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Show 388th FW Supplement to the Hilltop Times 419th FW "Hill Total Force Fighter Wing" America's jlirmen (Defending our Nation at Home and'JLSroad'... LiSerty or <Deatfil Thursday Ghe 22, 2006 419th FW opens doors to rained out special needs guests Road Guards out! 388th FW scholarship program The 388th Fighter Wing Honorary Commanders' Scholarship Program is BY KARI TILTON for those pursuing their 419th Fighter Wing Public Affairs Community College of the Air Force degree (or higher). 419th Fighter Wing More information can be personnel scrambled to viewed on the CCC intraweb: prepare for an impromptu https://388fw.hill. af.mil/ community tour, June 9, when Command%20Section%20We the base was forced to cancel b%20Pages/ccc/ShoIarship/ its special needs air show due Scholarship.htm. Any to rainy weather conditions. questions on the program The gray day matched the can be directed to Tech. Sgt. mood of those in attendance, Yvonne Schrecker, 586-5163, and as the rain puddled on Hill's runway, children or e-mailed to 388fw.ccc@ from the local 'Make a hill.af.mil. Wish Foundation,1 the Utah • Applicable for any course Photo by Senior Airman Nathan Greer Disabled Veteran's Home started on or after May 1 Reserve F-15 and F-16 aircraft are lined up on the 419th Fighter Wing ramp for a training exercise June 2-4. The exercise marked and various assisted living 2006. the last time many of the pilots would fly and train together due to upcoming changes as part of the Air Force's Total Force centers waited aboard buses • Scholarship is for technical Integration efforts and Base Realignment and Closure plans. to hear whether or not an Air sergeants and below. Force Thunderbirds show, • Initially limited to $100 per scheduled in their honor, person per class per yearwould go on. intended to supplement cost When event coordinator, of books, parking, etc. Wing, much like the THUD Valerie Burke of the Ogden Jets and pilots from The exercise tested the BY SENIOR AIRMAN Air Logistics Center Public • Must be enrolled with OUT fly-in in the 80's, this Homestead Air Reserve pilots' abilities to employ CHRISTINA WRIGHT Affairs office, got word the Base Education Office was our last opportunity for Base, Fla., Naval Air Station tactics against enemy aircraft 419th Fighter Wing Public Affairs show was put on a 2-hour with an accredited college/ Joint Reserve Base, Texas, and also commemorated the all F-16 Reserve Wings to weather delay, she said she university. and Jacksonville Air National last time many of these pilots fly into Hill. Our initial date was heartbroken. About 50 Air Force • Must pass the class with a Reserve Command fighter had to be moved due to the Guard Base, Fla., joined will fly together. "Each year the base minimum grade of C. 419th pilots in a Large Force pilots joined 419th Fighter "This exercise was unique Hill AFB air show, so the invites special needs groups," • Must show completed TA Wing pilots in a training Employment at the Utah Test in that it marked the end of Mrs. Burke said. "Some of form and cost of books/ and Training Range. See EXERCISE, B these sick children, elderly exercise June 2-4. an era for the 419th Fighter incidentals not covered by and handicapped people TA for the course. traveled here from Wyoming, • Suhmjy^gljcation through Idaho and Southern Utah," unirnrst T"sergeant after she said. "I could see the disappointment in their faces course completion. • The first sergeant submits BY LT. GEN. MARK SCHMIDT successes have not only number one quality of and I didn't want to turn them away." life program, building request to 388 FW/CCC. saved many lives, but they 12th Air Force commander Thanks to the 419th Fighter aircraft shelters to have secured sovereignty • We encourage students Wing, Mrs. Burke didn't have allow our flightline for millions of people. It is a great honor to address to leave books behind upon to. Airmen to work under The wing conducted you for the last time as the course completion—wing When the Reserve wing cover during Hill's hot 12th Air Force commander -- three O peration Noble will maintain a book closet maintenance personnel heard summers and cold, Eagle deployments, and 34 years of my active-duty the for future courses. of the show's cancellation, wet winters, is well military career have gone by -- like the OIF and OEF they dropped everything and underway. The Junior in a flash. When I became the deployments, you have Enlisted Center, which opened the hangar doors to 419th IW to surpassed all objectives. 