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Tinker Air Force Base, Okla May 20-21 Vol. 75, No. 19 Tinker Air Force Base, Okla. Friday, May 12, 2017 INSIDE STAR SPANGLED STARBASE: Supporting STEM in SALUTE AIR SHOW schools with mentoring Page 3 May 20-21 • 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Free entry and parking A blast from Enjoy performances by the Air Force Thunderbirds, Wings of Blue, F-18 the past Hornet, a Vietnam reenactment and more! Static displays and children’s activities will make this a family event not to be missed. Visit http://www.tinker. Page 4 af.mil/Home/Star-Spangled-Salute-Air-Show for more information. Air show volunteers needed Community Anyone interested in volunteering should contact Senior Master Sgt. Aavram College of the Powell at 734-9597 or [email protected]. AF Graduation Page 5 Senate confirms Wilson as AF Secretary Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs WASHINGTON — Heather Wilson will be the next secretary of the Air Force, following her confirmation by the Senate May 8, 2017. Wilson, who is stepping down from her position as the president of the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology to take the post, is expected to be sworn in within a week. Star Spangled “We live in a remarkable country, Salute: protected by innovators and intrepid Airmen enjoying the who take great risks on our behalf,” said Wilson. “I look forward to getting to work, show focusing on readiness, modernization, Page 6-7 development of leaders and research for the future.” Wilson graduated from the U.S. Air Force Academy in the third class to include Tinker Public women. After graduating from USAFA Health Flight’s in 1982, she earned masters and doctoral extensive reach degrees as a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University in England. She served as an Air Air Force photo by Scott M. Ash Page 9 Force officer in Europe during the Cold War Heather Wilson was confirmed as the new Secretary of the Air Force by the Senate May and on the National Security Council Staff 8, 2017. under President George H.W. Bush during Tinker Events the fall of the Berlin Wall, and the collapse aviators, Wilson is an instrument rated Active-duty, Guard, Reserve and civilian Calendar of the Warsaw Pact. She has also worked private pilot. Airmen, as well as managing its $132 as an adviser to several large defense and Wilson becomes the second confirmed billion budget. Page 1b scientific organizations both before and after appointee in the Defense Department and Wilson replaces Lisa Disbrow, who has serving for a decade in the U.S. Congress. will be responsible for organizing, training been Acting Secretary of the Air Force since The daughter and granddaughter of and equipping the U.S. Air Force of 660,000 Jan. 20, 2017. 2 — www.TinkerTakeOff.com — May 12, 2017 Tinker Air Force Base Commentary: GAM-77 “Hound Dog” missile, 1961. The Berlin Airlift, the first great triumph Boeing AGM-28 Howard E. Halvorsen all involved worked to prevent World War III so soon Air Force Sustainment Center Historian after World War II had ended. The question is: how ‘Hound Dog’ missile did this come about? Editor’s note: This is part one of a four-part After WWII, what had been temporary zones of Greg L. Davis story on the history of the Berlin Airlift. occupation to disarm former foes in Asia and Europe 72nd Air Base Wing Public Affairs slowly hardened into permanent borders and sources The AGM-28 “Hound Dog” missile was a massive The Berlin Airlift was the first great triumph by of contention. While Western Europe struggled air-breathing missile designed exclusively for the brand new military service, the United States to rebuild, Eastern Europe came under Soviet domination. As early as 1946, Britain’s wartime carriage under the wings of the B-52 Stratofortress Air Force. It was the opening round of the Cold bomber. Powered by a single Pratt & Whitney J52 War. The brilliance of our leadership, pilots, and See Airlift page 10. turbojet the missiles were carried on specially built pylons with one missile under each wing. Originally designated the GAM-77 for Ground Attack Missile, the “Hound Dog” is reportedly named after the popular Elvis Presley song of the same name. The design was a response by North American to the U.S. Air Force’s request for proposals in 1956 for an air-to-surface missile to give the B-52 extended stand-off capability as the Cold War intensified. The missile proposed by North American had a short developmental life with the first aerial launch from a B-52 in April 1959 and delivery of the first production example to the Strategic Air Command Commander, Gen. Thomas S. Power, on Dec. 21, 1959. Tinker’s role with the “Hound Dog” missile centered on the design, installation and maintenance of the special pylons which attached the missile to the aircraft. The