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Show Fighter Country Airmen Defending our Nation at Home and Abroad... Liberty or Death! Twice Monthly Thursday, October 27, 2005 388th Fighter Wing supplement to the Hilltop Times Brain Legendary fighter wing drops first bombsbuster: F/A-22 Raptors at Hill: What do you know? Airmen of the 388th Fighter Wing are busy preparing for the big test. The Operational Readiness Inspection is just around the corner and Airmen are expected to know how to perform their functional duties as well as self-aid and buddy care, unexploded ordinance sweeps, postattack actions and other things associated with being deployed. Below are quiz questions from the Airman's Manual to test how much 388th FW Airmen really know. Answers are at the bottom of the page. h *^^|ilS^:i';^S^^7':^ ^i^c7 "(•*V.i• -"••-' • .-••-.,•,-y • 1) Force Protection Delta applies in the immediate area where a terrorist attack has occurred or when —— has been received that terrorist action against a location or person is imminent. (Page 19) a) Intelligence, Specific b) Intelligence, General c) Intelligence, Bravo d) Intelligence, Unknown • 'J ; • U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Sieve Ammons An F/A-22 Raptor from the 1st Fighter Wing at Langley AFB practices dropping a bomb on a dummy target at the Utah Test and Training Range. This was the first bomb to be dropped from a 1st FW Raptor. The F/A-22s are here for their first-ever deployment By Captain Rob Goza 388th Fighter Wing Public Affairs 1st Lt. Elizabeth Kreft 1st Fighter Wing Public Affairs "Weapon's away." With that one statement, 27th Fighter Squadron commander Lt. Coi. Jim Hecker placed his squadron squarely into the history books by dropping the first bomb from a 1st Fighter Wing Raptor at the Utah Test and Training Range Oct. 18. "It's an honor for Team Hill to be a part of this significant historic event, and to help usher in the future of combat aviation," said Col. Robert Beletic, 388th Fighter Wing commander. Eight more bombs followed shortly thereafter, each punishing the dummy targets below. On the first day of bombing during the firstever deployment to Hill Air Force Base, five F/A22s took flight loaded with two Joint Direct Attack Munitions bombs. Each sortie led to direct hits on targets, despite this being the first time many of the pilots had ever completed an air-to-ground mission. "What we saw today was an outstanding display of training and technology," said Col. Doug Reed, 388th Range Squadron commander. After watching the first bombing flight through a live television feed, he said he could tell it was a successful event. "We'll study the data further to learn from each bomb release, and we'll be able to confirm exactly where they hit," he said. Confirm they did. The Weapons Systems Evaluation Program' operators stationed at Hill were able to verify that the bombs dropped by the 27th FS pilots not only hit the desired targets, they "shacked" them. "That's just a fighter-pilot term for when you hit a target dead center -- a bullseye," said Capt. Shawn Anger, 43rd FS air-to-ground weapons chief. Wednesday afternoon's bomb training flight was just as successful as the previous day; each of the eight JDAMs loaded onto the F/A-22s were effectively released and reached their surveyed impact points. One drop was so accurate it made the truck-target bounce off the ground. "These concrete-filled inert bombs don't carry any explosive material," said Chris Robinson, 388th Range Operations flight chief, "but when you're this accurate, you don't need the explosion to see the kill." The deployment of the 27th has given both the 388th FW and 1st FW pilots, as well as communication and intelligence personnel, valuable opportunities to practice wartime scenarios and generate sorties. "Our jets have been flying together for two weeks and it is fantastic training for the 388th FW," Colonel Beletic said. "We had F-16s per- forming forward air control for F/A-22s, which is a giant step forward in close air support." "We're performing very well in my mind," said Senior Master Sgt. Steve Lebron, 27th Aircraft Maintenance Unit assistant NCOIC and 22-year veteran of the maintenance career field. "Next week we have hot pits and several turns scheduled, so we are all looking forward to it." In addition to recently flying and fighting together, Brigadier General Burt Field, 1st FW's commmander, has a history with the the 388th FW. "It's great to have General Field, the 1st FWz commander, who is the first commander of an operational F/A-22 Raptor unit and the former commander of the 421st Fighter Squadron, back home at Hill," said Colonel James Post, 388th FW vice commander. The 27th FS is at Hill for the aircraft's firstever deployment, conducting wartime scenario training that is another step toward the F/A-22 achieving its initial operational capability. The deployment provides practice demonstrating