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Show Oqitn ALC?A m AFB. UT 84036 "27X11 COMMT rt hCTH ThtOuCH l 1 COLLECTIONS C7C7 CClCl urn lOGiSTlCS 1 . P f'.mmm JBWF mmmimm BgmmmmgmmmgJm JT """f mmag&m KttttttdttiaF j(HMMIMMIflMv Hill AFB, Utah B April 5, 1991 J- &a0fr Third C!u i OO-ALCP- Vol. 45 No. 13 -- fmmm9 JttjaB Hill AFB, UT 84056 5990 Serials Order Department University of Utah Libraries Salt Lake City, UT 841 12 I 1 i v - x Check it out Sgt. Robert Hall, left, and A1C Abraham Jafarace, both crew chiefs for the 62nd Aircraft -- 7 Generation Squadron, McChord AFB, Wash., inspect one in of the Star-lifte- r B cargo aircraft on Hill AFB's flight line. U S IT D Fifty off Air Force Photo by Gory gagements. The general said the Air Force got half of the kills in the first three days of the war. The remaining Iraqi aircraft were being attacked by allied forces in their shelters. After that, the Iraqi air force gave up and its "entire effort went brain dead for about two weeks," General 43-da- y McPeak said. army has been defeated by air power," Gen. Merrill A. McPeak told reporters Air Force News Service at the Pentagon on March 15. WASHINGTON-A- ir Air superiority once again proved its power played a major role in Iraq's defeat in the Per- importance, and the Air Force's flexisian Gulf war and thanks to the per- bility to improvise and make up tacformance of coalition air forces, Iraq tics were very important to the probably won't be a significant threat campaign, the general said. The air campaign destroyed 112 for the foreseeable future, the Air Force chief of staff said. Iraqi aircraft and forced 122 to flee to "My private conviction is that this Iran. The destroyed Iraqi aircraft inen is the first time in history that a field cluded 35 shot down in by SSgt. David P. Masko air-to-a- ir "They happened to be the second best air force in the fracas. Having the second best air force is like having the second best poker hand it's often the best strategy to fold early. "I think it will be a long time before they constitute a significant threat again." Prior to the war, Iraq had the world's sixth largest air force with nearly 1,000 aircraft. "In my judgment, only the United hatch States Air Force could have disintegrated that air defense system as quickly as we did with such overwhelming shock power that it totally stunned the Iraqi air force, and in essence, the issue was decided in the first few hours of the engagement," General McPeak said. In terms of air defense, Iraq had misdeployed 17,000 surface-to-ai- r arsiles, more than 10,000 and a wide array of tillery pieces anti-aircra- ft sophisticated computer data links, fiber-opti- c communications networks and underground command posts. air defense "This was a first-clas- s not a featherweight opponent that we had to operate against in the opening hours of the air war," he said. Spearheaded by state-of-the-a- rt F-15- E and fighter-bomber- A al- - s, See All", Page 2, please. Compressed workweek program expands by Donna Davis Hilltop Times staff writer Many Hill AFB employees will soon be working new hours. Significant expansion of a pilot project where employees work a compressed work schedule and get some longer weekends off has been approved. The alternative working hours will now impact up to approximately 65 percent of base civilian employees. Maj. Gen. Dale W. Thompson, Ogden Air Logistics Center commander, approved the expansion of the project which began in October 1990 with approximately 1,100 civilians initially involved in the program. A total of 7,148 additional civilian employees in 11 directorates and staff offices will be added to the Df.lHitcry construction Projects on tap at program, said Clair E. Frischknecht, chief, employee relations, in the Human Resources Directorate. Implementation date is scheduled for June 2 for most organizations involved. Some organizations may be delayed because of modifications required to the existing payroll and cost accounting systems. Advantages to organizations vary depending on the type of work done, but one advantage held in common by. all workers now on the pilot project is improved employee morale, said Mr. Frischknecht. It is also anticipated that use of sick leave will decrease and traffic congestion will be reduced. Base employees work 80 hours every two weeks. A normal work week consists of five days. work schedules will for new establish Organizations their employees participating in the project. The two compression alternatives include four ur Automatic promotion discontinued r t 5-4- -9 ur 5-4- -9 two-wee- k nine-hou- 5-4- -9 See Work, Page 2, please. DIP Sorgoonts Hill days per week or the pay period schedule. The schedule, which will impact almost all workers added to the project, provides one weekday off during the pay period. Employees work r five nine-hou-r days during the first week, three day during the second days and one eight-hou- r week. They then take a Monday or Friday off, whichever is standardized by the organization. "I love it and my people love it. It has been a benefit both in the work place and in our personal lives. It would be quite a blow if we ever had to go back (to a regular schedule)," said Pat Lindsay, chief of the Small Business Office, which has been on schedules since October. "Workers aren't as keyed up and stressed out. "I notice less sick leave being taken because peo- 10-ho- Answers to most-aske- d questions |
