Show t S i I J dr l c I Helicopter Training ScHool To Open At Hill r An Air Force Helicopter Combat Crew Training school will be operational at Hill about July 1 with some 1400 military personnel and civilian workers permanently permanently permanently perman perman- assigned to it THE NEW unit will add about 14 million a year to Hills Hill's nearly million annual payroll officials said Individual schools at Sheppard Shep- Shep heppard pard Texas Shaw S. S C. C and Eglin Florida Florida Florida Flor Flor- ida are being consolidated into the new unit OFFICIALS said that the school will be a tenant on Hill and will be under command jurisdiction of the theAir theAir theAir Air Rescue and Recovery Airlift Airlift Air Ail Services of the Military lift Command Types of training to be given by the school includes advanced helicopter qualification qualification qualification cation C HC Hercules aircraft and recovery recovery recovery re re- re- re covery techniques aircraft fire fighting aerial refueling refueling refueling refuel refuel- ing of helicopters gunnery testing of new techniques and equipment paramedic training and flight simulator instruction SIXTY SIXTY eight eight helicopters a and d six wine Fixed HC air air- craft will be attached to the school Some 1200 pilots and aircrew aircrew aircrew air air- crew members per year will willbe willbe willbe be graduated from the various classes in the school There will be an enrollment of some military personnel at one time A THE AIR Force acting on Congressional recommendations has consolidated its helicopter combat training to provide advanced school at atless atless atless less cost Hill was selected by bythe bythe bythe the Air Force as the best location for the school after extensive surveys of several JW cm other locations throughout the US U.S. MAJOR considerations in selecting Hill were climate climate climate cli cli- mate available airspace topography available facilities facilities facilities facil facil- and cost More than 1 million for new construction and modification modification modification cation of facilities 21 i. I 11 iI AlY have been earmarked for the school HILL bombing and gunnery range on the desert desert- west of Great Salt Lake willbe will willbe willbe be utilized for some of the training officials said Various versions of four basic helicopters as well as the huge four HC HC- Hercules will be used by the school The largest number of helicopters will be beof beof beof of the UH 1 Iroquois type built b by y Bell Aircraft Others are the H 3 Jolly Jolt y Preen Giant Gant the 53 HH Super Jolly and ande the e Kamen HH IH Huskie M cV 0 AW |