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Show HlIJiup TTMES 9 HILLTOP TIMES June 14, 2007 7bfe/ force integration Reservists join forces with active-duty fighter squadrons ence levels of Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard personnel. 419th and 388th Fighter Wings Public Affairs "We are now two wings, with one team, A small group of Reserve F-16 Fighting in the same fight," said Col. Gary Batinich, 419 FW commander. Falcon pilots and crew chiefs how work side-by-side with their active-duty counter- , While.the active duty retains responsiparts here, marking a major milestone in an bility for the fleet of F-16s, pilots and mainongoing integration initiative aimed at in- tenance experts from both wings will work creasing the combat capability of Hill Air together to accomplish the joint flying mission. Force Base's fighter wings. "We have four to six Reservists working Reservists from the 419th Fighter Wing's 466th Fighter Squadron and Aircraft Main- with us on both day and night shifts," said tenance Unit began flying and maintaining Tech. Sgt. Shawn Chura, 4 AMU superinjets on a daily basis with the 388th Fighter tendent. "They bring a fresh perspective to Wing's 4th Fighter Squadron and Aircraft the way we do business in the aircraft maintenance squadron." Maintenance Unit about a month ago. A contingent of Reserve pilots and crew chiefs In addition to sharing aircraft, activealso aligned with the active duty 34th and duty and Reserve maintainers in the 4 AMU 421st Fighter Squadrons in May. are signing out the same tools, using the The Airmen are teaming up as part of an same vehicles to tow aircraft, and conductAir Force Total Force Integration program ing a combined "roll call" each morning. aimed at increasing efficiencies among like The Total Force maintenance Airmen are units and capitalizing on the high experialso beginning to train together. By Kari Tilton anci,2nd Lt. Beth Woodward * "About two weeks ago, we had an aircraft that required a gear box change. A dedicated crew chief from the 419 FW led the repair to help train 388th crew chiefs," said Sergeant Chura. In addition to pilots and crew chiefs, the integration includes back shop maintainers and operations support personnel. The Reserve wing's fleet of F-16 Block 30 fighter aircraft will be reassigned to other Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard bases across the U.S. Eight of the unit's aircraft have already transferred with the remaining nine set to leave Hill AFB's runway later this month. Alternately, the 388 FW is currently receiving F-16 Block 40 aircraft from Cannon Air Force Base, N.M., raising its total to 89 aircraft. By July, all of Hill AFB's Reserve pilots and crew chiefs will be aligned with one of the active-duty wing's fighter squadrons but will remain administratively assigned to the419.FW. As these remaining Reserve pilots and crew chiefs begin working alongside 388 FW personnel, they will need to be checked out on the wing's Block 40 aircraft. "The transition won't require much additional training for our maintainers/' said Senior Master Sgt. Craig Fowler, 466 AMU section chief. "Many of our crew chiefs have worked on Block 40s already/' he added. Later this year, 419 FW operations and maintenance volunteers will deploy alongside their active duty counterparts. "We are a fully engaged combat fighter wing," said Col. Robert Beletic, 388 FW commander. "We provide the world's best close air support, the world's best air.control, and the world's best test and training range. We are fully engaged in Iraq and here at home. We are teaming with the 419 FW and bringing increased combat capabilities to the fight." TEAM HILL ACHIEVEMENTS Hill AFB wins Red Hat Award for Project Bonfire BY MITCH SHAW 75th Air Base Wing Public Affairs On May 9, Hill Air Force Base took home two prizes at the first annual Red Hat Innovation Awards for