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Show Hilltop 8 TIME S HILLTOP TIMES July 25, 2013 U.S. Air Force civilians Lonnie Thomas and Andrew Bakios, 567th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Squadron perform maintenance on one of six fuel tanks on the QF-16 at at the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., July 9. The "Q" designation in the aircraft's name signifies that the aircraft is a drone. F-16s regenerated to drones BY TERESA PITTMAN completed in the building. Anticipating the QF-16 program's requirement for AMARG to regenerate and deliver 210 F-16s on time, the newly painted hangar floors will be marked and tailored for five of the smaller (maximum capacity) jets versus four of the 1960-era Phantoms. AMARG will have the capacity to produce 22 F-16s per year. According to Rob McNichol, the F-16 regeneration program's supervisor assigned to the 576th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Squadron, the hangar's added mezzanine is for the storage of parts that will be removed from the aircraft during maintenance. "The aircraft will undergo an extensive maintenance program to ensure flight safety," McNichol said. "Panels and avionic boxes will be removed, and the additional area off the maintenance floor will allow us to store the parts for quick and easy access." The F-16s destined for 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group D AVIS-MONTHAN AIR FORCE BASE, Ariz. — Less than three months after the last F-4 Phantorn II departed from the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group for drone conversion, maintainers here are already turning the wrenches on Air Combat Command's fourth generation of aerial targets, the F-16 Fighting Falcon. With AMARG's entire F-16 regeneration team gathered to document the event on July 1, Col. Robert Lepper, AMARG commander, took the opportunity to congratulate workers for being ready and prepared to transition so quickly from the F-4 to the F-16. "Each and every one of you is significantly contributing to the future success of our fifth generation fighters," Lepper said. "By preparing and delivering these modern, more agile F-16s, they're providing a more realistic training environment for our war-fighters." The first aircraft officially inducted into the full-scale aerial target regeneration program here is the F-16C, serial No. 85-1455. It is also the first aircraft to occupy space in Hangar 1 since process improvement and timesaving modifications were SENIOR AIRMAN CHRISTINE GRIFFITHS U.S. Air Force the drone program have been in storage from three to 12 years. They will complete all time compliance technical orders required for test flights during maintenance activities. It is slated to take approximately six months, or 180 calendar days, to produce an F-16 for delivery to Cecil Field in Jacksonville, Fla., where Boeing will install the QF-16 drone modification package. Boeing was awarded the QF-16 full-scale aerial target engineering, manufacturing and development contract in 2010 and delivered their first QF-16 to the 53rd Weapons Evaluation Group for test- ing at Tyndall AFB, Fla., in November. The F-16 regeneration program is anticipated to continue at AMARG through fiscal year 2021. eve som Boa 3.740 rates as low as AAC1/4 60 Months • Hill AFB Job Openings Site Internal civilian announcements are posted on the USAJOBS web site. Announcements for bargaining unit positions are posted any week day. The website is www.usajobs.gov . On the home page type "HILL" in the box titled "What". In the box titled "Where" type "UT" and hit the Search Jobs button. 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