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Show 1 J Twice Monthly ? t i ' 1 388th Fighter Wing supplement to the Hilltcp Times Thursday, July 22,1999 k: T- hit 5)Q)2)iyn) - . (dteUegs&ic Congratuations The 388th Fighter Wing would like to congratulate the following squadron quarterly award winners. Senior Airman Victoria Meyer, Tech. Sgt. Stephanie Rodriguez, and Master Sgt. Robert A. Wicks, 388th Maintenance Squadron; Se- Wddhs sw m IP hosts n n osim By Staff Sgt. Sonja C. R. Whittington 388th FW Public Affairs . . nior Airman Charles K. Dixon, Staff Sgt. James W. Bell and Mas ter Sgt. Mark D. McGowan, 4th Fighter Squadron; Senior Airman Jessica A. Mobley, Staff Sgt. Will iam R. Doss, Master Sgt. Andrew L. McCawley and Capt. Paul Hertzberg, 388th Operations Support Squadron; Airman I st Class Jason Banks and Master Sgt. Steven Jebson, 388th Logistics Sup port Squadron; Senior Airman Paul Zkiab, Staff Sgt Jason E. Miest, and Master Sgt. Donald J. Ennis, 729th Air Control Squadron; Air man 1st Class Cory D. Timmons, Staff Sgt. Shawn M. Urban, Mas ter Sgt. David L. Gerber and 1st Lt. Darren A. Paladino, 34th FS. Incentive flights The following members of the 388th Fighter Wing were awarded incentive flights last quarter as a thank you for their hard work and commitment; Staff Sgt. William Doss, 388th Operations Support Squadron and Staff Sgt Jose Gallegos, 4th Fighter Squadron. Graduation Ten airmen from the 388th Fighter Wing graduated from Airmen Leadership School July 12. Distinguished honor graduate was Chadrick Conley, 388th Main- tenance Squadron, and Steven Richardson, 388th Logistics Support Squadron, was the Leadership award winner. Other graduates were; Shawn Shahan and Sean Kerr, 388th MXS; Waiter Morgan, 4th Fighter Squadron; Brad Rachelson and Eric Mayes, 421st FS; Sean Sawyers and Brenda Savoy, 729th Air Control Squadron, and Raphael Cox, 34th FS. Change of Command Col. Timothy Bair will re place Col. James Guschenritter as commander of the 388th Logis tics Group in a change-of-comand ceremony July 23 at 10 a.m in Hangar 37. m- ip The 388th Fighter Wing hosted a del egation from one of the newest members of NATO, for a week. A team of eight people from the Polish air force came to Hill Air Force Base to learn about U.S. operations and the structure of the U.S. Air Force. Escorted by Mai. Gen. Michael J. McCarthy, assistant deputy chief of staff for air and space operations at Air Force headquarters, the Polish team listened to wing and U.S. experts explain some of the doctrine and concepts for employment of U.S air power and how the U.S. military uses air power in times of war and peace. ''This information we can use to make our air force better," said Brig. Gen. Ryszard Olszewski, commander of the Polish air force academy and leader of the Polish delegation here. The Polish air force is relatively new, the brigadier general explained. "We must learn the role of the air force 9. in the future," General Olszewski said. "We exchanged opinions, experiences. We must (use this information to) educate our pi' lots and combat units." These meetings are held frequently. "We carry on these types of talks with all our NATO allies," General McCarthy said. The goal is to learn from and help each other integrate quickly during joint operations, the general said. "For example, even little things like weather forecasting have to be the same (for everyone involved in NATOjoint missions)," General McCarthy said. Through these operational talks, nations learn what capabilities each other brings to the mis sion and how best pilots and planners can . fc . im . .1.1. '" riMin.uiM.-- Air Force photo Col. Mike Hostage, 388th Fighter Wing commander, explains the differences between munitions to the Polish dignitaries who visited here last week. the Polish military." plains how much we need. Much of this is impossible to use diFor new NATO members like Poland and other former Soviet-blo- c nations, the rectly in Poland ... but now we know exactly what we need to do," he said. U.S. Air Force is held up as tne oest ex ' One advance the Polish air force is ample of what technology and profession looking into is the purchase of several alism can do. in the future. "This visit explains how much we need operamesh together for multi-nation- al T was most impressed with the F-to do. how to exploit new technology" tions. Polish general said, "We are very glad to have Poland as General Olszewski said. "The U.S. is very in the sky, the The visit of the Polish envoy wasn't rich countrv: verv cood facilities, loeisour NATO ally," General McCarthy said t ;o; tics, trainine. Polish countrv is different: all work and no play, though. Several evevP5.rc aan and p1oh - nings were spent at attractions such as was impressed with the professionalism of we have old technology. This visit exIllClupc xaiaiiu jiaiv i oir mum mv ""v Sports Park. "Everything has impressed me," General Olszewski said. "This is my first time in the U.S. I met very friendly, very open people. This is a beautiful place. I would like to thank General McCarthy for invit" ing me here. During the day when not in briefings, the team got the chance to see up close some of the things that give the U.S. Air Force its reputation. Among the many sites they visited were the Falcon Fixer (the mobile air expeditionary force 6 maintenance trailer), F-1- 6s 16 crai F-1- corrosion control facility, 4th Fighter Squadron facilities and several functions operated by the Ogden Air Logistics Center. ' : " - ' Air Force photo Col. Paul Lis, 388th Operations Group deputy commander, looks over the 4th Fighter and Capt.Andreze Squadron's maintenance schedule with Capt.Tomasz Kaszynski Pecak from the Polish air force. The Polish team will be taking back with them all they have learned here and "use your experiences to put into practice for our air force," General Olszewski said. "You are the most experienced." |