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Show Hilltop Li— MOW ¥ Hill AFB, Utah 84056-5824 www.hilltoptimes.com hilltoptimes@standard.net Vol. 72 No. 17, April 26, 2012 COMACC AT HILL kaira"6, NE-ElY 2932 Gen. Mike Hostage, commander of Air Combat Command, addresses approximately 500 Airmen during an "all call" at Hill Air Force Base on April 20. The trip included updates on the base's missions. Hill also hosted ACC's commander's group, providing 20 civic leaders from across the nation with an opportunity to see how the installation enables the Air Force's combat capability. For more see page 3. HILDPAFB OPEN HOUSE For more on the air show and open house visit http:// www.hill.af.mil/warriorsoverthewasatch/i ndex.asp 649th MUNS depot inventory under way The 649th MUNS will be conducting a 100 percent inventory of the depot (FV2172) stockpile through April 30. During the inventory, the only transactions that will be supported are emergency requests approved in writing by the group commander or equivalent. Please direct any questions to Staff Sgt. Ian Smith at 801-7775444, Staff Sgt. Jason Downing at 801-586-8498 or Master Sgt. Mark Hanson at 801-777-6574. ALEX R. LLOYD/U.S. Air Force NEW PARK ADDITION U.S. ambassador speaks at Holocaust Memorial BY KRISTA STARKER Hilltop Times correspondent O n Thursday, April 18, the Hill Air Force Base Chapel was the site for a ceremony for Holocaust Remembrance Day. Speaker at the Price event was former U.S. ambassador to Mauritius and the Seychelles, John Price, whose family fled Nazi Drug take-back at Hill BX, Commissary On April 28 in conjunction with Davis County, the 75th Medical Support Squadron is conducting its third annual Medical Take Back Event at the Base Exchange and Commissary. From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., unused pharmaceuticals and prescription medications can be brought to those locations in order to facilitate their safe disposal. It's helpful, but not necessary, that medications are in their original containers. All medications are destroyed through incineration. There are permanent disposal bins available throughout the Wasatch Front. Call the DEQ Hotline at 1-800-458-0145 or visit www.useonlyasdirected.org . Prescription drugs may also be dropped off at the following Smith's stores: 2399 S. Main St., Bountiful; 555 S. 200 West, Bountiful; 1316 N. Highway 89, Farmington; 2353 N. Main St., Sunset; 1170 E. Gentile, Layton; and 951 W. 1700 South, Syracuse. See PRICE I page 4 One year anniversary of special significance for Air Force, April 27 BY MARY Base Theater Free Movies Saturday, noon — "Muppets" (G) Saturday, 3 p.m. — "Man on a Ledge" (PG-13) Saturday, 6 p.m. — "The Grey" (R) GORNY Hilltop Times editor A - thm lanai Airman In law ..d ataxy, at km Hall ale Fate Hatt ark ...de .be mamma unifIct maned I. thathai Tla7 Ism" mammal amain alitIr mum. naaamnsmar II a mar ..dying ratite& reanindth that rnalaal o . myna Lai Amain will Kam faro Halt altrfleta Excavation work April 30-May 4 Excavation work will begin on 4th Street near Buildings 100 and 230 for the installation of steam vaults and steam piping on April 30, between 7 a.m. and 4 p.m. The road will be metal plated in the evening hours. The closure will start on April 30 and continue through May 4. Any questions or comments please contact Randy Johns at 801-430-5775 or 801-7777196. Vehicular traffic will still be accessible during the daytime hours for Buildings 180 and 230 through the entrance south of 4th Sreet. Proper signage will be in place while construction is in progress. Lou TODD CROMAR/U.S. Air Force The 388th Fighter Wing, 419th Fighter Wing, 75th Air Base Wing and 309th Maintenance Wing converged efforts to place an F-16 Fighting Falcon static display at the Hill Memorial Park on April 23. For more on the static display see page 5. t 10:17, April 27, 2011, nine Americans gave the ultimate sacrifice to help preserve America's freedom. Eight U.S. Airmen and one U.S. retired Army lieutenant colonel, working as an Air Force contractor, were shot by an Afghan colonel in Kabul, Afghanistan, the greatest loss of Air Force lives in one incident since the Khobar Towers in Saudi Arabia on June 25, 1996. May 1, the early morning capture and shooting of Osama bin Laden in Pakistan at 1 a.m., May 2 (Pakistan time) changed headlines and news cycle coverage. For the families of the Airmen and those who served with the fallen Airmen in Kabul, the celebrations around most of the See YEAR I page 6 Look inside this week's Hilltop Times for • • Kids deployment experience Family perspective as children visit base event See page 9 Pioneer in Blue Pentagon honors Riverdale Air Force veteran See page 7 Team Hill Check out who got promoted See page 7 |