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Show 2 Q IlllllOf) IlMK Observance speaker witnessed assasination HillAFB weather 5-d- ay outlook by Kari Tilton Hilltop Times assistant ber!. Act! Celebrate! A Dav On, Not A Day Off." r For luncheon tickets or editor fur-the- The Reverend Samuel "Billy" www. airfield-ops- . hill.af.miloswweather Mostly to partly cloudy exec-utiv- information, contact Kyles, an eyewitness to the assassination of Dr. Martin I.uther King, Jr., is scheduled to peak Monday at an Chaplain (1st Ft.) John Harris at Ext. or Fxt. on WLOK Radio Station (since 1972); a national coordinator for the Rev. Jesse Jack- Kyles has pastored the Monumental Baptist Church since 1959. A national evanRev. obser vance honoring the 39 High 27' Low member of RainbowPUSH; executive director of Raine bowPUSH - Memphis; of producer RainbowPUSH broadcast (alien civil rights leader. Rev Kyles is the only person still living to spend the last hours with Dr. Kin),'. Having participated in many of the civil rights struggles throughout the South, Rev. Kyles is recognized as a resource of information on the Civil Rights Movement. The observance service is at 10:30 a.m. in the base chax'l, Bldg. 40,"), and all base employees are invited to attend. A luncheon will follow at 1:45 a in. at Club Hill. Theme of the observance is "Remem . 4 gelist, his religious affilia- tions include the Progressive National Baptist Convention, World Baptist Alliance, and the Ecumenical Minister's Task Force. He is a member of the Religious Action Network and the Memphis Sunday School and the Baptist Training Congress. He has previously served on the Board of Directors of Morehouse School of Religion and was formerly an instructor at the National Training Congress of the P.N. B.C. 1 son's 1984 and 1988 Presidential Campaigns; member of American Committee on Africa. He was also a delegate to African Summit; one of 600 delegates to the First African National Congress meeting on its own soil; delegate to the ANC's 1993 International Solidarity Conference in Johannesburg, South Africa; monitor, South Africa's first multiracial election (1994); member of the 1996 National Advisory Committee to African-America- Rev. Samuel "Billy" Kyles Rev. Kyles' civic and pro- fessional experience include: president of Monumental Pride Homes; founding National Board member of People United to Save Humanity; current national board and executive committee n Re-Ele- ct ClintonGore: mem- Base tax center opens Jan. 21 by Kelley England Tax Program manager The Hill AFB Tax Center will open for business Jan. 21, ready to help airmen, Reservists and retirees wanting to file their returns early. Hours are Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 10 a.m.-clients only that are filing 1040EZ p.m. for walk-ior 1040A returns and one state return. Appointments are available for Fridays from 8 a.m.-- 3 p.m., and Tuesdays and Thursdays from p.m. For appointments, call Ext. Jan. 21, during regular busibeginning 3 35 High 30 Low Mostly cloudy, chance of n 4-- 6 ness hours. The Tax Center, located on 11th Street in Bldg. 800, Bay 7D, directly across from the log cabin, is closed Saturdays, Sundays and Mondays. The Tax Center carries a limited supply of federal tax forms and some state forms. The Tax Center can prepare all state forms with a maximum of two different states per client or couple. Filing two state tax returns services are only requires an appointment, as walk-iavailable if one state tax return is filed. All federal and state forms are available on line at www.irs.gov. For single filers who have no dependents and no more than two arid interest income less than $400, the Tax Center is offering a drop-of- f service. This basi snowshowers J n W-2'- s, I 56 High 36 Low i Mostly cloudy, chance of I snowshowers I 25" Low Mostly cloudy, chance of snowshowers i J.' i - 35 High 26 Low Mostly cloudy, chance of snow Truck rally honors military HillAFB is invited to Military Appreciation Niht at the K Center's Rolling Thunder Monster Truck Challenge this Friday and Saturday. For this event, the Hill will he posting the colthe unit will present ors, an attack demonstration and Honor-Guar- K-- 9 the Explosives Ordnance Detachment will bring their Humvee and robot. bomb-handlin- g The F Center is located at 3200 Decker Fake Drive in West Valley City, accessible from exit 18. For more information contact the F Center at (801)988-8888- . For tickets call SmithTix at 2, student loan interest information, college tuition information, IRA information, and sale of stock information with you to have your taxes prepared. Clients filing jointly and wanting to must both