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Show imes AFB, Utah 84056-5824 www.hilltoptimes.com hilltop.pa@hill.af.mil Vol. 63 No. 35, September 9, 2004 INSIDE 75th ABW command changes today .: Page 2 Remembering Patriot Day , Page 3 Symbols recall missing, captured Page 3 Employees work as clockmakers 4 20 Questions - Page 6 t • •• : Worker's Comp ; claims go online |''-^fe. Page 7.'•'•>?$ Museum opening display aircraft ICBM agreement Wet pets overhauls engines by Karl Tllton Ogden ALC Public Affairs Hill AFB and Northrop Grumman officials signed a unique partnership agreement here Sept. 1. Through the $176 million public-private arrangement, Hill mechanics will work alongside Northrop employees to overhaul the Air Force's 586 Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Propulsion System Rocket Engines to keep them operational through the year 2020. "This is the perfect marriage of organic depot resources and private sector best practices," said Christina Hernandez of the Ogden ALC Partnering and Business Development Office. The arrangement is being called an Air Force flagship by partnering experts here who say the agreement charters new territory as the work will take place within the Ogden Air Logistics Center maintenance depot and at a Northrop facility. "This arrangement provides a solution to a facility shortfall, with the partnership workload accomplished both at the depot and Northrop Grumman," Ms. Hernandez said. The life-extending modifications will refurbish the PSRE aboard the missiles by replacing their aging parts and components. The PSRE is the liquid propellant rocket engine portion of the MMIII propulsion system and provides the maneuvering capability to the reentry system once it's outside the earth's atmosphere to deploy nuclear reentry vehicles. The recent partnering agreement pairs the expertise and valuable maintenance experience of Hill workers with Northrop components developed using the latest and greatest in technology and manufacturing processes and materials. "We wanted to use the very best technology and manufacturing processes and materials to remove, rebuild and replace these components," said Ko Hussain, program manager, PSRE Life Extension Program. "Northrop provides this expertise." Hill technicians will install and test the new PSRE flight hardware developed by Northrop Grumman. Northrop and subcontracted Aerojet employees will provide production engineering support using jointly developed refurbishment processes and procedures. While much of the work will take place on Hill AFB, a small group of Hill liquid fuel rocket engine mechanics will begin working alongside Northrop and Aerojet employees at a Clearfield Aerojet facility later this fall. The first modified PSRE is expected to be completed in February 2005 with the PRSE Life Extension Program effort continuing through 2012. Photos by Beth Young Trish Monroe and Krlsa Ankron, above, try to take cover as their dog, Nafarious, shakes off after a swim at one of the base pools. Before the pool closed for the season, Hill pets had the chance to dive in at the 2nd Annual Swim with your Pets Pool Party. Dogs of all breeds and swimming ability took advantage such as Benny, with owner Chuck Bly, who goes after a tennis ball. Mandy, below, jumps in after her owner, Allan O'Donnetl, as Madison, owned by John and Katie Jobst watches from the side. 75th Services hosted the event and It was sponsored by Science Diet, who provided tennis balls and treats. Serpentine barriers placed at gates by Master Sgt. Roland Eden 75th Security Forces Squadron Beginning this weekend, serpentine X-shaped barriers and cones will be placed at all inbound and outbound lanes of traffic at Hill AFB. The barriers are intended to slow the flow of traffic. This is an Air Force-wide initiative designed to control the high speed approach of vehicles onto the installation. (See related photo, page 2.) - •'-•* Auto center advances skills •'••v'<i\'y i yt$P%y L;l^.:;. Page 11 The public should not be alarmed with these new security procedures. Alternate means of traffic control will be used during high traffic volume time periods. During non-high volume hours, personnel should expect some delays. Security Forces are working to minimize delays, but motorists should plan accordingly. While increased security measures are often viewed as inconvenient, especially when they disrupt our routine, all you have to do is watch the news and realize the threat is very real. These measures are intended to ensure the protections of personnel assigned to Hill AFB and continue to make it a safe place to live, work and play. Installation security begins at the base perimeter. With the memory of 9-11 in the not to distant past, we constantly seek ways to make our base a hard target for would be attackers. Antiterrorism experts seek to continually improve protection for all Hill AFB personnel and critical assets supporting the war-fighting mission. In order to meet these objectives, architects join with antiterrorism experts to mitigate threats. For more information about the new gate operations, contact the 75th Security Forces Squadron Operations Support Section at Ext. 6-3564. Center restructure reorganizes workload by Marilu Trainor Director, Ogden ALC Public Affairs In the Sep. 2 edition of the Hilltop Times, Air Force Materiel Command headquarters announced the command will reorganize its three air logistics centers, including the Ogden ALC. The move will standardize the organizations toward a military wing/group/squadron unit designation. Work is underway locally to set up that structure that is commonly understood throughout the Air Force. The other ALCs undergoing similar reshaping are Oklahoma City ALC at Tinker AFB, Okla. and Warner Robins ALC at Robins AFB, Ga. The standardized ALC structure is expected to be Force. Restructuring to the wing/group construct will also promote vertical and horizontal commuin place by Jan. 1, 2005. nication and collaboration between the units. The reorganization, which started in February, calls for putting the ALCs' current businessDepot maintenance and air base structures at termed organizations into four standard Air Force Ogden ALC have already migrated as part of the wings under aircraft sustainment, combat susfirst phase of the reorganization. Key managers tainment, maintenance and air base banners. Ogden are now being identified within each of these ALC will also have a separate ICBM wing estab- five local wings along with, facilities planning, lished because of the relationship with the space union notification and other details being worked. command. Managers and^vork teams will soon be named in Ogden ALC will continue to focus on rapidly deliv-the remaining interim organizations. ering war-winning capability. The new wing/group In the meantime, Teanf Hill megibers are encourconstruct will promote capabilities-based systems aged to submit general questions about the reorand will align directly with the operational Air I See Restructure, page 2 "*• |