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Show P CI CI T7C"7 L-JCJJLJCJLJ n I Vol. 46 No. 46 D Hill AFB, Utah B Nov. 19, 1992 OO-ALCP- Hill AFB UT -- i 84056-599- Third Class 0 SERIA15 ORDER DEPT y 7 i 'S!, SPECIAL COLLECTIONS jr I " 3ttil Mill rilWli llliMMigiitMam,-is- t .,.. WSS!Wsm&mk&&Sim& V - Photo by Gary Hatch Check and double check SSgt. Fred Gilbert (left) and Sgt. Olin K. Hararnoto, both weapons load crew chiefs with the 421st Fighter Squadron, perform functional checks on the on the Hill AFB flight line. weapon systems of an F-1- 6 0 by TSgt. David P. Masko Force News Service Air As national attention conWASHINGTON tinues to shift from foreign policy to domestic concerns, Defense Secretary Dick Cheney is warning of new international conflicts that could rival Desert Storm. For the sake of being "somewhat provocative," Cheney said the problems and issues that the United States and policymakers will face in the next four or five years will be "more complex, more difficult, and perhaps more dangerous than any that we've come through in the period just behind us. "In the final analysis, if anybody is going to provide the foundation of leadership upon which the world's collective security system rests, it's us, the United States. And there isn't anybody else who can pick up that burden to do it." Cheney also told the American Trucking Associ- - 66 In the final analysis, if anybody is going to provide the foundation of leadership upon which the world's collective security system rests, it's us, the United States. by Joersz JayTimes staff Hilltop Hill AFB will play an essential role in America's first attempt to recover late-1970- Dick Cheney Secretary of defense ation's annual management conference in New Orleans Oct. 28 that he disagrees that the solution play role in recovery of satellite a satellite on land. Hill's Utah Test and Training Range has been selected as the site for a parachute landing of the COMET satellite's recovery system in March high-technolo- F-1- 17 99 Hill, Range to problems at home is to take more out of the defense budget: "Cut it deeper, cut it farther, cut it faster." "We are taking it down as fast as we can safely and responsibly take it down," he said. "Nobody outside, and many of the people involved in this debate, appreciates or understands how long it takes to create first-rat- e military forces." For example, Cheney pointed out the time it takes (approximately 13 years) to build a new aircraft for the Air Force, or the 25 years it takes to train a general capable of commanding a modern armored division in combat. stealth fighter as an example He used the s of an aircraft that got its start back in the as an idea, and was then successfully deployed during combat in Desert Storm. "That's how long it takes Cheney said. "We cannot recreate them once we've taken them down without a very long time in which O See Cheney, Page 10, please. to do it. 1993. The landing spot is about 90 miles southwest of Salt Lake City. The COMET satellite, Commercial Experiment Transporter, provides a vehicle on which industry can fly experiments. The 1,370 square-mil- e range was selected as the landing site due to its large size and remote location, according to Joe Pawlick, COMET program manager. "I believe this gives us the largest unpopulated area possible for our first landing," he said. "We have great con fidence in the system, but this is a safe first step." Another factor in the selection of the UTTR as the landing site is that it has a similar latitude of the launch site, Wallops Island, Va., which provides for a greater efficiency. Hill will be supporting COMET with approximately 30 to 40 people from four organizations; the 545th Test Group, 514th Test Squadron, 501st Range Squadron and 2nd Combat See Satellite Environmentally correct Tipping the scales Code of honor New law stiffens penalties for environmental violations Personnel officials release new Wage Grade WW Page 7 pay Scale. to create these forces," Page 2, please. Indian code talkers baffled Page 9 enemies with messages sent in Native American tongues. II Page 15 |