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Show 10 Hilltop July 24, 1997 T $ nrilriricf Celebrating SALE! While They 1997 1947 X Last Gowns: ) $250 - $400 1 Free Veil with Purchase (Selected Veils) (NEW BUSINESS ONLY) Bridal Gown Sales & Rental Sizes 2-- 30 Jairy (?ocfmoer's !33ricfafSue ii Photo courtesy of History Office General Brent Scowcroft, right center, and Dan Hendrickson, AFA chapter president, left cenJames G. Evans, MSgt. Vincent D. Dicks, Patricia E. Crosbie, ter, present awards to Anthony J. Dobson and Brenda K. Chatlin for outstanding contributions to the ICBM program. Anthony Skufca, AFA member, looks on. SO anniversary of ) te Weer JKanor (l-- r) 1 989: Hours: to Hill Aerospace Museum; LOGSTAR program begins; airmen arrested for stealing engines tions storage igloo, and 15,600 pounds of Minuteman I ICBM propellant. The Chief of Internal Information fire was confined to the immediate area and no one was hurt. The first Hercules at Hill AFB The 388th Tactical Fighter Wing began for programmed depot maintenance updating its fleet as it received an rolled off the assembly line ahead of Block 40, from the manufacturer, Genschedule Jan. 3. eral Dynamics of Fort Worth. Hill workers celebrated Productivity In separate pageants, Lori Jo Evans Week, emphasizing quality concepts was crowned Miss Rodeo Hill AFB, and such as process action teams, self help Valerie Chavez was crowned Hill AFB projects, individual initiative and "do it Queen. They represented the base in right the first time." various events throughout the year. A new Voice Mail system was installed The base began a LOGSTAR program, in March, allowing users to send, receive, acquainting 26 local civic leaders with store and redirect telephone messages. the Air Force mission and making them The system had an initial capacity of honorary commanders. The title was 4,000 "mail boxes" with the possibility derived from "logistics" and "star" to of expansion. emphasize command interest. The Hill AFB Falcons ice hockey team The 419th TFW celebrated its 40th won the Salt Lake City Adult Recreation anniversary. The unit started out as a League championship in a troop carrier wing that delivered troops match with the Green and cargo in 6 aircraft. Parrot Cafe. The military team played The 388th TFW and the 366th TFW teams from area businesses including from Mountain Home AFB, Idaho, "batthe Bonecrushers and the Dead Goat tled" in the Utah skies as part of the 12th Saloon. Air exercise See Workers were warned not to park too 89. The 388th Roundup SawOwyhee close to buildings during winter condidefended the Wildcat Range at the Utah tions, as the Air Force would no longer Test and Training Range, and the 366th compensate them for vehicle damage defended the Saylor Creek Range in caused by falling ice. Idaho. Traces of chromium, possibly remainThe Directorate of Materiel Manageing from a chrome electroplating process ment began controlled burns of in the area in the 1970s, were found in missile motors and 2.500 pounds soil near Bldg. 225. The substance was of propellant at a remote location near found by workers digging a utility line the Base Operational Readiness Traintrench. Workers were advised to clean ing Area. The burn was ordered after any dust from their work areas and wash it was determined the items were unsafe their hands before eating or smoking. for storage or testing. Studies showed the chromium exposure Two Hill AFB airmen were arrested in within acceptable limits. connection with the theft of three Pratt The Utah State Legislature allocated and Whitney 6 jet engines, culmi$1.7 million for the Hill AFB Museum. r undercover investinating a The money was to be used to build a gation. The airmen tried to sell the that would be engines, worth about $2 million each, 40,000 connected to the museum administrato undercover agents for $300,000. The tion building. agents had opened a storefront operaAmong the babies born at the base hostion, Military Surplus Brokers in Roy, pital was Scott-Alleas part of Operation Punchout and expected Jenks. son of to prosecute more people for thefts of Al C Clarence and Marie Jenks. The boy's government property. Hawaiian middle name meant "the famous In August, the base began operating surfer who rides the waves to shore." an Enhanced 911 system, replacing the A May fire burned Bldg. 1825. a muni- See History, page 11 0 Non-chec- k double-overtim- e C-4- Force-sponsore- d - 1029 25th Street (In The Historic Weber Manor) Legislature gives $1.7 million by Bill Orndorff 3-- 2 wjMWft10-- 7 Mon. thru Fri. 10-- 6 Sat. 5 WHKnTDOKl oo Are you one of the following AFSC's or a civilian working in these areas: Audiovisual Computer Science Disaster Preparedness EOD Information Management Medical Telecommunications Communications Construction Education Fire ScienceDepartment Information Systems Paralegal Transportation Biomedical Bioenvironmental Contract Management Electronics Systems Fuels Logistics Personnel Administration Vehicle Maintenance Or any other Air Force AFSC, and you would like to get a B.S. degree in management with a minor in your AFSC, you need to stop by the Embry-RiddlU. office, Bldg. 383, Base Education Building. 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