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Show irWiT1nr!ffiTrirl HiGtop November 24, 1999 Ship named Members from the North Vietnamese troops. Fisher retired from the Air Force in 1974 and lives in Kuna, Idaho, with his wife, Realla. State Road 193 in Clearfield, which borders Hill AFB on the south, is also named after Muni- Air-to-Surfa-ce tions Directorate and the 649th Munitions Squadron recently participated in ceremonies that named a ship in honor of a Utah Medal of Honor recipient. The ceremony named the "Motor Ves- Fisher. , At Military Ocean Terminal Sunny Point, sel Maj. Bernard F. Fisher" on Oct. 15 at Military Ocean Terminal Sunny Point, in Southport, N.C. Gen. Lester Lyles, vice chief of staff, U.S. Air Force headquarters, the Air-t- o Surface Munitions Directorate has assembled a team of 38 active duty and three Air Force Reserve Ammunition Team munitions personnel from 21 Air Force bases. This team comprises the current USAF Afloat Prepositioned Fleet was the guest speaker. Lyles served as the Ogden Air Logistics Center commander at Hill AFB from 1993-9Retired Col. Bernard E Fisher, a Clearfield native, is the first Air Force Medal of Honor 4. operation. The team works very closely with all recipient for Vietnam. He received his commission in 1951, and served as a jet three U.S. Transportation Command component commands. "This is truly a joint operation. To accomplish our mission, we rely heavily on the fighter pilot in Air Defense Command until 1965, when he volunteered for duty in Vietnam. From July 1965 to July 1966, he flew 200 combat sorties in the "Spad" as a member of the 1st Air Commando Squadron, located at Pleiku Air Base in South Vietnam. He was awarded the Medal of Honor after he risked his life to rescue a downed A-1E- Army's Military Traffic Management Command for support here at MOTSU, the Navy's Military Sealift Command for sealift information, and our Air Force's Air Mobility Command for airlift," said Capt. Joe Yankovich, Afloat Prepositioned Fleet pro- H gram manager. Team members depend primarily upon the USAF Ammunition Control Point and the item managers in the pilot while under heavy ground fire on March 10, 1966. His plane took 19 hits while the airfield was under attack by 2,000 Air-to-Surfa- ce EH Munitions Directorate at Hill to source, direct, and track shipments of over 2 taining and building the equivalent of two fighter wing munitions storTeam areas. members took bulk muni- age tions from the S.S. Austral Rainbow, inspected, ordered replacements and placed the munitions in a complete-roun- d nd million precision guided munitions, chaff, flare, ammunition and components. "It's a huge logistics operation involving critical timing. Over $1.3 billion worth of assets are being moved from all over the world to come together at once in order for the ships to be ready on time," Yankovich said. "Our job at MOTSU is to account, inspect and assemble all the items in a conconfiguration inside common tainers to be stored aboard the MV Fisher. These common containers are easier to transport and are used worldwide for cargo 20-fo- movement either by sea, truck or train. g In addition to munitions from the S.S. Rainbow to the MV Fisher, the team is also munitions for the MV Bennett at MOTSU. During Operation Allied Force, two of the three munitions ships supported Europe. Over 1,000 containers of ammunition and sup- configuration so that we have a fully functional weapon system with total asset visibility ready to build in the field." Three MSC ships the MV Major Bernard F. Fisher, the MV Captain Steven L. Bennett, and the MV Buffalo Soldier are used to preposition Air Force munitions and supplies at sea, greatly adding to the Air Force's combat readiness. "These ships allow our Theater Com--' mander-in-Chief-s greater flexibility by reducing airlift requirements and by providing rapid munitions movement among the world regions as national priorities and circumstances change," Yankovich complete-roun- ot d cross-loadin- ng plies from the MV Bennett were discharged in Germany, accounting for over 80 per- cent of the guided bomb unit and High Missiles used in the Speed conflict. According to MSgt Stuart Johnson, APF Superintendent who deployed to Europe during the campaign, "We delivered a range of munitions in the quantities necessary to ensure sustained combat Anti-Radiati- on said. The APF is currently inspecting, main i f ( I'M J , ! Up To 7 rUM mil "" Ji Clearfield, 595 IV s. state st. ""'"-- V ow Upen OPEN: Mon. - Sat. 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