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Show k3. 388th Fighter Wing supplement to the v v ' i -- Z w - f - - ! - Lieutenants find 13 lucky by inclusion on captain's listing " a Abaker's dozen of first lieutenants here look to double their bars after being selected for captain by the 1 998 Central Captain line board Nov. 3. Selectees, 12 from the 388th Fighter Wing and one from the 84th Radar Evaluation Squadron, include the following: 388th Fighter Wing, Juliana Cook 388th Operations Group. Christopher Budde 4th Fighter Squadron, Mario Foxbaker. -- -- "' . Nov. 12,1998 Twice Monthly - m " " m Times Hilltop Brian Lesiak Jr s" 34th Fighter Squadron, Paul Burger. Michael Henkelman, Bradley Seger 388th Logistics Support Squadron. Robert Bothwell, Paul Wilson, Adam Hobson - 421st Fighter Squadron, Joseph Benucci 729th Air Control Squadron. Christine Florek 84th Radar Evaluation Squadron. Johnna Hayes Air Force-wid3,483 officers were selected for promotion to captain. The entire list is posted on the Air Force Personnel Center World Wide Web Homepage at http: : r . e, www.afpc.randolph.af.mil. photo by Stan" Sgt. James A. Rush from the 421st Fighter Squadron, equipped with Low Altitude Navigation and Targeting Infrared for Night pods, stand ready to project combat power in the dark of night as the unit starts a term of air expeditionary force vulnerability last week. Airman 1st Class William Zimmermann, 421stsr FS 6 crew chief, makes sure that neither rain, sleet nor snow inhibit readiness as well. F-1- 6s F-1- IrT rfT" zTffVlwTMBiirif1irfii - lack Widows' set to deploy standby oh air expeditionary force vulnerability F-I- 6s By Airman Cindy Richards Staff Writer, Fighter Country The Air Force continues its transition force a stateside-baseand the latest step sees the 421st Fighter Squadron assuming air expeditionary force period. Durvulnerability status, for a y ing this time, the squadron must be prepared to deploy anywhere at anytime within a time frame. "The AEF should be something that will y go on forever, replacing the 45 and deployments," said 2nd Lt. Ryen Hitzler, 421st FS Sortie Support Flight commander. "After the 421st Fighter Squadron completes it's task the 4th Fighter Squadron will carry on with the AEF and so on throughout the " Air Force." The Black Widows are carrying out the tasking and the rest of the 388th Fighter Wing is providing the support necessary to make the mission a success, according to Lieuteninto d, To prepare for the vulnerability, the FS has kept in constant touch, and telephone, with Headthrough quarters Air Combat Command, Langley Air Force Base, Va.; and Shaw AFB, S.C., whose 6 wing will share equipment and other assets with the 388th FW. Between the major command and the wings, they mapped out exactly what supplies are needed, man power needs, and the specific people to be tasked if the need to deploy should arise. Pulling everything together has been a tough job according to the lieutenant, "especially since if called upon, we won't know where the unit will be sent and what kind of accom- 421st quick-respon- se 45-da- 72-ho- ur 90-da- modations to expect." "We are planning for the worst and hoping for the best," he added. While the maintenance airmen are ensuring they are mission ready on the ground, the pilots are ready to play their role in protecting the skies. "I feel we are more prepared than anyone else in the Air Force that is involved with this tasking at this time." said Capt. Mike Wang, 421st FS A Flight commander. "I'm confident that if we are called upon. ant Hitzler. "The 388th Fighter Wing has been tasked as a whole for the AEF, but the 421st Fighter Squadron is the one which has been assigned to carry it out," said Lieutenant Hitzler. Test isolates F-- 6 1 By Bill McQuillan Force flight Test Center Public Affairs plan, according to the captain. "Basically headquarters tells us what they expect the end results to be and it is up to us to plot out our own plan to accomplish it," said Captain Wang. "It would make more sense if there was a standard plan passed down from command for the squadrons to follow." The general feeling of the men and women tasked with the AEF, according to the captain, is that they would rather have a firm deploy date rather than be left waiting to see if something is going to happen. Still, trading a definite overseas deployment for vulnerability status allows airmen the possibility of being home during the holiday season, said Lieutenant Hitzler. "We feel it is important for the morale of .our airmen to be home with their families during the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays, barring AEF deployment," stressed the lieutenant. The 4th FS follows in the 42 st FS footsteps when they go on AEF vulnerability status in 1 y. radar software problem ference caused by other radar systems, such as radar emitted by Comanother aircraft," said radar test engineer Jeff Jessen, bined Test Force. "We tested the radar's target detection performance both when it was set to remove interference and when it wasn't. When the radar was set to remove interference, we found that its performance didn't meet our requirements." F-- Air - EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. ( AFPN) While conducting Fighting Falcon's fire control flight tests on new software for the Combined Test Force found radar system here earlier this year, the F-a problem: the software was performing worse than older software in certain situations. The new radar software added a feature designed to remove inter- F-- we will be more than ready to handle any situation." The hardest thing the wing had to overcome with this tasking is the lack of a set out The problem occurred when the software edited valid targets certain targets for interfer- (See 1FAST, Page O of the radar return signal, mistaking F-- 16 I i iMjfttfartnmin Hi r itjrtT1iTWtnMrilfaW crash j ( An Air Force crashed while flying in the nothern portion of the Utah Test and Training Range, about 65 miles west of Hill AFB. The mishap occurred at about 3:05 p.m. Monday. The aircraft from the 388th Fighter Wing, here, was praticing basic fighter maneuvers when the incident occurred. The search continued as of Tuesday morning, at which time the pilots condition was unknown. An accident board is being formed to investigate the accident. F-- Incentive flights Six 388th Fighter Wing airmen received incentive flights this quarter. " s These airmen are: ' Staff Sgt. John Barriball and Mas- -, ter Sgt. William Campbell Jr.. 4th Fighter Squadron: Staff Sgt. Richard Ratzburg. 388th Operations Support Squadron: Tech. Sgt. Frank Bums. 388th Logistics Group: Senior Airman Jennifer Hehn, 388th Maintenance Squadron: and Senior Airman Lamont ' Coates, 388th Logistics Support! Squadron. I . Graduations i ! Senior airmen who graduated from the Airman Leadership School Class Janet Kohl and David Sullins. 34th Fighter Squadron; John Hardison Jr., Brian Jelsma. Abner Jenkins, Eric Macchiaverna, and Kamala Parker. 388th Maintenance Squadron: Shawn Trylick. 388th Operations Support Squadron; Victor Celaya and Creighton Southwell, 421st Fighter Squadron; and Octavio Cantu, 729th Air Control Squadron. |