European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 16, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday. October 16, 19b6 the stars and stripes Page 3 maintenance chs in Vlahn a Fie Many now Wink in a Lefur Hislip d f-16 Euini Shup thank in s Creek Iii Nunin program. Hahn Squadron pitches in to fix maintenance Complex by Albright hit Burk Bureau Hahn a Germany for he past year aircraft of the Sot i tac fighter Wing have been survived As . While overhead underfoot and sometimes in the same room 35 building improvement projects have proceeded. What began As Safe s plan to in provi1 working conditions for its maintenance crew., called Creek maintain has turned into a 50,000-hour self help construction project at Hahn a. The pro decl is the largest response that any maintenance Complex has made according to members of the Fth air Force beautification evaluation team who toured Safe in August. The initial plan included four Basic 3,000-squ3re-foot. Two Story wooden buildings. Through Normal requisition and contracting channels they would have been completed Long Afier those As my cd had moved on. Rather than Wail those who hoped to enjoy inc proposed facilities began to evaluate the construction and design experience they could contribute. They found a former architect and Many Home handymen in the Squadron were willing to put their talents to work for their units and that materials could be supplied through the civil engineers. Several months Imo the project the command awarded another $49,000, so the ambitious work could proceed twelve projects Are finished 23 Are under Way. This is not the usual self help work with plywood and blow torches said col. Reginald e. Pasieczny director of maintenance what we have is steel beam and latticed floor construction for the Busl possible support. We re getting All the Best design features our people could the Sas Priolo by Gui Schuen Lor new wooden structures arc going worker put some finishing touches on a new building that will by used to House flight pm. Feel n planned inside corrugated steel line support equipment at Hahn a Germany. Business. Buildings find steel and Concrete aircraft shelters that Date to the 1950s. Most had wooden office ill Clurus inside some of which had been condemned years ago by civil engineers. These were torn own others arc being remodeler. The resulting offices arc exactly what the people working in them might have and indeed did dream up. There is no Monotony in the designs and no drab colors. Eua design touches include built in bookshelves a Large Bay window Over looking the aerospace ground equip ment so work area and a dark Wood Balcony connecting the newly finished second floor offices of defense contractors. Offices have new Walls that reshape rooms As needed be panelling and car Peting. Our carpels were once this faded Bijou Heater Blue said Pasieczny comparing them to new carpets in coordinated natural shun workers in the component repair so engine shop now enjoy Pristine floors newly covered by a paint that resists oily stains. In the training area Crews Are pre paring their floor for the same covering by scrubbing with hand held brushes and chemicals. Pasieczny estimates the hours worked Oft and off duty by supervisors aircraft equipment specialists and engine mechanics have made a $500.000 difference Between the Worth of the finished project and what might have been its Cost. Almost everyone in the 1,700-person Complex is involved to some extent he said. If they Are not actually building they arc pitching in to cover inc duties of someone who is. I m seeing morale coming up sharply throughout maintenance this Chi he Siam is downright infectious. Every thing you see reflects the Way these peo ple feel about themselves and their up As planned