12th Air Force commander host about 500 last-minute focuses its attention Your achievements allow three years ago, I knew the host Employer guests. on young Airmen, me to retire knowing we job would come with many "I really feel like (the 419th was improved every challenges, but you made this have the best Airmen Appreciation Day journey FW members involved) truly time I visited. Your a smooth ride. Your defending our freedoms embody the spirit of Team initiative to work The 419th Fighter Wing at home and abroad. dedication to the mission, Hill," Mrs. Burke said. with the 388th FW's will host an Employer your professionalism and In addition to your The Thunderbird pilots honorary commanders Appreciation Day Sept. 9. To your sacrifices in this time of heavy combattasking, you and spouses to pay for stopped by the hangar to nominate an employer, wing conflict have made 12th Air performed marvelously college books for your sign autographs and pose for Reservists must fill out a Force what it is today - a top in the combined Air junior enlisted Airmen photos but the real stars of the nomination form available on notch organization prepared Force Materiel Command show were the 419th people, is a testament to your the 419th FW public access for any mission, anywhere in and Air Combat commitment to the men according to Mrs. Burke. web page at www.419fw. the world. Command Operational technology both in operations and women of the 388th FW. afrc.af.mil. After completing "The Thunderbirds were Readiness Inspection. The The 388th Fighter Wing and maintenance is superb. Although we have achieved only able to stay for a short the form, e-mail it to the "OUTSTANDING" rating is a fully engaged combat Finally, the 388th and the wing Public Affairs office a lot, there is still more to be time so the 419th people really in mission effectiveness wing. Over the past two 419th Fighter Wings are at 419FW.PA@HilI.af.mil was no surprise given your years alone, your wing has well on the way to becoming accomplished. I am extremely stepped up," Mrs. Burke said. by June 30. The nomination had a combat squadron confident that you will "They signed autographs, combat performance during the model of Total Force form outlines participation continue to grow and open handed out souvenirs and your numerous deployments. Integration as you keep continuously deployed in criteria. For additional doors under the command spent a lot of time just talking You have recapitalized and support of Operation Iraqi working together at making details, please contact Kari of Lt. Gen. Norman Seip. It to people. They made everyone transformed the wing; an Freedom and Operation this Air Force initiative an Tilton of the wing's PA office Enduring Freedom during was an honor to serve as your feel really welcome." example of that is the Block overwhelming success. commander - Lisa and I will at 777-5232. The Ogden ALC every air expeditionary force 40 Common Configuration Lisa and I admire the miss you all. God speed as commander, Brig. Gen. Kevin Improvement Program which way you take care of the rotation except one, and added significant combat during that AEF, the 388th mission - just as well as you you continue to press forward Sullivan, praised the wing in your mission to defend personnel in an email to 419th FW relocated for a two-month capability to the fleet. Your take care of the Airmen and America and our way of life. FW commander, Col. Gary runway closure. Your combat success in upgrading to this their families. The wing's Batinich : "Thanks very much Effective July 1, the for opening up your hangar Servicemembers' Group Life last Friday to accommodate Insurance premium rate will our air show guests. The increase from the current day would have been a bust level of 6.5 cents per $1,000 without your support but per month to 7 cents per instead we were able to turn it $1,000 of coverage per month into a Team Hill success story for Air Force Reservists. for folks who wouldn't have had any air show experience This will increase the otherwise. You and your premium rate for a service superb folks continue to be member, with the maximum great teammates." coverage of $400,000, from BY AIRMAN 1ST CLASS hosted the 34th FS reunion that $26 to $28 per month. Mrs. Burke has been STEFANIE TORRES takes place every year. In attendance An additional $1 per planning these special needs 388th Fighter Wing Public Affairs were 22 veterans and their family month is charged for shows here for the past 20 members. Traumatic Injury Protection. years but she says this year He was a prisoner of war at the "Hanoi Mr. Andy Medler, a former Ram, Also effective July 1, the will have a special place in her who is also married to the 75th Air Family SGLI premium rate Hilton" for five and a half years after heart. his F-105 went down on a bombing run Base Wing vice commander, talked will decrease. "One little boy, who was northeast of Hanoi, Vietnam. about flying over that same prison. Members with the about the last child in the "We received word from the president A teary eyed Mr. Dwight Sullivan maximum coverage of hangar at the end of the day, $100,000 will have an amount described what happened to him while to get the prisoners of war put, and Photo by Airman 1st Class Stefanle Torres asked me if he could have a we flew right over to set them free," he was deployed with the 34th Fighter deducted each month for Capt. David Epperson, pilot with the 34th souvenir," Mrs. Burke said. Squadron in 1967. FSGLI, depending on the Fighter Squadron, greets a veteran of the On June 16-17, Hill Air Force Base See REUNION, B 34th during the Rams reunion June 16. See RAIN, B spouse's age. \ Exercise marks 'end of era' for Reserve wing 388th FW SGLI changes effective July 1 Past, Present, Future: 34th "Rude Rams" reunite with squadron heroes, POWs |