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Show Hilltop vol•O• I' IVeeklIT Cill .11 11.1 miliim. Hill AFB, Utah 84056-5824 .040 0""f www.hilltoptimes.com Volunteers sought for Air Show The Team Hill Air Show Committee is seeking volunteers to help with the June 28-29 Warriors Over the Wasatch Air Show. Volunteers are needed to: • Assist with the June 27 rehearsal activities • Work shifts of 7 a.m.-6 p.m., June 28-29 during the air show (some requirements can be broken from full day to half-day blocks) • Do an early morning FOD walk on June 30 after the two-day air show. The volunteer help is needed with everything from security, parking and crowd control to helping with display aircraft and booths to helping at the Hill Aerospace Museum. For more information or to volunteer, contact Senior Master Sgt. Curtis McGehee at 777-4539 or e-mail Curtis. mcgehee@us.af.mil . Tops in Blue, the Air Force's expeditionary entertainment unit, will perform here June 13. The performance is planned at the Davis Conference Center, 1651 N. 700 West, Layton. The event is free and seating is on a first-come, first-served basis. Tickets are not required. Doors will open at 6:15 and the show will be from 7 to 9:30 p.m. Tops In Blue is one of the oldest and most widely traveled entertainment groups of its kind. Composed of 35-40 Air Force personnel selected in a multi-level competition, the group includes vocalists, musicians, dancers and technicians. Their primary purpose is to perform for military personnel and their families through the world. Armed Forces Day concert A free Armed Forces Day will be held 4:30-9:30 p.m., May 17 at the Gallivan Center, 239 S. Main St., Salt Lake City. Music Director Sterling Poulson will conduct for the evening that will honor men and women in the Armed Forces. The concert includes a variety of music, including many patriotic favorites. The evening will end with a spectacular fireworks display as the band plays John Philip Sousa's "Stars and Stripes Forever" Food and support service booths will be available. Band schedule: 4:30 p.m. — Donner Pass 5:30 p.m. — Gary Stoddard and the Usual Suspects 6:30 p.m. — Steel Drum Line from West High School 7:30 p.m. —The Choral Arts Society of Utah and the Utah National Guard 23rd Army Band See KNOW I Page 11 ‘ P Vol. 73 No. 1, May 15, 2014 Air show drill IN THE KNOW Tops In Blue performs June 13 hilltoptimes@standard.net r 1948 ISM Archers enjoying current popularity BY DANA RIMINGTON Hilltop Times correspondent BRIANA SCROGGINS/Standard-Examiner Capt. Jonathan Flores (center) checks on the conditions of "injured" people during a mass casualty training exercise at Hill Air Force Base on Wednesday. 500 prep for unlikely, worst-case scenario By MITCH SHAW Hilltop Times staff H ILL AIR FORCE BASE — Even though the plane crash and the hundreds of injuries that followed were fake, Top of Utah emergency responders moved with the urgency and intensity of a real-world disaster. More than 500 people, which included personnel from nearly 30 local emergency response agencies and students from the Clearfield Job Corps Center, tested their ability to jointly respond to a mass casualty situation at Hill Air Force Base. The exercise was held in preparation for this year's "Warriors Over the Wasatch" open house and air show, scheduled for June 28-29 at Hill. The mock disaster scenario was that of an F-16 jet crashing into a large crowd of people. Shortly after 9 am., chaos ensued, with ambulance sirens blaring, helicopters landing and mock victims screaming and writhing on the flight line cement. Hill Fire Chief Paul Erickson said more than 400 emergency responders participated in the event, along with about 200 Clearfield Job Corps students who played the part of injured victims. Before the event started, participants were briefed on the exercise and told to make it as realistic as possible. "Run, don't walk," was the instruction shouted from leaders of the exercise. Col. Kathryn L. Kolbe, HILL AIR FORCE BASE — Up in the northeast corner of base, somewhat hidden behind a hill overlooking the valley, affectionately referred to as "dirt with a view," is a 3D archery course set on 13 1h acres of land. There is record of the club having been around since the 1950s, but Club President Scott Van Allen has only been involved with the club for the last 15 years, having gotten into the sport because of the challenge. "Archery is my golf. I can go with a group of people to shoot with, but it's still me and my equipment against the course, and I like that," Van Allen said. Archery is becoming more popular, what with the latest insurgence of "The Hunger Games" and Disney's "Brave." "Everybody wants to be a Katniss," Van Allen said. But for the most part, he continued, Utahans are still known for their love of hunting with rifles and shotguns, and even many of the club members are hunters, but Van Allen says the mile and a half course helps condition for the hunting season. The course involves hiking up and down hills, with many long-distance shots, sitting and standing shooting See ARCHERY I Page 5 See SCENARIO I Page 5 Weapons tests provide valuable experience By MITCH SHAW Capt. Mason Locke checks the connections, fuses and settings on a Guided Bomb Unit (GBU-12) before taking off in an F-16 at Hill Air Force Base on Tuesday. Hill Air Force Base is conducting its air-toground Air Force Weapons System Evaluation Program known as "Combat Hammer." Hilltop Times staff HILL AIR FORCE BASE — More jet noise near Hill Force Base and some rumbling echoes coming from Utah's west desert this week can be explained with two words: Combat Hammer. That's the nickname for the the Air Force's "Weapons System Evaluation Program" which has been ongoing at Hill and the Utah Test and Training Range for much of the past two weeks. The program is used by the Air Force to assesses the performance of weapons systems attached to fighter jets like the F-16 and the F-22. The Air Force tests for overall performance of the weapons, reliability, capabilities, and limitations in realistic combat scenarios against representative real-world targets. "To put it simply, we're testing bombs," said Lt. Col. Scott Logan, commander of the 86th Fighter Weapons Squadron. The 86th BRIANA SCROGGINS/Standard-Examiner FWS is based out of Eglin Air Force base in Florida, but also has a detachment of the group stationed at Hill. Airmen from the squadron collect and analyze data from the Combat Hammer exercise, hoping to gain insight on exactly how the precision weapons perform and their suitability for use in combat. Lt. Col. Ian Phillips, who commands the 86th FWS Detach- ment 1 at Hill, said the advantage of Combat Hammer is that it gives the people who actually fly the jets and deploy the weapons system a chance to train with them. "These are the units that would actually go to war with these weapons," Phillips said. "This isn't the test community. We're taking the operational units (who operate the weapSee HAMMER I Page 10 Look inside this week's Hilltop Times for • • • Base Theater Free Movies Saturday, Noon — The Nut Job (PG) Saturday, 3 p.m. — The Legend of Hercules (PG-13) Saturday, 6 p.m. — August: Osage County (R) For review see page 9 Choice of Attitude Garage Sale Sharp Award Leam to be joyful, thankful See page 2 055 Wives Hold fundraiser See page 7 Team Hill honors airman See page 9 |