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Show COMiAT ftEMCTM TfctOUGM bcuk! lam lOCtSTKS m 4 U V n n n Mil "a tu ea rJ r-j- J Third Class OO-ALCP- Hill AFB, UT Vol. 45 No. 42 B Hill AFB, Utah B Oct. 25, 1991 84056-599- Serials Order Department University of Utah Libraries Salt Lake City, UT 8411 2 Watered down , - ,- C if V' ' v ' Firefighter Greg Denesia, left, adjusts the nozzle of a deluge water gun during a fire drill on f'j v. ' 1 the Hill AFB flight line, while firefight- er Robert Roberts opens the top of the water tank to relieve pressure. The deluge gun on the pumper truck sfWSB 4. sprays a wide fine shower and is used to soak building faces exposed to a blaze. iff r ' 4, t lit U.S. Air Force Photo by Ralph leue Busy binfi)b squod hound pirb e of the standard blue collection boxes by SSgt. Barbara Fisher Hilltop Times staff The last few days have been busy for members of the 2701st Explosive Ordnance Disposal Squadron as they've responded to calls for help with a ticking mailbox and a dynamite-lade- n shack. The first call came in late Friday afternoon. A worker at a Clearfield post office called the squadron to say that a patron couldn't get his mail into one outside the post office. Not only was the door on the box jammed, but as he was standing there the customer noticed the box was ticking, the postal worker reported to the 2701st. The 2701st referred the postal worker to the Ogden Air Logistics Center's command post where any decision for the team to help must come from. Once the command post called back with the OK, two members of the CMSgt. Terry Gleason and Flood went directly Matthew Capt. to the area, located at approximately 400 East 1700 South on the access road to the Freeport Center. One of the alert teams followed unit's with the group's equipment. When they got to the scene, they found that members of the Clearfield police and fire departments had already blocked off streets nearby. After looking the situation over, Gleason and Flood decided the box would have to be opened so they could see exactly what was inside. After obtaining a key for the box from the postal employees, the two devised a way to open the box safely from several hundred feet away. "We put vise grips around the key and then attached two pieces of cord to the vise grips," said TSgt. Vincent squadron six-ma- n Ermilio, one of the alert team members. "One cord was to turn the key to open the box, the other to pull the door open. Before they could do that, however, a "volunteer" had to actually put the key in the box. SrA. Gerald Davis, another member of the alert team, volunteered and donned his bomb suit. He walked the key device to the box and inserted it. "The plan worked," Ermilio said. "We pulled the lines and the door opened rather easily." Through binoculars the team could see the contents of the mailbox. with "It was pretty Ermiwhat looked like small boxes," lio said. "That was about all we could see. "I guess this was the reason the jam-packe- 13 Please see d Bomb squad, Page 2. Project Coronet Deuce seeks a simpler way by Capt. John Boyle F-1- 6 AFLC Office of Public Affairs AFB, Ohio (AFLC-AFSand Tactical Air ComNews Service)-AF- LC two-levavionics maintenance mand are testing a system that could replace the traditional three-leve- l maintenance system. The program, called Alternatives to Intermediate Maintenance, explores ways to streamline maintenance levels by moving, where possible, intermediate-leve- l maintenance to the flight line or to a maintenance depot. Planners at TAC, in conjunction with Air Force Logistics Command, have developed the Coronet avionics Deuce program, where intermediate-leve- l WRIGHT-PATTERSO- C N el I . ' "Personnel Concept CBPO will get new system maintenance is performed at Ogden Air Logistics avionCenter. Under Coronet Deuce, broken ics components from the 388th Fighter Wing at Hill AFB and the 363rd FW at Shaw AFB, S.C., are sent directly to the depot for repairs. The initial test, which involves 32 avionics comand D models, began July 1 and ponents in will continue until February. The change is designed to reduce costs, improve unit servicability and make it easier for units to F-16- C deploy. Traditionally, avionics maintenance is performed at three levels: organizational, which usually involves repairs on the flight line; intermediate, where mainl aircraft parts are worked by a major tenance squadron; and depot, where the most exten base-leve- ' III sive repairs and modifications are handled at one of AFLC's five air logistics centers. In organizational maintenance, crew chiefs and maintenance specialists perform daily pre-- and post-fliginspections and maintenance on aircraft. If they find an avionics problem, they remove the broken unit and replace it with a good one so the aircraft can resume flying. Intermediate level maintenance is performed by ht a base avionics maintenance organization. People execute more detailed diagnostic tests and repairs on parts, with the repaired units placed back into the supply line. Units needing extensive repairs are sent to a maintenance depot or contractor. According to Paul Ste. Marie, AFLC deputy direc- Please see Coronet Deuce, - ' Onorgyclort Base bill higher than you think FJ fcy Page 2. I 300th melees news Third at Gunsmoke |