pylons were semi-permanent fixtures and were installed in two work surges at Tinker beginning on Feb. 14, 1960, when, “maintenance personnel began modifying B-52 bombers to transport and launch GAM-77 Hound Dog missiles,” according to Tinker’s history files. A second workload entered the maintenance complex on Aug. 20, 1961. Unlike most weapons pylons which simply hold the weapon Photos courtesy of the Tinker History Office in place, these robust pylons allowed the missiles’ United States Air Force Europe rounded up all of the C-47 Skytrains, affectionately called Gooney Birds, to engine to be started and fueled from the aircrafts’ fly cargo into West Berlin. One of the first to fly over was “Operation Vittles” as West Berliners wait in the internal fuel supply and gave the aircraft augmented rubble for supplies. take-off and in-flight thrust, if so desired. It is safely presumed part of the workload for pylon installation This week in Tinker history involved significant modifications to the fuel system in the B-52’s wings. The missile was operational with 29 B-52 May 17, 1943 - Oklahoma City Air Depot is dedicated. squadrons by August 1963, but was never used Control Area Command becomes the Oklahoma May 15, 2002 - North Atlantic Treaty in combat. It instead served as a potent deterrent City Air Service Command. Organization Airborne Warning and Control weapon based on its W28 4 megaton nuclear warhead May 12, 1945 - Work on the B-29 Eagle Project System aircrews depart Tinker AFB after a seven- and 700-mile range which would keep the B-52 well is completed. month visit to support U.S. homeland defense away from the final target. Operationally, the missile May 18, 1962 - The Tinker Diagonal Highway during Operation NOBLE EAGLE. would be launched at approximately 45,000 feet, climb to a higher altitude approaching 60,000 feet Key events scheduled in 2017: See Hound Dog page 11. Manufacturer: North American May 20-21: Star Spangled Salute Air Show Missile type: AGM-28 Nickname: Hound Dog June 23: Tinker 75th Anniversary Golf Tournament Power plant: single Pratt & Whitney J52 engine Sept. 16: Air Force Ball creating 7,500 pounds of thrust Oct. 13: Capstone Event In-service dates: 1959-1978 Number produced: Approx. 700 Tinker connection: management, maintenance and repair May 12, 2017 — www.TinkerTakeOff.com — 3 Chad Unruh, right, elec- tronics engineer with the 555th Software Mainte- STARBASE nance Squadron, watch- es students from Carl Albert Middle School as Supporting they attempt to make their robotics project work. The seventh and eighth grade students meet twice a STEM in schools week with STARBASE and Tinker mentors to learn about STEM relat- with mentoring ed subjects. Unruh has volunteered with STAR- BASE for four years and Jillian Coleman was recently recognized Staff Writer at State Mentor Day at the Oklahoma State Capitol Mentors from Tinker Air Force Base participated as an outstanding mentor. in a STARBASE 2.0 graduation ceremony with Carl Albert Middle School on April 19. Air Force photo by Kelly White STARBASE 2.0 is a mentoring program emphasizing science, technology, engineering and mathematics education. Targeting sixth, seventh and eighth grade students, STARBASE 2.0 prioritizes schools with high percentages of at-risk students. Aiming to support STEM in schools, the mentoring club meets twice a month at Carl Albert Middle School. “STARBASE’s great success is attributed to our mentors. We are able to have smaller groups because we’ve had such a significant number of mentors. That allows for more one-on-one time between a mentor and mentee. Tinker has always given us awesome mentors, and this year was certainly no exception,” said Trevor Pratt, STARBASE mentor. Carl Albert Middle School has hosted STARBASE 2.0 the last six years and has assumed the flagship role, conducting projects from remote control airplanes to Lego Mindstorms EV3 robots. Longtime STARBASE mentor and STEM advocate Chad Unruh, an electronics engineer with the 555th Software Maintenance Squadron at Tinker, described mentoring comparable to farm work. Save “Part of our jobs as mentors and as educators is to plow a field,” he said. “Water it, and allow us to plant the seeds of ideas for future life.” In working in very technical environments, the engineer said it is important for mentors to plant those seeds and to continue to invest in the growing generations. He your money encouraged his mentees, regardless of the career path they should choose, to learn how to address and approach problems and apply skills learned from STARBASE in future endeavors. According to the Department of Defense program, 21 percent of Oklahoma fourth graders and 34 percent now. of eighth graders do not meet the basic science standards, per the 2015 National Assessment of Education Progress.
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