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Show 2Htto()V HillAFB weather outlook 5-d- ay www.airfi eld-op- s. hill.af.miloswweather He also said mainframes do not have by Pat Bearde integrity, DlSA DECC Ogden 70' High. 57 Low Partly cloudy with isolated evening thunderstorms liE. in L Arr Force Colonel James J. Tschudy assumed command of the Defense Enterprise Computing Center Ogden Aug. 2is during a ceremony at the Hill AFB Officers' Club. "Colonel Tschudy brings to DISA a wealth of expertise." said John J. Garing. commander of DISA WEST-HA"He is a officer 75 High 55' Low d with exceptional skills in information and communications. DISA has a responsibility to our nation's security, and a DECC commander shares in that responsibility. Today I am proud to pass a big part of that responsibility on to Col. Tschudy, and I am confident that he is up to the challenge of taking care of the mission as well as the personnel at DECC Ogden." Tschudy's last assignment was deputy commander. 71st Support Group, Vance AFB. Oklahoma. "As an Air Force officer, I have faith in the core values of integrity first, service before self, and excellence in all we do," Tschudy said after taking command. "Even in the high-tecworld of information and communications, people remain our most important corporate asset." h, quick-evolvin- g No mid-tie- r "These characteristics of success are uniquely human." said Tschudy. "As the value of people in an organization increases, so does the performance capacity of that organization and therefore its value to its customers and stakeholders." Tschudy has experience as an aircraft mechanic while he served aboard the USS Lexington and USS Enterprise while being enlisted in the Navy. He worked his way up from to commissioned officer during his Air Force career. "Of myself and the people of DECC Ogden." he stated, "I will require excellence in ever ything we do. As you well know, the world of information technology is a hostile environment. We know the flight will not be straight and level, but DECC Ogden will deliver its ordinance, on target, and on time. I'm glad to be at DECC Ogden, and at the helm of a world class organization," Tschudy said. Tschudy's awards and decorations include the Defense Meritorious Ser- vice Medal with one oak leaf clus- - A-7- 6 bids received bids were received for Hill's Base Operating Supstudy except for the governments' port Services Most Efficient Organization proposal. Bids were due A-7- 6 Aug. 31 by 2 p.m. According to the Air Force Instruction 38-20- 3, "If no e responsive or responsible contract in to received are offers response Support Agreement a solicitation, the government cost estimate remains unopened while the contracting officer makes a deterInter-Servic- mination as to why acceptable responses were not received. J Depending on the results of this review, the contracting officer, in concert with the Competitive Sourcing Management Steering Group, should, if feasible, restructure the requirement and reissue or restructure the solicitation in an attempt to generate responsive or responsible contract ISSA offers." The contracting officer will now go back to the previously interested contractors to determine why they did not participate in the competition. Then, a number of potential courses of action will be developed based on the survey results. Once developed, these courses of action will be presented to Maj. Gen. Scott Bergren, Ogden Air Logistics Center commander, who will select the best alternative and forward the survey results through Air Force Materiel Command's manpower office. That office will forward the survey results to Air Force Manpower who then 81 High 61 "Low Mostly sunny (( makes the final decision on what course of action Hill AFB must take. e months to make SAFXPM generally takes such a decision. The answer is anticipated in January or two-thre- February. Questions can be directed to the Detonation plume air samples taken ... o B From Detonation, base 83 High 63 Low Partly cloudy with slight chance of showers 1 years. We've done several different tasks, the survivability of the balloons, samples, rigging, test equipment, it's a very hostile environment e we send this stuff into, with a fireball and a wave. It wrecks a lot of equipment." At the top of Bug Hill the wind is strong enough to hold a person up when leaning into the gusts, two of the tethered balloons have become tangled and are swirling around one 4,000-degre- high-pressu- re 4-7- 0 crashes NELLISAFB, Nev. (AFPN) An 0 Thunderbolt II crashed Sept. 3 in Arizona near Mesquite, Nev. The singlA-1- aircraft belongs to the 23rd Fighter Group at Pope Air Force Base, N.C. e-seat Capt. Frederick H. Sellers, the pilot of the ejected A-1- 0, another in an obvious descent towards the desert floor. But hopes remain high the two remaining balloons will provide adequate results. "What we're trying to do is correlate what we found in the lab with field results," said CMH2HM Senior Project Scientist Regan McMor-ris- . propellant in these missiles are not much different from "The from the aircraft and was treated and released from the Mike O'Callaghan Federal Hospital. that used in the space shuttle booster rockets, but their mission was not as popular as the shuttle's, so the perception is whatever these missiles do is bad. We've found no harm- The 0 is a jet designed for close air support of ground forces. ful gases released during one of these A-1- twin-engi- ne Air Force officials are inves- tigating the incident. -- In .Urnmi 1 w Lifk Col. James J. Tschudy, right, received the guidon from John J. Garing, DISA WESTHAM commander. Tschudy now commands the Defense Enterprise Computing Center Ogden. ter; Meritorious Service Medal with Navy Reserve Service Medal; the four oak leaf clusters; the Air Force National Defense Service Medal; the