outstanding achievement in innovation. Hill AFB won the award for innovation in government and was also chosen as Red Hat's Innovators of the Year. Project Bonfire, as the mission was named, was selected for its use of Red Hat Enterprise Linux computer software to develop a fast, cost-effective, secure and reliable computing system. The system eliminated crashes, simplified its previous HOSC scholarship winners announced BY 1ST LTGENIEVE DAVID^v- ^ 75th Air Base Wing Public Affairs Maj. Gen. Kevin Sullivan, Ogden Air Logistics Center commander, presented $20,000 worth of scholarships to the recent 2007 Hill Officer's Spouses Club Scholarship Program receipients May 1. The high school scholarship recipients for 2007 are Jackie Bodily, Francis Carino, Jenalee Carter, Laura Caton, Jessica. Hansen, Jessica Hinton, Sarah Huggard, Holly Jarvis, Shalane Jones, Amy Kendall, Alisha Kocs, Amy Richardson, Melissa Salmon, Jennifer Swift and Samantha Wetland. The continuing education category winners are Jennifer Adams, Rebecca Briesmaster, Jessica Carrothers, Lindsey Dowdy and Kelsey Jacobson. The spouses of military members category winners are Matthew Ducote, Maria Hawley, Ronda Jones, Beth Schumacher and Keely Webb. complicated operating environment, reduced the load time of the base's largest applications from 12 to three hours and amounted to just two percent of the cost of the previous operating system, saving millions of dollars for Hill AFB. "This is the Bonfire Team's award," said Mike Jolley, Ogden Air Logistics Center information management. "We had a lot of fantastic people who were vital to our success. This award-is just recognition for the great work people are doing for cost reduction, increased security, reliability and availability." According to Linda Field, OOALC, the mission of Project Bonfire was to create a very reliable, consistent and sustainable environment to support customers and maintain affordable costs. "The mission was to create a grid of computing capacity much like the electricity grid used by utility companies/' she said. "The computing power is always on and is directed to the customer that needs the resources. We've been successful in this effort and now have a framework for success in the future." Red Hat Innovation Award Judge Michael Tiemann, said Hill AFB should be proud of its win. "The submissions in each category displayed original, cunning work with Red Hat Solutions that will serve as inspiration to other potential and existing customers/' he said. "Hill AFB deserves to be congratulated for their captivating story of technical achievement." First-Term Airman's Center graduates announced There were 21 Team Hill members who graduated recently here from the First-Term Airman's Center. The First Term Airman's Center is a two-week course designed to transition Airmen from a training environment to a mission-oriented environment. It provides a means of in-processing Airmen, providing them with a foundation of base and training programs, while making them mission ready in a short amount of time. Mandatory briefings for the Airmen include, but are not limited to, off-duty education, Airmen and Family Readi-' ness Center, personal financial management, TRICARE, disaster preparedness, and finance and military personnel. Optional briefings may be legal, domestic violence, suicide prevention, housing, honor guard and services. The recent graduates are: Airman Austin Brown, 75th Communications Squadron AMXS Airman 1st ClassAlicia Marxsen, 388 AMXS Airman 1st Class Alisha Moore, 729th Air Control Squadron Airman 1st Class Thomas Olejniczak, Airman 1st Class Jayson Conger, 75 CS Airman Timothy Doepking, 388th Equipment Maintenance Squadron Airman 1st Class Richard Fulcher, 388th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Airman 1st Class Travis Goll, 388 AMXS Airman 1st Class Paul Hartzog, 75th Civil Engineer Group • Airman 