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Show SEIPTEDVilOEIR 2 Raptors gamo tonight First have sergeants free tickets for dorm residents. Thornton Community Center is selling tickets for feder- al employees. Vol. 50 No. 34 Hill AFB, Utah 84056-582- AFMC commander Aug. 29, 1996 4 f T says sharing with industry will... Keep AF depots working at full capacity Hill workforce could increase by by nearly 3,000 fiscal 2001. by Bill Orndorff Chief of Internal Information Possible increases in workloads and employees were mentioned when Gen. Henry Viccellio Jr., commander of Air Force Materiel Command, talked with area bus- . united s yitfrri' iness leaders Tuesday: Viccellio met with area mayors, businessmen and state government leaders in a special meeting at the Layton City Hall. Also attending were Utah Rep. Jim Hansen and Sen. Robert Bennett. "People ask what we think is going to happen to Hill Air Force Base. I'm going to give you our best perspective as we see it today," Viccellio said, "This represents a change that will probably begin next year, start in earnest in 1998, and be complete when the Kelly and McClellan depots close by the end of the century." Hill's employment could grow by nearly 66 3,000 employees over the four years as the base assumes workloads from other areas, Viccellio next I like the idea of said. "Take a look at what's keeping depots not only at warm and operat- happening, and McClellan, but Kelly all around our command," ing with the insaid. "A big portion of dustrial base, so he materiel management if we need them from Kelly and McClellan will be moved to HilL" again, we'll have Viccellio displayed a" them. chart showing a projected base 99 Gn. lonry iC commander employment increase of 2,797 employees in the areas of depot maintenance, materiel manage- ment, tenants, base '. mUmtmmyim. operating systems and contractors by fiscal 2001. Even with the projected increase, Viccellio noted most depots will still only be using 80 percent of Discussing a "second kind of privatization," he told how unused base capabilities and facilities can be offered to commercial industry for the current or future work they do for the Air Force, and work they do for commercial customers. "We are now permitted to do this by statute and supported by the Office of the Secretary of Defense for Policy," Viccellio said. "The Army has led the way in this regard. They are supported by Congress with specific legislation that allows them to offer that capacity to manufacturing activities for a wide variety of products around the country. V yiT,m, mm) 'JJMII II in I - - then-capacit- I AFMC II s Commander's Conference D 2 I E Photo by Frances Kotakowsky Air Force Materiel Command commander, Gen. Henry Viccellio (center), and his wife, Debbie (left), were welcomed by Ogden ALC commander, Maj. Gen. Pat Condon (right) and his wife, Judy. Flying into Hill to meet with local business leaders Tuesday, ' "We've got potential here at Hill AFB for that," he sai( , Assisted by Maj. Gen. Pat Condon, Ogden ALC com- mander, Viccellio pointed out areas at Hill that couldbe used by industry. Areas include computed tomog- 49th Birthday Summer Bash raphy, robotic canopy pohshing system, environmentalbead blast areas, high pressure cleaning system, aerospace ground equipment, aircraft simulators, and repair and overhaul facilities for missile sys- See VleeIIlo page 6. College Fighter Retiree grads Country Appreciation lH Center pullout Day Ball 5 7 15 |