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Show 2 Hilltop Times ; NEWS Nov. 1 6, 1 990 Continued from Pag ... a tremendous benefit for victims, 1 The supplies for Friday's airlift whether it be an emergency response came from Defense Depot Ogden, one or humanitarian cause," Dr. Wolthuis of seven worldwide warehouses desig- said. nated by the office to store and ship The office will soon be flying its items. . 100th mission into Pakistan to provide humanitarian aid for AfFriday's shipment will be distributed through the Mexican Ministry of ghans. The office has also arranged for Health and through private voluntary 12,000 Afghans to be airlifted to receive free medical care for proceorganizations to needy rural areas. I see could what see, dures unavailable to them in their "If people they'd understand the value of what country, Dr. Wolthuis said. we're doing. In those areas the medi-- , Friday's airlift, the first out of Hill cal systems are pretty basic. Things and the Ogden depot, is one of many like real hospital beds and storage . conducted since Congress formed the cabinets are a luxury," Dr. Wolthuis office five years ago. Last year the said. office sent equipment and supplies if The items, bought on the open worth $17 million in acquisition cost market by Mexico, would cost a few to third-worlcountries. When possible, material is sent by hundred thousand dollars, Dr. Wolthuis said. ground routes. But with the possibiliThe office also responds quickly to ty of strong media interest in Mexico, the decision was made to ship these emergencies. sent has to It emergency supplies supplies by air. "You show the flag much better earthquakes in the United States, Armenia, Mexico and the Philippines, with a plane than a truck," Dr. and to the sites of large accidents and Wolthuis said. Dr. Wolthuis, who until March was other disasters around the world. "The beauty of places like Hill or director of the Office of HumanitariDover (AFB, Maryland) is that you an Affairs, has visited 80 countries in can put relief supplies on the ground connection with his job. The office has hours. That is sent supplies to 40. anywhere within .i.i ,mwi iif miku il ' J" f f r. f . non-milita- lH 'y"1 ' 9f 'J ""IJ " rr1 waft'.:;: ry "Vt. .... A . " d 1 , 7 12-3- 6 1 Continued from Pag of Defense 90, Defense Secretary Dick Cheney called the 7 Mour best airlift option for all likely scenarios in all regions of the world." The bills authorized $600 million but appropriated $950 million for the communications satellite system and mbre than $900 million for the Advanced Tactical Fighter." ' For researched development, the bills cleared $680 million for the MX and small ICBM proand grams, approved funds for 12 MX ICBMs. C-1- MIL-STA- , rail-garris- on 4 In other military spending issues, the defense bill provided a package of 1 R, benefits for people deployed in Operation Desert Shield. The benefits include free postal service, authority for imminent danger pay, authority for a savings program, reimbursement for accrued leave for activated reservists and authority to pay medical special pays' and' VHAo' activated reservists. related t matters, the , defense bill now gives the president authority to change the limit from 180 service asto 360 days for active-dut- y sociated with Desert Shield. . .On.-reseryist- e U.S. Air Force Photo by Dove Harris A patch work Glannin Cloward, Clearfield, proudly displays his lifelong collection of armed forces patches. The retired Army lieutenant colonel will display f his collection at the "Hifl AFB Museum during the corning week. The" collection contains more than 650 patches representing nearly every unit that served in World War II. M.W.M,I,UUM.U.IJJU.I.UMI1U)IJII Better's notes and 10. See related stories on Pages 3, 5 ing programs, and some people with Stop Loss AF c!ri!ft totals 5 billion pounds The U.S. Transportation Command and the Military Airlift Command have moved more than five billion pounds of equipment and supplies to the Middle East in support of Operation Desert Shield. Along with the initial air armada, the ground forces that arrived in those first two weeks also arrived by air. So far, more than 100,000 combat and support troops have been airlifted to the .area. Hill AFB's air terminal has shipped more than 13 million pounds of cargo in support of Operation Desert Shield, according to air terminal officials. "It was an incredible effort," said Gen. Hansford T. Johnson, commander in chief of the U.S. Transportation Command and Military Airlift Command, to the St. Louis Rotary, "Never before in history has any nation airlifted as many tons over as many miles as we did last month, t DrV "We still have close to 100 aircraft a day: active duty, Reserve, Guard and commercial charters arriving in the Persian Gulf region," the general said. i " Shiold doloys Stop Loss retraining RANDOLPH AFB, Texas (AFNS)-Opera- tion Desert Shield has affected various Air Force retrain Combat ttrwgt h Thrwgh Logistic Hilltop Time: 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 v v.v specialties have had their retraining delayed, Air Force personnel officials said. Individuals with retraining class start dates between now and the end of December are affected. People in Stop Loss specialties who have approved retraining and who have already started or completed class will continue on to their retraining as, ; 'l signments. First-terairmen eligible to retrain but affected by Stop Loss who still want to apply for retraining can submit a request through their commander to their consolidated base personnel office. CBPOs will forward these requests through their major command to the Air Force Military Personnel Center for final determination. Likewise, commanders who determine other approved individual retraining is in the best interest of the Air Force may use the above procedures to request the, retraining action continue. The voluntary phase of the fiscal 1991 Airman Retraining Program was extended until Nov. 12, and the involuntary phase has been delayed until Nov. 26. Officials say this will allow deployed people more time to apply for retraining once rotation dates have been established. Since rotation dates are currently not known for those deployed to the Middle East in support of m . '. Operation Desert Shield, retraining is not possible at this point for deployed people who do not possess a Stop Loss specialty. Once rotation dates are established, deployed people will be able to request retraining by contacting their personnel in support of contingency PER-SCknown as PERSCO operations . teams. The O teams will forward messages through the applicants' major command to AFMPC. AFMPC will assign training dates consistent with expected rotation dates. More information is available from CBPOs and deployed PERSCO teams. r.lcil qifls ocriy Postal officials have reminded family members of those deployed to Southwest Asia of holiday mailing deadlines. All packages mailed first class after today are not likely to arrive in time for Christmas. Cards and letters should arrive on time if mailed before Nov. 26. Those who wish to send gifts or cards to any deployed Hill AFB service member should send them to the following address: Any Service Member Operation Desert Shield do 388th Tactical Fighter Wing (Deployed) APO New York 09871 I Defense or the Department of the Air Force. The appearance of advertisements in this publication, including inserts or supplements, does not constitute endorsement by the Department of the Air Force or MorMedia, Inc. of the products or services advertised. 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