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Show Hilltop 4 * IMES Weekly Since 1948 ¥ Hill AFB, Utah 84056-5824 Next phase in Hill base access IDs www.hilltoptimes.com hilltoptimes@standard.net Vol. 72 No. 49, Dec. 6, 2012 1111 A street named Solesbee Hilltop Times staff W 75th Security Forces Squadron T he 75th Air Base Wing has established Jan. 1 as the final date in which the Individual Video Imaging System (IVIS) contractor badge, the IVIS Long Term Visitor's badge, the IVIS DV badge and the AFMC Form 354 (blue in color) civilian dependent ID or retired civilian ID will be accepted for entry to the base. Individuals who are currently using these forms of ID will be notified by the sentry at the installation gate of the need to get replacement ID. Then after Jan. 1, the sentry will punch a hole in the upper right corner of the ID and allow the individual to proceed onto the base. The individual is granted the onetime entry to obtain the necessary paperwork to acquire the appropriate See IDS I page 6 Tree lighting ceremony Dec. 6 On Thursday, Dec. 6. base leadership, joined by the jolly fellow from the north and the Budweiser Clydesdales, will flip the switch, lighting the holiday tree. The event kicks off at 4 p.m. at the BX where the full hitch of Clydesdales will be on display. At 5:05 the team, with its Airmen escort, will parade to the tree lighting followed by Santa in the fire truck. The new holiday tree is located at Arts & Crafts/Auto Hobby, Building 534, 7288 Balmer St. Parking is available at Centennial Park and the medical clinic. There will be refreshments, crafts and music, from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Families will also have a chance to get their picture taken with the Clydesdales. At approximately 5:45 the tree lights will be switched on for the rest of the holiday season. Any questions call 801-7752084. Above, family members of Tech. Sgt. Kristoffer Solesbee, a Hill AFB EOD technician, accept plaques in his honor as 12th Street is renamed to Solesbee Street on Dec. 4. The plaques are similar to the Solesbee Street sign. Solesbee lost his life in Afghanistan in May 2011. JUSTYN FREEMAN U.S. Air Force TODD CROMAR/U.S. Air Force Above, Maj. Gen. Timothy A. Byers, Air Force Civil Engineer, Air Force Headquarters, Washington, D.C., addresses those assembled at the renaming of 12th Street to Solesbee Street on Dec. 4 11111111111EL' 348th Recruiting Squadron reactivated BY MARY Christmas Cantata Hill AFB Unity Chapel Choir will present a Christmas Cantata on Sunday, Dec. 16, 7 p.m., at the chapel. Base Theater Free Movies Saturday, noon 4 "Ice Age: Continental Drift" (PG) Saturday, 3 p.m. 4 "Hope Springs" (PG-13) Saturday, 6 p.m. 4 "Trouble with the Curve" (PG-13) Lou CORNY Hilltop Times editor T Santa at museum The Hill Aerospace Museum will be featuring "Santa Claus" and his Elf on Saturday, Dec. 15, 10 a.m. to noon. Santa will be taking requests from kids and handing them edible treats and a museum pin. Santa will be located inside the museum near one of the airplanes. Please see the receptionist at the front desk for location. Remember to bring your cameras so you can take some memorable pictures. hen Hill AFB lost one of its members in May 2011, people who knew him felt a need to cornmemorate his bravery and sacrifice with a permanent memorial. Thus, Tech. Sgt. Kristoffer Solesbee now has a street named after him. He had had been stationed at Hill before his final deployment to Afghanistan as an Explosive Ordnance Disposal technician. At the unveiling of the new road sign with his surname, Solesbee, Maj. Gen. Timothy A. Byers, Air Force Civil Engineer, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, paid tribute to the young EOD technician in the presence of his parents, Larry Solesbee and Sandra Parker, and his wife, Lilia, as a gentle rain fell on the assembled crowd of Airmen, news representatives and family. "With this sign, we give him a permanent mark on Hill Air Force Base, so that he will always be a part of it," Byers said. The general also paid tribute to Solesbee's family, who had traveled from across the country to attend the event. Solebee, who was 32 years old when he was killed in Afghanistan, was born in Italy and spent most of his childhood in Citrus Heights, Calif. He joined the Air Force in 1999, became an EOD technician, and served all over the world, meeting his wife, Lilia (who is originally from Kyrgyzstan), when he was stationed in Korea. He became part of 775th Civil Engineer Squadron's EOD Flight and was stationed at Hill AFB. Having been deployed twice for Operation Iraqi Freedom, he was deployed again for Operation Enduring Freedom in the Shorabak district of Kandahar Province in Afghanistan, where he was killed when his unit was attacked. Although Solesbee was buried at the prestigious Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia, Hill AFB officials felt the need to have a memorial to him nearby. The street named for him is at the southern end of Hill AFB, near the chapel and camping grounds, and was formerly known as 12th Street. JACLYN WOLD/U.S. Air Force Col. Frederick Williams (left), 372nd Recruiting Group commander, stands with Lt. Col. Jonathan Lowe, 348th Recruiting Squadron commander, at a reactivation ceremony Nov. 15 at the Hill Aerospace Museum. Master Sgt. Anthony Beasley, 372nd RCS stands behind them. he 348th Recruiting Squadron was reactivated Nov. 15 at the Hill Aerospace Museum as a professional health care recruiting squadron. Lt. Col. Jonathan Lowe accepted command in a response to Col. Frederick Williams, 372nd Recruiting Group commander, who was officiating at the ceremony. The 348th guidon was unfurled by the 348th RCS first sergeant, Master Sgt. Anthony Beasley, and then Williams took the guidon and handed it to Lowe, officially reactivating the squadron. The captain thanked everyone for attending, especially the group commander, and said he preferred to See 348TH I page 6 Look inside this week's Hilltop Times for • • • Enjoying each other CSAF orders survey Mission to Mars AEF Retreat strengthens relAonships Environment of professionalism crucial STEM efforts teach kids fun concepts See page 7 See page 3 See page 5 |