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Show H.Htop T.mes April 5. 1991 NEW S . system program office at the Aeronautical Systems Division, F-1- 6 1A qieffs onew mmimmndoir LANG LEY AFB, Va. (TAC News Service) Gen. John Michael "Mike" Loh assumed command of Tactical Air Command from retiring Gen. Robert D. Russ during a ceremony here March 26. General Loh also assumed positions as commander-in-chief- , U.S. Air Forces Atlantic, and director, Tactical Air Combat Operations Staff. The general has spent a large portion of his career in TAC, beginning with an assignment to the 33rd Tactical Fighter Wing, Eglin AFB, Fla., from 1965 to 1967, as an operations and then vice commander of the wing. In April 1931. General Loh took over as assistant deputy chief of staff for requirements, headquarters TAC, F-4C- D at Langley. pilot. After several other assignments, including one with the 366th TFW in Vietnam, General Loh returned to TAC in 1978 as the assistant deputy commander for operations, 23rd TFW, England AFB, La. Later he became the deputy commander for Prior to assuming command, General Loh served as Air Force vice chief of staff. Two years later he was named TAC's assistant deputy chief of staff for requirements. General Loh also served as the and project manager for the YF-1YF-1prototype development program and as projects director of the 6, 7 Wright-Patterso- AFB, Ohio. n The general is a combat veteran and command pilot with more than 4.000 flying hours in aircraft that include the D, and E, the F-4- and the F-10- C, 2 A-7- He is a 1960 distinguished graduate of the Air Force Academy and earned a master of science degree in aeronautical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1973. The general and his wife, Barbara, have a son, Michael; daughter-in-law- , Dianne; Heather. and granddaughter. Add B Continued from Pogt 1 lied forces unleashed pinpoint attacks on Baghdad and key defense installations throughout Iraq in the assault that began Jan. 17. The stealth aircraft, for example, comprised only 2.5 percent of the total deployed force, but hit 31 percent of the targets during the first day of the war. Although the Air Force and coalition forces experienced a stunning sucA weather conditions lessened their ability to detect and destroy some targets. ties flown during the war. camAdditionally, in the paign, allied forces far exceeded the bombs tonnage of precision-guidethat were dropped in the entire war in Vietnam, the general said. 43-da- "This is, perhaps, the thing that hurt us the worst," General McPeak said, noting it was the poorest weather in 14 years in the Baghdad and Kuwait area. After winning air superiority, allied warplanes began to destroy the Iraqi ability to supply and reinforce the Iraqi Army in Kuwait. They also went to work on the Iraqi y d As a consequence, Air Force and allied aircraft lost a lot of targets when cloud cover prevented them from hit- "We took special care to make sure that we attacked only military targets, and we attacked them quite precisely," he said. "I'm quite proud of the fact that we achieved high levels of destruction against military targets with minimum collateral damage." ting targets, and they had to return with their munitions aboard, he said. Air Force aircraft accounted for cess during Desert Storm, poor nearly 60 percent of the 110,000 sor field-deploy- ed Army and major categories of equipment. "Once we actually did push in on the ground, it was obvious that we had achieved destruction rates well above something like the 50 percent we had been claiming in all the classes of major equipment," General McPeak said. lnJvh Continued from Page 1 you're only charged for 35 hours annual leave. That r is based on the three work days plus the eight-hou- r week." that day occuring pie make their doctor appointments and things like that on the day off," she said. "Having that day for yourself is just a bonus you don't have to run around after work trying to beat a 5 p.m. closing time or fight the congestion on Saturday." Vacation time will be charged in accordance with your new work schedule, said Mr. Frischknecht. "If schedule and you take the week you are on the off when you would have worked five r days, will be 45 of hours leave. On the other you charged hand, if you take the four days off of the short week, nine-hou- Organizations determine the number of employees to be allowed off on Monday or Friday as well as work schedules based on the workload requirements. Those employees who have a federal