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Show COLLEGTiONS a fu fa n ri n 7981 Vol. 47 No. 30 D Hill AFB, Utah July 29, 1991 Georgia St., Hill AFB UT i DO 84056-282- 4 53S2S dbsiuirasdrawaown top priority Clinton says armed forces must be reduced by 40 percent. Military retirees suffering effects of base closures. We have to reduce the base by TSgt. David P. Masko Air 85 roMrrcw 7150427 U.S. POSTAGE Third Class r&?AALS ORDER DEPT rMlVFR.$'TY OF UTAH LIBRARIES lmivc CUT UT 841 1 2 ease 0.9 Force News Service In addition to his policy on WASHINGTON homosexuals in the military, President Clinton says issues such as base closings and the drawdown are top priorities. "It's very tough when you close these bases. I know it," said Clinton in reply to a concerned caller during CNN's "Larry King Live" July 20. The president went on to explain an overall plan that will reduce the military by 40 percent, in addition to the 2.5 million people who have already lost defense-relate- d jobs. "We have to reduce the base structure, because otherwise we won't have enough money to train the personnel and to keep developing the smart weapons and the important technology to keep our people the best fighting force in the world and keep them safe," Clinton said. He said he sympathized with the caller over the structure, because otherwise we won't have enough money to train the personnel and to keep developing the smart weapons and the important technology to keep our people the best fighting force in the world and keep them safe. -- President Clinton plight of military retirees whose medical benefits are being seriously affected by defense cuts. One of the biggest problems with closing large military bases is that many are surrounded by retirees who use their medical facilities, Clinton said. "In the aftermath, that's often one of the toughest issues. Clinton said one of the first things he asked first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton to look into with her task force on America's health crisis was health care for military retirees who use medical facilities at bases that will close. "They are looking at those facilities, asking can they be opened, can they be reopened? Should they be military facilities? Should they be available for v, military and civilian personnel? What's going to happen in terms of the availability of health care?" Clinton said he expects the task force's recommenwhen he officially andations "pretty soon" nounces the nation's health care plan. During a July 20 satellite interview with journalists from Wisconsin and Louisiana, Clinton discussed the differences between his defense budget and that of former President George Bush. "First of all, we capped the B-- 2 bombers at the level recommended last year," Clinton said. "Over and above that, we plan to reduce the aggregate size of the armed services by about 200,000 more than in the last Bush budget." Moreover, the president said he's asked the employees of the Department of Defense both military and civilian to take the same reductions in pay that other federal employees are going to take. Air Force takes generators to flood victims C-1- 41 Water purification systems, empty sandbags, electricity generators have been flown to Midwest as part of disaster relief efforts. Hill AFB crews sent help in support of the Midd west flood relief effort as five generaStar lifter bound for the tors were loaded on a area July 21. diesel-engin- e The five 60,000-wat- t, electricity were provided by the Defense Logistics generators Agency's Tooele Facility. Each generator weighs about 7,500 pounds. The belonged to the 60th Airlift Wing at Travis AFB, Calif., and was only on Hill's loading ramp for a few hours before heading for the Midwest. Other relief efforts from Air Force units include: Air Mobility Command delivered sandbags and water purification systems. In response to a request from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and U.S. Forces Comand C-- 5 aircraft have flown more than mand, 20 missions to Illinois and Iowa since July 11 with more flights planned, Air Force officials said. have delivered a million empty To date, sandbags to Springfield, 111., where workers are building a levee along the Mississippi River and its fuel-powere- C-1-41 . C-1- - vs Portable power crew members load one of five electric generators that departed from the base July 21 bound for the flooded Midwest. The generators had been stored at Defense Logis- - tics Agency's Tooele Facility. The Air Force continues to fly supplies and equipment into the area, which is suffering through some of the country's worst flooding in a century. Active, Reserve'.and Air National Guard aircrews from mobility bases around the nation are taking are on standpart in the relief flights, and six said. for officials disaster relief, by The U.S. Transportation Command at Scott AFB, 111., is validating requests for movement of relief supplies. Other units participating are: the 438th Air Wing, McGuire AFB, N.J.; 62nd AW, McChord AFB, Wash.; 433rd AW (Reserve), Kelly AFB, Texas; 105th AW (ANG), Stewart Field, N.Y.; and 436th AW; Dover AFB, Del. The Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron, the Thunderbirds, also lent a hand to flood victims in Iowa. Seventeen members of the squadron spent part of their day off July 7 filling sandbags in Davenport for a levee to hold back Mississippi flood waters. The Thunderbirds performed as scheduled July 10-1- 1 at the Quad City Airport in Iowa, with some 80,000 people on hand at each show. Hill AFB diesel-powere- d C-1-41 C-14- 1s tributaries. Additionally, five C-- delivered 14 Army National Guard water purification systems to Des Moines, 5s Iowa, July 3 to relieve the city's contaminated water supply. Ten other systems were sent from Little Rock AFB, Ark., July 13. 11-1- Success success Commander encourages AFMC to build on its successes. Page 2 Up to C-13- 0s the challenge Security police team gets ready for Peacekeeper Challenge competition. Page 7 Back to school Local schools set schedules and registration times. Pages 18-1- 9 |