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Show Welcome to Hill AFB Air Force Golf Championship athletes! Weekly Since 1948 -z U.S. AIR PCitiv*4„, Hill AFB, Utah 824 www.hilltoptimes.com Re-entry Vehicle On top with ICBM refurbishment Hill AFB to host Key Spouse event The 75th Air Base Wing will host a Key Spouse information fair and reception at The Landing today, Sept. 5. Team Hill's Key Spouses, commanders, directors and first sergeants are invited to learn more about agencies and resources available to military families. Several speakers will share their experience and expertise. A welcome reception will begin at 5:30 p.m. with heavy hor d'ouerves served at 6 p.m. The event is free for all Key Spouses courtesy of the Utah Military Family Foundation. Cost is $20 for all other attendees. For more information contact Aidan Morgan at 801775-6757 or Jacob Davidson at 801-777-2324. Guidance Set 0-Propulsion System Rocket Engine Stage Ill Motor Body Section Stage II Motor Air Force Ball honors past, future ALEX R. LLOYD/U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Bruce A. Litchfield, Air Force Sustainment Center commander, will speak at the Air Force 2013 Ball to be held Sept. 20. "Honoring Our Past ... Embracing Our Future," will be the theme of the event to be held in Hangar 37. Mess dress/semiformal is required for military personnel. Formal/black tie or business attire is required for civilians. Social hour is at 6 p.m., dinner at 7 p.m. Contact your first sergeant for tickets or for more information contact Maj. Jason Wiggins at jason.wiggins@hill. af.mil or by phone at 801-7779739. On Thursday, Sept. 12 at Centennial Park, 3 p.m. to 8 p.m., Oktoberfest will be featured. Purchasing tickets in advance will ensure patrons receive a sample glass. Tickets purchased in advance will cost $17, the day of the event $20. Tickets can be purchased at Outdoor Recreation, Tickets & Travel and The Landing. Food will also be available on site for purchase at $5 a plate, and providers will include Taste of India, Noodles & Co., The Landing, Top 3 and Moon Dog Cafe. Microbreweries on site will include Roosters, Bohemian, Wasatch, Uinta, Squatters, New Belgium and Epic Brewery. Body Section ICBM Systems Directorate Director Col. Ryan Britton signs the acceptance of work documents at a ceremony Sept. 4. Also signing are Vice President and Manager, ICBM Prime Integration Contract, Northrop Grumman, Tony Spehar, and Col. Andrew Healy, 309th Missile Maintenance Group commander. By Hilltop Times staff C LEARFIELD — OnSept. 4, the successful completion of the Propulsion System Rocket Engine (PSRE) Life Extension Program (LEP) was celebrated at the Freeport Center, Minutema n Octoberfest, Sept. 12 hilltoptimes@standard.net Vol. 73 No. 36, Sept. 5, 2013 Courtesy photo Adam Peck, 581st Missile Maintenance Squadron, tests an axial engine to make sure the movements are correct during the Life Extension Program on the Propulsion System Rocket Engine. Look inside this week's Hilltop Times for • • • Hill triathletes POW record See page 7 See page 7 with many top representatives from the United States Air Force Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) Systems Directorate, its Integrated Prime Contractor, Northrop Grumman, as well as the 309th Missile Maintenance Group in attendance. The PSRE is an integral part of the Minuteman III ICBM. As the liquidfueled post-boost upper stage of the Minuteman III, the PSRE provides on-demand precise impulse increments to the post-boost vehicle portion of the missile at altitudes above 300,000 feet to provide forward, pitch, yaw and roll control. This program's importance to the Air Force's No. 1 critical priority — ensuring excellence in its nuclear mission — was emphasized in remarks at the celebration, as the LEP refurbished an important component in the nation's defense deterrence. "Nothing got in the way to stop this team," said Col. Ryan Britton, director of the ICBM Systems Directorate. "This weapons system is operating better than at any time in the history of ICBM." "The PSRE program is a great See PSRE I page 5 GOLF SWING MECHANICS ALEX R. LLOYD/U.S. Air Force Mike Malaska, 2011 National PGA Teacher of the Year and former Weber State University golf team athlete, demonstrates that a golf swing is nothing more than a swing and is produced through the movements of the upper body by hitting golf balls while seated in a chair at a clinic held in conjunction with the Commander's Cup at the Hubbard Memorial Golf Course on Sept. 3. Malaska oversees the development, implementation, training and certification of all professional instructors at Jack Nicklaus Golf Academies and Golf Centers. |