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Show n Hill AFB, mm INSIDE: Utah www.hiiItoptimes.com hiIltop.pahiII.af.mil Vol. 57 No. 29, July 12, 2001 H 84056-582- 4 W W --V . 11 :ht a r I I I W 1 ' i under-the-vehic- le camera helps force protection Beflow-ca- c anti-terroris- m Hilltop Times staff The 75th Security Forces Squadron is inspection sysusing tems to enhance force protection at Hill under-the-vehic- their job performance at the gate," said Paul Wagner, base and force protection officer." It's a good tool that allows them to look under the vehicle with much greater ease." At the direction of the 75th Air Base Wing commander, Col. David Beecroft, the four units Hill owns are randomly set up at different gates and times or used in other areas such as vehicle entry points to the flight line or restricted areas. The ease of assembly makes it effortless to move them. It only takes approximately 15 minutes to set up a unit. "You can pack it up and take it with in by Sue Berk le AFB. The camera unit, which looks much like a speed bump, takes photos of a vehicle's underside as the vehicle is driven slowly over it. Those photos are imme- Page 3 J Photo by Senior Airman Rut Martin Senior Airman Robert Hyson, 75th Security Forces Squadron, left, checks a vehicle for proper placement before It crosses one of Hill's Inspection systems. Paul Wagner, base antiterrorism and force protection officer and Airman 1st Class Gerald K. Rainer, 75th SFS, assemble an inspection system. Page 2 'Is It worth It?' ,- 11 explained i2 - Ij L i. )x illII Housing privatization Children celebrata 4th J' 'r l- -r diately transferred via computer to a monitor where SF members get a closer look. "It's a tool that helps security officers gearing up for combined exercise Hill you," Wagner said. Once assembled SF troops get the views they need. As a vehicle crosses slowly over, the cameras look at four different spots simultaneously or one shot of a specific point. The entire process only takes about 12 seconds. The cameras are extremely sensitive and project a good, solid, picture, Wagner said. "What it gives you is a visual of everything going though," Wagner said. "And, if there was an object that was out of the ordinary, the officer would pull the vehicle over and call in a K--9 unit to physi cally inspect it." Also, the units are versatile. Built in lamps illuminate the vehicle's underside at night, a heater keeps the equipment from freezing in cold weather, recordable power units are easily attached, and the units can handle vehicle weights of 30,000 pounds per axle. " (It can) handle any vehicle that comes on base," Wagner said. Developed for use in Southwest Asia, the units cost around $15,000 each, and are now being used throughout the Air Force Materiel Command. high-intensi- high-resoluti- ty New leader . Urgent Care moves to community Page 4 by Senior Master Sgt. Eric Faucher IG Exercise Superintendent For the first time ever, Hill AFB is combining phases one and two of an Operational Readiness Exercise. k The exercise will be held July 6 and involves units from the Ogden ALC and 388th Fighter Wing. The objective is to lessen the exercise footprint and practice exercises the. way higher headquarters IG team members would evaluate us. Starting Monday and continuing through July 20, the base will concentrate on mobility and deploying troops and equipment to a simulated overseas location. The 388th FW will also generate and regenerate two fighter squadrons. The following week, during the Phase II portion of the exercise, troops will practice surviving and operating under battlefield conditions. In addition, the 388th FW will fly night missions with takeof fs as late as 1 a.m. on the July Last October, Team Hill received an "Excellent" rating for the Phase II ORI. If all goes well, Team Hill will schedule two combined exercises during a calendar year. For more details, call Capt. Paul Charron at Ext. 16-2- two-wee- 388th Fighter Wing Fighter Country Pages A-- D Computer activities observed 16 a Beware of 'swimmer's Itch' Pages 8 Photo by Staff Sgt. Matt Lohr The new 388th Fighter Wing commander, Col. Steve Hoog, right, salutes 12th Air Force and 23-2- 5 y 1st serviceable gas turbine engine completed L Brothers serve as cops Page 9 "It's a complicated workload," said Don Knies, GTE Repair supervisor. "Each step Another significant event can be penciled had to be carefully planned, checked and in Hill's history books. The first gas turbine done, and that's why it's taken a long time engine produced by the Power Systems Pro- for all of it to be setup." duction Branch was completed and shipped The set-u- p steps included going through a certification process to look carefully at qualJune 21. The long journey started more than a year ity, proper tooling, technical orders and docago when the GTE workload moved from umented training. Also, instructions were Kelly AFB, Texas, to Hill AFB as the result rewritten to streamline procedures and comof a Base Realignment and Closure decision. ply with critical issues like environmental "It has been a lot of hard work," said Mark compliance and industrial safety stanCampolo, engineer for power systems in the dards. Commodities Directorate. "All the effort by "All the bits and pieces to perform these supply chain managers and every activity of tasks had to be sequenced to near perfection to capitalize on efficiency and effectiveness. depot repair has finally paid off." Seventy-two- , truck loads of test That's why this is a big victory for Ogden," equipment, work stations, tools, parts and said Dobson. "Now that the first serviceable unit is commachinery made the 1,200 mile trip to Hill, along with more than 90 former Kelly AFB pleted, the goal to complete 30 GTEs per employees who were key in transitioning the month is the requirement we will work toward. depot repair workload worth $109 million a As production increases, the workforce year. Their knowledge and experience is crit- will also grow," said Knies. ical to duplicating the work done at Kelly for Approximately 180 people currently work years, according to Tony Dobson, Pro- in the production branch. "We are going to duction Branch chief for all GTE and sec- build up to the same capability as Kelly and ondary power systems repairs. go beyond," Knies said. The workload involves taking a gas turbine "This is a significant milestone because gas that's been returned from the turbine field, engine engine production is a top priority completely tearing it down and rebuilding it. within the division to reduce backorders and In the process, each part gets inspected and lighten the burden on warfighters around is either rebuilt or replaced depending on its the Air Force, said Lt. Col. Gene Collins, condition. Then it's placed in a test cell for Power Systems Division chief. "Our partnering with Honeywell IncorpoAccording to Kelly Boatright, GTE Test Cell rated over the next six months will enable us supervisor, this assures our worldwide cus- to restore the healthy sustainment support tomers get a CTE that not only runs smoothly, our customers deserve. We must do our part but is reliable for years or thousands of oper- to end unnecessary cannibalizations, degraded mission capabilities, and fill holes in aircraft." ating hours. 40-fo- ot Maintaining aging equipment expensive Page 11 0 40-5- 0 o V Southern Command story and photos In today's Fighter Country supplement. q by Power Systems Production Division Kill U.S. Air Forces commander, Lt. Gen. William T. Hobbins, during the July 3 change of command ceremony. See related fine-tunin- Photo by Sanlor Airman Rust Martin Ron Monroe, aircraft engine mechanic, connects a line to a gas turbine engine before testing. Each engine Is tested before shipment to measure performance and check for leaks and vibrations. An engine with a "clean run" takes 4 hours to complete. 3-- V g. . |