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Show n r i w i n i i ! L Supplement to the Hilltop Times Hill 419th Fighter Wing Mission: To Fly, Fight and Win! Volume 16 Number 10, October 5, 2000 AFB, Utah 84056-541- 0 Reservists bring supervisors to work Newsline; Annual banquet The annual Outstanding' Airman of the Year banquet is scheduled for Feb. 10, 2001. While that sounds like it is a long way away, its actually just around the corner. Make plans to attend and mark it on your calendar now. The first sergeants successful fund raiser with the Olympic pins is going to off set part of the cost and ticket prices should be a couple of dollars less this year. -- The guest speaker will be Brigadier General (retired) Wilma L. Vaught, currently president of the Board of Directors of the Women in Military Appreciation Day. After the employers arrived that morning. Col. F. C. Williams, 419th FW commander, gave a presentation explaining the mission of the wing. For most of the employers, the highlight of the day was watching an aerial refueling mission on one of the two the Utah Air National Guard Foundation, Inc. This will be a premier banquet for the 419th FW and a chance to. support our best of the best for the year 2000, Right: Maj. John Reed explains the cockpit controls and heads up display panel on the to an employer during the static display portion of the On September TJ, about 35 civilian employers attended the annual 419th Fighter Wing Employer KC-13- 5s ' Service dont for America supplied that day. Other activities such as a wing security police demonstration and tours of workcenters were also on their agenda. Memorial F-- 16 tour. miss it! Wing Appreciation Night There will be a 419th Fighter Wing Appreciation Night at the Weber State vs. Cal football game on Oct. 5. Tickets regularly priced at $9 will be $2. See your first sergeant for tickets. State-Northrid- ge Canadians join 41 9th FW for Patriot Diamond Fox New commissary cards A revised version of the Reserve Component Commissary Privilege Card .goes into effect Jan. 1. The revised jcard contains 24 blocks torecord-the- dates of 24 authorized visits. current card, which becomes obsolete Dec. 31, has 12 blocks. Two copies of the current card have to be issued Jo record a years visits. The fiscal 1999 National Defense Act Authorization changed the 12 entitlement from visits. per year to 24 for Selected Reserve and Reserve Unit retirees younger than 60. reservists should receive the new cards during their December training assemblies. PME class dates on Web site Air Force Reservists - interested in Professional 3 Military .attending .Education or Continuing Education Courses can now refer to a public Web .site for more information. By clicking on the Air Force Reserve' Command Public Web Sites news and information icon and going to AFRC News Service, people can access. a Microsoft Excel file containing course schedules and titles, locations, and dates for fiscal year 2001, which starts Oct. 1. By making the schedule available on the public site (www.afrc.af.mil), 'reservists can browse the Excel file at their leisure from their home computer. Air Force News Service products Learn what Air Force News Service products and services are available through the World Wide Web, file transfer protocol, telephone, fax, Visit radio, television and satellite. and click http:www.afnews.af.mil A on Our products. Air Force is a better Air Force. well-inform- ed 4 19th FW Public Affairs Office Air National Guard, Jacksonville, Fla., will be participating with their 5 Eagles. Each fighter unit will take turns performing training missions .with and aglmst each1 therP 1 aa The training we receive, will not only sharpen and hone our ir skills for combat, blit strengthen our joint readiness : F-1- 6s air-to-a- 6s posture with the Canadian allies, ' v 99 Capt. Mark Lantz, 466th Weapons and Tactics Officer supported. our training requirements on numerous occasions c . -- air-to-a- F-1- F-1- n, KTar frffrOlTTO forces to train with its allies in case we " ever fly or fight side by side in combat operations. On October 9, eight 8 Hornets and 85 support personnel from the 441st Squadron, Canadian Air Force are scheduled to arrive at Hill Air Force Base, Utah. The Canadians will then join the 419th Fighter Wing on a training exercise in Savannah, Ga. The 419th FW will send eight and approximately 100 members of the unit to Georgia on the exercise dubbed Patriot Diamond Fox. Weve had a great working relationship with the 441st Squadron for the past several years, said Lt. Col. Mike Brill, 466th Operations Officer. . Other and we routinely fly north to return the involved in; include; the 931st ARW. During the deployment, the focus will be dissimilar air combat training (associate wing), McConnell AFB, Kan., the 940th ARW, Beale AFB, Calif., and the 916th ARW from Seymour-Johnso- n favor.' AFB, N.C. will provide aerial refueling for the exercise. A from the 906th Wright-PattersoAirlift Wing, Ohio and the 439th AW unit at Westover ARB, Mass,, will provide airlift service for jhenbers',, and equipment for both the Americans and Canadians. ir The training will be in air performed space over the Atlantic Ocean approximately 50 miles east of Savannah, Ga. During Patriot Diamond Fox, both units will train in all aspects of the multi-rol- e capabilities of the U.S. and the Canadians CF-18- s. Even some though there are performance differences, both aircraft specialize in the missions they are tasked to .perform. "The training we wilEreceive will not Only sharpen and hone our skills (for combat, 'but strengthen our joint readiness posture with the Canadian allies, said Capt. Mark Lantz, 466th FS Weapons and Tactics Officer. The main objective for this deployment is to learn how to operate jointly with the Canadian forces and to better prepare for possible future conflict where both nations are fighting.the same enemy. The 419th FW and the" 441st Squadron are scheduled to return to Hill AFB on Oct. 28. C-1- 41 F-1- are Contingency operations carried with out increasingly being jmu tEnatip nal coalitions of m i i tary ' forces. This makes it important for U. S. Theyve The 125th FW of the Florida (DACT). by Stephanie Johns - units- - - v ' air-to-air New leaders take new places in the wing by Capt. James R. Wilson 419th FW Public Affairs Office The September unit training assembly was busy with leadership changes. One change of command ceremony had a special meaning when the new commander of the 466th Fighter Squadron presented his father with the Bronze Star Medal. On Saturday, September 9, the 466th Fighter Squadron, fell under new leadership following a formal change of command ceremony. Lieutenant Colonel Gary Batinich, became the latest commander of the 466th FS before more than 260 members of the unit and large gathering of family and friends. Colonel Batinich earned his pilot of upon wings completion in Pilot Undergraduate July Training 1979 at Williams Air Force Base, Ariz. He has logged 2,568 flying hours in the F-1- 6. A command pilot with 6, 2,560 hours in the more than F-1- Colonel Batinich joined the 419lh Fighter Wing in 1987. Since that lime he has served as See Leadership, page C Lieutenant Colonel Gary Batinich, 456th FS commander Unless otherwise indicated, all photos are U.S.' Air Force photos. Advertisements contained herein do not constitute an endorsement by the Department of Defense, the Department the Air Force or Hill AFB, Utah. Everything advertised is available without regard to race, color, religion, sex or other nonmerit factors of the purchase, user or patron. of |