be present to sign the return or provide a copy of a valid Power of Attorney. Due to limited space, children will not be allowed in the tax preparation areas. Contact the Child Development Center at Ext. or the Family Child Care profor child care information. gram at Ext. le of the aerial war fighter have the right amount of electrical juice to keep the aircraft flying. "We strip the armatures down to the bare iron and then wrap copper wire around them. All wire has to be put on by hand. A person has to count how many turns of wire go on and some have more than 200 turns," said Mike Harris, Air Cooled Rewind shop supervisor. "If we put more or less it won't work properly. It's an art form in itself." It takes 30 days for a generator to go through the whole shop. That includes tearing it down, getting parts, rebuilding and testing. he rewinding process takes about 40 hours for the large ones and about 30 hours for the smaller ones. After the generator is tested it's shipped out for installation on aircraft. "Our rewind shop does work I KC-13- 5, and Mr. Harris said. "We also do some grand power generator units for use as auxiliary power on the flightline. A transformer has 8,620 feet of wire on it." 'Hie generator produces energy by magnetic lines and flux crossing each other to become excited. It all starts with a small magnet turning within a series of stators and rotors. Some generators are started with a bat- Center adds new online support RANDOLPH AFB, Texas People can now get realtime help with personnel - issues online, from any- where in the world, thanks to new web features offered by the Air Force Contact Center here. The online features, found on the AFPC home page at www.afpc.randolph.af.mil by clicking the Contact Center button, lets users view a database of frequently asked questions, chat live online with a customer service representative or submit queries via and Reserve rebuilding them. 'The first place the rotors and stators go is in an oven the size of a small room where they cooked at This burns out all the insulation and the varnish so it's easier to pull out the old wiring and other stuff," Mr. Harris said. "All that's left is the iron and we send that to get sand blasted, which cleans off any residue or corrosion. When we get it back, we make any wielding repairs we need to, then we put in insulating papers and build it back up again." The wire is wrapped around the armatures and tied into place with cloth. The work takes a steady hand and meticulous pre cision. Coils are bent into shape on a machine and are put on by a hand and soldered together. After the parts are reassembled they are put in an impregnation tank and where varnish covers the parts. Sixty pounds of air pressure is applied for 10 minutes to push out any air that may reside within the coils. The excess varnish is cleaned off and the parts are cured in an oven at for hours. The parts are put back in the addition, agents can be When generators arrive at the shop they are dismantled the rewind people begin work tearing down the parts and 700-degree- s. hand-operate- d 6-- 8 case, which have holes drilled in it if need be to hold the stator and rotor. v- H assignments, benefits, and "Everything gets nice and hard from the varnish, which tery aboard the aircraft, others also acts as an insulator. We may start from an auxiliary don't want anything to move. either way once power unit is very close Tolerance the process begins the outside between the stator and the ' source in is no longer needed. rotor. It's about 20,000th of As the spinning magnet's lines an air gap between the two," of force cut through the coiled Mr. Harris said. wire on the armatures, voltage The amount of time a genis forced through an exciter and Photo by Gary Boyle is in use depends on erator David Parker, electrical a build up begins to a repair specialist for the Generator higher Rewind Shop, works on aequipment stator. The stator, which Is part of a gen- the type of wear it takes. In voltage. the desert the air is filled with erator, will be Installed on a aircraft. As the current flows through dirt and air cooled generathe copper wires, the magnetic lines of fluff spread out. The tors more maintenance as the sand inevitably passes require voltage makes its way to the main rotor where the highest through. amount of voltage is produced. Jumpers coils of wire that 'The generator will last as long the bearings hold out or someare connected together in a series a few of which come out of thing came loose and started rubbing against the wire or chaffing. the generator terminal are hooked up to the aircraft through Electrically they could last forever