Commendation Medal; the Joint Mer-- Military Outstanding Volunteer Unit Award; the Air Force vice Medal; and the NATO Excellence Award; the Yugoslavia. Ser-itorio- us Medal-Organization- Air Force Print News No r, m by Master Sgt. Rick Burnham Competitive Outsourcing Resource Office chief Mostly sunny f t" al operations support Merger enhanses leadership options by Col. Rick Stearman 60" Low f nology platforms do not display excellence in all they do. Partly cloudy 80' High - systems don't put service before self, and new tech- well-rounde- ,V Ogden has new commander DECC detonations, what we want to do is prove that in a field test." Suddenly a balloon breaks from its tethered line and begins to float up and over the test area. The engi A-7- 6 hotline at Ext. On paper, the merging of two major Air Force personnel offices in the Pentagon appears to simply be a matter of combining similar tasks, of streamlining an area in which one unit can do the job of two. But, Air Force officials said, the combination of the General Officer Matters Office with the Senior Executive Service Matters Office Sep. 1, will result in much more than just a transparent, organizational shift The resulting unit will provide the Air Force with an enhanced capability to manage its senior leaders - a better avenue to put the best people in the positions they need to be in. "The merger of these two offices is a landmark effort," said Col. Richard S. Hassan, chief of AFGOMO. "It will better prepare us to realize the vast potential of our Air Force leaders." Hassan, who will head the new Senior Leader Management Office after the merger, said the change will give the Air Force a number of advantages over the old system. "It will not only allow us to better use our leadership team, but will also allow us to develop that team more deliberately," he said. "This will lay a solid foundation, giving us a bigger pool of talent to meet the challenges of the future." Dr. James G. Roche, secretary of the Air Force, agreed with the colonel, adding that the new structure will provide a number of different benefits for the Air Force of the 21st century. He noted that the merger was the vision of Gen. Michael E. Ryan, who retires as Air Force chief of staff today. "This combination will help us realize one of General Ryan's goals as chief of staff - to build an enduring, unified cadre of aerospace leaders," the secretary said. "In today's total Air Force, we simply must identify, develop and motivate talented individuals, military and civilian, to fulfill the missions of our Expeditionary Aerospace Force. By merging our General Officer and Senior Executive Service programs, we will enhance operating efficiencies and reduce costs, while l' awareness dramatically boosting in the Air civilians and officers senior among Force. "The development of leaders who understand the requirements of our Total Force active military, civilian, guard, reserve, and contractor personnel will serve as yet another tangible hallmark of the tremendous contributions that Mike Ryan has made to his country during his military career." Currently, AFGOMO provides "lifecycle" management of Air Force flag officer corps, from the point they are selected for promotion to brigadier general until their retirement. That includes all assignments, awards, housing and enlisted aid matters - essentially any personnel matter that would involve a general officer, Hassan said. AFSEMO provides policy guidance and assistance for the management and administration of the SES Corps with the civilian personnel flights around the Air Force handling the operations. Combining the two offices will essentially do two things for the Air Force, Hassan said. "This will send a strong message to the force that we definitely consider both general officers and SES civilians as par t of the senior leadership of the Air Force," he said. "It also gives us the capability to more effectively use our leaders' various talents. In the future, we will look at certain challenges - jobs - and well be better positioned to find the most competent, talented individual to handle the task at hand." 'cross-cultura- . day-to-da- y neers and scientists watch as the balloon starts heading out west then comes back and floats towards the desired position. Then it starts going up until it vanishes from view. . The final balloon succumbs to the increasing strength of the wind shredding into a fence. "We still have monitoring equipment in the ground so we'll still come away with something," said McMor-ris- . "Just not all of what we wanted though." Master Sgt. Scott Baker of EOD comes from the detonation area announcing two minutes until the blast. In a moment the detonation occurs. After the explosion everybody drives down to the blast zone. The ground around the immediate detonation area is like powder and there are two previous craters adjacent to the new one forming a trench. The majority of debris brought up in the explosion lines the crater. "You can see about 90 percent Of what went up fell right here. It never leaves the area," said Olsen. The CMH2Hill team begins the task of finding and digging up ground monitors and preparing for another opportunity to attempt the test. "This is the nature of field testing. We can plan for everything but we can't control the weather," said Lind-se"We can hope to give it a try again later this year." "We achieved our goal," said Olsen. "A successful detonation and everybody is leaving safe." y. f j,- - ... .j V r Photos by Gary Boyle crane prepares to pick up a Trident 1 C4 second stage motor weighing approximately 17,000 pounds and position it for detonation at the UTTR. Two members from the CMH2HHI team get ready to release a balloon carrying monitoring equipment that will read what gases and in what amount are released during the motor's detonation. A |
