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F-15 Eagle Arrives At Robins "Nest"
More than six years have
been put into the logistical
management of the new F-15
Eagle by the Warner Robins
Air Logistics Center. But not
until this week does the
physical job of maintenance
responsibility begin at Robins
AFB.
The Eagle’s arrival last
Friday was witnessed by a
group of distinguished visitors
as special guests of Maj. Gen.
Ralph T. Holland, com
mander, Warner Robins ALC,
for the momentous event.
Civic officials, news media
representatives, and other
outstanding members of the
Middle Georgia public joined
with Gen. Holland and his ALC
staff in welcoming the first F
jA to its logistical home.
to the plane’s arrival,
the visitors heard Col. Jay
Edwards, Warner Robins ALC
Materiel Management
director, explain in a briefing
that the first plane comes
“not for repair or
modification, but as a
prototype aircraft to be
disassembled and reassem
bled by Maintenance per
sonnel to proof out the plans,
procedures, floor plans, flow
times, and practices which
have been developed for
future repair.”
The plane will remain here
for several months prior to
being reassembled and
returned to its home base for
«ntinued flight tests. “Its
periences here at Warner
Robins will allow purification
of our procedures, er -by
simplifying our jobs all
the Eagles begin to co.ue to
the nest,” he says. (The
estimated count of F-15s
comiife into the Air Force
inventory is said to be 700.)
The plane’s pilot,
Lieutenant Col Roger J.
Smith, was presented a plaque
bearing an inscription iden
tifying him as the pilot who
delivered the first F-15 Eagle
to Robins, General Holland
made the presentation.
Robins’ six-year F-15
logistics management record
includes the following
significant dates applicable to
tlte air superiority fighter
s^tem:
-March 11, 1969: AFLC
Commander announced
assignment of the F-15 air
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superiority fighter plane to
Warner Robins for logistical
management.
-December 18, 1969: Air
Force Secretary Robert C.
Seamans, Jr., announced that
the McDonnell-Douglas Corp.
of St. Louis, Mo., had been
selected by the Air Force as
prime contractor for
development and construction
of the F-15. While the F-15
airframe was being built by
McDonnell Aircraft Co.
(McAir), an element of the
aforenoted McDonnell-
Douglas Corporation, its
engines were under
development by Pratt and
Whitney Aircraft Division of
United Aircraft Corp.
-July 27,1972: The first F-15
was successfully flown at
Edwards AFB Flight Test
At Methodist Church
Vacation Church School
The Perry United Methodist
Church will be having its
annual Vacation Church
School beginning Monday,
June 9, at 9:30 A.M. The
Church School will run two
weeks, on Monday, Wed
nesday, and Friday. The dates
are: 9, 11, 13, 16, 18, with an
ending picnic on the 20th.
A program by the par
ticipants will be presented on
Sunday evening of the 22nd.
All children between the ages
of 5 years to those who have
completed the sth grade. The
program will begin each of the
scheduled days at 9:30 and
will include such things as
Bible Study with skits, hand
puppets, and games. The
program will also feature
singing, individual crafts,
group crafts, recreation and
lunch will be served each day
at 30 cents per day. Church
School will end each day at
2:00 P.M.
Kindergarten children will
leave at 12:00 noon. Children
of the community are urged to
attend. Parents may drop off
their children at the church at
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Maintenance Job Will Be Robins Priority
Center.
-February 15, 1973: First
production option on the F-15
was made.
--November 2-3, 1974:
Middle Georgia public got its
first view of an F-15 aircraft,
flown to Robins AFB from
Eglin AFB, Florida, for static
display during an open house
observance at the base.
-November 14, 1974:
Delivery of the first F-15
aircraft to enter the USAF
inventory for operational use
by the Tactical Air Command
was accomplished at Luke Air
Force Base, Arizona.
President Gerald Ford wit
nessed the event and par
ticipated in the ceremony.
-February 1, 1975: A single
F-15 took off of the runway at
Grand Forks AFB, North
9:30 each day and pick them
up at 2:00 P.M. except for
Perry Library Sets
3 Additional Hours
The Perry-Houston County Public Library will
open three additional hours from 6:00 P.M. to 9:00
P.M. on Wednesday nights, effective im
mediately. The regular hours are still in effect
from 9:00 A.M. to 6:00 P.M. Monday through
Saturday.
PINK
LADIES
SCHEDULE Jh'*
Fri., June 6
9-12 Nina Harper
9-1 Lois Medlock
1-4 Ethel Edwards
6:30-9 Lenora Houser
Sat., June 7
1-4 Gloria Ragin
Dakota, accelerated to about
250 knots over the runway, and
then gracefully pulled up and
disappeared overhead on the
way to setting its eighth and
last World Class Time-to-
Climb Record in two weeks.
The eight records had been
previously held by the Soviet
Foxbat (Mig-25) and the U.S.
F-4 Phantom 11.
-May 30,1975: The first F-15
Eagle arrives at Robins AFB
to herald the beginning of a
maintenance workload
responsibility, ultimately
involving the entire USAF
fleet of F-15s and an an
ticipated force of more than
1,000 Warner Robins per
sonnel who will spend full time
in the logistical upkeep of the
aircraft during the 1980 s.
Kindergarten age which may
be picked up at 12:00 noon.
Sun., June 8
1-4 Dorothy Joyner
1- Rhonda Goodroe, Candy
Striper
Mon., June 9
9-12 Jean Brewster, Evelyn
LeVan
2- Helen Eickett
2-5 Diane Little, Candy Striper
7-9 Polly Mohr
7-9 Brenda Poole, Candy
Striper
Tues., June 10
9-2 Lorraine Funk, Thelma
Ross
2-5 Eunice Hulsey
7-9 Nancy Colder
7-9 Vickie Moore, Tonda
Marshall, Candy Stripers
Wed., June II
9-12 Jewel Mcßae
2-5 Caroline Brown
7-9 Pansy Gordon
7-9 Marilyn Lewis, Jackie
Ogletree, Candy Stripers
Thurs., June 12
9-12 Lib Hopkins
1-4 Ruby Griggers, Emily
Span
7-9 Virginia Kennedy
7-9 Susan Nappier, Candy
Striper
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