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Show Hilltop U.S. AIR IFOkkft' ¥ Hill AFB, Utah 84056 - 5824 M S Weekly Since 1948 www.hilltoptimes.com hilltoptimes@standard.net Vol. 73 No. 1, January 15, 2015 -11101.1 DOD releases breakdown of Ebola response Federal Woman's Lunch & Learn Participate in the Hill AFB Federal Woman's Program Lunch & Learn from 11 a.m. to noon today (Jan. 15) at the Hill AFB Chapel. Discussion will include tips and behavior modifications to stay rational when dealing with difficult people in the workplace. Linda Larsen, Hill AFB leadership trainer, will be the guest speaker. Lunch will be provided for a $5 donation. Register at https://cs.eis.afmc. af.mil/sites/1149/Hill/FVVP/Lists/ Jan%2OLL%20Reservation/ Allltems.aspx. For more information, contact Jana Sheehan at 801777-4059 or jana.sheehan@ us.af.mil . Wardleigh Road Construction There will be a one lane road closure on Wardleigh Rd. near Bldg. 50 Jan. 14-19 The closure will occur from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. daily to allow flow of traffic during peak hours. The closure is necessary to connect the new water line on Canberra for utility upgrades at that location. For more information, call 75th Civil Engineer Squadron customer service at 801-777-1856. By CLAUDETTE ROULO DoD News, Defense Media Activity W ASHINGTON, The Defense Department last week released a breakdown of the numbers of DoD personnel involved in the battle to stop the spread of Ebola. The efforts, led by the U.S. Agency for International Development, involve 2,367 DoD per- sonnel, said Pentagon spokesman Army Col. Steve Warren. Most of those personnel — 2,174 — are based in Monrovia, Liberia's capital city. The remaining 193 personnel are Marine Corps members and port operations personnel operating in Dakar, Senegal. U.S. military personnel are not involved in treating patients with Ebola, defense officials have said. Their role in the fight is to provide logistical support and training for health care workers, to test medical samples and to construct Ebola treatment units. Since training began Oct. 27, the 40-person Army and Air Force team has trained 1,539 health care workers. Personnel breakdown by area: • Liberia: Army - 1,829, Air Force - 48, Navy - 31, Marine Corps - 1, contractors - 166, civilians - 23 • Senegal: Army - 86, Air Force - 90, contractors - 13, civilians - 4. Medical Treatment Facilities The department's efforts in Liberia also include a 25-bed hospital in Monrovia and 10 Ebola treatment units located throughout the country. Construction of all but 75th Anniversary of Hill Air Force Base Museum announces January speakers LAYTON — The Hill Aerospace Museum at Hill AFB will host a series of featured speakers related to the base's history in January. They are part of the museum's Plane Talk series. Scheduled for January are: Jan. 17—Col. Charles Thomas Vono, KC-135 refueling aircraft and Minuteman ICBM Jan. 24—Richard Collings, Band of Brothers Tour Jan. 31—Jim Malrock, Load Master for numerous aircraft Looking ahead, on Feb. 14, Jon S. Beesley an F-117 test pilot, will speak. Plane Talk began at the museum more than 20 years ago. The speaker series has featured hundreds of notable military personnel, including former Utah Sen. Jake Garn and former Vietnam prisoner of war Col. Jay Hess. Veterans 4 Veterans Comedy Showcase A comedy showcase will be held at The Landing with an outstanding comedic line up on Jan. 24. Show starts at 8 p.m. Doors open by 6 p.m., so come early to secure your seat. Must be 18 to attend as the show will contain adult humor. See KNOW I Page 11 Housing privatization benefits Air Force, Airmen at Hill 75th Air Base Wing Public Affairs Team Hill is invited to a Weber State women's basketball Military Appreciation Game at 7 p.m. Jan 15 at the WSU Dee Events Center in Ogden. The Wildcats will face Northern Arizona. Four free tickets can be picked up at the event center box office with a valid government ID. Game vouchers can also be picked up at Public Affairs in Bldg. 1102, Rm. 115. For more ticket information, call 801-626-8500. Join Outdoor Recreation for a fun filled Snowbasin ski day. All day ski pass, rental, and transportation for single Airmen is $5 on Jan. 16 from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. If the trip is not filled by Single Airmen it will be opened to all other authorized users. Cost is $60 for a lift ticket, and $5 for transportation. Rental packages start at $15 at Outdoor Recreation (boots, skis, & poles). For more information, call 801-777-9666. See EBOLA I Page 8 By MICAH GARBARINO Free WSU Women's Basketball Game Single Airman Ski Day two of the Ebola treatment units is now complete, Warren said. Initially, the treatment units were all intended to have capacities of 100 patients each, but as conditions on the ground changed, the final seven units were built to hold 50 patients each. Since opening on Nov. 7, the hospital — known as Monrovian An image of the Ogden Air Depot at Hill Field in Nov. 1940 looking northeast. Depot construction is visible at right and the Weber Canyon is visible at top right. Northern Utah's aviation dream By AARON CLARK Hill AFB Historian T he year 2015 marks a very special one for Hill Air Force Base. It's the 75th anniversary of the installation. Three-quarters of a century has passed since Hill AFB began as a lowly airfield known as Hill Field in 1940 to support American military efforts in World War II. As we commemorate Hill AFB's birthday, it's important to focus not just on the groundbreaking event itself, but what occurred before it. Well before the shovel hit the ground, we can find the legacy of this base and, more importantly, its namesake. Before there were thousands of workers — military and civilian — streaming through the base's gates to support our nation's defense and before there were jets constantly roaring over the Wasatch Mountains and western Utah desert, there was a dream to bring a robust aviation community to the Ogden area. Promotion of flight in Ogden began roughly 12 years prior to the existence of what we now know as Hill AFB. Civic leaders and aviation promoters in Ogden worked to attract the budding airmail business since dedicating Ogden's original airport on June 30, 1928. By this time, Salt Lake City was already part of this intriguing aeronautic business, as its airport became the scheduled stop between Rock Springs, Wyoming, and Elko, Nevada, on the first transcontinental airmail route. Despite the efforts of Ogden's community leaders and aviation admirers, they had little success. Throughout the next decade, Ogden started to shift with the Army Air Corps assumption of nearly half of America's airmail routes in 1934. It was during this year that President Franklin D. Roosevelt annulled all government HILL AIR FORCE BASE — With ever-shrinking budgets, housing privatization programs ensure that on-base housing is modern, maintained and available to Airmen. Hill Air Force Base currently has 1,084 privatized housing units. Of these, 536 are new homes, built since the privatization agreement in 2005. The majority of the other homes have been completely or partially remodeled. The base boasts a 96 percent occupancy rate in housing, which helps ensure the project's viability. "Our occupancy rate exceeds the Air Force standard and means the project manager (Boyer Hill) is able to put more money into the reinvestment fund for our community," said Lareen Parkinson, 75th Civil Engineer Group Housing Management Flight chief. "Overall, the project here has been a great success." The reinvestment fund is used to construct new homes and renovate existing homes, something that would be next to impossible for the Air Force to do on its own in the current fiscal environment. More home construction is planned at Hill in the coming years. More money also means more amenities and activities for base residents, including an interactive park, splash pads, playgrounds, community walkways connecting to trails, picnics, festivals and community events, all paid for by the privatized housing project. No program is perfect, and See ANNIVERSARY I Page 5 Look inside this week's Hilltop Times for • • • dill's Energy Champ WWII Bomber Pilot New Year New You Enviromenta! stewardship 20 years and 64 combat missions Classes for a healthier you See page 4 See page 7 See page 9 See HOUSING I Page 8 |