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Show Coordinating The Skies With 300 daily touchdowns, controllers must control the skies Maj. Coombs says that a busy day might involve more than 300 touchdowns or take offs, and added that a recent day saw 354 operations. One individual who is greatly involved and affected by this activity is Master Sgt. Jim Hill of the 1881 Communications Tower Tow-er Squadron, who supervises the landing tower at the field. His responsibility re-sponsibility "is an area from ground level to 3000 feet above, and the five statute mile area around the field." DURING 1984, the airfield had 151,799 operations, including contacts con-tacts with aircraft headed for other airfields. And the close proximity of Ogden's municipal airport presents pre-sents Hill Field with a rare problem f,-.r- o militsirv hasp "It is rather unique to have another airport that close, but we aren't the only base in that situation. situa-tion. The Air Force generally avoids these types of proximities," a base spokesman stated. SGT. HILL has 38 controllers assigned to the tower, which operates oper-ates 24 hours a day and can serve as an emergency runway for any type of aircraft. There are a number of positions in the tower, each position posi-tion carrying its own responsibility. responsi-bility. "Our ground control position covers anything on the ground, whether it be aircraft taxiing or vehicles. The flight data position is our secretary of air traffic control, and keeps in close contact with Ogden and Salt Lake International," Internation-al," he said. Air traffic control IA2 Length: 13,500 feet long, with emergency landing cables. Activity: 151,799 landings ?: , and takeoffs in ,' .. ' 1984. :'r''- t i .. Control tower: S a. V Nine stories high, (" 4? - with a staff of 38 , .' controllers. . 11 Average day: v ' More than 200 ' takeoffs and landing. Lights: Over 600 lights, Types of aircraft: military, civilian freight transports, RON BOSWEU. clipper |