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Show Hilltop TIMES Weekly Since 1948 AFB, Utah 84056-5824 www.hilltoptimes.com hilltoptimes@standard.net Vol. 67 No. 40,:October:^g Museum 'hidden treasure' IN THE KNOW 'Challenge the Hill' The "Challenge the Hill 360 Degrees of Fun" bike ride is set for an 8 a.m. kickoff on Oct. 13. Twoperson teams can choose from a five-lap 60-mile ride, three-lap 36 miles, or one lap of 12 miles. It's a combination adventure race, scavenger hunt and bike ride. Challenges during each lap include a batting cage, disc golf, climbing wall, obstacle course, jousting and other "hilarious" challenges. Registration ends Oct. 9 and can be completed on the Web at www.bike2bike. org or by mail to 689 W. 3800 South, Bountiful, UT 84010. For more information, call 677O134. Volunteers are also needed. Call Mike or Karen at 777-2762. BY TOM BUSSELBERG Standard-Examiner staff tbusselberg@standard.net M Anniversaries noted CLEARFIELD — Two anniversaries will be celebrated in ceremonies at Northrop Grumman on Friday: the ICBM program's 50th and the ICBM Prime Team's 10th year. Northrop Grumman is celebrating its 10th year as the prime integrating contractor for the nation's land-based Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) strategic deterrent force with a ceremony at 10 a.m. at its ICBM Prime Integration contract office, 888 S. 2000 East in Clearfield. U.S. Rep. Rob Bishop, R-Utah, will be among those expected to attend. Other dignitaries include: Major Gen. Thomas F. Deppe. vice commander, U.S. Air Force Space Command, Brig. Gen. Kathleen D. Close, commander, Ogden Air Logistics Center, Hill Air Force Base; Frank Moore, vice president and general manager, Northrop Grumman Mission Systems sector; and John Clay, vice president and general manager, Northrop Grumman's ICBM Prime Integration Contract in Utah. The firm will also commemorate the 50th year since the Air Force demonstrated the nation's strategic deterrent capability through the first successful test launch of an ATLAS ICBM. Commander's call Maj. Gen. Kathie Close will be conducting the Fall Ogden Air Logistics Center Commander's Call Oct. 10 at 7 and 9 a.m. and 1 and 3:30 p.m. at the base theater. An interpreter for the hearing-impaired will be available during the 9 a.m. session. The commander's call is mandatory for all OO-ALC military members/GS-12s and above. However, everyone is highly encouraged to attend. MATTHEW HATFIELD/Standard-Examiner Hili Air Force Base firefighters simulate a rescue of Stephanie Herr prior to the start of Fire Prevention Week on Oct. 8-12. Firefighters wil! visit a nearby school and present a variety of demonstrations to children as part of their safety efforts. Fire prevention week oractice, practice ractice BY TOM BUSSELBERG Standard-Examiner staff tbusselberg@standard .net Y outh are the future, and that's a big part of the audience targeted for Hill Air Force Base Fire Prevention Week's educational effort. The Oct. 8-12 week kicks off with a 9 a.m. Tuesday presentation at Hill Field Elementary School with fire department robot Sparky doing the honors of announcing the Firefighter for a Day essay winners. There will also be a smoke house demonstration. Wednesday two presentations are planned, also with youth in mind: 10 a.m. at the Youth Center and 2 p.m. at the Child Development Center. Thursday, Oct. 11, a Firefighter for a Day program will honor those essay winners who will spend the day with HAFB firefighters. They'll receive a certificate and T-shirt, get a truck checkout, tool demonstration and station tour. There will also be an aircraft and structural firefighting demonstration and See FIRE PREVENTION I page 6 issiles and an old church are likely to catch the attention of motorists traveling northbound on 1-15. And while there's an information sign indicating the HAFB Aerospace Museum, next exit, many people, both on and off base, probably have never set foot in the facility. "We had 165,000 visitors last year, which was an 8 percent increase over 2005, and we're shooting for 180,000 this year," said Museum Director Scott Wirz. "Our visitors log indicates people have visited from Australia, Vietnam — to right here in Roy." It's no small fry, when it comes to museums, though, he pointed out. "We're the second-largest field museum in the (Air Force) system, house 80 aircraft and missiles, and we're always adding to that," he said, along with myriad related and independent exhibits. Those exhibits range from a layout reminiscent of the long-time popular TV show "MASH," about a mobile hospital unit in Korea, to another exhibit detailing the support hundreds of thousands of women gave to the nation's defense effort during World War II. There are videos providing short vignettes to accompany some of those exhibits, as well. That said, the cavernous facility is staffed by only five federal employees. See MUSEUM I page 7 Hill airman among 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year BY MASTER SGT. MITCH GETTLE U.S. Air Force W ASHINGTON — One of Hill's own airman was named one of the Air Force's top 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year during the Air Force Association's Air & Space Conference and Technology Exposition. Staff Sgt. Matthew J. Hefti, 775th Civil Engineer Squardon's Explosive Ordnance Disposal flight, received the honor during the annual 12 Outstanding Airman of the Year gala. Each year, the AFA honors 12 airmen at its annual conven- tion in Washington, D.C. Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force Rodney J. McKinley presented the awards. He said that each airman is an outstanding role model for the nation. "These 12 outstanding airmen will continue to be great Air Force ambassadors around the world," he said. "And, I'd like to say that I am extremely proud to serve with each and every one of you." Air Force Vice Chief of Staff General Duncan J. McNabb, the event's keynote speaker, evoked the Airmen's Creed when describing these 12 airmen. StaffSgt Matthew J. Hefti, an explosive ordnance disposal airman from Hill Air Force Base, has been selected one of the 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year. U.S. Air Force While deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Hefti successfully removed 74 impro- vised explosive devices, enabling 256 convoy missions and See AWARD I page 5 Look inside this week's Hilltop Times for... Base Theater Free Movies Friday, 7 p.m., and Saturday, noon "Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer" (PG) Saturday, 2 p.m., 7 p.m., -"Shrek the Third" (PG) For reviews see page 9 o Perspectives Pet stop Advancements Artist uses talents to help remember the fallen HAFB has an animalfriendly tenant See who's promoted, finished training See page 9 See page 5 See pages 10,12 o o ••o• |