holiday fall on the scheduled day off get a four-daweekend or holiday pay, depending on the organization's needs, said Mr. Frischknecht. Individuals within organizations who, for hardship reasons, want to stay on the old work week will y 5-4- -9 nine-hou- need to contact their supervisors. Those organizations whose employees will be participating in the new work schedules beginning June through April 1992 are: Commodities (1,935); Technology and Industrial Support (2,017); Contracting (831); ICBM (807); Aircraft (622); Financial Management (462); 1881st Communications-Compute- r Systems (386); 2849th Air Base Group Civil Engineering Division (45); Staff Judge Advocate (20); Competition Advocacy (20); and USAF Hospital, Hill (3). NEWS BRIEFS Airport jiffs restriction University, the University of Utah and Utah State University. Officers wishing to host two or more cadets should call 2nd Lt. Maureen Glenn at Ext. 76976. People greeting troops returning from the Persian Gulf at the Salt Lake International Airport may now go down the concourses to meet service members at the gates. Previously, level four security imposed by the Federal Aviation Administration restricted access to the gates, said Barbara Gann, public relations officer at the airport. The State Department made arrangements with the Transportation Department to make the exception, Ms. Gann said. People welcoming home returning service members should simply tell security officers at ticket check points at the tops of the concourses what their intent is. Softball meeting scheduled Military members interested in tryouts for the men's and women's varsity slowpitch softball teams should attend a meeting at the Thornton Community Center on April 5 at 1 p.m. For more information call Ext. 77779. Planetarium offers special rates Effective immediately, all members of the U.S. armed forces will be admitted to Hansen Planetari- Hosts sought for cadets The Company Grade Officers Council needs officers of any grade to host cadets April for the Project Warrior Olympics. Cadets will arrive Friday evening, participate in athletic events on Saturday and leave Sunday morning. The purpose of the Olympics is to promote the warrior spirit through friendly competition and camaraderie among Utah's three Air Force Reserve Officer Training detachments at Brigham Young um shows free of charge. This offer applies to members of the National Guard and Reserve as well as those serving on active duty. In addition, all immediate family members accompanying military members will be admitted for one half the regular price. This offer, which resulted from the suggestion of a Vietnam veteran on the planetarium staff, is the planetarium's way of thanking all military members for their service to our country. 12-1- 4, APUXr -- Combat Strength Through LoHstice Hilltop Times Published by MorMedia, Inc., a private firm in no way connected with the U.S. Air Force, under exclusive written contract with Hill AFB. 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Editorial content is edited, prepared and provided by the Ogden Air Logistics Center Public Affairs Office staff, Bldg. 1102, Room 118, Ext. 77321. April should bring thunderstorms With eight days of snow and rain during March, Hill AFB received seven inches of snow and 1.43 inches of precipitation. The month's accumulation brought the season total to 51.53 inches of snowfall, which is still nine inches below average, said Amn. Patrick R. Cannon, Detachment 6, 17th Weather Squadron. With spring here and summer not far behind, there will be an increase of probability and awareness of severe thunderstorms. This will include heavy rainshowers, lightning and high winds. Following are the averages and records of temperature and precipitation for April. Average High temperature 57 F Low temperature 38 F. Precipitation 2.4 inches 24-h- r. precipitation Snowfall 8.4 inches our snowfall Thunderstorms 2 days 24-- , , h "" Record and date 82 F., April 20, 1989 17 F., April 2, 1975 5.14 inches, 1986 1.7 in., April 10, 1974 34.3 inches, 1970 14 in., April 10, 1974 11 HHI AFB Public Affairs Officer Editorial Staff: thief, Internal Information J?'1 '". Writers Lt. Col. Portia McCracken Marilu A. Trainor Gary Hatch Debbi, Christiansen Donna Davis Deadlines: Editorial and "around the hill" items, noon Thursday, week before publication; sports articles, noon Monday, week of publication; classified ads, 2 p.m. Wednesday, week of publication. For more information, call the editors, Exts. 7732177322. i |