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Show th Hiutop s-p-pu, Ain FORCE RESERVE n... oDyp;Q)(oy u ) AlrCin wing by CSflt. Anne Yelderman 419th TFW Public Affairs Office The annual festivities of Family Day are scheduled for Saturday. Family members are invited to share the intrigue of the Air Force Reserve at the 419th Tactical Fighter Wing. This year's Family Day organizers say it will be "the best yet," according to Lt. Col. Mike Skousen, Family Day project manager. "We've scheduled a great roster of activities: game booths for the kids, interesting displays, bus tours to the Hill AFB Museum and loads more. Top that off with great food and fun, and you've got a day you and your family will long remember." Tickets are $2 a family (one or more persons) and can be obtained from your first sergeant. unit-equipp- a.m. a.m. 7:30-- 9 . - yJ , a.m.-- 2 Xiiim (in uniform) . 9 a.m. 9:30 a.m. 9:45 a.m. Mass ' ; oath of office (Richard Carroll Room, Bldg. 597) a.m. G! " Bill 4 U.S. Air Force Photo One way to have fun Family Day at the 419th Tactical Fighter Wing is a super fun day, as this picture, taken during a previous Family Day, shows. 1 11 KC-135- E, Picnic Kids games, dunk tank, Aquashoot, tug of war ed Pricos roducod 2:45 p.m. ; : ffV memberships in the Reserve Officers Association of the United States are being offered to junior officers of all uniformed services, according to retired Reserve Brig. Gen. William W. Bas-net- t, membership director. General Basnett said first lieutenants and cap tains in the Army, Air Force and Marines and lieutenants (junior grade) and lieutenants in the Navy and Coast Guard who have not previously been e members are eligible for the rate. Half-pric-e 1 1 a.m.-2 p.m.. KC-135- E . Thunderbird Park activities 10 a.m. Volleyball tournament -- TcnSior modlilod The 434th Air Refueling Wing, Grissom AFB, Ind., has taken delivery of its first modified tanker from the Boeing plant in Lake Charles, La. The for quieter and improved is 14 to be delivered to Air of the first performance, Force Reserve and Air National Guard units. The aircraft are modified with refurbished JT3D engines taken from used commercial 707 airliners. ; 6 M-6- 0 10 a.m. f fs L ':. S ft F-1- 'FT y , Open house Souvenir photos in Fire department demonstration Blood pressure checks Shuttle bus to museum Security police dog demonstration machine gun demonstration (south of hangar) f Jf , r Normal duty p.m. ' i 419th hangar activities 9 ed C-14- Schedule of events Sign-i- n to movo The Air Force Reserve's 445th Military Airlift Wing (Associate) will move from Norton AFB to March AFB, Calif., starting in fiscal 1993. The transfer will give the 445th MAW(A) one squadron of 16 transport aircraft and other support units. The wing also will drop the associate designation since it will possess AFRES owned aircraft. The Air Force will retire the remaining 20 aircraft at Norton, At the same time, the Air Force will inactivate the 943rd Tactical Airlift Group and its 303rd Tactical Airlift Squadron at March. The operated by the 303rd TAS will be retired. p.m. 3 p.m. Volleyball playoff Door prize drawing Volleyball trophy presentation Sign-ou- t and cleanup ; half-pric- Hoscuo unite got high-tec- h keeps getting better all the time choppor Two Air Force Reserve rescue units will fly Ameri- ca's most advanced rescue helicopter, the Sikorsky MH-60next year. The 301st Air Rescue Squadron, Homestead AFB, Fla., will get three of the Reservists may use Montgomery GI Bill benefits New provisions of the GI Bill also permit educa- helicopters in January and the 939th Air Rescue to pursue a. second bachelor's degree or pay for tion assistance for vocational flight training during .Wing at Portland International Airport, Ore., will,, selected technical training starting Oct. 1. a test period from Sept. 30, 1990, to Sept. 30, 1994. receive six. The GI Bill will also help pay for vocational tech- To be eligible, reservists must have their private piThe new Sikorsky is a special variation of the nical training, correspondence courses, independent lot's license and have a current Blackhawk and has greater performance obligation UH-6- 0 Bell UH-- 1 it will replace. Providing two and 1985. or on than the after which 1, studies, probegan July apprenticeships, cooperative Details to a half the range and 75 percent higher cruisfrom times varies and and refresher remedial, deficiency program. program grams Funding can also fly in icing condion eligibility criteria are available from the 419th ing speed, the MH-60courses. It will not fund postgraduate work. Conin the enhanced and has To be eligible for these benefits, reservists must Tactical Fighter Wing training people tions navigation and armament solidated Base Personnel Office. have a commitment on or after Oct. 1. systems. six-ye- on-the-j- ar ob G six-ye- ar Cddg Survival treks part of regimen by TSgt. Bruce Hills 419th TFW Public Affairs Office . Weber Chamber of Commerce's legislative, military affairs and congressional action committees and is a member of more than half a dozen other local and national organizations. One of his most interesting activities is his, annual survival trek into some remote area of the country with a friend, Charles Sullivan, a former Utahn who now lives in Wisconsin. This year, the two plan to spend five days in the Uintas. "We'll carry only a cup of rice to eat, a fishing pole, ponchos, sleeping bags and a .22 pistol; We'll live off the Maj. Barney B. Chapman, commander, 68th Aerial Port Squadron at Hill AFB, runs nearly 2,000 miles a year keeping in shape and practicing for marathon races. Major Chapman, 47, a reservist since 1965 and commander of the 68th APS for the past two years, says he runs an average of 35 miles or more every week and, when he is training for land." a marathon, covers more than 50 miles He and Mr. Sullivan plan to catch a week. . , hunt small game and gather wild fish, "I usually try to run in at least two marathons a year and sometimes com- berries, roots and vegetables for their food. pete in as many as four. I love to run. "We've been going on camping trips It is great fun, good exercise and a fine survival treks together for years. and way to keep trim," he said. we hike, sometimes we ride Sometimes In civilian life, Major Chapman is we canoe, but we alsometimes vice president and chief of staff of the bikes, ways have fun," Major Chapman said. America First Credit Union. The 68th APS commander joined In addition to his running schedule, Air Force Reserve in April 1965 the 68th APS commander is busy this the and was assigned to the 945th Comyear as 1990 campaign chairman of bat Support Group until transferring United Way of Northern Utah. He is to the 68th APS in October 1971. He a member of the Hill AFB Logstar ident of the Lake was promoted to technical segeant in Program, vice he unit and was commissioned an Bonneville Counc of boy Scouts ot officer in 1974. America and a member of the board Among his other interests are readdirectors of the Weber County Fairing, basketball, x golf, horses and grounds. or gardening. He is. also active Ogden- f ."v .1 , II : s U.S. Air Fore Marathon man Photo by TSgt. Bruca Hitlt Maj. Barney B. Chapman, commander of the 68th Aerial Port Squadron at Hill AFB, runs nearly 2,000 miles a year practicing for marathon races. |