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Show w Hill AFB, Utah Core Plus by Frances Kosakowsky Ogden ALC Public Affairs Office The Air Force is implement- INSIDE: Vol. 54 No. 35, 84056-582- 4 ing a new program, "Core Plus," aimed at ensuring nothing falls between the cracks when two of its five air logistics centers ED TOW idles Oklahoma City ALC, Okla.; Warner Robins ALC, Ga.; and Page 2 Ogden ALC will have transferred or hired approximately 2,700 people to take care of the addi- tional work. Military downsizing mandated by the Base Realignment and Cancer survivor day Page 2 OSI recruiting agents Page 6 Closure Commission in 1995 is becoming a reality with the closure of the Sacramento and San Antonio ALCs. After several years of planning and prepa- ' ration, the workloads assigned to the two centers are now in the process of being divided among the three remaining Air Force maintenance installations: The workloads moving from Sacramento and San Antonio to Ogden are: New Ogden ALC Workloads Core Plus program has been set up to Workload make sure the are phased out at the end of right type of depot phase-ou- t process capacity is retained has been under way for some to efficiently hantime, and as 2000 winds down, work stability Ogden ALC. The 2000. The Environmental compliance test September 9, 1999 dle more than 30 core Air Force-weapo- systems requirements. The "Plus" in Core Plus refers to workloads done by the non-cor- e BRAC from BRAC form Est. Workers Needed San Antonio 1,060 Sacramento 938 CorePlus from Sacramento 750 mental health benefits Page 8 Parenting workshop available Page 11 Volunteers test Internet voting Page 14 Approximate as of August 1999. Contract award was for 5 years, plus yearly Wing Fighter Country Pages A-- C work done by Sacramento ALC. Ogden and its partner, Boeing, won the competition to do elec- - Tuesday Page 15 Player recalls Idaho-UCL- A agement work for the ' Page 16 than 750 skilled workers were hired to perform the "Plus" contractual work. Additionally, "Plus" workload involves handling repair work for the other services and work where no other repair source exists. According to Ogden Air Logis- tics Center executive director Tom Miner, "Core Plus will pro- vide long-terstability for the n See Plus, page 7 m w ; .; - yr'. V"V-- "V ' Sunday afternoon traffic near the base will be disrupted as an oversized piece of equipment arrives at Hill AFB from California. . A long autoclave, used in composite manufacturing and repair, will 45-fo- ot arrive at the South Gate Sunday afternoon for eventual installation in Bldg. 238. The arrival will cause 6th Street and D Avenue to be closed Sunday afternoon, and again on Tuesday after 6 p.m. D Avenue will be closed Sunday-Tuesda- y from 6th Street south to the Officers' - B-- 2 system program office, Northrop Grumman and the Aircraft Directorate have been working to transfer assets from Northrop's Pico Rivera, Calif., plant to Hill AFB. The autoclave will become part of the Aircraft Directorate's Technical Repair Division. "Basically, an autoclave is an oversized pressure cooker," said Roily Hering, 2 project officer. "When you're dealing with aircraft composites, the work is completed with heat and pressure in a vacuum. The autoclave uses air pressure and a vacuum along with the heat to cook the parts. The composites are put together with adhesives, and the heat and pressure activates the adhesives." . Hering estimated the autoclave is wide inside, making the heavily loaded transport trailer nearly 20 feet wide. It took the equipment 11 days to travel the 690 miles from Pico Rivera, located east of Los Angeles, to Salt Lake City, where it has been stored in the mov1 ing company's warehouse. ."A load that size can only travel after 6 p.m.," Hering said. "It takes up nearly Hilltop a lane and a half on the highway." The Sunday afternoon arrival was online planned to keep from disrupting base www.hilltoptimes.com traffic. Times options for 3 additional years. follow-o- n More A-1- 0. - ;:: 15-fe- et match 162 286 617 99 trical, hydraulic, instrument, electronic and Droeram man- - disrupt Sunday traffic B-- Ergonomic Health Fair 00 00 closing depots which have been won by com- petition between the Air Force and industry. An example of this is the recent bid competition for aircraft maintenance will Club. The 388th Fighter 9899 9899 Depot Maintenance Competition Autoclave move TRICARE Workers Hired Completion Transferred to Date Start Fiesta begins observance casual environment she hopes will draw by Mary Galbraith Hilltop Times a large crowd who'll experience new aspects staff Hispanic Heritage Month Observance activities at Hill AFB are showcased during a fiesta set for Tuesday from 8 a.m. 3 p.m. at the 405th Combat Logistics Support Squadron, Bldg. 295. An Ethnic Festival titled "Visions of the 21st Century" kicks off the observance, which runs Sept. 14 - Oct. 15 and is sponsored by the Hispanic Heritage Subcom- -- mittee. The fiesta replaces the evening gala that in previous years highlighted the month. Merry Stowell, Hispanic Heritage Subcommittee chair, said the group's been planning daytime festivities since last year's celebration. The committee hopes new hours attract more participants. The event is open to all base personnel and family members. Stowell stressed the of Hispanic culture. "You're not going to feel uncomfortable in jeans or she said. "It's going to be a real comfortable setting. It's a way to allow others to participate in different cultural awareness. I don't know too many people who don't like Mexican food but there are other foods that they may not even be aware of." In addition to the luncheon, other cultural sharing is expected. "It's a good way for base personnel to take note of accomplishments," said Stowell. "When you attend this type of celebration you get to learn more than this is what people eat. There're heroes in every type of cultural group. It also provides an opportunity for people to interact." See Fiesta, page 6 |