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Show i i Jpll Hill TT AFB, Utah TT0tiri www.hilltoptimes.com hilltop.pahill.af.mil Vol. 59 No. 15, April 10, 2003 84056-582- 4 Gate exercise Ogden ALC Commander's Call Bom Theater B!dg.44i INSIDE: .'i o Community groups offer support Page 2 Photos by Beth Young Hill's 75th Security Forces Confrontation Management Team shield themselves from protesters as part of a Phase One Readiness exercise April 1. Hill members volunteered as protesters to test Hill's Security Forces and Fire Department's skills as they breeched security by throwing objects and jumping the fence at the Roy Gate. As the protesters got out of hand they were met with members of Security Forces in full riot gear and blasts of water from a Fire Department truck. Hill provides Hill teams fix wartime software glitch the best Page 3 Recently, Hill AFB software and avionics engineers and technicians, along with the support of multiple organizations throughout the Air Force exceeded emergency response requirements fule filling a tasking from the front lines in short-notic- Iraq. On March 21, the Ogden ALC System Proand Maintenance Office Branch Avionics gram Directorate's Software Division received a call from F-1- solves problems Page4 ; 6 Centennial o! Flight StanOn Monday, an internal dardization Evaluation Program inspection team assessment here, inspectbegins a three-weeing various parts of the Ogden ALC involved in depot-levmaintenance. MSEP is a compliance-baseinspection of maintenance management, technical data, tools and test equipment, and personnel qualification and training. These areas are inspected to ensure that the procedures and people that are in place at Hill are in compliance with Air Force and local regulations, Air Force Occupational Safety and Health standards, and applicable technical order guidance. The Inspection Team is designed as tool to ensure that areas are ready for the Air Force Materiel Command IG team's assessment that will be conducted in conjunction with the Operational Readiness Inspection, July The local inspection will be essentially completed on May 5, allowing more than two months to be ready for the formal inspection in July. How can you best prepare for this inspectteam ion? First, accept the fact the and inspection will take place, and conclude that that this is a team effort to ensure you will be able to show the AFMC IG in July that you are the very best at what you do. Realize that you have an opportunity to showcase your talents and abilities. It's common knowledge that all employees conscientiously apply and enforce sound safety practices. And there are times when any one of us it occacan become forgetful or complacent sionally happens to the very best of us. Keep safety in the front of all your thoughts and actions. Here's some other reminders: Always wear personal protective equipment and don't forget to remove jewelry. Perform safety inspections in and around your work areas, and check your equipment and records, too. Hill's supervisors are, without question, the very best in the command so don't forget to update safety and health records for each employee. They depend and rely on your best efforts at proper documentation. The MSEP Inspection Team always looks, peeks and pokes at our housekeeping, so practice and make perfect your good habits. Get rid of trash that could cause foreign object damage inside and outside of buildings. Rag control is another area for concern. Regulations require us to have a "positive control" rag program in place. New policy and procedures will come out soon to tighten up current practices. Watch for these and implement them as soon as possible. When you discover excess material on or in the work area, do you dispose of these materials through the proper supply channels? Before you store it, mark or identify material that is being k Page 8 el d Security Forces dovns Chiefs Page 9 Pre-MSE- TSPopsn season 11 P 10-2- - Pre-MSE- Ycuth Center writes to pen pals Pages 13 Q. Beware of West Nile Virus Page 14 r i"r,Tim n,T if am ii(i,ui ,v. 1ii.iiji.ii4.iw.4)l,i targets. With such complexities, sometimes things go were coming back with bombs "Too many SPO Avionstill on the wing," said Karl Rogers, ics branch chief. "They needed a new Operational Flight Program and we immediately recognized the F-1- F-1- 6 seriousness of the problem and went right to work to gel the fix out." Since the first Gulf War, there 've been great strides in technological advancements related to munitions. The Air Force is dropping "smarter" bombs rely I mMutmumt 1 P d Pv i r V . nearly always seem to catch someone forgetting to return excess and unused bench stock to its proper place. The inspection team members always examine employee Production Acceptance Certification records. PAC records play an important part