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Show 12 Thursday, us Hilltop ;Tiities May 22, 1997 ArR FORCE Celebrating 50 years tn the "Wild Blue Yonder!" Looking Back v J0 ml r 1 : WB I I mM 1 M i I I J ' m 1 m U I mm wr "f M K iiilyjiii II IV K I I ff NOW WITH FREE AIR and FREE The 388th Tactical Fighter Wing christened the 1980 0 0 Chief of Internal Information organizations had mandatory gasoline allocations. Responsibility for the spares contract was transferred from the System Program Office to the Ogden Air Logistics Center. Under the new contract, approximately 50,000 items were purchased for the valued at more than $600 million. The standard size of government stationary and copier paper changed from 12 inches to 8 12-by-inches. Agencies had a year to get rid of the smaller sized paper. A Weapons Test Facility was opened in Bldg. 752. It was the only Air Force-ownetest range for large caliber guns that was completely enclosed. A presidential hiring freeze on Feb. 29 allowed only one out of every two e permanent, position vacancies to be filled. The Wasatch Front Regional Council Transportation Committee and the Utah Department of Transportation approved money to purchase vehicles for a Hill workers vanpool. At the end of the year, Hill Vanpool Inc. received the required state permits and 16 vans had been ordered. The last F--4 Phantom assigned to the 388th Tactical Fighter Wing left the base at 1 p.m. on March 20. The Depot Aircraft Fuel System Maintenance Facility, Bldg. 236, was completed at a cost of $1.6 million. A symposium to honor military women was held April 22 at Hill. The observance was started with a proclamation from Maj. Gen. John J. Murphy, Ogden ALC commander. A ribbon-cuttin- g ceremony opened the combined Package Store, Family Services Aid Society and Thrift Shop in what had been a commissary build6 F-1- 6, ll one-of-a-ki- d full-tim- ot ing. Five Ogden ALC security policemen were sent to Eglin AFB, Fla., to help deal with an influx of Cuban refugees. Defense Gas rationing; last F-- 4 leaves 388th TFW; SPs go to Florida to help with Cuban boat people; F-1- 6 sets non-sto- 2 record p YEAR LEASE Port Squadron palletized the cargo. Hill personnel packaged and loaded the cargo on aircraft headed for Eglin. The foyer and hallways in Bldg. 1102 were redecorated to give the Ogden ALC headquarters a more professional image. Changes included etching the command emblem on glass doors, and adding displays of mission-assigne- d weapon systems. d A digital facsimile machine, capable of sending urgent mail electronically, was installed in the Ogden ALC Mail Distribution Center. The machine was tied to circuits at Air Force and Air Force Logistics Command headquarters, and to other air logistics centers. It used AUTOVON or WATS lines to transmit unclassified correspondence that required delivery in one day or C-1- A reduced gasoline allocation at the Base Exchange Service Station meant customers could only buy $10 worth of gasoline at one time, and Hill AFB F-1- REBATE July 21, 1980. 6 65th Aerial by Bill Orndorff 102,970-square-fo- F-1- $Si(0) CD PLAYER Photo courtesy of History Office CUSTOMER CASH Depot Ogden shipped 250,000 blankets to Hill, where the mW per MO. 51739 I high-spee- 0 1 YEAR LEASE less. Four were ferried to Israel by 388th TFW pilots. The aircraft left Hill June 2 and had a final check in Fort Worth, Texas, before departing a month later for Israel. The flight to Israel took 11 hours, non-stoa record for the aircraft. Delivery was made 22 months after the signing of a Letter of Offer and Agreement. Christening ceremonies on July 21 as the officially named the 6 "Fighting Falcon." Two days later, one crashed on the Utah Test and Training Range. Ogden ALC assumed maintenance interservice support management o the Navy's AGM-65Maverick Missile guidance and control system. The agreement saved the Navy $3,158,979 over other contracts. The U.S. House of Representatives passed a military construction bill authorizing $4 million in planning money for fiscal 1981 to Utah and Nevada for planned MX missile basing. The Air Force later detailed plans to state and local government representatives for potential sites in Beryl, Milford and Delta, Utah, and Ely and Coyote Kane Springs, Nev. Later, potential sites were surveyed in Utah's Pine and Wah Wah Valleys. During fiscal 1980, Hill AFB had the airfield in the busiest "free world." Traffic totaled 145,243 takeoffs and landings. And on Nov. 7, Hill AFB celebrated its 40th birthday. F-1- 2 A T p, LEASE . mmm T 1 MW ftT per mo. icl'c'1 L.as!' a t Pmt-.PU- a, www uuniBUdOB equity, ,a YEAR $il SPer mo. i.ouo 1st pymt. sec. dep.. license miles per year. & tax due at F-1- I I I ft J I ft J T"W. 3 D single-runwa- MX-- 6 $1S Limited ThrtTiTft 'nCudedw aer rebateincentives ihr93 down, 1stP" lie, fees dua at pmt, sec-deposi- t leasa M-Editi- on 7Trrrrn sigrKPi"?5 y 843 W. RIVERDALE RD., OGDEN www.freewavma2da.com 621-110- 0 ' |