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Show rm J i l Hill AFB, Utah WPJh) 84056-582- 4 www.hilltoptimes.com A n Vol. hilltop.pahill.af.mil 57 No. 14, March 29, 2001 I I fx INSIDE: Health fair Saturday Photo by Senior Airman Russ Martin Page 4 Tech. Sgt. Jon Hadler, 514th Flight Test Squadron Flight Engineer, performs the flight control check portion on a Hercules. As Hadter moved the flight controls a technician outside the airplane verified that the controls surfaces were moving freely and in the correct direction. The 622nd Regional Support Group will take over flight test operations from the 514th today. June C-1- environmental inspection planned Page 5 DeLuca speaking to management group Page 8 L ysjti needs volunteers Page 11 by Senior Airman Russ Martin staff Providing the final quality control checks to ensure aircraft are airworthy and capable of returning to combat units has been the mission of the 514th Flight Test Squadron for the past eight years. Today that will change. The 622nd Regional Support Group, Operating Location Bravo, Commander's coin lucky for driver Page 12 commanded by Lt. Col. Steve Thomas, will take over flight test operations from the 514th Flight Test Squadron under the com- mand of Lt. Col. Donald Chapman today at 1 p.m. at the Hill AFB Officers' Club Daedalian Room. 419th Fighter Wing Heads Up Pages ! 622nd assuming flight test operations Hilltop Times Outdoor Recreation r-- if This is the first of the final steps of the transition, according to Chapman. Due to pilot manning issues in the active duty force, the option to transition flying to another command that is operations to the Reserve force engaged in a theater of operatto support the depot mission was ions," said Thomas. "In this case, explored in early 1999. In Sep- our theater of operations is Hill tember 2000, the final Memo- AFB, and our mission is per- randum of Agreement was signed with the Air ForceMateriel Command sustaining Operations Con- trol, but Air Force Reserves acquiring administrative control. "It also affected all the other depots Tinker, Warner Robins, plus Mesa, Randolph operations, and the Kelly operations which are smaller detachments," Chapman said. "AFMC still owns the mission. They didn't push the mission over to the Reserves, but the Reserves just man the slots. AFMC retains the responsibility and the authority to make sure the mission gets done." The concept is similar to 'chopping' forces from one command forming functional check flights on depot repaired aircraft." The squadron, which was manned memby more than 20 active-dut- y will be manned now bers, by 26 reserve members. Nearly all active-dut- y members working in the squadron have since PCSed or transitioned into the Reserves and the other Reserve counterparts have moved in and began running operations in their place. But the remaining active duty members all have orders and are expected to make their journey to their new duty station by the fall, according to Chapman. By the time the transition is complete there will be a total of fulltime active Reserve members, 10 traditional Reservist and two civilians. The idea is to complete the transition by Oct. 1. When it's all over, there will be two full crews being able to operate all the time: two 6 crew; and crews; one 16 C-1- F-1- A-1- 0 life-suppo- rt, resource management personnel manpower to support the depot aircraft we fly, according to Chapman. The bottom line, where we are all at today is 15 of the 16 active reserves have been hired," said Chapman. "So this squadron is basically Reserves now. Three of 10 traditional reserves have been hired. So we're all ready. For the most part it's been a seamless transition. Till this point, if we weren't having this ceremony, no one would know this was a See Test, page 5 A-- C assistants cause security concerns Digital Tuberculosis exposure common Page 15 Spring forward by Mary Galbraith Hilltop Times staff up-to-da- and other elecAs cyber-oriente- d tronic communications become a fixed part of the business day, many are turning to personal digital assistants (handheld computers) that allow remote access to electronic files. Unfortunately, the same traits that make PDAs transportable and easy to use on the go, have caused security concerns throughout the Department of Defense. Bob Sarlo, base Security Awareness Training and Education manager, said the popularity of PDAs has exploded during the last three years. According to an Air Force News Service article, in two years there'll E-m- be over l.billion wireless handheld APRIL 1 Set clock ahead one hour through the Air Force Information Assurance Awareness Campaign 2001, he's focuson ing on bringing the base inforcan when that arise threats security mation is accessed on a PDA. "You can tap into your own computer at times off a palm. Sometimes there's classified or sensitive information on that computer that you can download onto your com- puters and smart phones. With the increase, it's likely more base personnel will connect to their offices using PDAs during meetings and TDYs. This has happened so fast," Sarlo said. Technology has grown at such a rate that it's difficult to keep up with it." Sarlo, who relays information and guidelines to 95 base information managers, said 4 te . CCAC3IFBD V palm," Sarlo said. That makes it very unse-cur- e at times because you're walking around with it. What if the wrong person got hold of material that was downloaded?" Sarlo said PDAs with unauthorized classified information could be confiscated and destroyed without compensation (even when purchased with private funds) and there's a potential of legal action against the owner. Air Force Instruction advises PDA holders to avoid processing or maintaining classified information on the systems because there are no approved methods for clearing the information once it's uploaded. Sarlo recommends treating hand-helcomputers just like any other computer by protecting them with the required anti-E- l 33-20- C ( jj &y 2 d See Digital, page 6 Photo Illustration by Mary Galbraith and Senior Airman Russ Martin Air Force Instruction 2 advises handheld to users avoid computer processing or maintaining classified information on the systems because there are no approved methods for clearing the information once it's uploaded. 33-20- |