European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 3, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                May 1985 the stars and stripes Page 9 suggestions very rewarding for no by Dick Hodgson Kaiserslautern Bureau chief Ramstein Germany Mas ter William Steele figures he earns about per hour when Hes Sug Gesting ways for the air Force to save this he his earnings from air Force suggestion awards could surpass his that what it works out he 1 spent about 15 minutes writing a suggestion to delete a technical order that we didst really and i got paid for Steele suggested eliminating More than pages of technical data relat ing to radar systems on f4 Sav ing the air Force he is the no in charge of the 86th component repair Sis weapons control system shop at the radar systems on the e and g models Are virtually he but somebody in the maintenance depot at Hill wanted to have separate tech orders for the i asked and they told me no one had Ever suggested changing it i he said since the systems Are so Simi every time a modification to the sys tem is made about once every 45 Days two sets of changes had to be printed and distributed to aircraft maintenance shops around the Mcdonnell Douglas was getting about per Page or a total of for making those he now they get the 12year air Force Veteran says he began submitting suggestions in 1975 and never had one accepted until about three years he says another Sugges which the air Force has could bring him Between and later this Mcdonnell Douglas proposed to make a modification to the radar system controlling the f4s aim7 missile for a Cost of about million air Force he their idea was to pull the engines from the aircraft and make several technical changes that would eliminate a pseudo frequency used to tune the missile when it is on Steele said that the proposed change was valid since the frequency used when the missile is armed can also be used when it is not a Friend of mine and i discussed the proposal at a conference and decided there was a simpler Way to do basically it involves switching one wire and the engine really Doest have to come off the so instead of sending All 650 f4s in the inventory to maintenance depots and having them out of commission for a week or 10 we can do it inhouse in about three our Way costs about per we figure we saved the air Force about Steele says he has another which is pending that the air Force allow users to voice their opinions on proposed modifications to systems be fore the changes Are actually All the decisions on these modifications Are made up in the stratosphere he we need to have the maintenance who have the who have worked with the systems make their inputs before final decisions arc like the pair of pliers that arc get Ting All the attention in the papers right now All they arc arc a modified set of Duck billed he there Are valid overhead but to charge the government or for a pair of pliers that probably took them two or three hours to modify is totally out of we have made modifications to diem right the pliers Cost about in the local Purchase tool once you decide what you need them to its just a matter of taking them Down to the machine shop and having them ground off to fit where you want maintenance people will naturally try to do things the easiest and most reliable Way so they dont have to go Back and do the Job Over if you give them the Opportunity to heres this pin we need to change and we want to do it How do we do  figure out a Mac flights the following information on military Airlift come commercial contract flights arriving and leaving Rhei main Ger Between May 6 and May is provided for customer All times Are local and the schedule is subject to american military passengers May Fly to and from the United states with a valid identification card and proper leave or travel american citizen passengers who Are not in the military need a valid but children listed on a parents passport do not need a separate no american passengers need a passport and 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sorties flown in and out of the despite creating an overcrowded Airfield and extra work for airmen from both serv military commanders from both bases say the temporary which began april is running at least As smoothly As the Royal air Force is scheduled to return to its base in the americans Are returning the since the Alconbury of uses and urls have used the Wyton Airfield while work was done on their Larry commander of the reconnaissance said the neigh Borly exchanges Between the two bases have not Only saved a lot of time and of but also an incalculable amount of without the Foley said the two units would have to undertake major movements to More Distant and pos Sibly less acceptable Wyton and Alconbury Are Only about three Miles Only Wyton air operation has moved to Foley Raf airmen Are working alongside their american counterparts Here in places like the fire depart air traffic control stations and some support Foley said the Only real expense is the extra fuel used by the British 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