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Show . NEWS Jan. 11, 1991 H.lltop Times 199 BFrcm prtctding pagt by Iraq in Kuwait, The first arrivals were F-- l 5 fighters from Langley AFB, Va. El In response to an AFLC announcement one week earlier, Hill notified 13 temporary w orkers they would be released effective the first pay period of October. An additional 19 workers were notified they would be placed in a status effective the same date. on-ca- ll non-dut- y D Hill's first direct contribution to Operation Desert Shield started just one week after the arrival of the first American troops in Saudi Arabia. ALC sent support people and provided supplies to unit3 deploying to the Middle East. II Portions of two of the 388th TFW's three squadrons deployed in support of Operation Desert Shield. The 4th and 421st Tactical Fighter Squadrons participated in the deployment. Og-de- n ing military operations in the Mideast and potential targets in Iraq. its forces at 150 sites ranging from small installations to major bases in 10 countries. Hardest hit B General Thompson officially assumed command of Ogden ALC on Sept. 27 in ceremonies conducted by General McDonald. B In response to the needs cf Operation Desert Shield, an estimated 2.000 people in select Air Force specialty codes scheduled to retire or separate were told they would be retained on active duty under provisions of the president's stop-los- s authority. fl President Bush nominated Gen. Merrill A. McPeak to be chief of staff of the Air Force. General McPeak was serving as commander in chief for Pacific Air Forces. would be Germany, with Spain and Korea close behind. November: B Congress approved $25.3 million for Military Construction Program projects at Hill. '901 should see a depot warehouse, a Peacekeeper missile stage storage facility, a Peacekeeper ordnance storage facility and an ICBM nondestructive inspection facility on base. fl General McPeak was confirmed by the Senate as the 14th chief of staff of the Air Force. fl AFLC canceled furlough notices to 80.000 civilian employees with passage of the 1991 Appropriations and Authorizations Act. B AFLC was authorized to offer an early retirement program and implement a reduction in force within its civilian work force. The RIF authority gave AFLC the ability to reduce its command-widcivilian work force by up to 7,500 S AFLC announced the selection of Lt. Gen. Trevor A. Hammond a3 the command's new vice commander. General Hammond served as commander at Sacramento ALC. October: B More than 1,000 Hill military and civilian workers began a compressed work schedule as part of an study to test the feasibility of shorter work weeks. B According to DOD's top personnel official, Operation Desert Shield, the largest U.S. military deployment since Vietnam, was expected to only delay plans to reduce the size of the U.S. military. Assistant Secretary of Defense Christopher Jehn said the department is still going to get smaller. B Ogden ALC implemented the new Integrated Organizational Development structure. Goodbye MM, MA and many of the others. Hello LI, TI, LM, LA and so forth. B Desert Shield fighter aircraft training flights stand-dowafter two fatal were put on a one-daaccidents in three days. The purpose of the stand-dowwas to examine potential hazards and ensure air crews were doing everything possible to prevent accidents. B The House and Senate approved a $288 billion defense spending plan that continued production of the B-- bomber but slashed Strategic Defense Initiative funding and reduced troop strength by 80,000. B In light of declining defense budgets, the U.S. military planned to end its operations or draw down 18-mon- th September: Other Operation Desert Shield developments: AFLC officials formed a battle staff to supShield. Desert President Bush approved $2.2 port billion in arms sales to Saudi Arabia. The Military Postal Service Agency announced that mail service had begun operating for those deployed to Desert 24-ho- Shied. Hill was selected as the system program manager and source of repair for the Advanced Tactical Aircraft. Yellow ribbons and U.S. flags began popping up all over the base and across Northern Utah in a show of support for military members deployed to Operation Desert Shield. Along with civilians throughout the federal government, some 14,300 civilian employees were notified that they could be furloughed for up to 22 days if Congress allowed provisions of the Act to take effect on Oct. 1. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Michael J. Dugan was relieved of his duties by Defense Secretary Cheney for comments he made to reporters concern Gramm-Rudman-Hollin- gs e December: B Some 2,800 civilians across the command elected to retire from federal service, thus helping to lessen the impact of a planned reduction in force with AFLC. B As a result of Iraq's continued buildup in Kuwait and the deployment of more forces for Operation Desert Shield, the Pentagon considered askreduction ing Congress for relief on the Bill. Defense Authorization in current the imposed B AFLC officials notified Ogden ALC of their intent to release a maximum of 4,950 industrially-fundecivilian employees command-widthrough a reduction in force. The new figure was considerably smaller than the 7,250 announced earlier. n y n end-strengt- 2 h d e OPEN SUPER BOWL SUNDAY fVldl n Sourdough Sam's 743 N. 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