofinforma-tio- n effectiveness and quality of research and engineerthat are needed to get the job done' right," Mr. ing programs. Gilchrist said. "Our services are available to all base Another objective of the new office is to improve informaWhen wants an organization organizations. military capabilities through research and applica- - bibliographic profiles of new studies delivered to a requesting office. An office to coordinate all seminars, symposiBi-week- ly up-to-da- srZLC te tion of new technologies. It will also maximize the use of research and development resources and facilitate domestic technology transfer. According to Mr. Gilchrist, the new program has already hit overdrive and people are taking full advantage of the scientific and technical resource material "I feel like the little Dutch boy with my finger in the dike," Mr. Gilchrist said. "I've been swamped since the office opened. We can still do more business and I anticipate we will." Editor's note: For more information about STINFO, contact Mr. Gilchrist at Ext. 79079 or 77951. The office is located in Bldg. 1102, Room 200A. Combat Strength Through logistics Hilltop Times Published by MorMedia, Inc., a private firm in no way connected with the U.S. Air Force, under exclusive written contract with Hill AFB. This commercial enterprise , Air Force newspaper is an authorized publication for members of the U.S. military services". Contents of the Hilltop Times are not necessarily the official views of, or endorsed by, the' U.S. government, the Department of nYrtiiiliinihn Defense or the Department of the Air Force. 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