competence and ability to deploy to a foreign location. The UTTR provides an appropriate training ground that is very similar in geography to locations to which the F/A-22 may some day deploy. The deployment also marks the first time an airto-ground mission returns to the 1st FW since the late 1970s. Prayers answered for military family with community, store support The Lowe's team came together and chose Sergeant Phillips for their project. "The team decided that with all the freedom and liberties the military provides to us, why not give something All the family had to fix' their roof were prayers, but after waiting for more than one year, right back to their family? We wanted to give it seemed their prayers would go unanswered. something that says thank you from the community. "Having our house fixed has been on my wife's prayer list for a year and a half," said Tech. This opportunity would be a great time to recSgt. Timothy Phillips, 4th Fighter Squadron nonognize one of our servicemembers," said Mr. commissioned officer in charge of Life Support. Cornell. "I have been running around to find all sorts of Sergeant Phillips had no idea his name was put ways to get the roof fixed and provide for my in for the home repairs. He was shocked to hear family." the news. After waiting all that time, the Phillips' family "I was still at Nellis [Air Force Base, Nev.,] finally received the answer to their prayers. on a short term deployment when my wife called The Lowe's home improvement store told me. She told me to call the first sergeant for Sergeant Phillips they were going to repair his details because neither of us knew what was whole house for free. going on." Every year, Lowe's holds a project called the After numerous calls, Sergeant Phillips con"Hometown Heroes." tacted an employee at Lowe's who told Him they "This program is centered on helping the com- were coming out to repair his entire house. munity. "I was only home from my deployment for two The common theme this year was geared around days before they started coming out to help.*' safety at the home," said Mr. Tanner Cornell, the Volunteer opportunities were posted so comassistant manager for Lowe's in Layton. munity members could get involved also. By Airman 1st Class Stefanie Torres 388th Fighter Wing Public Affairs Church members, family friends, neighbors and community members came out to the family's aid. "My wife and I were impressed with all the people who came out here to loan their time." On one Saturday, the entire roof was repaired, every room in the house was repainted and items in the kitchen and bathroom were replaced. "We found out that the shower faucets were leaking 60 thousand gallons of water a month," said Sergeant Phillips. The front yard was turned into a garden and the back yard was landscaped all over again. The Phillips' were amazed at how quickly the transformation of the house was accomplished. "Our house was made into a home in one day. My wife and I have six kids and Lowe's childproofed the house so everyone is safe!" With another deployment coming up in January, Sergeant Phillips can rest at ease knowing his house is renovated to withstand winter and all other seasons beyond that. "My family is just so pleased with everything that has happened. I am thoroughly happy and couldn't ask for anything else," he said. 2) Duress words can be inserted into any in order to communicate that a person is under some form of duress. (Page 88) a) Talking paper, openly b) Conversation, stealthily c) Talking paper, stealthily d) Conversation, openly 3) If an attack warning is given, and you don't know-what type of attack will or has occurred, what should you do? (Page 93) a) Quickly follow the protective actions for a missile attack b) Call the command post and ask them to clarify the alarm c) Run around telling everyone to take cover d) Wait five minutes and wait for the command post to re-issue the warning 4) When reporting an attack, you should use the ^_ method. (Page 95) a) S-T-A-N-D b) S-A-L-U-T-E c) C-A-L-L-O-U-T d) S-H-O-U-T 5) Contaminated vehicles should have the proper contamination marker placed on the . (Page 99) a) Right hand corner of the dashboard b) Front and rear bumper c) Left and right front fender d) Lower center portion of the windshield 6) Which is not one of the four R's to use when discovering or suspecting a UXO? (Page 128) a) Recognize b) Remove c) Record d) Report 7) Chemical agents may produce the following smell: (Page 145) a) Sulfur b) Fruity c) Mustard d) Coffee 8) Why Would you use M291/M295 Kits? (Page 127) a) Decontaminate areas you must touch to perform your mission b) To detect for liquid contamination c) Warm your MRE d) Identifying UXOs 9) A positive M8 paper result of blue or dark green identifies what? (Page 134) a) G-series nerve b) H-series or L-series blister c) V-series nerve d) GIj nerve agent Answers: 1) a 2) b 3) a 4) b 5) d 6) b 7) b 8) a 9) c |