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Show 10 Hilltop Times Thursday, May 15, 1997 U.S. AIR FORCE 1947 Celebrating 50 years in the "Wild Blue Yonder!" Looking Back I 1997 . ATI TjlHL ViTO The first AFB -- 33, 34, 35 & 38 FTWOWSiifJOS SWP IfjrTRIPLE slide; J mnMlstkS sierras Photo courtesy of History Office Hill aircraft assigned to the 388th Fighter Wing arrived at A Jan. 6, 1979. 1979: by Bill Orndorff Hill Air Force Base, started .1,979. with a new Zip Code 84056. Management of the Range Complex transferred from the Ogden Air Logistics Center to Air Force Systems Command, and was renamed the Utah Test and Training Range. Concurrently, the Ogden ALC Range Management Office and its personnel were assigned to AFSC and further assigned to the 6501st Range Squadron of the 6545th Test Group at Hill AFB. The 388th Tactical Fighter Wing received its first operational the first one assigned to an operational unit. On Jan. 26, the first Ogden scheduled for Belgium, was delivered to Charleroi-Gosselie- s Airport, the assembly point for Belgium and Denmark aircraft. The Ogden ALC Project Pacer Dot office established the Korean depot maintenance facility at Kim Hae, Korea. At the same time, the Air Asia facility at Tainan, Taiwan, was phased out. Korean Airlines and the Ogden ALC later signed a letter contract specifying KAL would perform programmed depot maintenance, modifications and corrosion control on 23 Air Force and at Kim Hae. The new base commissary opened for business March 20. Official dedication ceremonies were held April 3. Hearings in March by the Utah State Legislature awarded $8,000 per acre to a land owner in the flight path south of the Hill AFB runway. The legislature had appropriated $1 million in 1976 for the purchase of 500 acres valued at $4,000 per acre of privately owned property in the flight path. Hearings were held when some owners refused the offer, and the latest award made the $1 million F-1- 6, ALC-manag- F-1- 6, F-- 4 d F-4- 10th finnual Water Sports & Snowboard Swap ! ! ! Netherlands Air Force was the first multinational graduate of the 6 Hill AFB. at pilot training program 4 .Congressional hearings were held charging intentional negligence by the federal government in protecting Hill AFB personnel from toxic chemicals. Charges were brought by one employee and two former base employees. April 22 was proclaimed "Military Women's Day" at Hill AFB by Ogden ALC commander Maj. Gen. John J. 3 Days only details May 15th - 16th - 17th Call for F-1- Chief of Internal Information Airlines-programme- BOB Belgium receives first state tries to buy 500 acres under flight path; aircraft taxi way dedicated F-1- 6; F-4- appropriation inadequate to complete the purchase. Capt. Bill Sneek of the Royal ' Bring your preloved watersports & snowboard equipment to Marine Products Pro Shop to be sold to the public for 3 days in May. You may preregister goods for sale from May 1st to May 14th. Our Pro Sales Staff will help you agree on a fair price for your equipment. You will receive 100 credit toward an purchase or 70 Cash Back. (This is a conditional agreement based on the resale of your Swap Items.) Murphy. in-jto- re The Automated Storage Module, located east of Bldg. 849, was opened by the Directorate of Distribution. The $6 million facility had more than 131,500 storage locations from which material was mechanically delivered to operators. President Carter Jimmy announced June 9 his decision to develop the MX Intercontinental Ballistic Missile. This would eventually replace the Minuteman Missile. The Egyptian government agreed to buy 35 aircraft and other major support elements including Sidewinder and Maverick missiles. The program was called Project Peace Pharaoh. Deliveries began F-4- Baggy Dry MPPS Kneeboard Wilekmrd DV8 O'Brien Freestyle 319 99 3995 MPPS Model O'Neill in 1975. The new $7.9 million Landing Gear Facility was completed in November. The building was started in 1975 and had $11 million worth of equipment. $2096 7 20. Model Dry " -- Suits 0NelinfeT 419" 9gg 33995 Lilt Wakeboards Wakeboards Wakeboards Neptune Impala Neptune Six O'Brien Double Ender Himmer Sprint, AOQ99 279 99 wbooti 379" wboots landing gear was 5 aircraft taxi-wawas dedicated by Utah Congressman Gunn McKay. The $3.9 million taxiway replaced one y built in World War II. The old had deteriorated and was inadequate for modern aircraft. 6,200-foot-lon- MPPS Waliefioards assembled Sept. 25. A new Ski Gloves Ropes Hyperlite " Vettuit Shortie 74 95 $799 wbootj Straight Line Tournament Ski Vest protected "race track" mode aimed at reducing attack vulnerability. The Ogden ALC had been assigned logistics system management of the MX C-- Model 4 Buckle E Sept. 16. In September, President Carter endorsed a $33 billion deployment of 200 MX mobile missiles among 4,600 horizontal shelters in Utah and Nevada. The missiles were to be in a The first Suit Blind Side y g taxi-wa- high-performan- W m fcj Hours Mon-Fr- i Sat 9-- 6 PRO SHOP oMarineroducts httpVwwai. mQrine-products.co- 9-- 5 949 WST 1 700 SOUTH UJB SIT6 SALT lfW CITY. UT 841 04 (801 ) 973.401 7 fc? |