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Show Vol. 12 No. 2 Ners Supplement to the Hilltop Times Briefs Hill AFB, Utah 1 TSgt. James D. Jaques, an aerospace ground equipment specialist assigned to the 419th Maintenance Squadron, was named the squadron's Maintenance Person of the Year at an awards ceremony during the July UTA. Others receiving annual awards included: TSgt. Ernest C. Church, Munitions Flight Person of the Year; and SSgt. Milford L. Van VVeerd, Accessory Flight Person of the Year. real-worl- d er r. criteria." The assessment team scored the unit 163 out of .000 possible points using the Secretary of the Air Force's quality criteria. "The idea behind a USA is for a unit to accurately access how it's doing and 1 build on the results." said Greg Stafford, the 419th's chief of quality. "A unit that scores highly is probably not being honest with itself. Their honest assessment will help the 67th develop a plan." A USA is a quality process used as a tool by or- ganizations to verify levels of performance, identify areas of improvement and prepare for Quality Air Force Assessments. OAF recalls 51 pilots RANDOLPH AFB. Texas (AFRESNS from an Eleven unit reservists and four AFMP Release individual mobilization agumentees are among 51 people identified to serve as pilots on active duty through extended active duty programs. Boards at the Air Force Military Personnel Center here reviewed records of 1 1 1 applicants reservists, guardsmen and former active-dutmembers who previously separated from the service. y - nc..Mrlty lit - Just an oversized pancake Members of the 419th Civil Photos by SSgt. Charici Frttman Engineering Squadron pour and spread the cement pad for a firing range. Civil engineers build counter drug training facilities members of the 419th Civil Engineering Thirty-twSquadron spent two weeks in June building training facilities in a remote area of Maine for law enforcement officials fighting in the war against drugs. Only a rock's throw from the Canadian border, the access road, a civil engineers built a 1,500-foo- t d rifle range with covered pistol range and a firing station. All of this work was done without host support from an active, nearby military installation. "This was a lot like what we would encounter in a contingency where we would have to make do with only the supplies and equipment that are available," said Maj. Allan Dalpias, squadron commander. "We had to improvise at times, but we had great support from the locals that made the project a success." said CMSgt. Rick Potokar. chief of operations for the squadron. Agencies benefiting from the project include the U.S. Border Patrol, the U.S. Dept. of Immigration and Naturalization, the Maine State Police and the City of Houlton. Maine Police Department. The project was classified as a joint counter drug mission and assigned to the squadron by Headquarters Air Force Reserve. Since most of the equipment was obtained from the Loring AFB. coordination efforts also involved the Base Realignment and Closure Commission and Air Combat Command, said Dalpias. All heavy equipment loaders, including front-enwas trucked etc. bulldozers, dump trucks, graders, in from Loring, about 60 miles away. Nearly everything was provided by the City else except the labor of Houlton. Reservists from the 419th provided the labor and had two weeks to finish the project, supposedly with help from another military unit. However, the other unit was unable to fulfill its commitment and the 4 19th took on the entire project. "It was a challenge for us to complete the project without the other unit, but I can't recall a time in all my years with the 419th that we couldn't complete a project," said SMSgt. Jim Cosper, the squadron's superintendent of heavy equipment and pavement. "Well normally have a specific project that well complete and also do something extra." Tom Johnson, deputy chief patrol agent for the U.S. Border Patrol, said the reservists from the 419th did - v- - .. .. o 50-yar- miV-.- F Surveying the site MSgt. Terry Browning shoots elevations at the construction site. now-close- d d 09n .rtct. d 100-yar- Ar Fore., umlf ..clMilf. mWn control wHhl llm in no w.y eonnl.d with in. I. m uthorlMd pbH-c.k- n ALC PwNtc AH.irt Ofttc.. Thi. eommcel.l .nfprtt. Air fore n.w.pp Cmimi ol teWtOpm not mllii.r, lor Air Fore. m.mbi ol Ih. U.S. Ih. U.S. Gownmrl, Ih. D.p.rtm.nt ol O.l.n,. ol. or .ndor.l b. ih. official U.S. R... " 419th FW Public Affairs Office 30-da- great V by SSgt. Charles Freeman USA Squadron completed its in July the first unit within unit the 419th Fighter Wing to do so. The squadron started the assessment eight team was assemmonths ago when a were made and the research bebled, assignments Teams of two were assigned different gan. of and began looking effectiveness unit categories for indicators and data to support how well the unit was meeting the criteria. All nine members then came together for a y period to reach consensus and tabulate Tim Fiscus and TSgt. Ester scores. lst-Lt- . Biesinger presented their findings to Lt. Col. Barney Chapman, the squadron commander, in late June. After studying the results. Chapman said. "It's You don't realize you're not as a real far along as you think until you understand the eye-opene- r. kN.-.rr- r two-wee- k nine-memb- I A Medics train at Medstar WESTOVER ARB. Mass. (AFRESNS) -Twelve members of the 419th Medical Squadron trained with hundreds of other reservists and guardsmen honing their skills during an exercise here and at Niagara Falls International Airport Air Reserve Station and Schenedctady Airport in New York in July. Called "Patriot Medstar," the exercise tested their ability during a contingency to deploy to a location, sustain operations and deploy home. The Total Force exercise is held annually in conjunction with Patriot Tiger, a 22nd Air Force Aerial Port exercise at Westover. "Events during the period exercised all phases of mobilization to support aeromedical evacuation requirements such as a natural disaster or a major regional conflict. said Maj. Susan Konczal. a medical service corps officer from the 610th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron at MacDill AFB, Fla. Auq. 3, 1995 PrC' 1 Maintenance awards 67th APS completes The 67th Aerial Port 84056 or "7'-- '..' 7' Wood cutters MSgts. 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