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Show July 15, 1993 Hilltop Times 7 TTwcj-Deve- D Continued from Page 1 the Air Force in the same time frame. While the intermediate shops are decreasing, will receive an additional 132 people. Seventy-si- x have already been added during the last two years and 56 more will be added during the next two fiscal years. lJa Og-de- n "Two-leve- l maintenance is not necessarily a llflpl y Jj$&)S : bet- ter way of doing business. Nobody is saying that," maintenance said Maj. Fred Fischlein, two-levteam leader in the Aircraft Directorate. "But with a smaller budget to work with, it came down to a trade-of- f between manpower or keeping the rubber on the ramp by retaining the same amount of aircraft." maintenance is a way of Fischlein said two-levfewer people, while stickwith readiness maintaining He added the new constraints. the within budget ing some have does drawbacks, especially to program the flying units. away "It does take quite a bit of from the units in the field," he said. "Because of that, it has raised some concerns across the Air Force. They are just going to have to trust our proficiency. When you really get down to it, this method is a more efficient way of handling maintenance at our level." Fischlein also said another major concern from flying units is money. Under the new competition-base- d Photo by Chris Bojanowef military environment, flying units are now other and travel for item circuit card to expenses an repair, charged Stimpson, an electronics technician in the Aircraft Directorate, checks related expenses up front. In the past, when a unit Gary make sure it is working properly for the avionics intermediate shop test station. sent in a part to be repaired, a replacement part was sent out, free issue. Fischlein said the units are just time is with the Desktop Drive Induction Repair a little uncomfortable handling the accounts. and Distribution system. One Navy captain exaffected are units that But it's not only the flying plained that turning in a part to the Navy Depot for by the new way of handling money and keeping repair can sometimes seem like "throwing the part track of inventory and expenses. over a wall and hoping it gets done and back into "We all have to pay for what we need, just like of a take does quite the system." But Hill officials explain that the MainFischlein doing business with companies units the from tenance Tracking System helps identify where a part away said. "We have to pay for parts from supply here is at all times. at the depot, just like the user pays us." When field.... in the get really you The system makes use of barcoding, which allows Two-levdown to maintenance basically comes is a more workers to instantly call up the complete history of making all parties involved in the maintenance down to it, this method what has been done with that particular item at all process more accountable for what they do, accordof efficient handling way maintenance levels. It saves a lot of guesswork and ing to Fischlein. He explained that everyone, from research. But probably most imporour level. managers and supervisors to the people working on maintenance it tant is that makes it easy for the part to be the smallest aircraft components to the people tracked during every step of its journey through the responsible for shipping parts, is held accountable depot. for time and expenses. Fred Fischlein "Two-levmaintenance is a big change," FischMaj.maintenance Due to the accountability and the basic need for team leoder know lein it can work as long as all involved said. "I speed to get aircraft parts to flying units, repair and to do. Everyone is meetare do what supposed they the handling processes have been honed. As a result, maintenance was never ing the goals all through the pipeline, for the most time it takes for the part to arrive at Ogden, flow old process in three-levtracked. "There was just no need to track it," he part." through the repair process and arrive -at the receivTwo-levmaintenance will make the depot more said. "There were always plenty of spare parts in cut and cut again.ing unit has been intermediate responsive by instituting management through the Ogden ALC workers had a chance to prove their the system and units still had their control mechanshops. Now, we have all those spare parts and they whole process, while implementingare efficiency during three test programs called Corowhere occurring. Any to isms problems pinpoint net Deuce during the last three years. During the have to count on us for just about everything." and our have to is bound new glitches them" need program Because of the "repair as you CD tests, Ogden workers have reduced the total come as solve will along," two-levworkers they the problems of maintenance, process repair pipeline from 70 days to an average of about philosophy said. he and shelf off the also keeps supply keeps the parts nine days. "We must be responsive in meeting the Air But there are many factors involved in the hefty the parts continuously flowing through the pipeline Force's requirements," Fischlein said. "This process two-levor on an aircraft. change. Ken Hales, senior systems analyst for Another way Ogden workers have cut the process is the most efficient way of doing that." maintenance, said the biggest factor is that the el el F-1- 6 66 bit It off-base- ," self-sustainabili- ty el at time-consumi- 99 el Two-lev- el el el el Command change ceremony Friday The 649th Medical Group will host a change of command ceremony tomorrow to welcome the new group commander, Lt. Col. George Peach Taylor Jr., and to honor the departure of Col. Gary Henriksen. The ceremony will be held in front of the hospital at 2 p.m., followed by a reception in the hospital dining hall. Taylor was chief of aerospace medicine at the Air Force Flight Test Center, Edwards AFB, Calif., from 1990 to 1992. While at Edwards, he was the military medical representative for the landings of the space shuttle orbiter and was also the designated flight surgeon for the 2 Advanced Tactical Fighter and B-- 2 Stealth Bomber flight test programs. He is a senior flight surgeon with more than 1,250 hours of flying time in a wide variety of aircraft. In August 1992 he returned to training as a student at the National War College at Fort McNair, District of Columbia, where he graduated on June F-2- News Briefs Catchment area extended Air show in the offing The Northern Utah Radio Controlled Aircraft Club is holding its first annual air show July 24 at the club-ownflying grounds. There are 44 club members who work at Hill, according to Mick 649th Civil Engineering Squadron, the club's secretary. d The show will feature aerobatics, simulated and team dogfights. flying toy skydivers, The event will be held at 1 p.m. at the club's airport, which is located approximately 10 miles west of Ogden along State Road 39 (12th Street). Admittance is free. ed Lis-com- b, radio-controlle- Children in base housing areas The base housing office is asking military family housing residents to make a special effort to supervise their children during the summer months. The housing office recommends the guidelines below be 16, 1993. these months: Taylor has been selected for early promotion to followed during Parents should know where their children are both lieutenant colonel and colonel. He is eligible to marat all times. pin on the rank of colonel in May 1994. He isMich. B Children under 12 years of age should never be ried to the former Beth Stewart of Midland, alone. left and The couple have two daughters, Maggie, 4, Housing area playgrounds should be used. A Katie, 3. moves Hill two years, neighbor's yard or the streets should not be used Henriksen, who has been at as a child's playground. This problem is especially Laboratoon to his next assignment at Armstrong in the Thunderbird Park area where the area Sucritical his wife, and Henriksen ry, Brooks AFB, Texas. and the yards are small. san, have three children: Kristin, Mathew and Mark. is densely populated An updated CHAM PUS catchment area directory has been issued by the office of the Secretary of Defense to include ZIP Codes which fall within 40 air miles of a military installation. Park City, Tooele, Riverside and Tremonton (ZIP Codes 84060, 84074, 84334 and 84337, respectively) were added to the Hill catchment area in April 993. Coalville (84017), Echo (84024) and Alta (84092) were deleted from the Hill catchment area. Military beneficiaries living within the Hill catchment area may be affected. Beneficiaries who have a major medical insurance that pays before CHAM-PUwill not be affected; however, those who have CHAMPUS as a primary insurance are now required statement prior to to obtain a NAS is a certifiThe receiving civilian medical care. Medical cation from the 649th Group that care is medical Hill at available the not facility. An NAS is required for the following kinds of care: admissions to a civilian facility for D anything other than a life or limb emergency. B Some selected procedures. B Maternity care. Applications for an NAS and the list of outpatient procedures that require them are maintained at the health benefits office of the 649th Medical Group. Advisers are available to assist patients and or and answer any questions at Ext. S non-availabili- ty In-patie- nt out-patie- nt |