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Show Hilltop _, Bio-terror Security Forces get lessons on NBC threats Page 4 TIMES Weekly Since 1948 Power pros Longer deployments Comp changes Some Air Force billets in Iraq will be one-year tours Civs get travel time deductions Generator flight juices aircraft's electronics Page 3 Paqe 7 Page 9 Hill AFB, Utah 84056-5824 www.hilltoptimes.com hilltop.pa@hill.af.mil Vol. 64 No. 10, March 10, 2005 • ••:•;•*. IN THE KNOW Family Support Center move ALC opens doors on new future, capabilities aircraft, said Joe Bailey, C- C-130 workload will be split 130 branch chief. between the new facility and "We'll work on four aircraft Bldg. 225. in the new facility," said Jay Eventually, the new hangar The family support center Webb, C-130 Aircraft Branch will house additional C-130 has a new address. They will chief. "But well be workloads, including the Cdeputy be located in the old officer's able to put one to two addi130 avionics modernization club, Bldg. 150. The move in the hangar tional aircraft program modification, schedwhich starts today, is expected for work if we need to." uled to begin here in fiscal to finish Monday. For cus2007 or 2008, Mr. Webb said. Now, the C-130 Aircraft tomers, the move will be seam- BY 1ST LT. CAROLINE WELLMAN.. . Branch will use the new facil- The new hangar space will less, family support center staff Ogden ALC Public Affairs Ogden Air Logistics Cenity to continue C-130 periodic also be welcomed if Ogden will be available throughout depot maintenance while Bldg. ALC is designated to perform the transition. The Hilltop Timester's newest aircraft hangar Photo by 1st Lt. Caroline Wellman 225, where most C-130 depot F/A-22 depot maintenance, will feature the FSC next week. opened its doors to members maintenance now occurs, which could mean some of For more information, contact of the new 309th Aircraft Main-Periodic depot maintenance continues on a C-130 Hercules while equipment is moved In to the base's newest hangar located on the east 1. a transformathe hangar space now used tenance Group March undergoes the center at Ext. 7-4681. tion initiative to streamline by the C-130 branch might The $25.5 million, 110,000- side of the runway. be rededicated to F/A-22 worksquare-foot hangar, located cules programmed depot main- available C-130 maintenance work areas and processes. of the Once certain stages load. on the east side of the runat Hill AFB from eight tenance workload. docks Civilians way, will house the C-130 Her- The new hangar will increase to 14, and will hold six C-130 transformation are complete. See Hangar, 4 New C-130 hangar will boost output, add variety required to use myPay WASHINGTON (AFPN) — Air Force civilians will be required to use the myPay system to access their leave and earning statements beginning March 31. The change brings Air Force civilians in line with active duty and reserve-component Airmen who are already required to access their pay data online, officials said. Hard-copy statements will no longer be mailed. The move will slash printing and mailing costs, officials said. But the primary goal is to provide people with more services and quicker access in an online format. There are numerous advantages to using myPay, officials said. Civilian users can view and print their last 26 pay statements; change allotments, direct deposit or tax withholding information; and buy savings bonds. Users may also view and print their W-2 tax forms. The myPay system can be found atwww.dfas.mil/mypay. New users must establish a personal identification number. '• For more information, visit the Web site or contact the local accounting and finance office. Back to school BY AIRMAN JENNY_CH_QNG_ Hilltop Times staff Photo by Beth Young AF selects : nonvolunteers k for shirt duty Airman 1st Class Cody Wood keeps track as Dalila Trevino reads as many words as she can during a tutoring session. Hill volunteers tutor reading one-on-one at Mtn. View Elementary is Hispanic, and in many of the student's homes English is a second language. "It's not uncommon to see students translating for their parents," said Bridget Creviston, AmeriCorps volunteer coordinator. "So even if they speak English well, they may not be getting help at home because their parents can't read with them." Staff Sgt. Zack Casagranda attended an elementary school similar to Mountain View when he was growing up, so tutoring here has special meaning to him. "I watched a lot of my friends get stuck because their BY BETH YOUNG __ Hilltop Times staff The