in keeping our workforce up to date on their skills, and helping us ensure that training is com- pleted before certifying employees on their assigned tasks. Ask yourself, do my PAC records pass the test? Are PAC tasks identified and linked to training? Are all critical tasks properly identified? Are all employee and supervisor signatures, both hard copy or electronic, in place as required? Proper use and control of technical data, such as technical orders, drawings and process orders, will prevent many of those annoying "write-ups- " that the inspector really hates to identify. Sign-ou- t Technical Orders when removing them from your library. Don't use unapproved copies of Technical Data, or better yet. destroy or get rid of these types of materials. Notify the Planner about Work Control Document defects, and don't accept defective documents. And make absolutely certain that only certified technicians sign off or stamp Work Control Documents. Is your Tool Kit Program Is it safe from the mighty pen of the Inspector? The IG never fails to "write-up- " tools and tool kits. Some helpful hints: Are your tools numbered, shadowed and recorded on inventory listings? Have you performed and documented the required inspections on AFMC Form 309, 'Tool Control and Inventory Record"? Remember don't store bench stock in toolboxes, and be sure to leave personal items in your locker: I low about where you store small items and consumables? Are they in suitable containers and projxTly marked? Report missing tools on an AFMC Form 310, Item Report." It's always a good habit to check the calibration dates on your tools to ensure proper tolerances are met. It's so important that all plant or shop equipment is in compliance. Some inspectors seem to be passionate about finding equipment that hasn't been tagged or identified, and is missing the proper documentation. Insist that everyone insxc-tions- , in your work area does all their checking for safety and warning labels or tags, and documentation of maintenance and calibrations. I don't need to tell you that being complacent in this area can lead to serious injury. Welcome and accompany the inspectors while they are in your area. Present your best side by ensuring that inspectors receive accurate and current information from knowledgeable people. Show off your best practices and your best people. We had a pretty high team score last year, but let's all come together again, as Team Hill, and beat last year's score. "Lost-Foun- d prior-to-us- e ? COPY! wrong. one computer system Onboard the affected wasn't relaying its messages properly in order to release Joint Directed Attack Munitions. JDAMs munitions accurate even under are precision-guideadverse weather conditions. Pulling out all the stops, the Hill MAS software M See Response, page 2 used for work in progress. MSEP inspectors Ogden ALC IG Office " ately. 6 eval begins Monday Pre-inspecti- on by Steve Emory TTff- ing on a scries of systems, including intricate software programs and global positioning to hit their F-1- MSEP Missile division Page commander in the Persian Gulf reporting an software problem that needed to be fixed immedia by Karl Tilton Hilltop Times assistant editor Photo by Beth Young information technology specialist for the 75th Communication Squadron holds a card reader connected to his computer. Inserted is his new ID card which is embedded with a microchip to ensure he is the only user. Bob Oi'Neill, New ID cards are coming by Bill Orndorff Hilltop Times editor In an effort to implement secure methods of transmit- ting information across the network, the Military Per- sonnel Flight will soon issue new identification cards. A phased ID card issuing process will begin in on a unit and organization basis and continue throughout mid-Apr- il 2003. The new IDs. called the Common Access Cards, are issued to base active duty. Reservists, National Guard members, Dol) civilian employees and designated contractors whose job requires access to DoD computers. The cards will be issued in I'ldg. 150, the former OffKmployecs will receive their trom their organization's point date and time appointment of contact. "The new cards replace the current ID, AF Form 354, and generally have a three year expiration date." said Dis Golde, 75th Communications Squadron. "If the card is lost or stolen, the employee will need a letter from their commander before they're issued a new one." ID The Common Access Cards are credit cards that contain an integrated circuit chip, a magnetic strip, bar codes and photo ID, Golde explained. Three an identity certificate, an signdigital certificates and an certificate certificate ing encryption arc embedded in the integrated circuit chip on the card. Common Access Card readers will be installed onto each Srr II) curds, page 2 icers' Club, by appointment card-size- s |