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Show NEWS 3 Hilltop Times Feb. 1, 1991 Sells B Continued from Pogt 1 Another area in the division doing some overtime is the precision measurement equipment laboratory unit. PMEL consists of more than 200 workers who are divided into seven teams and a contractor. The teams repair and calibrate test measurement and disaid John Berry, PMEL agnostic equipment unit chief. They make sure the equipment used to test weapon systems is running correctly. PMEL's responsibility and goal is to maintain weapon system accuracy, Mr. Berry said. e, on-sit- "The accuracy of any weapon system must be . If maintenance is not done properly, a system's ability to do its job is decreased," said Val Warren, supervisor of PMEL's small missile test equipment repair team. "We're on call. When something isn't working at a test station, we come in and repair it. That means some overtime," he said. Other shops in the technology support division, although perhaps not experiencing the increased workload, continue to do their part to support Oper MLC (smrainniiinidleir tftalks ilb Sfiwinfi) arrive on schedule and that we upheld by Trula Magruder Tinker Take-Of- our end. staff writer f "You're seeing the success of our investment in technology and logistics support that occurred throughout the TINKER AFB, Okla. (AFLCNS) Gen. Charles C. McDonald is telling Air Force Logistics Command employees that the logistics command is heavily involved in the hard work of 1980s," the general said. "We wouldn't have been able to work as fast or as well if those assets were not already here." While many people are concerned about the length of the war, AFLC also has to concern itself with how long it can sustain an aircraft fleet freedom. "We have not only surged parts and accelerated repair, but we're repairing the right things," the AFLC commander said in an interview this week. The command continues to provide vital equipment and technical support making as many as 2,000 sorties a day. "I can't predict how long we'll be there. I suggest it will be a while. We're planning for a option, a 180-daa option, option and a 360-daoption not because I'm pessimistic, but because I'm a realist." The effectiveness of American technology made headline news from the first day of the war. In consequence, public debate now has turned to the to sustain the intensive attack that hammers the Iraqi army. The general admitted, however, that the initial 60-da- 90-da- supply was of a scale that had him concerned. "We've worked around a couple of things. We've accelerated a lot. A couple of times I was holding my breath, but we made sure the shipments did y y y y LUil SEBVI 2056 No. Hill Field Rd. (12 mile so. of South Gate Hill non-destructi- re-pac- defense improved future of high-tecprograms. Some people may think the war means a stay of execution for Defense Department reductions. However, the end of the Cold War and the national budgetary limitations of the '90s are the deciding forces shaping the future of AFLC installations, the general said. "We still plan to do a reduction in force," General McDonald said. Command-wide- , several thousand jobs are expected to be eliminated, officials announced late last year. "We adjusted numbers because of the early-ou- t program, the changes in funded workloads and because of the effects of Desert Storm," the general process. We'll integrate the first of October and we'll complete it by July 1992. Air logistics centers' workloads will remain the same, keep the same names, even. But, AFLC will become "On the other hand, the long-tertrends are still with us. We've already reduced our budget. And, there are further reductions planned for future fiscal years. AFLC is trying to adopt m AFMC." During a visit to Tinker took a close McDonald General AFB, look at some of the hot spots in depot view of this serious reduc- tion in force. It plans a one-tim- e acquisition support cradle-to-grav- e said. a reduc- tion rather than reductions year after year after year." Desert Storm has not slowed the Air Force commitment to streamlining. two-da- y maintenance, including the AFB) THE "QUICK CHANCE ARTISTS" . is--- Change Change oil up to 5 qts. oil filter Check differential up to Check power steering Check brake fluid Check battery Check c!r filter Check belts & hoses & & & & fill fill fill fill 10 " S3 pft 1 lb. Check breather element Check & fill washer fluid Check & fill transmission Check tire pressure Complete lubrication on car or truck Vacuum Interior Car wash MINUTE OIL ID i SPECIALISTS IN: Oil and Lube Tune-U- p Brake Electrical System Cooling System State Emissions Inspections CHANGE LUBE, OIL orders get the rush at SUBWAY. 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"We envision an Air Force Materiel Command," the general said. "Combined commands allow us to take the strengths and the lessons learned of both activities, and apply them to one h long-rang- e ve 1 l"l LAYTOM ation Desert Storm, Mr. Petersen said. In the inspection shop, workers check for cracks in metal parts or in missile propel-lant- . and Parachute and textile workers workers In the repair parchutes. battery shop, missile and veand service aircraft, repair, charge hicle batteries. Workers on the hardware technical team do a lot of reverse engineering manufacturing parts that are not able to be purchased, he said. Don Gunderson, PMEL team chief, summed it up when he said. "Every job has a purpose now." built-in- 546 No. Main, Clearfield 774-868- 9 be- |