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Show nn nn I 0 J l . u uuuuu Hill AFB, Utah 84056-582- 4 A Ol - www.hilltoptimes.com hiIltop.pahiII.af.mil Vol. 57 No. 31. July 26, 2001 Pioneer Day parade INSIDE: Jf n I- - Phone Installations delayed Page 2 Proposed military pay chart Page 3 LP Photot by Senior Airman Rust Martin wowed crowds as they made their July 24th Pioneer Day Parade entrance. The parade route ran along Ogden's Washington Boulevard. Ma. Gen. Scott and Pam Bergren, Hill AFB's sole entry in the annual event, wave to the enthusiastic crowds from a 729th ACS military vehicle. c jp. " i Para-gllde- : Roche sees stiroimg tenure for ALCs Attrition in all areas of the Air Force's work force is also a concern for the secretary. The Air Force is having trouble Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center Public Affairs mark, the enlisted force's retenkeeping pilots past the TINKER AFB, Okla. (AFPN) Secretary of the Air Force tion rates are lower than the service would like and many James G. Roche said there is a sense that the Air Force is still Air Force civilians are nearing retirement. over capacity despite the most recent round of base realign"One of my great concerns is 'How do we have the young ments and closures that is just finishing up. join us so that the corporate memory and experience and The secretary took time during a visit to the base July 20 to understanding that has taken years to develop among the work discuss this and other issues with base personnel. force here is passed down to the next generation?'" Roche "Service secretaries, collectively, and the service chiefs have asked. testified before Sen. James Inhofe's (Senate Armed SerPart of the answer to that question may lie in the National Guard and Reserve forces, he said. Roche said he plans to vices) committee that we would like a BRAC," Roche said. Although Inhofe called another BRAC "very likely," he said, address his other concerns by turning to national leaders and "we've already gone through that with the (air logistics cenasking for help in thinking things through and making the in ters) my opinion." right decisions. look at the force who will be affected Roche also said there is a strong future for the Air Force's Roche got an three air logistics centers. by those decisions during his visit. He learned about many "You can't just do away with maintenance," Roche said. "I of the shops within the Oklahoma City ALC and visited the e want a plan for the three ALCs we have and how 552nd Air Control Wing and the 507th Air Refueling Wing. we should load them and how we should deal with them over He also had the opportunity, during the tour, to present the time." 3rd Combat Communications Group with the Harold M. McClelthree airmen from the base. Wanting to encourage more partnerships with private indus- land Award and to is special," he said to the airmen and their famtry, Roche said, "In combination, we get a very effective and efficient depot system." ilies. "I'm glad to have people like you on our Air Force team." A long-termanagement plan for the depots should be ready Today's Air Force does not just retain the member, but their some time next year, Roche said. families as well, he said. "We have older aircraft that we will be phasing out and hopeAfter touring the base, Roche said he gained valuable knowlfully newer aircraft coming in, and we've got to be able to alloedge about how the air logistics center here works. "I think my perception of (Tinker's) mission was abstract in cate those well so that they're well maintained over time," he said. the past," Roche said. "When you come, it becomes real. PeoWith many aircraft aging beyond 30 years, modernization ple here clearly want to be warriors supporting warriors. of the force is one of the issues Roche hopes to tackle quickly. "I think I (will leave with) the reality of the size, the reality of Another main priority is adapting a strategy for the current the complexity, the reality of the challenges facing this manera. Many of the challenges the Air Force is facing today start agement and larger team. That's good for me to have," he said. with the strategy, he said. Gen. Lester L Lyles, commander of Air Force Materiel Com"We will always be working in a joint situation, not air power mand, and Lt. Gen. Michael E. Zettler, deputy chief of staff for alone," Roche said. "Air power contributes to an operation. It installations and logistics at the Pentagon, accompanied the doesn't dominate the operation." secretary on the tour. by Amy Staff sergeant promotions llstsd Pago 4 38Sth Fishier Vlng FlChtsr Country Pages A-- D Schless 12-ye- ar -- TRICAF.E Introduces Plus' up-clos- Page 5 e long-rang- Law books donated re-enl- ist Page 7 , "Re-enlisti- m Job Fair, classes planned Pages 8 Protest exercise 171 f '' IT .in tocxyy YyVWvM us- l want a long-rang- e plan for the three ALCs we have and how we should load them and how we should deal with them over time. James G. Roche - f Public Health controls disease Page 11 EEO process standardizes Page 12 t;: Photot by Gary Boyle Summer Bash August 2 6-1- Phase I of the operational readiness exercise kicked off July 16 with a recall of key base personnel. Scenarios Included angry protesters and aggressive news media at the Roy Gate, testing the abilities of 75th Security Forces personnel. The 75th Air Base Wing's main task was to get nearly 1,000 people and 600-70- 0 tons of cargo from the 388th Fighter Wing and support personnel to "Base X." Col. Bradley Higglnbotham, 75th ABW vice commander, and the commander, said the deployment was one of the largest and longest In five years. See related photos in today's Fighter Country supplement. on-sce- - wjV- -. - t I V |