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Show 4 TIMES HILLTOP TIMES June 21, 2007 history DVD was shown. The presentation included interviews with current and former members, video footage of various "Historically, the 419 FW has proven to missions, and full documentation of the wing's history. The presentation paid tribbe one of the top fighter wings in the Air Force, and the future looks just as bright as ute to wing members who had passed the wing prepares for a partnership with away. the 388th," said Col. Gary Batinich, 419 FW Lt. Gen. John A. Bradley, chief of the Air commander. Force Reserve and commander, Air Force Reserve Command, was the keynote "This historic partnership will undoubtedly result in the best, most capable speaker. General Bradley's remarks focused on the Reserve wing's long list of past acand efficient fighter unit in the world," complishments and the capabilities they he added. bring to the fight. The wing's alumni committee helped "The 419th has proven itself time and organize the weekend full of activities including a golf tournament, evening social, time again," he said. "The 388 FW is gaining some highly experienced, dedicated barbecue, unit tours, an F-16 capabilities people." demonstration by the 388 FW Viper West team, a banquet, and much more. (Senior Airman Daniel Durbin contributed to this article) During the banquet, a special 419 FW VIPER continued from page 1 Viper West Demonstration pilot, Capt. Russ "Spicolli" Piggot, wowed a crowd of current Reservists, alumni and family members during the 419th Fighter Wing Viper Out. Hilltop Times; new process, same great information of four to nine days." The Hilltop Times is about to go "Now more than ever, the (public afthrough the biggest change it has seen fairs) career field needs to leverage techsince it's inception in the 1940s. The July 5 Hilltop Times will look just nology and focus on key audiences, rather than continuing what have become unsuslike previous issues of the paper, but it tainable legacy processes." will be produced entirely (content gathering, layout and design) by Ogden PubWith known pending deployments, the lishing Corporation, the current publisher 75th Air Base Wing commander, 75 PA Ofof the paper. The 75th Air Base Wing Pub- fice and Ogden Publishing Corporation lic Affairs Office will continue to write have concluded that now is the time to stories, but will deliver the information transition the Hilltop Times into the type in ways other than a base newspaper. of publication many other Air Force bases The public affairs career field, just like have had success with. By October, it is esso many other career fields, is beginning timated that SO percent of all Air Force base to realize its 28 percent cut in manpower newspapers will be non-existent in the format they were produced in just a year ago. under Program Budget Directive 720, Some bases have gotten rid of the legacy Under Air Force Smart Operations 21 principles, a 19-member group of public printed copy altogether. affairs officials determined the best way Here, Ogden Publishing Corporation to deal with manpower issues, while still will continue to produce the Hilltop Times providing the customer with quality inunder the same name and with the same formation, was to stop producing base standards the 75 PA Office produces the newspapers. paper under now. If all goes well, the transition will be In a November 2006 letter from Brig. Gen. Michelle Johnson, Air Force Public transparent to the end user, although Affairs director, to all public affairs offices people should notice an improvement in and commanders, she explained how the timeliness and quality of news posted to wider audience (deployed the Hill AFB Web page. The Airmen, Reservists and Airhuge savings in man-hours men on leave) would benefit will allow the public affairs from efforts to produce team to meet deployment remore information in a more quirements while concentrattimely manner. ing thei r efforts on getting information out more quickly "Most importantly," on the Internet. Just as Hill wrote the general about FtagcLr/ AFB led the way with the initransitioning away from today tiative to stop issuing base hard copy newspapers, "it vehicle decals, the base is allows us to re-focus the leading Air Force Material time spent on layout and Command with this newspadesign to more relevant and per transition. timely content. 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