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Show gfl rtiixcTx tmougm locisncs j coiat r Reserve SEA gains altitude. jLmmmmJ j 4 n n f Third Class OO-ALCP- Vol. 45 No. 31 H;!l AFB, Utoh Hill AFB, UT Aug. 9, 1991 84056-599- Serials Order Department University of Utah Libraries Salt Lake City, UT 84112 l Engine check x vs v. I ; " " A- A i V ! 1 " 1 w .. , v V 1 i - V . Sgt. Ron Peerman, 388th Component Repair Squadron, checks a technical order before starting work on one of Hill AFB's Fighting Falcon engines. Sergeant Peerman and the more than 60 members of CRS' propulsion branch routinely inspect approximately 100 of the en388th's gines each year. When necessary, the engine specialists tear them down, repair what's broken and then build the engine back up. Before being put back on the the engines are run across a test cell to make sure they're operating in peak form. F-1- 6 F-1- 6, n DO 1 1 ... .....j:.,.,..,... : mmt mm feir flop by Gary Hatch Hilltop Times editor The commander of Ogden Air Logistics Center lauded Hill AFB's recent past, outlined the present and then charted a future filled with quality and competition at four sessions of commander's call Tuesday. Maj. Gen. Dale W. Thompson Jr. said Ogden ALC has begun to compete for work something the center must do, and do well, to thrive under tight budget constraints in the years ahead. While the near future shows workload is decreasing, the center could maintain its present capability if it can compete successfully with contractors and other Department of Defense repair facilities. The general said he is confident. "I am encouraged by where we are right now," the general said. "Bidding on contracts is new to us. r S - Ait .. force c'o hv Grqc, V.' . ff We've been awarding them for years, but we've never bid on one before. "I think we'll be very competitive," he said. Ogden ALC currently has two bids out on work. The first bid seeks the contract for an 6 computer software independent validation and verification project. This is a project currently being done here that the center put up for competition. The other bid is for the manufacture of an intercostal panel on an Army UH-- 1 helicopter. The second is a small bid in terms of size, but it is significant because it represents Hill's foray into competition for another service's project, he said. The center expects to bid on three Navy projects for fiscal 1992, although the full details of the requirements are not yet known. The projects are an FA-1modification program and repair programs A-and H-- helicopter. on the One significant factor in Ogden's ability to win F-1- 8 4 - ..,.,: 3 contracts will be the capacity of management and the work force to implement total quality management principles, he said. The center has an excellent start on becoming a world-clas- s quality organization. But it's only a beginning. "Air Force Logistics Command is the only DOD command to ever receive the President's Award for Quality. It's not that we currently have a world-clas- s quality program compared to Japan and some private companies but that we have the beginning of a program. The general set his agenda for launching the center to the top of the quality world teamwork, customer satisfaction, continuous improvement and becoming the supplier of choice through compeworld-clas- s tition. "I have attached a lot of importance to this B Please see General, Page 2. New emblem incorporates heritage, future vision Force ANDREWS AFB, Md.-- Air Materiel Command's emblem is tied strongly to the organization's heritage with a design first selected in 1947 as a shoulder patch. After considering a variety of designs for the emblem of AFMC, the commanders of Air Force Logistics Command and Air Force Systems Gens. Charles C. Command, McDonald and Ronald W. Yates, agreed that military tradition and historical continuity argued strongly for keeping the shield graced with a D Tracking pilots New pilots have two options white gear and star, red disk and yellow wings that had its beginnings with the Air Materiel Command. The design is set on a shield of Air Force blue. The words "Air Force Materiel Command" wrap underneath on a scroll. The emblem will become official with the July 1, 1992, activation of AFMC. "The formation of the new Air Force Materiel Command marks another milestone in Air Force history," commented McDonald. "Having meaningful symbolism in the form of an emblem and logo for the new command is important in establishing its identity." This emblem was first chosen for the Air Materiel Command in June 1947 by its commander, Gen. Nathan Twining, for use as a command shoulder patch. It featured a gear wheel that in 1942 had been part of the Air Service Command. Centered in the gear is the original Army Air Corps star with the red center. Flanking the gear is a pair of stylized wings. Please see Emblem, Page 2. O Peacekeepers O Willing Security police training at Hill Hill AFB to bleed people donate blood |