1st Class Kevin Henry, 75th Security Forces Squadron Airman 1st Class Lewis Jacobson, 388EMS Airman 1st Class Shadadrian Johnson, 388 EMS Airman 1st Class Aaron Kerkhoff, 388 - 388 AMXS Airman 1st Class Jerry Reis, 729 ACS Airman 1st Class Erick Rodriguez, 75 SFS Airman Jennifer Rothbauer, 75th Medical Group Airman 1st Class Jeremiah Scharfenberg, 75 SFS Airman 1st Class Mary Schneider, 75 MDG Airman 1st Class Thomas Singleton, 75 SFS Airman 1st Class Bryan Suttun, 388th Component Maintenance Squadron Airman 1st Class Kristi Thompson 75 MDG Mattie Harris Hill Air Force Base Airmen recently promoted The following Airman were promoted to the rank indicated during the month of May. To Airman: Airman Christopher Lorch, 388th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Airman Dennis Yarigin, 388 AMXS To Airman 1st Class: Airman 1st Class Samantha Baumgarten, 388th Maintenance Operations Squadron Airman 1st Class William Butterfield, 729th AirControLSquadron. • -.,.... Airman 1st Class Prashaun Collins, 388th Equipment Maintenance Squadron Airman 1st Class Jed Dauz, 75th Comptroller Squadron Airman 1st Class Christopher Dennis, 388 MOS Airman 1st Class James Fowler, 388 AMXS Airman 1st Class Timathy Goen, 388 AMXS Airman 1st Class Colt Inman, 75 CPTS Airman 1st Class Larry Justice II, 388 EMS Airman 1st Class Brandon Nelson, 388 EMS .'Airman 1st Class William Newman, 649th Munitions Squadron Airman 1st Class Carlos Ramirez, 649th Combat Logistics Support Squadron Airman 1st Class Jennifer Rothbauer, 75th Dental Squadron Airman 1st Class Dezarae Slivers, 75th Aerospace Medical Squadron AMDS Airman 1st Class David Soto, 649 MUNS Airman 1st Class Christopher Srock, 388th Component Maintenance Squadron . Airman 1st Class Nathan Wesley, 388 AMXS To Senior Airman: Senior Airman Christopher Audet, 388 AMXS Senior Airman Andrew Bailey, 388 MOS Senior Airman Stephen Blumberg, 388 EMS Senior Airman Christopher Castro, 388 AMXS Senior Airman Christopher Collins, 388 AMXS Senior Airman Josh Davis, 75th Security Forces Squadron Senior Airman Andrea Gibson, 388 MOS Senior Airman Allen Hightower, 388 EMS Senior Airman Sarah Hutson, 729 ACS Senior Airman Cherita Irby, 75th Logistics Readiness Squadron Senior Airman Gabriel Nascimento, 75 CPTS Senior Airman Cherylanda Perez, 75th Medical Support Squadron Senior Airman Thomas Piper, 388 AMXS Senior Airman Surawat Pookchan, 75 SFS Senior Airman Kyle Quinn, 388 EMS Senior Airman Stephon Ryles, 729 ACS Senior Airman Victoria Schulz, 4th Fighter Squadron Senior Airman Miguel Tejada Jr., 729 ACS Senior Airman Stefanie Torres, 388th Fighter Wing Senior Airman Tracy Turner, 729 ACS • Senior Airman Staso Zinda, 729 ACS To Staff Sergeant: Staff Sgt. Matthew Burke, 388 AMXS Staff Sgt. Shawn Cochrane, 75th Communications Squadron Staff Sgt. Shaun Deegan, 388 CMS Staff Sgt. Robert Duke, 388 EMS Staff Sgt. Davy Ferguson Jr., 388 AMXS Staff Sgt. Robert Groeniger, 388 AMXS Staff Sgt. Angelique Greene, 388 EMS Staff Sgt. Gregory Jeffries, 388 CMS Staff Sgt. Wayne Kahalekomo Jr., 649 MUNS - SEE PROMOTIONS continued on page 11 Spirit Award Two Hill employees were awarded the Mattie Harris Spirit of the American Woman Award, sponsored by the Your Community Connection in Ogden, during a ceremony May 26. Cindy George, 84th Combat Sustainment Group, was awarded the federal government category; and Wendy Myers, 84 CBSG, was awarded the higher education category. The Mattie Harris Spirit of the American Woman award is awarded based on the following • criteria: a person who has had personal barriers to overcome and/or development of creative abilities to achieve success, community involvement/ volunteer services, accomplishments/ awards/recognition, significant self-improvement through education and/or training, serving as a role model for others through encouragement, inspiration and support, leadership and/or other significant qualities. |