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vnong V4itbtbis pictUfe1
If von h.rvcnt got a Cllri,tma, ,tocKing on a m.uitlcpiccc
thi, vc.rr. it's onh-'heclu,e there's a grG\ter need for hanging
dc-ic~'f hoots on airpl.mc ,,-ing,. It's a ,e;\,on;11 in-t.i ll.rt ion in
continental U. S. and a year-round joh for mu iu tcu.mcc men
in -omc areas OYer'Gls,' .uul requires cneful h.mdliur; and
plenty of know-how procedure. _ ,\ "hoot," however. is a
,lang term for a mistake, and St. ?\iek tells us that this
Yuletide ot1ering is briuuu iur; over wit]: SC\Tn of them.
Turn the page if von clout believe in S;mt:1 Cl.rus, hut count
'em first as he's kuowu to toss in gifts! I'osiug for the honers
arc (left to right) Sgt. Robcr t CLlig, Cpl. Rolxrt Sluplicrd
and S/Sgt. Cl.ucnrc S('I1\\;lke. ;111 of -f()()()th A\l", BUC,
l,'light Section, Patterson Field, Ohio.
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practice of stripping parts from one
piece of training equipment to put another
in working order. Such "cannibalization,"
as it is called, arises when
two identical devices arc out of repair at
the same base, each for a different reasou.
and maintenance men iuterehange
parts in order to put at least one of
them in operating fettle. This starts :1
vicious cvclc in wh icl: the deficient apparatus
'is xlowlv hut surclv "strip
teased" unt il its posxiblc repair is rendered
hopeless.
'1'.\]) recommends that the hest w.rv
II' put a training de,'iee back on the joh
is to reqnisition the ucccs-arv spare parts
through proper channels. SupplY offi
ccrs, for cx.uup!c. arc au th orizccl to
requisition p.nt-, for gU111len- and homhin«
tr.uninr aids hom the S~;th Speci;~i/ed
D?pot, Denver. coi.. which
offers 2-f-hom xcrvicc.
Permissiou for scrapping anv equipmcnt
of this nn t urc m ust he oht.uuccl
directly hom the Tr.unins; i\ids Divi-