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Show aJ V.r ..,,1 Hill AFB, M 1 84056-582- 4 INSIDE: the conflict began. In addition, by Leigh Anne Redovian AFB, Ohio "Without supplies neither a general nor a soldier is good for anything." What the Spartan officer Clearchus discovered in 401 B.C. is holding true in Kosovo today. From repairing spare parts on flight-line-s in Europe, to delivering the latest WRIGHT-PATTERSO- Hilltop Times now online! " N 16 in presented Page 4 A behind-the-scen- but powerful player es in Operation Noble Anvil and NATO's Oper- ation Allied Force, the command leaned forward to support the conflict even before it began March 24. Almost 400 men and women from AFMC are deployed in direct support of the NATO operation. When added to those already serving y in of other overseas deployments support contingencies, the number jumps to 1,100 AFMC people serving on the front lines. "If we don't repair the parts, aircraft are not going to fly," said Lt. Col. Marsha Kwolek, chief of the command's operations plan team. Both home and abroad, AFMC people k are working in support of the operation. The command's air logistics centers began selectively surging certain repair areas weeks before the conflict started, said Col. Gary McCoy, AFMC's chief of materiel management This was to ensure those units deployed and those who would be deploying to the region would have the resources they needed when they needed them. The early surging allowed the command to ensure readiness spare kits at U.S. bases in Europe were as full as possible before to Utah Page 5 Hearts Apart helps families Page 6 Separation incentive available Page 9 Graduates honored Page 10 around-the-cloc- -- by Mary Galbraith Hilltop Times staff Elementary school children are no longer Hilltop Times Online! - f It. ,' . 1 K . ' ' ' -- t' - 24-ho- ur support of the conflict, temporary p. ;.,Xt:.;,- :,t .w-.mf- lf No decline . &S:S,, . I If 1. In spite of the buildup to support operations in Kosovo, McCoy is quick to point out the command cannot let its support of those units not directly involved in the conflict decline. . j J,' "Our air logistics centers have to take extraordinary actions to maintain their support to all Air Force customers," he said. "We will do all we can not to let any ' missions suffer." Supporting both war- and peace-tim- e Operations can put even more pressure on those who remain behind when units deploy, said Beverly Howdieshell, chief of the com- mand's Manpower and Personnel Readiness Center. "AFMC bases don't just shut down during contingencies," Howdieshell said. "Those working at their home bases are left to sustain their current missions with less people. They are contributing just as much as those who are deployed." Howdieshell also said the command is See Kosovo, page 8 .; A Ji- A"' - '' 4 4 J 'j I ' Photos by Mary Galbraith r When several thousand bees took up residence in a Fam Camp tree, Security Forces swarmed onto the scene to control traffic. The buzzers' visit to the Beehive State was brief, as they camped for two hours before heading northwest TrrTTTTZ - if V. School traffic rerouted allowed to exit through the southwest Truck Gate of Hill AFB to get to school. Security Forces, the base Safety Office 388th Fighter and Hill Field Elementary have decided Wing it's too dangerous for children to travel Fighter Country along that route. A Hill AFB child was stuck in front of the Pages elementary school on March 31. The third grader died April 1, from head injuries she sustained when the truck, traveling at 20 miles per hour, hit her as she was crossing the street. Playoff Lt. Col. Timothy Hardy, 75th Security predictions Forces commander, Dave Ferguson, with Page 15 75th Civil Engineers; and Jimmy Campbell, Base Safety, determined closing the gate to all elementary children is the best option for ensuring safety and preventing future tragedy. Junior high and senior high students are still allowed to use the Truck Gate as a school route. "Children that live on base and attend Hill Field Elementary School should walk down Sixth Street to Cambridge, cross at the crosswalks and go to the school through the gate down there," said Hardy. "Elementary school children should not try to walk out the southwest Truck Gate. www.hilltoptimes.com The Security Forces person there will try A-- C : 1 7. 120-da- What Hill means ft .rt- - t ; duty recalls, additional shifts, weekend hours and accelerated contractor and depot repair operations became the norm. "The bottom line is that whatever is practical and possible to ensure continued support of the Kosovo operation is what we will do," McCoy said. "Spare parts equal combat capability, and without them we have no chance of achieving our mission." weapons system upgrades, Air Force Materiel Command is proving that support of the war fighter is priority one. Quarterly awards 7 logistics response cells were established to keep communication flowing between U.S. Air Forces in Europe, AFMC headquarters and AFMC's depots. After the depots formally surged April AFMC Public Affairs Page 2 Vol. 54 No. 19, May 20, 1999 r fiah port priority' fo tkFM Sij , Utah ' jX tr f : .11? p-- X, to keep the children from going out the gate. It's not a good way for the kids to walk. We have a relatively secure path for them to travel from base housing all the way to the school and it's certainly a lot safer than trying to go out the gate and walk down the side of the road. We won't interfere with junior and senior high students because they're older and that's the most direct route to their schools." Bonnie Kent, assistant principal at Hill Field Elementary, said, "We realize that some days it's cold especially for many of you who have moved in from California, Florida, Guam and places where it's nice and warm and the colder weather comes as a shock and you're not used to walking in the snow."The school has recommended children come in through the fence sep- arating the housing area for several years because of the lack of crosswalks. "The drivers in that area need to be very much aware of young children running across the streets. Yes, we have provided them with crosswalks but that doesn't necessarily mean that they will just use them so drivers have to be more cautious when school children are coming or going from school," said Campbell. Hardy would like everyone on base to drive more cautiously around pedestrian See Route, page 2 Base birch beckons bees by Mary Galbraith Hilltop Times staff Hill AFB had ten of thousands of unauthorized land- ings Tuesday afternoon when bees swarmed a small birch tree outside the Fam Camp on 11th Street Despite potential problems the hoard may have caused, Security Forces took the situation in stride. "If they're making a hive I guess we'll have to ask them for a contractor's license," said 75th Security Forces Squadron member Amn. Sheldon Jay. He and Amn. Joe Shaver arrived at the scene after two school teachers from Antelope Elementary in Clearfield informed them the swarm was in a tree. Debbie Smith and Marsha Perkins were at Centennial Park on a field trip with about a dozen students when they heard humming and saw the insects See Bees, page 2 |
