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Show ' - " r -gr?l """" " SPECIAL COLLECTIONS ""it 7t5&m Xoi Vol. 47 No. 18 fl Hill AFB, Utah B May 6, 1993 Third Class Georgia St., Hill 7981 Af3 UT 84056-282- 4 SERIALS ORDER DEPT UNIVERSITY Of UTAH LIBRARIES SALT LAKE CIT UT 84112 Here today, E&1 " f gone tomorrow ! 1; Vern Victor, right, supervisor of rail operations, and Bud Speth, who was filling in as a brake-man- , help conductor Lloyd Haven ease the engine back to hook up to a flatbed railcar loaded with cargo. Sights like this will be a thing of the past soon as Air a r... 1 r, 1 f t; wrkL, Force railroad oper- ations at Hill AFB will disappear in ' - October. Active rail operations have 1 VmVl I L A I it was built, but over time, cargo aircraft and semi-truck- s with flatbed trailers carried more and more of the cargo load since across the base. Photo by Jay Joersz WomeirQ 3.sain) imw spomi siys pSIos ffly 'ffogfatfeifSj The Air Force lifts a ban that had prevented women from 66 flying combat missions. The steps we are taking today are WASHINGTON (AFNS) - All aircraft in the Air Force inventory are now available to qualified women pilots, navigators and enlisted aircrew members following a landmark decision to repeal the ban barring women from combat aircraft. Women can now compete for fighters, bombers and special operations aircraft. Defense Secretary Les Aspin announced the policy change April 28. "The essence of the new policy is that the military services are to open up more specialties and assignments to women," Aspin said. The result will be a larger pool of talent for the armed forces to pull from when performing missions tasks that require asWar world in the post-Col- d signing the best qualified individual for each military job, he said. "Right now we're not able to do that. Many important military jobs are closed to women and as long as that is the case we cannot be sure we are putting the very best person in the job." historic. They will open up a range of new opportunities for women in the armed forces. Les Aspin OVERPRICING of defame For the Air Force, the decision to lift the combat exclusion ban opens up virtually every specialty to women. Only those skills that require assignments to units engaged in close combat on the ground, such as pararescue and combat controller, will remain closed to women. Additionally, the Air Force may not be able to assign women to every position in the Air Force forconsideration, or inadereasons such as Page 3 employees: all Hill AFB . ,J; a speci . r?srall tX at th; base this com- - is an me to gwe yo opportunity for 1 have on latest informauonm force, wn posed reduction . iTmffiuiy officers and civilian military anu pervisors The times are. to attend. Pi-- The Secretory Program saves taxpayer dollars, 1 2 99 host-natio- To " 4 lua-m.- - P-i.- required 7 a.m., iu will be broadcast "area network on Channel 38. All ox i Qther rooms on base, along hookup a, ded t0 sites, are fitted withj . -wiu Video tapes th- o- w ho don't each dbe showings. Doie w Thornpson Jr. Maior General, LJMr ALC Comrriander, Ogden n See Women, Page 2, please. Hill honors Remember military spouses. Mom on Page 15 Mother's Day Sunday |
