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Show SPECIAL COLLECTIONS i r r Vol. 47 No. 15 Hill Hill AFB UT , " ; 1 .... '' ,. I , ' v ,:',...r '.V..'- v. n .: ; 7' :.'..' 7.V. yS.i:.; - ' " ' r . .4: s j . i ' . - ,' v ' ?i - ' -- s if ' T l C - '.J -- - . , I - - ' 1 rjy v ...... vf . - f r t Checking it twice TSgts. Joe Smith Jr., left, and Russell Mortensen, airframe and powerplant general technicians in the 649th Combat Logistics Support Squadron, check Commander expects initiative to deliver better, cheaper weapons Gen. Ronald W. Yates, commander of Air Force Materiel Command, recently endorsed an initiative to join forces with industry to investigate ways to stimulate and strengthen the industrial base. The initiative, called Manufacturing 2005, envisions a day when weapon systems will be developed, prototyped and modified for less cost, fielded in less time, and will be highly reliable and technologically superior. Also envisioned is a versatile industrial base that can manufacture both defense and commercial products using the same facilities, manufacturing processes and management systems. Political and budget realities realities are "The new geopolitical and budgetary causing sweeping changes in how the Air Force and industry do business," said Philip Panzarella, director of engineering and technical management at Reminiscing - ' - ' ' ' : -: lx. jjooms measurements on the on a blazed trails in World War leading edge flap actuators prior to installation The actuators help control the lift of the wing. F-1- 6 F-1- crash-damage- d forces Pan-zarell- a. The Manufacturing 2005 initiative grew from a assessment conducted in the major industrial-bas- e summer of 1991 by a team of Air Force and industry representatives at the direction of Yates, then commander of Air Force Systems Command. It examined business trends such as shifts toward a quality focus, integrated product development and international interdependence, and tried to posture the Air Force for business in the 21st century. What emerged is the framework for Manufacturing 2005. Join, recruiter uses nursing skills Hill AFB AFB, Ohio. Headquarters AFMC, Wright-Patterso- n "Our ability to acquire, field and support weapon systems is being dictated more and more by cost. This comes at a time when our industrial base is shrinking, restructuring and producing less at higher cost. "Our need for technologically superior and affordable weapon systems hasn't changed. What we need is a flexible, robust industrial base that can respond to our needs for cost and performance," said See Page 2, please. to save friend's life by Jay Joersz Hilltop Times staff writer In a war rone, it is not uncommon for a military member to have to help a dying friend survive until medics can arrive, but being put in this situation in peacetime is unusual. However, Capt. Tony Smith, of Hill AFB's 368th Air Force Recruiting Squadron, recently found himself forced to use his nursing skills to save a life. Smith, the Nurse Program manager in charge of recruiting nurses in a seven state area, has been a nurse since 1983 and has been assigned to three different Air Force emergency rooms. He joined Hill's recruiting squadron in July 1992. celebrates Earth Day, II. Page 7 J I JBlift iiajgi i Hill Members of 8th Air Force v. v.' , f,, - -- - AFiVlC imidlysll'iry r; aitini , " , 1 . y ' ' , .j ' r: ' ' , j J -- v . ! .! ' - I - 'fl - . ' ; Class 0 t ? ""r 84056-599- SERIALS ORDER DEPT UNIVERSITY OF UTAH LIBRARIES SALT LAKE CITY UT 841 1 2 ,,. .. " j Third OOALCPA April 15, 1993 AFB, Utah Recycling Week. Page 15 See tile. Page 2, please. Workers earn big money for suggestions 16 Page |