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Show TIMES 3 HILLTOP TIMES AFMC vice commander Falcon Hill wins major plans to retire Nov. 20 recognition with award September 24, 2009 Air Force Materiel Command Public Affairs Report W RIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio — Air Force officials announced Sept. 18 that Lt. Gen. Terry L. Gabreski, Air Force Materiel Command vice commander, will retire from the Air Force effective Nov. 20. Gabreski has served as AFMC vice commander since August 2005. Prior to her assignment at Wright-Patterson AFB, she served as the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center commander at Tinker AFB, Okla. The general's 35-year career includes directing logistics efforts for the air war across the theater in Operation Allied Force, the 1999 air war over Serbia. Throughout her career, she has directed two aircraft maintenance units, served as a squadron maintenance supervisor in three units, commanded three maintenance squadrons and a logistics group, and twice sei*ved as a major air command director of logistics. General Gabreski has also served at the Air Staff, Secretary of the Air Force and Joint Staff levels. The Air Force has not yet named the general's replacement. M MIKE LIBECAP/U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Terry L. Gabreski is the vice commander of Air Force Materiel Command headquartered at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio. Air Force officials announced that Gabreski will retire from the Air Force effective Nov. 20. Sen. Hatch gets highest AFA civilian award T he Ail* Force Association recognized the efforts of Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, in support of the Air Force, by bestowing its highest civilian award to the congressman at a reception held recently in Washington, D.C. The AFA chairman of the board, Joe Sutter, presented Hatch with the W. Stuart Symington Award, saying, "The Air Force Association is proud to recognize outstanding contributions to the nation and to the U.S. Air Force." Hatch released an official statement in connection with the award noting, "Receiving the Symington Award is something I will always treasure. I am doubly honored to share this prestigious honor with another hero of mine, namely President Ronald Reagan. I have a deep respect for and abiding commitment to the mission of the United States Air Force. I commend the men and women who EULcorner BY MITCH SHAW Standard-Examiner Davis Bureau mishaw@standard.net make up the Air Force for the courage, dedication and strength they display on a daily basis. This is especially evident at Hill Air Force Base, among the service members and support staff who carry out •their vitally important duties with pride and profesHatch sionalism." He went on to say, "The sacrifices Air Force members make for all Americans can never be forgotten. That is why I am honored to support this wonderful organization and the superb professionals who call it home." Standard-Examiner staff contributed material to this article. aster heart attack treatment. More lives saved. ajor construction on the Falcon Hill Research Park hasn't even started, but the project already has won an award. Hill Air Force Base's Enhanced Use Lease team was recognized by Gea Norton Schwartz, chief of staff of the Air Force, during a ceremony at the Air Force Association Air and Space Conference and Technology Exposition recently in Washington, D.C. The Hill EUL group was one of five teams selected for the 2009 Chief of Staff Team Excellence Awards. The selection was made from 114 initial submissions. The Falcon Hill project encompasses 550 acres on Hill's west side and is a $1.5 billion public-private venture of the state of Utah, Hill and Woodbury Corporation. The EUL project allows private entities to lease underutilized military land and is expected to attract software, engineering, composite and computer companies. In addition to government office buildings, the land will include nearly 2 million square feet of business space in the first phase. Darrin Wray, chief of the EUL office at Hill, said the deal allows the Air Force to make $450 million for the 550 acres, which is valued at $10 million. "Up until now, the Air Force would appraise the land and then trade it value for value," Watch for construction updates in a cover feature called "EUL Corner." Wray said, "so if the land was worth $10 million, that's what the Air Force would get for it. But now we're kind of changing the way things are done." Mark Holt, Falcon Hill project engineer, said he's been in contact with Eglin Air Force Base in Florida, Kirkland Air Force Base in New Mexico and Robins Air Force Base in Georgia, and all have expressed interest in following Hill's lead with the Falcon Hill project. "There are a lot of other folks out there looking to replicate what we've done," he said. "It's opening the doors in the Air Force to do things in a whole new way." Improvements made by all of the award nominees may save the Air Force as much as $1.5 billion, officials said. The first major construction for the Falcon Hill development begins early next month. Crews will move the security fence at Hill's West Gate to the east, begin construction on two new buildings and reconfigure 650 North. The first two buildings to go up include a gate house and a building to house Hill's Intercontinental Ballistic Missile group. The building will be owned and operated by Northrop Grumman Corp. and leased to the Air Force. . ;' .V *^'.:;'',-1!^ - We treat heart attack patients significantly faster, on average, than any other Utah healthcare organization. Which means we save lives that otherwise wouldn't ^^•X/rf\ Intermountain "•* Heart & Vascular Services, be saved. 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