chairs may be too small and combat boots are not WASHINGTON — Air what the kids are wearing these days, but this hasn't Force officials have identified stopped some Hill Airmen from going back to elemenAirmen as candidates for first „ tary school. sergeant duty for the second The lesson these Airmen are learning, by volunteering time in two years through a for an AmeriCorps literacy program at Mountain View nonvolunteer process. in Ogden, is that it only takes a few hours of Elementary Historically, first sergeants their time to make a lasting and positive affect on a were chosen from a pool of volunteers. But in recent years, child's life. More than half of the student population at the school See Reading, 4 there have not been enough volunteers to keep the positions filled, officials said. The Air Force has more than 1,200 first sergeant positions worldwide. Each year, roughly BY 1ST LT CAROLINE WELLMAN one-third of those positions "Employees are encouraged tification of appropriate activmust be refilled because incum- Ogden ALC Public Affairs ities and definition of the indito participate as part of the bents either retire or return Hill's civilian workforce can goal of sustaining a safe, healthy, vidual's limitations." .to their career specialty. now use up to three hours of fit and ready work force," said Employees will schedule in To close the gap, Air Force official duty time per week to Andy Flowers, director of Per- advance specific participation officials have identified 368 improve their physical health sonnel, in a letter to base lead- times with their first-level supermaster sergeants from across as part of the new civilian fit- ership. visors, and should maintain the service as candidates for ness program. "The program is a voluntary a diary of their physical activPhoto by 1st Lt. Caroline Wellman retraining as first sergeants. The program, a command- program," said Elise Kidd of ities, goals and progress. Under the new civilian fitness Each candidate will be inter- wide initiative, was announced the Personnel directorate. Activities should address car- program, appropriated fund civilian employees can enjoy fitness viewed by his or her unit com- earlier this month, and will "Employees can participate diovascular and aerobic services and classes during normander and respective permit full-time, appropriated by initiating a request sheet endurance, muscular strength mal duty hours. The program is command chief master sergeantfund Air Force civilians to with their first-level supervi- and flexibility, said Darrin part of Air Force Materiel to ensure suitability for the engage in structured fitness sor. The request should have Muhr, an exercise physioloCommand's effort to improve the position. activities at on-base facilities. their primary physician's cerSee Fitness, 5 workforce. Civs get time to get fit Fnday High 56° Low 35° Partly cloudy 75th ABW welcomes new chief Saturday High 55° Low 35° Partly cloudy Sunday High 55° Low 35° Partly cloudy Despite his history in security forces, this prior cop wants Airmen to know that he's very approachable. "I'm always smiling and I always maintain a positive attitude," said Command Chief Master Command Chief Sgt. Master Sgt. Franklin Franklin Smith Smith'. Chief Smith is the new command chief of the 75th Air Base Wing. Chief Smith and his wife, Terry, arrived here Feb. 26 from Misawa Air Base, Japan. "I'm very excited about being here and I'm looking forward to getting more involved in the community in the upcoming months," he said. "We've had a great introduction to the base so the reputation precedes itself. Everyone told me I'm going to have a great time at Hill." Chief Smith was also the command chief for the 35th Fighter Wing. He plans to use his previous experience to make the mission happen at Hill. "My goal here at Hill is to help prepare our Airmen to deploy, because we're an expeditionary Air Force," Chief Smith said. "Another goal is improving recognition of our Airmen by coming up with new initiatives to formally and informally recognize all outstanding warriors." Chief Smith thinks very '•• highly of today's Airmen. j "I think that today's Air! men are intelligent, focused, I and ready to make the mis; sion happen," Chief Smith said. "A few of them are ready to be leaders at a young age." However, he still expects Airmen to be professional, to live the core values, to ; make the mission happen See Smith, 5 At the movies Friday, 7 p.m. "Closer" - R Saturday, noon "Dr. Doolittle" - PG Saturday, 7 p.m. "Team America: World B" - R |