because there is nothing electrical wire delivering the necessary power to run the sysmoving," Mr. Harris said. The only reason we would ever throw tems aboard. one away is if the rotor had rubbed on the iron and worn it down "A normal household appliance requires about 60 cycles, but real bad, then we'd have to throw out the iron. But we can keep that isn't enough for the aircraft. Our generators provide 400 rebuilding these as long as the iron stays in shape and that cycles and 120 volts in three phases. The instruments on the saves a lot of money. aircraft are very sensitive. The power for all the instruments, "One of these generators can cost anywhere from $60,000 lights and electronics run off of these generators. Even on to $80,000 and we can rebuild them for a lot less. Spme of the commercial airliners, everything that needs an electrical curolder aircraft they don't even make the stuff anymore or we'd rent runs off of a generator," Mr. Harris said. "Generators vary have to special order it and that costs big bucks. Rebuilding in size. A which doesn't have a lot of electronics, has a provides substantial savings." T-3- speaker. He has received numerous honors and awards, including the Tennessee Liv ing Legend Award. small generator whereas a which is loaded with electronics, has a bigger generator and more than one aboard." 300-degre- es V dom Abroad. In 1998, he served as a panelist at the White House Conference on Hate Crimes. Rev. Kyles is a national employment and more will be easily accessible for Air Force active' duty members, retirees, civilians and dependents. Limited services are B-5- 2, The Air Cooled Generator Rewind shop at Hill does a hands-ojob of ensuring the most sophisticated components ontheT-38- . vision documentaries. "Who shot Martin Luther King?" "At the River I Stand," and The Trial of James Earl Ray." Reverend Kyles was appointed by the Clinton Administration to serve on the Advisory Committee On Religious Free- Answers to questions about n r mittee Chairman, "Justice for Congressman Harold Ford Sr." He appeared on the tele- n Workers wire aircraft power units ft Advisory Commission on the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights; and Executive Com- personnel information, pay, Hilltop Times staff 36' High W-2- Generator rewind shop by Gary Boyle ft cally includes all 1040EZ filers. Each client must fill out a Client Tax Information Form for Drop-O- f fs and attach a voided check if electing Direct Deposit along with a copy of the s and Forms 1099INT for interest. The Tax Center staff will complete the return within two working days and call the client to come in and sign the electronic filing signature document. In most cases, the refund will be processed in the same amount of time as using walk-iservice. Clients who electronically file their returns using Direct Deposit usually receive refunds in less than 21 days. Tax assistance is available to all active duty personnel, family members, retirees and Reservists. Clients should bring all Forms W-- 1099's, banking information for direct deposit, children's social security cards, a copy of last year's return, child care provider information, - ber of the Memphis Council, International Visitors; member of the Tennessee also available for Guard members. In e reached at a numfor ber, (866) those customers who prefer to speak to someone directly. "Our goal at the Contact Center is to help people by toll-fre- 229-707- 4, a proactive approach to online customer support," said Maj. Alessan-dr- a providing Stokstad, chief of the Air Force Contact Center. "Air Force people can search our database anytime or chat live with a customer service representative, 6 a.m. - 6 p.m. central time, Monday Friday." "These new features will be especially helpful in times of high deployments and ops tempo where people don't have the time or opportunity to go to their MPF for help," said Maj. Stokstad. "Online chat is a very convenient means of communication," said Master Sgt. Dave Mel nick, Air Force ever-expandin- g Contact Center systems manager. "Customer service agents are here to answer questions that can't be found in our FAQ database." First-tim- e users of the contact center online are asked to create an account which will allow the customer service representat- ives to know who they are assisting and help speed the process. Customer's can also send questions to the help desk through the "Ask-A-Ques-tio- feature, said Sgt. Melnick. People who submit questions to the contact center usually receive a response within two days. "We foresee the contact center becoming a key customer service tool for the total force," said Maj. POOR |