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Show TP V Twice Monthly Thursday, May 4, 2000 i 5 - Incentive flights iMr- Wm. Cindy Huston 388th Fighter Wing Public Affairs 388th Fighter Wing Capt. Chris Blaney Capt. Greg Ottoman Four airmen from the 388th Maintenance Squadron designed a new type of crane, said to be safer and more compact than cranes used in the past. The new crane, called the battle crane, is a two-piecrane mounted on an MHU-83C- E munition handling truck, or jammer,, and is primarily used to lift canopies off aircraft and remove ejection seats. Staff Sgts. Lyle King and Scott McKel-li- p, with the assistance of Senior Airman Duane Dalphin and Airman 1st Class Luke Kessinger of the 388th MXS aircraft metal ce 42 1 st Fighter Squadron Senior Airman Mike Brady Senior Airman Reuben Woods ; OO-AL- C technology section, originally designed Thomas Waggoner Grads the new crane to reduce the amount of space used and to make the crane safer and easier to operate. 388lh Maintenance Squadron Victoria Meyer Randy Harrison (distinguished graduate) we had to take a jammer with us, said Sergeant McKellip. So why not try to design something that would work on the jammer, take up less space, and be safer and easier to use. The crane the Air Force currently uses takes up pallet positions and is completely manually operated, said Tech. Sgt Roger Patrykus, 388th MXS metals technology section chief. It needs two airmen to set up the crane to remove the canopy or ejection seat and another two to three airmen standing under the crane to The follow ing senior airmen graduated from Airman Leadership School in Class 0Q-4th Fighter Squadron Joey Valle We figured no matter where we deployed, D: two-and-a-h- 34th Fighter Squadron Orin Lindsey Thaddeus Wyrobek lfl 42 1st Fighter Squadron Jonathan Hahm Perry Bergman 90 CDC scores scored 90 percent or better on their career devel-opme- nt course exams during March. 97 percent Airman 1st Class David Aguirre Jr., 34th Fighter Squadron -- Airman 1 st Class David Dewey, 4th Fighter Squadron 92 percent Senior Airman Gregory Temple,4th FS 92 percent Ainnan 1st Class Daron Kolb, 388th Maintenance Squadron 90 percent Staff Sgt. Shawn Sha-ha388th MXS 90 percent Senior Airman Patrick Parker, 4th FS n, Airman 1 st Class Matthew Karraker, 4th FS 90 percent 18 Months 388th Logistics Support Squadron 388th Range Squadron 6 Months 34th Fighter Squadron Potential Saves Airmen Against Drinking and Driving 126 . ed jjuumwMwwi 'u.miiMJ Units throughout 12th Air , Force are implementing a new initiative to refocus flying oper- ations on the critical task of keeping war fighters and war the flying program. "K -- rN, : X birds at the peak of combat readi- . ness. The initiative, called Combat Flightline, began in February and will have 1 2th AF units examine flying and maintenance schedules, refocus on maintethe desnance training, re-foc- us ignated crew chief program, and put rigor and integrity back into maintenance documentation programs. Weve moved away from what makes us famous generating the worlds best combat sorties, said Lt. Gen. Doc Foglesong, the 12th AF commander. Twelfth AF is going to move, back to what we know works. A team from the headquarters visited wings to identify the strengths of the initiative and find ways to improve it. The result of the visits was a common profile that sets tough but attainable standards, headquarters officials said. At the heart of the initiative is the standard for completing scheduled sorties. Units will strive for a scheduling effec- ed tiveness that is appropriate for contained herein do not constitute endorsement by the Department of Defense To reach various maintenance goals, units will implement several supporting actions such as the dedicated crew chief and the stripes back to the flight-lin- e programs. The dedicated crew chief program returns to the concept of committing a crew chief to a particular airframe, while the stripes back to the flightline program moves more experienced maintainers from staff jobs back to the flightline and their primary responsibility: - unit-controll- DUIDWI stats current as of May Advertisements alf The battle crane, designed by four airmen in the 388th Maintenance Squadron, is a crane mounted onto a jammer. The new design is safer than the previous one and requires less space in a cargo aircraft. push it away from the jet. Sergeant Patrykus explained. The new crane mounts on top of the jamRight now the crane has been tested mer and takes up the same amount of space and approved to hold up to 1 ,200 pounds, the jammer normally uses, eliminating the said Sergeant McKellip. Hopefully need to cany extra equipment. The battle testing of the .crane will be finished within crane will also cut down on the number the next couple of months. of airmen standing under the crane, since According to Sergeant McKellip, the crane costs approximately it works on hydraulic and electric power newly-designsources, making the process much safer. $1,200 and took six months to build. 12th Air Force focuses on combat sorties The following people 94 percent 388th Fighter Wing supplement to the Hilltop Times By Airman 1st Class 388th Maintenance Squadron Senior Airman David Veglia ALS J New design is safer, occupies less space on military airlift flights The following people from Hill Air Force Base received incentive flights between Feb. I and March 3 1 , 2000: 34th Fighter Squadron Tech. Sgt. Scott Keifln Staff Sgt Bryan Bailey Senior Airman Johnson Senior Airman Michael Lamedica Airman 1 st Class Aaron, Han ' Hii. redesions battle crane : fc j 'X - i?SPV 'Ma.aMM! i -4T $ keeping the war birds flying. The Air Force is coming out of one of our most trying times, said Colonel Bair regard-in- g the low retention rates for both pilots and airmen and low aircraft mission-capabl- e Photo by Senior Airman Bnan Bahret . Staff Sgt Ed Michaud, Detachment 13 instructor, gives Senior crew chief stationed .at Ainnan Leandro Contreras, F-1- 17 Holloman Air Force Base, N.M., tips on being a crew chief on On April 27, Airman Contreras completed his trainthe 6. a dedicated crew chief on the 1 6. to become ing F-1- F-- their assigned aircraft. The Combat Flightline programs sole intent is to improve the focus on the mission-dire- ct activities in a fighter wing, said Col. Timothy Bair, 388th Logistics Group commander. He said the program highlights three major areas: pilot requirements and training needs. the US A Force of H AFB EvetyThrig advtrtsedf; avataMe maintenance requirements and training needs, and resources such as aircraft, support equipment and supplies to accomplish that training. An average of 2 people are required to launch an aircraft, said Colonel Bair. Those 12 men and women, like the pilot, have to be trained to support 1 rates. This program is intended to help (eveiyone) better under- stand how complex and inter- dependent each piece of the flightline operation is and to improve it. Colonel Bair said, By plac-in- g a visual reminder of our progress in each work area, you and I can focus on what is impor- tant to achieving success. Bottom line, improvements in our flightline operation equate to increased readiness for this wing, the USAF and our country, he said. without legard to race color reigwn. sex. or other nomnent factor of the purchaser user or patron |