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Show tfntfrutMt xMrrKi'rtfirtim . 4 I J is:.:; j L.l$ 1 '.Owi M 1 f Thursday, October 28, 1999 Seventeen senior airmen from the 388th Fighter Wing graduated from the Airmen Leadership School Sept. 13. Jeremy Dceby, 421st Fighter Squadron, received an Academic Achievement award. Other gradruates included: Brent Archuleta, Jay Gorsline, Jamil Greene, Christopher Howcth. and Charles Woodland, 388th Main- tenance Squadron; James Good- win and Henry Honcycutt Jr, 42 st 1 FS; Derek Herd and James Van Prooyer, 729th Air Control Squadron; Charles Hunt and Jerry Kies, 4th FS; Emery Branham, 84th Radar Evaluation Squadron; Ronnie Briscoe, 34th FS; William Ride-nou- r, 388th Operations Support Squadron and Latasia Wilson, 388th Logistics Support Squadron. CONTEST ing with the w ide focus, the group members want your ideas for a new name, motto and logo. The contest, which begins today, will end Nov. 12. The winner or w inncrs will be anounced by Nov. 22. In the future the new-name- , motto and logo will be used on posters, information cards and in publications. The 388th FW vice commander is as offering a ride in an 16 the top prize. To enter, submit your ideas on paper and drop them off at any of the boxes placed around the base or at Building 120, room 2 18. Entries may also ail to duane.martinhill.af.mil. Each entry must include name, duty phone, and organization. This contest is open to everyone, and each individual can enter as often as they wish. For more information, please contact Airman 1st Class Vince Romero at 777-- 5 1 72, Tech. Sgt. Duane Mar- or Chief Master Sgt. BrendaRose at tin at 777-299- 2, 777-398- 9. Advertisements &i i Mffii.in ),Q . .. 4 irti . a fir M1 o LPs! 1 1 1st Class t Editor, Fighter Country Airmen from the 388th Fighter Wing showed the enemy who was boss during the Phase II exercise last week. "We can all be very proud of the mission success of our pilots and our ," said Col. Ronald Oholendt, 388th FW vice commander. The pilots and maintainers not only had to work around the normal obstacles presented to them during an ORE, but also had a few new scenarios they had to work through as well. Some of the new ideas introduced during this exercise included: fog machines, to simulate fire in a building, more scenario inputs to practice command and control, utilization of mulage for the first time in a year and OpFor, a group of volunteers to simulate the 'bad guys.' "The folks from the hospital who came over to help dress up the injured airmen were exceptional," said Master Sgt. Stanley Stephens, wing plans and exercises. main-tainers- as realistic as possible." "We want to keep using the same exer- cise tools that were introduced into this phase exercise, but we need to become more creative so the scenarios don't become old or boring," added the sergeant. Even though the hot wash for the exer- . incieliminating alcohol-relate- d dents on base. Over the last several weeks, this group has met to develop ideas which will soon become part of our community. In keep- " j 388th Fighter Wing supplement to the Hilltop Times Cindy Huston for three days trying to make everything and more importantly F-- By Airman "They worked hard around the clock Members of the 75th Air Base Wing and the 388th Fighter Wing have joined together to find solutions to the growing alcohol prob-lem- s be submitted via t l I su mm 1 1 I - V Twice Monthly an 8 1 2 x '"u """""r J n rr l Photo by Senior Airman Sara Banda Tech. Sgt. Dennis Youngberg, 4th Fighter Squadron, prepares to check Tech. Sgt. William Martin's, 388th Operations Support Squadon, "death" card during last weeks exercise. cise wasn't held until today, the master sergeant describes the exercise as having gone well. "Although we haven't had the chance ' to read the write-u- p on the exercise" we haven't heard any bad or negative comments about how things should have been done differently," said Sergeant Stephens. As with any exercise the main goal should be to sharpen the training offered to the airmen, he added. The next ORE is scheduled for sometime in February. OpsFor adds new twist to exercise By Staff Sgt. Sonja Whittington 388th FW, Public Affairs Creeping through the dry grass and stickers, silent, stealthy. The target is in sight. A small, light colored cement structure in the distance. A slight rise in the dusty terrain provides cover for the approaching terrorists. Their objective is simple. Kill the occupants of the building and take control of the area and thereby negatively impact the wing's mission. The building was at the north end of the runway. The EOR crew never saw the terrorists coming. Before they realized it, two of the terrorists had them sighted and pulled the triggers of their weapons. The four were 'dead.' The terrorists were free to shoot at any aircraft approaching on the runway or to make their way fur- ther onto the base, perhaps to target another area. In just one or two minutes, the entire mission was jeopardized. Luckily, the 'terrorists' were in truth volunteers from the wing in strange-lookin- g camouflage uniforms with blanks load ed in their weapons. No one was really hurt (except for a few scratches from crawling around on the ground) and the mission never ended. Security forces responded to the scene; one terrorist was 'killed;' one 'injured' and one taken 'prisoner.' This scenario was just one of many enacted during last week's operational readiness exercise. Teams of opposition forces were sent out at different times throughout the exercise with one objective: attempt to stop the mission. Their means may have differed (from sniper attacks to large-scal- e ambushes) but their effect was the same. With each successful opposition force mission, people learned possible vulnerabilities within their procedures or themselves. "The inspectors were looking for reactions of troops to see if they could detect and report intruders," said Master Sgt. Stanley Stephens, 388th Operations Support Squadron plans and exercise. Some were successful; some were not. Expect this same type of activity during other phase II exercises, they said. The use of opposition forces has been done at other bases, they said. The idea came to Hill Air Force Base from a member of the security forces squadron who had seen it done during other AFRCC assists with aircraft in distress LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE, VA. (ACCNS) - The Air Force Rescue Coordination Center here assisted in the search for a private civilian aircraft in Dakota officials. Capt. Jimmie Evans, AFRCC shift supervisor, said the AFRCC received a call at about 10 a.m. from Jacksonville air route traffic control center. Fla., at about 9:30 a.m. Oct. 25. Although the aircraft had been cleared to climb to 39,000 feet, it was heading distress that departed from Orlando, The aircraft, a Gates Learjet 35A that had five people on board, was enroute to Love Field in Dallas, Texas. It crashed at about 1 :30 p.m. EST about 15 miles southwest of Aberdeen, S.D. There were no survivors, according to South contained herein do not constitute endorsement toward 43,000 feet. "The Jacksonville control center said they'd lost contact with the aircraft and wanted us to contact the Southeast Air Defense sector to have an aircraft inter cept it and check its status," Captain Evans said. "The Atlanta air traffic control center was also tracking it and around 10:30 a.m., contact was made with the aircraft." from Captain Evans said an the 46th Test Wing, Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., was the initial aircraft that intercepted the Learjet. Two F-1- 6C Cs from the 138th Fighter Wing, Oklahoma See AFRCC, Page by the Department of Defense, the U.S. Air Force of Hill AFB. Everything advertised is available without regard to race, color, religion, sex, or other nonmerit factor of the purchaser, user or patron. B |